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Koinonia, Ken Soper

Koinonia

Emerging Trends: Implications for the Future, Ernest Boyer

Executive Committee Meets in Chicago

The Different Drum (by Scott Makin) Book Review

Birth of a Network, Ken Soper

Intuition In Decision Making By Human Service Administrators, Judith Huber Halseth

Dissertations

The phenomenon of intuition includes insights and hunches, as well as the ability to pick up clues and to see patterns. The role of intuition in interpersonal relationships, in problem solving and decision making, and in creativity makes it an important cognitive faculty. As a complement to more systematic and deductive decision making, intuition provides creative insights, especially when people consciously acknowledge intuition.

This study focused on the experience of intuition as reported by 25 administrators in human service organizations. In face-to-face interviews, the 10 women and 15 men who were known to use intuition were asked open-ended questions about …

Applied Thermoplastic Screw Plastication Theory: Industry Acceptance And Implications For Plastics Processing Education, Paul V. Engelmann

Dissertations

Rapid expansion of the thermoplastics processing industry has increased the need for plastics education and training. Screw plastication is the major method of melting plastics in order to mold or extrude them into useful products. Thus, information about the role of plastication is needed to provide guidance for plastics education and training.

This study sought confirmation of suspected differences existing in the amount of knowledge personnel have about thermoplastic screw plastication, dependent upon: (a) the type of plastics process used, and (b) their job classifications. Furthermore, the study collected data in three additional areas: (1) the extent to which persons …

Effectiveness Of Employee Participation Groups In A Manufacturing Company, John F. Blamy

Dissertations

This case study investigated the short term effectiveness of Quality of Work Life participation groups in a Midwest manufacturing division of a major worldwide automotive corporation. Six traditional procedural measures were used to evaluate performance. These measures of performance were: employee attendance, written grievances, scrap produced, quality audits, customer complaints, and productivity.

Six hypotheses were formulated for this study: (1) Employees in departments with employee participation groups will improve their attendance more than employees in departments that do not have employee participation groups. (2) Employees in departments with employee participation groups will decrease the number of formal grievances more than …

An Assessment Of The Relationship Between Decision-Makers' Opinions About Comprehensive Sex Education And Factors That Influence Those Opinions, M. Terri Voit-Devine

Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to investigate decision-makers' opinions about what was to be contained in comprehensive sex education programs, the degree to which decision makers believed course information was likely to be part of their own curriculum, and how much support they believed the community would give to various parts of the curriculum.

The instrument used in the study was created by combining parts of surveys by Wayne (1981) and Marini and Jones (1983). The study compared the opinions of decision makers about guidelines to be used when implementing sex education, reasons for offering sex education, reasons for …

Determinants Of Student-Faculty Informal Contact, Alan W. Barr

Dissertations

There was an examination in this study of the relationship of classroom experiences (cues) and professorial initiative to the frequency of informal student-faculty interaction in the freshman year. The research was conducted at an independent, four-year urban college in the state of Michigan with a predominantly commuter population. A survey instrument was administered to the entire freshman class in the Spring semester of 1988. Information was derived from the survey on the nature and frequency of informal faculty-student contact.

Out of the 137 freshman receiving surveys, 101 returned them. The response rate was 74%. Data from one survey returned were …

Parental Perceptions Of School: An Analysis Of Contacts & Non-Contacts With Parents Of Sixth Graders At L.C. Curry Elementary School, Johnny Douglas

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Experimental and control groups were randomly selected in Johnny Douglas' sixth grade homeroom class to determine if contacts made to an experimental group of parents produced different perceptions of school as opposed to a control group of parents who received little or no contacts from the school. The experimental group of students' parents received a minimum of seven contacts from the school during the twenty day period of the study, while the control group received a minimum of three contacts in the same period.

A questionnaire sent to the parents at the conclusion of the experiment yielded three statements of …

Measuring Interest In Mathematics, P Gardner, Siek Toon Khoo

Dr Siek Toon Khoo

This paper reports on the development of instruments for measuring secondary school student interests in mathematics. Interest in mathematics is regarded as having three components (topics, activities and motives), each with several dimensions. Nearly all instruments employed summated ratings (Likert) procedures, but one adopted an unusual procedure, based on Zuckerman's (1960) Affect Adjective Checklist. Six instruments were developed altogether: IMT (interest in various mathematical topics), ILA (interest in learning activities), MCI (mathematics related career inventory), NMI (nature of motives inventory), GIM (general interest in mathematics) and AAC (affect adjective checklist). The IMT instrument, containing seven scales, was developed to measure …

Secondary School Size, Operating Costs And Curriculum Structure, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

Proponents of increases in average school size commonly employ two main arguments: bigger schools are less expensive to operate than small schools, and they are better able to meet students' educational needs through the provision of more extensive curricula. This paper examines these arguments in the case of Victorian government secondary schools, using data relating to the 1984 school year. It presents results which suggest that while size brings considerable advantages, plateau effects begin to appear at relatively low enrolment levels. The paper comprises five main sections: an outline of the conceptual background to the study; a description of the …

Acer Newsletter No. 64 Spring 1988, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive

No abstract provided.

Competências Básicas No Estudo Da Pesquisa Educacional [Minimum Competencies In A Course On Research In Education], Karl M. Lorenz

Karl M Lorenz

O trabalho apresenta uma lista de 158 competências básicas, divididas em quinze seções, no estudo dos conteúdos teóricos de um curso introdutório sobre a metodologia da pesquisa educacional.
The paper presents a list of 158 basic competencies, divided into fifteen sections, related to the theoretical content of an introductory course on research methodology in education.

Fact Book 1988, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Fact Book

This seventh edition of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Fact Book has been designed to present a variety of information and data, about the University, in a concise, easily used format. I hope this provides a profile of UNO that will expand your understanding of our institution.

Volume 02, Number 01, Don Forrester Editor

Reaching Through Teaching

Full text of Volume 02, Number 01 of Reaching Through Teaching.

Competências Básicas No Estudo Da Pesquisa Educacional [Minimum Competencies In A Course On Research In Education], Karl M. Lorenz

Education Faculty Publications

O trabalho apresenta uma lista de 158 competências básicas, divididas em quinze seções, no estudo dos conteúdos teóricos de um curso introdutório sobre a metodologia da pesquisa educacional.

The paper presents a list of 158 basic competencies, divided into fifteen sections, related to the theoretical content of an introductory course on research methodology in education.

A Survey Of Factors Affecting Enrollment In Mathematics Teacher Education Programs, Rebecca Miller

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Concern for an adequate supply of competent mathematics teachers prompted this research. The study was implemented to identify the factors believed to be of importance in a student's decision concerning whether or not to become a public school teacher.

A comparison was made between two groups of mathematics students at Western Kentucky University. Mathematics students were separated according to whether or not they were pursuing teacher certification.

A two-part questionnaire was administered. The first part asked students to rate the importance of 10 selected career factors in their career decision. The second part asked students to rate these same 10 …

Koinonia, R. A. Rollins, R. Hestenes, Deb Lacey

Koinonia

Azusa 1988; Azusa Conference Report

Balancing Love and Discipline, Forgiveness and Consequence, R.A. Rollins

From the President

AIDS Update: Calvin College and Seminary

Lessons on Leadership from the Trenches, R. Hestenes

AIDS and Adolescents-Threat Greater than Statistics Indicate

A Time and a Place, Deb Lacey

The Effects Of Using Print Media In Teaching Critical Thinking Skills To Adult Students, Gloria Jean Mccormick

Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of an educational program in which print media were employed to teach critical thinking skills to adult education students. The major problem of this research was whether or not adult students, who lack a high school diploma, show greater improvement in critical thinking if they participate in a critical thinking skills program using print media, than if they do not. Adult education students in three suburban school districts of Macomb County, Michigan were the subjects of this study.

The methodology used in this study was a non-randomized control group, prettest-posttest …

Correlation Of American College Test Scores In Mathematics With First Semester College Freshman Grade Point Average, J. David Lester

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

An applied project presented to the faculty of the School of Education at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Specialist in Education by J. David Lester on July 28, 1988.

An Analysis Of The Reading Program At Big Rock Elementary School, Joyce T. Sanders

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

An applied project presented to the faculty of the School of Education at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Education Specialist in Administration by Joyce T. Sanders July 25, 1988.

Acer Newsletter No. 63 Winter 1988, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Caretaking Settings On School Readiness Of 4-Year-Olds, Joan C. Sergent

Dissertations

The effects of daytime caretaking settings and the nature and number of activities in those settings on school readiness and receptive language levels of 4-year-old children were investigated. Daytime caretaking settings, defined as the setting experienced by the 4-year-old the year prior to entering kindergarten, were determined through interviews administered to the parent/guardian of each of the 185 4-year-old participants. School readiness and receptive language levels of the 4-year-old participants were determined by individual administration of the Gesell School Readiness Screening Test (GSRST) and Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) respectively. The settings were categorized as group educational, such as preschool …

Administrator And Consultant Perceptions Of Consultant Services In Michigan Schools, Julia A. Berg

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine administrator and consultant perceptions regarding consultant services in Michigan schools as related to: (a) services provided, (b) roles, (c) sources of funding, (d) sources for identifying services, (e) characteristics and components that may influence selection, and (f) methods used for evaluation. A review of literature was conducted related to the six survey questions of the study.

Responses to surveys were analyzed from 116 (85% response rate) randomly selected Michigan school superintendents and other administrators and 58 (58% response rate) consultants identified as providing service in Michigan school districts during the 1986-87 school …

Priorities At Msu, Bruce A. Mattingly

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A address given by Bruce A. Mattingly at the Morehead State University Distinguished Research luncheon in May of 1988.

The Western Washington University Student Survey Series (Volume Three: Western Washington University Students Five Years Later), Carl Simpson

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Results from an early assessment study combining three surveys. Volume three looks as alumni and students who left before graduating. Issues include satisfaction with WWU, employment and job quality.

The Western Washington University Student Survey Series (Volume One: Western Washington University Students), Carl Simpson

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Results from three early assessment surveys are combined into a 3-volume series. Volume one has information on students' backgrounds, reasons for choosing majors, and educational careers.

The Western Washington University Student Survey Series (Volume Two: Student Experiences And Perceptions), Kelly Buck, Carl Simpson

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Results from an early assessment report combining three surveys. Volume 2 looks at some non-academic issues such as income, plus students' perception of advising and their majors.

The Western Washington University Student Survey Series: Western Washington University Students Five Years Later, Volume 3, Carl Simpson

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Preface to the WWU Student Survey Reports, Volumes One to Five The Surveys: During Summer, 1986, Western's Vice President for Academic Affairs requested that the Office of Survey Research, located in the Sociology Department, conduct three inter-related surveys: A five year follow-up of 632 1982 Western graduates. A five year follow-up of 364 Individuals who attended Western but left In 1982 without graduating and remained out of Western for at least one year. A survey of 1280 seniors enrolled during Spring, 1987, who had completed at least 155 credits. A discussion of samples and research methods is included in Volume …

Western Washington University Student Survey Series: Western Washington University Students Volume One, Carl Simpson

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Preface to the WWU Student Survey Reports, Volumes One to Five The Surveys During Summer, 1986, Western's Vice President for Academic Affairs requested that the Office of Survey Research, located in the Sociology Department conduct three inter-related surveys: A five year follow-up of 632 1982 Western graduates. A five year follow-up of 364 Individuals who attended Western but left In 1982 without graduating and remained out of Western for at least one year. A survey of 1280 seniors enrolled during Spring, 1987, who had completed at least 155 credits. A discussion of samples and research methods is included in Volume …

The Western Washington University Student Survey Series: Student Experiences And Perceptions, Carl Simpson, Kelly Buck

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Preface to the WWU Student Survey Reports, Volumes One to Five The Surveys During Summer, 1986, Western's Vice President for Academic Affairs requested that the Office of Survey Research, located in the Sociology Department conduct three inter-related surveys: A five year follow-up of 632 1982 Western graduates. A five year follow-up of 364 Individuals who attended Western but left In 1982 without graduating and remained out of Western for at least one year. A survey of 1280 seniors enrolled during Spring, 1987, who had completed at least 155 credits. A discussion of samples and research methods is included in Volume …

Volume 01, Number 03, Janis C. Epps Editor

Reaching Through Teaching

Full text of Volume 01, Number 03 of Reaching Through Teaching.