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Full-Text Articles in Education
A Proposal For Using A Literature-Based Functional Curricula For Primary Moderate Cognitively Delayed Learners, Robert Michael Kevin Risley
A Proposal For Using A Literature-Based Functional Curricula For Primary Moderate Cognitively Delayed Learners, Robert Michael Kevin Risley
Theses Digitization Project
The goal of this project is to suggest a way to combine a functional curricula (domains) with literacy experiences.
Strategies To Increase The Critical Reading Skills Of Secondary Students, Laurie Ann Guy
Strategies To Increase The Critical Reading Skills Of Secondary Students, Laurie Ann Guy
Theses Digitization Project
This paper will examine what research has revealed about reading and learning in the areas of word recognition, scaffolding to develop understanding, metacognition and application of new knowledge in real world situations. The study then will go on to link what is known about learning to strategies that have already been developed by secondary teachers to increase critical reading skills.
Veterinary Technician Assistant Curriculum Guideline, Mickey Ellen Rash
Veterinary Technician Assistant Curriculum Guideline, Mickey Ellen Rash
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this thesis was to develop a core curriculum to be presented to the state for consideration as the established curriculum guideline for veterinary technician assistants/veterinary assistant programs.
Writing To Learn In The Secondary Social Studies Classroom: Strategies For The Disinclined, Sharon Price Mckiernan
Writing To Learn In The Secondary Social Studies Classroom: Strategies For The Disinclined, Sharon Price Mckiernan
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis begins with sufficient research to support the contention that secondary teachers should be using writing in the classroom, proceeds to question why some are not, and then supplies specific lesson plan ideas which can be adapted to suit most needs in the secondary history classrooms.
Challenging The Boundaries Of Academic Discourse, Charles Henry Williams
Challenging The Boundaries Of Academic Discourse, Charles Henry Williams
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis suggests other ways of helping students resist blind submission to the discourse of the university. The primary objective is to discuss meaningful ways of transforming composition classrooms into counter hegemonic cultural environments where students can critically examine the complications of cultural dynamics and power relations within the communication process.
Writing, Computers, And Rhetorical Situations: A Composition Odyssey, Kristine Louise Potter
Writing, Computers, And Rhetorical Situations: A Composition Odyssey, Kristine Louise Potter
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis, an autoethnography, explores my own, personal experiences using technology in various writing situations: my writing process, collaborative publishing, my M.A. internship, online tutoring, and my first experience teaching college English composition in a computer classroom.
Left-Handed Teaching Techniques For The Right Handed, Martha Jane Longo-Bartel
Left-Handed Teaching Techniques For The Right Handed, Martha Jane Longo-Bartel
Theses Digitization Project
Left-handedness is an invisible handicap in today's classrooms. The education systsem in the United States makes special considerations and accommodations for special needs of students, yet left-handed individuals do not receive much consideration in a mainstream classroom. Experts say that up to twenty percent of children in Canada and the United States are left-handed. This project discusses how these left-handed children have to work in a right-handed world. The focus of this study was to provide right-handed teachers with teaching techniques, positive suggestions, and common sense approaches to accomodate the left-handed pupil.
Culture Teaching In Efl Through Computer/Critical Thinking, Jung-Im Woo
Culture Teaching In Efl Through Computer/Critical Thinking, Jung-Im Woo
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to develop computer-assisted language learning (CALL) lesson plans using the Internet and to offer an example for academic senior high school teachers in South Korea of exemplary treatment of cultural topics that promote critical thinking and incorporate crosscultural understanding based on cooperative learning.
Assessing Business Writing: An Examination Of Scoring Methods, Writing Sample Complexity, And Rating Variability, Larry Weitzel
Assessing Business Writing: An Examination Of Scoring Methods, Writing Sample Complexity, And Rating Variability, Larry Weitzel
Theses Digitization Project
Good writing is essential for business. Writing is evaluated using holistic and analytical assessment of writing samples.
Encouraging Motivation Using Songs And Cooperative Learning To Improve Intercultural Understanding, In-Ryang Park
Encouraging Motivation Using Songs And Cooperative Learning To Improve Intercultural Understanding, In-Ryang Park
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study is to explore the students' motivation using songs and cooperative learning to improve intercultural understanding and to achieve communicative competence. The target level is the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) intermediate level students in South Korea.
Higher Education: An Elixir For The Retiree Thus A Tonic To Society, Nancy Joan Spillman
Higher Education: An Elixir For The Retiree Thus A Tonic To Society, Nancy Joan Spillman
Theses Digitization Project
This project is to encourage citizens over 60 years of age, active and in relatively good health to continue in higher education. Academic classes in universities, colleges, and elevating classes in vocational and technical schools and elderhostel programs are available.
Parent-Teacher Home Response Learning Journals To Foster Collaboration In Children's Literacy Development, Marie Vargas Piel
Parent-Teacher Home Response Learning Journals To Foster Collaboration In Children's Literacy Development, Marie Vargas Piel
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to connect English language learning (ELL) student's school life with their home life. Proposition 227, which prohibited the use of Spanish in the classrooms, has made it difficult to make the home-school connection. Research shows that parents play a vital role in the education of their children but Proosition 227 severely restricted Spanish speaking parents' participation in their child's education. This study demonstrates how the use of home response learning journals empowered parents to participate in their children's literacy and biliteracy development.
Embellishing The Art Of Writing Instead Of Impairing It During First-Grade Studies, Maria Carmen Canelo
Embellishing The Art Of Writing Instead Of Impairing It During First-Grade Studies, Maria Carmen Canelo
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
The Next American High School Initiative, Valter Facundo
The Next American High School Initiative, Valter Facundo
Theses Digitization Project
The next American School Initiative plans to benefit low income minorities or below average achievers to excel in career choices by following occupational clusters and job shadowing to promote careers in applied technology.
Comprehending Through Metacognition: A Teacher Resource Guide For Grades Four Through High School, Peggy Sue Becker
Comprehending Through Metacognition: A Teacher Resource Guide For Grades Four Through High School, Peggy Sue Becker
Theses Digitization Project
The project section is divided into two parts. Part one contains lesson plans that focus on the process of comprehending and part two contains lesson plans that focus on the product of comprehension. Both parts provide the reader with valuable strategies that address the needs of struggline readers in reading comprehension.
A Qualitative Study Of The Dichotomy Between Educational Policy And Educational Research On Learning Theory, Karen Joy Eakes
A Qualitative Study Of The Dichotomy Between Educational Policy And Educational Research On Learning Theory, Karen Joy Eakes
Theses Digitization Project
This study explores and exposes the dichotomy that currently exists between educational policy and research in learning theory.
Teacher Beliefs About The Teaching And Learning Of Science, Jamie Michelle Angulo
Teacher Beliefs About The Teaching And Learning Of Science, Jamie Michelle Angulo
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Associating Democratic Methods In Correctional Education And Postmodern Critical Theory, Teri Ann Hollingsworth
Associating Democratic Methods In Correctional Education And Postmodern Critical Theory, Teri Ann Hollingsworth
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Improving Interactional Competence In A Teaching-English-To-Speakers-Of-Other-Languages Training Program, Marguerite Faye Jackson
Improving Interactional Competence In A Teaching-English-To-Speakers-Of-Other-Languages Training Program, Marguerite Faye Jackson
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
The Promotion Of Physical Best: An Inclusive Tool For Interdisciplinary Physical Education, Jane Adelaide Gorman
The Promotion Of Physical Best: An Inclusive Tool For Interdisciplinary Physical Education, Jane Adelaide Gorman
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Environmental Print And Emergent Literacy, Kathleen Marie Colwell
Environmental Print And Emergent Literacy, Kathleen Marie Colwell
Theses Digitization Project
Emergent literacy is the awareness that print, logos, labels, and pictures carry a message. An emergent reader already knows something about the world of print from their environment.
Writing Anxiety And The Developing Writer, Barbara Lois Kime Shields
Writing Anxiety And The Developing Writer, Barbara Lois Kime Shields
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Research-Based Phonics Instruction For Beginning Readers, Laura Lyn Diamond
Research-Based Phonics Instruction For Beginning Readers, Laura Lyn Diamond
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Literacy Instruction In The All-Day Kindergarten Program, Lannette Christine Celaya
Literacy Instruction In The All-Day Kindergarten Program, Lannette Christine Celaya
Theses Digitization Project
This project begins by looking at kindergarten from a historical perspective. It reviews research relating to all-day kindergarten and half-day kindergarten programs. It demonstrates that increased instructional time is beneficial especially for those low-achieving or disadvantaged students.
Understanding The Importance Of Phonemic Awareness, Kathryn Lynn Evinger
Understanding The Importance Of Phonemic Awareness, Kathryn Lynn Evinger
Theses Digitization Project
The goal of this project will be to design a phonemic awareness handbook which will be discussed at a kindergarten staff in-service. The information in the handbook will explain the concept of phonemic awareness and its importance to successful reading acquistion. The handbook will also provide some phonemic awareness assessment inventories as well as some activities.
Learning To Walk The Talk: Cognitive Models Improve Presentation Skills, Adrienne Lynne Carter
Learning To Walk The Talk: Cognitive Models Improve Presentation Skills, Adrienne Lynne Carter
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Recognizing Adult Learning Disabilities, Mark Stephen Shepherd
Recognizing Adult Learning Disabilities, Mark Stephen Shepherd
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to develop aids and strategies for identifying and assisting adult students with learning disabilities. Using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-IV 1994). The project addresses specific descriptions for identifying traits, behaviors, and characteristics in the recognition of: dyslexia; color blindness, tic disorders, Tourette's syndrome, scotopic sensitivity syndrome, behavior disorders, attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), aphasic disorders, and autistic disorders.
General Educational Development (Ged): A Resource Guide For Instructors, Arlene Chris Garcia
General Educational Development (Ged): A Resource Guide For Instructors, Arlene Chris Garcia
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the project was to develop an informative guide to assist GED instructors with resources preparing students to pass the GED. As more and more people continue to take the GED, it becomes increasingly necessary for instructors to have knowledge of the information that is available.
Teaching Social Skills Through Environmental Education, Jacqueline Marie Lacey
Teaching Social Skills Through Environmental Education, Jacqueline Marie Lacey
Theses Digitization Project
This project was designed to address the need for a curriculum that links environmental education and social skills. All of the social skills units were created to improve the students' understanding of social skills and important environmental concepts.
Introduction To Cosmetology: Color Seasons And Palettes, Judy Fondales Judilla
Introduction To Cosmetology: Color Seasons And Palettes, Judy Fondales Judilla
Theses Digitization Project
This is a step-by-step cosmetology handbook with instructions and techniques employed by professional makeup artists to transform a woman from average to gorgeous.