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The Role Of Technology In Elementary Schools How Has Technology Taken Over?, Alyssa Kersey

University Honors Program

Starting in kindergarten, at the age of five, children are beginning to learn with technological gadgets such as iPads and computers. Society today continuously brings technology into as many aspects of life as possible, even in the elementary schools. Educators need to be aware of this rapidly changing culture to keep up with the times as well as their students. Teachers can integrate this technology into their curriculum to help enhance and differentiate learning for their students. Methodologies used in conducting research on this topic consisted of online journals, books, and a survey written up and handed out to actual …

Successful Characteristics And Motivations For Farmers To Participate In A Small Farmers’ Market: A Case Study Of A Small Minnesota Farmers Market., Josephine Marie Wood

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

The research question addressed in this capstone is characteristics that make a farmers’ market successful from the perspective of vendors who participate in a case study market. Other information is also obtained to learn more about the vendor’s background, reason for selling at the case study market, as well as disadvantages to the case study market. The methodology to answer the question included both questionnaire surveys and face-to-face interviews. Literature supporting the increase in farmers’ markets across the United States as well as information on how to begin a farmers’ market was included in this study. The study concluded that …

Teaching Mla Formatting And Research Using Screencasting Technology: Resources For High School English Teachers And Students, Tegan Skye Madson Dion

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

The topic for research was how online screencasts demonstrating research and MLA format in research writing can support students in learning key research and research writing skills. The online screencasts are designed with English Language Learners and students who do not have access to help from people with research writing experience outside the classroom. The screencasts demonstrate steps in the research and formatting process to support students with demonstrations as they begin their own research. The videos may also be used by teachers, as part of a flipped classroom model, to teach research skills and MLA format. The author provides …

Impact Of Reduced Patient To Pharmacist Ratio And Enhanced Pharmacist Teaching On Hcahps Scores And Readmission Rates On A Medical-Surgical Unit, Elie Jabbour, Matthew Fair, Lauren Geerlof, Jennie Leatherman

Department of Education

No abstract provided.

Women In Business: Influences On The Undergraduate Major Choices, Victoria Geyfman, Christina M. Force, Laura M. Davis

Administrative Issues Journal

This study employs a survey of undergraduate business school freshmen to examine factors that influence their decision to study business and whether these factors differ by gender. Specifically, the study examines internal factors, such as students’ perceived aptitudes and interests in the subject; external factors, such as compensation and job availability; and social/interpersonal influences, such as input of teachers, school counselors, parents, and friends. This paper follows up on the authors’ earlier work, which found that despite an increase in the number of male students enrolled in business programs across the nation during the period between 2003 and 2011, female …

A Depiction Of Women In Tennessee With Low Literacy Skills And Their Access To Higher Education And Employment, Rebecca Puig

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This phase one study was conducted using qualitative research methods in order to describe to policymakers and local literacy program experts more completely the current challenges and needs some adult women in Tennessee with low-literacy skills face when pursing higher education or a professional career. In turn, such information can assist them in better identifying appropriate resources and interventions to serve these women.

Data were collected through a cross-case analysis of two individual case studies and five interviews with three adult learners and two literacy program experts. Artifacts (e.g., flyers) were also collected, but provided no substantial contribution to the …

You Cannot Afford Not To Understand Me: Adhd As Difference, Not Disability, Lucia Guarino, Whitney Rapp

Education Faculty/Staff Publications

Support for children with ADHD/ADD has grown in recent years in an effort to help them become more planful, organized and focused, like their logical-sequential peers. Personal experiences are shared to challenge this as a goal worth pursuing and to illustrate the harm that results from attempts to replace perceived weaknesses and disability with socially-constructed strengths. Ways to celebrate and nurture all minds are shared.

As a result of this presentation, participants will:

1. Identify the characteristics of students who are labeled as ADHD/ADD; the characteristics of logical-sequential processing; and explain that the value placed on one set of these …

The Echo: December 4, 2015, Taylor University

2015-2016 (Volume 103)

New Year, New Chapel – Habeckers bring light to Upland – Taylor donates building to town – The small voices – Beyond six degrees – Turkey downs Russian jet – Taylor decks the halls – A MAHE perspective – Say “no” to lame leftovers – The bi-weekly bachelor and bachelorette – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – In the spirit – Pass the FrUiTCaKeS – Mockingjay’s final flight – General un-education – Consider Kobe – You can’t have it all – Trojans return to Nationals – Weekly Preview – Trojans fall to Pilots – Athlete of the Week

Due Process In Higher Education: A Study Of Due Process In Relation To Greek Life Affairs, Brooklyn M. Hollis

University Honors Program

No abstract provided.

Hear Us Roar, December 4, 2015, Michael Shonrock

Michael Shonrock

Digital newsletter produced by the office of President Michael Shonrock.

Implementing A One-To-One Technology Initiative In Higher Education, Daryl Fridley, Diana Rogers-Adkinson

Administrative Issues Journal

This paper describes the process of conceptualizing and implementing a one-to-one technology initiative at a regional comprehensive university. Organized around the principle that sustainable change requires attention to clear, justifiable goals, attention to key decisions, the development of stakeholder investment, adequate training, building appropriate infrastructure, and a concern for sustainability, the authors provide specific examples detailing how the change initiative in which they participated addressed each of those areas.

Tu4dublin Alliance Welcomes Publication Of The Technological Universities Bill, Dublin Institute Of Technology

Publications

No abstract provided.

Hear Us Roar, December 4, 2015, Michael Shonrock

Michael Shonrock

Digital newsletter produced by the office of President Michael Shonrock.

Studies Target New Approaches For Treatment-Resistant Depression, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

December 4, 2015 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Perceptions Of Cultural And Linguistic Preparedness: Deaf And Hard Of Hearing College Students’ Beliefs About Their K-12 School Setting, Rebecca Rosenbarker

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

The research question addressed in this project was, do deaf and hard of hearing university students think their K-12 setting prepared them to succeed linguistically and culturally in both the Deaf and hearing communities? This research examines the survey responses of 11 deaf and hard of hearing university students through a mixed-methods approach. Through this research, the following trends were identified. First, the majority of participants found their school setting helped prepare them linguistically and culturally for the hearing world. Next, the majority of students from mainstream settings did not feel their school prepared them linguistically or culturally for the …

Influences Of African American English On Cognitive Processing And Reading Comprehension For African American Adolescent Readers, Alma Renee Dawson

Theses and Dissertations

There has been a virtual wave of studies investigating influences of African American English on academic achievement. Many of these studies have taken a sociolinguistic stance citing language stratification and low perception of the language as causes for the success and failures of these students. Others have suggested that the language used in family and community settings are not congruent with the academic language in school. In this study, I investigated the influences of African American English on reading achievement from a psycholinguistic perspective. This study analyzed the oral language, linguistics, and the cognitive processing behaviors of African American students …

Chimes: December 4, 2015, Calvin College

Chimes

Calvin launches college-wide effort to increase student retention by Josh Parks

Women's soccer: NCAA success by Mark Peless

"We Stand Together": Calvin shows solidarity against racism by Bethany Cok

Calvin ranked second for number of students studying abroad by Alicia De Jong

Open ocean fish display impressive biological cloacking by Natasha Strydhorst

Heartside gallery continues to grow by Saraphina Sefcik

Pope Francis visits Kenta, Uganda, and the Central Republic by Eckhart Chan

Global Amnesty International Event Succeeds At Iwu, Lydia Hartlaub

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

The 21st Century Graduate: Delivering A Tailored Approach To Social And Emotional Competency Training For Final Year Students To Enhance Graduate Attributes And Increase Employability, Ailish Jameson, Aiden Carthy, Colm Mcguinness, Fiona Mcsweeney

Conference Papers

The Higher Education Authority recently reported an average drop-out rate of 16% for Irish third level students, which poses significant pedagogical and economic challenges across the educational sector and negatively impacts the Irish economy. With respect to tackling this issue, a considerable body of international research has identified a strong positive correlation between higher levels of emotional intelligence (EI) and increased levels of student engagement and academic attainment. A wealth of previous research has also shown that employers favour graduates who possess higher levels of EI, for example, Job Outlook Survey, 2008, therefore, increasing students’ levels of EI is also …

Isso Newsletter, December 4, 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. International Students And Scholars Office.

ISSO Weekly Newsletter

Inside This Issue:

--Ethnic Food Celebration - German & Ukrainian Cuisine - TODAY!
--Winter Break On Campus Dining Hours
--International Students Living on Campus Late Departure
--Full-Time Enrollment Requirement
--Optional Practical Training (OPT) for Eligible F-1 Students
--Sublet for Spring Semester Available
--Health and Wellness
--Change in the Pharmacy Specialist Used for SHIP Health Insurance
--December's Student Health 101 Newsletter is Now Available
--Money Matters
--Live Like a Student Financial Literacy Classes
--Transit Financial Literacy
--The Sue Follon Scholarship for Women in Leadership

A Fiscal Model Program Theory Proposal For Training Reentry Citizen Ex-Convicts To Remodel Abandoned Houses, James A. Hanson

Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this study was to develop and examine a fiscal program theory model and proposal for training reentry citizen ex-convicts to remodel abandoned houses. A sustainable program theory model describes ways that training and employing these citizens to remodel abandoned houses may be expected to have benefits to a community. The recently released ex-convicts will learn a construction trade, earn a sustainable wage, and the once-abandoned houses will be returned to the city tax rolls. Vocational education and workforce training are key to this program. The literature indicates that national jobless rates for recently released inmates is well …

Connect 216 - December 2015

Connect

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Despite Best Intentions: A Critical Analysis Of Social Justice Leadership And Decision Making, David E. Dematthews, Angus Shiva Mungal, Paul A. Carrola

Administrative Issues Journal

The purpose of this article is to explore the relationship between social justice leadership and organizational decision making in order to make recommendations for how principals can make more socially just decisions in difficult school contexts. This article begins with a discussion of social justice leadership, facets and theories associated with social justice, and how facets can be contradictory and problematic in practice. Then, rational choice theory is presented to detail key assumptions and criticisms that are associated with decision-making in complex organizations. Next, rational choice theory is utilized as a straw man for analyzing principal decision-making in complex organizations …

V. 83, Issue 9, December 3, 2015

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.

Make-A-Difference Awards, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Mayo, Marcel. Departments Lose Funding to Judicial Council Ruling – Student Government Association
• Student Government Association Chief Justice Resigns, Senator Not Censured – John Winstead, Kelsey Luttrell
• Sproles, Katherine. Refugee Families Encounter Food Struggles – Reh Family
• Sullivan, Tommy. Facilities Projects Near Completion – Construction
• Benkato, Leanora. Kentucky Legislature to Vote on Prohibiting Palcohol in 2016
• Profumo, Morgan. Create Healthy Habits to Do Your Best on Finals Week
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon Big Red as Santa
• ‘Tis the Season: The College Heights Herald’s 2015 Christmas Presents
• Critchelow, Andrew. The …

University Of Northern Iowa Elementary Teacher Education Senate Meeting Agenda, December 3, 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Elementary Teacher Education Senate.

Documents - Elementary Senate

Meeting agenda from the Elementary Teacher Education Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Galin To Direct Clinical Skills Center In The School Of Medicine, Kendra Carter

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

December 2015 General Studies Council Minutes, University Of Nebraska At Kearney General Studies Council

General Education Council

No abstract provided.