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The Meaning Of Patient-Nurse Interaction For Older Hospitalized Women: A Phenomenological Study, Deborah Mize

Doctor of Education (EdD)

The purpose of this dissertation is was to explore how older women perceived their interactions with nurses after receiving care in a hospital setting. Older women are a vulnerable population subject to being overlooked or misunderstood by the nurses caring for them, hence the importance of this study. To gather the data on older women’s lived world of nursing care, I used a phenomenological approach based on a hermeneutic framework that considers linguistic, historical, and social factors to interpret older women’s lived world of nursing care while hospitalized. I personally interviewed seven women between the ages of 66 and 81 …

The Complementary Effects Of Empathy And Nonverbal Communication Training On Persuasion Capabilities, Robin T. Peterson, James M. Leonhardt

Administrative Issues Journal

This paper investigates the possible complementary effects that training in empathy and nonverbal communication may have on persuasion capabilities. The narrative considers implications from the literature and describes an exploratory study in which students, in a managerial setting, were trained in empathy and nonverbal communication. Subsequent evaluations of these students by faculty evaluators and the students themselves provide preliminary evidence that training in empathy, on the one hand, and nonverbal communication on the other can be effective, but concurrent training in both of these is superior to concentration in only one. This is the first research report which deals with …

Ua12/2/1/ College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 44, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Wright, Samantha. Faculty, Staff Face Parking Pass Changes – Parking & Transportation Services
• Ares, Nicole. One In A Million – Chris Goodman, Bone Marrow Donors
• Crumbie, Trey. Transfer, International Students Highlight Spring Enrollment – Registrar
• Richey, Jay. A New Vision for WKU – Student Government Association
• Hughey, Aaron. Higher Education: Save Us from Our Saviors
• French, Jackson. Fast & Furious 7 Has Something for Everybody – Movie Review
• Benkato, Leanora. One Night Only Photo Spread – Miss Omega Pageant
• Henderson, Andrew. Whatever Floats Your Boat – Concrete Canoe Team …

The Relationship Between The Level Of Language Acquisition And Reading Achievement Among English Language Learners, Kathleen Barrett

Doctor of Education (EdD)

This study examined two research questions: How are reading proficiency and English language proficiency assessment scores in third and fourth grades associated with fifth grade reading proficiency? As well as: How are reading proficiency and English language proficiency assessment scores in third and fourth grades associated with fifth grade English language proficiency? The purpose of this study was to better understand the relationship between English language proficiency and reading achievement in English Language Learners. This study included one cohort of English Language Learners from a middle sized district in the Portland, Oregon metro area, enrolled from their third grade school …

2015-April-07-Article By Etsu Professor Was Journal's Most-Read In 2014, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Personal Reflections / 4.7.15, José M. Torres

Personal Reflections

Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon once said, “my favorite thing to do on this planet is to scuba dive.” While I’ve never walked on the moon, I share this astronaut’s love of scuba diving. I took advantage of our spring break and went to Roatan, Honduras for a diving trip (10 dives!) and return to IMSA refreshed and reenergized to complete our academic year. Today, I wanted to provide you several updates since my last personal reflection in February.

We welcomed the 2015 Admission Review Committee in March for the selection of IMSA’s Class of …

2015-April-07-Tsbdc To Offer Small Business Training Classes In April, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2015-April-07-Student Overcomes Obstacles To Prepare For Endeavor Games, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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A More Noble Purpose: An Educator’S Analysis Of America's Public School Policy, Amy M. Fast

Doctor of Education (EdD)

This dissertation is to invite a conversation among stakeholders of public education that there is a need for a common vision for America’s public schools. I argue that we have never had a clear purpose for our schools and that now more than ever educators in America ache for a more inspiring purpose than simply improving results on standardized assessments. I assert how focusing on the mission instead of simply the mandates and measures is how real change occurs. Until we have a common and transparent purpose that serves to inspire those in the trenches of the work, reform in …

Early Palliative Care Interventions Improves Advanced Cancer Survival, Staff

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Effect Of Interactive Digital Homework With An Ibook On Sixth Grade Students' Mathematics Achievement And Attitudes When Learning Fractions, Decimals, And Percents, Jennifer Zakrzewski

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Over the past decade, technology has become a prominent feature in our lives. Technology has not only been integrated into our lives, but into the classroom as well. Teachers have been provided with a tremendous amount of technology related tools to educate their students. However, many of these technologically enhanced tools have little to no research supporting their claims to enhance learning.

This study focuses on one aspect of technology, the iBook, to complete homework relating to fractions, decimals, and percents in a sixth grade classroom. An iBook is a digital textbook that allows the user to interact with the …

2015-April-07-Etsu To Host "Champion Of Change" Lydia Brown, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Senior Shoutouts, 2015, Jordan Collins, Blair Wright, Brexton Isaacs, Johann Linman

Senior Class Dinner & Awards

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Free Sunglasses Giveaway Highlights Weekend Baseball Promotions, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Free Sunglasses Giveaway Highlights Weekend Baseball Promotions

A Conversation On Race And Justice In America: Fourth Annual Summit For Social Consciousness, Samuel Fry, Jenna Neil

Andrews Agenda: Campus News

Andrews University held its fourth annual Summit on Social Consciousness from Wednesday, April 8, through Saturday, April 11, 2015. The symposium focused on the theme of “A Conversation on Race and Justice in America.” The objective was to inform the community of the injustices and racial prejudices still alive in our nation, 51 years after the civil rights movement, and also provided a means for students and community leaders to engage in social action regardless of background. All events were free and open to the public.

Engineering Students Place Second In Stryker Challenge: Andrews And Hope College Team Up For Mca

Andrews Agenda: Campus News

"Two Andrews University engineering students, Jonathan Penrod and Michael Hess II, were part of the Michigan Colleges Alliance team that placed second at the 2015 Stryker Engineering Challenge, held March 26–27, 2015, at Stryker Medical in Portage, Michigan... Teams of four students, preferably sophomores, competed for $1,000 scholarships and interviews for Stryker internships."

April 7, 2015: Convocation Invitation, Cummins Speaker, Visionary Of The Year, Saint Mary's College Of California

SMC Bulletin 2013-2020

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A Mother's Campaign For A Cure, Staff

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Illinois Wesleyan Celebrates Retirees, Employee Anniversaries, University Communications, Illinois Wesleyan University

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

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Regarding Homework…, David J. Mulder

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"Why do teachers give homework? I was a middle school classroom teacher for the first eleven years of my teaching practice. The longer I taught, the less homework I assigned. That’s not to say I didn’t give students assignments–but they rarely had to do them at home. I’m curious about how teachers use homework, and what role it really plays in students’ learning."

Posting from and education professor about homework and if there's compelling evidence that it improves learning from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ …

Baseball Shut Out By College Of Charleston, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Baseball Shut Out by College of Charleston

Uab Theatre Department Gearing Up For Puppets, Adult-Themed Parables With 'Avenue Q' Production, Staff

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Bp Targets Loosened In Coronary Disease, Staff

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Dispersant Used In Bp Spill Might Cause Damage To Human Lungs, Fish, Crab Gills, New Study Says, Staff

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Uab Trial Studies One-Way Valves To Treat Severe Emphysema, Alicia Rohan

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Uab Center For Aids Research Bringing Experts Together To Tackle Deep South Epidemic, Jim Bakken

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Online Searching In Pbl Tutorials, Jun Jin, Susan M. Bridges, Michael G. Botelho, Lap Ki Chan

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning

This study aims to explore how online searching plays a role during PBL tutorials in two undergraduate health sciences curricula, Medicine and Dentistry. Utilizing Interactional Ethnography (IE) as an organizing framework for data collection and analysis, and drawing on a critical theory of technology as an explanatory lens, enabled a textured understanding of student practices and beliefs regarding online searching during face-to-face PBL tutorials. Two event maps trace key transitions in learning regarding online searching in one cycle of problem-based learning in each program. From a critical perspective, analysis of students’ stimulated recall interviews indicated that the use of students’ …

Motivational Influences Of Using Peer Evaluation In Problem-Based Learning In Medical Education, Sara Abercrombie, Jay Parkes, Teresita Mccarty

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning

This study investigates the ways in which medical students’ achievement goal orientations (AGO) affect their perceptions of learning and actual learning from an online problem-based learning environment, Calibrated Peer Review^TM. First, the tenability of a four-factor model (Elliot & McGregor, 2001) of AGO was tested with data collected from medical students (N = 137). Then, a structural regression model relating the factors of AGO to students’ perceptions of grading fairness, judgments of learning, and scoring accuracy was tested. The results indicate that student engagement and success in diagnosing a patient’s presentation using a peer feedback-rich web-based PBL environment …

What Superintendents Should Do To Position Their Districts To Be Prepared For The Changing Nature Of Technology In The Next Ten Years: A Delphi Study, Ean Ainsworth

Dissertations

Over the past twenty years, schools and districts have been faced with the challenge of integrating technology into their classroom instruction. The rapid rate of evolution that technology changes has placed new burdens on school and district leaders to plan meaningful professional development, create and develop effective policy, and focus on school and district culture. In the coming years, the changing nature of technology is not expected to slow down and most certainly will accelerate. The purpose of this Delphi study was to identify what K-12 superintendents should do to position their districts to be prepared for the changing nature …

Bestselling Author Nathaniel Philbrick To Deliver 2015 Commencement Address, Public Affairs, Roger Williams University

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Renowned Massachusetts Supreme Court Chief Justice (Ret.) Roderick L. Ireland
to deliver law school address.