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Interview With Nancy Topping Bazin: "Old Dominion University: Affirmative Action In The Curriculum", Peggy Mcintosh

Women's & Gender Studies Faculty Publications

Believing that the concept of affirmative action should extend to the curriculum, Nancy Topping Bazin, director of the Old Dominion University (ODU) Women's Studies Program, has strived for a change in the school's mission statement to reflect this conviction. If we have a concensus that equality is a good thing," says Bazin, "then the commitment to the philosophical principle of equality should automatically transfer to the curriculum. We should hire people who are experts in women's, black, and third world studies who can integrate their research into the various departments and help other people change their courses."

Recommendations For Master's Level Programs In Computer Science: A Report Of The Acm Curriculum Committee On Computer Science, Kenneth I. Magel, Richard H. Austing, Alfs Berztiss, Gerald L. Engel, John W. Hamblen, A. A. J. Hoffmann, Robert Mathis

Computer Science Faculty Publications

The ACM Committee on Curriculum in Computer Science has spent two years investigating master's degree programs in Computer Science. This report contains the conclusions of that effort. Recommendations are made concerning the form, entrance requirements, possible courses, staffing levels, intent, library resources, and computing resources required for an academic, professional, or specialized master's degree. These recommendations specify minimum requirements which should be met by any master's programs. The Committee believes that the details of a particular master's program should be determined and continually updated by the faculty involved. A single or a small number of model programs are not as …

Expanding The Concept Of Affirmative Action To Include The Curriculum, Nancy Topping Bazin

Women's & Gender Studies Faculty Publications

Article discusses Old Dominion University's decision to expand of the concept of affirmative action to include the curriculum.

An Investigation Of Grading Procedures For Secondary School Physical Education Classes In Selected Virginia School Districts, Ellen V. Parker

Human Movement Studies & Special Education Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the grading pro­cedures used for secondary school physical education classes in selected Virginia school districts.

A questionnaire was sent to one hundred and sixty-one physical education teachers who were listed as members of the Virginia Association For Health, Physical Education and Recreation. One hundred and seventeen questionnaires (72.5 percent) were returned.

The authors of recent literature in grading practices point out that teachers base course grades on dressing out in gym uniform, skill, effort, participation, and written tests. The data gathered in this study reflect a similar situation in Virginia schools.

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An Analysis Of Current Trends In Handwriting Instruction As Evidenced In Professional Literature And Commercially Available Handwriting Programs, Perrine Mitchell Daley

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

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Elementary Science Study And Science Process Skills, James B. Chapman

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

The Elementary Science Study (ESS) is a ''hands on" inquiry oriented, science program with the major objective of putting; physical materials into the hands of children and allowing; them to investigate the nature of the physical world. An ESS unit Bulbs and Batteries was tested to find if this and other ESS units of similar structure do in fact develop science process skills. Science process skills may be broken down into the following representative areas: observing, classifying, using time-space relationship, using numbers, measuring, communication, inferring and predicting.

The study was conducted in a middle school approximately 1,000 sixth and …

The Effect Of Training On The Attitudes Of Freshmen Professional Nursing Students Toward Death And Dying, Yolanda Cardelli Hampel

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

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Mediated Basic Math Fact Teaching Packages For Application By Parents: A Replication, Thomas Jackson Baker

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

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An Analysis Of The Relationships Between Mathematics And Science Textbooks In The Tidewater Area, Jane Roberts Robertson

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

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Student Evaluation Of A Reading Improvement Course, Patricia K. Brumbly

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

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The Effects Of Transformational Grammar Instruction Upon The Sentence Structure Of Ninth Grade Students, Stanley Herbert Ross

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

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An Investigation Into The Knowledge Of Literary Allusion Of Selected High School And College Students, Lawrence D. Roberts

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

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The Correlation Between Reading Readiness Scores And Achievement Of Fifty Second Grade Parochial School Students, Ruth Hearn Marchand

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

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A Comparative Analysis Of Comprehension Abilities Presented In The Middle Grade Teachers' Manuals Or Four Selected Reading Series, Jacquelin D. Marshall

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

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A Comparison Of The Biology Curricula In Virginia Colleges, Carol Ann Mcdearmid

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

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Some Selected Characteristics Of A Dental Assistant Education Program Based On Certain Needs Of The Commonwealth Of Virginia, Gene W. Hirschfeld

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

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A Survey Of Modern Foreign Language Programs In Selected Cities Of Tidewater Virginia, Rhonwen Leonard Newton

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

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Factors Related To Achievement In Modern Mathematical Concepts In The Elementary School, Maxine Hanna Cochran

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

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A Study Of A Compulsory Reading Improvement Course For College Freshmen, Edward Lawrence Daughtrey

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

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A Study Of The Language-Experience Approach To The Teaching Of The Language Arts In Selected Norfolk, City Schools, Carolyn Pratts

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

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