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Barriers And Bridges To Success: Factors For Retention Of Nontraditional Mexican American Students In Teacher Education, Gail Shroyer, Sally Yahnke, Amanda Morales, Cindi Dunn, Gayla Lohfink, Pedro Espinoza Oct 2009

Barriers And Bridges To Success: Factors For Retention Of Nontraditional Mexican American Students In Teacher Education, Gail Shroyer, Sally Yahnke, Amanda Morales, Cindi Dunn, Gayla Lohfink, Pedro Espinoza

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

This paper discusses the findings of a qualitative, microethnographic case study of 15 nontraditional, Mexican American students as they completed their coursework in a 2+2 teacher education program in the Midwest. The theoretical frameworks that serve as the basis of this study are Tinto’s Model of Student Integration (Tinto, 1975, 1993), Bean’s attrition model (1980), and von Destinon’s empowerment model (1988). This integrated framework is an inclusive adaptation as it addresses the complex interaction among first-generation, Mexican American students’ backgrounds, geographical locations, and the institutions that serve them. The researchers identify characteristics of those students who persisted on to graduation, …

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Analyzing The Effects Of Two Response To Intervention Tools, Oral Reading Fluency And Maze Assessments, In The Language Arts Classrooms Of Middle School Students, Donna Lyerly Jones Oct 2009

Analyzing The Effects Of Two Response To Intervention Tools, Oral Reading Fluency And Maze Assessments, In The Language Arts Classrooms Of Middle School Students, Donna Lyerly Jones

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This quantitative study analyzed data to find a valid and reliable assessment for progress monitoring also having predictive power of a student's future reading performance on a state-mandated standardized reading achievement evaluation. The Response to Intervention (RTI) model was implemented in the language arts classrooms of a rural middle school in northeast Georgia to study the effectiveness of instruction for all students, the at-risk, general, and advanced population. This study used Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) and Maze fluency assessments to monitor student progress and to analyze data to drive instruction. The data were gathered weekly over a 23 week period, …

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Determining Return On Investment For Professional Development In Public Education: A Model, Michael F. Kosloski, Philip A. Reed Oct 2009

Determining Return On Investment For Professional Development In Public Education: A Model, Michael F. Kosloski, Philip A. Reed

STEMPS Faculty Publications

Return on investment with respect to employee training is a growing phenomenon in business and industry, as understanding the impact of training on an organization is often not enough. Public educational systems also spend a significant amount of resources on professional development. However, because education is a non-revenue generating industry, rarely do we analyze return on investment in the educational sector. This article examines return on investment for public school teacher training and professional development. While this model was developed for a specific school system and software, the model outlined below may be used by administrators in many non-profit or …

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Reading Comprehension Instruction For Expository Text In Elementary Education, Kristen Ephraim Oct 2009

Reading Comprehension Instruction For Expository Text In Elementary Education, Kristen Ephraim

Senior Honors Theses

The thesis focuses on strategies for developing reading comprehension skills in relation to expository, or informational, text and the need for this type of instruction in contemporary elementary classrooms. Comprehension is the final product of reading, and therefore should require attention and emphasis during literary instructional time. Many students enjoy reading narrative text, as it is more relational and has a storyline or plot, so expository text is often neglected and considered uninteresting. However, as students begin the upper elementary grade levels, almost all of their reading experiences include informational text, such as textbooks. Through instructing students how to read …

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Unlv Magazine, Matthew K. Jacobsen, Holly Ivy De Vore, Lisa Arth, Cate Weeks, Greg Lacour, Tony Allen, Afsha Bawany, Barbara Cloud, Gian Galassi, Phil Hagen, Karyn S. Hollingsworth, Michelle Mouton, Erin O'Donnell Oct 2009

Unlv Magazine, Matthew K. Jacobsen, Holly Ivy De Vore, Lisa Arth, Cate Weeks, Greg Lacour, Tony Allen, Afsha Bawany, Barbara Cloud, Gian Galassi, Phil Hagen, Karyn S. Hollingsworth, Michelle Mouton, Erin O'Donnell

UNLV Magazine

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Ic @ Ghc: Innovative Strategies For Increasing Student Information Competency Without Breaking The Budget, Meredith Ginn, Leslie Johnson, Travice Obas, Cindy Wheeler Sep 2009

Ic @ Ghc: Innovative Strategies For Increasing Student Information Competency Without Breaking The Budget, Meredith Ginn, Leslie Johnson, Travice Obas, Cindy Wheeler

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Innovative Strategies That Won’t Break Your Budget Information Competency at Georgia Highlands College (IC @ GHC) is a curriculum-wide plan implemented at a two-year college to increase student information competency levels. This presentation will discuss strategies which allowed the college to successfully meet the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) requirements of SACS through the use of innovative assessment and implementation measures which garnered enthusiastic faculty involvement and also managed to stay within a first year, $14,000 shoe-string budget. The plan was born out of a grassroots effort that involved students, faculty, and staff. The college community recognized the needs of a …

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Stealing The Word: A Comprehensive Strategy To Address Plagiarism, Matthew Simon Sep 2009

Stealing The Word: A Comprehensive Strategy To Address Plagiarism, Matthew Simon

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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The Clicker Project: Pros And Cons Of Active Learning Techniques In The Library Classroom, Melissa Dennis Sep 2009

The Clicker Project: Pros And Cons Of Active Learning Techniques In The Library Classroom, Melissa Dennis

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Towards Virtual Information Literacy: Academic Librarian Integration Into Teacher Education Distance Learning Programs, Brenna K. Helmstutler Sep 2009

Towards Virtual Information Literacy: Academic Librarian Integration Into Teacher Education Distance Learning Programs, Brenna K. Helmstutler

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Psychosemiotics And Information Literacy Instruction: Identifying Signways In Library Tutorials, Barbara Laster, Barbara Blummer, Olga Kritskaya Sep 2009

Psychosemiotics And Information Literacy Instruction: Identifying Signways In Library Tutorials, Barbara Laster, Barbara Blummer, Olga Kritskaya

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Motivating African-American College Students Through Course-Integrated Library Instruction: Exploring The Role Of Encouragement, Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Amanda Wall Sep 2009

Motivating African-American College Students Through Course-Integrated Library Instruction: Exploring The Role Of Encouragement, Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Amanda Wall

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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A Web-Based Bulletin Board As Edward Soja's "Thirdspace": Esl And Lgbtq Students Claim Home Turf, Li Gaoqing, Patricia T. Price, Pauline Wilkins Burton, Reuben Hayslett Sep 2009

A Web-Based Bulletin Board As Edward Soja's "Thirdspace": Esl And Lgbtq Students Claim Home Turf, Li Gaoqing, Patricia T. Price, Pauline Wilkins Burton, Reuben Hayslett

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

We argue that all knowledge begins with the body, the physical space it occupies and the territory an individual defines as “home.” The taken-for-granted nature of this reality is disrupted by the experience of moving into a new cultural space, whether this space is defined physically or in discursive terms. Cultural space is an extension of personal identity, both the physical circumstances through which individual consciousness is shaped, and the conceptual connections through which individuals construct a vantage point in the world. The students whose writing we examine were from an ESL class in first-year composition and an upper-division class, …

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Cross Institutional Collaboration: Hbcu's Join Together To Further Their Information Literacy Goals, Beth Martin, Andrea Hylton, Monika Rhue Sep 2009

Cross Institutional Collaboration: Hbcu's Join Together To Further Their Information Literacy Goals, Beth Martin, Andrea Hylton, Monika Rhue

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Blog Postings: Reputable Or Risky?, Patrice A. Williams, Ronda Davis Zents Sep 2009

Blog Postings: Reputable Or Risky?, Patrice A. Williams, Ronda Davis Zents

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Cultivating Career Literacy: Facilitating The Most Important Research Project Your Students Will Ever Face, Kristin Stout, Barbara Macke Sep 2009

Cultivating Career Literacy: Facilitating The Most Important Research Project Your Students Will Ever Face, Kristin Stout, Barbara Macke

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Choosing the right career path and learning the steps necessary to take that path will likely be the most important independent research project your students undertake, especially in the current economic climate. The library is an invaluable resource for students who are exploring potential career paths or currently seeking employment. Unlike individual academic departments, the library is an institution-wide resource with the ability to reach students from all subject areas and education levels. Librarians are uniquely positioned to collaborate across the grain of university, college, and high school communities by offering resources to support the career search of all students, …

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Justice (Through Literacy) For All: Library/English Collaboration And Faculty Development, Ellen Sexton, Mark Mcbeth Sep 2009

Justice (Through Literacy) For All: Library/English Collaboration And Faculty Development, Ellen Sexton, Mark Mcbeth

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Political Literacy As Information Literacy, Ross Alexander Dr. Sep 2009

Political Literacy As Information Literacy, Ross Alexander Dr.

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Teaching The Teachers: Information Literacy Workshops For University Faculty, Jason Vance, Kristen West Sep 2009

Teaching The Teachers: Information Literacy Workshops For University Faculty, Jason Vance, Kristen West

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Abusing Our Human Rights: The Truth, The Internet And A Multi-Media Approach To Connecting Global Cultures, Stefanie Frigo Sep 2009

Abusing Our Human Rights: The Truth, The Internet And A Multi-Media Approach To Connecting Global Cultures, Stefanie Frigo

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Structure Of Text: Creating Memory Aids Through Typography, Don Armel, Ed Rushton Sep 2009

Structure Of Text: Creating Memory Aids Through Typography, Don Armel, Ed Rushton

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Creating And Exploring New Worlds: Web 2.0, Information Literacy, And The Uses Of Knowledge, Kathleen Blake Yancey Sep 2009

Creating And Exploring New Worlds: Web 2.0, Information Literacy, And The Uses Of Knowledge, Kathleen Blake Yancey

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Digital Games As A Primary Instruction Tool For Information Literacy., Jorge Brown, Peter Dean Sep 2009

Digital Games As A Primary Instruction Tool For Information Literacy., Jorge Brown, Peter Dean

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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A Faculty-Librarian Partnership For Investigative Learning In The Introductory Biology Laboratory, Nitya Jacob Dr., Andrea P. Heisel Sep 2009

A Faculty-Librarian Partnership For Investigative Learning In The Introductory Biology Laboratory, Nitya Jacob Dr., Andrea P. Heisel

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Creating A Library Research Prize To Reward And Encourage Information Literacy, Ray Bailey, Helen Beaven Sep 2009

Creating A Library Research Prize To Reward And Encourage Information Literacy, Ray Bailey, Helen Beaven

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Student research papers and other similar projects have traditionally been the “bread and butter” of academic libraries. Even in this digital age, the campus library remains the best place to find appropriate resources for these projects, as well as for getting necessary assistance with the scholarly research process. It is an ongoing challenge for academic libraries to make this fact known to the campus community, and to find novel ways to entice students to utilize the library and all it has to offer, rather than depending on less reliable sources. To encourage our students to perform academic research and writing …

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First Time Around: Teaching And Information Literacy Course Online, Paula M. Adams, Linda Jones Sep 2009

First Time Around: Teaching And Information Literacy Course Online, Paula M. Adams, Linda Jones

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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"Studying The Interaction" : Remix Literacy In The Writing Classroom, Kyle D. Stedman Sep 2009

"Studying The Interaction" : Remix Literacy In The Writing Classroom, Kyle D. Stedman

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Yes, Virginia, There Are Full-Text Articles In That Bound Periodical!: Helping Students Make Connections About Locating Journal Articles, Camille Mccutcheon, Michael W. Wilson Sep 2009

Yes, Virginia, There Are Full-Text Articles In That Bound Periodical!: Helping Students Make Connections About Locating Journal Articles, Camille Mccutcheon, Michael W. Wilson

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

The overall theme of the program concerns the methods of instruction librarians are using to teach basic information about the following: journal formats, such as current, bound, microfilm, and electronic; elements of journal citations, such as publication date, volume numbers, and issue numbers; and why it is essential for students to understand this information in order to locate articles in print and electronic formats. The presenters will discuss their experiences and active learning activities used to introduce journal formats, the elements of journal citations, and journal locator tools, such as EBSCO A to Z and SFX, during library instruction sessions. …

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It All Begins With Craap: Website Evaluation For Limited English Proficiency Students, Rachel M. Slough Sep 2009

It All Begins With Craap: Website Evaluation For Limited English Proficiency Students, Rachel M. Slough

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Information Literacy Or Inert Knowledge? Applying Key Principles Of Cognitive Apprenticeship To The Library Instuction Session, William H. Weare Jr. Sep 2009

Information Literacy Or Inert Knowledge? Applying Key Principles Of Cognitive Apprenticeship To The Library Instuction Session, William H. Weare Jr.

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Developing A Topic-Centered Fy Seminar With A Renewed Focus On Information Literacy, Lisa P. Smith, Wendy L. Chambers Sep 2009

Developing A Topic-Centered Fy Seminar With A Renewed Focus On Information Literacy, Lisa P. Smith, Wendy L. Chambers

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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