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Mcas Morass, William C. Levin

Bridgewater Review

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Principals', Guidance Directors', And Department Chairs' Perceptions Of Goals And Effectiveness Of The Trimester Schedules In Indiana High Schools, Robert E. Brower

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation was to compare high school principals', guidance directors', and department chairs' perceptions of agreement (as clustered from 33 literature-based goals into school benefit, teacher benefit, and student benefit) of a trimester schedule. Secondly, this dissertation compared high school principals', guidance directors', and department chairs' perceptions of agreement (as clustered from 33 literature-based goals into school benefit, teacher benefit, and student benefit) as to whether these 3 3 goals were achieved after one year on a trimester schedule. This study is based on 10 Indiana high schools that were on the trimester schedule for a minimum …

Predictors Of Nclex-Pn Success For Practical Nursing Students In An Open Access Technical College, Mary E. Ostrye

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Nurse educators have an ethical obligation to ensure admission criteria and academic standards are reasonable and fair, yet effective indicators of graduate success. Passing the licensure examination (NCLEX-PN), a requirement for entry into the field of practical nursing, is an accepted measure of graduate success across practical nursing programs in the United States. A quantitative research design using archival data was conducted to analyze the impact of certain demographic characteristics (age, race, method of high school completion, and needs-based financial aid recipient), pre-admission variables (five PSB sub-scale scores, type ofremedial basic skill courses taken, and repetition of remedial basic skill …

Spm Malay Language Paper Ii Learning Package, Ramasamy Thevi

Student Works (2000-2009)

SPM Malay Language learning package developed for SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) students. It can be used as a self-study material or teaching tools in schools. SPM Malay Language learning package focuses on the proper preparation methods by providing guidelines and answering techniques to the students. It is a comprehensive tool that used to learn Malay Language effectively. The notes provided are from various researches whereas the exercises aim to help students to master the language well. The students are able to view their own performance and prepare themselves in specific topic they are weak in. This software is developed using …

Volume 13, Number 02, Don Forrester Editor

Reaching Through Teaching

Full text of Volume 13, Number 02 of Reaching Through Teaching.

Teaching Online: Now We're Talking, Gary R. Brown, Lisa Johnson-Shull

Office of Academic Innovation Publications

A critical review of current literature related to online learning and teaching, with particular focus on the strengths and weaknesses of academic research into the topic.

Relationship Between Student Background And Financial Aid Variables And Persistence For Beginning Degree-Seeking Students Enrolled In A Two-Year College, Carrie Poggiali Bischoff

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study explored the relationship between student background and financial aid variables and persistence for beginning degree-seeking students enrolled in a twoyear college. A specific goal of this study was to determine the extent to which receipt of student aid, amount of aid received and type of student financial aid received (grants versus loans) influence persistence of students beyond the effect of background variables. To accomplish the purpose of the study, a quantitative research design with logistic regression analysis was used on data from an existing college database at Ivy Tech State College. Cohorts of students from the Fall 1992 …

Koinonia, Barry Loy, Skip Trudeau, Tim Nichols, David Johnstone, Brad Bowser, Damon Seacott, Steve Beers

Koinonia

ACSD Celebrates 20 Year Anniversary
ACSD: Past, Present, Future, Barry Loy and Skip Trudeau

ACSD Memories, Tim Nichols

Our Scrapbook: The People, The Places, The Lives We've Touched

In This Issue
Why Do We Do the Things We Do?: Questions to be asked by the follower of Jesus, David Johnstone

Be Prepared to Prepare: Our students search for a simple faith and a simple truth, Brad Bowser and Damon Seacott

In The Field
Preparing for a Professional Transition, Steve Beers

Regular Features
President's Corner

Editor's Disk

Coalition of Christian College Activities (CoCCA)

News from the Regions: Spotlight on the North …

Fostering Liberatory Teaching: A Proposal For Revising Instructional Assessment Practices, Jane E. Hindman

Publications and Research

Appraises the assumptions that drive standard evaluation methods and compares them to those assumptions that undergird more critical approaches to teaching. Presents an alternative teacher evaluation instrument and explains how it more accurately measures what is said and believed to be effective teaching. Offers statistical evidence supporting the instrument and suggests further steps to foster teaching practices

Reviewing And Renewing General Education: A Practical Guide, Janice S. Green

New England Resource Center for Higher Education Publications

The process of reviewing and renewing a program of general education is complex, challenging, and often frustrating. This paper is presented with the aim of facilitating the process from inception to successful conclusion. Practical guidelines and suggestions, derived from long experience as faculty member, academic administrator, and consultant, are offered to assist those responsible for reviewing, evaluating, developing, and implementing general education curricula. Emphasis is placed on collaborative practices, ongoing open communication, thorough planning, and reliable information. It is assumed throughout, that pitfalls can be avoided, obstacles circumvented, and a climate of civility maintained despite the difficulty and scope of …

Nefdc Exchange, Volume 10, Number 2, Spring 2000, New England Faculty Development Consortium

New England Faculty Development Consortium Exchange

Contents

Message from the President - Matt Ouellet, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Adult Learning Theory Informs Authentic Assessment - Ellen L. Nuffer, Keene State College

News from Vermont: New Faculty Orientation - Thomas S. Edwards, Castelton College

Teaching for a Change Conference, June 12-14, 2000, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

News from Massachusetts: Using Technology to Promote Active Learning - Bill Heineman, Northern Essex Community College

Searching for Great Assignments - Jeffrey Halprin, Nichols College

Call for papers; Community College Journal of Research and Practice

News from Maine: Discussion as a Way of Teaching - James Berg, University of Maine

Virginia …

Enrollment Report - Spring 2000, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Enrollment Reports

The Enrollment Report provides administrative and delivery-site information on enrollment headcount and student credit hours, as well as the demographic characteristics of enrolled students. The purpose of this profile is to provide the undergraduate and graduate enrollments and student credit hour information by college or equivalent academic unit, class, gender and ethnicity.

A Study Of The Relationship Between Epistemic Style And Evaluation Practice, Deanna Draze

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the differences between personal epistemic styles of professional evaluators, the influence those styles have on evaluation practice, and to determine whether a typology of evaluation practice can be extrapolated from a study of epistemic style. Epistemic style was defined as how one determines what is true (or what constitutes knowledge). The intent was to provide empirical evidence of the relationship between theory and practice in the hope that it will contribute to an increased awareness of the evaluator “as an instrument’' through which data is filtered.

The Psycho-Epistemological Profile (Royce, Mos, and …

Designing And Tailoring School/University Partnerships: A Straightjacket, Security Blanket, Or Just A Loose Coat?, Dannelle D. Stevens, Robert B. Everhart

Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

Formalized partnerships between colleges or universities and public schools have gained in popularity even though their impact remains uncertain. Such partnerships, existing under a variety of terms (the most common of which is Professional Development Schools [PDS}), are meant to bring together the resources and the expertise of the university and those of one or more public schools. PDSs typically center on three fundamental domains of activity: the preparation of new educational professionals, the continuing professional development of current staff, and the collaborative field-based research on issues of common interest.

This paper focuses on the process by which such partnerships …

The Fair Play Project: Evaluation Of Ethical-Value Choices In An Educational Sportsmanship Program, C. Bruce Martin

Masters Theses

The erosion of ethical values of athletes and the rise of unsportsmanlike behaviors by our nation's athletic programs is at near epidemic levels. This study evaluated the four-year Fair Play Project intervention in its attempt to correct the problem of poor sportsmanship behaviors created by a lack of ethical reasoning. Beginning in the summer of 1996 as an initiative from athletic directors representing an interscholastic athletic conference in Southwest Michigan, the Fair Play Project had four goals: (I) Plan and implement an annual student leadership conference; (2) Create a school-based student Sportsmanship Task Force in order to improve the sportsmanship …

A Comparison Of Learning In Adult Accelerated And Non-Accelerated Courses, Donald J. Green

Dissertations

The focus of this study w as a comparison of learning acquired by adult students in two accelerated sections and one nonaccelerated section o f a college-level course in diversity held at a private school in the Midwestern United States. The course was identical in title, instructor, course materials, examinations, and course outcomes. To measure other potential differences in the experience of the three sections, student participants were asked to complete a precourse survey, postcourse survey, and postcourse classroom environmental assessment instrument called the College and University Classroom Environment Instrument (CUCEI; Treagust & Fraser, 1986).

Upon completion of the course, …

The Contentious American Debate: The First Amendment And Internet-Based Hate Speech, Paul J. Becker, Bryan Byers, Arthur Jipson

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

No abstract provided.

Labour Market Experiences Of Australian Youth., Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

LSAY Briefing Reports

What happens to our young people when they leave school? This paper draws on research from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) which investigates the long term outcomes of four groups of young people, born in 196, 1965, 1970 and 1975, as well as a sample of young people aged 19 years in 1994 and 1995.

Codebook: The Lsay 1999 Teacher Survey For The Y98 Cohort Technical Paper No. 20, Sue Fullarton

LSAY Technical Reports

Students participating in this LSAY cohort were originally sampled in 1998 from 296 schools nationally. In 1999 the schools from which the original sample of students was drawn took part in a survey to collect information about the features and programs of schools, as well as features of teachers and teaching, which might influence the progress of students in their school and in their later work careers. The survey involved two questionnaires: (1) a school questionnaire to be completed by the principal (or other school representative) and (2) a questionnaire to a sample of ten Year 10 teachers. The assistance …

Technical Assistance For Preparation Of The Primary Teacher Training Project., Graeme Withers

Early Childhood Education

Since early 1999 the World Bank has funded a series of projects that seek to improve the Vietnamese primary education system. On Saturday 8 May 1999 the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) contracted the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to provide professional advice as part of the Preparation of Primary Teacher Training Project. Technical assistance was sought in two areas: (i) drawing a representative sample of primary school teachers, and (ii) undertaking a census of primary schools. Three ACER personnel worked on the project, Professor John Izard (project director), Mr Graeme Withers (project manager from 23/7/99) and Dr …

Top-Down, Routinized Reform In Low-Income, Rural Schools: Nsf's Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative, Robert Bickel, Terry Tomasek, Teresa Hardman Eagle

Leadership Studies Faculty Research

Since 1991, the National Science Foundation has funded fifty-nine state, urban, and rural systemic initiatives. The purpose of the initiatives is to promote achievement in math, science, and technology among all students, and to encourage schools and communities to secure the resources needed to maintain such outcomes. The Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative (ARSI) is a six-state consortium which focuses these efforts on low-income, rural schools. The primary means of accomplishing ARSI's aims is a one-day-one-school site visit, called a Program Improvement Review, done by an ARSI math or science expert. The centrally important Program Improvement Reviews, however, seem to be …

Steering Committee Reflections, Wasc Committee

Publications and Administrative Reports

No abstract provided.

Student Learning, Wasc Committee

Publications and Administrative Reports

No abstract provided.

Campus Climate, Wasc Committee

Publications and Administrative Reports

No abstract provided.

Staff Learning, Wasc Committee

Publications and Administrative Reports

No abstract provided.

Retention And Time To Degree For Graduation, Wasc Committee

Publications and Administrative Reports

No abstract provided.

Scholarship Of Discovery, Application, And Integration, Wasc Committee

Publications and Administrative Reports

No abstract provided.

Risk Factors Associated With Ptsd And Major Depression Among Cambodian Refugees In Utah, Robert G. Blair

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

An article written by Robert G. Blair and published in the February 2000 issue of Health & Social Work, pages 23-30.

Patterns Of Participation In Year 12 And Higher Education In Australia : Trends And Issues, Gary Marks, Nicole Fleming, Michael Long, Julie Mcmillan

LSAY Research Reports

The report examines participation in education in Australia. It addresses several policy and conceptual issues relevant to educational participation. These include rurality, ethnicity, Indigenous status, socioeconomic background, part-time work, individual schools, and psychological factors.

Introduction And Overview To The Innovative Self-Study Final Reports, Wasc Committee

Publications and Administrative Reports

No abstract provided.