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An Investigation Of Factors That Influence How Students Decide On A Major At Western Kentucky University, Cinnamon C. White

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

During telephone interviews, students at Western Kentucky University were asked to explain how and why they chose a particular academic major. The students' race and majors were used in an attempt to determine if there were any noticeable differences in race/major categories. the study also examined some factors in students' backgrounds to determine if past experiences affected their decisions regarding majors.

Nsu Earn Your Master's Degree From Home In 14 Months; ... Use What You Learn Forever. The M.S. In Education With A Specialization In Brainsmart™ Learning And Teaching [2002], Nova Southeastern University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

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Bridging The Home And School: A Case Study Of One Web-Enabled Technology, Michael K. Barbour

Education Faculty Publications

In today's society, there are many new technologies that educators have at their disposal to use both inside and outside of the classroom. One such technology was the focus of the first stage of an on-going project on the "open school" model. This "open school" model is designed to provide access to information on a child's schooling to both students and parents outside of the traditional school day. This article considers the use of one web-enabled technology called ThinkWave in two one term, elective courses.

The Impact Of A Block Schedule As Perceived By Teachers Of Various Academic Fields Within A Secondary School Setting, Brian A. Zychowski

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The Impact Of Principals' Transformational Leadership Behaviors On Teacher Commitment And Teacher Job Satisfaction, Paul F. Amoroso

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The Professional Teaching Portfolio As A Tool For Formative Evaluation: A Case Study, Karen P. Fasanella

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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A Study Of The Impact Of The New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards On The Instructional Practices Of Teachers In Grades 1-4, David H. Dilks

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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A Study Of The Impact Of The New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards On The Instructional Practices Of Teachers In Grades 1-4, David H. Dilks

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Latino Students In Lawrence: An Educational Profile, Lorna Rivera

Gastón Institute Publications

With financial support from the National Council of La Raza, the Gastón Institute is developing "Educational Profiles" for the sixteen Massachusetts public school districts with the highest Latino student enrollments: Boston, Springfield, Lawrence, Worcester, Holyoke, Lowell, Lynn, Chelsea, New Bedford, Brockton, Fitchburg, Salem, Chicopee, Framingham, Haverhill, and Somerville. The profiles present basic data provided by the Massachusetts Department of Education including information on student enrollment, MCAS results, dropout rates, and student aspirations. We hope this information will be used by Latino students, parents, educators, and policy-makers to make informed decisions and improve public education for Latino students in Massachusetts.

Penguasaan Perbendaharaan Kata Bahasa Arab Di Kalangan Pelajar-Pelajar Tingkatan Tiga : Satu Kajian Kes Di Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (Agama) Negeri Melaka, Saifuddin Hussin

Student Works (2000-2009)

Kajian ini dibuat untuk mengenal pasli penguasaan perbendaharaan kata bahasa Arab cfr kalangan pelajar Melayu khususnya di tingkatan tiga. Untuk tujuan ini, 30 set kertas jawapan Peperiksaan Percubaan Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) 1999 dari dua buah sekolah di negeri Melaka, iaitu SMK(A) Sultan Muhammad dan SMK(A) Sharifah Rodziah telah dikaji. Daripada analisa kertas jawapan tersebut, perbendaharaan kata bahasa Arab yang digunakan oleh pelajar dikategorikan kepada Kata_ Nama, Kata Kerja, Kata Tugas, Ungkapan, Struktur Ayat, Sebutan dan Bilangan. Perbendaharaan kata yang terdapat dalam bUku teks juga dianalisa dan dikategori seperti di atas. Kajian ini membincangkan berapa peratuskah perbendaharaan kata yang telah …

A Case Analysis Of Three Middle-School Boys Who Have Down Syndrome And Have Been In Regular Education Classes Since Preschool, Eileen Frances Luddy

Dissertations

This study investigated the experiences of three middle-school boys who have Down syndrome and have always attended regular education classes.

Despite the existence of policies and initiatives in support of inclusive education, research on the implementation of inclusive practices in middle schools is sparse.

This study is organized in nine chapters. A review of literature revealed that significant research conducted during the past decade supports the practice of including students with disabilities in regular education and the benefits of inclusion outweigh the benefits of separate instruction.

A case study approach investigated the phenomenon covering contextual conditions surrounding the experiences of …

How Physicians Feel About Assisting Female Victims Of Intimate-Partner Violence, Ramani N. Garimella, Stacey B. Plichta, Clare Houseman, Laurel Garzon

Community & Environmental Health Faculty Publications

Purpose. To assess the feelings of physicians about assisting female victims of intimate-partner violence (IPV), and to examine factors related to positive and negative feelings about assisting victims of IPV.

Method. In 1998, a total site sample of 150 physicians practicing in a large general hospital in the area of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was surveyed by questionnaire via the mail. Four specialties were represented: emergency medicine, family practice, obstetrics-gynecology, and psychiatry. The questionnaire asked about medical training and training in assisting victims of IPV The physicians' feelings about working with victims of IPV were measured on a nine-item, five-point …

Defending The Jackson Purchase: The History Of Camp Beauregard, Kentucky, Dieter C. Ullrich

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

The series of events that led to the creation of Camp Beauregard was initiated on September 3, 1861, as Confederate forces under Brigadier General Gideon Pillow entered Kentucky from Tennessee to secure the riverport cities of Hickman and Columbus. In response, Union forces under Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant crossed the Ohio River and seized Paducah on September 6. The following day Confederate Major General Leonidas Polk issued orders to organize troops into field brigades in preparation for a Union advance upon Columbus. For the next two weeks both sides began to build earthworks and position artillery to fortify their …

Ten Days At Camp Dent, Dieter C. Ullrich

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

The experiences of a prisoner detained at Camp Dent, a Union prison camp in Louisville, have been found in the faded pages of a long-forgotten diary. Five years ago, an alumnus of the University of Tennessee at Martin donated two diaries, several letters, and a cracked ambrotype of a relative, Private Van Buren Oldham, who fought in the Civil War. For over one hundred and thirty years the donor's family had kept these records in an old tin box, passing it on from generation to generation. In the spring of 1996 the great-grandson of Private Van Buren Oldham gave these …

Geologic Mapping Of A Region In Extreme Northeastern Minnesota: An Initial Characterization, Eric Jerde

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A report submitted by Eric Jerde to the Research and Creative Productions Committee in 2002 on geographic mapping in northern Minnesota.

The Athlete And Coach: Their Relationship And Its Meaning. Methodological Concerns And Research Process, John J. Peregoy, Artur Poczwardowski, James E. Barrott

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

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A Study On Effectiveness Of Training And Maintenance Of Competency Towards Trade Efficiency And Quality In The Army, Abdullah Osman

Student Works (2000-2009)

Training is part of organization function which aim of ensuring the contribution of individual is maximized through the development of appropriate knowledge, skills and attitude. Training in Malaysia Army started since in his existence in 1933. The focus of training is to prepare the soldiers with relevant knowledge and skills to fight and win the war. The individual training in unit is a preparation for the collective training and it is a process to develop the military professional skills. Whereas, individual training in the training institution is to prepare them to acquire knowledge and skills to perform their job function …

Ujian Berelektronik Sistem Pengskoran Dan Pengredan Ujian Berelektronik, Abu Arpah

Student Works (2000-2009)

Sistem Pengskoran dan Pengredan Ujian Berelektronik (SPPUB) adalah projek Latihan Ilmiah Tahap Akhir I. Ia merupakan kursus yang wajib diambil oleh pelajar di Fakulti Sains Komputer & Teknologi Maklumat, Universiti Malaya. SPPUB merupakan sub-sistem yang akan diintegrasikan dengan Sistem Ujian Berelektronik. tanya digunakan di dalam proses-proses penyemakan jawapan dan pemarkahan ujian, dimana proses-proses tersebut dapat dijalankan dengan segera dan salah satu altematif untuk menjimatkan kos kertas dan masa. Ia juga membolehkan pihak calon dan pentadbiran memperolehi keputusan ujian dengan segera dan lebih sistematik tanpa memerlukan kepelbagaian dokumen berasaskan kertas. Ciri-ciri yang dimiliki oleh sistem ini adalah ramah pengguna, kesediaadaan, boleh …

Using Analogues To Predict Student's Performance And Generate Advice, Lee Kian Chong

Student Works (2000-2009)

The report provides an overview and technical report of what i did in my thesis. The main objective of this project is to develop a system to predict student's performance and generate advice for all the computer science students in University Malaya. Nowadays, student advising become more important because of the increasingly amount of the computer science student problem in the Faculty Computer Science & Information Technology (FCSIT). Students receive counseling help in planning their academic schedules and in clarifying career goals throughout their few years in University Malaya. Academic advisor and students work together to review academic success to …

Struggling High School Readers' Responses To A Literature-Rich Curriculum, Fran Harrison Stephens

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

The purpose of this study was to determine how struggling readers in 11th grade Applied Communications classes responded to literary texts that are typically taught to college-prep students. Differentiation of literature for college-prep and techprep students began in the early twentieth century; since then, noncollege-bound students have traditionally studied literary texts that have been rewritten on a lower reading level to accommodate struggling readers in these classes. In this research project, I taught 11th grade Applied Communications students the same literature that college-prep students read; using a qualitative research design, I analyzed the impact of this literature on these students. …

The Motivational Stories Of How Women Become Scientists: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry, Sandra White Watson

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

The under-representation of women in science careers is well documented (Astin, Green, Kom, & Riggs, 1991; Felder, Felder, Mauny, Hamrin, & Dietz, 1995; Green, 1989; National Science Foundation, 1996, 1998; Seymour & Hewitt, 1997; Strenta, Elliot, Adair, Scott, & Matier, 1994; Tobias, 1990, 1992). While important information has been published concerning various factors that influenced women to pursue science careers (American Association of University Women, 1992; Debacker & Nelson, 2000; Samuels, 1999), very few research projects have allowed women scientists to share their personal experiences ofwhat motivated them to become scientists in their own voices.

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Listening To Recent High School Dropouts And The Need To Reconceptualize School Violence Prevention, Beatrice A. Geddie

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

As the high school dropout rates in Georgia exceed the national average, public concern mounts. The complex interactions of internal and external factors that contribute to students' decisions to leave school before graduation require reconceptualizing the educational process on multiple levels. This dissertation addresses current public school policies designed to prevent violent acts and punish offenders, policies that reveal limited understanding of underlying causes, deterministic assumptions and an overwhelming desire for quick fixes. Interviewees deemed many of these policies not only ineffectual, but also as contributing to a negative school climate that encouraged them to drop out. Furthermore, some participants …

Student Perceptions And Use Of Electronic Financial Aid Service Delivery, Kerri L. Chapman

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

Few argue the premise that financial aid is one of the most vital services offered to college students. Over fifty percent of today's college tuition is actually paid by some form of student aid, whether it is from federal, state, private, or institutional resources. The public perception of the role of financial aid has changed drastically since its inception, the acceleration of which over the past decade has been staggering. The face of higher education itself has undergone a metamorphosis of sorts, with technological advancements at the forefront of the change. Technology has revolutionized the way we do business in …

Messages For Girls: Looking At The Representation Of Women's Short Fiction In American Literature High School Anthologies, Aurelia Ramage Tippett

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

The purpose of this qualitative study was to answer the question "What messages about the image of womanhood are available to adolescent females in female-authored short fiction that appears in a variety of American literature textbooks used since 1965, a few years preceding racial integration and widespread coverage of the women's movement in rural Georgia, through 2000?"

Five American literature anthologies that were used in the Laurens County Georgia School System for instruction in the required American literature course since 1965 were collected. Short fiction written by women was identified and then the researcher identified those women writers whose short …

Student Marks Management System (Smms), Chee Choong Tan

Student Works (2000-2009)

Today, information technology has provided into almost every industry in the country. Institutions and Universities today are moving towards paperless environment and computerized their current systems to ensure smoother operations in the daily running operation. Student Marks Management System (SMMS) is introduced as to give a new impulse for the Institution and Universities to gain competitive advantages. SMMS is a web-based system develops with the objectives to computerized the current students' marks management system that are using in FSKTM. Besides, SMMS also defines the current problems that are facing by the user to ensure the proposed system will overcome these …

An Outcomes Based Study Of Whole School Reform In The Abbott Districts: An In-Depth Study Of Academic Progress At The Lower Elementary Level Based On The Fourth Grade Espas, Miriam J. Singer

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Strenghtening The Academic Quality, Community Presence And Institutional Power Of The Two-Year Community Colleges In New Jersey, Jennifer R. Hopek

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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A Comparative Analysis Of Two Course Delivery Models Through The Telequiz Protocol, A Study Of Web-Based Distance Assessment Modalities, Patrick Michael O'Shea

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Studies

Distance education and distance assessment have become the focus of many institutions of higher learning, and there is a need to know how these tools compare with those used in the traditional classroom setting. This study was designed to compare online and traditional students utilizing a mixture of quantitative and qualitative strategies in a quasi experimental model. This research was conducted at Old Dominion University using a sample of online and traditional students enrolled in an Introduction to Education course (ECI 300). Both versions of this course utilize an online quizzing protocol known as Telequiz. Quiz scores, final exam scores …

An Instrument For Assessing Knowledge Gain In A First Course In Circuit Theory, Vishnu K. Lakdawala, Stephen A. Zahorian, Oscar R. González, Amit Kumar H., James Leathrum

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Although there has been considerable research on the development and use of assessment instruments to measure the effectiveness of various pedagogical approaches to teaching introductory physics classes (Hestenes et al. 1, Hestenes et al 2, Hake 3, Saul et al. 4) and other science courses (for example, see Vosniadou 5), there is relatively little similar work that has been done to develop assessment instruments for the first circuit theory course that is taught in electrical and computer engineering. Given the large numbers of students nationwide who take such a course, the challenge this course presents to beginning engineering students, and …

Evaluation Of Education System Design Using The Socio-Constructivist And Software Heuristic Approaches, Sarinder Kaur Kashmir Singh

Student Works (2000-2009)

This thesis is focused on designing a usable educational system for tertiary level students in Selangor and Klang Valley. To achieve this, the author has come up with a set of questions for testing the usability of existing educational systems used in University of Malaya and in some of the colleges around Klang Valley and Selangor. The questions in the questionnaires are prepared based on the socio-constructivist way of learning in the social context of Malaysian students and also the software heuristics. The results of the survey was analyzed statistically and discussed to serve as requirements for the design of …