Curriculum, DSTP, Education, Mathematics, Problem-based, Traditional
The purpose of this non-experimental, causal-comparative study was to examine 10th-grade achievement in mathematics when taught with a problem-based curriculum versus a traditional curriculum. Ex-post facto data collected by the...
Adults, Health Risk Behaviors, Physical Activity, Smoking
The purpose of the study was to determine if there are significant relationships between the independent variables gender, age, education, income, race, cigarette smoking, general health, and days not healthy and the independent variable physical...
This executive position paper is to support those classroom teachers who are coping with differentiation on a regular basis in order to assist student achievement. The major focus of this document is to approach differentiation as a concept and...
As principals explore various professional development approaches, they must be aware that many initiatives often fail due to ineffective implementation. This paper focuses on a change process that gradually changed a school culture that believes...
The academic interventions for students in the Delsea Regional School District who fail the New Jersey GEPA are not addressing all reasons for the failure. Students who do not pass the Grade 8 test go on to have higher dropout and transfer rates...
A Model for Promoting Newly Licensed Nurse Success, grounded theory, incivililty, issues in the nursing workforce, nursing satisfaction, qualitative study
A qualitative study of newly licensed nurses in their first five years of practice, this study looked at twelve participants' receptions into the nursing workforce, and their intent to stay or leave their first nursing positions were examined....
This non-experimental study attempted to determine how the different prescribed mathematic tracks offered at a comprehensive technical high school influenced the mathematics performance of low-achieving students on standardized assessments of...
Challenges of Military Leadership, Leadership, leadership challenges with global conflict, Military Leadership
The post 911 military challenges threaten Army leadership. Traditional leadership that governed a cold war military has made current policies and practices detrimental to effective leadership and, therefore, demands change. This paper examines the...
Photograph shows the storefront of H. R. Bringhurst drug store located at 317 Market Street. A sign in the store window says, "selling out, final, complete, all stock must be sold regardless of cost, everything greatly reduced." The picture shows...
Lithograph of young woman, dog and young child all seated. Inscription: "HANDFORTH" LLC, in print. Media ID: black ink, lithograph. On back paper "Chinese #151"
Direct Support, Distance Education, Distance Learning, Staff Development, Staff Training
This quasi-experiment utilized three groups of direct service staff to explore the effectiveness of three methods of training and an optional survey was offered after the study. The researcher used a counterbalance design. Three courses developed...
direct instruction, middle school, note-taking skills, performing arts, SMALSI
The purpose of this quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group research study was to provide evidence of the effectiveness of direct instruction of note-taking skills for 84 eighth grade math students enrolled at a performing arts middle...
In the 2009-10 school year, Oxford Area School District [OASD] in southeastern Pennsylvania implemented a full day kindergarten program. OASD intended to provide a more rigorous educational experience for students as they begin their formal...
Musical score and lyrics. Front cover has two images on it; one of an aerial view of downtown Wilmington and another of Mina Bernard. Front cover has "as sung with great success by Mina Bernard" on it. For voice.
High Stakes Testing, Inclusion, No Child Left Behind, Teacher Perception
Recently, federal legislation has been implemented requiring that public school students meet a specified performance level of academic proficiency by the 2013/2014 school year. This reform movement, known as "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB), was...
Laws of the State of Delaware. From the Seventh Day of January, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Six, to the Third Day of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirteen. Volume IV.
Laws of the State of Delaware. Passed at a Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Holden at Dover, on Monday the Sixth, and Ended on Thursday the Fifteenth Day of April, in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirteen. Volume...
