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...
African American slavery, Bible knowledge, biblical illiteracy, biblical literacy, Black church, Christian education
Although the Bible is the world's best-selling book, the magnitude and scope of biblical illiteracy among Americans has been observed and documented by pastors, researchers, and Christian educators. This general decline in biblical literacy in...
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...
Sibling relational breakdown continually afflicts African American families. The effects of social inequality and its adverse impact continue to upset family adjustment in the lives of African Americans as evidenced by social conditions such as...
High quality preschool programs, Preschool curriculum
This executive position paper proposes recommendations for changes to the Mount Ephraim preschool program based on research-based best strategies for high quality preschool programming using developmentally appropriate practices. A narrative of...
Black Scholes Merton, Covered Call, Derivative, Dollar Strike, Great Recession, Penny Pilot
Options on equities valued below $50.00 have traditionally traded in $2.50 strike price increments. The SEC, in cooperation with options exchanges, has completed a pilot program of $1.00 strike price increments for options on equities valued...
Collective Efficacy, Feedback, Instructional Leadership, Professional Learning Communities, School Culture, Walkthroughs
Collective teacher efficacy is a social construct in schools defined as teachers' sense of group effectiveness. This is a powerful construct whereby teachers' perceptions are a driving force for school culture and student achievement. This...
There are many advantages supporting the use of computers as an alternate mode of delivery for high stakes testing: cost savings, increased test security, flexibility in test administrations, innovations in items, and reduced scoring time. The...
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...
learning mentor, learning mentors, mentor, student mentor, student support mentor, support mentor
There are at least 4,500 mentoring agencies in America, and at least 2.5 million children being mentored (DuBois &Karcher, 2005 & Rhodes, 2002). America is not making the gains academically as it once was. Students are in need of more academic as...
adolescent health, girls on the run, health promotion, physical activity, running, youth development program
The purpose of this study was to identify the impact the Girls on the Run (GOTR) program had on the New Castle County, Delaware, third, fourth, and fifth grade girls who participated in the spring 2011 season. Specifically, this study examined...
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...
Laws of the State of Delaware. From the Sixteenth Day of January, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty, to the Thirteenth Day of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Five. To Which is Prefixed the Amended Constitution of Said State....
Laws of the State of Delaware. Passed at a Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover, on Tuesday, the Seventh Day of January, in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-Five. Volume X.
Laws of the State of Delaware. Passed at a Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held At Dover, On Tuesday, the Fourth Day of January, In the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Three. Volume XI.
Laws of the State of Delaware. Passed at a Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover, on Tuesday, the First Day of January, A. D. 1861. Volume XII.
Laws of the State of Delaware. Passed at an Adjourned Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover, on Tuesday, the Ninth Day of January, A. D. 1866. Volume 13.
Laws of the State of Delaware. Passed at a Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover, on Tuesday, the Third Day of January, A. D. 1871. Volume 14.
