The purpose of this study was to determine whether differences exist
in the level of coverage of resistance exercise in select four-year college and
university undergraduate physical education programs. The study also
examined whether differences exist between content suggested for training
resistance exercise specialists and the curriculum being offered. A...
The purpose of this study was to design an objective-based
Anonymous Screening Process (ASP) for selecting the
most qualified finalists for non-tenured administrative
employment searches in public higher education. The intent
was to design a viable employment process that substantially
meets equal opportunity mandates, the dual aim of the
Federal...
Learning disabled students in special education
programs have not been demonstrating equal achievement
gains in reading when compared to their non-handicapped
peers.
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects
of Accelerated Learning methods in teaching reading to ten
learning disabled middle school students in southwest
Washington.
Accelerated...
This study was undertaken to analyze the opinions of
elementary school teachers in Korea about actual and desired
levels of computer education and the sources of computer
anxiety, with the object of developing guidelines for
a teacher training program. A survey instrument was developed
and tested to provide basic sample...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the
effectiveness of an expository advance organizer on the
achievement of students in a general chemistry course.
The subjects included 181 first year college students
enrolled in 12 sections of general chemistry at the
Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, Thailand. The subjects
were...
The purpose of this study was to investigate Peer Collaborative
Mentoring (PCM) as a professional development model for international
graduate teaching assistants at an American university. Data were gathered
from interviews and observations of three American peer mentors
(Intracultural Peer Mentors/IAPMs), five Chinese Graduate Teaching
Assistants (Intercultural Peer Mentors/IEPMs), and...
The research analyzed the relationship between the preferred cognitive learning
style of field independence/field dependence and success in learning English as a
second language (ESL) among post-secondary Japanese students. The study provided a
review of literature in the field and developed a methodology including identification of
appropriate measurement instruments. The...
The purpose of this study was to identify the critical factors for effective quality management in the Cooperative Extension System (CES) and develop an instrument that measured quality management performance in selected CES organizations as a means of identifying organizational training needs. Three procedures were applied in this study. First,...
The purpose of this study is to examine the events and activities that
triggered strategic and large-scale changes in four community college based
Small Business Development Centers. A review of the literature in
organizational theory and community college education was used to form
an integrated conceptual scheme which could be...