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  • Barriers to exercise: Kuwaiti individuals with and without physical disabilities

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    Arab, Maryam
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    The purpose of this study was to investigate the stages of exercise change, the levels of physical activity, and barriers to exercise among Kuwaiti individuals with and without disabilities. This study was conducted on 100 participants (50 males and 50 females) aged from 18 to 55 years. Stage of exercise...
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    degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Exercise and Sports Science presented on November 21, 2006 Title

  • Congruency, collaboration, and awareness : the discourses that impact the teachers of English language learners

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    Avila, Kena T.
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    This research examines the discourses that impact the teachers of ELL teachers within their instructional practices, their school environment, and a wider educational system. Interviews, observations, and focus groups of twelve teachers at two elementary schools in the Pacific Northwest provide the data for this grounded theory approach that uncovers...
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    confrontational and unconstructive. The Legend as a Metaphor Like the elephant, the education of English

  • Factors that affect a school district's ability to successfully implement the use of data warehouse applications in the data driven decision making process

    Creator:
    DeLoach, Robin
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    The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that influence the ability of teachers and administrators to use data obtained from a data warehouse to inform instruction. The mixed methods study was guided by the following questions: 1) What data warehouse application features affect the ability of an...
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    . NCLB is the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) adopted in 1965 to

  • Instructors as learning managers : span of control as a factor of class size in higher education

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    McKiel, Carol J.
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    Research suggests that a key factor in student persistence and success is the relationships students form with faculty (Chickering & Gamson, 1991; Kuh et al., 2005; Tinto, 1987). While it appears to be intuitive that small classes would promote these instructor/student relationships, research on class size provides conflicting results, with...
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    Affective Management Function of Span of Control in Education and Management

  • Exploring resilience in the lives of women leaders in early childhood health, human services, and education

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    Turner, Susan Diane
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    Women leaders in early childhood health, human services, and education face tremendous challenges in their efforts to cultivate resilience amidst a myriad of risk factors including incessant stress, low wages, and limited professional support. Women who foster mental health in young children and high-risk families are vulnerable to secondary traumatic...
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    education and to all of our program alumnae. The author conveys a wealth of gratitude and a heartfelt

  • Taking a broader approach : longitudinal effects of personality on the physical health of spouse caregivers in two disease groups

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    Hall, Brandi June
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    Caregiving circumstances frequently evoke high levels of stress for caregivers and have consistently been linked to adverse psychological and physical health consequences. Within the caregiving literature, researchers have sought to answer questions about why some individuals seem to be particularly vulnerable to the well-established deleterious consequences of caregiving stress. Several...
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    personality traits and states on physical health outcomes, and (b) to utilize two well-defined groups of

  • Case Study : Description of a Corporate University's Operational Factors

    Creator:
    Ewer, Gary
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    Corporate universities (CUs) have been in existence in the United States since the early 1900s. They are increasingly providing educational and developmental opportunities for workers; however, there is little empirical research on these types of organizations. This study examined a specific electrical distributor's CU using a theoretical framework as a...
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    Industrial Training, Journal of Workplace Learning, The Internet and Higher Education Journal, and the

  • Voices from the coast : drawing on family funds of knowledge to build ocean literacy and home school partnerships

    Creator:
    Roebber, Susan Merwin
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    In this qualitative study, ethnographic methods were used to identify parent funds of knowledge related to ocean literacy in a rural, coastal context. Participants included 16 parents of students in the teacher-researcher's third-grade classroom. Interactions between parent-child, parent-parent, and parent and the teacher-researcher were studied in order to determine factors...
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    perspectives regarding participation in the education of their children. The ocean literacy activities and

  • Faculty perspectives on multicultural components of course curriculum

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    Creighton, Clare S.
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    Multicultural curriculum, as a facet of multicultural education is not a new topic in higher education. Although there are many theories that describe multicultural curriculum (Banks, 1997b; Bennett, 2007), and a multitude of ideas and suggestions for best practices, several studies show there is not overwhelming faculty support for or...
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    education and strategies to implement it. Bennett (2007) reports some of the recognized benefits and

  • Mentorship and Student Self-efficacy

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    Williams, MaryJean Harris
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    Background: The United States has been under-producing college graduates since at least 1980, with many challenges suppressing students’ self-efficacy. One approach to improving student outcomes is through mentorship. This dissertation applied Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) and Kram’s Mentor Relationship Development Theory (MRD) to discover whether students’ campus mentorship experiences...
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    …………………………..………….……...…205 E.2 Appendix E Skewness and Kurtosis of Education, Income, and Combined SES