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  • Factors that influence career choice and development for gay male school teachers : a qualitative investigation

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    Terndrup, Anthony I.
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    This study investigated factors that influence career choice and development for gay male school teachers. Ten gay educators participated in the investigation. Data collection methods involved two semi-structured personal interviews and one structured telephone interview for a total of 30 sampling units. Data analysis procedures included reviewing audiotapes, reading transcriptions,...
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    Investigation. Abstract approved: Reese M. House This study investigated factors that influence career

  • Development of the Delton Silent Reading Tests : alternative test forms for the Schonell Silent Reading Tests

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    Dudiak, Shirley
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    The Delton Silent Reading Test, Forms A and B, was developed as an alternate test for the Schonell Silent Reading Test which is currently used for screening the reading comprehension of special students. The aim of the Delton Silent Reading Test is to achieve greater consistency in mid-year and mid-program...
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    Abstract approved: KENNETH M. AHRENDT The Delton Silent Reading Test, Forms A and B, was developed as

  • The effects of student teaching upon the development of secondary student teachers in Thailand

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    Nontapa, Sutee
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    This study examined the practice of student teaching and the effects of student teaching upon the development of three secondary Thai language student teachers from Chiangmai Teachers' College in Chiangmai, Thailand from July to September, 1992. The research questions were: What are the methods of teaching which are used during...
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    Upon the Development of Secondary Student Teachers in Thailand. Abstract approved Kenneth M

  • Beginning the year in a fifth-grade reform-based mathematics classroom : A case study of the development of norms

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    Cheval, Kathryn Meador
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    The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the development of social norms in a fifth-grade reform-based mathematics classroom through a close examination of one teacher's actions during the first three weeks of school. This study offers insights into the following research questions: 1) How does an elementary...
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    Mathematics Classroom: A Case Study of the Development of Norms. Abstract approved: karen m. higgins

  • A multi-case study of elementary classroom teachers' transitions to reform-based mathematics instruction

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    White, Elizabeth Busch
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    The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics published their vision of active, problem-centered instruction with a goal of conceptual understanding in 1989. Fifteen years after these reforms were proposed the changes are reflected in school policy and elementary mathematics curriculum, but only limited change has actually occurred in classroom instruction....
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    approved: M. Higgins The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics published their vision of active

  • The heart of leadership : An autoethnographic study of issues that impact educational leadership

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    Prince, Erin K.
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    This autoethnography explores issues that impact educational leadership by examining individual reflections, perceptions, and responses developed through the lens of a principal of two elementary schools. The main data source involves journal entries collected over a period of one year. Theories of educational leadership styles and effective school practices form...
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    Study of Issues That Impact Educational Leadership. Abstract approved: Karen M

  • Voices of experience : understanding and enhancing successful conflict management by community college presidents

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    Zanjani, Mellissia M.
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    The purpose of this research study was to enhance understanding of successful conflict management by community college Presidents through highlighting and describing conflict experiences with the faculty union or the board of trustees in a community college context. The following questions guided the research: (a) How do community college Presidents...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Mellissia M. Zanjani for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

  • Impacts of the Internet on academic culture in Aceh, Indonesia

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    Daud, Darni M.
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    The adoption and increasing uses of the Internet in higher education in many parts of the world have resulted in fundamental changes in academic cultures. The transfer of information is essential to academic life, and the Internet offers faster and easier access to information and communication between people than ever...
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    , Indonesia AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Darni M. Daud for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • Special education compliance issues in Oregon

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    O'Dell, Richard M.
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    In the 27 years since the establishment of federal law mandating special education, no state has been fully in compliance. In addition, the voices of school personnel (special education teachers, speech and language pathologists, and school psychologists) charged with implementing these laws and regulations have been largely silent in the...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Richard M. O'Dell for the

  • Students thought processes while engaged in computer programming

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    Ahmed, Aqeel M.
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    The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the thought processes of secondary level novice programmers engaged in computer programming for the purpose of generating hypotheses for consideration in future research on the relationship between computer programming and problem solving. A high school BASIC programming course with 14 students...
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    programming AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Aqeel M. Ahmed for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Science