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The Relationship Between Training and Retention in a Volunteer Organization
(2008-09-09)
The purpose of the study was to provide information that would lead to a better understanding of retention and thereby improve the retention rate of Civil Air Patrol cadets. The research problem of the study was to identify ...
Dr. Billy G. Walls and the Auburn University Bands, 1961-1991: A Story of Impact, Influence and Innovation
(2010-12-08)
The purpose of this study was to examine the career of Dr. Billy G. Walls at Auburn University. The study focused on three aspects of his career, namely: social, economic and political issues that affected the band program ...
Legal Issues in Music Education: An Analysis of Court Cases Involving Music Educators
(2010-11-30)
Although all educators are susceptible to legal challenges, music educators, as a result of
their professional responsibilities, have an increased risk of becoming involved in litigation.
Reasons for this increased risk ...
Moving High School Juniors Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay Through Teacher-Modeling
(2010-12-01)
The goal of this study was to assess the differences in high school juniors’ overall essay writing scores when given a method of instruction (coping model, mastery model, and neither). After reading two articles that ...
The Effect of Technological Representations on Developmental Mathematics Students' Understanding of Functions
(2010-08-03)
The use of technology in mathematics education has been strongly encouraged by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM, 2000) and the American Association of Two-year Colleges (AMATYC, 2006). Researchers have ...
Secondary Students’ Reading Attitudes and Achievement in a Scaffolded Silent Reading Program versus Traditional Sustained Silent Reading
(2010-08-03)
This study explored the reading attitudes and achievement, as well as genre knowledge, of tenth, eleventh, and twelfth-grade students who participated in Scaffolded Silent Reading, Sustained Silent Reading, or a control ...
University and Elementary School Perspectives of Ideal Elementary Science Teacher Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions
(2010-08-03)
Teacher education knowledge, skills, and dispositions have recently become a well-discussed topic among education scholars around the nation, mainly due to its attention by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher ...
A Longitudinal Comparative Study Examining Frequency and Types of Technology Usage Between Practicing Classroom Teachers and Pre-Service Education Majors
(2008-09-09)
The state of Georgia has allocated significant sources to train teachers and prepare them to use high-end technological devices, programs, and instruments in their classes. The purpose of these financial disbursements was ...
An Examination of the Effects of Recess on First Graders Use of Written Symbol Representations
(2008-09-09)
Recess is a construct that is slowly disappearing from curriculum in America’s elementary schools. Instead of engaging in free play during recess, children are being expected to perform more structured tasks aimed at ...
The Relationship of Parental Influence on Student Career Choice of Biology and Non-Biology Majors Enrolled in a Freshman Biology Course
(2008-09-09)
Recent declines in science literacy and inadequate numbers of individuals entering science careers has heightened the importance of determining why students major in science or do not major in science and then choose a ...