Browsing by Author "Shannon, David"

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Age at Application for Vocational Rehabilitation Services as a Predictor of Employment Outcomes for Transition-Age Youth

Brigman, Holly (2014-12-10)

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) outcome data from the Rehabilitation Services Administration were used to examine age as a predictor of employment outcomes for transition-age youth with significant disabilities. Employment ...

Alabama High School Principals' Knowledge Level of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Discipline Mandates

Milner, William (2006-05-15)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was amended in 1997 to create additional protections for students with disabilities who violate a school’s code of conduct. Prior to the IDEA, students with disabilities ...

Analysis of Clinical Experiences in Athletic Training Education Programs and Performance on the BOC Certification Examination

Searcy, James (2006-12-15)

The purpose of this study was to identify the general design of the clinical education experience and determine which factors of this experience might influence performance on the BOC Certification Examination. Part 1 of ...

An Analysis of Sales Training Effectiveness within the Housing Market

Robinson, John Cheney, IV (2012-05-04)

The purpose of this study was to assess the performance outcomes of a sales training program. This study is unique in a number of ways. First, it focuses on an under-studied area (sales training effectiveness). Second, ...

Antacedents and Consequences of Lodging Employees' Career Success: An Application of Motivational Theories

Calhoun, Jennifer (2015-07-29)

The purpose of this research was to explore attitudes and perceptions of various generations of lodging employees’ views about their career success. This mixed method research employed both qualitative and quantitative ...

Assessing Service-Learning in Higher Education: A Construct Validation Study

Wang, Shu-Ching (2007-08-15)

This was a two-phase study that aimed at re-examining the definition of service-learning and the development of an instrument for evaluating service-learning programs in higher education settings. A Delphi study was ...

An Assessment of Anticipatory Grief as Experienced by Family Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia

Ross, Angela (2008-08-15)

The growing number of patients with dementia represents a significant physical and mental health challenge not only for the health professions, but also, and more dramatically, for primary caregivers of dementia patients. ...

Assessment of Freshmen Varsity Student-Athletes' Learning Style Preferences

Perkins, Kirsten (2010-08-04)

Everyone learns, although everyone does not learn in the same manner; therefore, learning styles have become a major field of study drawing attention from a variety of researchers (Johnson, 2008; Keefe, 1987; Kolb & ...

Assessment of Health-Promoting Factors in College Students' Lifestyles

Dubois, Eva (2006-08-15)

The purposes of this study were designed to determine the degree to which college students engage in health-promoting lifestyles, identify differences in health-promoting lifestyles between undergraduate and graduate ...

Automatic Word Recognition: The Defining Feature of Fluency

Johnson, N. Melinda (2008-12-15)

This study investigated automatic word recognition as the defining feature of fluency, with speed and expression as results. Fluent readers are able to perform more than one task at a time. They are able to recognize ...

Beef Communication within the Digital Pasture: Tools that Impact Consumer Perceptions

Locke, Savannah (2022-05-09)

Increasingly, people obtain information from social media (SM) instead of peer-reviewed scientific and factual sources. As a result, a knowledge gap has been created between average citizens, consumers, and the animal ...

Chinese American Adolescents' Self-Perceived Identities and Their Language Behaviors

Zhu, Linxiang (2010-05-12)

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between self-perceived identities of Chinese American adolescents and their language behaviors. The self-perceived identities were measured by the Chinese ...

Community-Based Research: A Mixed Methods Study of the Influence of Community Educators’ Efficacy Beliefs, Program Attitudes, and Fidelity Intention on Practice

Finnegan, Vanessa (2019-11-07)

Although the availability of evidence-based prevention and health promotion programs is on the rise, there is still much to learn about these programs once they are disseminated at the community level and in diverse ...

Comparing the Effectiveness of Reform Pedagogy to Traditional Didactic Lecture Methods in Teaching Remedial Mathematics at Four-Year Universities

Smith, Luke (2013-07-19)

Postsecondary remedial mathematics courses often have relatively low pass rates compared to other courses (Bahr, 2008; Virginia College Community System, 2011) and have contributed to the view that mathematics is a gatekeeper ...

A Comparison of Learning Outcomes for Students with Disabilities Taught in Three Dissimilar Classroom Settings: Support Services, Team/Collaborative, and Departmental/Pullout

Powell, Jackie (2007-05-15)

Learning outcomes for students with mild learning and behavioral disabilities (SWD) are receiving national attention as a result of educational reform focusing on student achievement. This educational reform is the No ...

A Comparison of Music Compositional Process and Product of Two Groups of Secondary Students: Using Only Acoustic Instruments Versus Using Acoustic Instruments and iPads

Lyda, Robert (2014-12-10)

The purpose of this study was to explore compositional process stages, determine aptitude score changes, and examine differences in two groups of secondary-level general music students who composed music over eight composition ...

Designing an Instrument for Measuring Motivational Interviewing Skills Acquisition in Healthcare Professional Trainees

Petrova, Tatjana (2011-04-28)

Motivational interviewing (MI), as a counseling approach, has been used and evaluated extensively in the last decade. This approach has a significant impact on addiction management, change in lifestyle, and adherence to ...

Determining Best Practices for the Integration of Academics in Career and Technical Education Programs at Career and Technical Centers

Williams, Gary Dan (2014-12-16)

The Southern Regional Education Board established the Technology Centers That Work (TCTW) in 2007. Since that time, the TCTW has sought to help Career and Technical Centers (CTCs) improve both the academic and technical ...

The Development of Self-Regulation During Adolescence: Understanding the Effects by Pubertal Changes and Parenting

Scarpate, Julia Melissa (2015-12-10)

Self-regulation (SR) has been suggested to be a key developmental precursor to a host of developmental outcomes (e.g., externalizing and internalizing behaviors, academic achievement, task completion, etc.; Baumeister, ...

The Effect of a State Department of Education Teacher Mentor Initiative on Science Achievement

Pruitt, Stephen (2010-08-04)

This study analyzed a state department of education’s ability to have actual influence over the improvement of science achievement and proficiency by having direct relationships with science teachers in Georgia’s lowest ...