Geography -- Study and teaching; Geographic information systems
Geographic illiteracy is a chronic problem in the United States perpetuated, in part, by teachers who lack proper geography education training and by weak state education certification requirements. Initiatives for improving geographic literacy...
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Criminal Justice."; Thesis advisor: Jennifer Hedlund.; M.S.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-78).
The study was designed to distinguish if demographic information has any bearing on the amount of food consumed during a lunch period. Gender, ethnicity, lunch status were three demographics compared to the amount of food consumed that was...
Motor learning; Art -- Study and teaching (Preschool)
As the art teacher of kindergarten through grade three students, I am very much aware that children enter kindergarten at various stages of physical, emotional, mental and artistic development. Because art education requires fine motor skills in...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Primary); Word problems (Mathematics)
This research focuses on the role of instruction in improving student responses to open ended questions in elementary mathematics. The participants in the study were elementary school students in third grade. The participants were chosen based on...
The purpose of this study was to examine the professional growth opportunities for teachers in multicultural education that contribute to improving student achievement. This mixed method was conducted by the researcher in three different urban...
Helping is a phenomenon that has been widely studied in psychology. Two types of helping that can occur within an organization are organizational citizenship behavior, or OCB, and volunteering. OCB is helping that occurs during the course of...
This study examined peer mediation programs in Connecticut to determine how closely they are aligned with the new "Recommended Standards for School-Based Peer Mediation Programs" and what they might need to meet them. These national standards have...
For over thirty-five years average mathematics scores of students in the United States have been below the international average, indicating problems with performance when compared with students from other countries. The United States National...
Hartford sermon notebook; Puritans -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- 17th century -- Sermons; Sermons, American -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- 17th century; Hartford (Conn.) -- Church history -- 17th century
This thesis has two main objectives. The first is to complete an accurate transcription of over two hundred pages of colonial handwriting contained in a compact sermon notebook that I have entitled The Hartford Sermon Notebook. The second objective...
The findings of this quantitative, value-added study suggest that the nature of the content area background of middle school principals has a discernable relationship to student performance outcomes. Student achievement was substantially lower for...
School superintendents -- Connecticut; Academic achievement -- Connecticut
What is the instructional leadership role of superintendents in districts with sustained high levels of student achievement and/or where student achievement has improved over time? The objective of the study was to identify characteristics of...
The issue of standardized testing is multifaceted and often the subject of much debate. Given the support that these test receive from the current state and federal administrations, with the goals of determining accountability and improving the...
Geographic information systems; Information resources management
It is the belief of the author that the limited capabilities of GIS during the early stages (pre-1990) of GIS development resulted in GIS selection focusing on new software and hardware rather than on the best process or methodologies for...
There is one thing we all have in common. Regardless of our gender, age, race, religion or socioeconomic status, we, as human beings, all experience the pain and suffering associated with life. This is an unavoidable, inevitable fact. We suffer in...
Mnemonics; Multiplication -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
As the art teacher of kindergarten through grade three students, I am very much aware that children enter kindergarten at various stages of physical, emotional, mental and artistic development. Because art education requires fine motor skills in...
Intranets (Computer networks); Integrated library systems (Computer systems)
In 1997, a communication review was conducted for a multi-site university library system. Most of the recommendations that resulted were implemented. A recommendation to develop an intranet for the library system was deferred pending a more...
School management and organization -- Longitudinal studies
In this thesis I explored, through in-depth literature review, survey, and teacher interviews, the value and feasibility of creating and maintaining a K-12 student portfolio that would present a learning history of each student over an extended...
Reading (Elementary) -- Remedial teaching; Music in education
The purpose of this study was to develop and implement teaching methods to build
fluency in struggling readers and to generate hypotheses regarding the impact that music
has in helping to build fluent oral reading. Methods using music to promote...
Sex instruction for people with mental disabilities
The purpose of this study was to improve safe-sex knowledge among seriously mentally
ill clients living in a residential program. Many have recognized that education and
prevention are the most important tools, and that increasing health knowledge...
