Response to intervention (Learning disabled children); Verbal ability in children.
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education."; Dissertation advisor: Sheldon Watson.; Ed.D.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-159).
Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessment; College students -- Life skills assessment; Criminals -- Life skills assessment; Criminal psychology -- Testing
This study examined criminal thinking patterns and life skills in college students and prison inmates. Criminal thinking patterns influence the way in which individuals perceive the world and interact with others and life skills are the basic...
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...
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...
There is a gap in the educational research that investigates the connection between the mathematics skills students learn in school and how they use these skills at the workplace. Students should be able to apply the mathematics skills they...
Leadership effectiveness can affect the success or failure of an organization. The way a leader (CEO, manager, supervisor etc.) communicates to employees can affect the degree to which employees will willingly follow and respect the leader, be...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Study skills
High school students frequently lack the knowledge of effective study- and test-taking skills that they would need to succeed on a variety of assessments. Identifying where students are lacking in these skills can help educators meet their...
United States. Dept. of Labor. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills; Workplace literacy -- Connecticut -- Portland; Technology -- Study and teaching -- Connecticut -- Portland; Competency-based education -- Connecticut -- Portland
The author begins by pointing out that Technology Education has evolved from manual arts to shop, industrial arts to its current form. Each change has come with a new philosophy of preparing students for the world of work. In the 1980's, companies...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching; Mathematics and literature
A major focus of many school districts in Connecticut is their students' results on the Connecticut Mastery Tests ("CMT"). As a result, many curricula include a review of concepts included in the test in advance of the test administration. However,...
Rosenthal and colleagues coined the term Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a mood disorder, which is seasonal and recurs annually in most cases during the fall and winter. The past two decades have witnessed a surge of interest in the disorder,...
Conflict management -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Literacy -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Over the last three school years, horrific acts of violence have taken place in America's public schools. The reality of children killing children has sparked a national debate over school violence and what can be done to prevent it.
As an...
Geography -- Study and teaching; Geography -- Study and teaching -- Aids and devices;
Introduction
The main objective of this curriculum guide is to provide educators with materials
and resources designed to promote cultural awareness with middle school students
and meet specific geographic objectives and standards. Geography is a...
Estimates of the incidence of mental disorders indicate that 35% of inmates in prison populations have a diagnosable mental illness, indicating there is a need to understand how emotional disturbance plays a role in the mental status of female...
Connecticut Academic Performance Test; Mathematical ability -- Testing; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Connecticut; Achievement tests -- Connecticut
The debate over the effectiveness of a "reform" mathematics curriculum verses a "traditional" mathematics curriculum in student achievement has been widely discussed and studied. Standards-based, or reform, programs emphasize applications to solve...
Supported Living Arrangements (SLAs) are residential programs designed to facilitate the integration of developmentally disabled individuals into the community. Clients of these programs live in independent apartments and receive approximately...
Although clinical competence comprises a combination of cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills the changing healthcare environment now demands more efficient problem solving and decision-making skills. There exists a lack of research within...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Iowa Tests of Basic Skills; Mathematics -- Testing; Educational tests and measurements
Students in seven Springfield, Massachusetts Schools receive extra mathematics lessons in Mathematics Laboratories. The period for these lessons comes during the time that classroom teachers receive their preparation periods. By contract language,...
Arts -- Study and teaching; Aesthetics -- Study and teaching
This study provides an investigation into artistic expression and the use of aesthetics in a middle school environment. Part I of the study was designed to determine how eighth-grade students perceive their own strengths in the arts and whether or...
Transportation -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States; Transportation -- United States -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Description of Course:
This Transportation Systems course introduces the high school student to the history, design, operation, manufacture and maintenance of transportation systems. Course content is designed to develop an understanding of...
Algebra --- Study and teaching (Secondary); Educational tests and measurements --- Connecticut; Achievement tests --- Connecticut
Each year thousands of students are tracked into mathematics classes. In these particular classes, students may struggle or find their mathematics skills less academically able than their classmates and give up on the tasks that are introduced to...
