This study investigated how a modified curriculum for the artistically talented affected the drawing performance of eight middle school students in heterogeneous art rooms. This study was undertaken because I was concerned about the lack of...
The recovery movement in the United States redirects our focus away from the pathology of addiction and mental health disorders toward recovery, wellness, and resilience (White, 2000). The work of the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental...
This study investigated psychological and personality factors related to the onset of cancer. Stressful life events and coping strategies were investigated in a retrospective study of 69 cancer patients from local support groups and their controls....
Animal models of Huntington's disease (HD) that utilize 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NPA) in the initiation of oxidative stress
and accelerated brain-aging have been extensively studied. When administered to rodents, 3-NPA irreversibly...
Geographic variation in phenotypic traits among conspecific populations is well documented. Some studies have revealed that prey species may be induced to develop a defensive morphology when exposed to a specific predator. Interestingly, few...
The pairing and recombination of homologous regions of the X and Y chromosomes, in an area known as the pseudoautosomal region (PAR), has been a phenomenon of interest since its discovery in 1934. Its presence seems to be limited to eutherian...
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 investigated if phonemic awareness training is an effective method of instruction to increase reading performance for students with learning disabilities. This study employed an ex post facto design. Participants from grades 3 to 7 were...
Educators and policymakers have noted and expressed concern about a lack of academic motivation among adolescent high school students. Research has confirmed that intrinsic motivation does decline as students progress through school (Lepper,...
Rural, untouched land is being threatened by construction of subdivisions and retail buildings to support the growing population and continuing urban and suburban sprawl. Natural resources and the environment are drastically changing, and are in...
Physical fitness for men -- Measurement; Energy metabolism -- Measurement; Vitamin D
Physical performance is related to functional disabilities. Better interventions to improve function may be targeted if the determinants of physical performance are understood. We evaluated predictors of performance. The relationship of physical...
Educational law and legislation -- United States; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
The federal law commonly called, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), requires that all states assess their students to determine how well they are functioning in mathematics and other areas as well. This study investigated the importance of middle school...
The study identified critical leadership dimensions essential to systemically transform schools to high performing, provided a 40-item instrument to measure schools' engagement in distributed leadership, and determined the order of leadership...
Issues in psychological testing of minorities have become problematic over the past couple of years. With the population growth of minorities, there continues to be the need for cultural sensitivity in mental health services. Few studies have...
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,...
This study investigated the impact of student use of a rubric (DSER) on the writing performance of prelingually profoundly deaf secondary students who face difficulty writing in English. Writing samples were analyzed for 15 students in 4...
Gambling -- Psychological aspects; College students -- Attitudes
A review of the literature on the gambling behavior of college and university undergraduates explores the prevalence of gambling and also the prevalence of what is variously referred to as problem, pathological, disordered, or compulsive gambling...
The academic success rate between juvenile parolees and juvenile probationers are investigated. Data for this analysis was obtained from a research project through the Pilot Reintegration Educational Program (PREP), which sought to successfully...
This instrumental case study investigated the success of an exemplary practice, student-led conferences (SLC), and its impact on engaging parents and empowering students. Theoretical elements including perceptions of student achievement, parental...
Educational indicators; Education -- Mathematical models; Educational planning -- Mathematical models; School management and organization -- Mathematical models
This case study investigated the manner in which one elementary school operationalized DDDM. Utilizing a mixed-methods design, findings were generated from survey, interview, observation, and artifact data to identify the structures and processes...
