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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Areas of growth."”.
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Digital Tools, Distributed Making and Design
… technologies, change in the manner and means of physical object production is clearly on the horizon. Recent peripheral projects show how access to digital fabrication and communication tools pull information for making toward the user, and enable the distribution of information and product …
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Stepping into leadership : addressing the transition for new heads of school.
… leadership challenges, insecurities, and areas of growth experienced by newly appointed heads of school with fewer than five years of leadership experience. It also investigates the support systems and structures that can help these leaders succeed. The shortage of qualified school …
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A case study of writing skills growth of three eighth-grade students in a writing workshop classroom
… student-teacher conference notes and the results of a literacy interview, the writing growth of each student was analyzed. Each student shows development of strong writing skills and an ability to discuss this growth in an articulate manner using written samples to back up their claims. The areas …
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An Ethnographic Approach to Education: Learning Through Relationships
<p>The purpose of the ethnographic narrative project was to understand ourselves and our students in a more in-depth manner. The ethnographic narrative project has allowed me to explore myself, my students, my classroom, the community I teach in, and the link each of these has to social justice. In …
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Ethnographic Narrative Project: At Promise
… to facilitate the social, educational, and civic growth and learning that I want for both my students and myself. I have particularities, therefore my classroom intentions attempt to address the areas in which I need to grow as an educator while also nurturing and employing my unique strengths. As …
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Changing school culture: a primary literacy initiative, all hands on deck
<p>The purpose of this study was to implement the balanced literacy approach to reading instruction for two-hundred sixteen kindergarten through third graders, as a means of increasing student achievement, focusing instruction school wide, and creating a collaborative instructional culture. Data to …
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Next generation business intelligence software, areas for growth & opportunities for innovation
In today's world, as the volume of business and consumer data continues to grow at an unprecedented pace, there is increasing desire to utilize that data in new and innovative and ways to provide insight and improve decision making. For businesses, data is being generated from transactions, machine …
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Exploring Clinical Implications of Consensual Non-Monogamy: A Proposed Intake Assessment Tool
<p>Relationships in the United States are often assumed to adhere to heteronormative and mononormative standards, which is problematic because a significant minority of individuals are neither heterosexual nor monogamous (approximately 4.5% and 4% of the United States population, respectively). As …
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The lived experience for women who have experienced divorce : grief and growth : a phenomenological qualitative study
People marry with the intention of remaining married until death. However, marriages are more likely to end in divorce than by death (Popenoe & Whitehead, 1999). This phenomenological narrative qualitative study seeks to gain an understanding of the lived experience for women who have experienced a …
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Elementary teachers' perception of preparedness for the elementary science classroom
This dissertation explores the perception of preparedness among elementary teachers to effectively teach three-dimensional science lessons as advocated by the Next Generation Science Standards. A mixed methods approach combining qualitative interviews with quantitative analysis was employed to gain …
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Moving to the other side of the desk: An examination of the practice of including peer support specialists as treatment providers within the dialectical behavior therapy paradigm
… Disorder. This multi-modal treatment consists of individual therapy, group skills training, the availability of 24-hour phone coaching, and weekly consultation meetings for therapists. A recent trend in Michigan Community Mental Health has been to add an additional component to traditional DBT, …
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Why do I want to work for you? An Analysis of Job Satisfaction, Laborer Retention, and Recruitment in the Cattle Feeding Industry
… 2023). Productivity and efficiency are two areas that work hand in hand and employees drive both. To identify areas of growth for the beef cattle industry, assessing concerns of those who hold the future of the industry in their hands, the laborers, is crucial. Along with the challenge of a …
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Implementing Integrated Literacy Approaches in an English Classroom in Malawi
The purpose of the study was to discover how teachers learn to teach. This was done through the process of answering the question "How does a teacher acting as a co-researcher come to understand the learner-centered integrated literacy approaches in an English classroom in Malawi?" The …
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Leadership and its Impact on Employee Motivation: A Study of Small and Medium Enterprises in Leicestershire
… comprehensive coverage on the subject matters of leadership, employee motivation and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The research makes an empirical and knowledge contribution by proposing a new conceptual framework titled “The Ladders of Leadership and Employee Motivation”. This framework …
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An integration approach to character education in the high school
… and try to correct it. The implementation of a character education program at the high school level and the incorporation of this program into the classroom should become a natural part of the school day.</p> <p>The main goal of a high school character education program was to reduce the …
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A Descriptive Case Study of Teaching Teams at Lakeside Middle School
<p><em>Problem.</em> Much of current educational reform calls for teacher collaboration and teaming. These practices, however, are lacking in most middle schools. How do teams develop? Is there a prescribed pattern they must follow? What contributes to team growth? What are teachers' experiences as …
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An evaluation of a leadership development program
"Leaders are bom not made". This is a matter of nature versus nurture, in this case with regard to leadership development. The question therefore is whether leadership is a natural gift or an acquired skill. If leadership is an acquired skill, what then is the best way to accomplish this? These …
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The Alternative to Traditional College Degree Programs: Implications for a Sustainable Workforce in the Federal Republic of Nigeria
… is free and compulsory in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, at least over 10 million of the country’s children within ages 5-14 years are not attending school, because of the associated costs, which render access prohibitive. Of the children who do complete middle school education, only a few are …
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Exploring Opportunities for Supporting Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth: A Path Forward Through Expanding Graduate Training in School Psychology
… responsibility to support the diverse needs of all youth. While juvenile justice-involved youth may not be a primary subpopulation served by all school psychologists, they are a high-needs group that requires special consideration and attention. As a professional entity, school psychologists’ …
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The Influence of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People During a Merger of a Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services in a Midwestern State : A Single Case Study from 2007 to 2013
… Organizational mergers are difficult and often chaotic at best, fraught with unknowns that can derail the best of plans. In this study, two cultures, fire suppression and emergency medical services, were brought together in order to create a stronger fire department by consolidating …
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