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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Core Knowledge"”.
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Impact of Core Knowledge Curriculum on Reading Achievement
… of this study was to examine the impact of Core Knowledge curriculum, a Comprehensive School Reform model, on the reading achievement of elementary students located in a north Texas suburban school district. A repeated measures, matched-comparison design was employed using longitudinal data …
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Medical students' recognition of core knowledge in a supported problem-based learning curriculum
… to achieve insight into how students identify core knowledge in a supported problem-based learning (PBL) medical curriculum. Self-directed learning and an emphasis on the clinical relevance of core knowledge are features of this curriculum.
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Connections Between Infants' Object-Representation and Physical-Reasoning Systems: Priming Effects in Violation -of -Expectation and Manual-Search Tasks
… the variable will be interpreted by infants' core knowledge, allowing them to detect persistence violations involving the variable and guiding them to act appropriately in an event.
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At the Core of School Reform: A Culture of Commitment, Collaboration, and Collective Leadership
… California chose to adopt and implement the Core Knowledge Sequence to bring new life to their school. This study explores elements of school culture necessary for a school reform effort to thrive. Research has indicated that teachers who work in a supportive culture are committed, …
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Effectiveness of a program-specific assessment instrument for a department of clothing and textiles
… designed to measure student mastery of core knowledge in the discipline, (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of the instrument for determining student outcomes from the value-added perspective, and (3) to determine whether performance on the instrument and other measures of achievement was …
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Raising the Standards of Emergency Preparedness at the University of San Francisco
… based on goals, objectives, competencies, and core knowledge areas established through the University of San Francisco’s Master’s of Public Health program. As a means of improving the universities emergency preparedness, research was conducted, programs to educate students on emergency …
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A study of facility management knowledge classification for the effective stewardship of existing buildings
… study was to establish the Facility Management knowledge categories within the life cycle of a building context. The significance of the study stemmed from research undertaken into the compliance to Australian Standards 1851-17:2005 Maintenance of Fire and Smoke Doors within West Australian …
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The LEGACY Girls Hormone Pilot Study: Implications for Breast Cancer Prevention through Exploring Hormone Biomarkers in Young Girls
… fulfillment of the MPH program competencies, core knowledge areas, and cross-cutting interdisciplinary competencies of public health. Overall, this invaluable experience have deepened my appreciation for the field of epidemiology as it relates to cancer prevention research and enhanced my …
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Fieldwork Summary Report: California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
… internship to demonstrate competency in the Core Knowledge areas as outlined by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). Students choose their fieldwork placement site based on an area of particular interest and focus.</p> <p>My fieldwork experience was different from many of my …
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Fieldwork Summary Report: Reducing Repeat Teenage Pregnancy through Program Planning and Evaluation
… Program, and my Master of Public Health knowledge and skill sets. Since researching the huge social and economic impact that teenage pregnancy and parenting has not only on the teens and their children, but also the society at large, I strived to highlight prevention aspects to reduce …
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Analysis of the Impact of CACREP Accreditation of Counselor Education Programs on Student Knowledge Outcomes
… investigator (PI) for this study analyzed mean scores on the National Counselor Examination (NCE) of students from CACREP accredited and non-CACREP accredited programs. Data was provided by the National Board of Certified Counselors, Inc., for a total of ten examination administrations across six …
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Perceptions of Kindergarten Teachers regarding Professional Development in New Jersey's Public Schools
… development opportunities in identified areas of core knowledge and effective teaching practices for PreK-3 and specific professional development delivery models or formats.</p> <p>The population investigated was kindergarten teachers employed in public schools in the state of New Jersey. A …
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The States and Status of Clay: Material, Metamorphic and Metaphorical Values.
… of clay and enhance its material status. The core knowledge deduced from this research is that embodied performance transforms connectivity between artist and clay and produces a unified incarnation of both elements. Through the use of immersive research methods I gained insights which could …
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Towards competitive theorizing of strategy implementation process – empirical evidence from applying the RBV lens on implementation process
This study identified the core knowledge gap of a lack of competitive theorizing of strategy implementation (SIMP) in the processual and resource-based views of strategy. This gap exists due to tactical perception and relative inattention to variety in strategy implementation process and related …
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Navigating gods and monsters: the production of safe insecure spatialities in the deterrence of risk at sea
… of piracy have been used on land as the core knowledge that is mobilised to reproduce and refine practical deterrence measures that are used onboard merchant vessels. This analysis reveals that through exchanges of knowledge and expertise of life at sea, guidance is refined to embody the …
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Bridging Policy and Education: How Elementary Students Are Impacted by Reform Efforts
… Learning school is a K-12 school and the Core Knowledge school is a K-8 school.</p> <p>The study found high levels of engagement and learning in schools of choice where propensities and interest are matched to the five dimensions of a classroom: pedagogy, curriculum, evaluation, structure, …
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A Study of Persistence in the Walters State Community College Associate-Degree Nursing Program.
… while validating the importance of prerequisite core knowledge. The findings should serve as predictive evidence to better identify and inform potential “at-risk” candidates of the factors that affect persistence in this nursing program.</p>
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Knowledge used for teaching counting: A case study of the treatment of counting by two Grade 3 teachers situated in schools serving working class communities in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
… stemming from the poor pedagogic, and or content knowledge of classroom mathematics teachers. Shulman (1986; 1987) refers to this area of knowledge as Pedagogic Content Knowledge (PCK). In the field of mathematics teaching and learning, Ball, Thames and Phelps (2008) refer to it as Mathematics …
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Health Education in Charter Schools: A National Study
… (49.4%), and identified their type of school as “core knowledge” (40.6%). Approximately two thirds of the charter schools reported having a state, district, or charter law requirement to teach health education.</p><p>Health education was reported as being most likely to be taught in ninth grade …
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Medical education and the importance of teaching medical teachers about teaching
… changes are concerned with the explosion in knowledge in the fields of medical facts, technologies, therapies and informatics. It is an ongoing educational problem as to how the burgeoning sciences can be balanced with the present call for the return to the humanities. Medical schools are …