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Showing 1 to 20 of 593 for “"Level of education"”.
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Nurses' Attitudes Towards Continuing Formal Education: A Comparison by Level of Education and Geography
… beyond what can be acquired through continuing education courses.</p><p> What we know is that few U.S. nurses continue their formal education after licensure and that the majority have an Associate Degree or Diploma in nursing. Thus, it is in the publics' interest to invest more in enticing and …
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A comparison of the relationships between level of education, job performance, and beliefs on professionalism within the Virginia State Police
Most police administrators assume that the higher level of education a police officer attains, the more effective the officer will become in fulfilling the police role. Based on this assumption, the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of level of education on job performance and …
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Investigating the impact of the education level of construction owners on business performance
The study investigates the impact of the level of education of owners on the performance of the business in the construction industry. Construction companies are key to economic development in South Africa, playing an economic role in the nation's GDP and solving economic problems like unemployment …
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Education and its effects on police officer job performance: the perceived views from both Chattanooga police officers and society
… to examine the relationship between a police officer's level of education and the perception of education on police officer job performance. Specifically, the researcher hypothesized that police officers with college degrees were perceived to perform their duties better than officer's without …
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Is Educational Attainment a Significant Determinant of Where Firms Decide to Locate or Expand Operations?
… location decisions (energy prices, wage levels, unionization, taxes, and public services), this study also considers the impact of the average level of education attained by the population of a state. Specifically, this study hypothesizes that the average level of education attained by a …
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Factors Related to Information Technology Implementation in the Malaysian Ministry of Education Polytechnics
The purpose of this study was to examine factors related to information technology (IT) implementation in the curriculum. The focus was on Malaysian Ministry of Education Polytechnic (MoEP) faculty members' attitudes toward IT, as well as IT availability and IT use in teaching. The response rate …
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Moral reasoning and political beliefs of the University of Zululand students
… is understood as the progressive development of more morally adequate forms of moral judgment. Thus one would expect higher levels of moral reasoning from the highly educated. In this study, this assumption is proved to the contrary. When moral judgments of undergraduates and post graduate …
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Parental Involvement and Its Effects on Students’ Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Korogwe, Tanzania
… guided by four objectives: 1.to relate parents’ level of education with students’ academic performance 2 to identify how parents’ income influences the students’ academic performance, 3 to establish how communication between teachers and parents affect the students’ academic performance, and 4. …
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The rising schooling costs and rate of absenteeism and dropout among ward secondary school students in Morogoro Urban District
… about the rising schooling costs and rates of absenteeism and dropout among ward secondary school students. The objective of this study was to trace the increase in costs of schooling for the last five years, proportion of pupils dropping out due to costs of schooling, and examining the …
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Human factors approach towards improving readability of bus schedules
Due to an increasing concern over the readability of existing bus schedules of a public transportation agency the schedule format was redesigned. Two prototype schedules were designed based on the gathered information from the literature survey, focus group meetings and data from other public …
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Cultural Diversity Awareness of Elementary School Teachers in Georgia Classrooms
This study determined the extent of cultural diversity awareness of in-service, elementary teachers in Georgia classrooms. The study also determined if different levels of cultural awareness existed between teacher groups in relation to their race/ethnicity, gender, level of education, number of …
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Teachers' Perceptions of Empowerment in Their Work Environments as Measured by the Psychological Empowerment Instrument.
<p>The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher perceptions of their empowerment. Six school systems in the Northeast Tennessee region were used in the study. Of the 600 teachers who were surveyed, 312 responded (52%). The Psychological Empowerment Instrument was used to survey the …
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Language learning strategies of Botswana students : An exploratory study
The purpose of this research is to explore the learning strategies used by Botswana students acquiring English as a second language. It also examines whether the choice of strategies is affected by the factors of different age/level of education, proficiency and gender. The research also explores …
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Information Technology and Student Engagement
This study examines the effects of information technology use on overall student engagement. The independent variables examined include age, ethnicity, gender, transfer status and parent’s education. It is hypothesized that younger, traditional students have a higher level of information technology …
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Critical Care Nurses' Intention to Allow Family Presence during Resuscitation
… in which two families refused to leave the sides of their loved ones. This event marked the beginning of the family presence during resuscitation movement. The purpose of this study is to explore whether attitudes/behavioral beliefs about FPDR coupled with demographic variables predicted critical …
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Critical Care Nurses' Intention to Allow Family Presence during Resuscitation
… in which two families refused to leave the sides of their loved ones. This event marked the beginning of the family presence during resuscitation movement. The purpose of this study is to explore whether attitudes/behavioral beliefs about FPDR coupled with demographic variables predicted critical …
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THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND RELIGIOUS FAITH AFFILIATION TO BLACK STUDENT RETENTION AT A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTION
… religious faith affiliation, and retention of Black students in a predominantly White institution. The 2002 University New Student Census, a questionnaire given to all students during summer orientation, was used to secure a sample of Black students. Students who selected the "Black, African …
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Intergenerational persistence of educational status in South Africa
… to measure the intergenerational mobility of education, over a ten-year period in South Africa. The research considers both father-son and motherdaughter pairs over the last ten years and yields interesting results, displaying a clear increase in educational mobility in terms of the …
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