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Showing 1 to 20 of 310 for “"Positive change"”.
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Predictors of Positive Change in Teaching Practices: A Quantitative Study
Change in educational settings is a complex and multifaceted process that commonly implies change in teaching practices. Different initiatives have shown the significance of teachers and their perceptions when change in teaching practices is intended. Additionally, various factors may influence …
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Keyboard warriors: Writing as a tool for positive change. Practitioner thesis
… the tools that writers can use to help inspire positive social and environmental change. I am a multi-disciplinary writer whose works include plays, fiction, children’s fiction, nonfiction and creative nonfiction. Through this study, I wanted to learn how I could use my writing skills to …
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Factors influencing positive change in the second[ary] teacher's classroom skills
… the teachers: (a) an awareness of the need for change and (b) support for change? 5. What were the teachers' perceived gains and losses in this improvement effort? Major findings revealed that teachers actively seek their peers' advice and desire to see one another in practice through peer …
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Leading By Example: Creating Motivation That Fosters Positive Change in Young People
… receive their own awards. Now, I want to use positive language and positive action to help motivate young people, encouraging them to achieve their own success, as well as foster success in others. Oftentimes people get wrapped up in personal issues and forget about others. The purpose of this …
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Understanding Food Waste Behavior and Ways To Influence Positive Change and Waste Reduction
… problems such as pollution, climate change, and food waste can be influenced by social attitudes and human behavior. Solutions to address environmental problems involve a series of actions by society and individuals, which can prove difficult to implement because changes induced by …
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Beyond a deficit-based approach : public sector audit as a transformative mechanism for positive change
… audit’s potential to become an instrument for positive change, by addressing a knowledge-gap about intrapersonal, interpersonal, and interorganisational characteristics that would inhibit or facilitate such a paradigm shift. It found that audit has the capacity and potential to move beyond a …
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Perceptions of Elementary School Principals Regarding Strategies to Build Trust Among Staff to Support Positive Change
… effectively and efficiently to facilitate positive change and, ultimately, to support student achievement. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to understand how elementary school principals can quickly build trust with their teachers to facilitate positive change. …
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Enhancing Community Living Standards Through Entrepreneurship and Business Skills Trainings: A Case Of Positive Change Foundation- Manzese Darajani
The project was implemented in Manzese and it started with a participatory community needs assessment (CNA). This assessment aimed to identify strengths and weaknesses of the ward. The sample for the study was randomly and purposively selected where by 80 respondents had both full participation and …
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Gender Matters in Batterer Intervention Program Settings: Curriculum Topics Are Most Helpful in Fostering Positive Change in Domestic Violence Behavior
… to curricula approaches used to foster positive behavior change in dealing with domestic violence issues. The study explores gender similarities and differences in learning and pursues exploring any unique aspects to gender that might present itself as important when dealing with …
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The importance of an early positive change in pain and function in determining overall clinical improvement following strengthening treatment for chronic neck pain
This study tested the relationship between change in NDI scores after 3 weeks of strengthening exercise and response to strengthening exercise at the final assessment. A change in the NDI of 7 points after 3 weeks correctly classified 93.2% of participants that would display a positive change at …
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The Effects of Storytelling on Worldview and Attitudes toward Sustainable Agriculture
… will not be a simple one. Attempting to change a worldview is not an easy task. A growing body of research in other disciplinary areas suggests that storytelling can serve as an effective method of fostering change. This mixed-methods study examines the role of storytelling in effecting …
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The effects of word study: a developmental and discovery based approach to spelling
… of third grade students; and to determine if the change in spelling abilities is greater in those third graders who receive the treatment of guided on-level instruction and interactive word activities than those third grade students who participated in a traditional spelling program. Orthographic …
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Concerns of Faculty Members in Higher Education About Using Computers
… the institution long range in moving toward more positive change, and faculty suggestions. Forty-seven tables and 16 figures illustrate the findings. Fourteen appendices supplement the study. Contains 132 references.
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The experience and meaning of women’s extramarital affairs
… felt to be healing and was also a catalyst for positive change for all of the women, although for some this positive change signaled the ending of their marital relationships.
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A Film Intervention Program for Changing Mathematics Attitudes of Prospective Elementary Teachers
… and at the end of the course. A significant positive change (p < .05) was noted in sex bias attitudes. There was a slight positive change in practicality attitudes. Achievement was found to be significantly correlated with math anxiety, practicality and appreciation of the creative aspect, …
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Sheep Hill Community Tree
… many individuals sharing common values create positive change.
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An Instrument for Measuring Behavior Change Among Low-Income Youth
… been no standard instrument to evaluate behavior change among participants in Virginia or nationwide. A 24-item Youth Food Behavior Checklist (YFBC) was developed based on 13 topics and food-related behaviors taught in 4-H EFNEP. Data were collected on 47 youth enrolled in 4-H EFNEP in the summer …
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Effectiveness, process and outcomes in school-based humanistic counselling
… and little is known about the processes of change involved. This study aims to test the effectiveness of SBHC and develop understanding of change processes which may lead to enhanced outcomes. Young people aged 13-16 were recruited to a pilot randomised controlled trial comparing SBHC to a …
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Effectiveness of the classroom communication resource in changing primary school learners' attitudes towards children who stutter after one month: A feasibility study
… group to describe the direction and magnitude of changes in 196 Grade 7 peers' attitudes towards CWS following the administration of the CCR. It also determined whether the changes were linked to gender or having exposure to a person who stutters. The evidence confirmed that the SROM was a valid …
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Reduction of anxiety in college students with Asperger's disorder using behavioral relaxation training
… variety of populations that have demonstrated positive change with behavioral relaxation training.
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