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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"incentive program"”.
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What impact does an attendance incentive program have on student attendance?
… was to determine the impact of an attendance incentive program on the attendance of students in a small, rural elementary school setting. The methodology of the study consisted of collecting attendance data from the previous school year. The data were then compared to the attendance data from …
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The effect of a lottery-based incentive program on employee absenteeism patterns and attitudes
… was to explain the effect of a lottery-based incentive program on employee absenteeism. Based on a review of the relevant literature, seven variables were examined: (1) past attendance behavior; (2) employee liking for the lottery program; (3) employee perceptions of the contingency of …
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The impact of a mentoring/financial incentive program on at-risk high school students
… of Wayne," a privately funded mentoring/incentive program at an impoverished high school near Detroit. Over 500 students enroll in the program annually. The program involves providing high school students who choose to participate both adult mentoring and a $200 incentive to improve one's …
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A university-based incentive program: motivating large-scale safety belt use through indigeneous personnel
… research has demonstrated beneficial impact of incentives for safety belt promotion in a variety of environmental settings and has prompted the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to promote and support community wide incentive programs for motivating safety belt use nationwide. …
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Influence of an incentive program on handwashing practices and handwashing prevalence among university foodservice workers
… of handwashing occurred with the use of an incentive program. University foodservice workers (N=43) completed a questionnaire rating perceived level of importance of handwashing after foodservice activities. Significant as~ociations were shown for workers' level of education (P = 0.005), …
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Role-related interests and perceptions of a teacher incentive program: case studies of three elementary schools
… that were designed as a component of a teacher incentive program. A conceptual model guided this research. The expectation was that role-related interests would have a direct effect on the various actors' perceptions of the teacher evaluation plan. The model presented other factors that would …
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Evaluating Determinants of Participation in Voluntary Riparian Buffer Programs: A Case Study of Maryland's Buffer Incentive Program
… are participating in Maryland's voluntary Buffer Incentive Program and a sample of farmers who are not in the program. More than 600 telephone interviews were conducted to gather original data about the landowners' demographic characteristics, their awareness of the riparian buffer concept, and …
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The effect of the implementation of a teacher incentive program in District XYZ: An evaluation case study
… today's classroom teachers. To this end teacher incentive programs have again evolved to attract and retain good classroom teachers. In the 1986-87 school year the Illinois State Board of Education funded four pilot teacher incentive programs in Carbondale, Dundee, Princeton, and Quincy. District …
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Tax credits for housing : the experience of the New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority investment incentive program
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1996.
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The Evaluation of the Jostens Renaissance Incentive Program and the Impact it has on Students at a Southwest Florida High School
… administrators and counselors must find creative incentive programs tailored to meet the needs of respective school settings, such as the Jostens Renaissance incentive program. The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of the Jostens Renaissance education incentive program at one Title …
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The Implications of the Early Retirement Incentive Program Component of Public Act 87 -1265 on Regional Office of Education No. 11 School Districts
The purpose of this study was to provide much needed information about the ways in which the ERIP affected school district finances; the management of human resources with respect to the recruitment, selection, assignment, and professional development of high school teachers; the quality and …
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A Study to Determine the Opinions of Elementary Teachers and 3Rd and 4Th Grade Elementary Students Concerning the Book It National Reading Incentive Program
… students concerning the Book It National Reading Incentive Program. Two questionnaires were created by the investigator and then given to elementary teachers and 3rd and 4th grade students who were utilizing the Book It Program in their classrooms. The data were analyzed by computing frequency of …
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Promoting behavior change in Rowan University students through fitness and wellness programming
… Recreation Center’s 2015 RU Heart Strong incentive program, and to explore behavior change in college students as a result of fitness and wellness programming at Rowan University. Data were collected from 59 subjects who participated in a survey that assessed subjects’ physical activity …
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Evaluation of a Prescription Drug Pay-for-Performance Program: Impact on Prescribing Trends, Budget, and Patient Outcomes
… including through pay-for-performance (P4P) programs. Research has suggested increased cost-sharing for prescription drugs is associated with lower adherence and higher utilization of other health care services. Therefore, one potential way to lower overall health care costs is to optimize …
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Is School Size Important? A Study of the Relationship Between School Size and Advanced Achievement in Public Secondary Schools in Virginia
… performance on the Virginia Index of Performance incentive program. When the analyses were performed for Research Question 2, however, socioeconomic status was found to be a significant predictor of performance on the Virginia Index of Performance incentive program. Multiple limitations should be …
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Effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention for modifying the nutritional practices of college students
… has led to the development of a variety of programs designed to change dietary habits. Most have been only marginally successful. One explanation for their failure is the lack of consideration given to the characteristics of the targeted population in the development of the programs. In this …
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Truckload Shipment Planning and Procurement
… transportation. We integrate it with a purchase incentive program to increase truckload utilization and maximize profit. The second topic is about supporting decision making collaboration among departments of a manufacturer. It is a bi-objective optimization model. The third topic is about …
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Educational Achievement, Engagement, and Persistence in Choctaw Nation: A Study of the Success Through Academic Recognition Program
… The Success Through Academic Recognition (STAR) program is an example of an Indigenously-developed approach to supporting students from grades 2-12, with the hope of promoting achievement, persistence, and engagement. To study the STAR program, a mixed-methods approach was employed to first …
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