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Showing 1 to 20 of 184 for “"urban setting"”.
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Teacher Evaluation in an Urban Setting: A View from the Trenches
… practices of bilingual teachers in a large urban district. An on-line survey was administered to examine the bilingual teachers’ perceptions of the evaluation system. A focus group of bilingual teachers was later conducted to further investigate the data gathered through the survey. The …
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Educating a Diverse Student Population: A Principal in a Small Urban Setting
… a qualitative study of a principal in a small urban setting. In attempting to answer the question, what vision is needed for schools to successfully educate all students, two topics are discussed: instructional leadership and discipline practice. It is argued that a vision of schools as …
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The Ethical Decision Making Practices of k-12 Administrators in an Urban Setting
… enhance or impede theculture of a school setting. When faced with situations, whether simple or arduous, the decision-making should be done in an ethical manner that brings about productive results. On a day-to-day basis, there may be situations that arise that require administrators to …
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Using Reader's Theater to Engage Struggling Readers in a Fifth Grade Urban Setting
… the six-week study. The students both attend an urban school and are from low-income families. Both students were recommended by the reading specialist to help improve their reading fluency and comprehension skills. In order to determine the effectiveness of reader’s theater, several forms of …
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Teacher Perceptions of the American School Counselor Association’s National Model in an Urban Setting
… profession, barriers still exist, especially in urban settings. As collaborators, teachers perceptions were measured in regards to urban school counselors implementing ASCA’s Model and its components (Elements/ Themes). Overall, results showed that teachers were in favor of the ASCA National …
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Impact of Television Violence on Young Minds in an Urban Setting; An Introspective Study
… impact of TV violence. In fact, even at the most urban and elite levels, there are very few studies made for the general readership. Here, then, is a beginning in a small but truthful way to fill the void. Second, the present study can add to already existing literature and aid future research on …
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Promoting Voluntary Reading of a Group of Seventh-Grade Students in an Urban Setting
The results of the study proved significant in the areas of main idea and attitude change when the experimental group was compared with the combined control groups. In the future, information from this study can be used as a basis for generating similar ideas and strategies that might address this …
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Social variation and change in honorific usage among Korean adults in an urban setting
The present study examined social variation and change in honorific usage in Korean among 158 subjects in Pusan, Korea. The main goal of the study was to delineate the relative importance of social variables governing the choice of speech levels and kinship terms in personal interaction, and to …
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The dynamics of culture in an urban setting: a study set in western Kenya
… that were jointly performed by kinsmen in the setting of the homestead and the related open outside areas. The second issue is the matter of the continuance of these traditions in the urban settlements One of the basic assumptions underlying this research is the idea that any urban element of a …
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Environmental governance of sand mining in an urban setting : Macassar Dunes, Cape Town, South Africa
Sand is a resource in high demand for urban expansion and development. Sand mining operations are often located on the edges of cities. The Macassar Dunes are an important source of building sand for the City of Cape Town. The area is located within the Cape Floral Kingdom, the smallest and richest …
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The Ottoman külltye between the 14th and 17th centuries: its urban setting and spatial composition
… attempted to examine the Ottoman külltye from an urban design point of view. It explored the külltye through two main questions: firstly. what was the relationship between the külltye and its surroundings. and secondly. how the kkülltye was designed. In order to answer these two questions, the …
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A study of the impact of single-gender classes on middle school students in an urban setting
… used when describing the predicament of urban middle school students. Duhon (2001) agreed that these disengaged and unmotivated students are usually at the bottom quarter of the class scholastically. Additionally, it is often their awful behavior that identifies them. The 42 participants …
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Psychosocial factors associated with female problematic and binge drinking in a South African rural and urban setting
… drink between 18 - 44 years of age in an urban and rural setting in South Africa.
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Associations among Health Literacy Levels and Health Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Pregestational and Gestational Diabetes in an Urban Setting
… of<strong> </strong>32 pregnant women in an urban, safety-net clinic in the South we measured health literacy using the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM), the Literacy Assessment for Diabetes (LAD), and the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Genetics (REAL-G) and …
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Programmed land use change in an urban setting: The J.C. Nichols Company and the Country Club District of Kansas City
U of I Only Restriction set for Item 98195 on 2017-02-01T17:22:26Z with date by kappleg2@illinois.edu.
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A retrospective evaluation of the impact of a dedicated Obstetric and Neonatal transport service on transport times within an Urban setting
… resulted in improved performance within the setting of a major metropolitan area. Design and Setting: The Cape Town metropolitan service of the Emergency Medical Services was selected for a retrospective review of the transit times for the newly implemented Flying Squad programme. Data were …
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A retrospetive evaluation of the impact of a dedicated obstetric and neonatal transport service on transport times within an urban setting
… resulted in improved performance within the setting of a major metropolitan area. The Cape Town metropolitan service of the Emergency Medical Services was selected for a retrospective review of the transit times for the newly implemented Flying Squad programme. Data were imported from the …
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Patterns of HIV, TB, and non-communicable disease multi-morbidity in an informal peri-urban setting in Cape Town, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Many low and middle-income countries are experiencing colliding epidemics of chronic infectious (ID) and non-communicable diseases (NCD). As a result, the prevalence of multiple morbidities (MM) is rising. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study to describe the epidemiology of MM in …
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Psychosocial factors associated with early booking and frequency of antenatal care (ANC) visits in a rural and urban setting in south Africa
… exist between countries and between rural and urban settings within a country. Previous studies have identified demographic factors, physical access to health facilities, parity, lack of health education, relationships with health care providers and misconceptions of antenatal care (ANC) as …
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