21st Century Learning Frameworks, Education Reform, Missions Of Public Education
This study examined the relationship between the missions of public education in the United States and selected 21st century reform frameworks published by think tank organizations. This was conducted through the process of an integrative review.
Facebook, self-disclosure, social networking, teacher credibility, teacher disclosure, Web 2.0
The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if a prospective teacher's level of self-disclosure on Facebook influenced student opinions in the areas of motivation, affective learning, classroom climate, and teacher credibility. 243...
Curriculum, DSTP, Education, Mathematics, Problem-based, Traditional
The purpose of this non-experimental, causal-comparative study was to examine 10th-grade achievement in mathematics when taught with a problem-based curriculum versus a traditional curriculum. Ex-post facto data collected by the...
Adults, Health Risk Behaviors, Physical Activity, Smoking
The purpose of the study was to determine if there are significant relationships between the independent variables gender, age, education, income, race, cigarette smoking, general health, and days not healthy and the independent variable physical...
African American slavery, Bible knowledge, biblical illiteracy, biblical literacy, Black church, Christian education
Although the Bible is the world's best-selling book, the magnitude and scope of biblical illiteracy among Americans has been observed and documented by pastors, researchers, and Christian educators. This general decline in biblical literacy in...
The purpose of this study was to examine whether a significant relationship exists between the variables of faith development and perceived servant leader behaviors among governmental leaders in the County of Salem, NJ. Specifically this study...
Peirce College did not offer a universally available "leadership course or program" that strictly focused on student leadership development. This applied dissertation was designed to develop an intentional leadership program for application to...
This executive position paper is to support those classroom teachers who are coping with differentiation on a regular basis in order to assist student achievement. The major focus of this document is to approach differentiation as a concept and...
As principals explore various professional development approaches, they must be aware that many initiatives often fail due to ineffective implementation. This paper focuses on a change process that gradually changed a school culture that believes...
The academic interventions for students in the Delsea Regional School District who fail the New Jersey GEPA are not addressing all reasons for the failure. Students who do not pass the Grade 8 test go on to have higher dropout and transfer rates...
Community Living Arrangements, Intellectual Disability, Medication Administration, Medication Administration Training, Medication Errors, Unlicensed Medication Administrators
In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the Office of Developmental Disabilities has designed a medication administration "Train the Trainer Program" that certifies non-medical personnel to administer oral medications in designated regulated programs...
Age, Cuttoff Dates, School Entry, Student Outcomes
This executive position paper proposes recommendations for improving student academic outcomes through effective student grouping. It examines data for students at Delcroft School and reviews scholarly research surrounding the relationship between...
This executive position paper proposes recommendations for changes to the teacher evaluation policy and practice in the Delsea Regional School District. These recommendations are based upon best practices and evolving federal and state mandates in...
Professional development, technology, vocational school
Although extensive efforts have been made to provide staff with the technology tools and professional development to support technology integration into daily classroom learning activities at the Vocational Technical High School, it was unclear...
Adolescents, Improvement, Middle, Motivation, School
Effectively addressing the unique developmental and academic needs of adolescents is a challenge that educators have been grappling with since the mid-1960's when school systems began to convert junior high schools into middle schools. While...
A Model for Promoting Newly Licensed Nurse Success, grounded theory, incivililty, issues in the nursing workforce, nursing satisfaction, qualitative study
A qualitative study of newly licensed nurses in their first five years of practice, this study looked at twelve participants' receptions into the nursing workforce, and their intent to stay or leave their first nursing positions were examined....
This non-experimental study attempted to determine how the different prescribed mathematic tracks offered at a comprehensive technical high school influenced the mathematics performance of low-achieving students on standardized assessments of...
The purpose of this mixed method quasi-experimental nonequivalent comparison group study was to analyze the effects of an Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO) in mathematics and reading for targeted at-risk middle school students in grades six...
