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Welfare Reform: Employers' Perceptions of Factors Associated with Virginia's Initiative for Employment Not Welfare
(Virginia Tech, 1998-04-08)
Welfare reform has been an issue in America for many years. The need to make positive changes to the welfare system escalated to the point that federal legislation was passed in 1996. This legislation mandated that each ...
The Effects of Frequency of Testing on College Students in a Principles of Marketing Course
(Virginia Tech, 1998-10-30)
This study was designed to determine if college students perform
differently when they are tested more frequently than less frequently. The
purpose of this research study was: (a) to determine if there is a difference ...
Identifying the Defining Characteristics of College-level Course Work: Perceptions of Accounting and Business Management Faculty
(Virginia Tech, 1998-06-09)
Community college transfer students may have to repeat one or more courses at the four-year institution or may have to take more than the required number of courses to obtain a baccalaureate degree. This uncertainty about ...
Factors Which Influence Kindergarten Teachers Selection of Trade Books for Use in Readaloud Sessions in Their Classrooms
(Virginia Tech, 1998-08-28)
Purposes and Procedures:
According to many scholars (Huck et al., 1983; Chambers, 1983; Trelease, 1985; Kimmel and Segel, 1988), reading aloud is a powerful way to reach children academically and emotionally. Because ...
Technology in Mathematics Education: A Descriptive Study of the Availability and Uses of Calculators and Computers in Public High School Mathematics Classes in the State of Virginia
(Virginia Tech, 1998-08-25)
The purpose of this descriptive study was to investigate the availability and distribution of calculators and computers for the mathematics classes in public high schools across the State of Virginia; examine professional ...
The Effects of Speech Compression on Recall in a Multimedia Environment
(Virginia Tech, 1998-04-29)
Typically, instructional designers introduce audio in multimedia environments when a) it appears to be necessary -- for example, to provide feedback; or b) accessibility, availability, and/or hardware issues are insignificant ...
An Exploratory Literature Review of Efforts to Help the Small-Scale, Resource Poor Farmer in International Agricultural Development
(Virginia Tech, 1998-01-13)
Since the 1979 World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (WCARRD) and the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment Development, which generated the Agenda 21 document, international agaricultural ...
Nonfiction and Fiction: Does Genre Influence Reader Response?
(Virginia Tech, 1998-12-16)
This study explores aspects of the theoretical basis of Louise M. Rosenblatt's transactional theory of reading and its focus on the reader's efferent and aesthetic stances during transaction with nonfiction and fiction. ...
Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Computer-Assisted Instruction in Technical Education and Training
(Virginia Tech, 1998-06-22)
The overall effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) for higher order learning in technical education and training was determined through the meta-analysis approach. Studies that had investigated the effectiveness ...
Exploring the Use and Influence of the USPE-L Listserv on K-12 Physical Educators
(Virginia Tech, 1998-07-29)
Two themes appear to be prevalent today in K-12 physical education-- the challenges of workplace conditions in relationship to teachers professional development, and the increasing use of the Internet and its services. ...