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Incentives and Barriers to Participation in Community Nutrition Education Programs for Recipients of Food Stamps and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
(Virginia Tech, 2007-04-06)
The purpose of this study was to explore the incentives and barriers perceived by low-income women of child-bearing age related to their participation in nutrition education programs. The specific programs of concern in ...
Profile of Health Educators in Virginia Institutions of Higher Education: The Value Attached to Work-related Competencies
(Virginia Tech, 2007-10-10)
The purpose of this study was to create a profile of the value of work-related competencies according to health educators in institutions of higher education in the state of Virginia. The health educators were surveyed ...
A Descriptive Analysis of the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation Elementary Compendium Programs in Relation to Tobacco Prevention
(Virginia Tech, 2007-11-28)
The purpose of this study was to determine if the VTSF elementary school compendium programs are effective in the prevention of youth tobacco use based on evaluations provided by the VTSF. In the years (2003-2005), tobacco ...
Differences in Health Risk Behaviors between College Freshmen Living in Special Interest Housing and Traditional Housing
(Virginia Tech, 2007-05-24)
Literature reveals that college freshmen that reside on American campuses partake in many risky health behaviors, but little is known on the effects of housing on these risk behaviors. The purpose of this study was to ...
Virginia Technology Education Teachers' Implementation of Standards for Technological Literacy
(Virginia Tech, 2007-10-03)
The International Technology Education Association published Standards for Technological Literacy (STL) to assist technology educators in establishing curriculum to reflect technological literacy. Presently, the extent to ...
The Effect of Professional Development on Physical Education Teachers' Use of Assessment in the Classroom
(Virginia Tech, 2007-09-04)
This study examined the influence of a professional development project on the process of change experienced by four veteran physical education teachers. This study was part of a larger study that included all of the ...
An Investigation of the Practice of Scientific Inquiry in Secondary Science and Agriculture Courses
(Virginia Tech, 2007-04-30)
The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to investigate the practice of scientific inquiry in two secondary biology classes and one agriculture class from different schools in different communities. The focus ...
Determining the Quality of Physical Education Programs in Selected Virginia Schools
(Virginia Tech, 2007-08-29)
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the selected school districts in the Commonwealth of Virginia were following the Virginia school mandates and fulfilling the requirements identified by NASPE ...
An Exploration of Factors Related to the Completion of Distance Education Coursework
(Virginia Tech, 2007-04-04)
With the fast growth of online education, factors influential to course completion need to be examined. Statistically, this study explored the relationship between five course status factors identified in the literature ...
Self-efficacy, the Innovation-Decision Process, and Faculty in Higher Education: Implications for Faculty Development
(Virginia Tech, 2007-04-05)
Situated within the belief that faculty development is a key institutional mechanism through which colleges and universities will be able to meet emerging social, cultural, and technological challenges in the coming years, ...