Enriching Student Understanding of Trial Courts through Service Learning     

Diane M. Hartmus  James N. G. Cauthen  James P. Levine 《Journal of Criminal Justice Education》2013,24(1):23-43

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Success by Degrees: Addressing Teacher Shortages through a School-Community College-University Partnership     

David A. Walker  Portia M. Downey  Diane Kuehl 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2013,37(12):959-969

Using a teacher recruitment and preparation model, a unique partnership between PK–12 schools, a community college, and a university is examined. The focus is on the training and credentialing of future educators, particularly from underrepresented backgrounds, in an efficient and quality manner to assist in meeting the current PK–12 teacher shortage. Data indicate that the partnership is progressing towards, or has met, its targets in addressing said shortage.  相似文献   

Assistive Technology and Universal Instructional Design: A Postsecondary Perspective     

Diane M. Campbell 《Equity & Excellence in Education》2013,46(2):167-173

This article discusses the application of Universal Instructional Design principles to the field of assistive technology in higher education. The author makes suggestions for the use of assistive technology with attention to particular student learning styles. Ideas for ways to upgrade computer laboratory facilities are provided for administrators and faculty at institutions of higher learning.  相似文献   

PEER AND STUDENT-FACULTY RELATIONS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES     

Linda Serra Hagedorn  William Maxwell  Philip Rodriguez  Dennis Hocevar  James Fillpot 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2013,37(7):587-598

This study investigated differences in peer and student?faculty relationships of male and female community college students. Men reported more frequent participation in college activities, whereas women reported more frequent involvement in less formal activities such as studying with other students. Women had less difficulty than men meeting and making friends. For both men and women, little student?faculty interaction outside the classroom was reported.  相似文献   

ASSESSMENT OF ENTERING STUDENT WRITING SKILL IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE     

Margot A. Olson  Diane Martin 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2013,37(2):175-193

This article describes an assessment of writing skills (writing sample, objective test, and self‐assessment) made by one community college. Information was gathered to design an entry‐level assessment procedure for placement in English composition and developmental writing courses. Comparing the three approaches, each of which measured different aspects of writing ability, showed that the best predictor of grade in an English composition course was the objective test. However, the statistical results of the study form only one component of an entry‐level assessment program. It may be that a writing sample is needed as part of entry‐level assessment because it points out the value of writing skill in attempting college‐credit courses.  相似文献   

Post-9/11 Arab and Muslim American Community College Students: Ethno-religious Enclaves and Perceived Discrimination     

Diane S. Shammas 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2013,37(3-4):283-308

Apart from the widescale media attention that Arabs and Muslims have received in the United States and abroad since 9/11, these two target populations have been largely unexamined at both the two-year and four-year college levels. This study represents a pioneering effort in investigating whether the post-9/11 backlash against Arabs and Muslims has penetrated community college campuses, focusing upon the inter-relationships among the level of perceived discrimination, the degree of diversity of Arab and Muslim students' campus friendships, and their sense of belonging to the college. Two conflict theories are advanced to explain why perceived discrimination might promote ethnic and religious clustering among Arab and Muslim community college students.

The study employs a mixed methods design consisting of a 92-item survey and three focus groups. The survey sample consists of 753 Arab Christian, Arab Muslim, and non-Arab Muslim students from 21 community colleges in Southern California and Southeast Michigan. The primary finding was that there was a modest but positive relationship between the level of perceived discrimination and the percentage of campus friends who are of the same ethnicity but different religion. Student focus groups furnished insight into some students' reluctance to report discrimination in surveys. The implications of the study are to develop sensitive measures of the campus climate that draw out more subtle forms of discrimination. Also desirable would be to expand upon the existing research on the denial or minimization of personal discrimination.  相似文献   

Confidence Intervals for a Semiparametric Approach to Modeling Nonlinear Relations among Latent Variables     

Jolynn Pek  Diane Losardo  Daniel J. Bauer 《Structural equation modeling》2013,20(4):537-553

Compared to parametric models, nonparametric and semiparametric approaches to modeling nonlinearity between latent variables have the advantage of recovering global relationships of unknown functional form. Bauer (2005) Bauer, D. J. 2005. A semiparametric approach to modeling nonlinear relations among latent variables. Structural Equation Modeling, 12: 513–535. [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] proposed an indirect application of finite mixtures of structural equation models where latent components are estimated in the service of more flexibly recovering characteristics of the latent aggregate regression function. This article develops and evaluates delta method and parametric bootstrap approaches for obtaining approximate confidence intervals for Bauer's semiparametric approach to modeling latent nonlinear functions. Coverage rates of these approximate point-wise confidence intervals or nonsimultaneous confidence bands are evaluated by Monte Carlo and recommendations for their use are suggested.  相似文献   

The Impact of an Early Literacy Initiative on the Long Term Academic Success of Diverse Students     

Stella SiWan Zimmerman  Michael C. Rodriguez  Kirsten L. Rewey  Sandra L. Heidemann 《Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk》2013,18(4):452-481

The primary goal of the Words Work (WW) early literacy initiative was to prepare diverse students to become successful learners in school. Four groups of students were followed over 6 years: students from traditional Head Start (HS) centers, students from augmented HS centers (WW students), students eligible for HS but not enrolled (waitlist or WL), and a random sample of non-Head Start students (NHS). Students received school readiness instruction at approximately 4 years of age, and their performance on standardized tests was followed from 1st grade through 5th grade. WW students significantly outscored HS, WL, and NHS students of similar backgrounds in reading and outscored WL and NHS students in mathematics on 2nd-grade standardized assessments. In addition, WW students were able to maintain their lead through 5th grade in both reading and mathematics. Based on these results, WW is an effective HS enhancement for minimizing the achievement gap often observed between students who may be at risk for academic difficulty and students who are at low risk.  相似文献   

The Effectiveness of Developmentally Appropriate Compared with Developmentally Inappropriate Practices: Implications for Teacher Preparation     

Rosalind Charlesworth  Diane C. Burts  Craig H. Hart 《Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education》2013,34(1):8-12

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NURTURING EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONALISM: THE RHODE ISLAND EARLY CHILDHOOD SUMMER INSTITUTE     

Charlotte Diffendale  Diane M. Horm‐Wingerd  David A. Caruso  Virginia Nardone 《Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education》2013,34(1):77-87

This article describes the independent study project of a student who was a graduate assistant in a child development laboratory preschool when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast area. Through her experiences with “Project Katrina” she deepens her understanding of developmentally appropriate practices as she learns firsthand about the project approach and writing an article for publication in a professional journal.  相似文献