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Title: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Measure of Preservice Teacher Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions
Author: Ellison, Antoinette
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Teachers--Training of, Educational tests and measurements
Description: Recent literature on school improvement indicates that teacher quality has a large impact on student learning (Aaronson, Barrow, & Sander, 2007; Rivkin, Hanushek & Kane, 2005; Hanushek, Kane, O'Brien, & Rivkin, (2005); Nye, Konstantopoulos, Hedges...

Title: Challenges Faced by African International Students at a Metropolitan Research University: A Phenomenological Case Study
Author: Evivie, Loretta
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, History
Description: The number of international students coming to the United States has increased from 48,486 in 1959-1960 to 623,805 in the 2007-2008 academic years (Open Doors, 2008). These students contributed $15.5 billion to the United States economy, making ed...

Title: Comparison of the effectiveness of Traditional Nursing Medication Administration with the Color Coding Kids System in a sample of undergraduate nursing students
Author: Burgess, Colleen
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Health education
Description: ABSTRACTThe problem of medication errors in hospitals and the vulnerability of pediatric patients to adverse drug events (ADE) was investigated and well substantiated. The estimated additional cost of inpatient care for ADE's in the hospital setti...

Title: Exploratory And Confirmatory Analyses Of A Hospital Employee Satisfaction Survey
Author: Redden, Kenneth
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Management
Description: This study explored the factor structure of a 22-item survey developed to measure employee satisfaction in a healthcare setting. The purpose was to determine if a homegrown survey possessed factors known to measure employee satisfaction. First an ...

Title: Health Literacy: Assessing the Current State of Practice Among Respiratory Therapists
Author: Clark, Kimberly
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Health education
Description: Nearly half of American adults lack the necessary health literacy skills needed to understand and act appropriately on health information. The purpose of this research was to assess the current state of practice and knowledge of health literacy am...

Title: Investigation of the Relationships Among Online Community College Students' Characteristics and Instructional Delivery Model Preferences
Author: Lander, Maria
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Educational technology
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between age, gender, program of study, and number of online courses previously taken and instructional delivery preferences related to students' control of their own learning, interaction,...