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Title: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF SINGLE-SEX CLASSROOMS ON SELF-ESTEEM IN MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS
Author: Hart, Laura
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Middle school education, Sex role, Instructional systems--Design
Description: Overall, research on the effectiveness of single-gender education is inconclusive. However, research does indicate that some benefits beyond academic achievement may be possible. This is particularly true for middle-school girls, who often struggl...

Title: Academic and Social Integration of the Non-Traditional College Student: Does Engagement Affect Retention?
Author: Cox, Barbara
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Adult education
Description: ABSTRACTFor years, educators from colleges and universities across the country have searched for ways to improve student engagement and increase retention. Changing demographics, decreasing enrollments and greater public demands have created uniqu...

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: EXPLORING THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION'S NEOCONSERVATIVE PUBLIC POLICIES INFLUENCE ON AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES' EDUCATIONAL AND LIFE OUTCOMES
Author: Yowell, Alexis
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Education and state
Description: This study examined the influences of President Ronald Reagan's administration's neoconservative public policies and color-blind strategy on the educational and life outcomes of African American males who attended high school between 1981 and 1989...

Title: Ecological Influence of the Middle-Income Population on Economic Mobility, Educational Outcomes, and Healthy Habits
Author: Reed, Cody
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: While researchers have identified many ecological conditions that impact life chances, there are many yet to be identified. This study identifies the size of the middle-income population as an ecological condition that is related to life outcomes....

Title: Effects of Multilevel Support on First-Grade Teachers' Use of Research-Based Strategies During Beginning Reading Instruction
Author: Schnorr, Crystalyn
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Special education
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of multilevel support on first-grade teachers' accurate use of research-based strategies during beginning reading instruction and the extent to which teachers maintained use of these strategies....

Title: Evaluating the Effects of a Continuing Interprofessional Education (CIPE) Workshop on Participants' Attitudes and Collaborative Practice Behaviors.
Author: Magennis, Laura
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Key organizations, such as the WHO, IHI, and NAH, encourage interprofessional education (IPE) in healthcare to promote collaborative care practices and improved patient outcomes (Gilbert, Yan, & Hoffman, 2010; Owen & Schmitt, 2013; Thistlethwaite,...

Title: Improving the Interprofessional Teams’ Knowledge, Confidence, and Self-Efficacy in the Care of Adult Brain Tumor Patients
Author: McDonnell, Margaret
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Health education, Continuing education
Description: Purpose:The purpose of this educational project was to determine whether interprofessional team members who participate in a structured educational session demonstrate an increase in knowledge, confidence and self-efficacy in the care of adult bra...

Title: Jim Crow and Education: The Seldom Told Story
Author: Richardson, Zera
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Archaeology
Description: Rosenwald schools are under-documented in the archaeological record. However, these schools were of critical importance to education for Black Americans, particularly in the Jim Crow South. This paper presents the results of excavation and oral hi...

Title: Learning from Testimonios about Equity in Educational Leadership: Experiences of Latinx Public School Administrators in North Carolina
Author: Bryson-Evans, Cassie
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: CASSIE BRYSON-EVANS. Learning from Testimonios about Equity in Educational Leadership: Experiences of Latinx Public School Administrators in North Carolina. (Under the direction of DR. WALTER HART). The significance of this study was its ability t...

Title: Linking Patients with Diabetes Self-Management Education in the Primary Care Setting
Author: Benton, Zeleka
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Diabetes self-management education (DSME) can change the life path of people with diabetes (PWD). Many PWD blood glucose levels exceed recommendations set by the American Diabetes Association (ADA). A PWD could benefit from convenient access to a ...

Title: Past Experiences and Preferences for Queer Sex Education Among LGBTQ+ College Students
Author: Petrizzo, Kristen
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Queer studies, Educational sociology
Description: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other (LGBTQ+) students face a higher risk than their cisgender, heterosexual peers of experiencing symptoms of poor sexual health, poor mental health, and sexual violence. Despite this, LGBTQ+ stude...

Title: Preoperative Education and The Reduction of Parental Anxiety
Author: Bernardo, Sherry
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Medicine, Health services administration
Description: Background: One of the most frequently reported emotions in children in the setting of surgery or a medical procedure is anxiety. Currently, many interventions are used to assist with the perioperative reduction in anxiety for both parent and chil...

Title: Receptivity in a New Immigrant Gateway: Immigrant Settlement Geography, Public Education, and Immigrant Integration in Charlotte, North Carolina
Author: McDaniel, Paul
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Government policy, Education and state
Description: Community receptivity expresses the degree of openness within a place to someone or something new. Receptivity is shaped by multiple components, institutions, and structures related to a community's political, economic, social, and cultural sphere...

Title: Standardized Distraction: Why the Emphasis on High-Stakes Testing Can't Resolve Educational Inequality
Author: Giersch, Jason
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Education and state, Educational sociology
Description: Standardized testing has exploded into nearly every grade level and subject area in public education over the past two decades. Attaching high stakes to standardized test results was intended to improve education for all students, but especially f...

Title: Students' Perceptions of Early Childhood Program Quality According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children Standards
Author: Javidi, Farhad
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Community colleges--Study and teaching, Educational evaluation, Early childhood education
Description: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the extent to which one community college was preparing its early childhood education students for employment in the field according to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) p...

Title: THE EFFECTS OF MATERNAL EDUCATION ON PREGNANCY KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIORS USING THE PREGNANCY RISK ASSESSMENT MONITORING SYSTEM DATA
Author: Ferguson, Barbara
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Medical sciences, Obstetrics, Gynecology
Description: Background: It is estimated that 90 million Americans have trouble understanding and using health information. Specific Aims: Examine the: (1) association between education and the health knowledge and behaviors of maternal women in two different ...

Title: Teaching for Social Justice in Christian Education: An English Language Arts Classroom Social Justice Approach
Author: Wilson, Ashley
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: ABSTRACTASHLEY WILSON. Teaching Social Justice in Christian Education: An English Language Arts Classroom Social Justice Approach. (Under the direction of DR. MEGHAN BARNES). Advocating for social justice within Christian Education proves to be an...

Title: The Development and Validation of an Intercultural Competencies Assessment Instrument for K-12 Educators
Author: Lynn, David
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Educational tests and measurements, Education, School management and organization
Description: As schools adapt curriculum and learning environments to better prepare students for entry into an increasingly globalized society, cultivating intercultural competencies in K-12 in-service educators is of heightened importance. The purpose of thi...

Title: The Effect of an Education Intervention on Nurses’ Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes Regarding Evidence-Based Practice
Author: McGuffin, Timothy
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a fundamental component of nursing practice and a hallmark of nursing excellence; however, nurses lack the requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to apply evidence to daily practice. The primary objec...