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A CASE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS OF A NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Author
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Harris, Letitia
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
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Description
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As the United States struggles with issues regarding the rapidly increasing immigrant population, so do public schools struggle with providing the youth of this non-English speaking population a quality education. Because of the requirements and s...
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A COMPARATIVE EXPLORATION OF CULTURE CHANGE IN NURSING HOMES: THE RESIDENTS' PERSPECTIVE
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Author
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Murray, Louise
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Educational leadership, Gerontology
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Description
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The need to provide an environment that ensures both quality care and quality of life for residents of nursing homes has long been recognized. The culture change movement in nursing homes emphasizes both principles. This mixed-methodology research...
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A Case Study of Hispanic Middle School Students In An ESL Classroom: Discourses In Academic Reading Instruction
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Author
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Andrews, Horace
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching
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Description
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This case study examined student teacher interaction that took place in one ESL middle school classroom with 29 Latino/a students learning to read in English. Observations in classrooms and interviews with teachers were conducted over a ten month ...
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AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SUCCESS OF ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES
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Author
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Foreman, Brian
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Educational leadership, Organizational sociology
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Description
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ABSTRACTBRIAN KEITH FOREMAN. An investigation of the success of organizations involved in community engagement initiatives. (Under the direction of DR. DAVID M. DUNAWAY)Organizations seeking to invest human and financial resources in community-bui...
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AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF INTELLIGENT TUTORING CAPABILITIES VIA EDUCATIONAL DATA MINING
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Author
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Stamper, John
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science, Information science, Educational technology
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Description
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Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) that adapt to an individual student's needs have shown significant improvement in achievement over non-adaptive instruction. This improvement occurs due to the individualized instruction and feedback that an ITS...