146 research outputs found
The American educator, completely remodeled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material,
No full textIssued also under title: The Dominion educator, editors in chief: James Laughlin Hughes ... Ellsworth D. Foster ... Peace ed. Toronto, Dominion Educator Company, 1922.Mode of access: Internet
A feasibility randomised controlled trial of the New Orleans intervention of infant mental health: a study protocol
No full textChild maltreatment is associated with life-long social, physical, and mental health problems. Intervening early to provide maltreated children with safe, nurturing care can improve outcomes. The need for prompt decisions about permanent placement (i.e., regarding adoption or return home) is internationally recognised. However, a recent Glasgow audit showed that many maltreated children “revolve” between birth families and foster carers. This paper describes the protocol of the first exploratory randomised controlled trial of a mental health intervention aimed at improving placement permanency decisions for maltreated children. This trial compares an infant's mental health intervention with the new enhanced service as usual for maltreated children entering care in Glasgow. As both are new services, the trial is being conducted from a position of equipoise. The outcome assessment covers various fields of a child’s neurodevelopment to identify problems in any ESSENCE domain. The feasibility, reliability, and developmental appropriateness of all outcome measures are examined. Additionally, the potential for linkage with routinely collected data on health and social care and, in the future, education is explored. The results will inform a definitive randomised controlled trial that could potentially lead to long lasting benefits for the Scottish population and which may be applicable to other areas of the world
Developing Reading Identities: Understanding Issues of Motivation within the Reading Workshop
No full textEmpirical evidence suggests a correlation between motivation and reading achievement as well as a decline in motivation as students progress through the grades. In order to address this issue, it is necessary to determine the instructional methods that promote motivation and identity development in reading. This study examines the motivation and the identity development of four fourth grade students as they experienced the reading workshop over the course of one year. Ford’s Motivational Systems Theory and Wenger’s Theory of Learning frame the study of student motivation and identity development within the reading workshop. Data related to motivation and identity development was collected weekly through student interviews, surveys, and conferences. A description of the context was gained through researcher observations and a teacher interview. Analysis of this data revealed that (1) Increased time spent reading self- selected books correlates positively to student motivation and identity development. (2) Increased responsive feedback from teachers and peers is correlated with increased motivation and reading identity development. (3) These elements form the crux of the reading workshop, which supports the notion that this model of instruction encourages motivation and identity development. (4) The correlation between motivation, identity development, and achievement is not evident in the context of this study. However, this correlation often emerges over time. This dissertation concludes with directions for future research, which may contribute to a further understanding of the relationship between student motivation, identity development and the reading workshop
Raymond Joel Dorius Draft Article "The Accidental Activist" [2]
No full textText document draft (different than draft in main folder) Dr. Joel Dorius "The Accidental Activist" by Connell O\u27DonovanConverted from .doc to .pdf for compatibilit
Dr. Joel Dorius "The Accidental Activist" Article
No full textText document with photo illustrations Dr. Joel Dorius "The Accidental Activist" by Connell O\u27Donova
Raymond Joel Dorius Draft Article "The Accidental Activist" [1]
No full textText document draft of article Dr. Joel Dorius "The Accidental Activist" by Connell O\u27Donovanconverted from .doc to .pdf for compatibilit
An investigation of the post high school outcomes of individuals with disabilities, and teacher and parent perceptions of transition services provided in a western Wisconsin school district
No full textPlan BThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome of students with disabilities after leaving high school. Secondly, this research explores teacher and parent attitudes about transition services provided by the school to students with disabilities. A historical framework was based on the research of significant legislative acts that have shaped the implementation of transition services. Data was collected to research the areas of independent living, postsecondary education, and the employment of former graduates and dropouts who exited high school between May 2000 and May 2001. These former students received services from the special education program while in high school. Furthermore, the perceptions of teachers and parents of former students who received special education services were assessed to supplement student feedback. Data analysis was constructed by the use of numbers and individual student, teacher, and parent suggestions. Results from this study indicate that there is a blend of positive and negative former student outcomes within the school district. One to 2 years after exiting high school, the majority of the students were employed and working full-time. Most of the students were earning less than $10 per hour and living with a parent or relative; however, nearly ½ were attending postsecondary education and working. Teachers and parents indicated that the school district has offered several beneficial services to students in past years including extracurricular activities, the school-to-work program, and the summer youth work program. As students evolve and individual’s needs change there continues to be a need to evaluate and improve transition programming. Students, teachers, and parents agreed that additional classes or curriculum were needed to allow students to practice monetary management, independent living, and job attainment skills. Further study is recommended to determine the post high school outcomes, and parent and teacher suggestions within the same district in 2 years to assess transition program progress
An early Harvard memorandum on anti-depression policy: an introductory note
No full textThe memorandum that this note introduces was completed by three young members of the Harvard economics department sometime in January 1932. Two of them, Lauchlin Currie and Harry Dexter White, were soon to play key roles on the American, indeed the worldwide policy scene... The third author Paul Theodore Ellsworth is perhaps best remembered as the author of a leading textbook on international economics and he was also a very early but hitherto unrecognized discoverer of what came to be called the IS-LM model as a means of elucidating issues raised by Keynes's (1936) General Theory
An Archival Case Study : Revisiting the Life and Political Economy of Lauchlin Currie
No full textThis paper forms part of a wider project to show the significance of archival material on distinguished economists, in this case Lauchlin Currie (1902-93), who studied and taught at Harvard before entering government service at the US Treasury and Federal Reserve Board as the intellectual leader of Roosevelt's New Deal, 1934-39, as FDR's White House economic adviser in peace and war, 1939-45, and as a post-war development economist. It discusses the uses made of the written and oral material available when the author was writing his intellectual biography of Currie (Duke University Press 1990) while Currie was still alive, and the significance of the material that has come to light after Currie's death
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