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School Facility Renovation and Student AchievementNorman, Dana Burton 04 March 2014 (has links)
This dissertation examines school renovation and student achievement. The study focuses on the relationship between a complete renovation of a school facility and its influence on student achievement before, during, and after the renovation process. This is a replication study of previous research, Mayo (2012), which focused on middle schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia that were identified as a complete renovation project during the years of 2004-2010. This study utilized the procedures and the descriptive research methodology established in the Mayo (2012) study. Which allowed for the same three demographic variables (minority, socioeconomic, and teacher quality) to be addressed. The only modification made was the selection of a new grade level (K-5) focusing on elementary schools. The research question posed in this study, Does the complete renovation process, which includes structural, plumbing, electrical, and heating and air conditioning changes of a school building, influence student achievement?
Out of 514 school construction projects listed by the Virginia Department of Education during 2004-2010, 89 were classified as renovation projects. Out of the 89, only 39 met the criteria of elementary schools servicing fifth grade students. The 39 elementary schools were then further reviewed, and 15 met the criteria of fulfilling the four components of a complete renovation; structural, plumbing, electrical, and heating/air conditioning. The findings of the 15 schools identified as being a complete renovation showed no statistical significance between the variables and were not statistically significant when comparing the fifth grade mathematics and reading student performance to each stage of the renovation process. / Ed. D.
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A Comparative Study of the Environmental Influence Upon the Development of Fifty Fifth-Grade Pupils from the Reynolds School and Fifty Fifth-Grade Pupils from the Oliver School, Stamford, TexasMartin, Audley Jones 08 1900 (has links)
The major purpose of this study is to reveal, by means of comparison, the extent to which environment has influenced the development of the fifth-grade pupils of the Reynolds and Oliver Schools of Stamford, Texas.
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An Effective Way of Teaching Mass Remedial Reading in the Intermediate GradesSauls, Dorothy Murphy 08 1900 (has links)
The major purpose of this study was to determine the causes for reading difficulties of a group of fifth-grade children. On this study much emphasis was placed on selecting, preparing and applying appropriate remedial measures, and to ascertain the character and the amount of improvement in reading. In this particular study much emphasis was placed on the various methods used in teaching mass remedial reading.
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A Comparison of Three Different Presentations of Reading Material Presented to Fifth-Grade ChildrenHill, John Paul, 1940- 08 1900 (has links)
The purposes of this study were (1) to ascertain the effect of three approaches of presenting reading material to fifth-grade children, (2) to analyze the results of each approach in relationship to reading ability, mental ability, and sex, and (3) to ascertain the implications of these approaches for elementary teachers and principals.
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The Relationship of Fifth-Grade Students' Self-Concepts and Attitudes toward Mathematics to Academic Achievement in Arithmetical Computation, Concepts, and ApplicationMoore, Bobbie Dean 08 1900 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to determine the interrelationship of self-concept and attitude toward mathematics to academic achievement in the areas of arithmetical computation, concepts, and application.
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A Quasi-Experimental Study of 5th-Graders' Use of Selected Self-Directing Perceptions and Learning StrategiesLane, Pam S. 12 1900 (has links)
A major change being advocated in education is that of making students more self-directing; that is, helping them become more responsible for their own learning. The focus of this investigation was on fifth grade students' use of self-directed learning strategies and self-directed perceptual skills. An experimental study was conducted using the nested design for analyzing data obtained from the Guglielmino Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale, the Zimmerman and Martinez-Pons1 Self-Regulated Learning Interview Schedule, and the Bradley-Lane Self-Directing Perceptual Scale. One hundred fifty-two fifth graders were involved in the eight week study along with their six teachers. Both students and teachers were immersed in a module of training that included emphasis upon self-directing behaviors and learning strategies. Two striking findings emerged; namely, (a) in comparing the average number of learning strategies acquired after treatment, the experimental group (low, middle, and high IQ levels) scored 40%, 50% and 29% higher respectively, than did the control group; (b) in comparing the fifth grade students use of learning strategies it was found that most students nearly doubled the number of learning strategies they had previously acquired. Thus, it was concluded that children who do not have actual teaching of information or data concerning learning strategies will likely never acquire the same repertoire of skills that students acquire when exposed to this critical information in some specific, systematic fashion. A primary product developed for the purposes of this investigation was the Bradley-Lane Self-Directing Perceptual Scale—a 132-item Likert Scale designed to identify the self-perceptions of elementary and middle school students. After field-testing, a chi-square treatment was applied to each item of the Perceptual Scale resulting in a reliability of p<.01 for the majority (79%) of the test items, while an additional twelve items (9%) were found to be reliable at the .02 level of significance.
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Mitigating land and place | Fifth WardLaMartina, Joshua January 1900 (has links)
Master of Landscape Architecture / Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning / William P. Winslow III / MDI Superfund is an abandoned 36 acre metal casting foundry site in the Fifth Ward Houston, TX. The site was recently remediated and cleared of nearly all industrial remnants including more than 16,000 cubic yards of lead contaminated soil. Completion of the remedial action allows the removal of fences that have been separating this tract of land and the community for nearly ten years. Proximity to downtown Houston makes this a desirable location for new development, which has threatened to displace the poor and elderly in recent years.
This project explores design alternatives that facilitate affordable housing without isolating it from new development. The integration of affordable housing with community needs is necessary to improve the dynamic in a mixed use, mixed income development.
This research is intended to shape redevelopment of MDI Superfund, while providing community needs, minimizing gentrification, and improving quality of life of its inhabitants. The achievement of these goals relies upon the application of specific design principles that minimize conflict and increase success in similar communities.
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Drug Knowledge Levels and Drug Abuse Attitudes Among Fifth and Sixth Grade Students of Denton and Keene, TexasNations, James D. 05 1900 (has links)
The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of determining the drug knowledge levels and attitudes toward drug abuse of fifth and sixth grade schoolchildren.
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Stuttering in Utah Fifth Grade Children: An Incidence StudyJohnson, Thomas S. 01 May 1966 (has links)
Children afflicted with speech disorders represent the largest single group of exceptional children. The numbers of speech defectives reach between 2 and 2 1/2 million or about 5% of the population (Johnson et a l., 1956). Newman (1961) has disputed this claim and has stressed the difference to be made between speech differences and handicapping conditions:
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Systems Thinking and Knowledge Management--a Case Study of China Steel CorporationNAN, CHIOU-YUAN 14 August 2006 (has links)
Abstract
Knowledge Management is always a mission critical task. There has been over thousand thesis about Knowledge Management (KM) published in Taiwan. Eight of these thesis adopted KM activities of China Steel Corporation (CSC) as case studies. However, we seldom see someone analyze KM activities by the approach of Systems Thinking in Taiwan.
In early , Forrester defined Systems Thinking as ¡§an approach of studying and managing complex feedback systems.¡¨ Sherwood (2002) adds on holistic point of view: ¡§If you wish to understand a systems, and so be in a position to predict its behavior, it is necessary to study the system as a whole. , Peter Senge (1991) proposed the concept of Systems Archetype in The Fifth Discipline. The connection between Systems Thinking and Knowledge Management is worthy to pay attention.
In this thesis, the author used the methodology of interviews. By interviews, the author fond three critical challenges of CSC KM activities: lack of executive support, indifferent peer attitude and communication obstacles. Furthermore, the author applied Causal Loop Diagrams to find the cause of the above three challenges. By Causal Loop Diagrams, the causes are conservative culture, not enough time and lack of full recognition of KM.
Based on the CSC organization activity research of Professor G. Gary Hu¡Fthe theory of ¡§Strategic Surplus,¡¨ was created by Professor Showing H. Young in the department of Business Administration , National Sun Yat-sen University¡Fthe U Theory of the Fifth Discipline, the author would like to give CSC the following recommendations:
1. Insert fresh air to the conservative working culture of CSC.
2. Help knowledge worker to do time management or employ more knowledge worker.
3. Apply U theory. Helps people in CSC to establish proper mindset toward change and KM.
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