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included in student files as part of the researcher’s improvement plan to the Pro-Active Skill
Building Program. It is intended by the researcher to encourage faculty and staff at the study site
to incorporate these preventative interventions...
33
materials for the garden including funding and space; (b) lack of time for staff, students,
and faculty to properly implement school garden learning; and (c) lack of knowledge and
curriculum. Overcoming these barriers has expanded the reach and...
69
Networking and partnering with state initiatives resulted in funding and
maintenance with school gardens in this research sample. The Department of Health had
an initiative, Putting Prevention to Work, that funded some school garden...
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Education initiatives such as NCLB have changed the way educators teach and
assess learning. School gardens were historically viewed as a classroom. In the cyclical
spirit of education trends, school gardens could again be a successful and...
8
million to the education system for this, and similar, purposes (National Defense Education Act
of 1958, 2001).
Funding for gifted programs started to increase during the 1970’s and 1980’s, in part, due
to the creation of an official...
55
This may explain why School 11, from a district-wide perspective, was an outlier on in
every category. Every time the indicators suggested they should have success, their scores came
in low. Their high submission rate didn’t seem to make a...
Self-Disclosure and Cohesion in the Classroom
9
As the literature suggests, the majority of studies relating to self-disclosure in the classroom are centered on the role of the teacher. However, there has yet to be a study on the effect of...
Self-Disclosure and Cohesion in the Classroom
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H4 states that students will express greater willingness to communicate in smaller groups than with the entire class. On the willingness to communicate scale, the ANOVA showed significant differences...
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CHAPTER
1
Introduction
-‐
Nature
of
the
Problem
The
connection
between
physical
activity
and
student
engagement
is
a
heavily
debated
topic
in
the
field
of
education.
The
health
benefits
of
physical
activity
are
well
documented
but
the
academic...
10
physical
activity
throughout
the
day
tend
to
show
increased
brain
function,
higher
concentration
levels,
higher
energy
levels,
increases
self-‐esteem
and
better
behavior
which
may
all
support
cognitive
learning
(Cocke,
2002).
This
increase
in...
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following
the
exercise.
The
researchers
for
this
experiment
suggested
that
physical
activity
might
increase
students’
cognitive
control
and
ability
to
pay
attention.
The
study
was
conducted
by
alternating
20-‐minute
periods
of
resting
or
wal...
Commitment 4
“The poor are doing it by uncoupling parenthood from marriage, and the financially secure are
doing it by blasting apart their unions if the principals aren’t having fun anymore” (Flanagan,
2009, p. 2). Flanagan (2009) argued...
Commitment 9
our relationships by reconciling our differences. That’s how we become more loving
people and truly experience the fruits of marriage. (p. 28)
Gottman and Gottman (2006) said that a stable marriage require at least five times as...
Commitment 11
Commitment
With television showing marriage and commitment negatively, a lack of examples of
commitment in marriage, and many sobering statistics about marriage, it is no wonder why many
young adults are cautious about marriage and...
Commitment 12
Carroll et al. (2009) found that emerging adults viewed being able to make life-long
commitments to others as one of the primary marriage readiness indicators.
Clements & Swensen (2000) studied the marriages of older couples and what...
Commitment 17
men, rises with their earnings. In a study by Carroll et al. (2009), emerging adults stated primary
qualities they believed predicted marriage readiness include interpersonal competencies and
developing capacities to care for others....
Commitment 19
influence strategies, and the satisfaction and commitment in marriage relationships, it was found
that perceptions of marital satisfaction and commitment are affected by the use of influence
strategies by each spouse (Weigel, Bennett,...
Commitment 22
service is another love language where actions are expressions of love. The last love language is
physical touch. Chapman (2010) said, “Physical touch is also a powerful vehicle for
communicating marital love…For some individuals,...
16
technical electives and open university electives [Wes07]. Additionally, they suggested
that each of the technical subjects must be accompanied 1 hour lab hours. The purpose of
this lab course is to maintain hands-on experience among students...
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The Digital forensics component covers advanced computer science and
information technology skills. Students would be able to use advanced digital forensics
analysis tools to recover potential evidence from physical media storage that comes...