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A View of Juvenile Delinquency in Poland: Some Considerations and Implications.
(1982)
This study deals with the Polish society's approach in dealing with juvenile delinquency. Examining this phenomena in a foreign country is a complex situation and can be even further compounded by language barriers, lack ...
Financial Ratios as Predictors of Fiscal Distress (Michigan; Public Schools).
(1987)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness of financial ratio analysis in predicting school district fiscal distress and determining the impact that the use of fund equity has upon the solvency of a school ...
The Life and Work of Eva Jessye and Her Contributions to American Music (Black, Woman Choral Director, Collection).
(1986)
The purpose of this study was to document the life and work of Eva Jessye, who was born on January 20, 1895, in Coffeyville, Kansas. Jessye and her choir made numerous contributions to American music. The Jessye choir ...
The Transition to Junior High School: Teacher Beliefs, Classroom Practices, and Student Self- and Task-Related Beliefs in Mathematics.
(1987)
Three studies focus on the transition from elementary to junior high school. Data were collected as part of a two year, four wave longitudinal study in twelve southeastern Michigan school districts. In Study 1 student ...
A Preliminary Study of the Classification, Tuning and Educational Implications of the Standardization of Musical Instruments in Africa: the Nigerian Case.
(1981)
This study discusses selected problems of music and music education in Nigeria. It also gives suggestions on how some of these problems can be alleviated. A major problem of music education in Nigeria is the lack of ...
Academic achievement, intellectual functioning and psychosocial adjustment in adolescents with a chronic illness.
(1992)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the development of adolescents with a chronic illness in the domains of academic achievement, intellectual functioning, cognitive processing and self-competence. Three groups ...
Compensation gains of faculty unions and the unemployment effect of extending unemployment insurance coverage.
(1988)
In the first study a fixed effects model is used to analyze the impact of faculty unions on compensation and salary in higher education. The fixed effects model controls for institutional factors such as size, type, location ...
Technology and skill: Educational considerations in the implementation and use of advanced manufacturing technology.
(1989)
This study examined how the implementation and use of advanced manufacturing technology altered job skill requirements, as perceived by four categories of affected employees. A cross-sectional survey of 156 managerial, ...
Voluntary summer reading behavior of a focused group of 10-12 year-olds.
(1989)
The primary purpose for conducting this study was to explore the extent to which a focused sample of pre-adolescent children voluntarily engage in reading activity in the summer. The independent variables were identified ...
"Off doing that": An interpretive analysis of academic innovation and change in organizational culture.
(1988)
Educational innovators often intend for their activities not only to offer unique experiences for students, but also to influence the way education is practiced beyond the experiment. They aim to produce change in the ...