The influence of gene dosage on the inhibition of protein synthesis by cryptopleurine in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1978 G91Master of Scienc

The Role of Sound and Sound Effects in Theatrical Productions

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Understanding One’s Own Teaching Experiences: New Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Reflect on Their First-Year of Teaching Through Video-Recorded Classroom Observations and Interviews

The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of new Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) teachers and to describe their perceptions of classroom teaching readiness. The researcher completed a series of three classroom observations and three interviews of five first-year FCS teachers. The Danielson’s Framework for Teaching instrument was used for all observations and two sections of interviews used Interview Questions for Family and Consumer Sciences Educators instrument, which was taken in part, with permission, by Horizon Research, incorporated. All observations and interviews were completed over a time span of two to three weeks and examined essential teaching skills and Family and Consumer Sciences pedagogical content knowledge. In addition, this study examined their content knowledge and perceived quality of their student teaching experience during their teacher preparation semester. This study was completed during the spring of 2020 with five participants who had graduated from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. This case study was qualitative in design with the purpose to learn more about a unique phenomenon: first-year FCS teachers’ readiness. While the majority of participants indicated they felt prepared to teach in the examined content areas and felt comfortable with the progression of their essential teaching skills, they recognized that some aspects of their teaching needed improvement, particularly: (a) resolving lesson planning to reflect higher-order thinking, (b) implementation of routines and procedures, (c) engaging students in learning, and (d) applying more accurate ways of reflecting on teaching. Although the majority of participants described their student teaching as positive, they mentioned there were improvements to be made in teacher education curriculum at the post-secondary level. Although there was much literature regarding teacher effectiveness, there was a lack of literature concerning Family and Consumer Sciences teachers. This study was created to add to existing research, to give voice to those individuals in their first-year of teaching, and to assess content and pedagogical areas of strengths and weaknesses. The results of this study will provide educators, mentors, administrators, and researchers with a better understanding of how new Family and Consumer Sciences teachers were prepared to teach their content areas and where they need to improve in essential teaching skills

A Case Study of an Elementary School-based Health Clinic

The purpose of this study was to perform a qualitative analysis of an elementary school-based health clinic (SBHC). This situational analysis was performed to further understand the impact of accessible primary health care on an elementary school population. Data were collected through 30 participant interviews of parents, educators and medical personnel. Additional data were collected through the clinic files, and a t-test was used to compare the attendance and achievement data of clinic consumers for the clinic year against records from the previous year. The researcher presented information on the steps of SBHC development to include community campaign procedures. The investigation was performed to not only understand the procedural steps of clinic development, but also to document any issues which surfaced in the process. Some of the major recommendations as a result of this investigation were: (1) The health needs of community children must be viewed as a community concern and not one exclusively owned by the school. (2) The community as a whole, must come together in the form of an advisory board holding a broad representation of the community. (3) School communities should assess their school public to understand the level of need for instituting a SBHC. (4) A community needs assessment should be performed to understand the medical services currently available to children. (5) SBHC files and operations must meet the standards and norms of the profession