A PROGRAM EVALUATION OF THE LEARNING FOCUSED MODEL IN CRAVEN COUNTY

This program evaluation was to provide guidance to school officials for future decisions regarding the Learning Focused Solutions Model. The program evaluation was conducted using the evaluation design by Daniel Stufflebeam called Context-Input-Process-Product (CIPP), which targets program improvement. The four areas examined in the evaluation are context, inputs, processes, and product. The guiding questions for the four areas are: What is the target population and its needs? What are the inputs and resources of the Learning Focused Solutions Model? How is the program monitored? How will the results of the monitoring be tallied? What are the End of Grade Test results during the third year of implementation? What are the results of the walkthrough data? The program evaluation found the target population of third through eighth grade students needed to improve proficiency scores in math. The following recommendations were provided as a result of this determination: (1) The evaluator does not feel the evaluation provided enough evidence to support continuing a district-wide requirement of the Learning Focused Solutions Model for math planning and instruction, therefore it is recommended to revisit the intended use of the Learning Focused Solutions Model. (2) A continuance of a high yield strategy use is recommended. (3) Development and implementation of a reliable monitoring tool for observing high yield strategies is recommended. (4) It is recommended Craven County educational leaders make a determination of its teachers' ability to teach math content and provide professional development to those who do not understand the content. (5) It is recommended that Craven County educational leaders should seek out the best math instructional programs and then provide instructional materials for teachers to use during math instruction. (6) It is finally recommended that universities place more focus on the pedagogy and strategies for teaching of math content

Graduation rates: a comparison of college graduation success rates of dual enrollment versus non-dual enrollment students in the community college

Dual enrollment programs are designed to offer students academic opportunities and college access, along with the potential to decrease the amount of time it takes to complete a college degree and to lower the cost of college. This study was a comparison of college success rates for dual enrolled and non-dual enrolled students at a community college. The research study compared graduation success rate data from four consecutive years of high school graduates through the completion of their associate degrees. Five research questions were assessed. RQ1: Was there a statistical difference in the percentage of dual enrollment participants attending the target community college and those dual enrollment participants who did not attend the target community college? RQ2: Was there a statistical difference in the college graduation success rate of students who graduated from high school with earned college credit through dual enrollment and those students who graduated from high school without earned college credit through dual enrollment at the community college? RQ3: Was there a statistical difference in the percentage of student retention from first and second year of college for dual enrolled versus non-dual enrolled students? RQ4: Was there a statistical difference in the number of dual enrolled and non-dual enrolled students who graduated within three years? RQ5: Was there a statistical difference in the speed of completion of dual enrolled and non-dual enrolled students completing an associate degree within three years of their entry into college as a full-time freshman? Findings revealed that dual enrolled students in the study were more likely to complete degrees, retention was more likely for dual enrolled students, and students who had been dual enrolled in high school were more likely to graduate within the 3-years after high school graduation. Finally, this study concluded that dual enrolled students graduated at a greater speed of completion than did non-dual enrolled students

The pornography of trauma : faking identity in misery memoirs

Examining hoax memoirs by James Frey (2003), Dave Pelzer (1995) and Kathy O’Beirne (2006), this paper illustrates how anxieties about the inability of representation to provide a direct access to truth are mitigated via an emotional connection with the text. While the degree of faking varies, each scandal reveals concerns about authenticity and the need to find—or feel—something that can be accepted as unquestionably ‘true’. The mimicking performed by a fake unsettles the boundaries between fact and fiction to reveal a public investment in an undisturbed effect of the real, a willingness to accept a blurring of ‘truth’ in the interests of the sensational experience of literature

The Miracle Worker Playbill

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film Harkins Hall Auditorium The Miracle Worker by William Gibson February 21-25, 1979 Director, Ms. Sandy Fox Scenery, Richard J. Knowles Costumes, Patricia White Lighting, Richard J. Knowles Music Composed, John J. Swaboda Theatre Arts Program Director, John Garrity Cast: A Doctor - John Shea, Kate - Pamela Pitou, Keller - David Ubaldi, Helen - Lee Merkle, Martha - Louann Dimuccio, Percy - Kevin Friend, Aunt EV - Katherine Spackman, James - Dan Foster, Anagnos - Richard Lawrence, Annie Sullivan - Mary Lou Mayce, Viney - Valerie Huyghue, Blind Girls - Holly Dimuccio, Jera Dimuccio, Tricey DelPonte, Norma Jean Meglio & Tyais Terry, The Voices of: John F. Cunningham, O.P., Frank Hanley, Maggie McDonald, Dwayne Preble, Kathy O\u27Neill & Peter Thomson, and Hamiltonhttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/miracle_pubs/1001/thumbnail.jp

Manipulation of a VEGF-Notch signaling circuit drives formation of functional vascular endothelial progenitors from human pluripotent stem cells

Human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived endothelial lineage cells constitutes a promising source for therapeutic revascularization, but progress in this arena has been hampered by a lack of clinically-scalable differentiation protocols and inefficient formation of a functional vessel network integrating with the host circulation upon transplantation. Using a human embryonic stem cell reporter cell line, where green fluorescent protein expression is driven by an endothelial cell-specific VE-cadherin (VEC) promoter, we screened for > 60 bioactive small molecules that would promote endothelial differentiation, and found that administration of BMP4 and a GSK-3β inhibitor in an early phase and treatment with VEGF-A and inhibition of the Notch signaling pathway in a later phase led to efficient differentiation of hPSCs to the endothelial lineage within six days. This sequential approach generated > 50% conversion of hPSCs to endothelial cells (ECs), specifically VEC+CD31+CD34+CD14−KDRhigh endothelial progenitors (EPs) that exhibited higher angiogenic and clonogenic proliferation potential among endothelial lineage cells. Pharmaceutical inhibition or genetical knockdown of Notch signaling, in combination with VEGF-A treatment, resulted in efficient formation of EPs via KDR+ mesodermal precursors and blockade of the conversion of EPs to mature ECs. The generated EPs successfully formed functional capillary vessels in vivo with anastomosis to the host vessels when transplanted into immunocompromised mice. Manipulation of this VEGF-A-Notch signaling circuit in our protocol leads to rapid large-scale production of the hPSC-derived EPs by 12- to 20-fold vs current methods, which may serve as an attractive cell population for regenerative vascularization with superior vessel forming capability compared to mature ECs

Role of Insurance in Post Disaster Recovery Planning in Business Community

The whole world is facing a substantial of natural disasters which brings severe damages throughout the world. Attention must be given to rehabilitate the business community that is affected by these disasters. However, improper planning for recovering damages in business community becomes a major issue when it obstructs the continuation and development of the business community. Therefore, required measures should be taken to avoid collapsing of development of the business community affected by disasters. In this context, insurance plays a vital role to reinstate the business while reducing the financial consequences of the disaster. This study investigates the role of insurance as a provision to recover the disastrous destruction of the business community in Sri Lanka. To achieve this, the survey method was used as the approach and semi structured interviews carried out within five experts from insurance sector and eight experts from the business community. Content analysis was used to analyze the collected data from the empirical study. The analysis of the findings based on two areas of insurers’ and insured’ perception of insurance. One of the major finding was that the insurance is not extended to any frequent disaster prone area of the country unless accepted by the insured with either higher premium amount or higher amount of deductible. As per the insurer’s side, some issues of the current practice are identified as less awareness, dishonesty and fraudulent practice of the insured which leads to less identification of the insurance as a risk management strategy within the business community. According to the insured, main purposes of obtaining insurance are quick recovery of business and to fulfil the borrowing requirements. Recommendations were developed as increase the awareness, educating and the government participation to increase the insurance penetration to the business community

Driving vascular endothelial cell fate of human multipotent Isl1 + heart progenitors with VEGF modified mRNA

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The Cowl - v.31-n.4 - May 03, 1978

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 31, Number 4 - May 3, 1978. 12 pages. Note:Volume number XXXI duplicates the 1968-69 academic year