This document discusses a survey conducted to determine what students and teachers considered as moral values. The belief that character education should be used to promote and form a common language among people prompted the research. In addition, the question of what moral values education should be was considered. A model of moral and values…

The "We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution" program is an instructional program on the history and principles of U.S. constitutional democracy for elementary, middle school, and high school students. At the high school level, classes may choose to enter a formal competition, advancing from congressional district and state…

This survey was conducted through the Internet to study the effects of a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) on students' attitudes about the roles and responsibilities of business. The survey was conducted in 3 waves: (1) August/September 1999, capturing the responses of 1,116 MBA students as they entered business school; (2) spring 2000,…

This paper presents a case study, including a survey sample, of the process used to implement an effective Graduating Seniors Survey within the institutional effectiveness (IE) process at a major metropolitan research university. From an organizational point of view, the university's survey support office and the faculty and staff responsible for…

This study, based on the national Monitoring the Future survey of high school seniors, examined the impact of religion on the life attitudes and self-esteem of adolescents. It focused on 13 attitudinal variables: attitude toward self; pride in self; self-worth; enjoyment of life; hopelessness; usefulness of life; good to be alive; satisfaction…

Today, many people, with no personal experience of living through a tropical storm, reside in coastal regions in harms way. This population needs to be educated about storm risks. One good venue for this is the public school system. Science educators have concluded it is important to establish a knowledge base about the ways students think and…

In fall 2001 staff of the Los Rios Community College District Office of Institutional Research collaborated with occupational deans, academic deans, and faculty to develop and administer a survey of former Drafting and Engineering Design Technology students. The survey was designed to determine how well courses had met the needs of former drafting…

In spring 2002 staff of the Los Rios Community College District Office of Institutional Research collaborated with occupational deans, academic deans, and faculty to develop and administer a survey of former Early Childhood Education (ECE) students. The survey was designed to determine how well courses had met the needs of former ECE students who…

This document is a survey designed to be completed by current students of Computer Information Science (CIS) in the Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD), which consists of three community colleges: American River College, Cosumnes River College, and Sacramento City College. The students are asked about their educational goals and how…

This study used data originally gathered about student satisfaction through a survey in fall 1999 at Nova Southeastern University, Florida to determine whether there were differences in the perspectives of students aged 25 years or younger and those aged 26 years and older. At Nova Southeastern, more than 80% of all fall 1999 students were 26 or…

This fall 1999 survey of new Salt Lake Community College (SLCC, Utah) students compared the clarity of career and educational goals expressed by General Studies majors with other students, and considered implications with respect to student success. General Studies majors, representing 35% of the student population, include students with…

This brochure (which can be used in the classroom as a poster) is intended to provide "a quick way into" the Assessment of Achievement Programme (AAP) English language survey and its findings. The brochure pinpoints the reading purpose and strands that the survey covered. It contains brief sections on performance over time; gender…

This study examined the relationship between instructional and assessment accommodations for students with and without disabilities participating in the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS). The study evaluated the educational records of 78 students with disabilities and 51 students from the general population. Results are…

A narrative study was conducted of the visual models in two movies preferred by Chinese adolescents in two schools (n=152). The two movies studied were "Three Decisive Campaigns" (A Chinese Trilogy) and the American science fiction movie, "Jurassic Park." The modified approach from Bandura's modeling theory and film semiotics…

Nearly a quarter of a century ago, John G. Nicholls proposed the four developmental levels of motivational reasoning that focused upon the roles that ability and effort play in academic success. These levels theoretically begin at early childhood and end at adolescence. This report attempts to validate the developmental and predictive nature of…