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Submissions from 1999

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Improving assessment through a school-university partnership, Walter Kimball PhD and Nancy Harriman

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The Effects of Professional Development Schools: A Literature Review, Flynn Ross EdD and Jacqueline Ancess

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Nursing the terminally ill: Being with people in difficult times, Reid D. Stevens and Bette Katsekas EdD

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The Complexity of Partnering: A Case Study of Two Middle School Professional Development Schools, Susan Walters and Flynn Ross

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Expanding Access: Changes in Vocational Rehabilitation Practice Since the 1992 Rehabilitation Act Amendments, Jean Whitney PhD, Jaimie Ciulla Timmons, Dana Scott Gilmore, and Dawna M. Thomas

Submissions from 1998

In praise of almighty sandlot baseball, E Michael Brady PhD

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Gender Gap Linked to Differential Socialization for High-Achieving Senior Mathematics Students, James R. Campbell and Jeffrey Beaudry PhD

Grant development and decision-making: Comparison of funding agencies and community based minority organizations, V Ma, Jean Whitney PhD, and P Sotnik

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Barriers to transition planning for parents of adolescents with special health care needs, Jaimie Ciulla Timmons, James P. McIntyre Jr, Jean Whitney PhD, John Butterworth, and Deborah Allen

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Building a future: a study of student participation in person-centered planning, Jean Whitney PhD, Deirdre Shaw, Katherine Honey, and John Butterworth

Building authentic visions: How to support the focus person in person centered planning, Jean Whitney PhD and Jaimie Ciulla Timmons

Submissions from 1997

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Elders, Church, and the Nurturance of Spirit, E Michael Brady PhD

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The changing role of community based instruction: strategies for facilitating workplace supports, John Butterworth, Jean Whitney PhD, and D Shaw

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Ethical Decision Making in Graduate-Level Counselor Education: Teaching Strategies and the Use of Professional Counselor Panels., Bette Katsekas EdD

Who’s going to do this when I’m not around?: Parents of young adults with special health care needs speak out on transition, Jaimie Ciulla Timmons, JP McIntyre, Jean Whitney PhD, and John Butterworth

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Changes in vocational rehabilitation practice since the 1992 Rehabilitation Act Amendments, Jean Whitney PhD, Jaimie Ciulla Timmons, Dawna M. Thomas, Dana Scott Gilmore, and Sheila Lynch Fesko

Submissions from 1996

Teaching in the Mystical Spirit, E Michael Brady PhD

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Pre-retirement education models and content: A New England study, E Michael Brady PhD, Al Leighton BA, Richard H. Fortinsky PhD, Eleanor Crocker, and Ellen Fowler

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Dynamics of prejudice: A proposed definition and the counselor's role in the evolution of attitudes, Bette Katsekas EdD and D LeMay

Final Door: The Pathway of Palliative Care, L. H. Nicoll and E Michael Brady PhD

Perspectives from consumers and counselors on elements that influence vocational rehabilitation service delivery, D Thomas and Jean Whitney PhD

Multiple perspectives on implementing the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992, Jean Whitney PhD

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Packing the Parachute: Parents' Experiences as Their Children Prepare to Leave High School, Jean Whitney PhD and Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell

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Changes in vocational rehabilitation practice since 1992: Administrators' and counselors' perspectives, Jean Whitney PhD and Dawn M. Thomas

Submissions from 1995

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Black Elk Speaks…: An Adult Educator Listens, E Michael Brady PhD

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Clyde Sukeforth and the serendipity of scouting, E Michael Brady PhD and R Atkinson

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A survey of supported employment agencies' quality improvement practices and training needs, Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell and Jean Whitney PhD

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The Second Shock: A Qualitative Study of Parents' Perspectives and Needs during Their Child's Transition from School to Adult Life, Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell, Jean Whitney PhD, and Susan Mayfield Pogoloff

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A Study of the Interrelated Effects of Ethnicity, Gender, and School Community SES on Mathematics Attitudes of Students Enrolled in Low Level High School Mathematics Courses, Barbara Signer, Jeffrey Beaudry PhD, and Elizabeth Bauer

Submissions from 1994

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Soft Systems and musical metaphors—The surprising connections of mathematics, language, and family processes, Jeffrey Beaudry PhD and Marily Verna

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Diversity by Any Other Name, E Michael Brady PhD, Beverly Cassara, Willard D. Callender, and Yizhong Zhou Jr.

Clinical effectiveness: One counselor's view, Bette Katsekas EdD

Counselor prejudice: A definition of the clinical counselor's rolebette, Bette Katsekas EdD and Diane LeMay

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Using a computer-based semantic mapping, reading, and writing approach with at-risk fourth graders, Richard Sinatra, Jeffrey Beaudry PhD, Jeanne Pizzo, and Gene Geisert

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The effect of graduate instruction in research methodology on research self-efficacy and perceived research utility, Edna Mora Szymanski, Jean Whitney PhD, Laird Marshall, and Thomas V. Sayger

Submissions from 1992

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An Evaluator’s Workstation: Adding a Qualitative Research Tool, Jeffrey Beaudry PhD

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Synthesizing research in multicultural teacher education: Findings and issues for evaluation of cultural diversity, Jeffrey Beaudry PhD

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Policy Implications for Early Intervention in Maine: A Three-Year Evaluation of Project Reach ME, Charles Bernacchio EdD and Susan Perry

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Promoting effective strategy instruction: Stages of acquisition and generalization, Walter Kimball PhD

Submissions from 1991

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Book Reviews : Renata Tesch. Qualitative Research:. Analysis Types and Software Tools. New York: The Falmer Press, 1990, 329 pp, Jeffrey Beaudry PhD

Successful job developers: Knowing the older worker, E Michael Brady PhD

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Guidelines for Cooperative Teaching Between General and Special Education Teachers, Polly Brann, Sally Loughlin, and Walter Kimball PhD

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The job satisfaction of older workers, Douglas M. Eichar, Stephen Norland, E Michael Brady PhD, and Richard H. Fortinsky

Connecticut Department of Children and Youth Services parent education and support evaluation initiative: Final report, David Karraker, Charles Bernacchio EdD, and Suzanne Hart

Categorical and noncategorical, Walter Kimball PhD

Aligning assessment practices with meaningful conceptions of learning, Walter Kimball PhD and C O'Shea

Submissions from 1990

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Redeemed From Time: Learning Through Autobiography, E Michael Brady PhD

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Effects of Matching and Mismatching Minority Developmental College Students’ Hemispheric Preferences on Mathematics Scores, Rita Dunn, Ronald I. Sklar, Jeffrey Beaudry PhD, and Jean Bruno

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A qualitative research perspective: Theory, practice, essence, C.R. Melnick and Jeffrey Beaudry PhD

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Combining visual literacy, text understanding, and writing for culturally diverse students, Richard Sinatra, Jeffrey Beaudry PhD, Josephine Stahl-Gemake, and E Francine Guastello

Submissions from 1989

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The effectiveness of continuing medical education: A quantitative synthesis, Jeffrey Beaudry PhD

A Reflection Upon the Small Eternity of Letters, E Michael Brady PhD

Extending Houle's 'patterns:' Emily Dickinson as a learner, E Michael Brady PhD

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Learning needs of the elderly: Perceptions among educators, E Michael Brady PhD, Dorry French, and Gerald C. Peck

There's no place like home: Fire prevention for an aging America, K Buxton, D Porter, and Charles Bernacchio EdD

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Survey of Research on Learning Styles, Rita Dunn, Jeffrey Beaudry PhD, and Angela Klavas

Submissions from 1988

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Improving the Post-Secondary Education and Employability of Learning Disabled Students, Charles Bernacchio EdD and Richard Fortinsky

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Participation Motives and Learning Outcomes Among Older Learners, E Michael Brady PhD and Mary Lee Fowler

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Report of the New York State Board of Regents' Panel on Learning Styles, Rita Dunn, Jeffrey Beaudry PhD, and Angela Klavas

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Gaining perspective with the educational consultation research base: Ecological considerations and further recommendations, Timothy E. Heron and Walter Kimball PhD

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A Behavioral Commentary on Poplin's Reductionist Fallacy and Discussion of Holistic/Constructivist Principles, Walter Kimball PhD and Timothy E. Heron

Submissions from 1987

A Letter (Techniques), E Michael Brady PhD

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Gerontology and Education: Theory's Contribution to Practice, E Michael Brady PhD

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Patterns of Learning Among the Active Elderly: The Case for Elderhostel, E Michael Brady PhD

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Why education in the later years? by Lluis Lowy & Darlene O'Connor, E Michael Brady PhD

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Barriers to Work Among the Elderly: A Connecticut Study, E Michael Brady PhD, Peter Palermino, Denise Scott, Ronald Fernandez, and Stephen Norland

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Long-term Continuing Education for General Dentists, Laura M. Neumann and Jeffrey Beaudry PhD

Submissions from 1986

Revolution, E Michael Brady PhD

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Seeking Iodine, E Michael Brady PhD

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Using a Facts Quiz as a First Class Exercise. TECHNIQUES., Michael Brady PhD

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Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of a Certificate Program in Nursing Management, Michael Brady PhD and Beverly L. Koerner RN, PhD

Submissions from 1985

Certification of the credit manager, E Michael Brady PhD and M.H. Margotta

Submissions from 1984

Business education is here to stay, E Michael Brady PhD

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Demographic and educational correlates of self-reported learning among older students., E Michael Brady PhD

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Developing a Certificate Program in Computer Science, E Michael Brady PhD

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Dying dignified: The health professional's guide to care, E Michael Brady PhD

Ongoing Education: Business education growing stronger, E Michael Brady PhD

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The CEU and Certificates: Another Voice, E Michael Brady PhD

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Federal Regulation: One More Time, Walter Kimball PhD, Timothy E. Heron, and Adele B. Weiss

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New Federalism and Deregulation: Impact on Special Education, Walter Kimball PhD, Timothy E. Heron, and Adele B. Weiss

Submissions from 1983

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Personal Growth and the Elderhostel Experience, E Michael Brady PhD

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Word Processing and Its Applications in Administration of Continuing Higher Education, E Michael Brady PhD

Submissions from 1982

Noncredit training programs in industry: Their development and implementation, E Michael Brady PhD

The Role of Higher Education in Industry, E Michael Brady PhD

Submissions from 1981

An investigation of the general needs and counseling needs of students at the University of Maine, C Folsom and Bette Katsekas EdD

Submissions from 1979

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Telling the Story: Ethics and Dying, E Michael Brady PhD

Submissions from 1978

Career education in counselor education: An infusion model, Vol. II, C Ryan, J M. Sutton, and Bette Katsekas EdD