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Exploring the emergent literacy needs of preschoolers with language impairments
(Brock University, 2008-05-21)Current research indicates the need to identify and support children at-risk for reading difficulties as early as possible. Children with language impairments are one group of children who have been shown to be at-risk ... -
Exploring the Ethical Decision-Making Processes of Community Care Providers
(2013-04-02)While there has been a recent shift away from isolated, institutionalized living conditions, persons with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) may still experience restricted access to choice when it comes to making decisions ... -
Exploring the events that engage graduate students in transformative learning /
(Brock University, 2000-05-21)This research explored the events that engaged graduate students in transformative learning within a graduate program in education. This context was chosen because one objective of a graduate program is to facilitate ... -
Exploring the experience of the pioneers of change
(Brock University, 1994-07-09)The world of work with Western society appears to be undergoing a major change. The literature has described this phenomenon as a change from an industrialbased economy to a knowledge-based economy. This change will ... -
Exploring the experiences of male spousal caregivers for their wives with alzheimer disease in their homes : the lived experience and the men's perception of support groups /
(Brock University, 2002-05-21)This research is qualitative in nature and has explored, by means of interviews, the '^^ experiences of 10 men in their roles in caring for their spouses with Alzheimer Disease (see glossary) in their homes. Additional ... -
Exploring the experiences of parents with children who have communication delays, as a population at risk for the development of behavioural concerns
(Brock University, 2007-05-21)Existing research identifies preschoolers with communication delays as a population at risk for the development of behavioural concerns. This risk increases when additional environmental factors such as parental stress ... -
Exploring the experiences of youth in a development program with integrated physical activity in Costa Rica
(Brock University, 2006-05-19)National governments, the United Nations, and other organizations have deemed sport and other means of physical activity such as recreation, games and play for development a useful means for addressing a wide range of ... -
Exploring the Family Context Among Children Adopted From China: Perceptions of Pre-Adoption Factors, Post-Adoption Experiences, and the Quality of Parent-Child Relationships
(2013-04-02)Within the context of international adoption, previous research has focused on parentchild attachment relationships and various aspects of the adoption process. However, less is known about other aspects of parent-child ... -
Exploring the impact of a hands-on intervention on grade 7 girls and their feelings about self, mathematics, science, technology and related careers
(Brock University, 1993-07-09)Forty-five 12- and 13-year-old females attending Grade 7 in North York, Ontario were randomly selected from a group of 100 females who had volunteered to participate in a oneday hands-on workshop called It's Your Choice ... -
Exploring the impact of outgroup membership discoveries on individual outcomes and intergroup relations
(Brock University, 2013-07-19)Group memberships represent important components of identity, with people holding membership in various groups and categories. The groups that one belongs to are known as ingroups, and the groups that one does not belong ... -
Exploring the Influence of Female Friendships on Decisions to Discuss the Breast Self-Exam in Young Adult Women
(Brock University, 2013-09-11)The breast self-exam (BSE) has been an important method for detection of breast cancer, especially in women under the age of 40. This study used grounded theory to explore the possible influence of female friendships on ... -
Exploring the Perceptions of Cultural Competence Among Personal Support Workers in an Ontario Long-Term Care Home: A Case Study
(Brock University, 2012-05-18)Personal Support Workers (PSWs) spend a large amount of time with long-term care (LTC) home residents providing assistance with their activities of daily living. The s limited research on their perceptions of cultural ... -
Exploring the personal and professional lives of teachers in the search for authenticity /
(Brock University, 2006-06-01)"We teach who we are" (Palmer, 1998, p. 2). This simple, yet profound, statement was the catalyst that began my thesis journey. Using a combination of self-study and participant narratives, Palmer's idea was explored as ... -
Exploring the potential of early identification and intervention within a college of applied arts
(Brock University, 1992-07-09)This study probed for an answer to the question, "How do you identify as early as possible those students who are at risk of failing or dropping out of college so that intervention can take place?" by field testing ... -
Exploring the potential of early identification and intervention within a college of applied arts
(Brock University, 1992-11-04)This study probed for an answer to the question, "How do you identify as early as possible those students who are at risk of failing or dropping out of college so that intervention can take place?" by field testing ... -
Exploring the relationship between ethnicity and hypertension in Canada
(Brock University, 2007-06-29)Background: Previous work examining differences in hypertension across ethnic groups employ race as the principal variable. While differences in hypertension have been identified across racial groups, there is great ... -
Exploring the relationship between professional and organizational commitment : the attitudes of Ontario chartered accountancy students
(Brock University, 1997-07-09)This study was undertaken to investigate the attitudes of chartered accountancy (CA) students toward professional commitment and organizational commitment. The focus of the study was to discover if a relationship between ... -
Exploring the Therapeutic Alliance in Cognitive-Behavior Therapy with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Interpretative Phenomenological Approach
(Brock University, 2014-04-26)Abstract The therapeutic alliance (TA) is the most studied process of adult psychotherapeutic change (Zack et al., 2007) and has been found to have a moderate but robust relationship with therapeutic outcome regardless ... -
Exploring the use of effective learning strategies to increase students' reading comprehension and test taking skills /
(Brock University, 2006-06-01)This study examined the effects of providing students with explicit instruction in how to use a repertoire of reading comprehension strategies and test taking skills when reading and responding to three types of questions ... -
Exploring the use of prediction and summarization to increase students' listening and reading comprehension /
(Brock University, 2003-05-21)This study examined the effect of expHcitly instructing students to use a repertoire of reading comprehension strategies. Specifically, this study examined whether providing students with a "predictive story-frame" which ...