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Delores Sinclair – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The role of a principal has drastically changed since school reform and accountability of the No Child Left Behind legislation in 2001. Principals are responsible for curriculum, academic performance of students, instructional practices and overall organization of a school. According to research, effective leadership is related to students'…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Styles, School Effectiveness, Economically Disadvantaged
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Chaudhary, Anil Kumar; Lamm, Alexa J.; Warner, Laura A. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2018
Water is a scarce resource in Florida. There is an immediate need to reduce the stress on water resources and make the availability of water more sustainable by encouraging engagement in water conservation among the residents of Florida. This study examined how the future intentions of high water users in Florida to conserve water outdoors were…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Conservation (Environment), Water, Sustainability
Huang, Pei-wen; Lamm, Alexa J.; Dukes, Michael D. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2016
Human reliance on water has led to water issues globally. Although extension professionals have made efforts successfully to educate the general public about water conservation to enhance water resource sustainability, difficulty has been found in reaching high water users, defined as residents irrigating excessively to their landscape irrigation…
Descriptors: Water, Ecology, Extension Education, Conservation (Environment)
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Taylor, Melissa R.; Lamm, Alexa J. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
Opinion leaders are persuasive in convincing others within their social networks to adopt certain opinions and behaviors. By identifying and using opinion leaders, agricultural educators may be able to leverage individuals who have influence on others' opinions, thereby speeding up the adoption of new practices. In this article, we review a…
Descriptors: Public Opinion, Leadership Responsibility, Social Networks, Agricultural Education
Owens, Courtney T.; Lamm, Alexa J. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2016
In the past several years Cooperative Extension has focused on developing educational programs that address water conservation, specifically for individuals using exorbitant amounts of water, with limited success. However, few research studies have examined how the way people think, including their critical thinking styles, can be used to inform…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Critical Thinking, Conservation (Environment), Correlation
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Ferguson, Christopher J.; Meehan, D. Cricket – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2005
The phenomenon of female sex offenders has been poorly explored in the scientific literature. In particular, little exploration of possible subtypes of female offenders has been conducted. In the current study, 279 female sexual offenders convicted of a total of 940 separate criminal offenses were examined using hierarchical cluster analysis.…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Criminals, Females, Multivariate Analysis