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Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect: The Impact On Academic Self-Concept, Peter O. Kwiterovich Iii Jan 2011

Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect: The Impact On Academic Self-Concept, Peter O. Kwiterovich Iii

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact on the self-concept of students when they transitioned into an academically selective independent middle school. The sample consisted of 107 middle school students in an all-boys independent school in the northeast United States. Data on students' general self-concept, academic self-concept and domain specific academic self-concepts were collected using the Academic Self-Description Questionnaire I and II.;Four hypotheses were tested: 1) Newly enrolled students to the all-boys middle school will initially experience significantly more negative domain specific academic self-concepts than students who are returning or have been promoted from within the school; …


Professional Development Practices In Literacy And Technology Integration At Socioeconomically Different Schools, Kendra M. Boykin Jan 2011

Professional Development Practices In Literacy And Technology Integration At Socioeconomically Different Schools, Kendra M. Boykin

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

Socioeconomically disadvantaged and African American students consistently perform lower on literacy assessments that measure reading and writing achievement than their dominant culture peers. The changing nature of literacy itself is making this literacy problem even more challenging. Competencies for interacting in digital contexts, identified as new literacies, are necessary to effectively read, write, and communicate using the Internet and other information and communication technologies [ICTs]. According to extant literature, African Americans and socioeconomically disadvantaged students are more likely than their dominant culture peers to use digital technologies to build traditional literacy (Au, 2006; Harwood & Asal, 2007).;Teachers have an important …


Shahrazad In The White City: Muslim Women's Agency Through Performance At The Columbian Exposition, Alexandra Me'av Anne Ellinwood Jerome Jan 2011

Shahrazad In The White City: Muslim Women's Agency Through Performance At The Columbian Exposition, Alexandra Me'av Anne Ellinwood Jerome

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


"By Measures Taken Of Men": Clothing The Classes In William Carlin's Alexandria, Katherine Eileen Egner Jan 2011

"By Measures Taken Of Men": Clothing The Classes In William Carlin's Alexandria, Katherine Eileen Egner

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Art/Self: Martha Ann Honeywell And The Politics Of Display In The Early Republic, Laurel Richardson Daen Jan 2011

Art/Self: Martha Ann Honeywell And The Politics Of Display In The Early Republic, Laurel Richardson Daen

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Visual Attention And Distraction: Contribution Of Orexins, Adam Harrison Hirsh Jan 2011

Visual Attention And Distraction: Contribution Of Orexins, Adam Harrison Hirsh

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Mate-Guarding In The Australian Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia Guttata: For Males, Protecting Paternity Is More Important Than Extra-Pair Copulations, Leah Catherine Wilson Jan 2011

Mate-Guarding In The Australian Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia Guttata: For Males, Protecting Paternity Is More Important Than Extra-Pair Copulations, Leah Catherine Wilson

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


"Justice Is A Perpetual Struggle": The Public Memory Of The Little Rock School Desegregation Crisis., Erin Krutko Devlin Jan 2011

"Justice Is A Perpetual Struggle": The Public Memory Of The Little Rock School Desegregation Crisis., Erin Krutko Devlin

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Strategic Victimization: News Photographs, The Birmingham Children's Crusade, And The Revisualization Of America, Margaret Keeton Williams Jan 2011

Strategic Victimization: News Photographs, The Birmingham Children's Crusade, And The Revisualization Of America, Margaret Keeton Williams

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Fine Art And Clandestine Identity: American Indian Artists In The Contemporary Art Market, Jaclyn Kuizon Jan 2011

Fine Art And Clandestine Identity: American Indian Artists In The Contemporary Art Market, Jaclyn Kuizon

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Shellfishing, Ceramics, And Gender: Shell Midden Ceramics From The Kiskiak Site, Jessica Marie Herlich Jan 2011

Shellfishing, Ceramics, And Gender: Shell Midden Ceramics From The Kiskiak Site, Jessica Marie Herlich

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The "Extraordinary" Case Of James Allen: A Study Of Gender And Sexuality In Early Nineteenth-Century Britain, Maria Dale Booth Jan 2011

The "Extraordinary" Case Of James Allen: A Study Of Gender And Sexuality In Early Nineteenth-Century Britain, Maria Dale Booth

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Eavesdropping On History: Olmstead V U.S And The Emergence Of Privacy Jurisprudence During Prohibition, Anna Leslie Krouse Jan 2011

Eavesdropping On History: Olmstead V U.S And The Emergence Of Privacy Jurisprudence During Prohibition, Anna Leslie Krouse

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


From Astoria To Annexation: The Hawaiian Diaspora And The Struggle For Race And Nation In The American Empire, Amanda Lee Heikialoha Savage Jan 2011

From Astoria To Annexation: The Hawaiian Diaspora And The Struggle For Race And Nation In The American Empire, Amanda Lee Heikialoha Savage

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Bondage On The Border: Slaves And Slaveholders In Tazewell County, Virginia, Laura Lee Kerr Jan 2011

Bondage On The Border: Slaves And Slaveholders In Tazewell County, Virginia, Laura Lee Kerr

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Spontaneous Categorization: Assessment Of Implicit Stereotype Content Awareness, Ivo Ivanov Gyurovski Jan 2011

Spontaneous Categorization: Assessment Of Implicit Stereotype Content Awareness, Ivo Ivanov Gyurovski

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Positivity Effect: Is It A Memory Retrieval Bias?, Jennifer Maureen Pryor Jan 2011

The Positivity Effect: Is It A Memory Retrieval Bias?, Jennifer Maureen Pryor

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Sumo-Dependent Substrate Targeting Of The Sumo Protease Ulp1, Zachary Cole Elmore Jan 2011

Sumo-Dependent Substrate Targeting Of The Sumo Protease Ulp1, Zachary Cole Elmore

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Behavioral And Mechanical Particle Selectivity In A Suspension-Feeding Detritivorous Fish, Matthew Kyle Heidman Jan 2011

Behavioral And Mechanical Particle Selectivity In A Suspension-Feeding Detritivorous Fish, Matthew Kyle Heidman

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Methylmercury On Corticosterone And Thyroid Hormones In A Breeding Songbird Model Organism, Sarah Ross Lemelin Jan 2011

The Effects Of Methylmercury On Corticosterone And Thyroid Hormones In A Breeding Songbird Model Organism, Sarah Ross Lemelin

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Investigation Of Hg(Ii) Solution Speciation By Esi-Ms And Proton Nmr, Madeline R. Nestor Jan 2011

Investigation Of Hg(Ii) Solution Speciation By Esi-Ms And Proton Nmr, Madeline R. Nestor

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Investigations Of The Fragmentation Spectra Of Dipeptides Containing Lysine And Its Non-Protein Amino Acid Homologs, Omar Hamdy Jan 2011

Investigations Of The Fragmentation Spectra Of Dipeptides Containing Lysine And Its Non-Protein Amino Acid Homologs, Omar Hamdy

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Treatment Of Synchronizations In Compiling Fine-Grained Spmd-Threaded Programs For Cpu, Ziyu Guo Jan 2011

Treatment Of Synchronizations In Compiling Fine-Grained Spmd-Threaded Programs For Cpu, Ziyu Guo

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


To Seek The Good, The True, And Beautiful: White, Greek-Letter Sororities In The U.S. South And The Shaping Of American 'Ladyhood,' 1915--1975, Margaret Lynn Freeman Jan 2011

To Seek The Good, The True, And Beautiful: White, Greek-Letter Sororities In The U.S. South And The Shaping Of American 'Ladyhood,' 1915--1975, Margaret Lynn Freeman

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

This dissertation examines the role of white, Greek-letter sororities in the creation and enforcement of standards for white women's behavior during the twentieth century. While sororities at white, southern universities first served as supportive networks for the few female students on newly coeducational university campuses, I argue that they transformed into spaces that promoted "heterosocial" activities and enforced members' heteronormativity through "lessons of 'ladyhood" and required attendance at fraternity parties and participation in heterosexual dating. as a means to guarantee their popularity among students on their respective campuses, sorority chapters sought the attention of the campuses' fraternity elite. This national …


A Critical Look At Minority Student Preparation To Counsel White Clients, Natoya Hill Haskins Jan 2011

A Critical Look At Minority Student Preparation To Counsel White Clients, Natoya Hill Haskins

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The purpose of this study was to explore how minority students are prepared to counsel White clients in two Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). Engaging in a critical exploration of the experiences of minority students allowed the personal stories to create a consciousness which could lead to programmatic change. The paucity of research addressing the minority counselor/White client dyad lends viability to this study. This study used methods consistent with the critical research, including individual interviews and artifact collection. All data were analyzed through the lens of Critical Race Theory and Whiteness in an effort to conceptualize the role of race …


Educational Efficiency In Virginia Public School Divisions, Clinton Robert Calzini Jan 2011

Educational Efficiency In Virginia Public School Divisions, Clinton Robert Calzini

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Effective Reading Comprehension Teaching And Research: How Do They Relate, Lauri M. Leeper Jan 2011

Effective Reading Comprehension Teaching And Research: How Do They Relate, Lauri M. Leeper

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of The Validity Of The Enneagram, Sara Ann Scott Jan 2011

An Analysis Of The Validity Of The Enneagram, Sara Ann Scott

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study Of Teacher Effectiveness: Analyses Of Award-Winning Teachers In The United States And China, Xianxuan Xu Jan 2011

A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study Of Teacher Effectiveness: Analyses Of Award-Winning Teachers In The United States And China, Xianxuan Xu

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.