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Actional-Operational Modes In Earth Science And Implications For Fundamental Science Literacy Instruction, Amy Wilson-Lopez Jul 2013

Actional-Operational Modes In Earth Science And Implications For Fundamental Science Literacy Instruction, Amy Wilson-Lopez

Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications

Framed in theories of social semiotics, this multiple case study describes and categorizes the actional-operational modes used by three middle school earth science teachers throughout the course of one school year. Data included fieldnotes, photographs, and video recordings of classroom instructions as well as periodic interviews with the teachers. A constant comparative analysis of the data resulted in the creation of a typology of actional-operation modes were identified: gesture, embodied representation, moving objects on flat surfaces, moving objects through three-dimensional space, material representations, and observed phenomena. Multimodal concordance charts were used to identify the affordances and productive constraints of each …


Parenting In Puerto Rican Families: Mothers And Father’S Self-Reported Practices, Melanie M. Domenech-Rodriguez, Natalie Franceschi Rivera, Zulma Sella-Nieves, Jahaira Félix Fermín May 2013

Parenting In Puerto Rican Families: Mothers And Father’S Self-Reported Practices, Melanie M. Domenech-Rodriguez, Natalie Franceschi Rivera, Zulma Sella-Nieves, Jahaira Félix Fermín

Psychology Faculty Publications

Little information is available on parenting practices of families living in Puerto Rico. In order to fll this gap, 55 two-parent Families with a 6 to 11 year old child were surveyed on contextual stressors known to impact parenting (i.e., depression, subjective economic status, parenting stress, marital satisFaction), parenting practices (i.e., skills building, positive involvement, problem solving, monitoring, and eFFective discipline), as well as child externalizing behavior problems. Data revealed a sample with relatively low selF-reported stressors, high endorsement oF parenting practices, and subclinical child externalizing behaviors. All measures were reliable, indicating potential For Future use in Puerto Rican samples. …


Factorsaffecting The Occurrence Of Faculty-Doctoral Student Coauthorship, Michelle A. Maher, Briana Crotwell Timmerman, David F. Feldon, Denise Strickland Jan 2013

Factorsaffecting The Occurrence Of Faculty-Doctoral Student Coauthorship, Michelle A. Maher, Briana Crotwell Timmerman, David F. Feldon, Denise Strickland

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

Using faculty narratives, this study identifies factors affecting the occurrence of facultydoctoral student coauthorship. Norms of the discipline, resources, faculty goals for students, faculty goals for themselves, and institutional expectations emerged as dominant factors. Each factor is explored separately and as part of an interlocking holistic picture.