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Pre-School Experience And Literacy And Numeracy Development At The End Of Key Stage 1, Louise Quinn, Edward Melhuish, Karen Hanna, Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Pam Sammons, Brenda Taggart, Aidan Doyle Jan 2005

Pre-School Experience And Literacy And Numeracy Development At The End Of Key Stage 1, Louise Quinn, Edward Melhuish, Karen Hanna, Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Pam Sammons, Brenda Taggart, Aidan Doyle

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

This longitudinal study assesses the attainment and development of children followed from the age of 3 until the end of Key Stage 1 (age 8). Over 700 children were recruited to the study during 1998 and 1999 from 80 pre-school centres in Northern Ireland. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are used to explore the effects of pre-school experience on children's cognitive attainment and social/behavioural development at entry to school and any continuing effects on such outcomes up to 8 years of age. In addition to the effects of pre-school experience, the study investigates the contribution to children's development of individual …

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Identifying And Monitoring Changes In Special Educational Needs In The Early Years, Karen Hanna, Edward Melhuish, Louise Quinn, Kathy Sylva, Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Pam Sammons, Brenda Taggart Jan 2005

Identifying And Monitoring Changes In Special Educational Needs In The Early Years, Karen Hanna, Edward Melhuish, Louise Quinn, Kathy Sylva, Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Pam Sammons, Brenda Taggart

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

This longitudinal study assesses the attainment and development of children followed from the age of 3 until the end of Key Stage 1 (age 8). Over 700 children were recruited to the study during 1998 and 1999 from 80 pre-school centres in Northern Ireland. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are used to explore the effects of pre-school experience on children's cognitive attainment and social/behavioural development at entry to school and any continuing effects on such outcomes up to 8 years of age. In addition to the effects of pre-school experience, the study investigates the contribution to children's development of individual …

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Social Work Education In Australia: At The "Crossroads", Peter J. Camilleri Jan 2005

Social Work Education In Australia: At The "Crossroads", Peter J. Camilleri

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

The term 'crossroads' is being used in two senses in this paper. The first refers to the Australian Government's recent Review of Higher Education (referred to as 'Crossroads Report') and the impact that the changes will have on the higher education sector and consequently social work education. And secondly, 'crossroads' is being used in the sense that social work education is being restructured by the changes occurring in universities. Social work programs are expected to be more 'entrepreneurial', more research oriented ('publish or perish'), and more efficient in teaching methodology (this has meant emphasis on technology, use of adjunct staff …

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Using Questionnaires In Qualitative Human Geography, Pauline M. Mcguirk, Phillip O'Neill Jan 2005

Using Questionnaires In Qualitative Human Geography, Pauline M. Mcguirk, Phillip O'Neill

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

This chapter deals with questionnaires, an inlormation-gathering technique used frequently in mixed method research that draws on quantitative and qualitative data sources and analysis. We begin with a discussion of key issues in the design and conduct of questionnaires. We then explore the strengths and weaknesses for qualitative research of various question formats and questionnaire distribution and collection techniques. Finally, we consider some of the challenges of analysing qualitative responses in questionnaires and we close with a discussion of the limitations of using questionnaires in qualitative research.

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Understanding Sydney As A Global City, Dick Bryan, Pauline M. Mcguirk, Phillip O'Neill, Frank Stilwell Jan 2005

Understanding Sydney As A Global City, Dick Bryan, Pauline M. Mcguirk, Phillip O'Neill, Frank Stilwell

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

There is an ascendant academic argument that key economic processes are increasingly built at the scale of the city and, in turn, that successful urban economies are increasingly detached from their traditional hinterlands. Cities, in this city-centric global economy, are argued to be immersed in and driven by globalised networks and connections. The process of a city becoming global, then, means that traditional territorial networks and linkages are variously dislodged, transformed and abandoned. While this argument is intuitively persuasive, it has tended to be underpinned by generalised analyses that are thin on their treatment of change drivers and on the …

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Basing Economy On Materiality: An Analysis Of Sydney's Freight Flows, Phillip O'Neill, Pauline M. Mcguirk, Frank Stilwell, Dick Bryan Jan 2005

Basing Economy On Materiality: An Analysis Of Sydney's Freight Flows, Phillip O'Neill, Pauline M. Mcguirk, Frank Stilwell, Dick Bryan

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

This paper is part of a systematic examination by the authors of Sydney's changing political economy within its largely self-imposed globalisation agenda. This part seeks to unravel the changing nature of Sydney's material connections across the Sydney basin economy and with other places. The analysis is based on novel uses of GIS-based software and its application to freight flow data. There are employed to describe and delineate the composition, intensity and direction of materials flows arising from the functioning of the Sydney economy. Two questions are explored. First, we seek to expose the global city metaphor as narrowly defining what …

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Situating Master-Planned Estates, Robyn Dowling, Pauline M. Mcguirk Jan 2005

Situating Master-Planned Estates, Robyn Dowling, Pauline M. Mcguirk

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Master-planned estates (MPEs) are proliferating as an urban residential form, particularly in the rapidly expanding urban fringes of Greater Metropolitan Sydney, Melbourne and South East Queensland. As crucibles of urban change, MPEs have the potential to reshape urban residential structures and refashion ways of relating in urban residential neighbourhoods. They thus require more rigorous analysis: as an empirical phenomenon; as a new social formation; and as a manifestation of the privatisation of the public realm. Australian urban researchers have begun to turn their attention toward the MPE. This paper critically engages with these understandings of master-planned estates (MPEs) in the …

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Efficiency, Technology And Productivity Change In Australian Universities, 1998-2003, A. C. Worthington, B. L. Lee Jan 2005

Efficiency, Technology And Productivity Change In Australian Universities, 1998-2003, A. C. Worthington, B. L. Lee

Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers

In this study, productivity growth in thirty-five Australian universities is investigated using nonparametric frontier techniques over the period 1998 to 2003. The inputs included in the analysis are full-time equivalent academic and non-academic staff, non-labour expenditure and undergraduate and postgraduate student load and the outputs are undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD completions, national competitive and industry grants and publications. Using Malmquist indices, productivity growth is decomposed into technical efficiency and technological change. The results indicate that annual productivity growth averaged 3.3 percent across all universities, with a range between -1.8 percent and 13.0 percent, and was largely attributable to technological progress. …

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Water Loss As A Function Of Energy Intake, Physical Activity And Season, Klaas R. Westerterp, Guy Plasqui, Annalies H. C Goris Jan 2005

Water Loss As A Function Of Energy Intake, Physical Activity And Season, Klaas R. Westerterp, Guy Plasqui, Annalies H. C Goris

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Although water is an important nutrient, there are no recommended intake values. Here, water intake, energy intake, physical activity and water loss was measured over 1 week in summer and in winter. Subjects were healthy volunteers, forty-two women and ten men, mean age of 29 (sd 7) years and mean BMI 21·8 (sd 2·2) kg/m2. Water intake was measured with a 7 d food and water record. Physical activity level (PAL) was observed as the ratio of total energy expenditure, as measured with doubly labelled water, to resting energy expenditure as measured in a respiration chamber. Water loss …

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Another Road To Safety: Program Replication Guide, Amy Conley Wright Jan 2005

Another Road To Safety: Program Replication Guide, Amy Conley Wright

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

The "Another Road to Safety" Program (ARS) offers another type of intervention for parents who have maltreated their children and another chance for families to remain together. For the past two years, Alameda County public and community based agencies have come together to provide early intervention services to prevent the reoccurrence of child maltreatment. ARS uses a differential response intervention model that separates parents reported to the child maltreatment hotline into four levels of risk for child safety and risk of future maltreatment: low, moderate, high, and very high. Clients are then referred to services based on their risk level: …

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Remembered Landmarks Enhance The Precision Of Path Integration, John W. Philbeck, Shannon O'Leary Jan 2005

Remembered Landmarks Enhance The Precision Of Path Integration, John W. Philbeck, Shannon O'Leary

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

When navigating by path integration, knowledge of one’s position becomes increasingly uncertain as one walks from a known location. This uncertainty decreases if one perceives a known landmark location nearby. We hypothesized that remembering landmarks might serve a similar purpose for path integration as directly perceiving them. If this is true, walking near a remembered landmark location should enhance response consistency in path integration tasks. To test this, we asked participants to view a target and then attempt to walk to it without vision. Some participants saw the target plus a landmark during the preview. Compared with no-landmark trials, response …

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Lawrence A. Cremin, Chara H. Bohan Jan 2005

Lawrence A. Cremin, Chara H. Bohan

Middle and Secondary Education Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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2005 All-Amc South Division Team, Cedarville University Jan 2005

2005 All-Amc South Division Team, Cedarville University

Volleyball Rosters

No abstract provided.

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2005 Women's Volleyball Roster, Cedarville University Jan 2005

2005 Women's Volleyball Roster, Cedarville University

Volleyball Rosters

No abstract provided.

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2005 18th Annual Cedarville Invitational All-Tournament Team, Cedarville University Jan 2005

2005 18th Annual Cedarville Invitational All-Tournament Team, Cedarville University

Volleyball Rosters

No abstract provided.

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Teaching The Power Of The Word: Select Posters And Programs, Charles Vanover Jan 2005

Teaching The Power Of The Word: Select Posters And Programs, Charles Vanover

USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications

Program from the University of Georgia performance; January 7, 2005. Poster from the University of Michigan Narrative Institute Performance; April 21, 2005

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Teaching The Power Of The Word: Conference Proposal For The University Of Georgia Qualitative Interest Group, Charles Vanover, Cathy Lu, Alexandra Miletta Jan 2005

Teaching The Power Of The Word: Conference Proposal For The University Of Georgia Qualitative Interest Group, Charles Vanover, Cathy Lu, Alexandra Miletta

USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications

This ethnodramatic performance piece shares with the AERA community the personal practical knowledge (Connelly & Clandinin, 1999) of an accomplished senior English teacher who works in a multiethnic general high school in the Chicago Public Schools. The production’s goal is to dramatize the knowledge of practice—the highly emotional knowledge of whom one is and how the world works—a culturally responsive educator relies on as she teaches and cares for her students.

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The Problems Faced By Higher Education Institutions Because Of The Constantly Changing Objectives, Sometimes Imposed Externally, Sometimes Self-Imposed, Frank Mcmahon Jan 2005

The Problems Faced By Higher Education Institutions Because Of The Constantly Changing Objectives, Sometimes Imposed Externally, Sometimes Self-Imposed, Frank Mcmahon

Books/Book chapters

This paper reviews the extent to which the objectives the universities and other higher education institutions try to achieve are changing and, in particular, how a multiplicity of objectives has emerged.

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Faculty Excellence, University Of New Hampshire Jan 2005

Faculty Excellence, University Of New Hampshire

Faculty Excellence Awards

Each year, the University of New Hampshire selects a small number of its outstanding faculty for special recognition of their achievements in teaching, scholarship and service. Awards for Excellence in Teaching are given in each college and school, and university-wide awards recognize public service, research, teaching and engagement. This booklet details the year's award winners' accomplishments in short profiles with photographs and text.

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Providing Effective Counseling To Substance Abusers Through The Use Of Biopsychosocialspiritual Strategies, Rachel Phillips Jan 2005

Providing Effective Counseling To Substance Abusers Through The Use Of Biopsychosocialspiritual Strategies, Rachel Phillips

Graduate Research Papers

The field of substance abuse has had a history of relapse. Both In-Patient and Out-Patient Treatment facilities have experienced the "revolving door" effect (Walton, Blow, and Booth, 2001). D.R. Laws found in research he conducted that 80% of the patients treated, relapsed 12 months after treatment and two-thirds of the relapses were within 90 days of treatment (Laws, 1999). The federal government has begun questioning the validity of these programs in light of skyrocketing costs for substance abuse treatment (Craig, 2004). Clinicians have begun to examine the cost effectiveness of their current treatment modalities. This paper will provide an overview …

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What I Believe About Leadership And Education : A Reflective Essay, Brian J. Price Jan 2005

What I Believe About Leadership And Education : A Reflective Essay, Brian J. Price

Graduate Research Papers

Becoming an educational leader is something I have thought about since becoming a teacher. For a school to run successfully, those in charge must have an understanding of their own beliefs and how those beliefs will fit into the vision of the school. In this paper, I will discuss why I became an educator, what I believe about education, why I decided to enter this program to be a principal and what I believe about leadership.

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The Role Of Today's High School Counselor In Working With Students With Special Needs, Josh T. Carnelley Jan 2005

The Role Of Today's High School Counselor In Working With Students With Special Needs, Josh T. Carnelley

Graduate Research Papers

This paper presents the rationale, history, and the legislation that has impacted school counselors' work with special needs students. This paper discusses the many roles a school counselor plays in working with this population. These roles include, but are not limited to, personal counseling, group counseling, classroom guidance, consulting with teachers, consulting with families, career and postsecondary plans, and the involvement of the counselor in the evaluation process. Concluding statements from the author will revisit the many roles of the counselor and implications for working with this population in the future.

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Oppositional Defiant Disorder : Using Family Therapy And Parent Training Techniques For Effective Treatment Outcomes, Caroline S. Dieken Jan 2005

Oppositional Defiant Disorder : Using Family Therapy And Parent Training Techniques For Effective Treatment Outcomes, Caroline S. Dieken

Graduate Research Papers

Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) clinically affects children and adolescents through the display of unwanted disruptive, hostile, defiant, and oppositional behaviors. Development of these can be linked to parental psychopathology, family and marital dysfunction, poor parent-child interaction, atypical parenting, maternal age, substance abuse, poor supervision, and inconsistent or harsh discipline. The effects of ODD lead to impaired social functioning, depression, low self-esteem, academic failure, substance abuse, delinquency, and family discord. Compared to other treatments ( e.g., medication, behavior modification, punishment, or removal from the home) the most effective course of treatment for ODD is the use of family therapy and parent …

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Critical Elements Essential For Exemplary Educational Leadership, Kara T. Jones Jan 2005

Critical Elements Essential For Exemplary Educational Leadership, Kara T. Jones

Graduate Research Papers

Education is a chameleon that is ever changing. As educators we must be willing to see where change needs to be made and accept the fact that we as individuals may need to change in order to provide the best education that the students deserve. Change is not an easy thing to accept or accomplish. It is more comfortable to sit in the same old place and not look outside our blinders. However we must realize that this does not help students or their parents. Not only does it not help these people it does not help us become better …

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The Learning Marketspace, January 2005, Bob Heterick, Carol Twigg Jan 2005

The Learning Marketspace, January 2005, Bob Heterick, Carol Twigg

The Learning MarketSpace (4/03 - 4/14)

No abstract provided.

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Reflexiones Sobre La Relacion Poesia-Musica, Marianella P. Machado Jan 2005

Reflexiones Sobre La Relacion Poesia-Musica, Marianella P. Machado

Languages, Cultures, and Humanities Faculty and Staff Research

A lo largo de la historia de la cultura universal es posible apreciar que la poesia y la musica siempre han estado muy intimamente unidas.

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Founder's Day 2005, Sacred Heart University Jan 2005

Founder's Day 2005, Sacred Heart University

Founder's Day Programs

Program for the March 16, 2005 Founder's Day ceremony held in the William H. Pitt Health and Recreation Center.

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Does My Identity Speak English? A Pragmatic Approach To The Social World Of An English Language Learner With Language Impairment, Robin L. Danzak, Elaine R. Silliman Jan 2005

Does My Identity Speak English? A Pragmatic Approach To The Social World Of An English Language Learner With Language Impairment, Robin L. Danzak, Elaine R. Silliman

Communication Disorders Faculty Publications

The case description provides a comprehensive picture of the complex social and linguistic factors that shape the social identity of an English language learner with the additional challenge of language impairment (LI). These issues were explored over 6 months with Fernando, an 8-year-old, Spanish-speaking male with LI in grade 3. A pragmatic, or practical, approach to problem solving was developed for two purposes: first, to obtain a multifaceted understanding of Fernando’s world at school, and second, to arrive at possible educational/clinical solutions that met a standard of cultural appropriateness and practicality. The patterns found that, contrary to teacher interpretations of …

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2005-2006 Graduate Catalog, Armstrong Atalntic State University Jan 2005

2005-2006 Graduate Catalog, Armstrong Atalntic State University

Graduate Catalogs

Academic catalog for Armstrong Atlantic State University.

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Georgia Southern University Fact Book, Georgia Southern University Jan 2005

Georgia Southern University Fact Book, Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern Fact Books

No abstract provided.

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