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Challenging Esl Students To Avoid Plagiarism And Properly Summarize And Cite Articles, Sarah J. Hammill

Works of the FIU Libraries

Research shows that plagiarism is a problem not only for English language learners but also for students whose first language is English. With the Internet and ease of copying and pasting information into a word document, plagiarism in on the rise (Maslen, 2003). Oftentimes, students are not aware they are doing something wrong. American students come into college with the cultural conditioning of knowing (perhaps not fully grasping) American academic standards (Gu & Brooks, 2007). International students have the additional disadvantage of not knowing the conventions, traditions, and values held in academic discourse (Gu & Brooks, 2007). Within American academic …

Managing Small-Medium Cities In A Time Of Globalization: Experiences And Evidence From Florida’S Public Managers, Nadine V. Wedderburn

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examines how public management practitioners in small and medium-sized Florida cities perceive globalization and its impact on public management practice. Using qualitative analysis, descriptive statistics and factor analysis methods, data obtained from a survey and semi-structured interviews were studied to comprehend how public managers view the management and control of their municipalities in a time of globalization. The study shows that the public managers’ perceptions of globalization and its impact on public management in Florida’s small-medium cities are nuanced. Whereas some public managers feel that globalization has significant impacts on municipalities’ viability, others opine that globalization has no …

Revolucion,Emancipacion De La Esclavitud Y Acceso A La Ciudadania: Una Familia De Plantadores Franceses, Sus Esclavos Y Sus Descendientes, Entre La Revolucion De Haiti Y La Guerra De 1912 En Cuba, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes "Revolucion,emancipacion de la esclavitud y acceso a la ciudadania: una familia de plantadores franceses, sus esclavos y sus descendientes, entre la revolucion de Haiti y la guerra de 1912 en Cuba", a lecture by Marial Iglesias Utset, Professor of History at Universidad de la Habana. Dr. Iglesias Utset is the author of Metaforas del cambio: Vida cotidiana en Cuba, 1898-1902.

Dos Voces, El Mismo Mar, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the book reading of "Dos voces, el mismo mar" by Uva de Aragon and Mirta Yanez. The event was held at Centro Cultural Espanol in Coral Gables,FL on December 7,2009.

Cuba:What Everyone Needs To Know, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This event promotes a book presentation by Julia E. Sweig, Ph.D., of her book "Cuba:Everyone Needs to Know". This book provides a guide to Cuba's politics, its complex relationship with the United States, and its changing role in the global community. Sweig is a Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin American Studies and Director for Latin American Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Narradoras Cubanas: Identidades Al Borde Del Ataque De Nervios, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes an event for a lecture "Narradoras cubanas: Identidades al borde del ataque de nervios" by Mirta Yanez, Ph.D. Yanez is a narrator,poet and essayist who received her Ph.D. in Philological Sciences at the Universidad de La Habana in Havana,Cuba. This lecture will be held at the Green Library at FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus on November 17,2009.

Rethinking Cuban History: Cubanidad In The Context Of The Americas, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes a lecture by Dr. Eduardo Torres-Cuevas, Professor of History at the University of Havana and Director of Jose Marti National Library. This presentation was in Spanish and held at the LACC Conference Room, FIU on November 13,2009.

The Relationship Between Classroom Interactions And Exclusionary Discipline As A Social Practice: A Critical Microethnography, Debra M. Pane Phd

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Exclusionary school discipline results in students being removed from classrooms as a consequence of their disruptive behavior and may lead to subsequent suspension and/or expulsion. Literature documents that nondominant students, particularly Black males, are disproportionately impacted by exclusionary discipline, to the point that researchers from a variety of critical perspectives consider exclusionary school discipline an oppressive educational practice and condition. Little or no research examines specific teacher-student social interactions within classrooms that influence teachers’ decisions to use or not use exclusionary discipline. Therefore, this study set forth the central research question: In relation to classroom interactions in alternative education settings, …

Immigrant-Established Resident Interactions In Miami, Florida, Alex Stepick, Carol Dutton Stepwick

Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies

This article examines factors that affect interethnic relations in Miami, Florida. The theoretical frame- work, based on the ‘contact hypothesis’ argues that better interethnic relations stem from not only contact, but also contact in which individuals from opposing groups share equal status and a stake in outcomes, and when contact activities require cooperation. The contact hypothesis, however, does not address the factors that produce inequality in social relations. To address these factors ideas from inter- national migration research are used to argue that those with power must create structures in which other groups feel welcome rather than rejected and that …

Relations Between Acculturation And Alcohol Use Among International Students, Ananth Kanaparthi

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In the current study, 226 international students attending Florida International University responded to an Web-based questionnaire that assessed self-reported scores for: acculturation, acculturative stress, alcohol use patterns, perceived peer alcohol use, and perceived injunctive social norms for alcohol use. The purpose of the study was to evaluate structural relations among this set of variables using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) via AMOS 17.0. The results of SEM analyses documented acceptable fit of a model which hypothesized that relations between acculturation and alcohol use variables are mediated partially by acculturative stress, perceived peer alcohol use, and perceived injunctive social norms. While significant …

Debate Or Catharsis? Critical Thinking In The Public Sphere In Cuba Today, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes an event for "Debate or Catharsis? Critical Thinking in the Public Sphere in Cuba Today", a lecture by Rafael M. Hernandez, editor of Temas, a social science journal published in Havana. This lecture took place at GC Panther Suite at FIU Modesto A.Maidique Campus on October 22,2009.

Stereotype Threat And The Standardized Testing Experiences Of African American Children At An Urban Elementary School, Martin J. Wasserberg

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Stereotype threat (Steele & Aronson, 1995) refers to the risk of confirming a negative stereotype about one’s group in a particular performance domain. The theory assumes that performance in the stereotyped domain is most negatively affected when individuals are more highly identified with the domain in question. As federal law has increased the importance of standardized testing at the elementary level, it can be reasonably hypothesized that the standardized test performance of African American children will be depressed when they are aware of negative societal stereotypes about the academic competence of African Americans. This sequential mixed-methods study investigated whether the …

Tocqueville In Miami : Political Culture And Political Organizing In Miami's Cuban Community, Robert Ceresa

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the effectiveness of civic organizations focusing on leadership and the role of culture in politics. The study is based on a quasi-experimental research design and relies primarily on qualitative data. The study focuses on Miami's Cuban community in order to examine the role of public initiative in grassroots civic and community organizations.

The Miami Cuban community is a large, institutionally complex and cohesive ethnic community with dense networks of community organizations. The political and economic success of the community makes it an opportune setting for a study of civic organizing. The sheer number of civic organizations to …

Mius News: Maps And Imagery User Services @ Fiu Green Library: Vol. 3, Issue 2 Fall 2009, Jill V. Krefft

MIUS News

Florida International University's Fall 2009 Map and User Imagery Services Newsletter; Vol. 3, issue 2.

Mius News: Maps And Imagery User Services @ Fiu Green Library: Vol. 3, Issue 1 Fall 2009, Jill V. Krefft

MIUS News

Florida International University's Fall 2009 Map and User Imagery Services Newsletter.

Que Paso Con El Bolero En Cuba En La Decada Del 60?, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This event promotes a lecture by musicologist Euridice Losada Ambrioso, a pianist who has taught musicology at the Escuela de Musica Adolofo Guzman in Havana,Cuba. The lecture was held in Spanish at LACC Conference Room at FIU on September 24,2009.

Cronicas De La Republica De Cuba. 1902-1958, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes an event "Cronicas de la Republica de Cuba. 1902-1958), a book presentation by Uva de Aragon, Associate Director of the Cuban Research Institute. The presentation was in Spanish and was held at Books& Books in Coral Gables,FL.

The United States Congress And Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, Mariano J. Beillard

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Soviet Union's dissolution in December 1991 marks the end of the Cold War and the elimination of the United States' main rival for global political-economic leadership. For decades U.S. foreign policymakers had formulated policies aimed at containing the spread of Soviet communism and Moscow's interventionist policies in the Americas. They now assumed that Latin American leftist revolutionary upheavals could also be committed to history.

This study explores how Congress takes an active role in U.S. foreign policymaking when dealing with revolutionary changes in Latin America. This study finds that despite Chavez's vitriolic statements and U.S. economic vulnerability due to …

The Discursive Impact Of Transnational Advocacy Networks : How Amnesty International And Human Rights Watch Influenced The Media Coverage Of The Rwanda Genocide, Marilu Del Toro

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Initial representations of the Rwanda genocide in the Western media were at best inaccurate and at worst, stereotypical, citing African "tribal savagery" and "centuries-old tribal hatred" as the reason for the mass killings. Two major human rights organizations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, had the opportunity to correct media portrayals and help shape the agenda for policymakers. The purpose of this study was to take a critical look at media portrayals and discover whether these two nongovernmental organizations played a role in influencing the coverage. An extensive media analysis of three elite Western newspapers found that NGOs were the …

A Data Storage Scheme For Geo-Spatial Data Organization And Metadata Cataloging, Jennifer Fu

GIS Center

No abstract provided.

Use Of Spatial Boundary Matrices In Web Based Community Characteristics And Public Involvement Strategy Tools, Jennifer Fu

GIS Center

No abstract provided.

Emotional Intelligence And Leadership In Organization: A Meta-Analytic Test Of Process Mechanisms, Daniel S. Whitman

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The present study – employing psychometric meta-analysis of 92 independent studies with sample sizes ranging from 26 to 322 leaders – examined the relationship between EI and leadership effectiveness. Overall, the results supported a linkage between leader EI and effectiveness that was moderate in nature (ρ = .25). In addition, the positive manifold of the effect sizes presented in this study, ranging from .10 to .44, indicate that emotional intelligence has meaningful relations with myriad leadership outcomes including effectiveness, transformational leadership, LMX, follower job satisfaction, and others. Furthermore, this paper examined potential process mechanisms that may account for the EI-leadership …

Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction Of Florida Bay, South Florida, Using Benthic Foraminifera, Jie Cheng

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Efforts that are underway to rehabilitate the Florida Bay ecosystem to a more natural state are best guided by a comprehensive understanding of the natural versus human-induced variability that has existed within the ecosystem. Benthic foraminifera, which are well-known paleoenvironmental indicators, were identified in 203 sediment samples from six sediment cores taken from Florida Bay, and analyzed to understand the environmental variability through anthropogenically unaltered and altered periods. In this research, taxa serving as indicators of (1) seagrass abundance (which is correlated with water quality), (2) salinity, and (3) general habitat change, were studied in detail over the past 120 …

Frank Pais: Architect Of Cuba's Betrayed Revolution, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the Cuban Research Institute's event for the book presentation of "Frank Pais: Architect of Cuba's Betrayed Revolution" by Jose Alvarez, Ph.D. The book details the actions of Frank Pais, who was responsible for the survival of the guerrilla force led by Fidel Castro in the Sierra Mountains. This book presentation was held at Books&Books in Coral Gables,FL.

Culturas Musicales E Identidades Culturales En La Salsa, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the event "Culturas musicales e identidades culturales en Ia Salsa", a lecture by Alejandro Ulloa Sanmiguel, Professor at Universidad del Valle, Cali,Colombia.

Challenges To Cuban Studies, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the event "Challenges to Cuban Studies", a talk by Juan Antonio Blanco, Ph.D., which focuses on the schools of thought behind current policy on Cuba. The event was held on April 16,2009 at the LACC Conference Room, DM 353.

Mius News: Maps And Imagery User Services @ Fiu Green Library: Vol. 2, Issue 2 Spring 2009, Jill V. Krefft

MIUS News

Florida International University's Spring 2009 Map and User Imagery Services Newsletter.

The Effects Of The Use Of Technology In Mathematics Instruction On Student Achievement, Ron Y. Myers

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the use of technology on students’ mathematics achievement, particularly the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) mathematics results. Eleven schools within the Miami-Dade County Public School System participated in a pilot program on the use of Geometers Sketchpad (GSP). Three of these schools were randomly selected for this study. Each school sent a teacher to a summer in-service training program on how to use GSP to teach geometry. In each school, the GSP class and a traditional geometry class taught by the same teacher were the study participants. Students’ mathematics …

Re-Thinking Place In International Relations : Phenomenology And The Geopolitics Of Knowledge In Latin American-U.S. Relations, Mauro J. Caraccioli

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

What constitutes the meaning of a place? In what ways does place affect our ways of thought? This study seeks to explore the geopolitical relationship between place and the study of International Relations (IR). By re-conceptualizing the category of place as a situated and geo-historical marker of human identity, new spaces of inclusion and collaboration in Latin American-U.S. relations can be uncovered, linking the study of phenomenology to contemporary IR theories. With attention on the lived-experience and existential nature of geopolitics behind Latin American-U.S. Cold War relations, the study of geopolitics can be de-colonized from the monopoly of dominant centers …

Cronicas De Ia Republica De Cuba. 1902-1958, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the event Cronicas de Ia Republica de Cuba. 1902-1958, a book presentation featuring Uva de Aragon, Associate Director of the Cuban Research at Florida International University, Carlos Alberto Montaner, and Jose Ignacio Rasco.