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Accessibility And Consumer Knowledge Of Services For Deaf Adolescents, Gillian Reynolds Jan 2001

Accessibility And Consumer Knowledge Of Services For Deaf Adolescents, Gillian Reynolds

Theses Digitization Project

The percentage of deaf and hard of hearing people who need mental health crisis services is similar to the percentage of the general population needing such services. Yet, coordinated mental services for deaf and hard of hearing individuals are virtually nonexistent. People who are deaf and hard of hearing, like everyone else, find themselves, from time to time, in need of mental health services.

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An Analysis Of Interactive Dialogue Journals Of English Language Learners In First Grade, Norma Castro Zavala Jan 2001

An Analysis Of Interactive Dialogue Journals Of English Language Learners In First Grade, Norma Castro Zavala

Theses Digitization Project

This project analyzes interactive dialogue journals of first grade students who have been identified at different levels of English language proficiency.

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Achieving Interaction In Listening And Speaking Within A Chinese Cultural Context, Qingquan Shi Jan 2001

Achieving Interaction In Listening And Speaking Within A Chinese Cultural Context, Qingquan Shi

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to develop heuristics and guidelines for English teachers to design appropriate courses. The exploration begins with a review of relevant literature in order to provide principles to comprise a pedagogical model. Based on that model, an instructional unit is presented that incorporates the model in a real-world context.

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In Search Of The Self: An Analysis Of Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl By Harriet Ann Jacobs, Rhonda Kay Roddy Jan 2001

In Search Of The Self: An Analysis Of Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl By Harriet Ann Jacobs, Rhonda Kay Roddy

Theses Digitization Project

In her bibliography, Incidents in the life of a Salve Girl, Harriet Ann Jacobs appropriates the autobiographical "I" in order to tell her own story of slavery and talk back to the dominant culture that enslaves her. Through analysis and explication of the text, this thesis examines Jacobs' rhetorical and psyshological evolution from slave to self as she struggles against patriarchal power that would rob her of her identity as well as her freedom. Included in the discussion is an analysis of the concept of self in western plilosophy, an overview of american autobiography prior to the publication of Jacobs' …

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Strategies For Monolingual Instructions To Use When Teaching Reading Comprehension To Bilingual Students, Toni Marie Bastian Jan 2001

Strategies For Monolingual Instructions To Use When Teaching Reading Comprehension To Bilingual Students, Toni Marie Bastian

Theses Digitization Project

The major finding of this project is that through the use of multiple sign systems, monolingual teachers can support their bilingual students. These strategies employ the use of comprehensible input from the teacher, peer interaction, extended lanuage and activities for the students whose primary focus is to help the students make connections from the text to their own lives.

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Effects Of Age And Ethnicity On Color Preference And On Association Of Color With Symbol And With Emotion, Ovidia Cornelia Blough Carney Jan 2001

Effects Of Age And Ethnicity On Color Preference And On Association Of Color With Symbol And With Emotion, Ovidia Cornelia Blough Carney

Theses Digitization Project

The majority of the studies reviewed so far indicated that individual subject variables interact with stimulus variables in order to produce human response to color.

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Development Of A Life Science Curriculum For Kindergarten And First Grade Reflecting The Theories Of Multiple Intelligence And Brain-Based Learning, Barbara Jean Dudeck Jan 2001

Development Of A Life Science Curriculum For Kindergarten And First Grade Reflecting The Theories Of Multiple Intelligence And Brain-Based Learning, Barbara Jean Dudeck

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to address the need for making the subject matter of life science accessible to all kindergarten and first grade students.

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Promoting Listening Strategies Use In Elementary English As A Foreign Language Computer-Assisted Learning Environment, Makiko Kojima Jan 2001

Promoting Listening Strategies Use In Elementary English As A Foreign Language Computer-Assisted Learning Environment, Makiko Kojima

Theses Digitization Project

In Japan, English education in elementary schools is still in the process of innovation. The purpose of this project is to seek the most appropriate and effective way for elementary-level students to acquire listening skills in a computer-assisted language learning (CALL) environment.

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Ethnic Identity Formation And Self Esteem In Adolescents Of Mexican Descent, Barbara Jean Hale Jan 2001

Ethnic Identity Formation And Self Esteem In Adolescents Of Mexican Descent, Barbara Jean Hale

Theses Digitization Project

A survey of four classes of ELD (English language deficient) students of Mexican descent was performed at Rancho Verde High School, Moreno Valley, CA in March, 2001 in an attempt to determine whether adolescents of Mexican descent who develop an identity close to their Mexican roots have higher levels of self-esteem than those who develop an identity close to their American experience.

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Impact Of Corporate Casual Wear On Productivity In The Workplace, Joe Luis Hernandez Jan 2001

Impact Of Corporate Casual Wear On Productivity In The Workplace, Joe Luis Hernandez

Theses Digitization Project

In today's workplace there are many reasons why businesses are encouraging their workforce to dress in a more casual manner. Personnel within the workforce who dress casually report improvements ranging from morale to customer relations after the implementation of more relaxed dress codes. It will also be necessary to consider whether or not business casual dress facilitates the tearing down of social and communication barriers.

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I Don't Know Why It's Funny, But I'Ll Laugh Anyway: Analysis Of Feigned Laughter In The Context Of Face-Threatening-Utterances, Dirkson Christopher Lee Jan 2001

I Don't Know Why It's Funny, But I'Ll Laugh Anyway: Analysis Of Feigned Laughter In The Context Of Face-Threatening-Utterances, Dirkson Christopher Lee

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this thesis is to reveal some of the behavioral characteristics of a specific type of laughter that I term "feigned laughter," and how it is used in the context of face-threatening-utterances (FTUs), or utterances that threaten the face needs of an individual.

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Compiling A Checklist Guide For English Language Development Curricular Programs, Carrie Lynn Martin Jan 2001

Compiling A Checklist Guide For English Language Development Curricular Programs, Carrie Lynn Martin

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to create a curricular checklist guide that facilitates quality instruction for elementary level, grades K-6, second language learners.

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Computer-Assisted Project-Based Learning In English For Specific Purposes, Chanmi Moon Jan 2001

Computer-Assisted Project-Based Learning In English For Specific Purposes, Chanmi Moon

Theses Digitization Project

The aim of this project is to address the need for effective English learning and develop an English curriculum which practically meets learners' needs. The project is for students who study business English in Korean community college. This project presents effectiveness of English learning in the content concerning with English for specific purposes, project-based learning, cooperative learning, computer-assisted language learning, and technological literacy. These ideas are incorporated into the project to develop the unit, Creating a Company, which consists of six lesson plans.

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The Development Of Scientific Concepts Through Literacy As A Mediational Tool, Kenneth Phil Ingram Jan 2001

The Development Of Scientific Concepts Through Literacy As A Mediational Tool, Kenneth Phil Ingram

Theses Digitization Project

This project analyzes the progress of 20 first grade, Spanish speaking students through a weather science unit. The study observes how students respond to literacy and science learning events.

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Implementation Business-To-Business Electronic Commercial Website Using Coldfusion 4.5, Teerapong Euawatana Jan 2001

Implementation Business-To-Business Electronic Commercial Website Using Coldfusion 4.5, Teerapong Euawatana

Theses Digitization Project

This project was created using ColdFusion 4.5 to build and implement a commercial web site to present a real picture of electronic commerce. This project is intended to provide enough information for other students who are looking for a guideline for further study and to improve their skills in business from an information management aspect.

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Teaching Artifacts: Teaching Art With A Cultural Lens, Marjorie Kirsten Allen-Masacek Jan 2001

Teaching Artifacts: Teaching Art With A Cultural Lens, Marjorie Kirsten Allen-Masacek

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

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Competence In Communication For Esl/Efl Speaking Curriculum, Somi Shin Jan 2001

Competence In Communication For Esl/Efl Speaking Curriculum, Somi Shin

Theses Digitization Project

This project provides a background on English instruction in Korea and features a literature review that builds theoretical aspects of this project. This project also presents a model of communicative competence applied to the speaking process which incorporates the application of speaking strategies.

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Taking Another Look At Women And Gender In Hemingway's Works, Gwendolyn Dale Binks Jan 2001

Taking Another Look At Women And Gender In Hemingway's Works, Gwendolyn Dale Binks

Theses Digitization Project

This project supports the contrary argument that Hemingway provided a voice for the post-Victorian woman, a woman exercising her strength within relationships, her sexuality, her femininity, and her freedom from oppression during the twentieth century women's movement.

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The Obispeno Chumash Indians: San Luis Obispo County's First Environmentalists, Sharon L. Marks Jan 2001

The Obispeno Chumash Indians: San Luis Obispo County's First Environmentalists, Sharon L. Marks

Theses Digitization Project

The primary focus of this project is with the interaction between nature and people. How did the Obispeno Chumash affect their surroundings and what was the outcome? Did changes occur in the environment when other people took over the care of the land? Over the last 250 years, the Obispeno Chumash land has evolved from an ecologically green dominion under their stewardship to the present day where the area is noted for its mission, recreational value, wealth of opportunity, and a nuclear power plant located between Morro Bay and Point Buchon along the ocean.

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Using Our Present Realities To Shape Our Futures: Literacy Development Of Latino Students, Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens Jan 2001

Using Our Present Realities To Shape Our Futures: Literacy Development Of Latino Students, Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

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Educational Strategies Meet The Needs Of Juvenile Offenders, Patricia Lynn Wilson Jan 2001

Educational Strategies Meet The Needs Of Juvenile Offenders, Patricia Lynn Wilson

Theses Digitization Project

This study shows how correctional educators incorporate traditional as well as nontraditional teaching methods to address the specific problems associated with juvenile offenders.

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Educators And Technology, Using Multimedia As A Teaching And Presentation Tool, Linda Eve Moore Jan 2001

Educators And Technology, Using Multimedia As A Teaching And Presentation Tool, Linda Eve Moore

Theses Digitization Project

This project was intended to demonstrate how teachers can tailor classroom instruction to save time, increase student participation, enhance learning outcome, and build student self-esteem using a multimedia approach.

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The Development Of Computer Assisted Instruction On The World Wide Web To Enhance English Learning For Thai Non-Formal Education Students, Vittaya Pongmussaya Jan 2001

The Development Of Computer Assisted Instruction On The World Wide Web To Enhance English Learning For Thai Non-Formal Education Students, Vittaya Pongmussaya

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to develop computer-assisted instruction (CAI) software on the world wide web (WWW). This project was an interactive English learning environment for Thai adult students at the Warin Chumrab District Non-Formal Education Center, Thailand. This project software followed the recommendation of a recent study by the center of education technology (CET) indicating that the favorite types of CAI among Thai adult students were tutorial and drill and practice. In this project students chose to learn from two types of lessons, either a tutorial or a drill and practice. The lessons were made interesting by the …

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Understanding And Using Multicultural Literature In The Primary Grades: A Guide For Teachers, Shirley Ann Williams Jan 2001

Understanding And Using Multicultural Literature In The Primary Grades: A Guide For Teachers, Shirley Ann Williams

Theses Digitization Project

Many studies have shown that an overwhelming number of classroom teachers are encountering increasing diversity issues in both the content of what they teach and among the students they are teaching The purpose of this project is to provide elementary teachers with a resource of multicultural literature that can be integrated into any curriculum, whether it is Language Arts, Social Studies, or story time.

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Achieving English Competence In Korea Through Computer-Assisted Language Learning And Crosscultural Understanding, Jue Yeun Nam Jan 2001

Achieving English Competence In Korea Through Computer-Assisted Language Learning And Crosscultural Understanding, Jue Yeun Nam

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to address the problems and improve English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning for the students of Korea by contrasting cultural similarities and differences and the same time utilizing computer-based instruction learning.

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A Fuzzy Expert System For Small Business Loan Processing, Vipul K. Gupta, Serkan Celtek Jan 2001

A Fuzzy Expert System For Small Business Loan Processing, Vipul K. Gupta, Serkan Celtek

Journal of International Information Management

In recent years, managerial applications of artificial intelligence, especially in the area of financial services, has received considerable attention. In this paper, a fiizzy logic expert system is developed for approvals of small business loans. Previous studies have used non-fuzzv expert systems. But the fuzzification of the variables used in a business loan approval decisionmaking promises more efficient results. Furthermore, another distinct feature of this paper is its focus on small business loans. CubiCalc fuzzy expert system shell is used to develop the expert system. Knowledge acquisition is made using the resources and expertise of a Small Business Development Center. …

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Professional English Communication Training For English For Specific Purposes, Galon Anthony Melendy Jan 2001

Professional English Communication Training For English For Specific Purposes, Galon Anthony Melendy

Theses Digitization Project

This project addresses the need for effective English training for speakers of other languages who are engaged in professional careers.

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Promoting Creative English Teaching Using Chinese Culture For Elementary Schooling In Taiwan, Ya-Chi Lee Jan 2001

Promoting Creative English Teaching Using Chinese Culture For Elementary Schooling In Taiwan, Ya-Chi Lee

Theses Digitization Project

To make English an interesting subject for elementary school students, teachers need to know what material attracts students, how to motivate students, and how to release students' creativity. Therefore, This project incorporates the concepts of multiple intelligences, motivation, culture and language, and development of creativity to provide a model for promoting creative English teaching in the elementary schools of Taiwan. In addition, the content of the unit, based on Chinese culture and the comparison of Chinese and American cultures, is an innovative curriculum designed to motivate students to learn English.

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Increasing Computer Instruction Within The Classroom, Rebecca Lerane Hollis Jan 2001

Increasing Computer Instruction Within The Classroom, Rebecca Lerane Hollis

Theses Digitization Project

The objective was to create some high level thinking activities to use with computerized graphic organizers which utilized the multimedia program Hyperstudio and the word processing program AppleWorks. This is an attempt to improve teacher attitudes towards technology, and to increase computer instruction within the classroom.

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Enhancing Academic Competence In English As A Foreign Language Through Multiple Strategies, Mei-Hwa Yeh Jan 2001

Enhancing Academic Competence In English As A Foreign Language Through Multiple Strategies, Mei-Hwa Yeh

Theses Digitization Project

In Taiwan, English has always been taught mostly by the grammar t ransalation method. Learning strategies and metacognitive strategies are seldom introduced during classroom instruction. Therefore, students learn a lot of gragmented knowledge but do not know how to apply the knowledge in their learning process. For my target teaching level, secondary school, the ability to utilize different strategies with in the learning process is critically important in order for the students to integrate their knowledge and use language effectively. This project is designed to address the problems of teaching English in Taiwan employing a strategy-based curriculum.

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