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Upic Magazine, Issue 4, Center For Career And Professional Development

UPIC Magazine

Every semester, undergraduate students from every major and staff from every part of Clemson University join together through UPIC internships. These paid internships grant students real, on the job experience in professional fields and offer staff a chance to mentor some of Clemson’s most brilliant students.

To find out more about the UPIC Program, visit career.clemson.edu/internship_programs

UPIC is part of Clemson’s Center for Career and Professional Development

Common Data Set 2014-2015, Clemson University

Common Data Sets

No abstract provided.

Understanding Rights Reversion: When, Why, & How To Regain Copyright And Make Your Book More Available, Author's Alliance, Berkeley Law's Samuelson Law, Technology, And Public Policy Clinic

A repository of copyright educational resources for higher education

A guide designed to help authors regain their copyright for previously published books.

Clemson Football Media Guide - 2015, Clemson University

Football Media Guides

No abstract provided.

Clemson Football Media Guide Supplement- 2015, Clemson University

Football Media Guides

No abstract provided.

President's Report Card - July 2015, Clemson University

President's Reports to the Board of Trustees

No abstract provided.

President's Report Card - February 2015, Clemson University

President's Reports to the Board of Trustees

No abstract provided.

Copyright Term And The Public Domain In The United States, Peter Hirtle

A repository of copyright educational resources for higher education

A useful chart detailing when specific types of works fall in the public domain. Also includes a bibliography with links to additional resources.

The Viability Of Portraiture For Science Education Research: Learning From Portraits Of Two Scientific Classrooms, Cassie F. Quigley, Amy Trauth-Nare, Nicole Beeman-Cadwallader

Publications

The purpose of this paper is to describe the relevance of a qualitative methodology called portraiture for science education. Portraiture is a method of inquiry that blends art and science by combining the empirical aspects of inquiry with the beauty and aesthetic properties. This method encompasses all aspects of a research study, including protocol, data collection and analysis, and presentation of findings. To examine the viability of portraiture as methodology for science education researchers, we provided two portraits of science teachers and their classrooms to illustrate how context played a significant role in teachers’ experiences and how it influenced their …

Improving English Learners Reading Comprehension Through The Use Of Vocabulary Strategies, Tracy Butler, Michelle Fowler

Publications

No abstract provided.

Dancing Literacy: Expanding Children’S And Teachers’ Literacy Repertoires Through Embodied Knowing, Allison Leonard, Anna H. Hall, Danielle Herro

Publications

This paper explores dance as literacy. Specifically, it examines qualitative case study research findings and student examples from a dance artist-in-residence that explored curricular content using dance as its primary mode of inquiry and expression. Throughout the residency, students constructed meaning through their dance experiences in dynamic and autonomous ways, exhibiting complex literacy practices of inquiry and communication. Focusing on the kindergarten student participants’ experiences, the authors highlight three themes in their dance literacy practices: (a) artistic autonomy, (b) embodied knowledge, and (c) multimodality. As embodied knowledge, dance innately allowed for integrative literacy possibilities in the dance residency. The dance …

Disfluent Pausing Effects On Listener Judgments Of An Asl-English Interpretation, Stephen Fitzmaurice, Kim A. Purdy

Publications

Although not all spoken language pauses are purposeful or functional, there is general agreement on the function and appropriate length and placement of pauses in English. Failing to conform to this agreement constitutes a pausing disfluency. In an interpreted environment, pauses do not generally detract from the discourse event, nor do they negatively impact the participants’ perception of one another, as long as the interpreter maintains generally acceptable pausing parameters (Fors, 2011; Heldner & Edlund, 2010; Krivokapi, 2007). Listeners of any communication event invariably form opinions about the speaker’s personality and make judgments about their character and background, forming a …

President's Report Card - October 2015, Clemson University

President's Reports to the Board of Trustees

No abstract provided.

Examining The Effects Of Preschool Writing Instruction On Emergent Literacy Skills: A Systematic Review Of The Literature, Anna H. Hall, Amber Simpson, Ying Guo, Shanshan Wang

Publications

This article presents the results of a systematic review of the literature involving writing interventions in the preschool setting. The information presented is timely considering the current expectations for young children to write. Framing the empirical literature within different philosophical approaches, trends were analyzed to identify instructional strategies related to increases in emergent literacy outcomes and where gaps in the literature existed. The results from 22 intervention conditions from 1990 to 2013 indicated the overall effect size was g = .44, 95% CIs [.27, .60], suggesting that preschool writing interventions enhanced children’s early literacy outcomes. The findings also highlighted the …

President's Report Card - April 2015, Clemson University

President's Reports to the Board of Trustees

No abstract provided.

Open Educational Resources: Finding And Utilizing Affordable Course Materials, Tucker Taylor, Amie Freeman

A repository of copyright educational resources for higher education

Presentation explaining the need to use more open educational resources in the classroom as opposed to traditional textbooks. Includes statistics on the rising cost of higher education and student expenses. Provides resources for open textbooks and other educational resources.

Professional Development And Teacher Change: The Missing Leadership Link, Brooke A. Whitworth, Jennifer L. Chiu

Publications

Professional development in science education aims to support teacher learning with the ultimate goal of improving student achievement. A multitude of factors influence teacher change and the effectiveness of professional development. This review of the literature explores these factors and identifies school and district science leaders as a critical factor missing from current professional development models. School and district leaders play a significant role in the planning and implementation of professional development, as well as providing ongoing leadership to support teacher change. Considering this role, school district leaders are not just a contextual factor, but rather an integral part of …

Biographies

Tigra scientifica

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South Korean Teachers’ Perceptions Of Integrating Information And Communication Technologies Into Literacy Instruction, Sangho Pang, David Reinking, Amy Hutchison, Deanna Ramey

Publications

We investigated South Korean literacy and language arts teachers’ perceptions about integrating interactive communication technologies (ICTs) into instruction. The survey addressed their access to various applications and technologies associated with ICTs, access to technological support, frequency and importance of use, and obstacles to and conceptions of integrating ICTs. Descriptive and correlational data are reported suggesting that although classroom use of ICTs is mandated at the national level, South Korean teachers perceive access to some tools and applications, as well as the availability of technical assistance at both the school and district level, to be limited. We compare data from this …

Staff Senate Minutes, 2014 December 16, Clemson University

Staff Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

After The Abbeville Decision, 2014 December 9, Holley Hewitt Ulbrich

Publications

No abstract provided.

The Tiger Vol. 108 Issue 43 2014-12-04, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Tiger Vol. 108 Issue 42 2014-12-02, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Economic Situation, 2014 December 1, Bruce Yandle

Publications

Quarterly report on the economic situation of the United States and South Carolina.

East Washington Square, Semmes Gilmore, Joshua Legarretta, Shiree Reynolds, Daniel Spivey

Master of Real Estate Development

No abstract provided.

Clemson Commencement Program, December 2014, Clemson University

Clemson Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Multimodal Arguments, Technology, And Social Issues: A Formative Experiment, Emily Howell, Tracy Butler, David Reinking

Presentations

No abstract provided.

Does Health Insurance Have Influence On Obesity?, Wenyao Zhou

All Theses

Obesity in the United States has been continuing increasing and cited as a major health issue in recent decades. Many researchers have studied its socio-economic cause, but very few studies center on the potential influence that health insurance has on obesity. In our common sense, health insurance reduces the money that we pay for health care and makes many treatments' cost affordable which we may choose to give up originally due to our financial situation. However, everything has two sides. The benefits from insurance also can lead people to change their choices and behaviors. As an insured, people may take …

Prevalence Of Human Noroviruses In Commercial Retail Food Establishment Without A Recently Reported Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis, Chaoyi Tang

All Theses

Human noroviruses (NoV) are a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis, causing nearly 58% of foodborne disease in the USA. The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence of NoV on select bathroom surfaces in food establishments in South Carolina (SC). All SC counties (N=46) were sorted by population density into high-, medium-, and low-density categories. Three counties were randomly selected from each population category. Lists of all foodservice establishments in each selected county (N=9) were obtained from the Department of Health and Environmental Control and a total of 120 foodservice establishments were randomly selected. Swabs were collected from …

Sustenance, Brenton Pafford

All Theses

Utilizing the ceramic process I create objects that facilitate experiences in the domestic space. Developing sculptural elements that evoke memory traces, and in heightening the everyday to an aesthetic, I place value on the overlooked, under-thought items that sustain existence. 'It is the realm of these submerged memory-traces that creative art moves, bringing them into the orbit of everyday life and making them available to the experience of others by formalizing and projecting them onto elements of the familiar world which can receive and transmit them.' - Rawson The objects I created for this exhibition are rooted in memory traces, …