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Book Review: Inside The Undergraduate Experience By Catharine Hoffman Beyer, Gerald Gillmore And Andrew Fisher (Anker, 2007), Catherine Ross Jul 2008

Book Review: Inside The Undergraduate Experience By Catharine Hoffman Beyer, Gerald Gillmore And Andrew Fisher (Anker, 2007), Catherine Ross

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Excerpt: Inside the Undergraduate Experience is a fascinating book for anyone who works in assessment and faculty development, or with undergraduates in learning communities, learning centers or first year experience courses. While it has all the numbers, charts, statistics and graphs that any assessment expert would want, it offers startling insights into the individual nature of undergraduate learning while at the same time giving an incredibly rich overview of what happens to undergraduates, in general, in their college years.

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High School Students' Perceptions Of Their High School Experience, Lillie R. Lowery Jul 2008

High School Students' Perceptions Of Their High School Experience, Lillie R. Lowery

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Perception data are invaluable to school improvement plans. Student perception data, in particular, is useful when determining indicators related to student success or failure. The purpose of this study was to understand high school students' perceptions of their high school experience. Data for this quantitative study was collected using a survey instrument. The 1,120 participants, who were ninth through twelfth grade students attending an urban, diverse public high school in Georgia, responded to questions related to belongingness, peer relationships, student relationships with teachers and other staff members and teacher qualities and instructional strategies. Demographic data relating to grade level, race, …

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Examining Roberts County Mathematics Teachers' Beliefs Regarding The Nature Of Mathematics And Their Classroom Learning Environment, Elizabeth P. Brechin-Harrison Jul 2008

Examining Roberts County Mathematics Teachers' Beliefs Regarding The Nature Of Mathematics And Their Classroom Learning Environment, Elizabeth P. Brechin-Harrison

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of mathematics teachers beliefs regarding the nature of mathematics and their classroom learning environment in Roberts County (fictional). The study investigated 165 kindergarten through twelfth grade mathematics teachers that taught at least one segment of mathematics a day. The researcher administered three surveys: the Teacher Beliefs Survey (developed by Beswick, 2005), the Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (developed by Taylor, Fraser, and Fisher, 1997) and a demographics survey to mathematics teachers at 35 schools. Data analysis included calculating the sub-scale means of each survey, a Pearson correlation, and Analysis of Variance …

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Best Practices Of High School Principals For Improving Student Achievement In Urban Schools, Anthony Wayne Smith Jul 2008

Best Practices Of High School Principals For Improving Student Achievement In Urban Schools, Anthony Wayne Smith

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the best practices of high school principals for improving student achievement in eight urban high schools in the Metro Atlanta area. Specifically, the best practices of urban Georgia high school principals in the areas of vision, risk-taking, human development, belief in others and integrity were explored through an interview process. Each participant was asked five open-ended questions since these allow for participants to answer questions in a more complete manner. The qualitative, phenomenological research design was employed. Qualitative analysis was used to determine recurring themes related to the research questions. The recurring …

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Summer 2008 Aasu Data Digest, Armstrong State University Jul 2008

Summer 2008 Aasu Data Digest, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Office of Institutional Research: Armstrong Data Digests (Archived)

No abstract provided.

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Absolute Seduction: The Faustian Motif In Balzac And Valéry, Scott Shinabargar Jun 2008

Absolute Seduction: The Faustian Motif In Balzac And Valéry, Scott Shinabargar

The Coastal Review

This article analyzes ways in which the "quest for the absolute" is treated in two works: Balzac's novel, of the same name (La Recherche de l'absolu), and Valéry's Monsieur Teste. Both texts involve a paradoxical narrative device, by which the genius of the protagonist is communicated to the reader, not by the representation of his thoughts, but by a veiling of them--an impenetrable interiority that suggests communion with the absolute. This device is successful, to the degree that it plays upon our own desires for transcendent knowledge. Under closer scrutiny, however, we find that such texts must eventually …

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Soldados De Salamina (2001): Cercas En Busca De Un Héroe Con El Instinto De La Virtud, Marie Guiribitey Jun 2008

Soldados De Salamina (2001): Cercas En Busca De Un Héroe Con El Instinto De La Virtud, Marie Guiribitey

The Coastal Review

The work analyzes the role of literature in reconstructing historical memory and in serving to attest against the collective amnesia which takes place during the transition to democracy in Spain. The recreating of a historic episode during the Civil War allows the narrator of Soldados de Salamina to remake the past and call for the recovery of historical memory. Also examined is Maurice Halbwachs’ premise-the need to maintain “an affective community” in order to arrive at a reconstruction of memories.

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May 13, 2008 Aasu Graduate Council Minutes, Armstrong Atlantic State University May 2008

May 13, 2008 Aasu Graduate Council Minutes, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong Administration & Governance: Graduate Council Meeting Minutes (Archived)

May 13, 2008 AASU Graduate Council Minutes

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Tracing The Threads: A Curriculum Study Of The Dialogue Of Otherness In The Histories Of Public And Independent Schooling, Kelley Jean Waldron May 2008

Tracing The Threads: A Curriculum Study Of The Dialogue Of Otherness In The Histories Of Public And Independent Schooling, Kelley Jean Waldron

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

This work is a postmodern, historical analysis that seeks to trouble the private/public distinction that is traditionally drawn in educational history and theory by examining the histories of public schools and independent schools around the topics of identity politics, accountability, and globalization. Although there is much literature and research regarding these topics within the context of public schooling, much of it is ahistorical in many respects. There is much less scholarly work discussing these topics in the sector of independent schooling. The majority of the literature on the topics of identity politics, accountability, and globalization in schooling takes an either/or …

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Experience Of Media And Race In The National Football League: An Existential Phenomological Study, Jocelyn Alexis Fisher May 2008

Experience Of Media And Race In The National Football League: An Existential Phenomological Study, Jocelyn Alexis Fisher

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Over 70% percent of the current National Football League (NFL) population is of African-American descent (Lapchick, 2007). Moreover, there is a disparity between sport analyst with 74% of the radio and television announcers being White, and 12% being Black (Lapchick 2006). Thus, the purpose was to examine African-American NFL players on their experiences of media interaction from a phenomenological perspective and veteran NFL reporters experiences of interacting with African-American NFL players. This study consisted of one open-ended question for each population. Data was transcribed and analyzed, and themes were identified. Themes for the NFL players consisted of a) how media …

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Mental Cage: A Qualitative Analysis Of The Mental Game In The Sport Of Mixed Martial Arts, Matthew E. Harpold May 2008

Mental Cage: A Qualitative Analysis Of The Mental Game In The Sport Of Mixed Martial Arts, Matthew E. Harpold

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Past research dealing with power sports has dealt mainly with the effects of participation in such sports as boxing and wrestling (Endresen & Olweus, 2005). Results have shown that participation in such sports has led to an increase and enhancement of violent and nonviolent antisocial behavior outside of sport (Endresen & Olweus, 2005; Bloom & Smith, 1996). The sport psychology literature has thus far failed to encompass the lived experience or possible themes that arise that stem from being a part of this culture. The purpose of this study was to examine the amateur Mixed Martial Arts athlete and their …

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Antecedents Of Burnout Among Collegiate Tennis Players, Dale Richard White May 2008

Antecedents Of Burnout Among Collegiate Tennis Players, Dale Richard White

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Burnout has become to be regarded as a debilitative problem for athletes, but individual differences that may provide a buffer to burnout characteristics have only partially been examined. The purpose of this study was to examine the possible association between optimism, trait confidence, need for achievement, gender, and years of competitive experience and symptoms of burnout in collegiate tennis players. Four inventories were used to assess the 86 collegiate participants (47 men, 39 women): the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ; Raedeke & Smith, 2001), the Trait Sport Confidence Inventory (TSCI; Vealey, 1986), the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R; Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, …

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Earmstrong, Armstrong Atlantic State University May 2008

Earmstrong, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong News & Publications: e-Armstrong Newsletter (Archived)

No abstract provided.

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Creating Aotearoa Through Discourse: Language And Character In Keri Hulme's The Bone People, Sabryna Nicole Sarver May 2008

Creating Aotearoa Through Discourse: Language And Character In Keri Hulme's The Bone People, Sabryna Nicole Sarver

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

I will be looking at Keri Hulmes novel The Bone People as a postcolonial text. The beginning will explore the current conversations taking place about the importance of language(s) within texts that are deemed postcolonial as they relate to Hulmes novel which is written in both Maori and English. Other important postcolonial ideas applicable to the text such as space, magical realism, and current postcolonial theory will be looked at. Previous criticism will also be examined. The final sections of this thesis will focus on Hulmes three main characters separately: Joe, Kerewin, and Simon, and their places within and outside …

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Undressing J.D. Salinger: Fashion And Psychology In The Catcher In The Rye And Teddy, Alicia Vie Howe May 2008

Undressing J.D. Salinger: Fashion And Psychology In The Catcher In The Rye And Teddy, Alicia Vie Howe

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts. Under the direction of Richard Flynn.

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Leadership Competencies Needed By Future Army Education Services Officers, Robin Kathryn Ellert May 2008

Leadership Competencies Needed By Future Army Education Services Officers, Robin Kathryn Ellert

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify which leadership competencies future Army Continuing Education System Education Services Officers will need to better structure leadership development within that organization. A Delphi survey was sent to 13 Southeast Region Army Education Services Officers (ESOs) and consisted of three rounds: the first two rounds were used to reach a consensus as to what competencies were considered important by the panel of experts, and the last round allowed the panel to rank each selected competency by its level of importance to future Education Services Officers. Using Army Field Manual 6-22, Army Leadership, the …

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Social And Academic Factors That Contribute To Resiliency For At-Risk Students In Georgia Universities, Kimberly Paige Mullen May 2008

Social And Academic Factors That Contribute To Resiliency For At-Risk Students In Georgia Universities, Kimberly Paige Mullen

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine resiliency factors in at-risk college students to provide insight and strategies for college administrators who have a genuine desire to attract and retain these students. The researcher focused on college students who were minority, low-income and first generation. This study included three seniors who attended three different universities, and were graduating at the end of the semester. The researcher explored social and academic factors, and the findings overwhelming concluded that students who are at-risk have a harder time obtaining a college degree than non-at-risk students. At-risk students face challenges such as lack …

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Challenges That Two Georgia Elementary Principals Face In Rasing Achievement Of At-Risk Third Garde Students, Sharonlyn Jones Reese May 2008

Challenges That Two Georgia Elementary Principals Face In Rasing Achievement Of At-Risk Third Garde Students, Sharonlyn Jones Reese

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Elementary principals are required to perform a variety of duties which include, but are not limited to, administrative and instructional tasks. Intense job accountability for all students to raise the achievement of at-risk third grade students has caused principals to face challenges and to use strategies to increase student achievement. The demands of the job of principal of an elementary Title I school are complex, especially when many of the students in the school are at-risk of failure. The legislative No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 mandates and obligates principals to do their best for all students enrolled …

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Georgia Teachers' Perceptions Of Principals' Interpersonal Communication Skills As They Relate To Teacher Performance, Norma Vanessa Kambeya May 2008

Georgia Teachers' Perceptions Of Principals' Interpersonal Communication Skills As They Relate To Teacher Performance, Norma Vanessa Kambeya

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine teachers' perception of their principals' interpersonal communication skills in relation to teacher performance. This was a qualitative study, where an authoethnographic mode of inquiry was employed. Authoethnography describes research studies of a personal nature (Ellis & Bochner, 2000). Using an interactive interview technique, five teacher participants were asked questions in an effort to elicit teachers' perception of principals' interpersonal communication skills as they relate to teachers performance. This study is significant in determining which interpersonal communication skills as perceived by teachers were most effective and essential in increasing teaching performance. Findings revealed …

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Evidence Of Empathy In Animals Across Time, Jeffrey Stephen Gavel May 2008

Evidence Of Empathy In Animals Across Time, Jeffrey Stephen Gavel

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Empathetic behaviors are characterized by a three-tiered hierarchical organization involving arousal, emotional contagion, and cognitive empathy. In the current study, we define each step in this hierarchy in order to build toward a paradigm that represents true cognitive empathy. We then examine the levels of empathy displayed by rats in previous paradigms and classify prior studies by level of arousal, emotional contagion, or cognitive empathy. Finally, we present two studies which examine the potential for empathetic display in rats.

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Toward An Anarchist Theory Of Self: Wilderness, Actualization And Authority, Joseph Amos Garcia May 2008

Toward An Anarchist Theory Of Self: Wilderness, Actualization And Authority, Joseph Amos Garcia

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

This research investigated essential components of optimal human functioning. An anarchist model was used to emphasize the autonomous nature of an optimally functioning self. Utilizing Abraham Maslows hierarchy of needs model, Leonard Martins ID compensation theory, fundamental principles of anarchist theory and environmental feedback paradigms it has been shown that time spent during backpacking experiences in the wilderness may simulate immediate return social systems, allow for recognition of need fulfillment and ultimately increase self-actualization. In addition it was shown that materialism, via an ownership index, is negatively correlated with actualization. Utilizing a backward regression analysis the resulting model supports the …

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Factors That Influence Individual Differences In Female Sexual Response In A College-Aged Population, Tynisa La'sure Jones May 2008

Factors That Influence Individual Differences In Female Sexual Response In A College-Aged Population, Tynisa La'sure Jones

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

College females (N=115) completed a questionnaire, which asked an array of questions about demographics, health, sexual partners and orgasm, sexual satisfaction, masturbation and vibrators, personality, and sex guilt. Of the participants, 106 reported that they had experienced sex of some kind, 83 indicated that they had experienced single orgasm during sex with a partner, and 46 indicated that they had experienced multiple orgasms during sex with a partner. Independent variables -- general questions, communication with partner, overall satisfaction, fear of becoming pregnant, stress, general demographics and medications -- were significantly related to one or both of the measures of sexual …

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Conservative Mind: A Focus On Introspection And Worldview, April A. Strickland May 2008

Conservative Mind: A Focus On Introspection And Worldview, April A. Strickland

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The aim of this study is to examine conservative attitudes as a function of introspection. Previous literature has hypothesized that conservative ideologies are the result of a dangerous and authoritarian worldview, where individuals are essentially hedonistic and need rules and regulations in order to behave morally. Empirical research has also indicated that conservatives are generally higher in authoritarianism, intolerance for ambiguity, dogmatism, and need for closure than liberals. Based on these conservative correlates, it was hypothesized within this study that less introspective thought would be shown by those individuals who hold more conservative ideologies, as opposed to those individuals that …

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Preparation For High School Mathematics Reform In The Northeast Georgia Resa District: A Stage Of Concerns Approach To Examining Professional Learning, Kay Smith Haugen May 2008

Preparation For High School Mathematics Reform In The Northeast Georgia Resa District: A Stage Of Concerns Approach To Examining Professional Learning, Kay Smith Haugen

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was two-fold. The first purpose was to examine the longitudinal concerns of a cohort of high school mathematics teachers in the Northeast Georgia Regional Educational Services Agency (RESA) district about implementation of the Georgia Performance Standards. The second purpose was to explore relationships among their Stages of Concerns profiles, demographic factors, and professional learning experiences provided by institute instructors. The study examined Implementation of Georgia Performance Standards in High School Mathematics as a change innovation using the Concerns-Based Adoption Model. The study utilized a mixed methods timeseries research design. Quantitative data were collected using the …

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Comparison Of Optimism Levels And Life Stress Levels Among Ncaa Division I Athletes And Non-Athletes, Eleanor Kate Shearman May 2008

Comparison Of Optimism Levels And Life Stress Levels Among Ncaa Division I Athletes And Non-Athletes, Eleanor Kate Shearman

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Researchers suggest that optimistic individuals approach life situations with the belief that outcomes will be favorable, and are more likely to exhibit better coping mechanisms when dealing with adversity and stress (Carver, & Scheier, 1987; Karadeaus, Karvelis, Argyropoulou, 2007). Moreover, the cognitive adaptation theory suggests that optimistic individuals are more likely to make appropriate cognitive adaptations to stressful situations (Lightsey, 1994; Alloy & Clements, 1992). Results concerning athletic status, gender, optimism, and stress are mixed. The purpose of this study was to compare athletes and non athletes and gender on optimism and life stress. The present study will utilize the …

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Individual Difference Moderators Of Interpersonal And Intrapsychic Reactions To Hostile-Controlling Coaching Behaviors, Erin Shelton Bullett May 2008

Individual Difference Moderators Of Interpersonal And Intrapsychic Reactions To Hostile-Controlling Coaching Behaviors, Erin Shelton Bullett

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Hostile-controlling coaching behaviors, which can include screaming obscenities and placing blame on the athletes, can lead to counterproductive responses such as withdrawal from sport and decreased performance. Research has shown individuals who perceive coaches to be blaming increase their own self-blame (Conroy & Coatsworth, 2007). Individual difference variables may moderate how athletes respond to hostile-controlling coaching behaviors. The purpose of the current research was to examine fear of failure, need for achievement, and self-esteem as individual difference moderators of interpersonal and intrapsychic reactions to hostile controlling coaching behaviors. After controlling for autonomy support, fear of failure and self-esteem were significant …

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Sexuality: Social And Cultural Constructs Of Women Represented Through Art, Gayle Shaw Clark May 2008

Sexuality: Social And Cultural Constructs Of Women Represented Through Art, Gayle Shaw Clark

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Life is one beauty pageant after another. There is always competition, be it physically or mentally. Societal rules have always determined the constructions of gender both accepted and taboo. My research explores how these social constructs pertaining to sexuality began and how they have been perpetuated throughout history in art. Because of my personal struggles with social constrictions as a woman, an artist, and as one whose sexual identity has been designed from these social constructs, I have explored women's roles as artists: how women and their sexuality have been portrayed in the past through artworks using various media; how …

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Educators' Perceptions Of Reasons For And Strategies To Correct The Underrepresentation Of African Americans In Gifted Education Programs, Deborah Ann Dunn May 2008

Educators' Perceptions Of Reasons For And Strategies To Correct The Underrepresentation Of African Americans In Gifted Education Programs, Deborah Ann Dunn

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine elementary and middle school educators' perceptions of the reasons for the underrepresentation of African Americans in gifted education programs. The mixed method paradigm included a combination of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The two instruments used were an eight-item interview questionnaire and a two page researcher-designed survey. The participants were selected based on the operation of their gifted eligibility teams from three selected elementary schools and twenty middle schools. Three elementary principals and three middle school principals were interviewed to gain an in-depth knowledge of the reasons for and strategies to …

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Influence Of Principal Work Styles And Behaviors On Teacher Commitment During School Reform In Georgia, Susan Marie Mcglohon May 2008

Influence Of Principal Work Styles And Behaviors On Teacher Commitment During School Reform In Georgia, Susan Marie Mcglohon

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Research was conducted to learn about the influence of leadership work styles and behavior patterns of three high school principals in northeast Georgia whose schools were undergoing reform through the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The study sought to identify specific work styles and behaviors that affected teacher commitment when implementing change during school reform initiatives. A mixed methods study of collecting and analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data was used in a case study involving three different high schools. Principals and their teachers responded to interview questions and survey questions to reveal patterns of work styles and …

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Exploring Teachers' Beliefs About The Underrepresentation Of Minority Students In The Gifted Program In A Mid-Sized Suburban School District In Georgia, Pamela Holt Colvin May 2008

Exploring Teachers' Beliefs About The Underrepresentation Of Minority Students In The Gifted Program In A Mid-Sized Suburban School District In Georgia, Pamela Holt Colvin

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Over the past 30 years, the national numbers of kindergarten through 12th grade students from diverse backgrounds have nearly doubled. Based on the enrollment count in 2005, the state of Georgia experienced a similar change as minority students became the majority in Georgias public schools. Even though this has occurred, the total statewide number of minority students enrolled in the gifted program and the number of minority students enrolled in the gifted program in some school districts in Georgia is not representative of this diversity. The underrepresentation of minority students in the gifted program is a concern voiced in research …

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