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University Of Northern Iowa Secondary Teacher Education Senate Meeting Minutes, January 19, 2012, University Of Northern Iowa. Secondary Teacher Education Senate.

Documents - Secondary Senate

Meeting agenda from the Secondary Teacher Education Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

University Of Northern Iowa Secondary Teacher Education Senate Meeting Agenda, January 19, 2012, University Of Northern Iowa. Secondary Teacher Education Senate.

Documents - Secondary Senate

Meeting agenda from the Secondary Teacher Education Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Isso Weekly Newsletter, January 13, 2012, University Of Northern Iowa. International Students And Scholars Office.

ISSO Weekly Newsletter

Inside This Issue:

-- First Friday Reception Today
-- Martin Luther King Day on Monday, January 16
-- Funding (Grant) Opportunity for international Women
-- CIEP & ISO Ski Trip
-- Special Weather Alert for New Students

University Of Northern Iowa Elementary Teacher Education Senate Meeting Agenda, January 12, 2012, University Of Northern Iowa. Elementary Teacher Education Senate.

Documents - Elementary Senate

Meeting agenda from the Elementary Teacher Education Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

University Of Northern Iowa Graduate Council Minutes, January 12, 2012, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate Council.

Documents - Graduate Council

Meeting minutes from the Graduate Council of the University of Northern Iowa.

University Of Northern Iowa Elementary Teacher Education Senate Meeting Minutes, January 12, 2012, University Of Northern Iowa. Elementary Teacher Education Senate.

Documents - Elementary Senate

Meeting minutes from the Elementary Teacher Education Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, January 9, 2012, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting minutes from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda, January 9, 2012, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting agenda from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

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Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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What Should We Flip?, Jerrid Kruse

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Educational fads are nothing new. Renaming or repackaging of old ideas are also not new. Indeed, anyone who has been in education for more than a few years will recognize how the pendulum of educational reform swings back and forth. Unfortunately, although things “change,” the change is not typically accompanied by “improvement” on a grand scale. One current trend is the notion of “flipping” or the “flipped classroom”.

Thinking Outside The Box: Using A Black Box Activity To Kick Off The School Year, Amanda Weeks, Stephanie Schemmel

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This article discusses our approach to the first days of school. Students' first experiences in our classroom set the tone for the rest of the year. We start out the year with a black-box activity to engage students and begin helping our students understand the nature of science. This activity promotes National Science Education Standards G and Iowa Teaching Standards 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8.

Searching The Web: Observing Spiders To Learn How Different Structures Serve Different Functions, Courtney King

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Through exploration and small group discussion, first grade students made connections between physical structures of organisms and their function. Additionally, students explored various spider “homes”. This activity promotes National Science Education Content Standard C.

Nationwide Efforts To Improve The Health Of Children With Childhood Obesity, Ebony Ellis

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this review was to examine the increase in childhood obesity and current existing programs that seem to be successful in combating this health epidemic. This review will induce descriptions of children's behavioral settings such as their home, school, and community; nutritional and beverage intake; obesity risk factors involving children; possible genetic influence; the influence of physical activity intervention programs; and the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity. Due to the rapid increase of childhood obesity, preventative measures are considered to improve the health of children as a nation.

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Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

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Nature Of Science: Curriculum Unit For The 6th Grade Classroom, Reagan Denise Boeset

Graduate Research Papers

Having a basic knowledge of scientific principles is no longer a luxury but, in today's complex world, a necessity. While Americans are holding their own, they are not even close to where they should be says Jon Miller of Michigan State University. Miller (2007) states in Science Daily that only 28% of American adults currently qualify as scientifically literate (as cited in Michigan State University, 2007, para 5). With the pace of technological advancement as well as our increased reliance on technology, there should be no debate over the need for scientific literacy. There is a need for our society …

Iowa Journal Of Communication, Volume 44, Number 1, Fall 2012 [Download Entire Issue]

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

A Turning Point Analysis Of Stephchildren's Communication With Their Nonresidential Parent's Family, Rebecca Diverniero

Iowa Journal of Communication

Stepchildren and their nonresidential parent's side of the family (NRPF) may encounter unique challenges in negotiating new questions of family membership as the child transitions into stepfamily life. The researcher conducted turning point interviews with 29 stepchildren to examine how they perceived and described communication surrounding shifting perceptions of family belonging with their NRPF during this transition. Data analysis yielded categories of turning points that made participants feel more like family with their NRPF, less like family with their NRPF, and several that depended on the situation, illustrating that the communication surrounding these events impacted perceptions and response to nonresidential …

Do You Feel Left Out Of Your Family?: An Examination Of Family Communication Patterns And Ostracism, Anna F. Carmon, Joan R. Poulsen

Iowa Journal of Communication

Familial bonds have the potential to satisfy our need for human relationships, but they are also likely to cause us to be both victims and sources of ostracism. Feelings of ostracism likely stem from communicative experiences and may extend to perceptions of family satisfaction. It would seem ostracism mediates the relationship between family communication patterns and family satisfaction. Although the current study did not confirm the proposed model of ostracism, an alternative model is discussed. Further, individuals who are married and have children perceive less ostracism in their families than individuals who are in single and do not have children.

Baloney Or Braunschweiger?: Communicating Cultural Identity In Multigenerational German Immigrant Families, Dena Huisman, Heike Flood

Iowa Journal of Communication

Researchers have examined economic, social, political, and historical implications of immigration throughout U.S. history, but little research has been conducted on everyday communication and the lived experience of immigrant family life in the United States. The current research explores family communication in mid-20th century German immigrant families and their balance between two cultures, demonstrating the complex cultural boundaries between family generations and between families and cultural boundaries themselves.

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Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

Introduction: Communication And The Family, Donna R. Pawlowski

Iowa Journal of Communication

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"With All Due Respect, Mr. President:" A Rhetorical Analysis Of Al Sharpton's Speech Ot The 2004 Democratic National Committee Convention, Jennifer E. Potter

Iowa Journal of Communication

On July 23, 2004, President George W Bush spoke to the National Urban League and questioned African Americans' allegiance to the Democratic Party. Two days later, the 2004 DNC convention began and Al Sharpton, previously known as an unbelievable politician, gave a memorable speech responding to the President. This essay explains how Sharpton delivered a speech that appealed to the broader American electorate while still speaking about issues important to the African American community and exposes how Sharpton discussed race without doing so blatantly, all the while answering Bush's questions posed to the Urban League.

The Changing Nature Of The Coffee Shop In The 21st Century: How Productivity Is Supplanting Social Interaction, Benjamin R. Garner

Iowa Journal of Communication

Historically, coffee shops are social gathering places where people go to get coffee, listen to lectures, converse with others, and maintain personal relationships (Hattox, 1985; Oldenburg, 1999). Today, the coffeehouse/coffee shop scene is quite different. This analysis examines what motivates people to go to a public social place (coffee shops) to participate in private activities such as using laptop computers, studying, or engaging other solitary activities. Results indicate people use coffee shops in a solitary manner to enhance productivity, to leave the house, to study with friends, and to work. Most participants in this study did not go to a …

2012 University Of Northern Iowa Football, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Coaching Staff --2
--Roster --21
--Player Bios --25
--2011 in Review --57
--Record Book --64

2011-2012 Executive Summary, Reading Recovery Center Of Iowa, Salli Forbes

Documents

Reading Recovery is a research-­‐based early literacy intervention implemented in schools to provide intensive individual literacy instruction to first grade students having the greatest difficulty learning to read and write. The goal of the intervention is to accelerate students’ progress to on-­‐grade level competency in 12 to 20 weeks. Reading Recovery also serves as a response to intervention (RTI) program for a small number of children who may need specialized longer-­‐term assistance.

The University of Northern Iowa is an official University Training Center of the Reading Recovery North American Trainers Group. Dr. Salli Forbes is the Director/Trainer of the Reading …

Professionally Accomplished Women's Perceptions Of Father-Daughter Communication: An Exploratory Study, Teresa M. Scott, Lynne M. Webb, Patricia Amason

Iowa Journal of Communication

A survey of 75 professionally accomplished women examined father-daughter communication during daughters' middle-aged years. The daughters' perceptions of relational closeness with their fathers were associated with family communication environment (both conversation and conformity-orientation). Furthermore, daughters' conflict management scores for competing-with-fathers were negatively associated with the daughters' state-communication-apprehension scores. Finally, many non-significant results are inconsistent with results previously obtained with college student samples, perhaps indicating that the influence of father-daughter communication may differ across the lifespan.

Malicious Envy At Work: Causes And Responses, Patty Malone, John Daly

Iowa Journal of Communication

Envy often arises in the workplace with potentially negative consequences. Using affective events theory as a framework we examine the causes of malicious envy in the workplace and the communicative responses people have to experiencing the emotion. We discover seven major causes for malicious envy in the workplace and nine typical responses in the ways in which people in the workplace respond to their feelings of malicious envy.

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Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

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Development Of A Soil Carbon Index For Iowa Mineral Soils, M. M. Al-Kaisi, T. E. Fenton, J. G. Guzman, B. R. O'Neal

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

A carbon index (Cl) is one of many soil quality indicators that depends on organic carbon concentration. One of the values of a soil carbon index is in determining the impact of agriculture practices (i.e., tillage, crop rotation, N management, etc.) on soil organic matter status of mineral soils. Interactions of climate, parent material, topography, time, and organisms including human activities influence soil organic carbon (SOC). This study developed a soil carbon index for mineral soil map units in Iowa using data collected by the Iowa Cooperative Soil Survey Laboratory and the USDA Soil Survey Laboratory for over 2,300 soil …

Older Adults' Social Support Giving And Their Psychological Health: Testing Moderating Effects Of Giving In Familial And Non-Familial Context, K. Hazel Kwon, Shin-Il Moon

Iowa Journal of Communication

The current study explores the impact of support giving as a moderator between receiving support and older adults' psychological health. The study analyzed the data from the project Changing Lives of Older Couples, including a sample of 1,532 married individuals from Detroit Cosmopolitan areas. The findings suggest that receiving-support have differentiated effects depending on relational types. While giving-support does not show the conditional effect, it plays a moderator in reducing depression and anxiety especially at the low level of received support, suggesting the importance of social integration on older adults' psychological health.