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The Weekly Challenger : 2004 : 12 : 30, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al
The Weekly Challenger : 2004 : 12 : 30, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al
Newspaper collection
No abstract provided.
More Than Teacher Directed Or Child Initiated: Preschool Curriculum Type, Parent Involvement, And Children's Outcomes In The Child-Parent Centers, Elizabeth Graue, Melissa A. Clements, Arthur J. Reynolds, Michael D. Niles
More Than Teacher Directed Or Child Initiated: Preschool Curriculum Type, Parent Involvement, And Children's Outcomes In The Child-Parent Centers, Elizabeth Graue, Melissa A. Clements, Arthur J. Reynolds, Michael D. Niles
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
This study investigated the contributions of curriculum approach and parent involvement to the short- and long-term effects of preschool participation in the Title I Chicago Child-Parent Centers. …
The Weekly Challenger : 2004 : 12 : 23, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al
The Weekly Challenger : 2004 : 12 : 23, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al
Newspaper collection
No abstract provided.
Autonomy Vs. Control: Quality Assurance And Governmental Policy In Flanders, Kurt De Wit, Jef C. Verhoeven
Autonomy Vs. Control: Quality Assurance And Governmental Policy In Flanders, Kurt De Wit, Jef C. Verhoeven
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
… In this article, we focus on the tension between the government's aim of improving and controlling the quality of higher education and universities ' concern for their autonomy. We describe the Flemish government's view on issues of quality in higher education and confront these with an account on the basis of case studies of how the quality assurance system was actually implemented in universities. We conclude that the model of the “market state” or the '”evaluative state” is only realised partially in Flanders. ...
Meeting Nclb Goals For Highly Qualified Teachers: Estimates By State From Survey Data, Rolf K. Blank, Doreen Langesen, Elizabeth Laird, Carla Toye, Victor Bandeira De Mello
Meeting Nclb Goals For Highly Qualified Teachers: Estimates By State From Survey Data, Rolf K. Blank, Doreen Langesen, Elizabeth Laird, Carla Toye, Victor Bandeira De Mello
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
This article presents results of survey data showing teacher qualifications for their assignments that are comparable from state-to-state as well as data trends over time. The analysis is intended to help state leaders, educators, and others obtain a picture of highly qualified teachers in their state, and to be able to compare their state statistics with states across the nation. ...
The Advanced Placement Expansion Of The 1990s: How Did Traditionally Underserved Students Fare?, Kristin Klopfenstein
The Advanced Placement Expansion Of The 1990s: How Did Traditionally Underserved Students Fare?, Kristin Klopfenstein
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
The College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) Program, which allows students to take college-level courses while in high school, enjoyed tremendous growth in the 1990s. Despite overall growth, small rural schools and high poverty schools continue to offer relatively few AP courses, and black, Hispanic, and low income students remain grossly underrepresented in AP classes. During the 1990s, AP incentive programs primarily subsidized test fees for low income students, but this provided no incentive for low income and rural schools to expand their AP course offerings and did nothing to strengthen the weak academic preparation of low income, black and Hispanic …
Commencement Convocation Program, Tampa Campus, December 11, 2004, University Of South Florida
Commencement Convocation Program, Tampa Campus, December 11, 2004, University Of South Florida
USF Graduation and Convocation Programs
King O'Neal Scholars - Courtney Sue Caillavet, Marie Terese Ellsworth, Samantha Kelly Hamm, Claire Elizabeth Johnston, Nicole L. Lapniewski, Mark Alan Oldham, Joan A. Reid, Stephanie Alford Sasse, Ralph Skibinski, Christopher Mitchell Smith, and Toby Rose Zarolnick; Outstanding Senior - Justin Geisler; Honorary Doctorate of Science - Dr. William A. Smith; President's Fellow Medallion - Don Wallace
From Centralization To Decentralization In Chinese Higher Education, Xiaohong Qian, Jef C. Verhoeven
From Centralization To Decentralization In Chinese Higher Education, Xiaohong Qian, Jef C. Verhoeven
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
Since the late 1970’s, the Chinese government has been gradually changing its traditional policy for providing higher education and has begun to emphasize the comprehensiveness of the universities. Interdisciplinary cooperation and the synergization of resources are being promoted, and institutional autonomy is gradually increasing. ...
The Weekly Challenger : 2004 : 12 : 02, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al
The Weekly Challenger : 2004 : 12 : 02, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al
Newspaper collection
No abstract provided.
Disparo En Red, December 2004, Disparo En Red
Disparo En Red, December 2004, Disparo En Red
Disparo en Red (Cuban science fiction magazine)
The December 2004 issue of Disparo en Red.
Crow's Nest : 2004 : 12 : 01, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Crow's Nest : 2004 : 12 : 01, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Crow's Nest
(Vol. 35, No. 6).
Inside Earth, Volume 7, No. 2, Winter 2004, Rodney D. Horrocks, Cave And Karst Program (U.S.)
Inside Earth, Volume 7, No. 2, Winter 2004, Rodney D. Horrocks, Cave And Karst Program (U.S.)
Inside Earth
Contents: Park Updates -- Cave Temperature Fluctations Caused by Public Tours at Wind Cave -- Cave Gates and Cave Restoration at Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP
The Effect Of Charter School Legislation On Market Share, Simona Kúscová, Jack Buckley
The Effect Of Charter School Legislation On Market Share, Simona Kúscová, Jack Buckley
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
Many proponents of school choice use the claim of the market’s capability to enhance efficiency and improve performance to call for its expansion. But no markets are perfectly competitive, and the local market for public goods is filled with institutional arrangements that make it differ from the neoclassical ideal. In this paper, we look at a particular institution—the provisions of charter school legislation—and assess how it affects the ability of charter schools to gain market share. ...
Disparo En Red, November 25, 2004, Disparo En Red
Disparo En Red, November 25, 2004, Disparo En Red
Disparo en Red (Cuban science fiction magazine)
The November 25, 2004, issue of Disparo en Red.
Tangible And Intangible Costs Of "Protecting Human Subjects": The Impact Of The National Research Act Of 1974 On University Research Activities, Frederic Jacobs, Arina Zonnenberg
Tangible And Intangible Costs Of "Protecting Human Subjects": The Impact Of The National Research Act Of 1974 On University Research Activities, Frederic Jacobs, Arina Zonnenberg
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
This article (1) examines the overall structure of regulatory research oversight in the United States; (2) details the origins and evolution of federal legislation pertaining to the protection of human subjects in biomedical and behavioral treatment and research; and (3) describes the expansion of oversight regulation from biomedical and behavioral treatment areas to the social sciences. ...
The Weekly Challenger : 2004 : 11 : 23, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al
The Weekly Challenger : 2004 : 11 : 23, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al
Newspaper collection
No abstract provided.
Closing The Racial Achievement Gap: The Role Of Reforming Instructional Practices, Harold Wenglinsky
Closing The Racial Achievement Gap: The Role Of Reforming Instructional Practices, Harold Wenglinsky
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
No Child Left Behind calls for schools to close the achievement gap between races in math and reading. One possible way for schools to do so is to encourage their teachers to engage in practices that disproportionately benefit their minority students. The current study applies the technique of Hierarchical Linear Modeling to a nationally representative sample of 13,000 fourth graders who took the 2000 National Assessment of Educational Progress in mathematics to identify instructional practices that reduce the achievement gap. It finds that, even when taking student background into account, various instructional practices can make a substantial difference.
Crow's Nest : 2004 : 11 : 17, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Crow's Nest : 2004 : 11 : 17, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Crow's Nest
(Vol. 35, No. 5).
The Weekly Challenger : 2004 : 11 : 11, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al
The Weekly Challenger : 2004 : 11 : 11, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al
Newspaper collection
No abstract provided.
Disparo En Red, November 10, 2004, Disparo En Red
Disparo En Red, November 10, 2004, Disparo En Red
Disparo en Red (Cuban science fiction magazine)
The November 10, 2004, issue of Disparo en Red.
There Is Another Way: The Faculty-Developed Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Assessment For K-8 Pre-Service Teachers, David Squires, George F. Canney, Michael S. Trevisan
There Is Another Way: The Faculty-Developed Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Assessment For K-8 Pre-Service Teachers, David Squires, George F. Canney, Michael S. Trevisan
Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
… This paper provides a brief history of major events in the field of literacy including teacher testing initiatives and policies, which led to the creation of the ICLA [Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Assessment]. A description of the ICLA assessment and its construction is provided, along with a report of initial performance. Implications and policy consequences of this approach are explored.
Crow's Nest : 2004 : 11 : 05, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Crow's Nest : 2004 : 11 : 05, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Crow's Nest
(Vol. 35, No. 4).
Disparo En Red, November 2004, Disparo En Red
Disparo En Red, November 2004, Disparo En Red
Disparo en Red (Cuban science fiction magazine)
The November 2004 issue of Disparo en Red.
Evidence For Floral Mimicry In Epidendrum Radicans (Orchidaceae) With Asclepias Curassavica (Apocynaceae) And Lantana Camara (Verbenaceae), November 2004, Sarah Dupre
Tropical Ecology and Conservation [Monteverde Institute]
Floral mimicry may occur between plant species with geographic overlap, similar flowering times and a shared set of pollinators. To demonstrate mimicry in such species, visitors must enhance fitness of individual flowering plants. This study focuses on potential floral mimicry for a Neotropical roadside weed, Epidendrum radicans (Orchidaceae), which produces no nectar but resembles nectar-producing, sympatric and phenologically similar plant species, Asclepias curassavica (Apocynaceae) and Lantana camara (Verbenaceae). Twenty pollinia of E. radicans were placed in four different groups. One containing the orchid alone, the second consisting of the orchid and A. curassavica, the third consisting of the orchid and …
Epiphytic Lichen Communities On Ficus Spp. Microhabitats In Relation To Canopy Density, November 2004, Tom Mcfarland
Epiphytic Lichen Communities On Ficus Spp. Microhabitats In Relation To Canopy Density, November 2004, Tom Mcfarland
Tropical Ecology and Conservation [Monteverde Institute]
The purpose of this study was to determine if and how much forest canopy density affects the richness and composition of epiphytic lichen communities in Tropical Premontane Moist Forest. Lichen communities on the trunk and in the canopy on nine Ficus trees were examined. Friedman’s test was used to assess differences in lichen richness along a vertical gradient on trees, and Spearman rank test was used to look for a correlation between canopy density and lichen richness. Average habitat breadth between zones and between trees was also calculated. The results showed that there are significant differences in lichen richness across …
Butterfly Proboscis Length And Pollen Load, November 2004, Charles Mccanna
Butterfly Proboscis Length And Pollen Load, November 2004, Charles Mccanna
Tropical Ecology and Conservation [Monteverde Institute]
Pollination mutualisms between plants and pollinators facilitate increases in genetic variability for plants while providing rewards for pollinators. Specialization of pollinators on specific plants has occurred to maximize benefits of these pollination mutualisms. With this specialization, pollination syndromes have evolved that increase a flower’s chance of eliciting visitation of a specific pollinator. For example, “butterfly flowers” have evolved bright colors, short to medium corollas, and strong scents that tend to attract butterflies. However, some of these flowers have evolved long corollas to specialize on long proboscis butterflies. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of corolla length …
Trail Fidelity In Atta Cephalotes, November 2004, Amy Romer
Trail Fidelity In Atta Cephalotes, November 2004, Amy Romer
Tropical Ecology and Conservation [Monteverde Institute]
Trail fidelity in Atta cephalotes was tested through marking experiments by comparing the movement of 500 marked workers that were removed but replaced on the same trail with the movement of a separate group of 500 marked workers that were displaced to a new trail. Trail fidelity was very high for replaced workers: 94% of workers observed at a census 24 hours after marking remained on the original trail. Trail fidelity was such a strong force in displaced ant behavior that by 24 hours after marking 74% had returned to their original trail. This indicates that worker ants are orientated …
Changes In Avian Communities In The San Luis Valley, Costa Rica, November 2004, Nicholas Kovacs
Changes In Avian Communities In The San Luis Valley, Costa Rica, November 2004, Nicholas Kovacs
Tropical Ecology and Conservation [Monteverde Institute]
In this experiment, avifauna of the transformed Costa Rican premontane moist forest was censused using fixedradius point counts within three habitats. Species abundance for all observed birds was calculated based on these observations. Study sites included pasture and fragmented secondary forest. Species abundance was compared to previous values known for the area from a 1993 study. For the 51 species observed in the area, 31 showed frequency changes. Twenty-six of the 31 were negative declines, and five showed positive increases in population. Four species declined from common to rare, three species declined from fairly common to rare and two new …
Discharge And Drift Of Benthic Macroinvertebrates In A Tropical Montane Stream, November 2004, Megan Moore
Discharge And Drift Of Benthic Macroinvertebrates In A Tropical Montane Stream, November 2004, Megan Moore
Tropical Ecology and Conservation [Monteverde Institute]
Several studies in temperate regions have observed an active behavioral response of stream invertebrates to environmental factors. However, few of these studies have been conducted in the tropics and the behavior of tropical stream invertebrates is unknown. In an attempt to improve the knowledge on tropical stream ecology, this study observed indirect behavioral responses to discharge within the drift as well as the benthic macroinvertebrate community. Drift, benthic, and discharge samples were taken at 11 sites along the Quebrada Máquina from October 28-November 13 of 2004. The drift community richness and diversity and discharge resulted in a non-significant, negative trend. …
Vertical Stratification Of Hummingbird Pollinated Plants In Relation To Corolla Length, November 2004, Eleanor Gordon
Vertical Stratification Of Hummingbird Pollinated Plants In Relation To Corolla Length, November 2004, Eleanor Gordon
Tropical Ecology and Conservation [Monteverde Institute]
For members of feeding guilds to co-exist in the same community, species must partition niches to avoid competition. In Tropical Lower Montane Wet Forest, hummingbirds are an important and numerous pollinators, suggesting a large number of niche partitioning mechanisms. Hummingbirds are often tightly co-evolved with the plants they pollinate, having bill lengths corresponding to the length of the flower they pollinate. It is proposed in this study that there is a relationship between heights of hummingbird pollinated plant and length of flower corolla. It is hypothesized that short corolla flowers will exist in some strata and long corolla flowers in …