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The Analysis Of Covariates In Multi-Fate Markov Chain Nest-Failure Models, Matthew A. Etterson, Brian Olsen, Russell Greenberg

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

Community College Transfer Students’ Experiences Of The Adjustment Process To A Four Year Institution: A Qualitative Analysis, Karen R. Owens

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Today's mobile student population follows diverse paths. This research presents findings from a qualitative study investigating the perceptions of transfer students while they were actively engaged in the transfer process. Fifty-seven incoming community college transfer students (n=57) were interviewed, in a large metropolitan area, through e-journaling during fall 2006 (while students were still attending community colleges) and during spring 2007 (students' first semester of admission to the university).

The following research questions guided the study: What do transfer students perceive as a successful transfer process? From the transfer student's perspective, what supports are needed to accommodate a successful transfer process? …

Bus Transit Oriented Development — Strengths And Challenges Relative To Rail, Graham Currie

Journal of Public Transportation

While rail has been the focus of most planning for Transit Oriented Development (TOD), there has been recent interest in bus-related TOD with an emphasis on new bus rapid transit (BRT) systems in North and South America and Australia. This article takes a critical look at the strengths and challenges of bus-based transit systems compared to rail in relation to TOD. It includes a review of the literature and an assessment of TOD-related developments. The performance of BRT systems in relation to TOD is considered with specific reference to BRT systems in Australia. In addition, TOD related to local suburban …

Full Issue 9(4)

Journal of Public Transportation

No abstract provided.

The Spawn Of Hell? The Late Twentieth-Century Paradigm Shift In Historiography And Its Impact On Undergraduate History Curricula In The United States, Natalie Ciecieznski

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

No abstract provided.

Animal Husbandry At Tell El Hesi (Israel): Results From Zooarchaeological And Isotopic Analysis, Shannon Marie Peck-Janssen

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Located in today’s southern Israel, Tell el Hesi provides archaeologists with important clues to political and social changes in the ancient Near East. Zooarchaeological and stable isotopic analyses were conducted to evaluate shifts in animal husbandry practices during changing socioeconomic and sociopolitical conditions in the southern Levant.

During the Early Bronze Age, Tell el Hesi thrived as an agricultural grain producing center for the southern Levant. The acropolis served as both a storage and redistribution center for the inhabitants of Tell el Hesi. Coinciding with the collapse of the southern Levant, Tell el Hesi was abandoned throughout the Middle Bronze …

Parent Involvement: Differences Between African Americans And European Americans In One Florida School District, Michelle Darter-Lagos

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research study was to (a) analyze perceptions of parent involvement across raters (i.e., seventh grade students versus their parents) and across ethnicity (i.e., African American versus European American), and (b) examine how perceptions of parent involvement are related to academic achievement. A subsample of archival survey data collected in one central Florida school district was analyzed for the current study. Findings revealed a positive but weak relationship between students' and parents' perceptions of parent involvement regardless of ethnicity. Significant differences were found in the perceived levels of involvement by ethnicity, even when controlling for SES. In …

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

A Legal And Historical Study Of Parental Choice: Implications For Public Education, Derrel James Bryan

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study provides an analysis of the historical and legal constructs of parental choice and implications for public education. While qualitative in nature, the historic record provides important detail in establishing a foundation for understanding parental authority in determining the education of children. An overview of major education legislation from the Colonial era to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is discussed as well as the legal analysis which consists of U.S. Supreme Court decisions influential in the debate over parental authority in determining the education of children. Conclusions include (a) data supporting parental choice as a growing …

Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools Accreditation: Impact On Elementary Student Performance, Darlene Y. Bruner, Lance Lamar Brantley

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

Currently, 848 Georgia public elementary schools that house third- and fifth-grades in the same building use the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation as a school improvement model. The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether elementary schools that are SACS accredited increased their levels of academic achievement at a higher rate over a five-year period than elementary schools that were not SACS accredited as measured by the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS). ...

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/34 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Southern association of colleges and schools accreditation : impact on elementary student performance / Darlene Y. Bruner [and] Lance Lamar Brantley.

Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 31, No. 4, December 2003, William Payne

Cave Research Foundation Newsletter

Contents: The William L. Wilson Scholarship in Karst Science -- Mammoth Cave National Park Updates Search and Rescue Program -- The Call-Out Procedure -- 60th Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Cave Research Foundation, October 31, 2003, Sequoia National Park -- CRF Accomplishments in Missouri -- Cumberland Gap: The Beginning -- Regional Expedition Reports -- Book Review -- 2004 Expedition Calendar -- 1998-2000 CRF Annual Reports Table of Contents -- Cave Books

Embracing Pedagogical Pluralism: An Educator's Case For (At Least Public) School Choice, David J. Ferrero

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

… Three objections to a conception of school choice grounded in a notion of reasonable pluralism among educational doctrines are addressed: 1) that it would undermine educators' efforts to secure status for themselves as professionals by admitting that “best practices” in education offer rough guidance at best; 2) that it would leave parents and students vulnerable to quackery; 3) that it abandons the common school tradition and its aspirations. ...

Education Policy Analysis Archives 11/30 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Embracing pedagogical pluralism : an educator, Äôs case for (at least public) school choice / David J. Ferrero.

High-Stakes Testing And The History Of Graduation, Sherman Dorn

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

An historical perspective on high-stakes testing suggests that tests required for high school graduation will have mixed results for the putative value of high school diplomas: (1) graduation requirements are likely to have indirect as well as direct effects on the likelihood of graduating; (2) the proliferation of different exit documents may dilute efforts to improve the education of all students; and (3) graduation requirements remain unlikely to disentangle the general cultural confusion in the U.S. about the purpose of secondary education and a high school diploma, especially confusion about whether the educational, exchange, or other value of a diploma …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 11/01 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

High-stakes testing and the history of graduation / Sherman Dorn.

Choral Music Education: A Survey Of Research 1996-2002, Amber Turcott

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to review and summarize selected choral music education research published between 1996-2002. Four major research surveys in this area were previously published by Gonzo (1973), Hylton (1983), Phillips (1992), and Grant and Norris (1998). Each of these authors stressed a need for research in all areas of choral music education beyond the dissertation level and called for research that mimicked "real-world" experiences that would benefit choral music educators.

This study investigated the following: (a) whether research studies in choral music education have increased beyond doctoral dissertation studies; (b) whether previous research studies have been …

Genealib Archive 2002-06, Genealib

GENEALIB Archive

No abstract provided.

Information Packet, Florida Ornithological Society Spring 2003 Meeting, 2002–2003, Florida Ornithological Society

Florida Ornithological Society - Records - Full Collection

A collection of documents related to 2003 Florida Ornithological Society activities, including Board meeting agendas and minutes, memos, Florida Field Naturalist Editor’s report, overview of research award, and news release.

Theory And Research In Social Education 29/01 , National Council For The Social Studies. College And University Faculty Assembly

College of Education Publications

No abstract provided.

Literature Cited, Studies In Avian Biology

Studies in Avian Biology

No abstract provided.

Theory And Research In Social Education, Volume 29, No. 1, Winter 2001, E. Wayne Ross

Theory and Research in Social Education

No abstract provided.

Pages, Volume 8, No. 3, December 2000, Frank Oldfield, Keith Alverson

PAGES

Contents: Ecosystem Processes and Past Human Impacts -- Past Variability and Future Management -- Past Human Impacts -- Historical Ecology -- Program News -- LUCIFS -- LIMPACS -- HITE -- Workshop Reports -- Technical Reports -- Last Page

Uis Bulletin, Volume 45, No. 1/2, 1999, Pavel Bosák

UIS Bulletin

Contents: The 13th International Congress of Speleology in Brasilia D.F., Brazil, July-August 2001 -- Errata and Changes -- News from Member-Countries -- Information from the UIS Bureau -- Speleological Federation of European Community -- From Commissions and Working Groups -- Call for Historical Study of the UIS Organisation -- Höhlenkundliche Monographien des deutschen Sprachraumes -- Addresses of Web Pages -- Book Reviews -- New Books Available -- Obituaries -- Note of Editor

Inside Usf, October 15-28, 1999, University Of South Florida. Office Of Public Affairs

Inside USF

The October 15-28, 1999, issue of Inside USF.

Prospectus For Information Ecology, John R. Stepp

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

Information Ecology (hereafter IE) is a field of inquiry being developed, in part, by members of the Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia (Appendix A). The following prospectus represents a work in progress and is the latest incarnation in a series of revisions since the first IE prospectus was developed in 1990 (Appendix B). The purpose of the prospectus is not to bound what is, admittedly, an eclectic mode of investigation, but rather to outline a field of inquiry that is inherently multidisciplinary and seeks theoretical complementarity both among disparate fields and levels of analysis. The goals are as follows: …

Ornithological Literature, Wilson Bulletin

Wilson Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Review Of Stephen Arons's Short Route To Chaos, Charles L. Glenn

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

Review of Stephen Aron's "Short Route to Chaos: Conscience, Community, and the Re-constitution of American Schooling"

Education Policy Analysis Archives 06/02 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Review of Stephen Arons's Short route to chaos / Charles L. Glenn.

Unofficial Grapevine, September 1997, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg.

Unofficial Grapevine

The September 1997 issue of the Unofficial Grapevine. Improperly labeled as Vol. 4, No. 10. This issue should be Vol. 4, No. 11.