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The Utah Statesman, October 18, 2010, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Impact Of Market Focus On Operations Practices, Tritos Laosirihongthong, Keah Choon Tan, Vijay R. Kannan

Management Faculty Publications

A key element of successful organisations is the alignment of their strategy and tactics. This study explores the relationship between a firm’s competitive strategy and its operations practices in the context of a developing economy. Two competitive strategies are examined; a niche market strategy characterised by targeting specific market segments, and a broad market strategy characterised by serving a wide range of market segments. Three sets of operations practices consistent with the adoption of lean manufacturing, Total Quality Management, and relationship development in a supply chain context, are explored. Using survey data from senior managers in Thailand, results show that …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, October 7, 2010, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

• University Studies Request

Huntsman School of Business

• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Economics and Finance

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Management

• New Course

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• Title Change
• Credit Hour Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• Prerequisite Change
• Remove University Studies Designation

Department of Psychology

• New Course

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• New Course
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change
• Credit Hour Change, Course Number Change
• Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course …

The Utah Statesman, October 6, 2010, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Faculty Senate Agenda, October 4, 2010, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Educational Policies Committee Report
• Honors Program Report
• Library Advisory Council Report
• Parking Committee Report
• EPC Items
• ADVS's Proposal for a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree
• Summer School Calendar
• PRPC Section 402.3 - 402.9 The Faculty Senate and Its Committees

Insites, 2010, Utah State University

inSites

Magazine of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

How Different Variants Of Orbit Diagrams Influence Students' Explanations Of The Seasons, Victor R. Lee

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

The cause of the seasons is often associated with a very particular alternative conception: that the Earth’s orbit around the sun is highly elongated and the differences in distance result in variations in temperature. It has been suggested that the standard diagrams used to depict the Earth’s orbit may be in some way responsible for the initial appearance and overall maintenance of this incorrect conceptualization; the elongated shape of the orbit is thought of as a conceptualization cue that invites a fairly predictable way of reasoning. To test if that is indeed the case, six variants of diagrams depicting differently …

How Well Are We Doing At Reporting Participant Characteristics In Our Research?, Jesse M. Crosby, Andrew Ben Armstrong, E. W. Nye, A. Boman, Casey R. Nelson, Michael P. Twohig, Jessica M. Gundy

Psychology Faculty Publications

The American Psychological Association (APA) maintains that the integrity and validity of research findings is partially supported by reporting adequate sample demographic characteristics and methodological procedures. This paper is intended as a review of progress as the field has recognized the importance of accounting for participant diversity in psychological research. We hope that this review serves as a reminder to collect this information and include it in published manuscripts. We also suggest that editors and reviewers ask for this information on manuscripts where it has not been included.

The Utah Statesman, September 24, 2010, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, September 20, 2010, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Education Policies Committee Report
• Honors Program Report
• Library Advisory Council Report
• Parking Committee Report
• EPC Items
• PRPC Section 402.4 - 402.13 and 405.11.4
• Draft of Summer Enrollment Committee Report 2010: Strategies for Increasing Summer Enrollment on the Utah State University

Faculty Senate Agenda, September 13, 2010, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Graduate Council Report
• Reminder of role of Ad Hoc Code Compliance Committee
• Learning Management System (e.g., Blackboard) after July 1, 2012
• Ad Hoc Committee to Recommend Code Changes to Integrate USU-CEU
• Research Council Member approval

The Utah Statesman, September 10, 2010, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Role Of Background Behavior In Televised Debates: Does Displaying Nonverbal Agreement And/Or Disagreement Benefit Either Debater?, John S. Seiter, Harry Weger Jr., Andrea Jensen, Harold J. Kinzer

Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

This study examined the effects of background nonverbal behavior displayed with the purpose of undermining one's opponent in televised debates. Students watched one of four versions of a televised debate. In each, while the speaking debater appeared on the main screen, subscreens displayed her nonspeaking opponent's background nonverbal behavior. In one version, the non-speaking debater remained “stone faced” during her opponent's speech, while in the other three she nonverbally displayed occasional disagreement, nearly constant disagreement, or both agreement and disagreement. After viewing the debates, students rated the debaters' credibility, appropriateness, objectivity, and debate skills, in addition to judging who won …

Piloting Purchase On Demand: Collection Development Through Interlibrary Loan, Carol Kochan, Jennifer Duncan, Britt A. Fagerheim

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

This presentation addresses Utah State University’s (USU) philosophy of patron driven acquisition and collection building, the development and workflow of our pilot interlibrary loan purchase on demand policy, and our assessment of the program through spring 2010.

The Utah Statesman, September 1, 2010, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Death Experience: Helping Parents Understand Childhood Grief, Naomi Weeks, Kimber Peart

All Current Publications

Children sometimes experience the loss of someone they love or are close to, or may be suffering from a life-threatening illness themselves. This fact sheet provides a brief insight into how to help children cope with death.

Coping With The Loss Of A Child, Naomi Weeks, Kimber Peart

All Current Publications

Losing a child is a traumatic experience. This fact sheet covers some of the common responses and ways to cope with this loss.

Cpd Class Is Key In Preparing Usu Students To Work With People With Disabilities, Center For Persons With Disabilities

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Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, August 30, 2010, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Blackboard Vista License Renewal
• Graduate Council Report
• Send Section 402.4 - 402.13 and 405.11.4 to PRPC
• Research Council Member approval by Faculty Senate

Virtual Manipulatives In The Classroom And Resulting Articles And Lesson Plans, Cheryl Juliana

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Upon coming across mathematical manipulatives generated and produced by Utah State University, as a math teacher, I conducted a classroom teaching experiment in three pre-algebra classes with students of various achievement levels. After teaching the entire year using no manipulatives in the classroom, I tested my students with a general, end-of-year, core criterion, or cumulative test. Their scores were noted. The students in the study group were then given opportunities to try several manipulatives offered on the "National Library of Virtual Manipulatives," both as a class, and alone, and then retested. The following paper gives the parameters of the study, …

25 Years Of Small Satellites: Technology And New Comer Perspectives, Dr. Jean-Michel Contant

Small Satellite Conference

Biography- Dr. Jean-Michel Contant is Secretary General of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). Contant has served IAA for nearly 30 years with secretariat offices in Paris, Bern, Bangalore and Beijing. In this capacity, he is responsible for regional secretaries in 33 countries that regularly bring together the world’s foremost experts in astronautics to recognize the accomplishments of their peers, to explore and discuss cutting-edge issues in space research and technology, and to provide direction and guidance in the non-military uses of space and the ongoing exploration of the solar system. Contant is also Chief Executive Officer of ASTS Company. …

Changing Student Research Behaviors: What Every Procrastinator Should Know, Kacy Lundstrom

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

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Ameriyana: The Western Vehicle Of The Buddha Dharma, Tj Mcdonald

Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies

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Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies

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Do Psychology Researchers Tell It Like It Is? A Microgenetic Analysis Of Research Strategies And Self-Report Accuracy, David F. Feldon

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

Acquiring research skills is considered to be a highly challenging aspect of developing expertise in the social sciences. Because instruction and mentoring in these skills are typically grounded in the self-report of researchers, difficulties in learning the material may be due to the content and accuracy of these explanations. Using a mixed-method, microgenetic design, this study examines the explanations of problem-solving processes by researchers along a continuum of expertise during simulated experiment design and subsequent data analysis. Findings indicate that participants’ self-explanations are largely inaccurate. Further, frequency of inaccurate statements is positively associated with the frequency of abstract cognitive processes, …

When Nurture Becomes Nature: Ethnocentrism In Studies Of Human Development, David F. Lancy

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

This commentary will extend the territory claimed in the target article by identifying several other areas in the social sciences where findings from the WEIRD population have been over-generalized. An argument is made that the root problem is the ethnocentrism of scholars, textbook authors, and social commentators, which leads them to take their own cultural values as the norm.

Year Six Annual Report: Activities, Findings And Evaluators' Reports, Ncete Faculty

Reports to NSF

The National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) is a collaborative network of scholars with backgrounds in technology education, engineering, and related fields. Our mission is to build capacity in technology education and to improve the understanding of the learning and teaching of high school students and teachers as they apply engineering design processes to technological problems.

From Active Learning To Activity: Getting Beyond Busy Work And Into Deep Learning, Wendy Holliday

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

This session will report on an ethnographic study of an English composition class. The researcher observed the class for an entire semester and conducted focus groups and interviews with students and the instructor. The session will describe key activities from the class, including reflections on motivation and learning by both instructors and students. It will conclude with a discussion of how the research findings can help librarians design instruction that engages learners more deeply.

Cpd Welcomes Dr. Martin Toohill, Center For Persons With Disabilities

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