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The Effects Of Resistance Training And Oral Creatine Supplementation On Muscle Fiber Morphology, Strength And Activities Of Daily Living In Patients With Charcot -Marie -Tooth Disease., Robert David Chetlin Jan 2003

The Effects Of Resistance Training And Oral Creatine Supplementation On Muscle Fiber Morphology, Strength And Activities Of Daily Living In Patients With Charcot -Marie -Tooth Disease., Robert David Chetlin

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Resistance exercise and creatine supplementation independently improve strength and function in patients with neuromuscular diseases, but the effectiveness of the two combined in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is unknown. Additionally, no study has examined gender differences in strength and activities of daily living (ADLs) in CMT patients before or after resistance training, nor has ADL performance been used for exercise prescription. Purposes. (1) To examine the effects of resistance training with and without creatine supplementation on muscle, strength and function in patients with CMT; (2) To compare effects of 12 weeks training on strength and ADLs in CMT men …

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Journalism And The Internet: Putting Things Into Context., Lance Aaron Parry Jan 2003

Journalism And The Internet: Putting Things Into Context., Lance Aaron Parry

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The Internet has provided new tools and new opportunities for journalists to gather and report the news, new outlets and new forms for those news reports, and new ways for readers and other news consumers to access that information. From its roots in typesetting to silver halide photography to presses and trucks, journalism has evolved digitally into web pages, pixels and cyberspace. The impact of this information is considered. The Internet itself was used for much of the research supporting this paper. The specific case of the so-called Suburban Sniper in the Washington/Maryland/Virginia metro area in October of 2002 is …

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The Influence Of Birth Order On Verbal Aggressiveness And Argumentativeness., Marissa F. Rodgers Jan 2003

The Influence Of Birth Order On Verbal Aggressiveness And Argumentativeness., Marissa F. Rodgers

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This study examined the influence of birth order on verbal aggressiveness and argumentativeness. Participants were 207 (111 men, 94 women; M age = 19.80) students. Participants completed the Verbal Aggressiveness Scale (Infante & Wigley, 1986) and the Argumentativeness Scale (Infante & Rancer, 1982). Results indicated first-born children reported significantly more argumentativeness than did youngest children. Men reported significantly more verbal aggressiveness and argumentativeness than females. A significant difference did not exist between the verbal aggressiveness of first-born children, only-children, and laterborn children. Future research should compare siblings’ reports of verbal aggressiveness, argumentativeness, and other salient communication behaviors to assess differing …

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Communication Apprehension And Accuracy Of Decoding Nonverbal Signals: A Replication And Extension Of Schroeder And Ketrow (1997)., Abigail L. Sopko Jan 2003

Communication Apprehension And Accuracy Of Decoding Nonverbal Signals: A Replication And Extension Of Schroeder And Ketrow (1997)., Abigail L. Sopko

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This study was intended to be a replication and extension of Schroeder and Ketrow’s study (1997) of communication apprehension and nonverbal decoding ability, using the Interpersonal Perception Task -15 (Costanzo & Archer, 1993). This study explored specific nonverbal behaviors that are utilized by individuals who report high levels of communication apprehension when making judgments about an interaction. Moreover, the relationship between nonverbal decoding ability and interaction involvement was investigated. Results did not indicate any relationship between individuals’ scores on the IPT-15 and any other variable included in the study. Future research should attempt to develop a more reliable and valid …

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The Rescaling Of The Innu., Janice M. Hardin Jan 2003

The Rescaling Of The Innu., Janice M. Hardin

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This thesis examines the interaction between the Innu of Labrador, an indigenous people in Canada, and the state since the middle twentieth century. The changing spatiality of this interaction can be understood through the analysis of the politics of scale. The scale of Innu social practices has historically been wide-ranging and fluid. Since the 1950s, the state has been increasingly involved in development projects on the lands the Innu have traditionally occupied. The state’s solution to the unwanted presence of the Innu was to settle, and therefore rescale, them in two settlements in the 1960s. The Innu’s struggle to regain …

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A Content Analysis Of The Effects Of Media Framing Of Naming Rights On Corporate Sponsorship., Douglas Scott Lovell Jan 2003

A Content Analysis Of The Effects Of Media Framing Of Naming Rights On Corporate Sponsorship., Douglas Scott Lovell

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This paper addresses the relationship between corporate sponsorship and naming rights concerning sporting venues. It is hypothesized that corporations are more positively framed in the media when granted naming rights of major sporting venues. The literature review establishes the history of corporate sponsorship (as related to sports), naming rights, reviews the effects of advertising, and cites examples of previous and current examples of this type of relationship. Manifest content analysis was utilized to examine media coverage in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette newspaper of articles concerning naming rights of Heinz Field and PNC Park. Results indicated more intense as well as …

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A Longitudinal Content Analysis Of Violence, Sex, And Drugs In Rap Music., Melina Sissum Jan 2003

A Longitudinal Content Analysis Of Violence, Sex, And Drugs In Rap Music., Melina Sissum

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This study is a longitudinal study of violence, sexual references, and drug use in popular rap music lyrics. The top ten rap songs were gathered from 1994 through 2002 and analyzed. Results indicated that though there is violence in popular rap music it is not predominate. It was also found that when violence is present it is most often without consequences or rationale. Further, it was found that popular rap music contained more sexual references than violence. Also, when sexual references were present it was gratuitously, without reference to relationships. It was also found that there is a high correlation …

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The Scarlet "C": Media Portrayal Of The Christian Music Industry., Amber E. Thaxton Jan 2003

The Scarlet "C": Media Portrayal Of The Christian Music Industry., Amber E. Thaxton

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This project examines how media framing, characterizing, and agenda setting have all played leading roles in the way Christian music, as well as Christian musicians, have been portrayed by the media. Major newspaper articles with the purpose of either previewing, or reviewing the tour of two successful Christian rock bands were analyzed. Articles of two successful secular rock bands were also analyzed in order to compare how the media characterized the band’s music. The results found an overwhelming negative, and often limited view on Christianity. As a result, there has continued to be a negative stigma attached to all things …

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Industry In Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, 1861-1865., Coral L. N. Totten Jan 2003

Industry In Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, 1861-1865., Coral L. N. Totten

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Harperís Ferry, West Virginia began its existence as a small settlement in the Northern Neck of colonial Virginia. Originally it was a point of departure for westward expansion, but due to its geographical location, the cultural background of the immigrants who settled there, and technological advancements in transportation, communication and manufacturing, it became a model of industrial development in the nineteenth century. Although it possessed all the factors necessary for continued growth, unwise land management practices, due in part to the Civil War, as well as the consequences of war itself, and technological advancements in steam power, led to the …

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The Role Of Retrochiasmatic Neurons In Seasonal Breeding In The Ewe., Steven L. Hardy Jan 2003

The Role Of Retrochiasmatic Neurons In Seasonal Breeding In The Ewe., Steven L. Hardy

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A seasonal change in GnRH secretion is well documented in sheep. An alteration in the estradiol (E2) negative feedback mechanism is thought to promote ovarian quiescence via GnRH inhibition during spring and summer months in response to changes in day length. It is evident that the hypothalamus becomes hypersensitive to E2 during this time, but the mechanism driving the shift is not completely understood. However, it is clear that A15 dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the retrochiasmatic area (RCh) play a key role in these seasonal changes. These neurons mediated E2 negative feedback in anestrus, but do not respond to E2 …

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The Use Of Cooperative Grouping In Inclusive Elementary Classrooms., Stephanie G. Pack Jan 2003

The Use Of Cooperative Grouping In Inclusive Elementary Classrooms., Stephanie G. Pack

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With the advent of inclusion students with disabilities have been placed in settings that can maximize their opportunities to interact with their nondisabled peers. However, the inappropriate social behaviors of students with disabilities often prevented them from acceptance or classroom membership. Cooperative learning has been seen as one means of teaching all students in an inclusive classroom. Teacher support in the form of management systems and reward structures used in cooperative groupings are examined in this study. The use of qualitative research methods (observations, interviews, document analysis) in combination with a quantitative element (simple count) helped to determine the effectiveness …

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Roles Of Radicals In Cancer Research: Potential Therapeutic Agents And Probes For Studying Carcinogenesis., Jeannine Harrison Powell Jan 2003

Roles Of Radicals In Cancer Research: Potential Therapeutic Agents And Probes For Studying Carcinogenesis., Jeannine Harrison Powell

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Unpaired electrons (radicals) have been implicated in numerous disease processes. They have also been proven useful in the study of intra- and intercellular processes. This work describes two approaches in the study of radicals. The first project involves the synthesis of a spin probe utilizing a stable nitroxide radical to probe DNA structures; the second includes studies of aryl radicals derived from arenediazonium ions found in common foods and other products. Formation of novel DNA structures such as triplex DNA has been associated with inhibited gene transcription and DNA replication. Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) has been used to study spin-labeled …

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Living Logos: Framing The Discourse Of The University Presidency., Mortimer Williams Gamble Jan 2003

Living Logos: Framing The Discourse Of The University Presidency., Mortimer Williams Gamble

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The purpose of this study was to analyze speeches and opinion articles of four presidents of doctoral-extensive universities to determine how the four leadership frames of Bolman and Deal (1984, 1997) are manifested in the public utterances of the presidents, and whether there is any relationship between those frames and the occasion and purpose for the discourse as defined by situational contingencies and the significance of the occasion. Conclusions were drawn as to whether the president, through his/her discourse, consistently operated in one or more frame(s) apparently chosen for what occasion and/or purpose; whether there is a correlation between frame …

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Sensation Seeking Characteristics And Neuroendocrine Responses To An Acute Psychological Challenge In Latent Forensic Identifiers., Jonathan W. Roberti Jan 2003

Sensation Seeking Characteristics And Neuroendocrine Responses To An Acute Psychological Challenge In Latent Forensic Identifiers., Jonathan W. Roberti

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This study examined various characteristics of 29 (20 females and 9 males) undergraduate participants interested in latent forensic identification. Participants completed a basic demographics questionnaire, information about daily stressors and psychosocial stressors (HPS: Scotti, 1992, 1999), the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS-V; Zuckerman, Eysenck, & Eysenck, 1978) and Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (ZKPQ; Zuckerman, Kuhlman, Joirement, & Kraft, 1993). Salivary cortisol samples and perceived distress were assessed before and during exposure to an acute psychological challenge. Participants self-reported handling daily stressors well and to have had minimal experience with psychosocial stressors. Compared to published normative data on the SSS-V and ZKPQ, males …

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The Influence Of The Monitoring Process On Special Education Services In West Virginia., Judith Hale Robertson Jan 2003

The Influence Of The Monitoring Process On Special Education Services In West Virginia., Judith Hale Robertson

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the West Virginia Department of Education, Office of Special Education's monitoring system in bringing district special education programs into compliance with federal and state standards. Data for the study were obtained by surveying special education directors (22), special education teachers (848), and parents of students with exceptionalities (2,410) from 22 county school systems in West Virginia. The monitoring report for each of the 22 counties for the 1997–1998 and 1998–1999 school years and the previous monitoring report were analyzed. The 1996–1997 federal Office of Special Education Programs monitoring report …

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A Normal Accident Theory-Based Complexity Assessment Methodology For Safety-Related Embedded Computer Systems., John J. Sammarco Jan 2003

A Normal Accident Theory-Based Complexity Assessment Methodology For Safety-Related Embedded Computer Systems., John J. Sammarco

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Computer-related accidents have caused injuries and fatalities in numerous applications. Normal Accident Theory (NAT) explains that these accidents are inevitable because of system complexity. Complex systems, such as computer-based systems, are highly interconnected, highly interactive, and tightly coupled. We do not have a scientific methodology to identify and quantify these complexities; specifically, NAT has not been operationalized for computer-based systems. Our research addressed this by operationalizing NAT for the system requirements of safety-related computer systems. It was theorized that there are two types of system complexity: external and internal. External complexity was characterized by three variables: system predictability, observability, and …

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The Regulation Of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism In Human Osteoblast-Like Cells., Frank Joseph Secreto Jan 2003

The Regulation Of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism In Human Osteoblast-Like Cells., Frank Joseph Secreto

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Reports that estrogen (E2) treatment modulates arachidonic acid (AA) metabolism by bone and bone cells are found in the literature. However, conflicting indications of the relationship that exists between E2 and AA metabolism emerge from the analysis of those reports. The present studies were undertaken to determine if E2 effected the production of prostaglandins (PG) in human osteoblast-like cells (hOB), and if this effect is due to the regulation of key enzymes involved in PG production, namely cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) and the cyclooxygenases (COX-1, COX-2). We determined that hOB cells pretreated with E2 and co-stimulated with tumor growth factor-β …

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An Analysis Of West Virginia Lamb Marketing Alternatives., Doolarie Singh-Knights Jan 2003

An Analysis Of West Virginia Lamb Marketing Alternatives., Doolarie Singh-Knights

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This study provides a comprehensive overview of the current lamb production and marketing environments in WV in view of current and prospective industry changes. Production and marketing inefficiencies, declining demand together with stiff competition from foreign supplies are significant challenges facing the sheep industry. A survey was developed and administered to WV sheep producers to characterize their production and marketing environment, as well as their marketing needs and concerns. Lamb sale transactions from livestock auctions markets in WV were analyzed to determine price trends and price discovery models in the WV sheep industry. The SAS (Statistical Analysis System, 1985) Kruskal-Wallis …

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A World Wide Web Broker For Specifications, Methods, And Procedures For Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete Design., Donald Edward Slater Jan 2003

A World Wide Web Broker For Specifications, Methods, And Procedures For Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete Design., Donald Edward Slater

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The asphalt paving industry in the United States of America (USA) has no readily available method for evaluating and tracking specifications, methods, and procedures (SMPs) related to hot mix asphalt concrete design. There is no automated or computer assisted way of knowing when specifications, methods, and procedures are changed, revised, replaced, reissued, or discontinued, and when new specifications, methods, and procedures are issued. The problem is linking a user with a specific specification, method, or procedure within a specific source. Evaluation, in the context of this research, applies to the consistency of the inter-relationships among specifications and is not related …

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Adolescent Friendship, Relationship Quality, And Delinquency: Associations With Social And Cognitive Problem-Solving Performance., Lisa Swenson Jan 2003

Adolescent Friendship, Relationship Quality, And Delinquency: Associations With Social And Cognitive Problem-Solving Performance., Lisa Swenson

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Problem-solving performance of 132 adolescents was examined to determine whether performance was affected by individual (i.e., delinquency, gender) or contextual variables (i.e., friendship, situation-specific relationship quality). A friendship nomination procedure was used to pair individuals with a same-sex friend or nonfriend. Partners discussed and generated solutions for two cognitive isolation-of-variables tasks (adapted from Azmitia & Montgomery, 1993) and four social problem vignettes (two delinquency-related and two relationship quality-related problems; adapted from Berg, 1989; Owens, 2001). Following discussion of the problems, partners were separated and completed answer sheets for each problem. Participants then completed a delinquency measure (adapted from Mak, 1993), …

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Ground Control Support Consideration For Pre-Driven Longwall Recovery Rooms., Stephen Cesare Tadolini Jan 2003

Ground Control Support Consideration For Pre-Driven Longwall Recovery Rooms., Stephen Cesare Tadolini

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Pre-driven longwall recovery rooms can be used to safely recover longwall equipment from the current coal panel. The entry is developed and supported ahead of time so that the required combinations of standing and internal supports can be installed before the longwall face approaches. The combination of the internal bolting system and the standing concrete supports are critical for the successful and safe extraction of the longwall equipment. A combined support system that is too soft or too stiff can result in excessive recovery room closures or brittle failures of the concrete crib systems. Three-Dimensional finite element models, combined with …

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The Journey From High School To College: Do Collaborative Connections Improve Student Transition?, Billie A. Unger Jan 2003

The Journey From High School To College: Do Collaborative Connections Improve Student Transition?, Billie A. Unger

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Each year, thousands of students enter postsecondary education unprepared for the many academic, social, and emotional challenges they will face. Collaborative programs between secondary and postsecondary institutions have therefore developed as one way to address these issues. Although numerous studies have focused on quantitative evaluation of collaborative programs, few have included qualitative analysis of the opinions and ideas of those students who were involved in the efforts. The purpose of this study was to gauge the effect of student participation in pre-college collaborative experiences on students' transition from secondary to postsecondary education. Within the context of Schlossberg's Transition Theory, the …

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Examining Stages In Curriculum Change: Implementation Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine (Cam)., Ester L. Verhovsek Jan 2003

Examining Stages In Curriculum Change: Implementation Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine (Cam)., Ester L. Verhovsek

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The practice of medicine is changing radically and there is a substantial gap in the practice of medicine and the current curricular models used. As higher education faculty attempt major curriculum transformations, it is crucial to examine the various influences and their ability to progress from the initiation stage to adoption. The purpose of this study was to identify the external and internal influences that most affected the successful transition from the initiation to the adoption of a CAM curriculum change. These influences were examined within the context of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) so administrators and faculty will have …

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The Evaluation Of Critical Thinking, Reflective Writing, And Cognitive Word Use In Baccalaureate Nursing Students., Monica Metrick Kennison Jan 2003

The Evaluation Of Critical Thinking, Reflective Writing, And Cognitive Word Use In Baccalaureate Nursing Students., Monica Metrick Kennison

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This nonexperimental, descriptive, correlational study addressed the problem of consistency and fairness in evaluating student nurses' reflective writing for evidence of critical thinking. The purposes were twofold: To describe the relationships among teacher ratings, cognitive word use, and a standardized measure of critical thinking in baccalaureate nursing students; and to describe the extent that teacher ratings and cognitive word use are predictive of a standardized measure of critical thinking. A teacher designed tool, the Critical Thinking Scale (CTS), was used by five faculty members to independently evaluate graduates' reflective writings for evidence of critical thinking. The California Critical Thinking Skills …

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Framing The View: The *Western Landscape And Nineteenth-Century Narratives Of Expansion., Thomas P. Kinnahan Jan 2003

Framing The View: The *Western Landscape And Nineteenth-Century Narratives Of Expansion., Thomas P. Kinnahan

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This study traces the flowering of Western scientific exploration during the fifteen years following the Civil War. During these years, the empirical modes of perception and representation associated with Western exploration gained growing cultural authority and increasingly came to frame discussions of Western policy. At the same time, the systematic exploration of the West revealed the region in new and sometimes startling ways, in some cases prompting far-reaching revisions in the nation's self-perception. The stakes of these revisions became especially acute in the 1870's as the nation's frontier line flowed toward the alien landscapes of the arid West, prompting both …

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The Impact Of Student Discourse And Journal Writing On The Mathematics Achievement Of Fifth-Grade Students., Lesley A. Klishis Jan 2003

The Impact Of Student Discourse And Journal Writing On The Mathematics Achievement Of Fifth-Grade Students., Lesley A. Klishis

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In its Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics called for a new vision of what is means to be mathematically literate (NCTM, 2000). A major goal of this reform movement has been to provide students with opportunities to develop "mathematical habits of the mind to not only know the signs, symbols, and terms of mathematics, but to read, write, and discuss mathematics. This study investigated the relationship between instructional strategies and student understanding in mathematics. Specifically, the study explored whether student discourse is a desirable prerequisite of journal writing, and whether the …

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Parent Involvement And The Beginning Teacher: The Story Of Three Elementary Educators., Willard Michael Martin Jan 2003

Parent Involvement And The Beginning Teacher: The Story Of Three Elementary Educators., Willard Michael Martin

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Numerous studies conclude that parent involvement in education benefits student achievement and improves the overall quality of schools. However, limited descriptive evidence exists that beginning teachers are being acculturated to parent involvement. The voice of the beginning teacher is relatively silent in the parent involvement literature. Such information could provide school leaders with deeper insight into the impact of parent involvement experiences on beginning teachers and the apparent gulf that exists between preservice training and parent involvement skills required of beginning teachers. The case study approach was used to provide a description of how three beginning, elementary classroom teachers experienced …

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The Future Of Electronic Editing: Theory And Practice., Hilary M. Attfield Jan 2003

The Future Of Electronic Editing: Theory And Practice., Hilary M. Attfield

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This dissertation investigates the theory and practice of editing as it moves into the electronic era. As an example of the type of material which scholars may now be interested in working with, it centers on an edition of a lecture given by the West Virginia artist-journalist David Hunter Strother on John Brown nine years after the insurrection at Harper's Ferry. This material was chosen because it was locally available, unpublished, both locally and nationally important, and of the dimension which would have formerly placed it on the margin of paper publication. Chapter one shows how the theory of editing …

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"The Journey Is The Destination": A Study Of The Professional Career Development Of Dr. Dorothy June Skeel, 1932-1997. An Exemplary Teacher Educator., Gale Renee Ayanru Jan 2003

"The Journey Is The Destination": A Study Of The Professional Career Development Of Dr. Dorothy June Skeel, 1932-1997. An Exemplary Teacher Educator., Gale Renee Ayanru

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This study investigated through qualitative design Dr. Dorothy Skeel’s professional career and scholarly development within the sociocultural context and life history that helped shape her ideas and actions to identify patterns in her life which reflected the social structure in which it was imbedded. The research questions guiding this study were: (1)How were significant aspects of Dr. Dorothy Skeel’s life history and professional knowledge represented in her practice? (2)What patterns and changes occurred in Dr Dorothy Skeel’s career development (3) What meanings and possible interpretations can be understood from the patterns and themes in Dr. Dorothy Skeel’s personal and professional …

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Making Instructional Decisions: What Teacher Specialists Decide About And Do For Middle School Students With Reading Difficulty., Frances Laurel Boyd Jan 2003

Making Instructional Decisions: What Teacher Specialists Decide About And Do For Middle School Students With Reading Difficulty., Frances Laurel Boyd

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Concern about the efficacy of American education programs in reading is noted. Amid conflicting reports of what is wrong with American schools, steps must be taken which allow for growth among reading educators, especially those who work with older students who have not yet achieved grade appropriate reading skills. However, those who provide support programs need a body of information which allows them to address real needs that teachers have. The voice of teachers is under represented in program planning, yet could provide information crucial to the development of the most beneficial training and support programs. This study investigated the …

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