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Heavenly Genes: Eugenics And The New Woman In Fin De Siecle England., Jane V. Rago Jan 2009

Heavenly Genes: Eugenics And The New Woman In Fin De Siecle England., Jane V. Rago

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In 1886 the Contagious Diseases Acts were repealed after a long sixteen year fight, led by social reformers and what would later come to be known as the first wave of feminism. Western feminism was born and bred in large part out of the debates sparked by the Contagious Diseases Acts, debates that opened up into the appeal for women to be granted full citizenship through the right to vote, to own property after marriage, and the right to education and employment outside the home. The crux of this argument was grounded in a critique of mid-Victorian ideology of separate …

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Fuzzy Rock Typing: Enhancing Reservoir Simulation And Modeling By Honoring High Resolution Geological Models, Vida Gholami Jan 2009

Fuzzy Rock Typing: Enhancing Reservoir Simulation And Modeling By Honoring High Resolution Geological Models, Vida Gholami

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Rock typing is an essential part of building geologic model for an asset. Millions of dollars are invested in logs, core measurements, SCAL studies, and geological interpretation that result in definition of different rock types. Rock types overlap and do not have crisp boundaries.;Upon definition of rock types for a series of geological formations geoscientists use approximation of multiple and overlapping rock types to identify a dominant rock type for any grid block in a reservoir simulation model. This defeats the original purpose of performing detail geological, petrophysical studies as far as reservoir flow models are concerned.;The objective of this …

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Spillover Effects In Financial And International Development, John Dogbey Jan 2009

Spillover Effects In Financial And International Development, John Dogbey

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The main objective of this dissertation is to explore some possible externalities that exist in the international context in the areas of finance and development economics. Chapter one is an introduction to this study. Chapter two examines contagion in exchange market pressure, currency crisis and currency stability. In this chapter I test whether exchange market pressure, in general, is contagious and proceed to test separately for contagion in currency crisis and currency stability. I construct an index of exchange market pressure for a panel of 118 countries and choose a threshold from which positive or negative deviations denote currency crisis …

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In Mid -Stream: A Qualitative Case Study Of A Young Deaf Woman - Becoming 'Leigh', Ann Darby Getty Jan 2009

In Mid -Stream: A Qualitative Case Study Of A Young Deaf Woman - Becoming 'Leigh', Ann Darby Getty

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The purpose of this longitudinal case study was to closely examine one deaf child's lived experience. The research was designed to examine linguistic development, academic experience, and personal and social conditions through the use of multiple interviews with a 'hearing' mother and her deaf daughter. Their perspectives have been shared as well as that of the narrator/inquirer.;The study begins when 'Leigh' was identified as having a profound, bilateral hearing loss at the age of 12 months, and continues to date with her current status as a twenty year old, college sophomore. The raw texts analyzed include: interview excerpts, results of …

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Introduction Of Programmable Logic Controller In Industrial Engineering Curriculum, Atul Arvind Phadke Jan 2009

Introduction Of Programmable Logic Controller In Industrial Engineering Curriculum, Atul Arvind Phadke

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Recent trends in process control and industrial automation scenarios have resulted in the emergence of many pioneering techniques that have revolutionized the manufacturing industry. In order to maintain quality and precision, advances have been associated with the increasing use of microprocessors in process control applications. Most of the industrial process control systems utilize Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC). Also due to the increase in internet usage and recent innovations in PLC software, remote monitoring and PLC control of process through the internet is also a recent trend. This thesis presents course/lab material for integration in the Industrial Engineering curriculum. The course/lab …

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Understanding Emotional Pain: A Preliminary Investigation, Ben Weinstein Jan 2009

Understanding Emotional Pain: A Preliminary Investigation, Ben Weinstein

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The purpose of this study was to examine the construct of emotional pain, as well as its relation to other affective and sensory states. There were 250 undergraduates who signed into an online data collection mechanism and were randomly assigned to five groups in which they wrote a vignette about a personal experience. Participants who indicated they previously had experienced the situation wrote a personal account about an emotionally painful, physically painful, traumatic, depressing, or joyful situation. Additionally, participants completed questionnaires to describe emotional state, pain descriptions, anxiety sensitivity and possible symptoms of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder associated with …

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Key Elements Of The Esl/Efl Teacher Preparation Program At The University Of Ha'il, Saudi Arabia: Efl Practitioners And Faculty Perceptions., Asmaa Shaei Alshuaifan Jan 2009

Key Elements Of The Esl/Efl Teacher Preparation Program At The University Of Ha'il, Saudi Arabia: Efl Practitioners And Faculty Perceptions., Asmaa Shaei Alshuaifan

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This investigation was designed to determine the perceptions of ESL/EFL faculty members and ESL/EFL practitioners teaching in Girls’ Public Schools in the city of Ha’il, Saudi Arabia, towards key components of the ESL/EFL teacher preparation program, major goals and curriculum of EFL teaching in public schools. This research tested if the difference of teaching level (university vs. grade school) causes a difference in the perceptions of EFL/ESL faculty or EFL/ESL practitioners. The data was gathered from two main sources which are university level, University of Ha’il, and grade school level (i.e., elementary, intermediate, secondary). A survey was used for this …

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Faculty Incorporation Of Liberal Essential Learning Outcomes, Shifang Li Dec 2008

Faculty Incorporation Of Liberal Essential Learning Outcomes, Shifang Li

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In 2007, the Association of American Colleges and Universities recommended a set of Essential Learning Outcomes as objectives for twenty-first-century college learning. This study examined to what extent Essential Learning Outcomes are endorsed by faculty members with different teaching experience, across academic disciplines, Carnegie Classifications, institution types of controls, and accreditation regions.;Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE) 2004 data were used for this study with permission from the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research. ANOVA, t test, were used for hypothesis tests. Regression and multiple regressions were used to calculate effect sizes, which quantified the differences between groups.;The major findings …

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Development Of An Open Loop Fuzzy Logic Urea Dosage Controller For Use With An Scr Equipped Hdd Engine, Theodore R. Adams Dec 2008

Development Of An Open Loop Fuzzy Logic Urea Dosage Controller For Use With An Scr Equipped Hdd Engine, Theodore R. Adams

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Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) has been shown to be the most promising exhaust aftertreatment system for reducing oxides of nitrogen in near term in-use applications. SCRs use the ammonia containing compound urea, as a reducing agent. In order to control the urea dosage during transient operation of the engine, sophisticated control strategies are needed. The goal of this study was to design a controller to achieve the maximum NO x emission reduction possible in the transient mode of engine operation, without causing ammonia slip. The development of an open loop, non-sensor based fuzzy logic urea dosage controller is discussed in …

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Communicative Functions Of Young Children's Visual Art, Clover Simms Wright Dec 2008

Communicative Functions Of Young Children's Visual Art, Clover Simms Wright

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How can young children use visual art to communicate? This study used Halliday's communicative functions of language (Halliday, 1973), to frame the answer to this question; Halliday's categories of communicative functions are: instrumental, regulatory, interactional, personal, heuristic, imaginative, and representational/informative. Five children, between the ages of three and five, were observed and interviewed as they voluntarily created visual art over a six-week period. In that time period, each of the seven functions of language was demonstrated collectively by the participants. The research was conducted by an educator employed in the early childhood setting. Qualitatively, this study confirmed that young children …

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Analysis Of Elementary Teachers' Self-Reports Of Variables Influencing Teacher Decisions During The Special Education Referral Process, Bernard Charles Jones Aug 2008

Analysis Of Elementary Teachers' Self-Reports Of Variables Influencing Teacher Decisions During The Special Education Referral Process, Bernard Charles Jones

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The purpose of this study was to analyze West Virginia teachers' decision making during the special education referral process. Specifically, the study examined how academic achievement, behavior, socio-economic status, race/ethnicity, and gender impact the teacher's decision to refer students for special education services.;Elementary teachers completed a survey that consisted of questions that allowed them to report on the variables that most influenced their referral decisions. For each survey question, the Spearmen Rho correlation coefficient was used to determine if a correlation existed between individual variables and the teacher's decision to refer a student for special education services. The Mann-Whitney U …

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Pilot In Loop Assessment Of Fault Tolerant Flight Control Schemes In A Motion Flight Simulator, Girish Kumar Sagoo Aug 2008

Pilot In Loop Assessment Of Fault Tolerant Flight Control Schemes In A Motion Flight Simulator, Girish Kumar Sagoo

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This research presents the pilot in the loop tests carried out in a Six-Degree of Freedom (6-DOF) motion flight simulator to evaluate failure detection, isolation and identification (FDII) schemes for an advanced F-15 aircraft. The objective behind this study is to leverage the capability of the flight simulator at West Virginia University (WVU) to carry out a performance assessment of neurally augmented control algorithms developed on a Matlab/Simulink RTM platform. The experimental setup features an interface setup of Gen-2 SimulinkRTM schemes with MOTUS Flight Simulator (MFS). The set up is a close substitute to a real flight and thus is …

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Understanding The Motivations Of Ghanaian Bureaucrats, Christine Naa Norley Lokko Jan 2008

Understanding The Motivations Of Ghanaian Bureaucrats, Christine Naa Norley Lokko

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This study examines the factors that affect the work performance of Ghanaian bureaucrats. Three decades ago Robert Price (1975) examined the impact that kinship ties had on the motivation of Ghanaian bureaucrats. He found that Ghanaian bureaucrats behaved in particularistic fashions as opposed to acting in a universalistic manner, suggesting kinship was a major determinant of bureaucratic routine. This study followed the work of Price by replicating his mix of interviews and surveys, with the addition of questions that incorporate recent work on bureaucracy that suggest motivation involves a mix of solidary, functional, and pecuniary preferences (Brehm and Gates, 1997; …

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Gender And Racial Cues During The 2008 Democratic Party's Presidential Candidate Nomination Process: Social Responsibility In The 21St Century., Benjamin Rex Lapoe Ii Jan 2008

Gender And Racial Cues During The 2008 Democratic Party's Presidential Candidate Nomination Process: Social Responsibility In The 21St Century., Benjamin Rex Lapoe Ii

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This study examined a segment of the 2008 Presidential election, which presents a significant political pinnacle for the United States of America. For the first time in this young democracy’s history, a white woman (Hillary Rodham Clinton) and an African American man (Barack Obama) are frontrunners for the Presidency. However, during this inspiring moment in our nation’s history, one must realize research exists suggesting that agenda setting, framing, and gender or racial cues in the media can influence voters’ opinions of minority candidates. With that in mind, this study examined how race and gender are framed during the Democratic Presidential …

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Noise Attenuation And Communication Enhancement Characteristics Of The Uscg Boat Crew Communication System, Jeffrey S. Clark Jan 2008

Noise Attenuation And Communication Enhancement Characteristics Of The Uscg Boat Crew Communication System, Jeffrey S. Clark

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The US Coast Guard is prototyping a new small boat communication system which consists of the MSA Sordin Supreme Pro headset in combination with a wireless communications system. The MSA Sordin headset receives wireless communications input independently from an amplitude-sensitive sound transmission feature which amplifies ambient noise in certain frequency ranges. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the communication system improves speech intelligibility in noise and to measure the noise reducing capabilities of the headset with the amplification feature activated and with it turned off. Overall noise reduction was calculated based on four different …

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Mobilizing Movements, Mobilizing Contemporary Islamic Resistance, Rachael M. Rudolph Jan 2008

Mobilizing Movements, Mobilizing Contemporary Islamic Resistance, Rachael M. Rudolph

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Recent world events, ranging from international violence to elections, have propelled academics and policymakers to examine Islamic resistance movements more closely. Previous studies of such movements, in both the English and Arabic literature, has been limited to historical case studies. The lack of systematic cross-case comparisons has limited the development of generalizable propositions regarding movement mobilization. In a first effort to remedy this gap in the literature, this study examines the mobilization of Islamic resistance movements---the FIS, the PIJ, Hamas, the MNLF, the MILF and the ASG---in three different countries located in three different regions. Mobilization was examined utilizing the …

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The Effect Of Classroom Lighting On The Volume Of Classroom Sounds., Chad A. Skolny Jan 2008

The Effect Of Classroom Lighting On The Volume Of Classroom Sounds., Chad A. Skolny

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The present study determined the effect of classroom lighting on the volume of classroom sounds. The expected outcome was that reduced lighting would result in reduced volume of all sounds made by students during instruction. A third-grade class of 19 students served as the participants in the study. With mean and level making substantial changes between phases while variability and trend remained consistent, along with strong agreement among observers, the results demonstrated a decrease in volume of all sounds made by students when instruction occurred with dimmed lighting. The more teachers understand about the relationship between lighting and student performance, …

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The Use Of English Determiners In Dialogue Journals By Japanese Second Language Learners, Adriana Rodrigues Bridger Jan 2008

The Use Of English Determiners In Dialogue Journals By Japanese Second Language Learners, Adriana Rodrigues Bridger

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The purpose of this study was to describe the use of English determiners in dialogue journals by Japanese second language learners. The entries of the journals of six Japanese students in an ESL class collected over an eight-week period served as the main source of data for this research project. Three analyses wert! performed: the accuracy order of the articles (the. al an. and@). possessives. and other determiners: the accuracy order of predeterminers. central determiners. and postdeterminers: and an error analysis of the articles a/an. the. and the@ article. The following major findings emerged: the accuracy order of the English …

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Other Hispanic An Analysis Of Nyc Honduran Political Participation., Maximo Geraldo Martinez Jan 2008

Other Hispanic An Analysis Of Nyc Honduran Political Participation., Maximo Geraldo Martinez

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Studies conducted on Latino immigrants and political participation primarily focuses on their large population groups such as Puerto Ricans, Cubans and Mexicans. However, this study centers on Central American Hondurans, also a group with substantial populations in U.S. cities. The theoretical idea central in examining this query is that U.S. Honduran political participation is related to their ethnic identity, association with churches in their U.S. communities, the extent of financial ties, and political participation (experiences) in their country of origin. This study will also add to the understanding of differences evident in U.S. Latino political participation. Uncovering differences of this …

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Control Of Nitrogen Oxide And Pm Emissions From Scr-Equipped 2010 Compliant Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Over Different Engine-Out Calibrations., Raffaello Ardanese Jan 2008

Control Of Nitrogen Oxide And Pm Emissions From Scr-Equipped 2010 Compliant Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Over Different Engine-Out Calibrations., Raffaello Ardanese

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Diesel engines constitute a valuable solution to the growing demand for higher fuel efficiencies, especially in relation to the rapid growth of fuel prices in recent years. However, the substantially lean conditions typical of diesel exhaust pose a serious challenge to the traditional exhaust aftertreatment devices. The Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology has proven to be a viable technology for reducing emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) from heavy-duty diesel engines. The diesel particulate filter (DPF) significantly reduces particulate matter (PM); primarily, the solid carbon component of total PM. However, the absence of carbon, downstream of the DPF introduces new …

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Comparative Study Between Two Esl Writing Approaches: Computer Processing Microsoft Word Vs. Hand Writing Of Two Freshmen College Saudi Student Groups., Ayed T. Al-Harbi Jan 2008

Comparative Study Between Two Esl Writing Approaches: Computer Processing Microsoft Word Vs. Hand Writing Of Two Freshmen College Saudi Student Groups., Ayed T. Al-Harbi

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This comparative study investigated the effectiveness of two writing approaches, hand writing (using paper and pencil) and computer processing (using Microsoft Word), in improving the writing of English freshmen students at two colleges in Saudi Arabia. Three dependent variables: overall writing quality (OWQ), writing apprehension (WA), and attitudes toward writing with computer (ATWC) were measured based on two independent variables: gender and the medium used. The research was designed to assess whether students actually wrote better using word processing software than they did when writing with paper and pencil. One hundred college students studying English were selected from a population …

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The Effectiveness Of Using Cooperative Learning Method On Esl Reading Comprehension Performance, Students' Attitudes Toward Cl, And Students' Motivation Toward Reading Of Secondary Stage In Saudi Public Girls' Schools., Latifah A. Alharbi Jan 2008

The Effectiveness Of Using Cooperative Learning Method On Esl Reading Comprehension Performance, Students' Attitudes Toward Cl, And Students' Motivation Toward Reading Of Secondary Stage In Saudi Public Girls' Schools., Latifah A. Alharbi

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This study investigated the effects the use of cooperative learning method in English as a second language reading comprehension performance and how it improves the students' second language, their attitudes toward cooperative learning, and their motivation toward reading. Sixty ESL Saudi high school students from The Third Secondary School in Arrass City participated in this study and where divided into two groups (experimental group vs. control group). A pretest-posttest control group design was employed. Data were analyzed using a one-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to test the differences between the experimental and the comparison group. The results of this analysis …

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Property Rights: Investment, Development, And Environmental Quality., Carrie B. Kerekes Jan 2008

Property Rights: Investment, Development, And Environmental Quality., Carrie B. Kerekes

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This dissertation is a collection of essays that examines the importance of secure property rights institutions. Economists have long noted the importance of secure property rights to promote specialization and the division of labor through voluntary exchange. Private property provides incentives that stimulate entrepreneurship, capital accumulation, and investment that ultimately facilitate economic development. In addition, property rights also provide incentives for the conservation and preservation of resources. Each essay in this dissertation explores a particular aspect of private property rights. This dissertation consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the dissertation, provides a brief overview of the importance of property …

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Rhetorics Of Pain And Desire: The Writings Of The Middle English Mystics., Marisa A. Klages Jan 2008

Rhetorics Of Pain And Desire: The Writings Of The Middle English Mystics., Marisa A. Klages

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This dissertation, Rhetorics of Pain and Desire: The Writings of the Middle English Mystics, seeks to explore the connections between desire and pain in the writings of Richard Rolle, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe and Walter Hilton. All four writers develop a rhetoric that allows them to use pain and/or desire as a catalyst through which their writing becomes embodied. This embodied rhetoric serves the purpose of achieving union with God, while instructing others in the art of fusing the body, pain and desire into the ultimate conduit for divine contemplation. In each chapter, the development of each writer's authority …

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Dot Matrices, Kelly Suzanne Sipes Dec 2007

Dot Matrices, Kelly Suzanne Sipes

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My thesis work is the production and mapping of painterly space using particular methods of formal abstraction, in contrast with common pattern. I construct these paintings in several layers, embellishing gestural atmospheres with idiosyncratic shapes and patterns in alternating rhythms. My focus is on the development of improvisational processes, creating a less ceremonious context for the measure of abstract painting as an idea, a visual language, and as an autonomous object. My technique of mapping is established to consider a territory for a reformed autonomous identity that is in opposition to the pluralist excesses of the postmodern. This paper will …

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College Students' Perceptions Of Dialects, Leigh Smitley Aug 2007

College Students' Perceptions Of Dialects, Leigh Smitley

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The purpose of this investigation was to determine college students' perceptions of their own dialects and 4 specific dialects common to the English language. To determine this, the investigator developed a 3-part survey (Appendices H, I, J). On Part I, respondents completed identifying information. On Part II, they rated 9 general Likert Scale items related to dialect. On Part III, they completed the same semantic differential scale for speakers who represented 4 different dialects: Appalachian-American, Eastern-American, General-American, and African-American. There were 2 speakers for each dialect, i.e., 1 male and 1 female.;On Part I, respondents who completed a 3-part survey …

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Do On-Line Courses Support Certification Needs For West Virginia K--12 Teachers Of Spanish?, Kathleen Gallivan May 2007

Do On-Line Courses Support Certification Needs For West Virginia K--12 Teachers Of Spanish?, Kathleen Gallivan

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Recent reports show a projected teacher shortage of certified foreign language teachers in West Virginia over the next five to ten years. To facilitate initial certification and re-certification, alternative means of earning and maintaining certification could be needed. The study investigated if, in a rural state like West Virginia, teachers perceive on-line courses to be a viable resource for professional development such as earning certification. The study found that teachers do not view on-line courses as a resource for professional development. This was because teachers perceive their professional development needs as language proficiency development and language teaching methodology. These were …

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Faculty Perceptions Of The Role Of Foreign Language Education At West Virginia University, William L. White May 2007

Faculty Perceptions Of The Role Of Foreign Language Education At West Virginia University, William L. White

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Foreign language education has a long history within higher education. However, since the late 1960s, foreign language enrollment, measured by percentages of students taking language courses, has declined by almost 50% in American colleges and universities. The author contends that much of this decline can be explained by three concomitant forces; including (1) the rise of professional programs that are constrained by an exactness of education that precludes study beyond rather narrowly defined plans of study; (2) the lack of language learning success that foreign language students demonstrate upon completion of language programs; and (3) the failure of language departments …

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Using Blended Instruction To Teach Academic Vocabulary Collocations: A Case Study, M. Teresa Das Neves Seesink May 2007

Using Blended Instruction To Teach Academic Vocabulary Collocations: A Case Study, M. Teresa Das Neves Seesink

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Learning second language vocabulary has always been a challenge for second language (L2) learners. Transferring new vocabulary to an active stage has been an even greater challenge.;In the 1990s, Lewis (2002a) proposed the Lexical Approach as a means to help L2 learners with vocabulary acquisition. This approach encouraged the teaching of vocabulary in chunks, or in other words, putting emphasis on collocations. Focus on vocabulary collocations was suggested by several researchers (Brown, 1974; Hinkel, 2004; Lewis, 2001). They supported the teaching of collocations via in-class exercises. Cobb (1999) and Kaur and Hegelheimer (2005) showed that the use of a concordancer---an …

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Exploring Faculty Changes In Science Courses At Maryland Community Colleges In Response To The Associate Of Arts In Teaching Degree Option For Elementary Education Majors, Bettie Cecelia A'Hearn May 2007

Exploring Faculty Changes In Science Courses At Maryland Community Colleges In Response To The Associate Of Arts In Teaching Degree Option For Elementary Education Majors, Bettie Cecelia A'Hearn

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Education majors at Maryland community colleges have often faced difficulties in transferring to four-year colleges, frequently having to repeat courses, resulting in greater financial burdens and delayed graduation. In the fall of 1999, the Chief Academic Officers Intersegmental Group appointed the Teacher Education Articulation Committee whose task was to establish a seamless transfer between two- and four-year public and private colleges in Maryland. This committee determined outcomes for elementary teacher candidates that defined the requirements of a new degree, the Associates of Arts in Teaching. Although the original intention of this degree was to establish a seamless transfer between two- …

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