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Minds-On And Hands-On Activity: Improving Instruction In Science For All Students, Thomas Andre

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

This paper briefly reviews evidence on gender inequities in science education. It argues that making science instruction more effective is one way in which greater equity can be achieved. A line of research conducted in my laboratory dealing with conceptual change (CC) approaches to science instruction is discussed. CC instruction explicitly activates students’ pre-existing conceptions, leads students to be dissatisfied with less than adequate conceptions, and helps students construct more effective conceptions. Across several studies, CC instruction was found to be more effective than didactic instruction. CC features added to science text and science lessons facilitate learning for both males …

Psychometric Properties Of The Rape Myth Scale : A Systematic Examination Utilizing Known And Predicted Correlates Of Rape Myth Acceptance, Brandon Ray Olive

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Investment Management Arrangements And The Federal Securities Laws, Harvey E. Bines, Steve Thel

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Principles And Passions: The Intersection Of Abortion And Gun Rights , Nicholas J. Johnson

Faculty Scholarship

In this article, Professor Nicholas J. Johnson explores the parallels between the right of armed self-defense and the woman's right to abortion. Professor Johnson demonstrates that the theories and principles advanced to support the abortion right intersect substantially with an individual's right to armed self-defense. Professor Johnson uncovers common ground between the gun and abortion rights - two rights that have come to symbolize society's deepest social and cultural divisions - divisions that prompt many to embrace the abortion right while summarily rejecting the gun right. Unreflective disparagement of the gun right, he argues, threatens the vitality of the abortion …

Freedom Of Assembly And The Right To Passage In Modern English Legal History , Rachel Vorspan

Faculty Scholarship

This Article suggests, on the broadest level, that the history of the "right to passage" in the past two centuries is explicable only in terms of the complex interaction between formal legal doctrine on the one hand and social and political pressures on the other. Specific challenges to public order significantly shaped the evolution of legal rules, but these rules, once established, constrained official action and compelled the authorities at critical junctures to develop countervailing strategies. This exploration confirms that neither an externalist nor internalist approach to legal history by itself adequately explains historical change and, moreover, that the relative …

Glacial Deposits, Vol. 25, 1996-1997, Department Of Geography-Geology

Glacial Deposits

Newsletter of the Department of Geography-Geology

1997 Directory Of Indiana State, County, City And Town Officials Responsible For Road And Street Work, Herpicc

Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Directory

Contact information for agency officials and employees responsible for Indiana’s local road infrastructure.

A Production Study Of August Strindberg's Miss Julie, Valerie Galloway

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Economics Of Prefunding Social Security And Medicare Benefits, Martin Feldstein, Andrew Samwick

Dartmouth Scholarship

This paper presents a detailed analysis of the economics of prefunding benefits for the aged, focusing on social security but indicating some of the analogous magnitudes for prefunding Medicare benefits. We use detailed census and social security information to model the transition to a fully funded system based on mandatory contributions to individual accounts. The funded system that we examine would permanently maintain the level of benefits now specified in current law and would require no new government borrowing (other than eventually selling the bonds that are officially in the social security trust fund). During the transition, the combined rate …

Howling The Truth Inarticulate : A Comparative Study Of D.H. Lawrence And Frank Norris, Jay Anthony Lowrey

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Equus : A Production Study, Robert Andrew Heller

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Factors Associated With Perception Of Aids Risk Among College Students, Alva Jonathan Dugger

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comprehensive Environmental Assessment Of A Receiving Aquatic System Near An Unbleached Kraft Mill, David Perrette Felder

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Affirmative Action California Style—Proposition 209: The Right Message While Avoiding A Fatal Constitutional Attraction Because Of Race And Sex, L. Darnell Weeden

Seattle University Law Review

This Article will analyze the Equal Protection Clause in relation to the government's ability to classify and will discuss whether race is a prohibited classification. The author will closely critique the case of Coalition For Economic Equity v. Wilson, which challenges the constitutionality of Proposition 209 because of its political burdens on interests important to racial minorities and women. The author will argue that Proposition 209's Equal Protection standard should be illicit state action rather than political burdens. Finally, the author will critique the Wilson court's understanding of violations of the Equal Protection Clause. This understanding is rejected here …

Athletic Amenorrhea And Eating Disorders Among Collegiate Female Athletics / By Lisa M. Vergari, Lisa M. Vergari

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Resilience Of Bottomland Hardwood Wetland Soils Following Timber Harvest / By Rebecca Lynn Smith, Rebecca Lynn Smith

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Project Leap (Learn, Earn, And Prosper) : A Program Overview And An Analysis Of Affective And Pedagogical Factors In Teacher/Student Relationships By Deetra Ann Sims, Deetra Ann Sims

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Selenium Speciation Of Soil/ Sediment Determined With Sequential Extractions And Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry, Dean A. Martens, Donald L. Suarez

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Understanding the speciation of the multioxidation states of selenium is vital to predicting the mineralization, mobilization, and toxicity of the trace element in natural systems. Asequential extraction scheme (SES) was developed for identification of Se oxidation states that first employed 0.1 M (pH 7.0) K₂HPO₄-KH₂PO₄ (P-buffer) to release soluble selenate (Se^+VI) and selenide (Se^-II) and ligand-exchangeable selenite (Se^+IV). The second step involved oxidation of organic materials with 0.1 M K₂S₂O₈ (90 °C) to release Se^-II and Se^+IV associated or occluded …

The Woodhull Study On Nursing And The Media: Health Care's Invisible Partner: Final Report, Sigma Theta Tau International

Sigma Resource Papers

This important study analyzes 20,000 articles (2,600 health articles) published in 16 US newspapers, magazines and health trade publications in September 1997. Less than 1% of the articles in the magazines US News & World Report, Time, Newsweek and Business Week referenced a nurse. Similarly, nurses were referenced in less than 4% of the 2,101 newspaper health articles from 7 newspapers across the US.

The Woodhull Study on Nursing and the Media initiated an important dialogue for nurses and journalists to develop more effective communication channels with those they both serve: the American public. Nurses should help journalists obtain stories …

Medical Problems In Commercial Flight: Shortage Of Airport Medical Facilities, Norma Dowsett

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States. If the heart-attack victim is unfortunate enough to be at an airport, the prognosis for survival is exceedingly low, unless vigorous treatment begins immediately. Currently, there are only four fully staffed medical facilities operating at U.S. airport terminals, a fact that should be unacceptable. With the increase in air travel, cases of medical emergencies at the terminals and on board aircraft will inevitably increase. The rise in contagious diseases also could hamper the efficiency of aircraft flight. To save lives, to increase the expediency of emergency quarantine procedures, …

Yasir Arafat And The Plo One Month Since Hebron: An Assessment Of Plo Compliance With The Hebron Accord January 15 €“ February 15, 1997, Zionist Organization Of America

Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements

No abstract provided.

Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 74, No. 1, 1997)

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 74, No. 4, 1997)

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

Force Majeure And Hardship Under The Unidroit Principles Of International Commercial Contracts, Joseph Perillo

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Reversions In The African Church: A Case Study Of The Bagisu Christians Of Uganda, Francis Manana

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Poof, Up In Smoke - The Coal Industry Gets Burned: The Seventh Circuit Incinerates State Autonomy With Its Strict Interpretation Of The Dormant Commerce Clause In Alliance For Clean Coal V. Miller, Jennifer A. Irrgang

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Environmental Racism And Locally Undesirable Land Uses: A Critique Of Environmental Justice Theories And Remedies, Daniel Kevin

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Environmental Justice: A Survey Of Federal And State Responses, Carolyn Graham, Jennifer B. Grills

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Criminal Enforcement Of Environmental Laws: A Corporate Guide To Avoiding Liability, Sean J. Bellew, Daniel T. Surtz

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Seminole Tribe Of Florida V. Florida: Has The Seminole Tribe Gambled With Citizens' Rights To Sue Their State Under Cercla, Gregory J. Hauck

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.