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Patrick V. Kirch's Review Of Geoffrey Irwin's The Prehistoric Exploration And Colonisation Of The Pacific, Patrick V. Kirch

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Ben Finney's Review Of Geoffrey Irwin's The Prehistoric Exploration And Colonisation Of The Pacific, Ben Finney

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Clive Gamble's Review Of Geoffrey Irwin's The Prehistoric Exploration And Colonisation Of The Pacific, Clive Gamble

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Geoffrey Irwin's Response To The Book Review Forum On The Prehistoric Exploration And Colonisation Of The Pacific, Geoffrey Irwin

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Stuart Kirsch's Review Of Judith Hallet's Lords Of The Garden, Stuart Kirsch

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

A Structured Approach To Training And Development Programs For Business And Organizational Leaders, Thomas M. Burns

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

This paper addresses and integrates two issues. Its first premise is that training and development programs in most organizations are often poorly planned or randomly implemented, a condition which undermines much of the potential benefit these programs may offer. Secondly, the paper argues that the development and application of critical and creative thinking skills, traditionally applied only in educational settings, can also serve businesses in very important ways. Towards the integration of these two issues, a six-stage model is presented that can serve to coordinate the process of personnel development in organizations. It is highlighted by the identification and application …

Cross-Cultural Teaching And Learning: Teaching Environmental Education In Costa Rica, Craig L. Jackson

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

No abstract provided.

Vol 41 #6, Heidi M. Nickisch

MPLA Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Arabic Braille: Evaluation And Suggestions For Modification, Mohamed Tarek El-Sharkawy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

The title of this thesis is The Arabic Braille: Evaluation and Suggestions for Modification. It studies the Braille writing system from a descriptive point of view, with the purpose of trying to determine the extent of functionality of the Arabic Braille system and its comparability with the seen writing systems. After the theoretical background is presented, which discusses definitions of the Braille writing system, its history, and fields of activities, the thesis proceeds to its main objective, which is to examine the Arabic Braille system. The results of the study show that the efficiency of the Arabic Braille system sterns …

Assessing The Pragmatic Skills Of Adolescents With And Without Learning Disabilities On A Dramatization Task, Amy L. Juergens

Masters Theses

This study was designed to compare the pragmatic skills of adolescents with and without learning disabilities as measured by a dramatization task. Seventeen high school students with learning disabilities and 17 normal-achieving high school students participated in this study. Twenty scenes were presented verbally to the participants who were instructed to act out the part of a character in each scene, making up the dialogue to fit the scene. The responses were scored for their pragmatic appropriateness and linguistic quality. Task reliability and validity analyses indicated that the dramatization task was an effective measure of key aspects of pragmatic skills. …

The Cowl - V.62 - N.2 - Summer 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 62, Number 2 - Summer 1997. 4 pages.

Women In The Fuero Real Of Alfonso X El Sabio: Thirteenth-Century Law And Society, Michelle Martin De Figueroa

Masters Theses

The history of Iberia, unlike her European counterparts, was formed through the interaction of Christians, Jews and Mouslims. Thirteenth-century life, influenced by the Reconquest and friction between these groups, adapted to the turbulent nature of Castilian frontier society. With each military contest, Castilian society evolved to meet the demand placed upon her strained resources and citizenry. Women played a paramount role in this process. Through the use of legal codes as historical sources, the roles, rights and responsibilities of women can be established and assessed. This provides historians with an opportunity to view this period of time and the social …

Little Golden Bookstm: An Analysis Of Every Child’S Literature, Sandra Ballman-Burke

Masters Theses

Modeling theory proposes that consequences received by the model are considered critical in determining whether or not modeled behaviors will be imitated (Bandura, Ross & Ross, 1961).

Despite the apparent significance of consequences, analyses of children's literature have failed to explore this link. Utilizing feminist research perspectives, I sought to examine variables explored in previous analyses of picture books, with emphasis on consequences received by models. I was interested in (a) consequences received by female and male characters when engaged in instrumental/independent activities (Kortenhaus & Demarest, 1993); (b) the ways in which female and male characters are stereotyped; and (c) …

The Implications Of Deweyan Pragmatism For Liberal Democracies, Robert B. Fenneuff

Masters Theses

My research explores John Dewey's political theory in order to determine what practical and theoretical significance it has for liberal democratic nation-states that face significant problems in a number of areas. The problems Dewey's political theory is most concerned with stem from the impact of highly complex modern technology upon the ability of a democratic society to strive closer towards its ideals of freedom , equality, and community. My research shows that Dewey's theory calls for an experimental re-creation of social and political institutions with the purpose of creating an effective means by which society can organize the complex technology …

Women's Autonomy In Late Anglo-Saxon England Based On The Place-Name Evidence, Norman B. Frost

Masters Theses

My thesis discusses two related and highly significant points and then demonstrates the usefulness of a new methodology, in the form of place names. Firstly it elaborates the importance of presenting accurate women's history to both women and the historical profession as a whole and the necessity for making every attempt to explore any possible resource for accomplishing that goal.

Secondly it addresses the importance of language as an historical tool that can represent a very broad base of a past society in revealing the common cultural thoughts, morals, and ethics of the population within a specific area and time …

Law As A Eurocentric Enterprise, Kenneth B. Nunn

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

No abstract provided.

Death And The Moral Domain, Daniel C. Maguire

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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The Immovable Object Versus The Irresistable Force: Rethinking The Relationship Between Secured Credit And Bankruptcy Policy, Lawrence Ponoroff, F. Stephen Knippenberg

Michigan Law Review

The last leaf in O. Henry's classic short story was hanging by a delicate thread, but it never fell. It never fell, of course, because it wasn't real; Old Behrman had painted it (and caught pneumonia for his trouble) in order to give Johnsy the will to live. The Supreme Court's decision in Dewsnup v. Timm is also hanging by a thread, following a barrage of scholarly criticism and more than four years of limiting case law and legislative incursions on the case's core conceptual rationale. But the holding in Dewsnup, unlike the last leaf, is very real. It has …

On Reading Recipes. . . And Constitutions, Gary S. Lawson

Faculty Scholarship

Modem theories of constitutional interpretation typically make the truth of propositions about constitutional meaning depend, at least to some degree, on the extent to which those propositions lead to politically legitimate results' and/or cohere with modem constitutional practice. That is, such theories generally maintain that correct interpretations of the Constitution must provide normative grounds to apply those interpretations in real cases, must be consistent with at least a substantial amount of real-world constitutional decision making, or both.

Opening Doors: Culture Learning And Conversational Narratives With First Generation Hmong Refugee Women, Lucy Vincent Kimbro

Dissertations and Theses

The life experiences of two first generation Hmong refugee women form the basis of this study. Through loosely structured but guided interviews, memories of their lives in Laos and in refugee camps in Thailand, as well as their perspectives, feelings, and opinions about current aspects of their lives, the effects of American culture on their family; and their engagement in the language and culture learning process are explored.

An examination of the involvement of Hmong women in research and ethnographic accounts concerning Hmong culture, history, and experience, show that Hmong women's perspectives have often been overlooked or disregarded. One purpose …

Coalition Intelligence, Ruth M. Conone, Penne L. Smith

Journal of Extension

Individuals who have developed both interpersonal intelligence, the ability to work well with people, and a mastery of information are more likely to be successful coalition members than persons whose mastery is information only.

Response To Sivan, Michael Shapiro

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Response To Comaroff, Mulugeta Aregawi

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

The Grammars Of Modern Identity, Benedict R. Anderson

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Strange Multiplicities: The Politics Of Identity And Difference In A Global Context, Seyla Benhabib

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Contending Arab Visions, Emmanuel Sivan

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Response To Kawash, Ellis Dye

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Response To Nandy, Rubén Guillemí

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Response To Nandy, Arjun Guneratne

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

A Study On The Differences Of Teaching Mathematics And Science Separately And Integrated, Dori Rodgers

Theses and Dissertations

This study determined if teaching science and mathematics with an integrated approach would increase students' achievement. It also determined whether males or females achieved higher in science and mathematics when taught with the integrated approach. as compared to teaching the two disciplines separately. It determined whether the attitudes of the fourth grade students improved when mathematics and science were taught with an integrated approach.

The group participating in this study consisted of one fourth grade class. The total population of the study was sixteen fourth grade, heterogeneously grouped students. The class consisted of twelve female and four male students.

For …