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Faculty Newsnotes 1998 No. 309, Office Of The Provost

Faculty Newsnotes (1972-2010)

No abstract provided.

College Voice Vol. 21 No. 22, Connecticut College

1997-1998

No abstract provided.

Differences On The Alphabet, The Ideograph, And Political Difference: Commentary And Reply, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents the commentary of a reader and an IBPP editorial board reply concerning the consequences of language differences for political differences among populations.

Washington University Record, May 7, 1998

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

On The Green Vol. 28 No. 26 May 6, 1998, Gallaudet University

1991-2000

On the Green is an internal publication of Gallaudet College, which later became Gallaudet University. It notified employees of updates around the campus and in the broader community, including new construction and the establishment of new academic programs. Running until 2010, it was supplanted by various forms of online mass communications across multiple audiences.

A Study Of The Formal Operational Thought Ability Of College Students, Justin J. Williams

Theses and Dissertations

This study was undertaken to measure the formal operational thought capacity of the college student and unveil any gender differences regarding this ability. Formal operational thought is important to the success of every student because it implies the ability of humans to reason scientifically and analytically and to think abstractly.

34 male and 40 female college students were selected from an on-campus apartment facility to be part of the study. The sample ranged in age from 17 to 21 and represented class standings from the freshman to senior level. The subjects included 45 Caucasians, 9 Hispanics, 17 African-Americans, and 3 …

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A Multicultural Curriculum For The Third Grade In The Library Media Center At The Rieck Avenue School, Millville, N.J., Joyce A. Rankin

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis project developed a multicultural curriculum for the third grade classes at the Rieck Avenue School, Millville, New Jersey, which adhered to the Core Curriculum Standards. The question to be answered was "How can third graders achieve an historical understanding of the varying cultures of New Jersey, the United States, and the world through the library media center curriculum?" Because of the changing demographics of our country and the increase of minority students in our schools, it is imperative that students learn how to appreciate, understand, and interact with people who are ethnically, racially, and culturally different than themselves. …

A Survey Of The Familiarity Of Gloucester County Secondary School Librarians, Child Study Teams, And Special Education Teachers With Assistive Technology, Dianne Clement

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this survey was to assess the familiarity of Gloucester County high school librarians, child study team members, and special education teachers about different types of adaptive technologies. Two hundred twenty-one surveys were sent to the 13 school districts in Gloucester County. Eighty-four participants responded. The largest response was from librarians. Results indicated that all three groups were more unfamiliar than familiar with the technology on the survey. Librarians were the group with the most overall familiarity response, 31%. Child study teams and special education teachers were very close in familiarity responses with 26%. Taped text, large-print materials, …

Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 2, No. 39 May 3, 1998, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 1998

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Deafdigest Blue: Vol. 2, No. 39 May 3, 1998, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 1998

No abstract provided.

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, May 2, 1998, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Outstanding Senior Award - Carolyne St. Louis, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters - Oscar Arias Sanchez; Honorary Doctor of Earth and Environmental Sciences - Eugene A. Shinn; Pinellas County Teacher of the Year - Lori K. Gaudreau

Mandala Vol. 17, Center For Southeast Asian Studies

Mandala

No abstract provided.

Creativity And Learning: Partners In Pedagogy, Michele M. Welkener

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

No abstract provided.

Review Of The Pure Land Tradition: History And Development, Edited By J. Foard, M. Solomon, And R.K. Payne, Paul K. Nietupski

Theology & Religious Studies

No abstract provided.

Lycanthropus Palindromis, James Puder

Word Ways

Flow, Eridanus! Liven a red, nude dune-devil! I'll animus' nider, ill I will! A pall I will! It's ill? It's all I will!...

Elf Eyrie, Jan Anderson

Word Ways

In the February 1998 Word Ways Elf Eyrie's elf, Scarfin' Fatback, and I stuck mostly with sonnet-form parodies of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, and there are more ways to do those too. For instance, a fun one to try is combining two well-known sonnets:

Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 31 Issue 2

Word Ways

Front cover and publication information for this issue.

Looney's My Name, But I'M Not Insane, Mary Christine Craig

Word Ways

Interesting names are everywhere. Take, for example, the editor of Better Homes and Gardens, who signs her John Henry as Jean Lem Mon. Don't tell me she didn't doctor up her name so she wouldn't be associated with a sour yellow fruit!

Even More Long Words From The Oed, Darryl Francis

Word Ways

Do you recall asking about long words in the Oxford English Dictionary that used letters, digits, hyphens, Greek letters and a variety of other characters?

Pun Palindromes, Winfred S. Emmons

Word Ways

YASSER ESSAY Arafrat to his English professor, agreeing to do a paper

EGAD, NO DONDAGE! What 007 said when he realized his dominatrix would not tie him up.

Lear's In Israel?, Ghil'ad Zuckermann

Word Ways

There, she took a "bunch" of roses, and a rat devoured a worm. No pure disaster or suffering was caused. On the street, a Gypsy named Methuselah pushed in mortal danger a doctor dressed in white clothes.

Four Out Of Five, Jeff Grant

Word Ways

Keen Scrabble-player and wordsmith Michael Vnuk of Annerley in Queenland, Australia wrote to me recently:

Snakes And Ladders, Rex Gooch

Word Ways

Word chains or ladders have been a source of challenge and enjoyment since their invention as "doublets" by Lewis Carroll over a century ago, in 1879. They were called Transformations by "Professor" Hofmann. Despite significant advances since Ross Eckler published his first study of word graphs (networks), there still remain challenges for those who relish hard work, and easier challenges for those seeking mere enjoyment.

Colloquy

Word Ways

A collection of responses to previously published articles.

Heckle The Feckless Eckler

Word Ways

By now most of you have figured out my real identity, and know that I've written virtually all of the great classics of the last four centuries, plus most of the Word Ways. But few know that not only did I write the original "Mary Had A Little Lamb," but all, yes ALL of the lipograms of the poem attributed to A. Ross Eckler.

Fatback's Setback, A. Ross Eckler

Word Ways

Scarfin' Fatback challenges me to write an O-less parody of Frost's Stopping by Woods, anguish languishing each line as much as possible. I respond with this denial of his authorship of Mary's Liopgrams and other great literature.

Wordplay In The L. Frank Baum Fantasies, Martin Gardner

Word Ways

Lyman Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and thirteen other Oz books, also wrote many fantasies for children that did not have Oz as a setting. In all these books he liked to make up names for persons, places, and things. These names often involved word play. Puns were the most common form, but Baum also indulged in anagrams, spoonerisms, reversals, and other forms of linguistic whimsies.

German Humour, Peter Newby

Word Ways

A Jew, fleeing form the Gestapo, sought sanctuary in a crowded church. When the priest saw the secret state police checking his congregation he announced fearfully "All Jews to leave the church". The Jew remained in his pew and continued his silent prayers and, once again, the priest made his cowardly announcement.

Removing Embedded Letter Patterns, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

This is similar to the words within words game in which an embedded word is removed from a longer word to make a third word by joining the letters remaining at the beginning and end of the original word. For example, removing MEMBER from CAMEMBERT makes CAT.