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Do Students Really Notice? A Study Of The Impact Of A Local Systemic Reform., James Shymansky, Larry Yore, John Dunkhase, Brian Hand

Educator Preparation & Leadership Faculty Works

This paper describes a major reform effort of an elementary science curriculum called the Science: Parents, Activities, and Literature (Science PALs) Project. The goal of the project was to move teachers towards an interactive-constructivist model of teaching and learning that assumes a middle-of-the-road interpretation of constructivism where hands-on activities are used selectively and purposefully to challenge students' ideas, promote deep processing, and achieve conceptual change. The program also enriches the cross-curricular connections of the science units and promotes meaningful parental involvement. A broad question was raised as to whether or not students really notice. This study explored elementary school students' …

Deciphering The Origin Of Diamict Deposits At Ditch Plains, Long Island, Elliot C. Klein, W.J. Meyers, Dan M. (Dan Michael) Davis

Long Island Geologists' Abstracts

Program Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York

Bernstein-Bezier Polynomials And Vertex Splines, Christopher Tartaglia, Tian-Xiao He, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.

The Calculus On Measure Chains, Anders Floor, Zahia Drici, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Complete 1998 Program

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.

April 18, 1998, Ohio University Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ohio University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes document the activities of Ohio University's Board of Trustees.

1998-04-18 Minutes And Appendices, Longwood University

Board of Visitors Meeting Minutes 1964-

No abstract provided.

Sixth Annual Student Research And Creative Activities Symposium - April 17, 1998, Symposium Steering Committee

Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium 1993-2018

Participants - College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business and Management, College of Education, Graduate College, University Honors Program

The Courier, Volume 31, Issue 20, April 17, 1998, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

Smothers Brothers Sell Out Second Performance

Director Of Campus Services Wins Award; Internet Courses Offer Student Convenience

New Changes In History Courses

Closing Time–Making Some Sense Out Of The Third (Last?!) Millennium

Diverse Mix At Band Jam

TV Services Adds Award-Winner

People:

Smothers Brothers

Joseph Buri

Lee Harris

Nate Gorshe

Richard Voss

Kim Pirc

Garth Sundberg

Colleen Dooley

Joe Russel

A Mentorship Study Program At Monongahela Middle School, Carolyn Morehead

Theses and Dissertations

A mentorship program for ten students was established at Monongahela Middle School. The purpose of this program was for ten at risk students to pass all their subjects through the motivation of a mentorship program. The sample population consisted of those students that failed three or more subjects in the seventh grade. As a result they were either socially promoted, sent to summer school, or retained. The mentors consisted of seven classroom teachers, two guidance counselors, and one librarian. Mentors were encouraged to meet with their students twice a week for approximately ten minutes and make some form of contact …

Newscast, April 17, 1998, Illinois State University, College Of Applied Science And Technology

newsCAST

Newsletter of the Illinois State University College of Applied Science and Technology

Oceanic Emissions Of Sulfur: Application Of New Techniques, Clara Mary Jodwalis

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Sulfur gases and aerosols are important in the atmosphere because they play major roles in acid rain, arctic haze, air pollution, and climate. Globally, man-made and natural sulfur emissions are comparable in magnitude. The major natural source is dimethyl sulfide (DMS) from the oceans, where it originates from the degradation of dimethysulfonioproprionate (DMSP), a compound produced by marine phytoplankton. Global budgets of natural sulfur emissions are uncertain because of (1) the uncertainty in the traditional method used to estimate DMS sea-to-air flux, and (2) the spatial and temporal variability of DMS sea-to-air flux. We have worked to lessen the uncertainty …

Introduction To The Fundamentals Of Chemistry, Rose C. Knowles

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis designs a curriculum to fulfill the charter of the Community college in providing an opportunity for an individual student whether traditional or non-traditional to prepare to become more proficient in chemical understanding and be able to apply the concepts and knowledge taught to a career or advanced study. The curriculum should benefit those individuals who either lack or have a poor background in chemistry and strengthen their reasoning ability. This paper presents a comprehensive comparison of textbooks currently being published for introductory chemistry. Texts reviewed were readily found on library shelves and supplied through major distributors; chemical journals …

Daily Eastern News: April 17, 1998, Eastern Illinois University

April

No abstract provided.

Boreal Forest Regeneration Dynamics: Modeling Early Forest Establishment Patterns In Interior Alaska, Terry Scott Rupp

Forest Sciences

Ecological processes are responsible for vegetation trajectory within the boreal forest landscape of interior Alaska. The reproductive response of boreal forest to disturbance controls vegetation trajectory. Boreal forest reproduction dynamics are influenced by both biotic and abiotic factors, acting upon the spatio-temporal dynamics of the landscape. Understanding these factors and how the boreal forest responds, both spatially and temporally, is critical for the development of accurate models of regional and global vegetation dynamics. I developed a geographic model of the early post-disturbance seedling regeneration pattern of upland white spruce ecosystems in interior Alaska. The model was developed and runs within …

Uas Academic Catalog 1998/1999, N/A N/A

UAS Academic Catalogs (1988/89-2010/11)

No abstract provided.

Pattern And Process In Volcano Seismology, John Paul Benoit

Theses (Unassigned)

The patterns of occurrence and the underlying processes of two important seismological phenomena at volcanoes, earthquake swarms and volcanic tremor, were investigated. A global database of volcanic earthquake swarm parameters was compiled and was used to evaluate the March 10-14, 1996 seismo-volcanic crisis at Akutan Volcano, Alaska. Earthquake swarm durations and magnitudes were compared with eruptive activity using this database. Trends identified using the database suggest that the Akutan swarm was not precursory and, no eruption occurred. We postulate that a deep instrusion with a large opening component occurred under the flanks of Akutan. The global swarm database has provided …

The Role Of The Interface For Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy Of Iron/Terbium And Iron/Gadolinium Multilayers, Andrea Else Freitag

Theses (Unassigned)

Ferromagnetic multilayers showing perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) can be used as information storage materials with significantly increased storage density compared to materials currently used. A detailed knowledge of the mechanism that creates PMA and the impact of different parameters on the magnetic properties in such multilayers is essential. 26 Fe/Tb and 11 Fe/Gd multilayer samples with a wide range of thicknesses were fabricated by planar magnetron sputtering. The other fabrication parameters besides thickness were left constant as far as possible. The magnetic and structural properties of these samples were examined using x-ray diffraction, Mossbauer spectroscopy and torque magnetometry. This study …

Studies Of Compositional Variations In The Thermosphere And Ionosphere Using Far-Ultraviolet Images From De-1, Thomas Jerome Immel

Theses (Unassigned)

The Dynamics Explorer mission returned a wealth of information from its two orbiting platforms. Of interest here are the three scanning photometers aboard the high-altitude platform DE-1, which obtained hundreds of thousands of global images of Earth, beginning in September of 1981, while using broad- and narrow-band filters to isolate particular terrestrial emissions. The far-ultraviolet (FUV) emissions include the line emissions of OI (130.4 and 135.6 nm) and the band emissions of $\rm N\sb2$ LBH, the brightness of each yielding information on the composition of the upper atmosphere. The OI emissions are related to the column density of atomic oxygen …

Seismic Array Processing And Computational Infrastructure For Improved Monitoring Of Alaskan And Aleutian Seismicity And Volcanoes, Kent Gordon Lindquist

Theses (Unassigned)

We constructed a near-real-time system, called Iceworm, to automate seismic data collection, processing, storage, and distribution at the Alaska Earthquake Information Center (AEIC). Phase-picking, phase association, and interprocess communication components come from Earthworm (U.S. Geological Survey). A new generic, internal format for digital data supports unified handling of data from diverse sources. A new infrastructure for applying processing algorithms to near-real-time data streams supports automated information extraction from seismic wavefields. Integration of Datascope (U. of Colorado) provides relational database management of all automated measurements, parametric information for located hypocenters, and waveform data from Iceworm. Data from 1997 yield 329 earthquakes …

Seismic Detection Of Transient Changes Beneath Black Rapids Glacier, Alaska, Matthew Allen Nolan

Theses (Unassigned)

To gain new insight into the mechanisms of basal motion, I have demonstrated the feasibility of an active seismic technique to measure temporal changes in basal conditions on sub-hourly time-scales. Using changes observed in the summer of 1993 on Black Rapids Glacier, I have determined part of the basal morphology and the mechanisms of seismic change there. One region of the glacier's bed was monitored daily using seismic reflections, for a period of 45 days. The majority of these reflections were nearly identical. However, the englacial drainage of two ice-marginal lakes and one supra-glacial pothole upglacier of the study site …

Wild-Type And Mutant 2,2-Dialkylglycine Decarboxylases: The Catalytic Role Of Active Site Glutamine 52 Investigated By Site-Directed Mutagenesis And Computer Analysis, See-Tarn Woon

Theses (Unassigned)

The ability of pyridoxal 5$\sp\prime$-phosphate (PLP)-dependent 2,2-dialkylglycine decarboxylase (DGD) to catalyze decarboxylation and transamination of amino acids at a single active site depends on the subsite within the active site that cleaves $\alpha$-H and $\alpha$-COO$\sp-$ bonds. As observed in the crystal structure, the strategic position of glutamine 52 at the active site suggests a role in enhancing decarboxylation via formation of a hydrogen bond to the substrate carboxyl group. Supporting evidence for this hypothesis is provided by studies with glutamine 52 active site mutants, computer modeling and protein sequence analyses. Ten mutant DGDs containing alanine, asparagine, aspartate, arginine, glutamate, glycine, …

Development Of A Spatially Distributed Model Of Arctic Thermal And Hydrologic Processes (Math), Ziya Zhang

Theses (Unassigned)

A process based, spatially distributed hydrologic model with the acronym MATH (Model of Arctic Thermal and Hydrologic Processes) is constructed to quantitatively simulate the energy and mass transfer processes and their interactions within arctic regions. The impetus for development of this model was the need to have spatially distributed soil moisture data for use in models of trace gas fluxes (carbon dioxide and methane) generated from the carbon-rich soils of this region. The model is applied against the data from the Imnavait watershed (2.2 $\rm km\sp2)$ and the Upper Kuparuk River basin (146 $\rm km\sp2)$ located on the North Slope …

Advancements In Seismic Tomography With Application To Tunnel Detection And Volcano Imaging, James Doyle Clippard

Theses (Unassigned)

Practical geotomography is an inverse problem with no unique solution. A priori information must be imposed for a stable solution to exist. Commonly used types of a priori information smooth and attenuate anomalies, resulting in 'blurred' tomographic images. Small or discrete anomalies, such as tunnels, magma conduits, or buried channels are extremely difficult imaging objectives. Composite distribution inversion (CDI) is introduced as a theory seeking physically simple, rather than distributionally simple, solutions of non-unique problems. Parameters are assumed to be members of a composite population, including both well-known and anomalous components. Discrete and large amplitude anomalies are allowed, while a …

Studies Of Bagley Icefield During Surge And Black Rapids Glacier, Alaska, Using Spaceborne Sar Interferometry, Dennis Robert Fatland

Theses (Unassigned)

This thesis presents studies of two temperate valley glaciers---Bering Glacier in the Chugach-St.Elias Mountains, South Central Alaska, and Black Rapids Glacier in the Alaska Range, Interior Alaska---using differential spaceborne radar interferometry. The first study was centered on the 1993--95 surge of Bering Glacier and the resultant ice dynamics on its accumulation area, the Bagley Icefield. The second study site was chosen for purposes of comparison of the interferometry results with conventional field measurements, particularly camera survey data and airborne laser altimetry. A comprehensive suite of software was written to interferometrically process synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data in order to derive …

Single And Multiple Electromagnetic Scattering By Size -Shape Distributions Of Small Nonspherical Particles, Frank Michael Schulz

Theses (Unassigned)

A comprehensive model for light scattering by size-shape distributions of randomly oriented nonspherical particles is developed. The model uses spheroids as model particles. The vector Helmholtz equation is solved with a new separation of variables (SVM) approach that allows one to calculate the ensemble-averaged single scattering optical properties of ensembles of randomly oriented particles analytically. Since the use of the SVM in spheroidal coordinates properly accounts for the geometry of the particles, the method is applicable to a large range of shapes ranging from elongated prolate needles via spheres to flat oblate disks. The relation between geometric symmetries of particles …

Seismic Investigations Of Subsurface Volcanic Structures And Processes At Mount Spurr, Alaska And Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies, John A. Power

Theses (Unassigned)

Seismological techniques are used to infer the subsurface structures and volcanic processes at two recently active volcanoes: Mount Spurr, Alaska, and Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies. The three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure of Mount Spurr is determined to depths of 10 km by tomographic inversion of 3,754 P-wave arrival times from local earthquakes. Results show a prominent low-velocity zone beneath the southeast flank of Crater Peak extending from the surface to 3--4 km below sea level, spatially coincident with an active geothermal system. Beneath Crater Peak an approximately 3-km-wide zone of relatively low velocities correlates with a near vertical band …

The Bg News April 17, 1998, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. April 17, 1998. Volume 80-Issue 135.

A Systemic Plan To Improve The Writing Skills Of Students In A Secondary Computer Writing Laboratory, Cherie L. Hill

Theses and Dissertations

This report describes the process used, for an urban high school with a student population of approximately 1,250 students, to investigate the existing writing programs offered to students. The preliminary research indicated a 10% decline in the number of students who pass the writing component of the New Jersey High School Proficiency Test.

Proposed preliminary investigation strategies include (a) interviews with writing teachers, regular English teachers, and teachers in other academic disciplines; (b) a review of documents such as district writing test results, courses of study, individual student writing reports, and grade point averages and English course grades; (c) observations …

An Internship Experience In Educational Leadership At Berlin Community School In Berlin, New Jersey, Kathleen L. Wilson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to develop a district-wide grading policy to create consistency and fairness among grading procedures.

The intern developed a grading policy committee which included both male and female, veteran and first year teachers. It had a teacher from each grade level.

This committee developed guidelines and criteria for issuing grades for students in Kindergarten through 2nd grade and 3rd through 8th grade.

Data collection was obtained by using three instruments. The first instrument was the policy development committee which, through communication with their colleagues, established a grading policy. The second instrument was a staff survey …