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Parent As Participant Or Outsider : Establishing Positive Relations Between Schools And All Families, Amy Keller Sandvold

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this review is to help elementary school educators to gain important information which may help them build positive relations with all parents. This review will not address special education teachers and programs directly, because of the particular case of federally mandated roles for parents working with educators, for which preservice special education teachers receive training. Likewise, national standards for preparation of early childhood educators provide for training in working with families of young children. This review is designed for elementary educators who do not have backgrounds in early childhood nor special education, although information cited might apply …

Breaking Tradition: One Special Educator's Journey Towards A Meaning-Based Instructional Program, Crystal L. Thurn

Graduate Research Papers

This article describes what one special educator has tried in teaching reading and found it to be successful for students with learning disabilities. It gives some helpful tips about making reading more meaningful by using authentic literature, addressing the higher order thinking skills, and letting go of time a barrier.

Assessing Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Stuents : A Discussion For Professionals In The Schools, Candace Kist-Tahmasian

Graduate Research Papers

This paper is intended for professional school psychologists, school social workers, consultants in special education and other professionals involved in assessment issues in the schools. It is necessary for school professionals to have an understanding of the general socio-political context which surrounds the issues involved in language and culture to better assess the mental/cognitive abilities of language minority students through the dominant language and culture.

It is beyond the scope of this paper to present such issues in their entirety. Therefore, the focus of this paper will center on "voluntary minorities", specifically those who are learning English as a second …

Interventions For Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Justin M. Larson

Graduate Research Papers

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) continues to be widely studied within the literature and researchers continue to investigate interventions and environments which allow for success. Whalen and Renker (1991) argue that multiple intervention methods are needed for success of children and adolescents in social situations. The purpose of this paper is to review the literature, and review interventions used to facilitate appropriate behaviors in children, aged six to eleven, with a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Extrinsic Rewards And Their Subsequent Effects On Student Intrinsic Motivation, Anne-Grete Kaldahl Miller

Graduate Research Papers

This paper reviews the current literature on the advantages and disadvantages of the use of different extrinsic rewards and their impact on student intrinsic motivation. A review of literature will address three central questions: 1.What are the advantages of extrinsic rewards? 2.What are the disadvantages of extrinsic rewards? 3.What are the special conditions under which external rewards impact intrinsic motivation?

Adolescent Suicide : A Review Of Contributing Risk Factors And Issues Of Assessment, Joe S. Rich

Graduate Research Papers

Over the past decade, there has been an alarming increase in the rate of suicide among the adolescent population. It has been reported that among the 15 to 24- year-old population, the incidence of suicide has increased 200 percent since 1960. Suicide is now the third leading cause of death among adolescents and adults, ages 15 to 24- year-olds.

The purposes of this literature review are to (1) examine and identify factors that contribute to suicidal ideation in adolescents, (2) evaluate the adequacy of assessment measures of suicidal behavior including self-report, projective, and interviewing techniques, and (3) evaluate the general …

Images Of Mary: Effects Of Style And Content On Reactions To Marian Art, Donald J. Polzella, Johann G. Roten S.M., Christopher W. Parker

Psychology Faculty Publications

105 college students rated digitized facsimiles of works of art depicting the Virgin Mary, which varied in style (Pre-Renaissance versus Renaissance and Post-Renaissance) and content (depictions of events versus devotional images). Viewer reactions were affected strongly by style, content, and their interaction. For example, the newer style was perceived to have greater power and clarity than the older style, and this effect was greater for event depictions than for devotional images. Other findings included differences in reactions between men and women.

What Culture Means, How Culture Means, Bradd Shore

Heinz Werner Lectures

Models in Mind: Analogical Reasoning and the Problem of Meaning, The Double Life of Models: Personal and Cultural Meaning

Representation And Intention: Wittgenstein On What Makes A Picture Of A Target, Mark E. Weber

Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

Throughout his later philosophy, Wittgenstein repeatedly asks the following: ”What makes my image of him into an image of him?” (LW1 308).’ “What makes this picture his picture?” (LW1 309). He takes this same question to apply to linguistic utterances: “Isn’t my question like this: ‘What makes this sentence a sentence that has to do with him?’” (LW1 308). This is by no means a peripheral concern of Wittgenstein’s, and in Philosophical Grammar (62), where he first phrases this question, he pronounces: “That’s him (this picture represents him --that contains the whole problem of representation.”

This essay will explore Wittgenstein’s …

Another Weapon For Combating Family Violence: Prevention Of Animal Abuse, Charlotte Lacroix

Animal Law Review

Dr. Lacroix discusses the correlation between different forms of family violence and suggests that family pets are just an­other victim. Dr. Lacroix proposes that stronger animal an­ticruelty laws may be part of the solution to reducing family violence because they enhance the likelihood of detection of an offender's abusive behavior.

Recovery Of Common Law Damages For Emotional Distress, Loss Of Society, And Loss Of Companionship For The Wrongful Death Of A Companion Animal, Steven M. Wise

Animal Law Review

Mr. Wise analyzes experiential recognition of the bond that ex­ists between human companions and companion animals in the context of possible recovery of tort damages for the wrongful death of a companion animal. He demonstrates that companion animals are often seen by their human companions as members of the family (holding much the same status as children). He discusses historical aspects of the common law as they relate to current tort law in such cases and examines the tension that exists between principle and policy.

Can Nonhuman Animals Find Tort Protection In A Human-Centered Common Law?, Enger Mccartney-Smith

Animal Law Review

Section 870 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts provides a method by which a court might extend private intentional tort rights to nonhuman animal plaintiffs. Given our current scien­tific and experiential understanding of many species, com­bined with existing court procedures to ease administrability, such an extension of tort law is mandated.

Risk Regulation And The "Faces" Of Uncertainty, Vern R. Walker

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

The problem of "decision making in the face of uncertainty" is how to regulate on the basis of incomplete information that has significant potential to be inaccurate. My primary goal is to clarify some aspects of such decision-making through surveying types of uncertainty inherent in information. I present a taxonomy for kinds of inherent uncertainty - a classification and description of the "faces"of uncertainty. A second goal is to identify which kinds of uncertainty can and cannot now be measured quantitatively.

A contextual assumption is that we need to evaluate decision rules for dealing with faces of uncertainty. As a …

The Effects Of College-Level Student-Instructor Interaction On Student Performance During Computer-Based Training, Rachel R. Mccullough

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of student-instructor interaction on college student's performance of CBT. The experimental groups of students utilized the CBT program, PageMaker 6.5 (Adobe Corporation), focusing on the setting tabs instruction (Appendix A) featured in the help menu. The treatment group received high interaction between the student and the instructor. The other group utilized the same curriculum and CBT program as the treatment group. There was low student-instructor interaction for this control group. The researcher then compared the effect of interaction received by each group, on the student performance, which was measured by …

Undergraduate Bulletin, 1998-2000, Cuny John Jay College

College Bulletins

Covers academic years 1998/1999 & 1999/2000

Value Funds Versus Growth Funds: An Examination Of Actual Differences In Price-To-Earnings And Price-To-Book Ratios, Christine Giovannelli

Honors Capstones

In recent years the Growth and Value fund investment objectives have received a great deal of attention. The growth style is typically associated with a high price-to-book ratio and a high price-to-earnings ratio while the value style describes funds with low price-to-book value ratios and low price-to-earnings ratios. For purposes of this study, a growth fund is defined as a fund with the term "growth" in its name, and a value fund is defined by the term "value" in its name. This study examines whether in aggregate or as individuals, the funds remain true to the said characteristics. It also …

Fortnightly - 1998

Fortnightly Collated by Year

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Feminism And Film, Patricia White

Film & Media Studies Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Master's Programs In Metal Health Counseling And School Guidance Counseling Policies And Procedures Handbook 1998-1999, Nova Southeastern University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Observation Of Instruction Via Distance Learning: The Need For A New Evaluation Paradigm, Bobby G. Malone, Loren D. Malm, Fred W. Nay, Brad E. Oliver, Nancy G. Saunders, Jay C. Thompson Jr.

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Technology as a tool used to enhance instruction must be viewed in its proper perspective. Instruction via distance learning is an excellent example. Instruction must be appropriate for the intended audience, and must be observed and evaluated within the expectations of criteria used for evaluating effective teaching. Traditional criteria may be appropriate for evaluating regular classroom instruction, but not appropriate for distance learning instruction. Criteria such as “wait time and questioning techniques,” are well documented, but were derived through tedious observation and recordings of repetitive behaviors within a regular classroom. As an administrator or evaluator observes in a classroom where …

Children's Memory : The Effects Of Suggestive Questioning On The Eyewitness Reports Of Five And Six Year Old Students, Rosemary Corinne Scott-Moore

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

This study examined kindergarten children's (N=18) eyewitness reports and the effects of suggestive questioning. Five- and six year- olds were interviewed repeatedly after a visitor came to their classroom in one of the following conditions: (a) suggestion, which received misleading suggestive questioning one time per week for three consecutive weeks following the incident, and a final 2 interview fifteen weeks after the incident; (b) increased suggestion, which received false suggestive interviews one time per week for three consecutive weeks following the event, and a final interview fifteen weeks after the initial event; and (c) triple suggestion, which received misleading suggestive …

The Personality Interest Of Artists And Inventors In Intellectual Property, Justin Hughes

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Reno V. Aclu: Champion Of Free Speech Or Blueprint For Speech Regulation On The Internet?, Pierre J. Lorieau

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Chaos, Complexity, And Coevolution: The Web Of Law, Management Theory, And Law Related Services At The Millennium, Thomas Geu

Faculty Publications

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Commentary On The Motivational Psychology Of Terrorism Against Transportation Systems: Implications For Airline Safety And Transportation Law, Richard W. Bloom

Transportation Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Rising Risk - Rising Safety - The Millennium And Air Travel, Ronald John Lofaro, Kevin M. Smith

Transportation Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Portia Goes To Parliament: Women And Their Admission To Membership In The English Legal Profession, Christine Alice Corcos

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Civil Commitment And The Sexually Violent Predator, Melissa R. Saad

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Law Reviews And Legal Scholarship: Some Comments, Lawrence M. Friedman

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Vol. 75, No. 2: Full Issue, Denver University Law Review

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.