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Theory And Research In Social Education, Volume 29, No. 3, Summer 2001, E. Wayne Ross

Theory and Research in Social Education

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Projections For 2010 And 2020 [Population Studies For Monteverde: Supporting Materials: Data], 2001, Monteverde Institute

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

In order to develop future scenarios for Monteverde and Cerro Plano, we developed a process to determine the number of structures we had to include in these scenarios and how many people were likely to live in the zone.

Cerro Plano Land Use Study: [Supporting Materials: Data], 2001, Monteverde Institute

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

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Farm-A Conservation Easement [Powerpoint], 2001, Christopher Graham

Monteverde Institute: Sustainable Design, Planning and Community Development

Final report for the Finca A easement project

Summary Of Congressman John Joseph Moakley's Career Highlights, 2001, Unknown

Congressman Moakley Papers Documents

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Effects Of Reading Disability In Adolescents On Self-Concept And Future Expectations, Miriam I. Meyer

Open Access Dissertations

This study investigated whether reading problems affect adolescents' self-concept and examined adolescent opinions regarding the consequences of reading ability. Three groups of adolescents participated: 68 special education students (SE), 41 regular education poor readers (REP), and 164 regular education students (RE). Two surveys were administered to the participants, the Multidimensional Self Concept Scale (MSCS) and the Meyer Reading Opinion Survey (MROS), along with standardized measures of reading ability and intelligence.

Results indicated that on the MSCS, RE students had significantly higher academic self-concept than REP and SE students; differences were not noted between the latter two groups. RE students also …

Reveille - 2001, Fort Hays State University

Reveille Yearbooks

Fort Hays State University 2001 Reveille

Book Review Of The Supreme Court Under Edward Douglass White, 1910–1921, By Walter F. Pratt, Jr., Edward A. Purcell Jr.

Other Publications

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The Electronic Fishbowl As A Community Of Inquiry: Management Passion In The Xxist Century, Matthew Eriksen

Open Access Dissertations

This dissertation presents a new pedagogy called the Fishbowl that employs experiential learning based on reflection (Dewey, 1928, Rodgers, 1969, Schön, 1983, Torbert, 1973, 1976, 1991, Siebert & Daudelin, 1999), learning cells (Goldschmid, 1970 & 1971), and the fishbowl technique (Villalba, Lemmond, & Baymiller, 1998). It is an attempt to create a community of inquiry. The question addressed is what cognitive characteristics, communication skills, and affective characteristics of learners are related to learner satisfaction with the Fishbowl pedagogy. Communication factors are taken into consideration because the Fishbowl is a cooperative form of learning and it represents a novel communication episode. …

Death And Identity: Consumer Behavior In Asante Death Rituals, Samuel Kwaku Bonsu

Open Access Dissertations

Poorer societies have been ignored in scholarly dialogue on consumer behavior and consumption. The globalization of markets and consumption makes it imperative for marketing and consumer researchers to pay attention to these societies. This dissertation, therefore, explored the dynamics of consumer product decisions and how choices are used by the bereaved to negotiate identities for themselves and the deceased among the Asante people of Ghana. The study focused on the increasingly important role of the ritualized consumption of death ritual products among the Asante people of Ghana. West Africa, and examined the socio-cultural sources of influence on death product choices …

Acoustic Imaging Of Sources Located Either External, Internal Or On The Surface Of An Arbitrary Body, Irsan Soemantri Brodjonegoro

Open Access Dissertations

In the present study, a new non-contact remote method is developed to reconstruct the location and amplitude of a harmonic source distribution in a fluid based on the associated acoustic pressure field on a measurement surface which is in contact with the fluid. An inverse or backward projection method based on the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) method is utilized to reconstruct the source distribution that created the acoustic pressure field. Point source distributions located above an axisymmetric rigid plane and line source distributions located outside infinite rigid circular and elliptical cylinders are investigated. Numerical results show that the backward projection …

Dialogue In The Development Of A Consilience Index: A Quantum Approach To Integrating Qualitative And Quantitative Practices In The Social Sciences, Kathleen S. Cady-Webster

Open Access Dissertations

The social sciences are seeking expanded methodological models that go beyond significance testing for the assessment of theoretical efficacy (Cohen, 1984; Harlow, Muliak & Steiger, 1997; Meehl, 1997). Faust and Meehl (1992) contend that the social sciences are lacking in the integration of data, while Miller and Burbank, (1994) call for models that offer congruency in theory and practice. In response, this dissertation presents an ontological model that embraces the epistemological views of both quantitative and qualitative researchers. It builds on a previous longitudinal study (Webster, 2000) involving outcomes for 32 juvenile delinquents in Alaska. Results from a qualitative thematic …

Development, Validation And Factorial Invariance Of Transtheoretical Model Measures For Recovery From Anorexia Nervosa And Bulimia Nervosa, Patricia Janet Jordan

Open Access Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to advance understanding of the self-change process in recovery from anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) through: (a) development of a staging instrument for recovery from BN; (b) development of TTM-based measures, including decisional balance, self-efficacy, and processes of change; (c) invariance testing of these measures across AN and BN subsamples; and (d) characteristic description of individuals at each stage of change. The sample (N = 427) was composed of AN subgroup (n = 278) and BN subgroup (n = 149) who completed questionnaires measuring all constructs of the TTM, as well as …

The Global Stability, Boundedness, And Periodicity Character Of Certain Difference Equations, Michael Alexander Radin

Open Access Dissertations

We study the global stability, the boundedness nature, and the periodic character of the positive solutions of the difference equation [special characters omitted]where the parameters α and β are positive real numbers and the initial conditions x−1 and x0 are arbitrary non-negative real numbers. This problem was proposed by Dr. Richard Levins of the Harvard School of Public Health as a population model in Mathematical Biology. We consider α to be the immigration rate and β to be the population growth rate. We will also investigate the periodic character and the boundedness nature of all positive solutions of following two …

Effect Of Grid Non-Orthogonality On The Solution Of Shallow Water Equations Using Boundary-Fitted Grids, Sankaranarayanan Subbayya

Open Access Dissertations

Effect of grid orthogonality on the solution of two-dimensional depth averaged shallow water equations is studied by comparing model predictions using different grid configurations with analytical solutions, for the cases of tidal forcing in a rectangular channel and seiche oscillation in a closed rectangular basin. The grid angle and grid resolution were found to affect accuracy of the model predicted velocities. Fourier analysis of the discretized equations also confirmed that grid angle and the grid resolution affects the accuracy of the solution and that the numerical dispersion increases with a decrease in grid angle or decrease in grid resolution. The …

Aspects Of The Physiology Of Early Juvenile Cod (Gadus Morhua L.) And Haddock (Melanogrammus Aeglefinus L.), Myron Arms Peck

Open Access Dissertations

In this research, the effects of temperature, body size, and/or feeding level on a variety of bioenergetic parameters in early (age-0) juveniles of both Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus L.) were quantified. Bioenergetic parameters were measured at temperatures (5, 8, 12, and 15°C) experienced by field fish, using a range in fish sizes (3 to 13 cm TL) encompassing the first year of juvenile growth. In the first study, the relationship between cod and haddock growth rate (GI) and feeding-level (C) was quantified at different temperatures. The shape of the GI - C relationship and growth …

The Speed Of Money: Investment As Consumption In Age Of Computer-Mediated Communication, Detlev Zwick

Open Access Dissertations

Using the tools of interpretive consumer research my dissertation explores individual online investing in stocks and mutual funds. Investing in the stock market means more to the individual than the pursuit of a rational financial strategy. Approaches to study investment behavior developed by disciplines such as finance and economics have produced subject-specific but from a marketing perspective empty knowledge. An analysis informed by marketing and consumer theories is able to construe investing as consuming and bring into being a richer and more contextualized description of the lived experience of online investing. Based on a hermeneutic reading of 30 in-depth one-on-one …

The Relationship Between A Sense Of Community And Social Disorganization And Neighborhood Deprivation, Sharon Kingston

Open Access Dissertations

Empirical work on conditions in economically deprived neighborhoods, suggest that neighborhood conditions can exert negative effects human development even after accounting for individual characteristics of neighborhood residents. One of the most important theories regarding the ways in which neighborhood conditions impact behavior is the theory of social disorganization. Social disorganization posits that poverty and disorganizing social conditions interfere with the ability of neighborhood residents to form and enforce common social norms, leading to social problems (Byrne & Sampson, 1993, Sampson & Groves, 1989). Despite the utility of theories such as social disorganization, the measurement of important mediating variables between structural …

Sleep Disturbances In Hospitals, Naira Rachikovna Zargarian

Theses and Dissertations

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Efficient Scheduling Algorithm For A Multimedia Presentation Traffic Over A Connection-Oriented Network, Santosh N. Satyan

Theses and Dissertations

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Math Anxiety, Self Efficacy And Performance From A Constructivist Perspective, Jason Alan Mccray

Theses and Dissertations

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Zinaida : A Novella And Four Stories, Theodore J. Roggenbuck

Theses and Dissertations

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Parental Use Of Booster Car Seats, Heather Rusten

Theses and Dissertations

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Spiritual Growth Resulting From The Death Of A Loved One, Jennifer L. Kane

Theses and Dissertations

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Comparison Of Two Anesthetic Agents For Pain Associated With Intradermal Infiltration And Venipuncture, Robert E. Hague

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Talk Of The Town And Others, Sam Gruenberg

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Sense Of Belonging In Geriatric Long Term Care, Rosann Gottbreht

Theses and Dissertations

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Adoption And Safe Families Act : Foster Care Workers Impressions Of Implementation, Jody Goodell-Lange

Theses and Dissertations

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Expanding The Frontier Novel : Two Masterpieces By Willa Cather, Derek J. Driedger

Theses and Dissertations

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Genealogy Of A State-Engineered “Model Minority”: “Not Quite/Not White” South Asian Americans, Tayyab Mahmud

Faculty Articles

This is review essay based on Vijay Prashad, The Karma of Brown Folk (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 2000). It engages the saga of immigration of South Asian to the United States. A primary focus is on the matrix of identity formation within the grammar of imperialism. It explores how modern regimes of power/knowledge constitute racialized subjects. The deployment of the "model minority" discourse is examined as it relates to South Asian Americans. Structures of power and strategies of resistance among South Asian Americans are highlighted and it is argued that building solidarities among all subordinated is the only viable …