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Insights- November 2002, Erika Malek

Insights

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2002 - Appropriations 2.4, Office Of Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez

By year (2001-2019)

This series consists of appropriations supported by the Office of Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez. Appropriations included: Public Housing Capital Fund, DoD Supplement to Impact Aid Funding, Medicaid blood lead screening, Affordable Housing Preservation Project (AHPP), Metropolitan Interagency Mental Health and School Council for Children, Youth and their Families, Christopher House Early Head Start program in Belmont Cragin, Minority Centers of Excellence program (COE), Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP), Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act, Spanish Coalition for Housing, hemophilia treatment center (HTC) network, Significant New Alternative Policy (SNAP), National Center for Latinos with Disabilities (NCLD) Parent Training and Information …

Collaborating With A Difference: How A South African Writing Center Brings Comfort To The Contact Zone, Twila Yates Papay

The Writing Center Journal

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Breaking The Mimetic Contract: Notes On Ideology, Intersubjectivity, And Film Theory, Giorgio Bertellini, C. Paul Sellors

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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In this essay we would like to sketch out a few notes outlining historical and theoretical trajectories of the confusing, and often confused, relationships between ideology, history and subjectivity in Marx, Marxism and post-Marxism. Marx and Engels' approach to ideology in The German Ideology (1845-46), spawned and influenced a variety of interpretations and philosophical positions from not only the numerous schools of Marxism proper, but also structuralism, semiotics and psychoanalysis up to the very raison d'être of discourse theory and new historicism. This reaching influence occurs only at the cost of contradiction, however, between Marxist factions -- disagreements …

To Blend In The Place You're In, But With A Mind To Do Something: The Practice Of Merging In James Dickey's To The White Sea, Casey Clabough

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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In a final sortie the day before the great fire-bombing raid on Tokyo in the last months of World War II, Muldrow (his first name is purposefully never given), an American tail gunner, parachutes from his burning B-29 into the city. Protected at first by the smoke-blackened anarchy on the ground, he journeys north, away from the chaos and ruin of Tokyo, instinctively drawn toward Japan's sparsely-populated northern island of Hokkaido, a frozen, desolate sanctuary he is certain will assure his survival. With little more than a knife and a small map of Japan he makes his way …

Book Of Mormon Stories Diglot Reader On Computer, Neal S. Harmon

Theses and Dissertations

This report describes the design, development, and evaluation of a computer-based diglot reader of the Book of Mormon Stories of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Di means two and glot means language, thus a diglot reader combines two languages into one reader in order to teach a person to read in a new language. The program, which runs on both Macintosh and Windows computer platforms, contains fifteen chapters of the Book of Mormon Stories and introduces about four hundred Spanish words. This report includes a literature review on the diglot method and related materials, a description of …

The Effects Of Computer-Based Metacognitive Strategy Training For Adult Second Language Learners, Heidi D. Hyte

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a metacognitive language learning strategy training program that was implemented into computer-assisted language learning (CALL) software on second language learners' independent use of metacognition and language learning strategies (LLS). Questions under investigation included what effect this metacognitive training had on learners' independent use of metacognition, the differences in use of metacognitive strategies between fast and slow language learners, and the effect of learners' perceptions of metacognition on their use of LLS and specific metacognitive strategies.

The subjects included 239 missionaries learning Spanish as a second language at the Missionary …

Autobiography And Geography: A Self-Arranging Question, Frédéric Regard

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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The border between fiction and truth in autobiography has been the subject of numerous investigations, yet the question of what we might call the assignations to residence of the author remains largely ignored. Critics have written abundantly about autobiography in its relation to the origin of the author as living personality with his own story, but never truly treated the idea of the spatial modalities, the layout, of the author's writing self. In his relatively unknown 1967 article On Other Places, Michel Foucault, then on assignment in Tunis, saw in this thematic situation the stage of a …

Processes Of Embodiment And Spatialization In The Writings Of Paul Auster, Markus Rheindorf

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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Processes of embodiment and the spatialization of interior categories such as thought and memory are defining characteristics of Paul Auster's novels, essays, and poetry, and a brief survey of these aspects can offer a new perspective on Auster's oeuvre as an organic whole. It is the underlying assumption of this paper that the transformation of interior into exterior constitutes a specific instance of the transpositional processes discussed therein. Within the theoretical framework of cultural studies -- as opposed to the more narrowly defined literary studies -- such transformations can be regarded as processes of embodiment, that is to …

Playful Attraction -- Examining The Nature Of Japanese Cruising, Phil Sawkins

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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Much research has been done, in and out of the field of social anthropology, on courting and associated practices (especially in rural communities), such as yobai (literally night crawling -- entering a girl's house under cover of darkness in search of love), letter exchanging, wakamonoyado (literally young people's inn, a house where young people meet socially) omiai (arranged marriage), and so on. Most of this research has been done under the rubric of pre-marriage activities, or even, activities permitted because it is expected they'll lead to marriage [1]. The sheer volume of this research is undoubtedly a reflection …

Surfing The Gray Embodying An Environmental Ethic, Melanie J. Kloetzel

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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The Trend Of Academic Achievement And Retention For Immigrant Latino Youth, Pamela Humphrey

Graduate Research Papers

This paper discusses the trend of academic achievement and retention for Latino immigrant youth. Research indicates that the general trend for Latino youth is negative – generally achievement is lower than any other immigrant ethnic group, and the drop out rate is higher than for any other ethnic group. Factors such as language and methods of learning, segregation, poverty, low parental involvement in education, discrimination, and stress due to immigration have been identified as factors contributing to low academic success.

The ways in which schools deal with immigrant students is also discussed. Further research is needed on immigrant Latino families …

Family Literacy Programs, Julie Van Meeteren

Graduate Research Papers

This study examined the effects of family literacy programs on increasing literacy behaviors in young children and adults. Benefits and various approaches of effective family literacy programs were discussed, as well as concerns associated with implementation, funding, and cultural and linguistic differences concerning these programs. Guiding principles were presented for family literacy instructors to facilitate. literacy behaviors in young children and adults. Conclusions were drawn from reviewing the literature, and recommendations were made for the future implementation of family literacy programs.

Federalism : The Future Of Local Government In The Philippines, April Gonzalez Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

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Combined Refrigerant Volume Control Through An Electronic Expansion Valve With The Self-Tuning Fuzzy Algorithm Applied, R. Zhu, D. Li, Y. Kan

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

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Emotional Expression And Modality : An Analysis Of Affective Arousal And Linguistic Output In A Computer Vs. Paper Paradigm / By William Sharp, William Sharp

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Students' Attitudes Towards Writing And The Development Of Academic Writing Skills, Bojana Petric

The Writing Center Journal

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Taxonomy For The Study Of Translation In Comparative Cultural Studies, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek

CLCWeb Library

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"A Very Powerful Tool Of Alienation": Introducing Future Teachers To The Problem Of Imposed Codeswitching, Brian White

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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A Diversity Of Writers: Fun With Kinesthetics, Denise Stephenson, Sarah Hochstetler

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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An Investigation Into The Concepts And Applicability Of Agent Technologies, Anne White

Theses

The software world is one of great richness and diversity

Even though the concept of software agents date back to the days of AI (Artificial Intelligence) work (1970’s) the word “Agent” is currently in vogue in the computing press and computer science communities.

This thesis presents a review of the ongoing evolution of software agents, places agents in context within today’s software domain, and takes a closer look at the ongoing debate of what really constitutes an '"Agenf\ The numerous dimensions of classification are studied and an opinion of the attributes that an agent should encompass is put forward. Leading …

The Developnient Of A Religious Education Parish Training Manual For Novice Clergy In The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Of America, Frank Marangos

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA) is responsible for preparing clergy for Orthodox parishes through America. An important responsibility of Orthodox clergy is the training a:nd development of parish religious educators. Greek Orthodox clergy, however, are rarely graduates of academic programs specifically designed with an emphasis on teacher preparation. Consequently, newly ordained clergy have difficulty developing their respective parish teachers. The problem is that novice clergy are not provided support resources for effectively teaching parish religious educators how to teach.

The seven research questions answered in this applied dissertation were as follows: What are the most recurring problems experienced …

Communication And Social Skills In The Context Of Close Relationships Of Socially Anxious And Nonanxious Individuals, Jennie Graff-Dolezal

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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Anne Frank : Girl, Author, Symbol And Legend, Lisa Steffan

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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Influence Of Teaching In An Outdoor Classroom On Kindergarten Children's Comprehension And Recall Of A Science Lesson, Kari Anne Dietz

LSU Master's Theses

Kindergarten children learn through hands-on interaction with materials. Additionally, the environment contributes to their learning. Therefore, if children are learning about concepts that naturally occur outside, they need to learn these concepts through active exploration, using as many senses as possible. This thesis examines the influence that an outdoor environment may have on children's abilities to comprehend and recall concepts in a science lesson. The sample for this study came from four kindergarten classrooms from a semi-rural school in Louisiana. Three treatment groups received a lesson on trees. The control group was not given a lesson. Two groups participated in …

Code-Switching Behavior In Email Writing Among Fluent Bilinguals Of Bulgarian And English, Kalina S. Stoyanova

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Pronunciation Of English As A Second Or Foreign Language Learners [Sic] : The Reexamination Of Teaching Pronunciation, Yukari Ryu

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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"Of Being Numerous" And The Romantic Poetics Of George Oppen, Joshua D. Hanson

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Beautiful Disaster, Laura Scholes

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Performing America: Walt Whitman Erasure And The Politics Of Textual Inclusion, Carey R. Voeller

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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