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Critical Thinking And Ideology: A Study Of Composition's Secondary Curricula, Jonathan Barney Anderson

Theses Digitization Project

In 1992 Maxine Hairston "Diversity, Ideology, and Teaching Writing" claimed that instead of teaching writing and critical thinking skills, First year Composition (FYC) instructors were instead using their classrooms as coercive political platforms that were detrimental to students' educational needs.

High Fidelity: Adapting Narcissism To Film, Kristina Lyn Smolenski

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis demonstrates how the film High Fidelity successfully adapts the book through both point of view and the sound track to reveal Rob's narcissism and his growth as a character.

Curriculum For Website Design In Secondary Schools, Robert Stewart Hicks

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to develop a computer based curriculum to motivate and aid students on the secondary level in website development. This is accomplished by developing a website and classroom curriculum that will expand the knowledge of students. Brainstorming, organizing ideas and categorizing concepts are specific skills that are acquired course.

Handbook On Eating Disorders For Dance Teachers: A Guide To Understanding Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa And Promoting Proper Nutrition In Young Female Dancers, Jennifer Tena Krogman

Theses Digitization Project

This project discusses the problem of eating disorders in dancers. The development of eating disorders can be attributed to sociocultural development, and psychological factors. Dance places an emphasis on thinness, and the pressure to obtain ideal standards of thinness appear to be particularly salient in the development of eating disorders in dancers.

Closed-Looped Molding System For The Foundry Industry, Ayax Rangel

Graduate Research Papers

Because of impending governmental regulations in regards to disposal of waste materials and decreasing sand mine deposits, foundries are interested in studying new aggregate materials for mold production to successfully achieve environmental, supply, and quality challenges. There are two main issues to be addressed in the short term: 1) extend the lifetime of the molding materials to reduce disposal costs and 2) reduce exposure to crystalline produced by silica sand. Small and medium-sized foundries are at an economic disadvantage in integrating new technologies to comply with these new challenges.

This research work funded by the Iowa Recycling and Reuse Technology …

Herbal Product Use Among Anticoagulation Patients, Ilene H. Zuckerman, Eileen K. Steinberger, Priscilla T. Ryder, Stuart Haines

Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS

Warfarin interacts with many conventional drug products and herbal products,^1-3 Given the incompleteness of information on drug-herbal product interactions and the potential for health care practitioners to be unaware of their patients' utilization of herbal products, we surveyed the use of such products among patients receiving warfarin through an anticoagulation clinic. Patients at the University of Maryland Medical System Anticoagulation Clinic were asked to complete an anonymous written questionnaire during their regularly scheduled appointments over one month.

The Era Of Globalisation As A Challenge To International Law, Stephan Hobe

Duquesne Law Review

The author explores the effects of globalization on international law. Considering the technological advancements of the 20th century propelling globalization, the Article first recounts the history of international law from independent nation-state sovereignty to an international law of cooperation. Next, the author discusses the roles that nongovernmental organizations and other non-state actors play in international law, and how sources of international law may result. Finally, the author concludes that international law must undergo fundamental changes to adapt to a new globalized international system.

Enron: The Final Straw & How To Build Pensions Of Brick, Sharon Reece

Duquesne Law Review

The Author traces the collapse of Enron from a legal perspective, focusing on the ramifications the company's failure had on 401(k) pension accounts. The Article uses Enron and other case studies to conclude that new legislation is required to enable 401(k) pensioners to build a secure retirement and protect against external risk.

California's Three Strikes Law: Symbol And Substance [Rebuttal], Edward J. Erler, Brian P. Janiskee

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.

Probability And Statistics In The Legal Curriculum: A Case Study In Disciplinary Aspects Of Interdisciplinary, Mike Townsend, Thomas Richardson

Duquesne Law Review

This Article provides a general taxonomy for various types of educational interdisciplinarity. The discussion focuses, however, on what is called crossdisciplinary education, using a particular mathematics-based example to illustrate how crossdisciplinary education can be used to ask law students to (re)examine law as a discipline. The Article considers interdisciplinarity and the legal curriculum in the context of probability and statistics, using the well-known jury discrimination case of Castaneda v. Partida as a case study. The Article concludes with some brief observations on the importance of thinking about law as a discipline. This is the third installment of a work in …

Pennsylvania's Common Law Right To Privacy Inadequately Protects The Rights Of Individual Workers' Compensation Claimants From Harassment Caused By Video Surveillance, Brian Patrick Bronson

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Pedagogics Of Play, Jay Mcclure

Proceedings of the 18th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student

Teachers should emphasize the importance of play to a student's development, noting their individual talents they need to explore, tryout, take apart and investigate which is fundamental to learning. Design fundamental programs should develop pedagogies that guide student's play into progressive learning experiences in the essentials of form, mathematics, geometry, and creativity.

Newsette: Balitang Aklatan - January 2002, De La Salle University Libraries

Newsette: Balitang Aklatan - DLSU Libraries

What's inside:

• New On-Line Subscriptions
• Library Link Project
• Filipiniana Databases
• DLSU Faculty Publications Bibliography by Fe Angela Versoza
• From Dark to Light by Wilfred Marbella
• Faculty and Co-Academic Personnel (CAPs) Activities
• Congratulations to Willian S.A. Frias
• Exhibits
• Library Visitors
• Donations
• Recent Acquisitions

1. Archives Resources
2. Instructional Media Resources

• Book Acquisitions (December 2001 - January 2002)

Suffolk Law Magazine, Winter 2002, Suffolk University Law School

Suffolk Law School Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Suffolk Law, Summer 2002, Suffolk University Law School

Suffolk Law School Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Suffolk Law, Fall 2002, Suffolk University Law School

Suffolk Law School Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Carrot Cultivar Evaluation: Soilless Media Vs. Hydroponics, Derek R. Pinnock, Bruce Bugbee

Hydroponics/Soilless Media

Nine cultivars of carrots were grown in a growth chamber. Each cultivar was grown both in hydroponic and soil-less media root-zone for sixty days. Three 30L tubs were used for each root-zone treatment. Three cultivars were planted in each tub, initially at 180 plants m^-2 then thinned to 90 plants m^-2 on day 45.

The Role Of World Trade Organizations In Settling Trade Disputes Between The United States And The European Union, Erin Walker

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

Description of Topic: In settling trade disputes, members of the World Trade Organization use a dispute settlement mechanism set forth in the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations. This multilateral system of settling disputes is implemented if a member believes other members are violating trade rules. Disputes arise when countries adopt policies that break the WTO agreements or that cause them to fail to fulfill obligations. Dispute settlement procedures have existed under many different trade agreements. While current processes are more effective than those of past agreements, they still lack credibility and effectiveness. Research and Results: The United States and the …

Predicting Oral Reading Miscues, Jack Mostow, Joseph Beck, S. Vanessa Winter, Shaojun Wang

Kno.e.sis Publications

This paper explores the problem of predicting specific reading mistakes, called miscues, on a given word. Characterizing likely miscues tells an automated reading tutor what to anticipate, detect, and remediate. As training and test data, we use a database of over 100,000 miscues transcribed by University of Colorado researchers. We explore approaches that exploit different sources of predictive power: the uneven distribution of words in text, and the fact that most miscues are real words. We compare the approaches’ ability to predict miscues of other readers on other text. A simple rote method does best on the most frequent 100 …

Workflow Quality Of Service, Jorge Cardoso, Amit P. Sheth, John A. Miller

Kno.e.sis Publications

Workflow management systems (WfMSs) have been used to support various types of business processes for more than a decade now. In ecommerce processes, suppliers and customers define a binding agreement or contract between the two parties, specifying quality of service (QoS) items such as products or services to be delivered, deadlines, quality of products, and cost of service. Management of such QoS directly impacts success of organizations participating in e-commerce. Organizations operating in modern markets require an excellent degree of quality of service management. Products and services must be available to customers with well-defined specifications. A good management of quality …

Milestone 2002, Hope College

Milestone

Milestone, the Hope College yearbook, is an annual publication of Hope College. The first yearbook was published in 1905 as a single edition and was titled The Hope College Annual. The yearbooks became an annual publication in 1916, which was also when it was titled Milestone.

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 2002-2004, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

Western Theological Seminary catalogs 1869-[ongoing] (incomplete). Also published as Calendar and Bulletin.

Science, Technology And Society In Science Education, Debra Tedman

Shannon Research Press

This study had four major purposes. First, the study developed and used scales to measure the strength and coherence of students', teachers', and scientists' views, beliefs and attitudes in relation to science, technology and society (STS). Second, the factors which influenced the development of strong and coherent views on STS by students, were examined. Third, the study investigated whether male and female students differed in the strength and coherence of their views on STS. Fourth, structured group interviews with teachers provided information for the consideration of the problems encountered by teachers and students in the introduction of STS courses.

(Un)Ethical Actions: Activities On Deceptive Personal Acts, Advertisements, And Speeches, Chrys Egan

Iowa Journal of Communication

Goal: To foster pragmatic understanding of communication ethics and to help students consider responsible communication choices that they face in their everyday public and private lives.

"Communication Ethics" is not oxymoronic. Although public figures, politicians, the media, corporations, and daily acquaintances may challenge this notion, communication scholars need to remind ourselves and our students of the essentialness of responsible speech. Therefore, all communication courses should involve some consideration of speech ethics, rights, and responsibilities.

Ilp Operators For Propositional Connectionist Networks, Miguel Angel Gutierrez-Naranjo, Pascal Hitzler

Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Physical And Digital Media Strategies For Exploring "Imagined" Realities Of Space, Skin And Light, Thomas Fowler, Iv, Brook Muller

Architecture

This paper will discuss an unconventional methodology for using physical and digital media strategies in a tightly structured framework for the integration of Environmental Control Systems (ECS) principles into a third year design studio. An interchangeable use of digital media and physical material enabled architectural explorations of rich tactile and luminous engagement.

The principles that provide the foundation for integrative strategies between a design studio and building technology course spring from the Bauhaus tradition where a systematic approach to craftsmanship and visual perception is emphasized. Focusing particularly on color, light, texture and materials, Josef Albers explored the assemblage of found …

Physical And Digital Media Strategies For Exploring "Imagined" Realities Of Space, Skin And Light, Thomas Fowler, Iv, Brook Muller

Architecture

This paper will discuss an unconventional methodology for using physical and digital media strategies in a tightly structured framework for the integration of Environmental Control Systems (ECS) principles into a third year design studio. An interchangeable use of digital media and physical material enabled architectural explorations of rich tactile and luminous engagement.

The principles that provide the foundation for integrative strategies between a design studio and building technology course spring from the Bauhaus tradition where a systematic approach to craftsmanship and visual perception is emphasized. Focusing particularly on color, light, texture and materials, Josef Albers explored the assemblage of found …

Direct Democracy And Civic Maturation, Alan Hirsch

UC Law Constitutional Quarterly

Should American government make greater use of "direct democracy," whereby citizens make laws through plebiscites? Roughly half the states utilize some form of direct democracy, and there is an ongoing debate over whether this form of lawmaking should be introduced in other states and even to the federal government. Many of the arguments against direct democracy are unconvincing, but advocates of direct democracy have not made a sufficiently compelling argument on its behalf. This article explores a new argument for direct democracy - that it is necessary to promote the civic maturation of America's polity. The founders considered a virtuous …

Supreme Court Voting Behavior: 2000 Term, Richard G. Wilkins, Scott Worthington, Carter K. F. Chow, Sarah K. L. Chow

UC Law Constitutional Quarterly

This Study, the fifteenth in a series, tabulates and analyzes the voting behavior of the United States Supreme Court during the 2000 Term. The analysis is designed to determine whether individual Justices and the Court as a whole are voting more "conservatively," more "liberally," or about the same when compared with past Terms. This Term's survey shows mixed results, but suggests slight liberal movement for the Court as a whole, following last Term's conservative voting trend. The Court voted more liberally in six of the ten categories of the Study this Term compared to last Term. However, the strength of …

Findings And Recommendations For Use By Other Citizens, Local, State And Federal Policymakers, Educators, And The Food Industry, Citizen Panel On The Future Of Food In New England

The Sustainability Institute Publications

No abstract provided.