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The Use Of Children's Theatre As A Tool For Teaching Environmental Education, Celeste Koren Soderbery Jan 2003

The Use Of Children's Theatre As A Tool For Teaching Environmental Education, Celeste Koren Soderbery

Theses Digitization Project

The play, Madagascar Mayhem, was devised as a means of developing ecological understanding about rain forest preservation and educating and expanding upon the use of drama as it relates to environmental education. By being involved in and learning about issues addressed in the play's content, students learned about how their actions may have a positive impact on rain forest preservation, the biodiversity of Madagascar, its agricultural loss and the movement to protect it.

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Transparent Technology In The Classroom, Henry Frank Richards Jan 2003

Transparent Technology In The Classroom, Henry Frank Richards

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to create a booklet useful to teachers, one that would increase their technological competence and so encourage them to use new technologies.

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Using Technology In Language Arts To Motivate Students, Tonya Cherie Coats Jan 2003

Using Technology In Language Arts To Motivate Students, Tonya Cherie Coats

Theses Digitization Project

This project will serve as a media rich tool to aid students and teachers in the classroom. It is designed to examine whether or not a computer based learning environment motivates and helps fourth grade at-risk students in vocabulary development. The project included creating a guide in Macromedia Authorware to help educators develop a multimedia environment in the classroom.

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Instructional Designer's Toolkit: A Practical Approach To The Effective Design Of Instruction, Andrew Casimer Masiewicz Jan 2003

Instructional Designer's Toolkit: A Practical Approach To The Effective Design Of Instruction, Andrew Casimer Masiewicz

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of the project was to develop a web-based instructional design tool. The tool provides guidelines, templates, and checklists to simplify the overall process, and give the designer a path to follow to help manage the instructional design project. It is based on the generalized model of Instructional Systems Design (ISD), but is applicable to the design of instructional materials for delivery by an instructor, by Computer-based Training (CBT), or a combination of instructor-led and technology-based delivery.

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Implement Electronic Commerce With Dreamweaver Ultradev 4.0, Anson Wing Hong Loh Jan 2003

Implement Electronic Commerce With Dreamweaver Ultradev 4.0, Anson Wing Hong Loh

Theses Digitization Project

This project simulates a real company by using Dreamweaver UltraDev, 4.0. A simulated electronic commerce web site was created to present all aspects of electronic commerce including future trends.

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Animated Drawing Guide For Basic Art Education, Guan-Jong Hwang Jan 2003

Animated Drawing Guide For Basic Art Education, Guan-Jong Hwang

Theses Digitization Project

The project used Macromedia Flash MX to develop a series of web-based animated drawing lessons for first grade students.

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Web Development In Correspondence To Motivating Fourth Grade Students To Gain Knowledge Of California History, Carolyn Eve Ramirez Jan 2003

Web Development In Correspondence To Motivating Fourth Grade Students To Gain Knowledge Of California History, Carolyn Eve Ramirez

Theses Digitization Project

The goal of this project was to determine whether using a web-based project incorporating John M. Keller's ARCS model would motivate students to want to learn and explore new ways of learning. California history was taught to fourth grade students, including English as a second language students and Title 1 students, through a website. Lessons incorporated online quizzes, web designing, PowerPoint, Excel and other computer programs.

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California's Narcotic Registration Program: Legislation In Need Of Revision, Angelina Cavanaugh Jan 2003

California's Narcotic Registration Program: Legislation In Need Of Revision, Angelina Cavanaugh

Theses Digitization Project

This project will evaluate California's narcotic registration program to determine whether or not the intent and the purpose established in the legislation is being met.

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Identification Of The Spiritual Nursing Care Practices Of Volunteer Parish Nurses, Lynne Denise Roy Jan 2003

Identification Of The Spiritual Nursing Care Practices Of Volunteer Parish Nurses, Lynne Denise Roy

Theses Digitization Project

Parish nursing, a specialty nursing practice which includes the spiritual component of integration of faith and health, has been growing rapidly over the last decade. Standards of Parish Nursing Practice developed in 1998 are consistent with the nursing process and include the spiritual dimension.

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The Relationship Between Coping Strategies And Delinquency In Young Adolescents Who Endure Stressful Life Events, Marjorie Lorraine Pardo Jan 2003

The Relationship Between Coping Strategies And Delinquency In Young Adolescents Who Endure Stressful Life Events, Marjorie Lorraine Pardo

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to evaluate resiliency by examining the relationship between coping ability and stressful life events on delinquent behaviors in young adolescents.

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Distance Education: The Development Of Online Learning Environments For The Online Student, Diana Marie Squillace Jan 2003

Distance Education: The Development Of Online Learning Environments For The Online Student, Diana Marie Squillace

Theses Digitization Project

This project examines online learning tools and software that are applicable to K-12 and post-secondary distance learning environments. Powerpoint, Webquest and Inspiration 7 have been utilized to develop a lesson plan and storyboard that incorporate the constructivist theory of learning. An accompanying Web site, "Learning Tools for the On-Line Student," serves as a resource for instructional technology educators and includes information on designing lesson plans and evaluating students. The site also provides links to online tools and software that are useful in online learning environments.

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Exploring Visual Learning In The Basic Writing Classroom, Prince Michael Ferguson Jan 2003

Exploring Visual Learning In The Basic Writing Classroom, Prince Michael Ferguson

Theses Digitization Project

For many students in basic writing classrooms the language of writing assignments, essay prompts and required reading is especially difficult. Therefore, some teachers are using approaches other than logical or linguistic methods to assist these students. This thesis details some of the methods teachers and researchers are using. Most significant is a case study that explores the use of visuals in a basic writing classroom. The results of the case study and a survey instrument suggest that there is a niche for alternative methods and the use of visuals in the basic writing classroom.

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Second Grade Life Science Curriculum Design Using Howard Gardner's Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Mary Anne Stover Jan 2003

Second Grade Life Science Curriculum Design Using Howard Gardner's Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Mary Anne Stover

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to bring the subject of life sciences to second grade students through a diverse curriculum design. The theory of multiple intelligence and the principles of brain-based learning areused to incorporate elements that will reach each student on an individual basis.

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The Effects Of Lesions To The Superior Colliculus And Ventromedial Thalamus On [Kappa]-Opioid-Mediated Locomotor Activity In The Preweanling Rat, Arturo Rubin Zavala Jan 2003

The Effects Of Lesions To The Superior Colliculus And Ventromedial Thalamus On [Kappa]-Opioid-Mediated Locomotor Activity In The Preweanling Rat, Arturo Rubin Zavala

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this thesis was to determine the neuronal circuitry mediating U50,488-induced locomotion in preweanling rats. To this end, preweanling rats received bilateral electrolytic lesions of the ventromedial thalamus or superior colliculus and, two days later, the same rats received a challenge injection of U50,488. It was predicted that bilateral lesions of the ventromedial thalamus or superior colliculus would attenuate the U50,488-induced locomotor activity of 18-day-old rats.

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Simulation Of Soil Water Movement Model (Swamm) Using The Spider Distributed System, Li Wang Jan 2003

Simulation Of Soil Water Movement Model (Swamm) Using The Spider Distributed System, Li Wang

Theses Digitization Project

This project implements a real application on the Spider II, which is a simulation of Soil Water Movement Model. The main objectives of this project were to develop a parallel and distributed algorithm for the Soil Water Model; implement the Soil Water Movement Simulation model on the Spider II distributed system and to evaluate the performance of simulating the Soil Water Movement Model on Spider II.

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Are Nursery Rhymes/Chants Helpful In Pre-Reading Skills For Kindergarteners And English As A Second Language Students?, Louise Jeanine Valencia Jan 2003

Are Nursery Rhymes/Chants Helpful In Pre-Reading Skills For Kindergarteners And English As A Second Language Students?, Louise Jeanine Valencia

Theses Digitization Project

This project will focus on a different method to teach pre-reading skills to kindergarten students and to ESL students. The strategy of using nursery rhymes as a tool for teaching pre-reading skills to kindergarteners and second language learners is an avenue to explore while addressing the different challenges facing a teacher. As an educator, we know that children learn through different modalities including auditory, kinesthetic and tactile.

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A Guide To Motivating Students To Twist To Better Spelling, Kim Elaine Du Cloux Jan 2003

A Guide To Motivating Students To Twist To Better Spelling, Kim Elaine Du Cloux

Theses Digitization Project

Students learn and retain more when they enjoy the process or avenue of learning. Students have fun learning to spell when visual, auditory, and hands-on learning are included in the process. In addition, the intervention project can be used to support and assist second language learners. The benefits from this intervention project will not only strengthen students' phonemic and spelling foundation, but will also enhance their reading comprehension and writing effectiveness.

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A Comprehensive Examination Of The Precode Horror Comic Books Of The 1950'S, Gene Marshall Broxson Jan 2003

A Comprehensive Examination Of The Precode Horror Comic Books Of The 1950'S, Gene Marshall Broxson

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis examines the precode horror comic books of the 1950's as an original American art form and as a popular medium in postwar America.

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Implementation Business-To-Consumer Electronic Commerce Website Using Asp.Net Web Programming Framework, Cesar Quiñones Jan 2003

Implementation Business-To-Consumer Electronic Commerce Website Using Asp.Net Web Programming Framework, Cesar Quiñones

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to demonstrate an integration of real world, real time e-commerce with the knowledge and experience gained in participating in the Masters of Business Administration -- Information Management program at California State University, San Bernardino. It is this knowledge and experience that is used to create a Business-To-Consumer (B2C) electronic commerce application (ECA) using available Internet and information management technology. This project presents all aspects of the simulation beginning with the background research of the canine services and supplies industry and ending with an e-commerce simulation and post implementation audit.

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An Intervention Plan For "At Risk" Students, Bonnie Janine Chilton Jan 2003

An Intervention Plan For "At Risk" Students, Bonnie Janine Chilton

Theses Digitization Project

This project consists of two, two-week thematically planned language arts units containing all the components of a balanced literacy. It was created to teach second and third grade at risk students at Chester Morrison Elementary School, in Menifee, California during two weeks of their off track time. Both sessions have daily detailed plans for the teacher outlining all the components of a balanced literacy program. Both sessions contain relevent books that students make and take, shared reading to increase comprehension and skill building, and constant literacy opportunities.

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Arab-Muslim Views, Images And Stereotypes In United States, Nader Al-Aulaqi Jan 2003

Arab-Muslim Views, Images And Stereotypes In United States, Nader Al-Aulaqi

Theses Digitization Project

What are the perceptions, attitudes, and feelings of Arab-Muslim students about racism and prejudice towards their ethnicity and religious affiliation before September 11, 2001 and after?.

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The Salton Sea Wetlands: A Guidebook Of Curriculum Based Lessons, Etta Margo Ligman-Mccormick Jan 2003

The Salton Sea Wetlands: A Guidebook Of Curriculum Based Lessons, Etta Margo Ligman-Mccormick

Theses Digitization Project

Using Coachella Valley's Salton Sea ecosystem as a model, several multidisciplinary wetland activities for grades three to six were developed. A resource guide for educators is included.

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Instant Access: Developing A High School Web Site For Staff, Students, And Community, Keri Lynn Freestone Jan 2003

Instant Access: Developing A High School Web Site For Staff, Students, And Community, Keri Lynn Freestone

Theses Digitization Project

This project describes the inception and development of a high school web site along with subsequent implementation issues, limitation, benefits, and recommendations visual design and learning principles and the history of hypermedia are also discussed, and a model is tendered for other schools to follow when constructing a web site.

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Long-Term Effects Of 3,4- Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Mdma) On Serotonergic And Dopaminergic Functioning, Jodi Lynn Kohutek Jan 2003

Long-Term Effects Of 3,4- Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Mdma) On Serotonergic And Dopaminergic Functioning, Jodi Lynn Kohutek

Theses Digitization Project

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) popularly known as "Ecstasy" continues to gain popularity as a recreational drug that has been shown to increase serotonin and dopamine levels. The present study has demonstrated that repeated exposure to MDMA produces long-term damage to serotonergic and dopaminergic neurons in various regions of the rat brain.

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The Value Of Outdoor Education, Heriberto Garcia Jan 2003

The Value Of Outdoor Education, Heriberto Garcia

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to explore the benefits of how students who are exposed to outdoor activities can enhance their attention span, learning, and understanding of the content subjects.

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Content-Based Whole-Language Instruction For Elementary English As A Foreign Language, Hyeyoung Cho Jan 2003

Content-Based Whole-Language Instruction For Elementary English As A Foreign Language, Hyeyoung Cho

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to propose content-based instruction as a way of teaching for English-as-a-foreign-language learners.

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A Tabular Propositional Logic: And/Or Table Translator, Chen-Hsiu Lee Jan 2003

A Tabular Propositional Logic: And/Or Table Translator, Chen-Hsiu Lee

Theses Digitization Project

The goal of this project is to design a tool to help users translate any logic statement into Disjunctive Normal Form and present the result as an AND/OR TABLE, which makes the logic relation easier to express by using a two-dimensional grid of values or expressions. This tool is implemented through a web-based and Java-based application. Thus, the user can utilize this tool via World Wide Web.

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Functional Changes In Neurons And Glia Following Amphetamine-Induced Behavior Sensitization, Victoria Diane Armstrong Jan 2003

Functional Changes In Neurons And Glia Following Amphetamine-Induced Behavior Sensitization, Victoria Diane Armstrong

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis will address the mechanisms underlying amphetamine addiction, as well as the psychosis that may develop with amphetamine use.

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Web Accessibility: Ensuring Access To Online Course Instruction For Students With Disabilities, Inez Celeste Everett Jan 2003

Web Accessibility: Ensuring Access To Online Course Instruction For Students With Disabilities, Inez Celeste Everett

Theses Digitization Project

The number of instructors introducing web-based elements in the course curriculum is growing and students need to be able to access content on the web to participate. As such, a campus website with accessibility design standards for course developers at California State University showed potential to greatly assist in equalizing the educational playing field for students with disabilities.

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How Mfn Clauses Used In The Health Care Industry Unreasonably Restrain Trade Under The Sherman Act, Beth Ann Wright Jan 2003

How Mfn Clauses Used In The Health Care Industry Unreasonably Restrain Trade Under The Sherman Act, Beth Ann Wright

Journal of Law and Health

When used in the health care industry, an MFN clause is a contractual agreement that guarantees a health insurer the same best price as their market competitors. MFN clauses have the effect of unnecessarily raising consumer costs, reducing choice among providers, constraining access to care and preventing the development of alternative health care delivery models. The purpose of this paper is four-fold. First, to design a four-quadrant matrix to evaluate the pro-competitive and anticompetitive purpose and effects of MFN clauses under Section 1 of the Sherman Act. Second, to defeat the jurisprudential presumption that MFN clauses are pro-competitive in the …

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