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The Underutilization Of Internet And Communication Technology-Assisted Collaborative Project-Based Learning Among International Educators: A Delphi Study, Barry S. Kramer, Andrew Walker, Jennifer M. Brill

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

This study explores the barriers associated with teachers implementing Internet and Communication Technology-assisted Collaborative Project-based Learning (ICTCPrjBL) as a classroom teaching methodology with students. We used a Web-based Delphi method to engage experienced educators in anonymous consensus building consisting of three rounds of surveys. The Round 1 analysis yielded 51 barriers. The Round 2 analysis produced descriptive statistics (range, mean, and standard deviation) on the importance of each barrier. The Round 3 analysis confirmed 16 of the 51 (31.4%) barriers as “moderately significant” to “very significant” to implementing ICTCPrjBL. Important contributions of this study include: (a) identification of barriers to …

Ethnomathematics, Chad Larson

Department of Mathematics: Master of Arts in Teaching, Exam Expository Papers

When asked to think about a foreign country the first thing that comes to my mind is the language barrier and the customs that accompany that specific country. The culture of the citizens and how it differs from my culture are also things which peak my interest. Things which I view as “normal” may seem very odd to someone who lives thousands of miles away, and likewise, traditions that have been past down from generations of people from distant lands may seem peculiar to me. These customs and cultures of which I speak are also the things that make this …

Asset Building In The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Of China: In-Depth Interviews With Participants In The Hutubi Pilot Study, Li Zou

Center for Social Development Research

Asset-building concepts are being explored by the Chinese government as a possible avenue for socioeconomic reforms that are responsive to President Jintao HU’s calls for scientific development and for a focus on the countryside. We present documentation of an asset-building pilot project in Hutubi County, located in the rural Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. In-depth interviews were conducted with randomly selected program participants to gain a sense of how the program affects individuals and development. The experiences of six families from the region involved in asset building are related in this report. From these experiences, asset ownership is seen …

Institutional Data Book 2006-2007, University Of Minnesota, Morris Office Of Institutional Research

Campus Documents and Reports

No abstract provided.

Fray Alonso De Benavides's Memoriales Of 1630 And 1634: Preliminary Observations, Anthony J. Cárdenas-Rotunno

Research Papers

A study of Benavides's Memoriales in Spanish is made difficult because only the 1630 Memorial has a Spanish edition accompanying it. The 1634 Memorial has been published only as a translation into English. Despite this insufficiency, comparing the two translations suffices to demonstrate that the term "revision," if it means "correcting" or "improving," does not aptly describe the textual relationship between the two. Furthermore, the remaining physical evidence of the 1634 Memorial makes it seems unlikely that it was ever published or, more importantly, that it ever reached Pope Urban VIII to whom it was directed.

Separation Of Religion And Law?: Buddhism, Secularism And The Constitution Of Bhutan, Richard W. Whitecross

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Sdamp News - July 2007, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

Sport Diver Newsletters

Contents:

Search for Allyon's Capitana..... p.1
Letter from SDAMP..... p.2
Web Resources for Artifact Reporting..... p.3

Reference Database Usage Statistics 2006-2007, Andree J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the use of online reference databases at the University of Rhode Island during the period from July 2006 through June 2007. Includes COUNTER-compliant data on sessions, searches, turnaways, full text articles downloaded, cost per search, and other metrics.

Discontinuities, Remembrances, And Cultural Survival: History, Diné/Navajo Memory, And The Bosque Redondo Memorial, Jennifer Nez Denetdale

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Of Gods And Broken Rainbows: Native American Religions, Western Rationalism, And The Problem Of Sacred Lands, Bradley Glenn Shreve

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

How Do We Deal With This Mess? A Primer For State And Local Governments On Navigating The Legal Complexities Of Debris Issues Following Mass Disasters, Ryan M. Seidemann, Megan K. Terrell, Christopher D. Matchett

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

Memory, Tradition And Text: Uses Of The Past In Early Christianity - Edited By Alan Kirk And Tom Thatcher [Review Of The Book Memory, Tradition And Text: Uses Of The Past In Early Christianity, By A. Kirk & T. Thatcher, Ed.], Rubén R. Dupertuis

Religion Faculty Research

The aim of this collection of essays is, at least in part, to remedy the lack of attention that studies of early Christianity have paid to recent developments, in the fields of sociology and anthropology, in the study of memory. An excellent introductory survey by Alan Kirk of recent developments in memory studies is followed by eleven essays applying some aspect of the approach to various texts or problems in the study of early Christianity, and then by responses by Werner Kelber and Barry Schwartz. While the various contributions interact in different ways with the relevant theories and models, all …

An Introduction To The Conference With The Dalai Lama On Law, Buddhism, And Social Change, Rebecca R. French

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Authentic Aboriginal Voice In Rolf De Heer's Ten Canoes (2006), D. Bruno Starrs

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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Who We Are Drives What We Do: The Interplay Of Identity On Workplace Behaviors, Monika L. Hudson

Student Scholarship

This empirical study is designed to examine issues associated with who people believe they are and the effect that that has on how they behave. Specifically, it considers the separate and combined effect of three individually focused identity constructs-organizational, ethnic, and professional identity--on workplace behaviors perceived by the person or significant others as being either socially desirable or deviant. The behaviors are examined from the perspective of whether they are directed toward fellow employees or the work institution itself. The paper also considers whether two dimensions of organizational culture moderate the identity-influenced expressions of particular behaviors. Information was gathered from …

Email Surveys In Educational Research: Ethical Surveys In Educational Research, Chi Hong Nguyen

Essays in Education

The growth of the Internet and the increasing application of electronic mail in many aspects of business and educational research have urged researchers to reach different individuals across geographical borders with an obvious reduction of costs and time. While the use of email surveys in educational research, as this paper mainly argues, offers significant benefits to researchers in collecting data, more awareness of ethical codes of conduct and culture of net-users should be insisted throughout the research process to enhance validity and to minimize physical or mental harm that may cause to the researched participants of different ethnic and socioeconomic …

Faculty Community Under Construction: A Case Study, Patricia E. Calderwood

Essays in Education

This case study describes some of the elements of the social construction of community by faculty involved with an innovative residential and academic subgroup at a small private university in the northeast US. Examples from the case study demonstrate that the social construction of faculty community can be accomplished through both routine and marked activities and events; that it is possible to build a resilient sense of community deliberately and overtly, inadvertently, and subtly, and that it is possible to respond to potential vulnerabilities in ways that build a resilient sense of community.

Compass, Armstrong State University

Armstrong News & Publications: Compass (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Full Issue, New Mexico Historical Review

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Prophetic Realism: Beyond Militarism And Pacifism In An Age Of Terror, By Ronald H. Stone, Jonathan Rothchild

Theological Studies Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Sovereigns, Trustees, Guardians: Private-Law Concepts And The Limits Of Legitimate State Power, Jedediah Purdy, Kimberly Fielding

Law and Contemporary Problems

One major tradition of understanding the powers and duties of sovereigns has particular relevance to arguments for revival and refurbishment of the odious debt doctrine. Here, Purdy and Fielding survey the critical role of private-law concepts in the development of this tradition. In this account, the state is a constructed and purposive legal actor, composed of a set of powers assigned by its subjects for the pursuit of certain human interests and bound by the obligation to secure and respect those interests. Moreover, they narrate that if there are inherent powers in a sovereign, they are only those that are …

The Failure Of Economic Interpretations Of The Law Of Contact Damages, Nathan B. Oman

Faculty Publications

The law of contracts is complex but remarkably stable. What we lack is a widely accepted interpretation of that law as embodying a coherent set of normative choices. Some scholars have suggested that either economic efficiency or personal autonomy provide unifying principles of contract law. These two approaches, however, seem incommensurable, which suggests that we must reject at least one of them in order to have a coherent theory. This Article dissents from this view and has a simple thesis: Economic accounts of the current doctrine governing contract damages have failed, but efficiency arguments remain key to any adequate theory …

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Summer 2007, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Institutional Data Book 2006-2007, University Of Minnesota, Morris Office Of Institutional Research

Institutional Effectiveness and Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Egalitarianism And Exclusion: U.S. Guest Worker Programs And A Non-Subordination Approach To The Labor-Based Admission Of Nonprofessional Foreign National, Andrew Elmore

Faculty Scholarship

Comprehensive immigration reform has been a top legislative priority for the last several years, and recent bills have contemplated the expansion of guest worker programs to adjust the status of undocumented immigrants and to control the future migrant flow. While there is a broad consensus that the current immigration system is broken, there is sharp disagreement about whether it is wise public policy to expand labor-based admissions in order to provide nonprofessional foreign nationals with an authorized means to migrate. This Article contributes to this debate by examining current guest worker programs, and recommends their reform through a “non-subordination” approach …

Returning To The Circle: The Reemergence Of Traditional Dispute Resolution In Native American Communities, Jessica Metoui

Journal of Dispute Resolution

An examination of Native American cultural definitions of justice illustrates the cultural relevance of traditional dispute resolution processes. Because these alternative processes focus largely on community inclusion and the importance of party healing after a crime, concepts central to Native American worldview, traditional dispute resolution is superior to the mainstream adversarial court system for handling many criminal matters in the Native American context. The successes of traditional dispute resolution processes in Native American communities are also evidence of the potential cross cultural applications of such processes within the mainstream criminal justice system

Contents, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

No abstract provided.

Anthropology, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

No abstract provided.

Art And Art History, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

No abstract provided.

Section I, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

No abstract provided.