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Mastery Learning And The Essentials Of Critical Care Orientation : A Heuristic Participant Evaluation, Mitchell J. Seal

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study employed a heuristic -participant evaluation of the instruction of the web-based Essentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO) program using two research questions: (1) How well does the ECCO adhere to Bloom's theory of mastery learning and instruction; and (2) What effect, if any, does this have on the participant RN? Evaluation findings demonstrated that the ECCO is 66 hours of expository instruction with little to no meaningful feedback, correction, or enrichment activity, is not well aligned, and has significant design flaws related to objectives and transfer of instruction and to the processes of instruction. This results in the …

Anti-Fraternization Policies In Community Corrections: A Tool To Address Staff Sexual Misconduct In Community Correction Agencies, Brenda V. Smith, Nairi M. Simonian

Project on Addressing Prison Rape - Articles

This article outlines the different constitutional standards that courts apply when analyzing agency restrictions on relationships between ex-offenders and community corrections staff. The article concludes with recommendations about how agencies might develop constitutional policies in this area.

Using A Tuning Protocol: A Journey Of Creating And Sustaining Professional Conversations Among Teacher Educators, Foster Walsh

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education

This article reports on the challenges of creating and sustaining on-going conversations about faculty teaching practices encountered by one Department of Teacher Education. The research indicates that higher education is experimenting with many forms of collegial discourse, yet remains instructionally isolated. This three-year journey includes gathering faculty support for increased talk about teaching, overcoming time constraints to meet together and experimenting with two discourse formats to increase conversation. A non-evaluative peer observation process was found to be helpful but not sustainable. Using a modified turning protocol produced three benefits: 1) kept the group on task, 2) stimulated collective inquiry, and …

Does Verbal Communication Impairment Affect Quality Of Life In Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients?, Jason Michael Duff

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the self-perceived QOL in ALS patients. Literature will be presented on the incidence, prevalence, prognosis, diagnosis and management of ALS, QOL studies for ALS, the role of the multidisciplinary team, the impairments and dysfunction that ALS patients experience, communication issues, and the development of ALS specific instruments to measure QOL. The "bulbar dysfunction" that ALS patients experience in salivation management, speech, and swallowing were examined in detail. The objectives of this research study were to investigate the following hypotheses: 1. QOL will differ among ALS patients with varying levels of speech, swallowing, …

Demonstrating Experiential Learning At The Graduate Level Using Portfolio Development And Reflection, David Winslow Rausch

Dissertations

Problem. Various guidelines for assessment have been developed in an effort to promote academic quality and integrity for educational programs that recognize experiential learning. The purpose of this present study was to determine the extent to which experiential learning and assessment, through portfolio development, help adult students in a graduate-degree program demonstrate graduate-level learning and competency.

Method. This qualitative single-case study used the assessment processes and outcomes elements of the Jackson and Maclsaac process model to analyze the use of reflective practice and the use of portfolios in a graduate education program. Data were triangulated using individual interviews and the …

Lessons From The Right: Progressive Constitutionalism For The Twenty-First Century, Dawn E. Johnsen

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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"We Can't Tell Them Apart": When And How The Court Should Educate Jurors On The Potential Inaccuracies Of Cross-Racial Identifications, Aaron H. Chiu

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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Should Public Employers Be Forced To Warn Their Employees Of Their Immunity And Duty To Answer Questions Before Demanding Answers And Taking Adverse Action?, Matthew Bernt

Catholic University Law Review

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Weighing Crime Victims' Interests In Judicially Crafted Criminal Procedure, Douglas E. Beloof

Catholic University Law Review

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Analyzing The Friedman Thesis Through A Legal Lens: Book Review Essay Assessing Thomas L. Friedman's The World Is Flat, Jayanth K. Krishnan

Articles by Maurer Faculty

In his best-selling book, The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman assesses how globalization has affected the political, economic, and social landscapes of both the developed and developing world. For Friedman, globalization is emboldening people in countries, like in India, to make societal and governmental demands that are similar to those made by Americans in the United States.

This Essay seeks to add a new layer to the debate over Friedman’s flattening-world thesis. Focusing on India, in particular, I shall argue that as the trajectory of India’s economic development appears on the rise, the sad reality is that …

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Of 2008: History, Successes, And Future Considerations, Christine Formas Norris

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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Gang Member Perpetrated Domestic Violence: A New Conversation, Videtta A. Brown

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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A Turner Syndrome Neurocognitive Phenotype Maps To Xp22.3., Andrew R Zinn, David Roeltgen, Gerry Stefanatos, Purita Ramos, Frederick F Elder, Harvey Kushner, Karen Kowal, Judith L Ross

Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Turner syndrome (TS) is associated with a neurocognitive phenotype that includes selective nonverbal deficits, e.g., impaired visual-spatial abilities. We previously reported evidence that this phenotype results from haploinsufficiency of one or more genes on distal Xp. This inference was based on genotype/phenotype comparisons of individual girls and women with partial Xp deletions, with the neurocognitive phenotype considered a dichotomous trait. We sought to confirm our findings in a large cohort (n = 47) of adult women with partial deletions of Xp or Xq, enriched for subjects with distal Xp deletions. METHODS: Subjects were recruited from North American genetics and …

Chapman Billies And Their Books, Edward J. Cowan

Studies in Scottish Literature

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"No Bonnier Life Than The Sailor's": A Gaelic Poet Comments On The Fishing Industry In Wester Ross, Wiiliam Gillies

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Kenneth Joshua Fielding And The Carlyle Letters: A Rumination Past And Present, Rodger L. Tarr

Studies in Scottish Literature

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"In Ane Uther Leid": Reviewing Scottish Literature's Linguistic Boundaries, R. D. S. Jack

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Hugh Mcdiarmid In Our Time, Duncan Glen

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Cultural Paradoxes In Alexander Ross's Fortunate Shepherdess, Peter Zenzinger

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Old Bones Disinterred Once Again: Ramsay's Pastoral And Its Legacy For The Literati, A. M. Kinghorn

Studies in Scottish Literature

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"Hab Nab At A Venture": Scott On The Creative Process, David Hewitt

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Reconsidering Dunbar's Sir Thomas Norny And Chaucer's Tale Of Sir Thopas, Deanna Delmar Evans

Studies in Scottish Literature

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"That Cursed Tax Of Postage": Robert Burns And The Postal Service, James Mackay

Studies in Scottish Literature

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"Tell It Slant": Duncan Glen And Akros, Tom Hubbard

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Sorley Maclean's "An Cuilithionn": A Critical Assessment, Chrtistopher Whyte

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Robert Burns, John Moore, And The Limits Of Writing Letters, Henry L. Fulton

Studies in Scottish Literature

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Carryover Storage Of Indian Prior And Paramount Water In El Vado, Viola Sanchez

Law of the Rio Chama

Storage and release for the Six Middle Rio Grande Pueblos has taken place at El Vado Reservoir since the reservoir was first used in 1935. No distinction was made between the lands being served and their appurtenant water rights in storage and delivery in the early years of El Vado operation. El Vado storage and release for Indian lands became an issue at least as early as 1948 because of Rio Grande Compact restrictions on El Vado releases. As a result of this and other alleged Rio Grande Compact violations by New Mexico, Texas filed a Supreme Court lawsuit, Texas …

International Non-Governmental Organizations, Karla W. Simon

The International Lawyer

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Europe, George L. Bustin, Cristina Galan, Florian S. Jorg, Chris Mesnooh, Dimitra Papadopoulou, Richard Silberstein, Peter Werdmuller

The International Lawyer

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An Evaluation Of Omg Sysml 1.0a Standard Conformance Between Modelling Tools, Andrew James Campbell

Theses : Honours

The SysML is a recent introduction to modelling languages for the systems engineering domain. Modelling tools are offering support for its notation. Studies related to the UML have indicated that modelling tools lack compliance to the UML language. This issue may apply equally to the SysML and the aim of this research is to investigate that language compliance issue. The first phase of this research is concerned with the compliance of current modelling tools to the SysML l.0a Final Adopted Specification (PAS). It consists of a comparative evaluation of candidate tools based on an ideal framework derived from the language …