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A Study Of The Tags, An Enduring Teaching Tool: Teachers’ Perspectives On The Teacher Assessment Of Grammatical Structures Teaching Practices And Application, Andrea Martin

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper is studied look at the Teacher’s Assessment of Grammatical Structures (TAGS), Teacher Assessment of Spoken Language (TASL), and Cottage Acquisition Scales for Listening, Language and Speech (CASLLS) criterion-referenced language assessments as well as an inquiry into how teachers of the deaf use the TAGS currently as a teaching tool.

Effect Of Auditory Processing On The Preference Of Monaural Amplification For Adults With Symmetrical Hearing Loss, Valerie Danielle Lynch

Independent Studies and Capstones

The purpose of this project was to determine if subjects with symmetrical hearing loss who prefer a monaural hearing aid fit to a binaural hearing aid fit may demonstrate an auditory processing disorder causing them to experience binaural interference when fit binaurally.

Creating A Parent Workshop That Encompasses And Meets The Educational Desires For Parents Of Children With Hearing Impairments Being Taught In An Oral Deaf Education Program, Megan Beauduy

Independent Studies and Capstones

The purpose of this study was to create a parent workshop that was developed around the parents’ educational needs. The workshop demonstrated that the parents’ educational needs can be met through a workshop that is based on those needs and takes into consideration factors that will encourage parent involvement.

Development Of A High-Frequency Hearing Loss Questionnaire For Children, Jamie M. Baum

Independent Studies and Capstones

The "Pediatric Assessment of Hearing" questionnaire was developed to evaluate how children with high-frequency hearing loss perform in various listening conditions.

Quality Of Life In Children With Unilateral Hearing Loss: A Pilot Study, Sarah A. Borton

Independent Studies and Capstones

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the impact of unilateral hearing loss on the quality of life of children. Focus group sessions were held for parents and children or adolescents with unilateral hearing loss to discuss their perceptions. Parents and children or adolescents completed the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Findings were presented depicting which domains of quality of life are most affected.

Evaluating Social Skills In Long Term Cochlear Implant Recipients, Amy Lee Bell

Independent Studies and Capstones

A longitudinal study observing cochlear implant recipients' social skills using ratings from their parents and the students themselves over time. The study looked at how adolescents using cochlear implants rate their own social skills compared to an age matched normative group of hearing students, and compared these ratings with social skills ratings obtained from their parents. The study also compared social ratings in adolescence to previous ratings of the same children obtained in elementary school.

Activities For Social Skills Development In Deaf Children Preparing To Enter The Mainstream, Dorie L. Noll

Independent Studies and Capstones

A sample of regular education teachers was surveyed to assess the social skills of recently mainstreamed students from oral deaf programs in their classrooms. In addition, a curriculum of social skills activities was developed to help prepare students from oral deaf schools to enter the mainstream.

School Counselors In The Mainstream Setting: A Tool For Working With Students With Hearing Impairments In The Public School Environment, Andrea Lynn Niekamp

Independent Studies and Capstones

This study looks at public school counselors who work with hearing impaired students and the counselor’s awareness of specific issues of problems of these students.

Are Distortion Levels A Problem With Digital Signal Processing Hearing Aids And Frequency Modulation (Fm) Systems?, Claire Buxton

Independent Studies and Capstones

The purpose of this study was to examine objective and subjective distortion present when frequency modulation (FM) systems were coupled with four digital signal processing (DSP) hearing aids. Electroacoustic analysis and subjective listening tests by experienced audiologists revealed that distortion levels varied across hearing aids and channels.

Current Infection Control Trends In Audiology, Alison Burco

Independent Studies and Capstones

The purpose of this study was to provide an in-depth assessment of current infection control practice trends in a group of practicing audiologists. The study investigated the extent to which Universal Precautions are applied in the clinical settings, the percentages of respondents familiar with general infection control nomenclature, and the future educational directives.

More Appropriate: Additional Stories For Students Who Are Hearing Impaired Using The "Specialized Program Individualizing Reading Excellence" (S.P.I.R.E.) Curriculum, Audrey Jane Davis

Independent Studies and Capstones

S.P.I.R.E., at use at Central Institute for the Deaf, is a comprehensive, multi-sensory systematic reading and language program that targets at risk and struggling students. The purpose of this project was to write additional stories and sentences for students who are hearing impaired through reader 2 that may be used in conjunction with the exiting stories and supplements.

An Examination Of Cued Speech As A Tool For Language, Literacy, And Bilingualism For Children Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing, Sarah Elizabeth Reynolds

Independent Studies and Capstones

This study examines the purpose and uses of Cued Speech, its benefits and limitations, and its effectiveness as a tool for language, literacy, and bilingualism.

Acoustical Barriers To Communication And Hearing, Aline Renee Sundeen

Independent Studies and Capstones

This study examined the acoustical conditions, including the surface-dimension measurements, background noise levels, and reverberation times in classrooms in a metropolitan area. The data collected in this study will help school administrators realize that appropriate classroom acoustics are necessary for both hearing impaired and normal hearing students.

Subjective Versus Objective Measures Of Daily Listening Environments, Jennifer Suzanne Taylor

Independent Studies and Capstones

This study examined hearing impaired listeners’ subjective perceptions of listening environments through a listening questionnaire and compared these results to objective measures mimicked by the questionnaire in the datalogging device SAM (Sound Activity Meter). Results indicate audiologists should not rely on patient reports of “typical” listening environments for hearing aid selection as significant discrepancies were present between several of the subjective and objective measures.

Role Of Synuclein Proteins In Auditory Function, Catherine A. Young

Independent Studies and Capstones

The recent discovery of synuclein proteins in peripheral auditory tissues has prompted a closer examination of the role of these proteins in hearing. In the present study, auditory brainstem response thresholds of synuclein knockout mice are compared to wild type mice.

Comparison Of Computerized Dynamic Posturography (Cdp) Results With Subjective Visual Vertical (Svv) Test In Patients With And Without Vestibular Dysfunction: Effects Of Horizontal Headshaking, Kristy Lee Greco

Independent Studies and Capstones

The goal of the study was to identify what effect headshaking in the horizontal plane has on Computerized Dynamic Posturography results in normals and patients with unilateral vestibular dysfunction. Additionally, the results were compared to results of the dynamic subjective visual vertical test.

Saudi English As A Foreign Language Learners' Attitudes Toward Computer -Assisted Language Learning, Mishal H. Al Shammari

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This study investigated Saudi English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners' attitudes toward Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) at the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) in Saudi Arabia. Five research questions were developed: (1) What are the Saudi EFL learners' general attitudes toward CALL at the IPA? (2) What are Saudi EFL learners' attitudes toward the CALL software used at the IPA? (3) What are the differences between IPA Saudi EFL learners' attitudes toward CALL based on their years of English learning? (4) What are the differences between IPA Saudi EFL learners' attitudes toward CALL based on their current computer knowledge? …

Development Of A Separation Riser With Flow Pulsations For Small Coal Particles, Jordan M. H. Musser

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Removing sulfur before combustion is essential to lower the sulfur dioxide produced during combustion. Common separation processes have large obstacles including usage of large quantities of water, the need to dry the coal after separation, and additional environmental hazards created during the separation process. The current exploratory research concentrates on coal particles in the size range of 105< dp<210 microns. A small scale circulating fluidized bed was constructed with the addition of a gas pulsation generator. Various superficial gas velocities, u0, were used in conjunction with various rates of pulsations. The system was able to segregate dirtier coal from cleaner coal with various efficiencies for different flow conditions. The most favorable flow conditions were found to be: 1Hz flow pulsations and a superficial gas velocity of 0.8581ms-1 which reduced the mass percent sulfur of the initial sample of coal from 1.66% to 1.37%.

Teaching Intermediate-Level Technical And Musical Skills Through The Study And Performance Of Selected Piano Duos, Yunn Bing Christine Tan

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The study and performance of ensemble repertoire can provide benefits at all levels of music study. Playing piano duos (two people at two pianos) is enjoyable for young students and can help maintain their interest in playing the piano. Furthermore, skills acquired in duo-piano playing, such as communication, coordination, and balance can not only be transferred to solo and/or duet performance, but can also develop a foundation for performing other types of chamber music, thus preparing young students to accompany other instrumentalists or vocalists or even a choir in the near future.;This study provides a pedagogical guide that presents suggestions …

Investigating Comprehensive Assessment Plans In Undergraduate Communication Studies Programs, Andrea Celeste Weber

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Outcome assessments of academic programs have become increasingly critical in recent years. A continuous process formed to "monitor and improve student learning," true assessment serves to focus institutions of higher education on student learning (Allen, 2004, p. 5). It is vital to understand and explore current assessment practices in departments of communication studies to ensure and enhance the quality and future of education in the field. This study represents an initial attempt at establishing a baseline of assessment practices utilized within departments of communication studies. The results exhibit the extent to which assessment is being used for continuous improvement of …

Practicing Globally: Extraterritorial Implications Of The Usa Patriot Act's Money-Laundering Provisions On The Ethical Requirements Of Us Lawyers In An International Environment, Pamella Seay

South Carolina Journal of International Law and Business

No abstract provided.

Interaction Between Metal Fission Products And Triso Coating Materials, Clemens Heske

Fuels Campaign (TRP)

This project focuses on the chemical bonding and interface formation of metal fission products with the coating materials used in tri-isotropic (TRISO) fuel particles for gas-cooled reactors. By combining surface- and bulk-sensitive spectroscopic methods, intermediate chemical phases at the interface, intermixing/ diffusion behavior, and the electronic interface structure as a function of material (metal and coating materials) and temperature are examined.

In the past year, emphasis was placed on a detailed analysis and description of the Cs/SiC interface formation process.

Reactor Physics Studies For The Afci Reactor-Accelerator Coupling Experiments Project, Denis Beller

Transmutation Sciences Physics (TRP)

The specific research objective of this three-year project is to design and conduct accelerator driven experiments, which will help demonstrate in the U.S. the ability to design, compute, and conduct ADSS experiments and to predict and measure source importance, coupling efficiency, sub-critical reactor kinetics and source-driven transients. In addition, databases will be created for both steady state and transient ADSS experiments for the nuclear community to develop and test new computational codes and methods, and the importance of a driving neutron source in various regions of different subcritical assemblies will be mapped. Experiments will be conducted and compared to calculations …

Criticality Studies For Urex Processes, Denis Beller

Separations Campaign (TRP)

The completion of criticality experiments for mixtures of transuranic actinides (TRU–includes Np, Pu, Am, and Cm) that will be created during the separation of used nuclear fuel may be a requirement in order to construct prototype plants for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership. In this program and the Advanced Fuel Cycle Research and Development (AFC R&D) program that supports it, economic and environmental methods are being developed to reduce the impact of waste from commercial nuclear fuel cycles.

Recycling of used fuel by chemically separating it into U, fission products, and TRU would be the first step in this new …

Modern American Fine Printing And Contemporary Book Arts, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This catalog accompanied the exhibit of a range of contemporary fine printing and book arts from North American presses held in the collections of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. The department also holds extensive collections of British fine printing from a range of presses such as Strawberry Hill, Kelmscott, Vale, Eragny, Doves, etc. The items in the collections are used to support the teaching mission of the department in book arts and printing history.

Coffeehouse Papers, 2006-2007, Lambuth University

Lambuth Coffeehouse Papers

46 pgs.,

Cover Art,

Acknowledgements,

Table of Contents,

Note from Editor,

15 art pieces,

12 poems

Traditional/Nontraditional Students' Use Of Goal Orientations And Coping Strategies, Marcus Lee Johnson

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study sought to improve upon the definition of nontraditional student status, and to identify relationships between student status, goal orientations, and coping strategies. Two of this study's hypotheses included the expectation that nontraditional students would employ more adaptive goal orientations (e.g. mastery-approach) more often than traditional students; and students who use more adaptive goal orientations would employ more adaptive coping strategies (e.g. task-oriented coping); This study involved 180 undergraduates, and used a participant information questionnaire, the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS), and the Achievement Goal Questionnaire (AGQ). Factor and cluster analyses revealed that the variables age, marital status, …

The Impacts Of Cognitive And Affective Values On Tradeshow Exhibitor's Overall Satisfaction And Future Behaviors, Juhee Kang

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Attracting and retaining customers is a main issue for show management, due to the increasing competitive matter of the exposition industry. Exhibitors are more demanding and more selective of the shows in which they will participate. Thus, understanding what exhibitors want and how they perceive a tradeshow is crucial for show managers to attract and attain their exhibitors; The purpose of this study is to examine the multiple dimensions of perceived value (monetary, social and emotional) on trade show exhibitor satisfaction and future behavior (willingness to pay, word-of-mouth behavior, and loyalty). This study examined perceptions of exhibitors at a hospitality …

Transport And Structural Studies Of The Thermoelectric Material, Bismuth Telluride, Matthew K Jacobsen

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Thermoelectric materials have long been investigated for the possible use as a power source. This application was recently put to use in the Voyager space program to power the deep space probes on their journey. However, the research done in this area has yet to completely study the properties of these special materials. As a result, this research aims to investigate the high pressure structure and transport properties of these materials in a effort to better understand why they behave as they do. To this end, various techniques have been performed revealing the high pressure properties of these materials.

What Employees Want From Their Employers, Angella Kyung

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study was conducted to discover what employees of different ethnicities, gender, and employment status want from their employers, utilizing the list of 10 items from previous studies among students who are attending the Hotel College at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Las Vegas depends on the hospitality industry with its abundance of restaurants, hotels, and casinos. In addition to the present state of the hospitality business, thousands of rooms will be added during the next four years with shopping malls, restaurants, and other hospitality businesses. Therefore, results of this study would provide insights to the casino hotels in …