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Review Of The Triumph Of Numbers By I. B. Cohen, H L. Vacher

Numeracy

I. Bernard Cohen, The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life. (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2005). 209 pp. $24.95 (USA). ISBN 0-393-05769-0.

The premier historian of science ends his career telling how the world has become awash in numbers—“how numbers entered the conduct of life and of government, the understanding of nature, and the analysis of societies.” The stories begin with Kepler and end with Florence Nightingale. In between, major players include Galileo, Harvey, Leeuwenhoek, and Halley; Graunt and Petty; Jefferson and Franklin; Lavoisier, Sinclair, Pinel and Louis; Guerry and Quetelet. The book tells of the spread …

Birds–Dead And Deadly: Why Numeracy Needs To Address Social Construction, Joel Best

Numeracy

Sociologists use the term social construction to refer to the processes by which people assign meaning to their world. This paper argues that numeracy education needs to address social construction. In particular, thinking critically about the statistics the news media report regarding social issues requires understanding the competitive nature of the social problems marketplace, and the social forces that allow questionable numbers to receive widespread public attention. Such critiques must incorporate more than assessing how the numbers were calculated; they must consider the social construction of particular statistics. Two recent examples—claims about the number of birds killed flying into windows, …

Evolution Of Numeracy And The National Numeracy Network, Bernard L. Madison, Lynn Arthur Steen

Numeracy

The National Numeracy Network grew from heightened awareness of the complex and sophisticated nature of quantitative literacy and the resulting need for interdisciplinary attention to education for quantitative literacy in schools and colleges. This complexity and sophistication applies especially to the US where it is fueled by an agile economy and the needs of a democratic society. This paper describes the environment surrounding the National Numeracy Network’s establishment, some of its activities, and some complementary and synergistic actions by other professional societies. The paper concludes with a sample of quantitative literacy programs in colleges and universities

Council On Academic Affairs Minutes, Dec 20, 2007, Eastern Kentucky University

Council on Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Clemson Commencement Program, December 2007, Clemson University

Clemson Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 42 No. 1, Winter 2008, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

The Place For Athletics
At a time when college sports scandals abound and the Academy is rethinking the proper place for athletics within the world of higher education, HCM recently sponsored a forum on this complex and challenging subject. Read the transcript of this discussion and discover what the future might hold for Crusader sports.
Moderated by Clark V. Booth ’61
Photographs by Patrick O’Connor

Flashback: The Bard of Linden Lane
Jesuit, College administrator and ardent booster for alma mater, Rev. Michael J. Earls of the Class of 1896 brought national attention to Holy Cross when he hosted G.K. Chesterton’s …

Assessment Of Maine's Long-Term Care Needs Baseline Report: Demographics And Use Of Long Term Care Services In Maine, Stuart Bratesman Mpp, Julie T. Fralich Mba, Karen Mauney, Catherine Mcguire Bs, Louise Olsen, Jasper Ziller

Disability & Aging

In 2006, the Office of Elder Services requested the assistance of the Muskie School in developing an assessment of long term care service use in Maine. This report provides baseline information on the demographic characteristics, participant characteristics and service use trends for people accessing long term care services in this State.

For purposes of this report, we have excluded people with MR/DD. Long term care services do not include community support services for people with mental illness.

In this report, long term care services include:

• Nursing Facility Services
• Private Non-medical Institutions
• Consumer Directed Attendant Services
• Day Health Services
• Elder and …

Iwu Alum Wins Service Award, Kimberly Stabosz

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Housing As A Community Asset, Milan Wall

Heartland Center for Leadership Development Materials

Slides of a presentation, Housing as a Community Asset, presented by Milan Wall, Co-Director of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, created December 19, 2007.

How Would You Describe Housing in Your Community?

Commencement Convocation Program, St. Petersburg Campus, December 18, 2007, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Regional Chancellor's Award for Civic Leadership - Roy Harrell; Outstanding Graduate - Brenda Mettetal

The Changing Faces Of New Hampshire: Recent Demographic Trends In The Granite State, Kenneth M. Johnson

Carsey Publications

New Hampshire, with a total population of 1.3 million, gained 79,000 residents between 2000 and 2006. Most of this growth (51,000 residents) came from migration. The migration also brought economic gains: New Hampshire gained at least $1.4 billion in income from migration between 2001 and 2005, and households moving in earned nearly $9,000 more than those leaving.

Stevenson Center Compass, Vol. 1, Iss. 1, December 18, 2007, Illinois State University, Stevenson Center For Community And Economic Development

Stevenson Center Compass

Newsletter for the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development

Worldview Construction: International Relations Concepts Embedded In Elementary Social Studies Textbooks, Louise Massey Strauss

Open Access Dissertations

Early civic education is crucial for worldview formation compatible with living in an increasingly interdependent world. In U.S. public schools, social studies is the locus of civic education. Social studies textbooks are the container of civic subject matter and teachers are its transmitters. Traditionally, civic education has been linked with national identity creation. In this study, educators are challenged to stimulate a complementary cosmopolitan identity because of social, political, and economic globalization trends and transition to an Information (and instant communication) Age. Using the social constructivist perspective, a content analysis model was developed for multi-state study of elementary social studies …

Commencement Convocation Program, Lakeland Campus, December 17, 2007, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Outstanding Senior - Tara Crum; Distinguished Service Award - Commissioner Jack Myers

2007-12-17 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2007

No abstract provided.

Tutor Strategies In Face-To-Face And Distance Tutorial Sessions: Tutor And Student Perceptions, Carrie L. Aldrich

Linguistics

As university populations become increasingly dependent on distance learning and support services for distance learning, writing centers progressively offer services by telephone, email, or virtual worlds in addition to the traditional face-to-face tutorials. The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Writing Center offers a "telephone tutorial" service for students from remote locations who fax their papers to a tutor who then conducts a tutorial session over the telephone. This study investigates tutor strategies in face-to-face and telephone tutorial sessions and tutor and student perceptions of effectiveness. I audio recorded 30 tutorial sessions with five tutors in six sessions each, half in …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 032, Number 21, December 17, 2007, Grand Valley State University

2007-2008, Volume 32

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

2007 December 16

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Fall 2007 Commencement Program, University Of Alabama In Huntsville

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Illinois State University, One Hundred And Forty-Seventh Annual Commencement, December 16, 2006, Illinois State University

Commencement Programs

Normal, Illinois
Illinois State University
One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Annual Commencement
December 16, 2006

South Dakota State University Graduation Exercises, December 15, 2007, Brookings, South Dakota, South Dakota State University

Commencement Programs

Please be advised that the names listed in the program do not represent official confirmation of meeting the graduation requirements. The Graduation Exercises ceremony will commence with introductions by University President David L. Chicoine. Honorary Marshals for the event are Allen R. Branum, Acting Director of Diversity Enhancement and Professor Emeritus of Psychology, and Virginia Norris, Professor and Head of Psychology. Delivering the graduation address titled, "Knowledge Workers in Tomorrow's Economy," will be Aelred Kurtenbach, Cofounder of Daktronics, Inc. and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dr. Carol J. Peterson, Provost and VIce Presidednt for Academic Affairs, will acknowledge faculty …

Fall Commencement Program, December 15, 2007, Coastal Carolina University

Commencement Programs

Program of Commencement Exercises at Coastal Carolina University.

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Graduate, December 15, 2007, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

President's Fellow Medallion - David Ward

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

Commencement Convocation Program, Tampa Campus, December 15, 2007, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Outstanding Senior - Amanda Day; Global Leadership Award - Carol Bellamy and Juan Vázquez; King O'Neal Scholars - Michelle Denise Frey and Steven Martin Wilson

158th Commencement, Winter

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

The Use Of School-Wide Positive Behavior Support At A Rural High School To Decrease Disruptive Behavior For Both Typical Students And Students Identified With Special Needs., Leia Dowdy Blevins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

There is ever-increasing pressure on school officials to provide a safe school environment that is conducive to learning. There is also a growing concern from teachers and administrators that many students are unrecognized for their continual appropriate behavior(s), in part, because of the attention consumed by both challenging students and students with exceptional talents and abilities. In response, a School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) approach is growing in popularity to address both of these issues. SWPBS is implemented across an entire school population and involves all individuals whether they are challenging, exceptional, or typical. The initial research shows encouraging results …

Comparing The Performance Of Heterogeneous And Homogeneous Swarms, Jason Alexander Hales

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis compares the performance of heterogeneous and homogenous swarms. Swarms are defined as particles or agents which react to their environment and fellow particles or agents according to social rules. The weights of three attributes of an individual agent were varied for these experiments: Collision Avoidance with individual agents in the swarm, Center of Mass of the swarm and the parameter that controls Velocity Matching in the swarm. In homogenous swarms, all individuals had the same attribute weights while in heterogeneous swarms weights for one attribute were taken from a normal distribution for the population. These swarms were then …

Feminist Perspectives On Liberation And Exploitation: A Phenomenological Study Of Performance, Nicole D. Troxell

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This paper describes the experiences of exploitation and liberation for neo burlesque performers using feminist theory as the context for analysis. The project had the following goals: to identify using phenomenology, the essence of new burlesque participant experiences, to analyze those experiences using feminist theories of exploitation and liberation regarding sex work, to compare burlesque to stripping, and to compare new burlesque to classic burlesque for understanding how burlesque is different today. To obtain these goals, participant observations were done of neo burlesque shows and neo burlesque performers agreed to an interview in which questions were asked that highlight their …

The Village Of River Ranch: A Post Occupancy Evaluation Of A Traditional Neighborhood Development In Lafayette, Louisiana, Elizabeth A. Tomlinson

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The proponents of New Urbanism claim the neighborhoods they design, called Traditional Neighborhood Developments (TNDs), promote community, sense of place, physical health, and environmental sustainability. Critics assert that community is stressed at the expense of individuality, that design unity has become rigid uniformity, and that the neighborhoods are orchestrated and do not reflect real life. This thesis, a post occupancy evaluation (POE), examines how one TND works for its residents and whether it accomplishes the goals of the architect/planner. An additional, essential purpose of this POE is to serve the "feed-forward" role of informing future neighborhood planning projects. The Village …