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From The Mayflower To Border Patrols: Who Deserves Access To Health Care In The United States: An Introduction, Ruqaiijah Yearby

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Sikh Turban: Post-9/11 Challenges To This Article Of Faith, Dawinder S. Sidhu, Hena Singh Gohil

Faculty Scholarship

This essay examines how the turban has transformed from a sacred piece of attire for Sikhs to a target for discriminatory conduct and an object of marginalization after 9/11. Part I provides an introduction to Sikhism, which originated in 17th century South Asia, and discusses the religious significance of the Sikh turban. Part II examines incidents of discrimination in several contexts involving turbaned Sikhs in America. Part III analyzes the debate surrounding assimilation that has been taking place in the West, which implicates conspicuous articles of faith, including the Sikh turban. The essay also explores the legal remedies available to …

Is There A Male Victim?: Discursive Subjection In Representations Of Female-On-Male Childhood Sexual Abuse, James Ireland Ducat

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis investigates established theoretical and embodied accounts of identities excluded within Western heteronormative society in order to seek out how those embodiments and theories may parallel what is contended that another impossible subject position -- the child male victim of adult female sexual violence.

Dual Language Educators: Tambien Tenemos Sentimientos, Monica Sophia Apodaca

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study will show that teaching is a career that involves a relatively high degree of stress. Without the proper coping skills or strategies, educators can face the risk of burn-out. This study will provide a qualitative and quantitative look into the professions of a group of dual language educators, offering suggestions and insights into the stressors unique to this group of educators.

Dyslexia: A Struggling Reader's Journey Towards Literacy, Cynthia Jenina Spence

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this research paper is to investigate how dyslexia is currently being defined and debated by both the academic and scientific communities. Additionally, this thesis analyzes how dyslexia is presently being dealt with in the classroom and how this disability is represented in children's literature.

Eugenic Discourse In The Work Of D.H. Lawrence, Christopher Lawrence Cotton

Theses Digitization Project

Eugenic discourse is apparent in the work of many writers in the early 20th century, but is especially explicit in D.H. Lawrence's novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover, as well as his private letters. A close reading of these works illustrates Lawrence's attempts to grapple with his advocacy of eugenic.

Improving Parental Involvement And Student Achievement With A Classroom Website, Jennifer Allison O'Kelley

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to develop an instructional tool, which would enable students and their parents to access the student's progress electronically at anytime and to determine if students whose parents utilized the teacher-created website and used email to communicate showed significant improvement in student's academics, behavior and attendance.

Efficacy Of Early Literacy Intervention Project For Early Literacy Development In Family Child Care Homes, Gloria Ruth Kinzler

Theses Digitization Project

This project focused on the concept that family childcare providers who completed "Building Literacy Bridges" intervention project, which included interactive early literacy classes on phonological and print awareness, dialogic and shared reading skills, as well as providing a literacy rich environment, would implement those concepts into their daily care with children. Nine family childcare providers completed the four-hour per week, four-week intervention project.

Public School Governance And Democracy: Does Public Participation Matter?, Natalie Gomez-Velez

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Market For Luca Pacioli's Summa Arithmetica, Alan Sangster, Gregory N. Stoner, Patricia Mccarthy

Accounting Historians Journal

This paper looks at an aspect of Luca Pacioli and his Summa Arithmetica that has not previously been explored in detail the market for which he wrote the book. In order to do so, it follows a path identified by two clues in the bookkeeping treatise as to the nature of this market that modern eyes, unaware of how life was in late 15th century Italy, have missed. After discussing the curriculum taught in schools at that time, this paper considers a range of possible markets for which the book may have been written. The paper concludes that it was …

Table Of Contents, Annals Of Health Law

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Immigrant Health Care: Social And Economic Costs Of Denying Access, Ann Weilbaecher

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Transcribed Speech Of Dr. E. Richard Brown, E. Richard Brown

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Discourse Analysis As An Approach To Intercultural Competence In The Advanced Efl Classroom, Sue Norton

Level 3

In 1991 Michael McCarthy wrote in his Preface to Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers that discourse analysis is ‘not a method of teaching languages; it is a way of describing and understanding how language is used’. By 1994 he had reformulated his position and, with Ronald Carter, published Language as Discourse: Perspectives for Language Teaching, which argued in favour of providing students with a metalanguage by which to analyse the language they were learning. These days, owing to the work of McCarthy, Carter, and others, the basics of discourse analysis can indeed comprise an appropriate subject matter for the advanced …

Triad Experiences: The Impact Of Joint Professional Development Forpre- And In- Service Science Teachers On Triad Dynamics, Todd Campbell, Kimberly H. Lott

Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications

This presentation focuses on the results of in-depth phenomenological interviewing of triads involved in a pilot professional development project.

Use Of Cooperative Learning And Computer Assisted Instruction To Investigate Mathematics Achievement Scores, Student's Attitude Toward Cooperative Learning And Confidence In Subject Matter, Kathy R. Griffin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated mathematics achievement scores between students working in cooperative learning groups using computer assisted instruction (CAI), and students working alone using CAI in a post-secondary developmental mathematics class. Fifty-one students enrolled in a basic mathematics course participated in the study. Two classes were assigned to work alone using CAI, and two classes were assigned to work in cooperative pairs using CAI. This study was a pre-post-test design, and was administered to all participants to determine their mathematics achievement scores.

A survey using a 5 point Likert Scale further examined if using cooperative learning and CAI would change students' …

The Effect Of Social Class On First -Year College Student Engagement And Satisfaction, Susan M. Mospens

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Social class is the hidden diversity on most college campuses. Although extensive research has demonstrated that social class is a strong predictor of access to college, retention, academic performance and college completion in higherEducation, little is known about the effect of social class on the college student experience as measured by student engagement and satisfaction. Grounded in Bourdieu's work on social and cultural capital, the premise of this study was to explore the interplay of campus culture and student social class culture. The goal was to identify aspects of the campus culture that impede or encourage engagement and satisfaction and …

The Study Of Relationships Between Perceptions Of English Communicative Proficiency Of International Students And College Satisfaction, Anongnad Naumnoi

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examines whether international students' communicative English proficiency affected satisfaction with quality of instruction, academic advising, services, and campus climate at Indiana State University (ISU). The study also attempts to determine if the students' level ofEducation affected their English proficiency and college satisfaction. The research was carried out at ISU in fall 2007. Eighty-five international students voluntarily participated in the study. Each subject was asked to assess his or her levels of English proficiency and rate his or her college satisfaction via an online survey. The results of the study show no significant relationship between the perceptions of English …

Research On The Experiences Of International Graduate Students: A Selective Literature Review, Bryan M. Carson

DLPS Faculty Publications

In 2003, there were 586,523 international students in U.S. institutions. International students make up 13 percent of U.S. graduate students, and account for one-fifth of all doctorates. Some students remain in the U.S., while others return to their home countries. Either way, however, international students represent a very significant portion of the U.S. higher education field. Yet the literature on international graduate students is surprisingly sparse. While there are many studies of the international graduate student experience, they tend to focus mostly on language acquisition, academics, acculturation and social adaptation. There are few well-constructed theoretical, qualitative, or quantitative studies dealing …

A Qualitative Study Of The Language Learning Experiences Of Latin Born Professional Baseball Players, Daniel Rueckert

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Using a qualitative approach, this study provided an analysis of the language learning experiences of Latin born professional baseball players from the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, and Minnesota Twins organizations. Using focus group interviews with follow up communication and artifacts, data were collected and analyzed to find common themes. The emergent themes were then used to shed light on the language learning experiences of these players. The themes that emerged from this study were the actual English abilities of these players; their use of individual study to transcend gaps in instruction; their motivations, attitudes and struggles for independence; aspects …

Analysis Of Learning Style Leads To Study Behaviors On Performance Achievement In The Context Of A Non-Linear Hypertext-Learning Environment, Jyy-Ling Tserng

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The study was conducted to examine factors that positively influence performance achievement in the context of an online, web-based hypertext learning system. The instrument Index of Learning Style was used to measure learning styles and the sole factor of sequential/global was used as a variable in this study. Study behavior as measured by frequency and duration was measured and used as a variable as well. Eighty-two freshmen from Far East College in Taiwan participated in the study. Participants were part of a required English class. Data were collected in Fall 2005. Each student had a pretest score, a posttest score, …

Attitudinal And Motivational Factors That Most Influence A Change Of Attitude Toward The Learning Of Spanish Language And Culture, Lucy Campbell

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study aimed to investigate Indiana State University's Foreign Language program for Spanish 102 regarding attitudinal and motivational factors that influence student's changes of attitude toward different aspects of the Hispanic culture. This program requires students to take a foreign-language course for two semesters in order to meet overall graduation requirements. This research was based on Dr. Robert C. Gardner's (1985a, 2005) Attitude and Motivation Investigations theory. It used the Attitude/Motivational Test Battery (AMTB) instrument developed by Gardner (2004) to measure factors on Attitude and Motivation. These 5 factors were as follows: (1) Attitude toward the learning situation, (2) Integrativeness, …

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: A Selected Annotated Bibliography, Julie Graves Krishnaswami

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

The Myth Of The Modern; The Anti-Myth Of The Postmodern, James E. Faulconer

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

No abstract provided.

A Cultural, Linguistic, And Ecological Framework For Response To Intervention With English Language Learners, Julie Esparza Brown, Jennifer Doolittle

Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article presents information on Response to Intervention (RTI) strategies for English Language Learners. The authors present a cultural, linguistic and ecological framework for RTI and suggest that RTI needs to account for each of these factors in order to be effective. They note the importance of understanding a student's language proficiency in their first and second language as well as the context that they acquired those language skills in. They examine the tier approach involved with RTI and explore how to incorporate their framework into this structure.

Partnerships To Recruit And Prepare Bilingual Teachers, Julie Esparza Brown

Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

To address the need for teachers with the skills to effectively teach English Language Learner (ELL) students, Portland State University (PSU) collaborated with three Portland area community colleges and 17 school districts to develop a program to recruit and prepare bilingual/bicultural teachers. This nine-year-old program provides a career ladder for education paraprofessionals. Candidates begin their work at the community colleges or at the upper division or graduate levels at PSU depending upon their backgrounds. This article describes the program, assessment of the program, and lessons learned. To date, over 190 candidates have completed the program and 99 percent have been …

Metaphoric Perspective Theory: Language To Action For The Self, Individuals, Communities, And Culture, Steven Adam Stuglin

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Metaphoric and tropic language have been a hallmark of human communication throughout the ages. From ancient examples and first attempts at scholarly understanding to postmodern lexicons of metaphor theory in two-dozen disciplines, the understanding of this lingual phenomenon has evolved and grown over arguably the entire length of human history. Communication scholars note the presence and prevalence of tropic language in practice and assert the power that it may have on how humans conceptualize the world around them.

Presented here is complete theory based in these long lines of lingual thought that asserts a direct and powerful relationship between language …

Ua1c7 Departmental Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images showing everyday activities of university departments.

Hate Speech And Identity Politics: A Situationalist Proposal, Julie Seaman

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Second Thoughts, Gregory Mitchell

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.