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Culture Learning In Spanish Companion Book Websites: An Analysis Of Tasks, Angela Cresswell

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Internet with its World Wide Web feature opened up a whole new frontier for language-culture learning that foreign language textbook authors have integrated into their programs. Designing tasks that progress beyond promoting learners' passive consumerism and reiteration of facts remains a goal and a challenge. Thus, three research questions characterized this study that sought to examine the on-line tasks associated with six current Spanish textbook programs. The design focused on an analysis of these tasks in light of prevailing culture learning concepts and other pedagogical paradigms posited by reputable foreign language educators to determine if they filled the gap …

Israaca: A Struggle For Somalia's Collective Consciousness And Accountability, Khadar Bashir-Ali, Muhamud Hussein Khalif, Hussein Ahmed Warsame

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

No abstract provided.

Contributors

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

No abstract provided.

My Dostoyevsky Syndrome: How I Escaped Being A Self-Hating Somali, Said S. Samatar

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

No abstract provided.

Interview With Professor Ioan Lewis At His Home In London, Charles Geshekter

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

No abstract provided.

The Disintegration Of Somalia: A Historiographical Essay, Lidwien Kapteijns

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

No abstract provided.

The Somali Studies International Association: A Brief History, Lee Cassanelli

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, November 4, 2008

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Why Our Next President May Keep His Or Her Senate Seat: A Conjecture On The Constitution’S Incompatibility Clause, Seth Barrett Tillman

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar

In this Article, Mr. Seth Barrett Tillman challenges the traditional interpretation of the Incompatibility Clause and argues that the President may serve both as the Chief Executive and as a member of Congress. Mr. Tillman utilizes the text, history, and structure of the Constitution to support his position. He ultimately concludes that whoever serves as the next President -- Senator Obama or Senator McCain -- need not resign from the Senate before assuming the Executive Office.

The Bg News November 4, 2008, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 4, 2008. Volume 99-Issue 49.

The Acquisition Of Procedural Skills: An Analysis Of The Worked-Example Effect Using Animated Demonstrations, David Lewis

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

While many educators suggest active, rather than passive learning, this is not always the best solution, especially when learners are novices. Sweller and Cooper found learners who passively studied worked examples were significantly more efficient than those who actively solved problems (Cooper & Sweller, 1987; Sweller & Cooper, 1985) later described as the "worked-example effect" (Sweller & Chandler, 1991).

The current study tested the claims of Lewis (2005) who suggested animated demonstrations act as worked examples. It compared the performance of groups of preservice teachers who: studied animated demonstrations (demo); studied animated demonstrations and practiced procedures (demo+practice & demo2+practice), or …

The Virtual Landscape Of Geological Information Topics, Methods, And Rhetoric In Modern Geology, Sarah Elizabeth Fratesi

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Geology is undergoing changes that could influence its knowledge claims, reportedly becoming more laboratory-based, technology-driven, quantitative, and physics- and chemistry-rich over time. This dissertation uses techniques from information science and linguistics to examine the geologic literature of 1945-2005. It consists of two studies: an examination of the geological literature as an expanding network of related subdisciplines, and an investigation of the linguistic and graphical argumentation strategies within geological journal articles.

The first investigation is a large-scale study of topics within articles from 67 geologic journals. Clustering of subdiscipline journals based on titles and keywords reveals six major areas of geology: …

Impact Of Seizure-Related Variables And Psychopathology On Health-Related Quality Of Life In Pediatric Epilepsy, Aja M. Meyer

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Psychopathology typically is a lasting condition that is persistent from childhood to adulthood. Therefore, it is imperative that children with health conditions and comorbid psychiatric disorders are treated for both conditions as they are likely to have a significant negative impact on children's overall health-related quality of life (HRQL). More specifically, it is important to identify the variables that affect HRQL in children with epilepsy. Research has shown that biomedical variables such as seizure severity and frequency have only moderate relationships with HRQL; therefore, additional factors, such as depression and anxiety, must be identified so that they also may be …

Crossword

Word Ways

A crossword puzzle.

Kickshaws, D. Morice

Word Ways

In the February 2009 issue of Word Ways, I will have completed my 1,000^th page of Kickshaws. This count includes the columns that I've put together; it doesn't include columns by all the very talented guest editors or by the highly esteemed Dave Silverman, founder and long-time editor of Kickshaws. The February column will be 25-35 pages long.

The Apple-Sauce Chronicles, Louis Phillips

Word Ways

Word Ways resumes this anthology of light-hearted wordplay (see the May 1984, November 1984, and August 1986 issues) with suitable foods and drinks.

Accidental Tautonyms, Jeff Grant

Word Ways

Whether you call them repeaters, double-ups, reduplications, or technically, tautonyms, words like FROUFROU, HINAHINA and GUITGUIT are fascinating. From ATLATL to ZOOZOO, and KAVAKAVA to TUCUTUCU, from DIVIDIVI to QUINAQUINA, and RIRORIRO to CHIQUICHIQUI, they all catch your eye.

The Soldier, Gary Foshee

Word Ways

A poem.

Holiday Limericks, Joseph Teeters

Word Ways

Limericks inspired by the holiday season.

Foshee Magically Interpreted, Jeremiah Farrell

Word Ways

Martin Gardner notes that Lewis Carroll begins Alice in Wonderland:

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do; once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading.

Gardner now asks the reader to select any of the first 12 words.

A Seasonal Puzzle, Dick Hess

Word Ways

Noted puzzlist Dick Hess supplied this poser to friends as a holiday message. Can you solve it?

Odes From The Odd Topics Society, Howard G. Baetzhold

Word Ways

Butler's Odd Topics Society meets every now and then to discuss Odd Topics of any nature. Professor Baetzhold is the Poet Laureate Odd Topics Society.

Punk Whiz 5, A. Anil

Word Ways

Another misdefinition pun quiz. Numbers in parentheses are the letters in the answer.

Instructions To Authors, Subscribers

Word Ways

Instructions to authors wishing to contribute and readers wishing to subscribe.

Mandala Vol. 27, Center For Southeast Asian Studies

Mandala

No abstract provided.

Requests Of Brown By Lc Classification: November 2008, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Requests of Brown from other HELIN libraries - November 2008

Colloquy

Word Ways

Please note that a new electronic version of Word Ways will be available for next year's volume. Subscribers will be able to view on screen the last five years of Word Ways and eventually all forty-two years of articles.

On Word-Length And Dictionary Size, John Henrick

Word Ways

It has long been known that the larger the dictionary, the longer the words that are contained in it. In an attempt to quantify this observation, I collected data from word lists based on several American and English dictionaries.

Leaping Letters, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

Each of these 2-word phrases contains a letter with flea-like tendencies whose sole aim in life is to leap across to the other word of the phrase! All well and good, but certain rules have to obtain and certain standards uphold in the process. The leap might be from the first word to the second word or from the second word to the first word. Whichever way they leap, the result must be another phrase.

Hewn-Ever, City-Head-You Occasion, A Anil

Word Ways

The cryptic title of this list reads "University Education". It features cognate homophonic puns of many of the academented Departments here at Puniversity. (Puny Verse at Tea?) The commentaries or course descriptions try to unearth some logic in the rubble, to 'defragment' it as it were, and to give clues if you have difficulty with any of them. As an additional clue it's alphabetical by the department's name before the degradation. I was going to make it a quiz but decided it's much too easy for you mob.