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The Learning Marketspace, October 2008, Bob Heterick, Carol Twigg

The Learning MarketSpace (4/03 - 4/14)

No abstract provided.

No. 146 Journal Of East Asian Libraries, Journal Of East Asian Libraries

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

New Appointments, Barbara Macadam, Amy Heinrich, Ellen Hammond, Ma Tai-Loi

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

The Advocate Fall 2008, University Of Tennessee College Of Law

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

A Scholar Diplomat's Legacy: William Woodville Rockhill And His Chinese Language Books At The Freer Gallery Of Art Library, Lily Kecskes

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Perceptual Differences In Quality Standards Among Teachers And Related Service Personnel Who Work With Students With Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Maria L. Manning, Lyndal M. Bullock, Robert A. Gable

Communication Disorders & Special Education Faculty Publications

Current legislation requires school personnel to identify indicators of quality instruction for all students—including students with emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD). While competency standards provide a measure of highly qualified teachers, questions remain whether or not there are inherent differences in what is expected by teachers and related service personnel within the classroom. Given present emphasis on inclusive education and, in light of a succession of reform initiatives it is time to reexamine perceived differences in level of relative importance attached to knowledge and skills statements based on standards established by the Council for Exceptional Children between teachers and related …

Wcsa Alumnews: Fall 2008, University Of Minnesota, Morris Office Of Alumni Relations

WCSA AlumNEWS

Contents Include: Knapp '61: life as a thoroughbred breeder influenced by childhood years; Greetings from the Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving; Warm weather winter gatherings of WCSA alumni; WCSA image earns honorable mention in USDA-NRCS photo contest; WCSA Board of Directors thanks new and departing members; Greetings from the Alumni Association President; All-School Summer Reunion Scrapbook; Class News; Thoughts from Kirby Greene '53; Class of 1954 reminder!; Knapp continued from page one; A message from Maddy Maxeiner, UMM associate vice chancellor for external relations; Invitation to Members of the Class of 1956 to support creation of scholarship

Extralegal Practices Of Afghan Refugees In Iran: Exploring Feminist Transnationalism And Immigration Theories, Shahin Gerami

Journal of Interdisciplinary Feminist Thought

A growing trend in population movement is transnationalism in which immigrants move between communities in host and home countries. Most research on transnationalists has focused on affluent immigrants engaging in global economy from the above and in the North. Transnational feminist narrative of agency allows that both licit and illegal activities practiced by marginalized communities of the South make a significant contribution to the global economy from below. A case study of Afghan refugee families in Iran revealed that their movement into Iran, another less developed country, resembles the immigration and integration of ethnic workers into advanced industrial countries. Their …

Supporting Children's Participation In Second Language Stories In An Irish Language Preschool, Maire Mhic Mhathuna

Articles

This paper considers how children learning a second language were supported as active participants during storytelling sessions in an Irish-language immersion preschool in Dublin. Audio-recordings and observations were made of the story sessions once a fortnight over a period of six months. The resulting transcripts were analysed from an interactionist perspective, recognising both the cognitive and social aspects of the process. The staff were also interviewed and a questionnaire was completed by the parents. The analysis showed that the practitioners provided support for the children through dynamic repeated readings of target books, scaffolded interactions, sufficient experience of storybook reading and …

A Comparison Of Child Advocacy Laws In Abuse And Neglect Cases In England And The United States, Pamela Newell Williams

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.

Among Friends Fall 2008 Vol 9 No 1, Friends Of The Bethel University Library

Among Friends Library Newsletter

Contents:

• Scholarship Award in Memory of Connie J. Larson
• Dear Friends
• Thank You, Generous Friends!
• My Summer with John Hassler
• A Presidential Selection
• Library Footnotes

Teaching Metalinguistic Awareness And Reading Comprehension With Riddles, Marcy Zipke

Education Faculty Publications

The article reports on multiple meanings in sentences and metalinguistic awareness in education. Comprehension of lexical ambiguity and structural ambiguity are presented as key components of reading education. The author explores the use of riddles in teaching language comprehension and having students develop their own riddles. The author concludes that riddles can encourage metalinguistic skill development and awareness. Other topics include homonyms, ambiguous sentences, riddle books, and brainstorming.

The Methodology Of Musical Ontology: Descriptivism And Its Implications, Andrew Kania

Philosophy Faculty Research

I investigate the widely held view that fundamental musical ontology should be descriptivist rather than revisionary, that is, that it should describe how we think about musical works, rather than how they are independently of our thought about them. I argue that if we take descriptivism seriously then, first, we should be sceptical of art-ontological arguments that appeal to independent metaphysical respectability; and, second, we should give ‘fictionalism’ about musical works—the theory that they do not exist—more serious consideration than it is usually accorded.

Creative Ecology: Art’S Role In Addressing Environmental And Sustainability Issues In Australia, Michael Meade

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Art has embodied the relationship between humans and the natural environment throughout the ages. As this relationship changed, many artists began to address concerns about the ways humans interact with nature. Today, more than ever, there is a need for channels of communication to address the major environmental and sustainability problems of our time. This study examines how art is influenced by environmental and sustainability concerns and the ways in which it responds to such concerns. By investigating how artists, community organizations, festivals and other initiatives encourage public awareness about environmental and sustainability issues, the study explores art’s role in …

College Students And Disabilities: How They Deal, Jovon Bell, Kendra Leveridge, Robin Rathje, Darlene Taylor

The College Student Experience (CNS 572)

No abstract provided.

Multiple Intelligences In The Classroom, Andrea Lauren Heming

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This project addresses the current hot topic in the field of education, of Multiple Intelligences. Howard Garner, psychologist and Harvard professor, believes there are multiple ways children learn. Through that belief he created the Multiple Intelligences Theory (MI) which states there are eight ways people learn or complete tasks. This project looked at the Theory of Multiple Intelligences and analyzed how it is applied in the classroom. Through research, direct observation, and interviews with teachers, it was found how this theory is practically applied in classrooms today. The following three questions were answered in this project. How are current teachers …

Contributors, Marvels & Tales Editors

Marvels & Tales

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Marvels & Tales Editors

Marvels & Tales

The Tale of Tales; or, Entertainment for Little Ones. By Giambattista Basile. Edited and translated by Nancy L. Canepa. Illustrated by Carmelo Lettere. Foreword by Jack Zipes.
Review by Edward F. Tuttle and Luisa Del Giudice.

Fairy Tales from Before Fairy Tales: The Medieval Latin Past of Wonderful Lies. By Jan M. Ziolkowski.
Review by Maria Teresa Agozzino.

Politicizing Magic: An Anthology of Russian and Soviet Fairy Tales. Edited by Marina Balina, Helena Goscilo, and Mark Lipovetsky.
Review by Sibelan Forrester.

In Quest of Indian Folktales: Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube and William Crooke. By Sadhana Naithani.
Review by Andrew …

Effacement And Metaphor: Searching For The Body In Educational Discourse, Keith Nainby, Deanna Fassett

Faculty Publications

This essay concerns the body’s positioning in discussions of teaching, specifically focusing on the authors’ efforts to trace discursive invocations of teachers’ bodies by students reflecting on the teaching vocation. The authors explore, through a series of intertwined autoethnographic narratives, the research process that led them through focus group data collection and analysis, to reflections on students’ metaphorical use of the “teacher’s body” in these focus groups, to (in light of feedback from anonymous reviewers) the role of the authors’ own teachers’ bodies in constituting this research and its implications.

Gallaudet Today Volume 38 Number 1 Fall 2008, Todd Byrd

Gallaudet Today

No abstract provided.

Ua10/1 Cec: Clinical Exchange Corner, Mary Lloyd Moore, Laura Reynolds, Wku Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex

CEC Publications

No abstract provided.

From Gutenberg To Juan Doe: The Dulling Of Quills, The Inking Of Fingers, And The Bluing Of Collars, Ken Macro

Graphic Communication

No abstract provided.

Reviving Ancient Traditions: A New Approach To The Emancipation Of Malian Women, Claire Crowley

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Being immersed in a Malian family for over three months has given me an opportunity to observe and experience certain dynamics of the culture not afforded to the average traveller. It was this very experience which served to inspire this project, a diversion from my original research topic of polygamy. While the textbooks focused on the compliance and submission of Malian women, each day spent immersed in the culture and my family hinted at something more. My family’s lifeline and backbone are the women who manage the household; particularly my Maman and sister. While many acknowledge that Malian women carry …

An Analysis Of The Inter-Dependency Of The Prominent Motifs Within The Book Of Qohelet, Richard Alan Fuhr, Jr.

Faculty Dissertations

This dissertation analyses and evaluates the seven most prominent motifs in the book of Qohelet with a view towards demonstrating the inter-dependency between these motifs. As each motif is evaluated in light of its relationship to other prominent motifs, a balanced approach to Qohelet is reached.

Chapter one presents an introduction to the background issues vital to Qohelet studies, along with a survey of current approaches and the presuppositions from which my own analysis of Qohelet will be taken. Chapter 2 begins the evaluation of motifs, focusing on the problem, or "dilemma" of hevel and Qohelet's quest to find a …

Literature As Life-Form: Media And Modernism In The Literary Theory Of Ōkuma Nobuyuki, William O. Gardner

Japanese Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Footnotes, Issue 2, Fall 2008, Department Of English

Footnotes: Department of English Newsletter (2008-2012)

No abstract provided.

Kahn Chronicle: Fall 2008, Smith College, Kahn Liberal Arts Institute

Kahn Chronicle

Table of Contents:

Looking Back: Ten Years at the Kahn
Student Fellowships for 2008-2009
Announcements
Short-Term Projects for 2008-2009
Proposing a Kahn Institute Project
Long-Term Projects for 2009-2010
Undergrounds Underworlds Final Report
Sustainable Houses, Homes, and Communities Final Report
A Note From the Director

On Representations Of Quantum Groups Uq(Fm(K,H)), Xin Tang, Yunge Xu

College of Health, Science, and Technology

We construct families of irreducible representations for a class of quantum groups Uq(fm(K,H). First, we realize these quantum groups as hyperbolic algebras. Such a realization yields natural families of irreducible weight representations for Uq(fm(K,H)). Second, we study the relationship between Uq(fm(K,H)) and Uq(fm(K)). As a result, any finite-dimensional weight representation of Uq(fm(K,H)) is proved to be completely reducible. Finally, we study the Whittaker model for the center of U q(fm(K,H)), and a classification of all irreducible Whittaker representations of Uq(fm(K,H)) is obtained. © 2008 Australian Mathematical Society.

Reading Horizons Vol. 49 No. 1

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 49, issue 1.

Untapped Cultural Support: The Influence Of Culturally Bound Prior Knowledge On Comprehension Performance, Ruanda Garth-Mccullough

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

By analyzing the prior knowledge of African American students, this study explored the relationship between cultural orientation of literature and reading comprehension to determine its’ effect on low, mid, and high level readers. Over one hundred 8th grade students from four different public schools read short stories from three different cultural orientations. Their reading comprehension performance was analyzed to determine the role that culturally bound prior knowledge plays in the comprehension process for low, medium, and high performing students. To measure the effects of cultural orientation of texts, prior achievement, and prior knowledge on the students’ reading comprehension performance, the …