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Stony Brook Press, V. 29, N. 16, Stony Brook University. Stony Brook Press.

Stony Brook Press

v. 29, n. 16, v.:ill. ; 38 cm (original analog pub.)

The Way We Speak Affects Our Reality : Why Speaking From The Values Of Racial Justice Begins The Creation Of A Racially Just World, Katherine Alice Hornowski

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This theoretical study is a declaration that speaking and acting from a place outside of opposition is powerful in creating a more racially just world. To explore this declaration, this thesis first reviews the language used in racial justice work today and the values that underlie this language. It then examines a different way of framing, one that seeks to come from a value system of acceptance of reality and working towards a more racially just world, rather than a value system rooted in opposition to reality and working against injustice. There is little to no literature on this topic. …

Development Of A Definition, Classification System, And Model For Cultural Geology., Lloyd W. Mitchell Iii

Theses and Dissertations

The concept for this study is based upon a personal interest by the author, an American Indian, in promoting cultural perspectives in undergraduate college teaching and learning environments. Most academicians recognize that merged fields can enhance undergraduate curricula. However, conflict may occur when instructors attempt to merge social science fields such as history or philosophy with geoscience fields such as mining and geomorphology. For example, ideologies of Earth structures derived from scientific methodologies may conflict with historical and spiritual understandings of Earth structures held by American Indians. Specifically, this study addresses the problem of how to combine cultural studies with …

The Effects Of Traditional And Instructional Models Of Sustained Silent Reading On The Reading Achievement And Motivation Of Third And Fourth Grade Students, Jacquelynn Malloy

All Dissertations

Despite a lack of empirical support for the effectiveness of sustained silent reading (SSR) in the literature, the practice of providing time for students to read materials of their own choosing during the school day is still offered in many classrooms today (Block & Mangieri, 2002; Nagy, Campenni, Shaw & Shaw, 2000; Pressley, Rankin & Yokoi, 1996). While many of the previous studies investigated a traditional version of SSR, where the teacher served as a model by reading silently during the period, this research also explores the effectiveness of an instructional version of SSR, known as Instructional Sustained Silent Reading, …

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, August 17, 2008, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2008

No abstract provided.

Eng 5091-001: Studies In Language And Linguistics, Buck

Fall 2008

No abstract provided.

Eng 2901-002: The Structure Of English, Buck

Fall 2008

No abstract provided.

Eng 3704-002: Ends Of The Road?, John Martone

Fall 2008

No abstract provided.

Eng 4775-001: Literary And Cultural Criticism And Theory, C Wharram

Fall 2008

No abstract provided.

Eng 4901-001, Timothy Shonk

Fall 2008

No abstract provided.

Emotions In The Classroom, Elizabeth D. Burris

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This study explores the classroom emotional experience of five teachers. It is based on the assumptions that teaching is an emotional enterprise; that teaching necessarily involves "emotional labor," or the work of emotion management; that attending to and working through emotions (a form of emotion management) can influence how teachers teach; and that doing this emotional labor in a group setting can be useful to teachers. An additional assumption is that psychoanalytic concepts can help frame teachers' emotional experiences. The study looks specifically at how teachers' awareness and understanding of emotions affect their experience of teaching and what it is …

The Effect Of Teacher-Fronted And Group Work Techniques On Beginning Chinese As A Foreign Language Learners' Acquisition Of Grammar In A Performed Culture Classroom, Chieh-Ting Lin

Theses and Dissertations

This study focuses on the effect of teacher-fronted and group work instruction on beginning Chinese as a Foreign Language learners' understanding and ability to use grammar principles correctly in a Performed Culture class setting. Three sections of beginning Chinese classes at Brigham Young University were selected to participate in the study. Each section instructor was assigned one of the following teaching techniques: teacher-fronted, group work, or a combination of both teacher-fronted and group work. Quizzes focusing on grammar were given before and after instruction to all students as pre-tests and post-tests. The results showed that students being taught with the …

A Slight Schooling On Deaf Education, Kathryn L. Hayden

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

By comparing a residential school for the deaf and hard of hearing with a mainstream inclusion educational setting, the performance of school-aged children who are deaf is presented. Previous research within the area of education for individuals who are deaf was gathered and used as a historical basis for the subsequent investigation. With the study of Erik Erikson's psychosocial stages of development and Lev Vygotsky's zone of proximal development, an analysis of education for individuals who are deaf was conducted and re-synthesized to provide a new understanding of education. Erik Erikson's psychosocial stages of development and Lev Vygotsky's Zone of …

Attachment Style And Identity Construction : The Choice Of Profession As One Method Of Culturally Mediating, Locating And Fulfilling Attachment Needs Both Interpersonally And Societally, Gwendolyn Cutting Wishard

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This mixed method study was undertaken to determine if successful professionals who are away from home for extended periods for work due to long hours and travel have particular types of close relationships, coping skills and identities. Secondly, the study examined whether their attachment styles as assessed by the quantitative measure, the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale -- ECR (Brennan, Clark and Shaver, 1998), revealed any relationships to their interview narratives concerning their professional successes, identities, close relationships in childhood and coping mechanisms. Using snowballing methods, successful professionals were recruited who had been in their careers for at least two …

Using Art Making In Cross-Cultural Clinical Therapy, Sara Ruth Schieffelin

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

Literature in the field of multicultural counseling and therapy supports the need to develop effective theories and practical models for working cross-culturally. Literature in the field of art therapy provides strong evidence that art-making can be a successful tool for therapeutic use with a wide range of clients. Yet there is little research linking these two fields. This theoretical study aims to extend the limited research on this topic by looking at the literature from these two fields, and examining how art-making in therapy can be used as a tool to alleviate some of the problems that can occur when …

The Double Bind Theory And Gender Non-Conforming Identity Development, Shannon Lydia Sennott

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

The aim of this study was to qualitatively investigate the double binding effects of gender oppression on the lives of persons that self-identify as masculine-spectrum gender non-conforming. The qualitative interview used was designed to illuminate early memories of an individual's family of origin and the ways in which parents, siblings, and other primary support systems reacted to gender non-conforming behaviors in a child. The purpose of this study was to answer the following question: Is the identity development of a masculine-spectrum gender non-conforming person built on a relational foundation that is intra-psychically located within a double bind? The definition of …

Development And Pilot Testing Of A Low Literacy Handout For Hispanic/Latino Caregivers To Promote Breastfeeding And Introduce Age Appropriate Foods For Infants, Judith C. Rodriguez, Nancy Correa-Matos

Florida Public Health Review

Based on input from four focus groups the authors developed a culturally and linguistically appropriate material (CLAM) that used a pictorial format to promote breast feeding and age-appropriate introduction of solids for Hispanics/Latinos that attended a public health clinic in the northeast region of Florida. The handout focused on five key, but simple educational messages. Clients were randomly assigned to receive 1) the physician's usual oral instruction or 2) instruction that incorporated the use, and provision of, the handout. Among the group (n=12) that received the handout the mean month for introduction of solids was 5 months compared to 4.07 …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern University honors two outstanding faculty members in College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
• Operation Move-In to give on-campus residents smooth start to year
• Georgia Southern University Welcomes New Faculty Members
• Georgia Southern University Holds Fall Convocation

Cellular-Satellite, A Different Kind Of Final Frontier, James Lyke, Robert Pugh

Small Satellite Conference

Extending the ideas of reconfigurable components and self-organizing, plug-and-play systems offer some very intriguing prospects for rapid satellites of the future. In this talk, we describe the “cellular satellite” as a paradigm for the ultimately modular and rapidly formed system. In this vision, all systems are formed as a vast ensemble of black-box cells, each of which is individually customizable to collectively form an integral system. Locally (within a given cell), all significant functions and properties (e.g., electrical, thermal, and mechanical) are softwaredefinable, similar in principle to the approaches used in ordinary field programmable gate arrays but extended far beyond …

Classroom Organizational Structures As Related To Student Achievement In Upper Elementary Grades In Northeast Tennessee Public Schools., Darrell Wayne Moore

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy And Gender In Social Class Reproduction, Spencer L. James

Theses and Dissertations

The observation that middle class parents tend to have middle class children is rather obvious. Why this is so has been the subject of less research than the fact that it is so. Using the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), I employ theories about social class reproduction to examine and evaluate a model that scrutinizes the influence of self-efficacy and self-esteem on college completion or current enrollment and investigate gender differences. I find that self-esteem and self-efficacy play a vital role in social class outcomes. However, I find no evidence of gender differences in the social class reproduction …

Parowan Valley Gaming Pieces And Insights Into Fremont Social Organization, Molly Allison Hall

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis primarily addresses the implications of Fremont gaming pieces in the Parowan Valley. First, I review ethnographic gaming pieces and compare them to the Fremont worked bone pieces in order to support the idea that they were used by the Fremont in games similar to the ones recorded ethnographically. Then, I analyze a collection of Fremont gaming pieces from excavations at three Parowan Valley sites. I note drastic differences in the characteristics found on pieces inside the Parowan Valley and those form outside the Parowan Valley. It is also clear that gaming pieces are being produced in the Parowan …

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, August 10, 2008, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2008

No abstract provided.

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, August 9, 2008, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

King O'Neal Scholar - Shamik Dwivedi

John Calvin: An Educational Innovator Or A Reflector Of Society, Jim Llewellyn Codling

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the influence of John Calvin in education, as well as those influences that affected him. It examined his writings to determine if his vision, as to the scope of education and its purpose, made him an innovator. The research searched for reforms in the areas of curriculum, understanding of the teaching office, and universal education. It also looked at philosophy, economics, and labor. Schools existed in Geneva before Calvin arrived in 1536; however, they did not function in the way that Calvin would have liked. Calvin provided the elementary students with a needed text when he prepared …

Foreign Aid, Rent-Seeking And Economic Growth In Sub-Saharan Africa, Takele Tassew Mojire

Theses and Dissertations

Three studies on foreign aid, rent-seeking, and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa are presented. The first study examines the possible simultaneity that may exist between a donor’s provision of aid and the rentseeking (corruption) activities in the recipient country. Does the amount of aid depend on the lack of corruption in a country? Simultaneously, does the level of corruption depend on the amount of aid and the type of donor? The main goals of this paper are to examine whether such simultaneity exists and whether the impact of aid depends on the type of the donor, either multilateral or bilateral. …

Counselors' Perceptions Of Training, Theoretical Orientation, Cultural And Gender Bias, And Use Of The Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders-Iv-Text Revision, Micah Patureau-Hatchett

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Counselor educators and counseling practitioners today reflect the future direction of the counseling profession; therefore, their opinions are important when discussing how professional counselors can reconcile the basic philosophies of humanistic counseling with the practical advantages and ethical and philosophical disadvantages that appear to be coexistent when discussing the diagnosis of clients and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV-Text Revision (DSM). This study sought to provide a reflective and concise description of the current perceptions of licensed professional counselors in reference to their training, their practice, and their dispositions about diagnosis and utilization of the DSM despite …

Exploring The Nature Of Language Anxiety: Experiences Of Nonnative Englishspeaking College Students In The United States, Noriko Ito

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The thought of learning another language makes some people cringe, while others display neutral to positive reactions. To understand the complex experiences of students learning a new language, this study investigated the affective psychological development encompassing language anxiety (LA) among nonnative Englishspeaking college students in the United States (US). The purpose of this study was to identify LA, while keeping in mind that some of the LA experiences may be moderate to none, and to explore the nature of this phenomenon. Ten university students from nine different countries were interviewed concerning their experiences learning and functioning in English in the …

An Investigation Into Aversions Toward Mathematics Affecting Entry-Level Mathematics Students Seeking Non -Math, Non -Science Degrees., Michael James Simmers

Theses and Dissertations

A large portion of the college student population often struggle with learning pre-calculus mathematics. There are a multitude of reasons why students struggle with mathematics, one of which is having a general dislike, often expressed as a hatred, of mathematics. When students enroll in a mathematics course with preconditioned judgments, it is quite likely to affect their confidence and success rate in the course. This study will investigate the origins of when, where, and why the aversion to mathematics began for students. Students from Intermediate Algebra (M102) courses (154) and a Calculus II (M166) course (10) voluntarily filled out the …

August 6th 2008, Hispanic News

Inland Empire Hispanic News

No abstract provided.