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Communicative Functions Of Young Children's Visual Art, Clover Simms Wright Dec 2008

Communicative Functions Of Young Children's Visual Art, Clover Simms Wright

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

How can young children use visual art to communicate? This study used Halliday's communicative functions of language (Halliday, 1973), to frame the answer to this question; Halliday's categories of communicative functions are: instrumental, regulatory, interactional, personal, heuristic, imaginative, and representational/informative. Five children, between the ages of three and five, were observed and interviewed as they voluntarily created visual art over a six-week period. In that time period, each of the seven functions of language was demonstrated collectively by the participants. The research was conducted by an educator employed in the early childhood setting. Qualitatively, this study confirmed that young children …


Promoting Self-Directed Learning In Adult Piano Instruction, Rhonda Jane Mizok-Taylor Dec 2008

Promoting Self-Directed Learning In Adult Piano Instruction, Rhonda Jane Mizok-Taylor

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

More and more adults are studying music. Because of this, the number of adult method books has been increasing; however, when writing an adult method book, it is important for the author to remember that adults are more capable of independent learning by using their own previous musical experiences to understand new material. They may not wish to be completely dependent on a teacher for every aspect of instruction.;Using questions derived from Malcolm Knowles' book Self-Directed Learning and questions used by Hung-Ling Chen in the dissertation "An Investigation of Self-Directed Learning among Non-Music Major Adult Piano Learners in One-to-One Piano …


Teach A Man: Proactively Battling Food Insecurity By Increasing Access To Local Foods, Christina Fox Dec 2008

Teach A Man: Proactively Battling Food Insecurity By Increasing Access To Local Foods, Christina Fox

Journal of Food Law & Policy

This Chinese proverb has broad application when addressing the issue of food insecurity. It transcends beyond national borders and gender categories. It applies to many men, women, and children who are confronted by food insecurity today in America. Food insecurity is the "limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or the limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.


Journal Of Food Law & Policy - Fall 2008, Journal Editors Dec 2008

Journal Of Food Law & Policy - Fall 2008, Journal Editors

Journal of Food Law & Policy

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A Meating Of The Minds: Possible Pitfalls And Benefits Of Certified Organic Livestock Production And The Prodigious Potential Of Brazil, Adam Schlosser Dec 2008

A Meating Of The Minds: Possible Pitfalls And Benefits Of Certified Organic Livestock Production And The Prodigious Potential Of Brazil, Adam Schlosser

Journal of Food Law & Policy

Certified organic food represents the fastest growing segment of food production in both the United States and throughout the entire world. This article examines the issues and opportunities facing both large and small-scale farmers who wish to engage in organic livestock production. Organic regulations cover everything involved in production, starting with the organic certification process and concluding with slaughter and the subsequent shipping and sale of the end organic product. The final section of this article addresses the unique ability of Brazil - described alternatively as "the world's warehouse" and the "world's [future] source of food" - to increase the …


Taking The Global Plunge: Using In-Country Language Immersion As A Holistic Professional Development Tool, Marjorie Lynne Gerber Dec 2008

Taking The Global Plunge: Using In-Country Language Immersion As A Holistic Professional Development Tool, Marjorie Lynne Gerber

Global Business Languages

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Colliders And Brane Vector Phenomenology, T. E. Clark, S. T. Love, C. Xiong, M. Nitta, T. Veldhuis Dec 2008

Colliders And Brane Vector Phenomenology, T. E. Clark, S. T. Love, C. Xiong, M. Nitta, T. Veldhuis

Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

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People Profile: Sylvia Miller, Editor Dec 2008

People Profile: Sylvia Miller, Editor

Against the Grain

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Introduction, Christiane E. Keck, Allen G. Wood Dec 2008

Introduction, Christiane E. Keck, Allen G. Wood

Global Business Languages

No abstract provided.


No Acute Effects Of Grape Juice On Appetite, Implicit Memory And Mood, Sara J. Hendrickson, Richard D. Mattes Dec 2008

No Acute Effects Of Grape Juice On Appetite, Implicit Memory And Mood, Sara J. Hendrickson, Richard D. Mattes

Botanicals Research Center for Age-Related Diseases Publications

Background: Animal experiments document effects of grape juice on cognitive performance and motor skills, and observational studies in humans suggest an inverse association between flavonoid intake and cognitive decline. These effects may be related to the antioxidant properties of polyphenols. Juice consumption and flavonoid intake may also affect appetite. Objective: To study the acute effects of grape juice consumption on appetite, mood and implicit memory during a time of increased lethargy - the post-lunch dip. Design: Thirty-five participants with a mean age of 26 years who smoked a mean of 11 cigarettes/day for 8 years were included in the study. …


Jhn Journal (Download The Full Pdf Of This Issue), Robert H. Rosenwasser Md Dec 2008

Jhn Journal (Download The Full Pdf Of This Issue), Robert H. Rosenwasser Md

JHN Journal

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Clinical Guidelines Written By Residents, David W. Andrews Md Dec 2008

Clinical Guidelines Written By Residents, David W. Andrews Md

JHN Journal

“Variation” is an innocent word that that can represent many levels of frustration to the clinician. Variation among patients is the least of these; the physician expects patients and their individual problems to be as diverse as the human race itself. Variation within a practice should be due to matching the specific needs of the specific patient. Other variations can mean trouble if they represent differences in understanding of the problem among clinicians and other allied health practitioners. These differences could be between institutions or even between shifts within one institution.


The Posthuman Ethos In Cyberpunk Science Fiction, María Goicoechea Dec 2008

The Posthuman Ethos In Cyberpunk Science Fiction, María Goicoechea

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "The Posthuman Ethos in Cyberpunk Science Fiction" María Goicoechea explores the posthuman tendencies of Anglo-American popular culture as they are manifested in the representations of the cyborgs, clones, and artificial intelligences that populate cyberpunk science fiction. Choosing the figure of the cyborg as the central myth of cyberculture, Goicoechea exposes the underlying tensions and contradictions present in cyberpunk prescient visions of humanity's evolution. Goicoechea reviews the variety of contradictory meanings that have been sedimented over this hybrid creature, using as ideological framework the digital narratives of "Technoromanticism" and "Cybergothic," respectively the dominant and the countercultural trend inside …


People Profile: Laura Cerruti, Editor Dec 2008

People Profile: Laura Cerruti, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Publisher-Library Relations: What Assets Does A University Press Bring To The Partnership?, Patrick H. Alexander Dec 2008

Publisher-Library Relations: What Assets Does A University Press Bring To The Partnership?, Patrick H. Alexander

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Local, Sustainable, And Organic Publishing: A Library-Press Collaboration At The University Of California, Catherine A. Mitchell, Laura Cerruti Dec 2008

Local, Sustainable, And Organic Publishing: A Library-Press Collaboration At The University Of California, Catherine A. Mitchell, Laura Cerruti

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Atg Special Report -- Researcher: The Open Source Solution For Managing Electronic Resources, Rachel A. Erb Dec 2008

Atg Special Report -- Researcher: The Open Source Solution For Managing Electronic Resources, Rachel A. Erb

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


I Hear The Train A Comin' -- All I Really Need To Know..., Greg Tananbaum Dec 2008

I Hear The Train A Comin' -- All I Really Need To Know..., Greg Tananbaum

Against the Grain

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Purposeful Collaboration For Research Libraries And University Presses, Michael J. Furlough Dec 2008

Purposeful Collaboration For Research Libraries And University Presses, Michael J. Furlough

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews -- Monographic Musings, Debbie Vaughn Dec 2008

Book Reviews -- Monographic Musings, Debbie Vaughn

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


The Coefficient Partnership: Project Euclid, Cornell University Library And Duke University Press, Terry Ehling, Erich Staib Dec 2008

The Coefficient Partnership: Project Euclid, Cornell University Library And Duke University Press, Terry Ehling, Erich Staib

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Random Ramblings -- Introductions, Bob Holley Dec 2008

Random Ramblings -- Introductions, Bob Holley

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Technology Left Behind -- Ravelry Revelry, Cris Ferguson Dec 2008

Technology Left Behind -- Ravelry Revelry, Cris Ferguson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Back Talk -- Cd In Digital Era Calis, Anthony (Tony) W. Ferguson Dec 2008

Back Talk -- Cd In Digital Era Calis, Anthony (Tony) W. Ferguson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Atg Special Report -- Some Considerations In Selecting Scientific Journal Backfiles, Ann Bolek Dec 2008

Atg Special Report -- Some Considerations In Selecting Scientific Journal Backfiles, Ann Bolek

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


People Profile: Erich Staib, Editor Dec 2008

People Profile: Erich Staib, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


From The Reference Desk, Thomas Gilson Dec 2008

From The Reference Desk, Thomas Gilson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Future Tense -- The Disapproval Plan: Rules-Based Weeding & Storage Decisions, Rick Lugg, Ruth Fischer Dec 2008

Future Tense -- The Disapproval Plan: Rules-Based Weeding & Storage Decisions, Rick Lugg, Ruth Fischer

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Publishing The Long Civil Rights Movement At The University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, Sylvia Miller Dec 2008

Publishing The Long Civil Rights Movement At The University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, Sylvia Miller

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Booklover -- Joy And Against The Grain, Donna Jacobs Dec 2008

Booklover -- Joy And Against The Grain, Donna Jacobs

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.