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Examining Our Lore: A Survey Of Students' And Tutors' Satisfaction With Writing Center Conferences, Isabelle Thompson, Alyson Whyte, David Shannon, Amanda Muse, Kristen Miller, Milla Chappell, Abby Whigham

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.

Diversity Congruency Within Organizations: The Relationship Among Emotional Intelligence, Personality Structure, Ethnic Identity, Organizational Context And Perceptions Of Organizational Diversity, David Hurlic

Theses and Dissertations

This study explores the relationship among Emotional Intelligence (EI) (consisting of perception and appraisal, facilitating thinking, understanding emotions, and regulating emotions), Personality Structure (FFM) (consisting of extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experiences), Ethnic Identity, Organizational Context (OC), and Perceptions of Organizational Diversity. It is hoped that by examining the impact of individual personality structures, as well as, ethnic identity and organizational context as precursors to individual perceptions between EI, Personality Structure, and diversity and affirmative action, a more coherent method of analysis is created allowing organizations to identify specific factors contributing to affirmative action and diversity program acceptance …

Latino Parents' Perceptions Of Their Involvement In Their Children's Secondary Education And The College Preparation Process, Ronald C. Heredia

Theses and Dissertations

Involvement of Latino parents in their children's education and college preparation process is integral to the educational success of Latino students. This two-phase, mixed methods study explored the perspectives of Latino parents about their involvement in their children's education and college preparation process. First, archival data of the Path to College organization was examined for this study. Archival data were questionnaires completed by 132 Latino parents. Additionally, 5 separate semi-structured, face-to-face, focus groups were conducted with a sub-sample of 23 parents who had completed the questionnaire for the Path to College. All focus groups were conducted during the period of …

The Relationship Of Religious Self-Identification To Cultural Adaptation Among Iranian Immigrants And First Generation Iranians, Nazanin Saghafi

Theses and Dissertations

This causal-comparative study examined if Iranian or Iranian Americans of either Islamic or Jewish religious self-identifications significantly differ in their reported level of cultural adaptation as evidenced by level of acculturation and the degree of acculturative stress, after controlling for the influence of years of residence in the United States. To conduct this investigation, 107 participants were administered the Cultural Lifestyle Inventory (Mendoza, 1989), which was adapted for use with members of the Iranian culture (Ghaffarian, 1998), and the Kerendi-Kadkhoda Acculturative Stress Scale (Kerendi, 1998). The results of the MANCOVA indicate that religious identification does significantly influence cultural adaptation. Participants …

Factors That Inspire Preadolescent Students To Pursue College And Career Plans, Kamal Vinayak Inamdar

Theses and Dissertations

In the United States, minority students have lower high school graduation rates. This research was carried out to determine factors that influence seventh grade students' perceptions to complete high school, attend college and select a profession. A survey was conducted to determine whether their goals were influenced by factors such as gender, ethnicity and parental level of education. A total of 273 seventh grade students from a middle in Ventura, California, participated in this survey. From these 273, 211 students reported being very sure that they would graduate from high school, while 62 stated that they will most likely complete …

“Why Do We Do This?” Reflections Of A Two-Way Immersion School Principal On The Roles Of Parents, Teachers, And Her Own, In The Program, Franciso Ramos

School of Education Faculty Works

The present article offers the reflections of the principal of the longest-running two-way immersion school in Southern California on some of the key factors positively impacting the program, namely parental involvement, teacher commitment, and principal support. Additionally, it includes some of the critical challenges she must continuously face as part of her job, i.e., scarcity of qualified and minority language proficient teachers, lack of funding and adequate materials in the minority language, as well as the impact of federal and state education laws on the autonomy of the program. She also gave some recommendations, based on her professional experience, for …

My Perspective: Personal Beliefs Informing And Intersecting With Teaching Practice, Nicole Guinot Varty

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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Perspective Of Learning Together, Ray Lawson

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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Negotiating Perspectives: Writing As Democratic Citizens In The Classroom, Lindsay Ellis

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.

Fusing Two Philosophies To Promote Creativity, Higher-Order Thinking, And Organization In The Writing Process, Dan Schneider

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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Multiliteracies And Writing, W. Douglas Baker, Kia Jane Richmond

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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First Step Toward Third Space, Susan V. Piazza

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.

Futureperfect: Students Envisioning The Future, Fenobia I. Dallas

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.

Sing The Write Song: Collaborating To Bring Systemic Change In Writing, Mary F. Cooper, Connie Dye, Marianne Malarkey, Jenifer Michos

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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Using The Writer's Notebook: Engaging All Writers And Meeting Their Needs, Michele Kirkwood

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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Reducing The Uncertainty: Adolescent Literacy Practices Supported By Recent Research, Kristine Gritter

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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Launching A Writing Center: A Practical Possibility, Nicole Ziegler

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.

How Creating Class Zines Opens Pre-Freshman Writers To Write Confidently And Think Critically About Rhetorical Situations, Nicole Guinot Varty

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.

Little To Large: Critical Success Factors & Implications For Sme's In Kerry And Rural Ireland., Noelle Foley

Theses

This research is unique in that it profiles the growth trajectories of three global knowledge based companies in rural Ireland. The chosen companies were start-up small businesses that became international global leaders in their selected fields. The selected companies range from different industries but share similar growth trajectories and factors which have enabled high growth. There was a gap in research regarding the growth factors which have allowed small to medium-sized enterprises develop into large corporations. This study took an in-depth look at how each company has managed the vital factors in their growth transition in the hope of applying …

A Conference Centre : The Case For Cork., Eddie Chambers

Theses

This current research study is an examination of the impact on business in Cork City that the building of a Conference Ireland will have. It examines the current Conference Centre facilities available in Ireland and the imperative need for such a facility to be built in Cork to ensure that business in the City grows. This research study presents the ideas, estimations and beliefs of respected individuals that have a vested interest in the building of a Conference Centre in Cork City. There are a number of challenges facing the Docklands region, the proposed site of a Conference Centre with …

Early Verb Learners: Creative Or Not?, Jane B. Childers

Psychology Faculty Research

This monograph describes a longitudinal study of eight children's first verb uses including an analysis of the variety of words used in conjunction with 34 targeted verbs, the variety of utterances produced, and the patterns of developmental change in the first 10 uses of these verbs. These data are important because most diary studies have included very few children at a time and have not focused on the beginnings of verb learning. Thus, these results advance our understanding of an early stage of verb learning that has received relatively little attention.

Korean- And English-Speaking Children Use Cross-Situational Information To Learn Novel Predicate Terms, Jane B. Childers, Jae H. Paik

Psychology Faculty Research

This paper examines children’s attention to cross-situational information during word learning. Korean-speaking children in Korea and English speaking children in the US were taught four nonce words that referred to novel actions. For each word, children saw four related events: half were shown events that were very similar (Close comparisons), half were shown events that were not as similar (Far comparisons). The prediction was that children would compare events to each other and thus be influenced by the events shown. In addition, children in these language groups could be influenced differently as their verb systems differ. Although some differences were …

Ohio Trust Code Update: Recent Developments, Alan Newman

Akron Law Faculty Publications

This article is based on the author’s presentations at the 20th Annual Estate Planning Conference on Wealth Transfer in Columbus on June 26, 2009.

Since its enactment in 2006, effective January 1, 2007, the Ohio Trust Code (“OTC”) has been amended, a number of cases have been decided under it, and a variety of issues related to or raised by it have been identified. This article will review those developments.

Copyright Acknowledgment: This material is reprinted from the Probate Law Journal of Ohio with permission of Thomson Reuters. Copyright permission is on file.

39th Congress (1865-1867) And The 14th Amendment: Some Preliminary Perspectives, Richard Aynes

Akron Law Faculty Publications

The 39th Congress (1865-1867) was one of the important Congresses in our history. It passed more legislation than any other Congress up to that time.

This preliminary examination of the 39th Congress begins with a look it composition. One of the critical factors was that while the 38th Congress contained a majority of unionists, the 39th Congress contained a super-majority which meant not only that they could override a Presidential veto, but also that they did not need to take the Democratic opposition seriously. This article also identifies the leadership of the 39th Congress. The 38th Congress was composed of …

Academic Libraries In Poland University Of Warsaw Library As An Example Of Library Transformation In Post-Communist Poland, Ewa Dzurak

Publications and Research

This article examines the complex changes that have occurred in Polish academic libraries, especially the University of Warsaw Library (UWL), after the fall of communism in 1989.Shortly afterwards, thanks to grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, an accelerated transformation in all library practices began. In preparation for automation, the authority file was created, introducing the process of applying international standards in bibliographic description in a new climate of interlibrary cooperation. The Library of Congress classification and access to open stacks were introduced for the first time in Poland in a newly constructed UWL building. A crowning achievement of the …

The Cuban Embargo And Human Rights: Appraisal And Recommendations, Armando Perez-Roura

Intercultural Human Rights Law Review

Presentation by Armando Perez-Roura, Director Radio Mimba, translated into English by Ms. Cristina Maldonaldo.

Embargo Or Blockade - The Legal And Moral Dimensions Of The U.S. Economic Sanctions On Cuba, Berta Esperanza Hernandez-Truyol

Intercultural Human Rights Law Review

This essay will evaluate the embargo and its consequences in three parts. First, it briefly sets out the Human Rights framework within which this work scrutinizes the embargo. Following it presents a brief history of Cuba-U.S. relations including the creation and progression of the economic sanctions the U.S. has imposed on the neighboring island. Next, the essay evaluates the legality of the sanctions and concludes with a critical analysis of the impact of the sanctions.

Human Trafficking In The Balkans: An Inside Report, Jasna Vujin

Intercultural Human Rights Law Review

Human trafficking is not a myth or something that is part of our volatile past. It is not a problem that is targeting isolated parts of the world making only a small number of people its victims. It is our menace today and part of the cruel reality that we are raising our children in. It is a plague that endangers the world community, for no part of the globe is immune. How is it possible then that in this day and age, when the safeguarding of human rights is considered such a priority by many nations, human slavery continues …

School, Home, And Community: A Symbiosis For A Literacy Partnership, Karen C. Waters

Education Faculty Publications

With the belief that fertile ground for a literate environment is created through lots of oral language, ancestral anecdotes, and reading a variety of genre in fiction and nonfiction, it is possible to link home and school literacy communities. This chapter describes the connection between district literacy events and functional home activities as the basis for a partnership in developing higher level thinking that transcends the classroom. At monthly get-togethers, families were encouraged to participate in the very activities that were used in the classroom as part of the district's literacy block. In helping families acquire a few basic strategies …