Digital Commons Network^™

Two Popular Books For Quantitative Literacy: What The Numbers Say, And The Numbers Game, Robert G. Root

Numeracy

Niederman, Derrick, and Boyum, David. What the Numbers Say: A Field Guide to Mastering Our Numerical World. (New York: Broadway Books/Random House, 2003). 288 pp. Hardcover, ISBN 978-0-7679-0998-3. Paperback, 978-0-7679-0999-0. Available as an eBook.

Blastland, Michael, and Dilnot, Andrew. The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics and in Life. (New York: Gotham Books/Penguin, 2009). 192 pp. Hardcover, ISBN 978-1-5924-0423-0. Paperback, ISBN 978-1-5924-0485-8. Available as an eBook.

Popular books on quantitative literacy need to be easy to read, reasonably comprehensive in scope, and include examples that are thought-provoking and memorable. In contrast …

Numeracy: Open-Access Publishing To Reduce The Cost Of Scholarly Journals, Todd A. Chavez

Numeracy

Each fiscal year, as academic librarians throughout the United States prepare materials budgets, a national “groan” ensues. Regardless of their format (i.e. print or digital), serial subscription costs are escalating, in the process impacting the role of the library in advancing scholarly communication . This paper examines some of the economic issues concerning open-access (OA) journal publishing. The importance of quantitative literacy is suggested for librarians and academics seeking a better understanding of alternatives to traditional journal subscription models and to anyone considering ventures into OA publishing. Quantitative literacy is essential for managing alternatives to the rising cost of scholarly …

Developing Evaluation Instrument For Mathematics Educational Software, Wahyu Setyaningrum

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

The rapid increase and availability of mathematics software, either for classroom or individual learning activities, presents a challenge for teachers. It has been argued that many products are limited in quality. Some of the more commonly used software products have been criticized for poor content, activities which fail to address some learning issues, poor graphics presentation, inadequate documentation, and other technical problems. The challenge for schools is to ensure that the educational software used in classrooms is appropriate and effective in supporting intended outcomes and goals. This paper aimed to develop instrument for evaluating mathematics educational software in order to …

Pengembangan Instrumen Penilaian Karya Seni Lukis Anak Di Sekolah Dasar, Tri Hartiti Retnowati

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengembangkan instrumen penilaian yang sahih dan andal untuk mengukur hasil belajar seni lukis anak. Melalui instrumen tersebut para guru seni lukis pada pendidikan dasar dapat melakukan penilaian secara objektif. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Penetapan konstruk instrumen penilaian proses dan produk dilakukan melalui pendapat pakar pendidikan seni, pakar seni lukis anak, pakar pengukuran, dan praktisi. Subjek penelitian adalah peserta didik sekolah dasar kelas satu, dua, dan tiga dan guru seni lukis di SD Muhammadiyah Sapen Yogyakarta, MIN Tempel, dan SDN Langen Sari Yogyakarta. Penentuan koefisien reliabilitas instrumen dilakukan dengan menggunakan paket program genova berdasarkan teori …

Asesmen Teman Sejawat Pada Pembelajaran Kolaboratif Pemecahan Masalah Akuntansi Perusahaan Jasa, Suratno Suratno

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui adaptabilitas dan keefektifan model Asesmen Teman Sejawat (ATS) untuk mengukur kemampuan pemecahan masalah bidang Akuntansi Perusahaan Jasa. Subjek coba adalah mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Ekonomi FKIP Unlam. Instrumen pengumpulan data terdiri atas: (1) tiga macam tes kemampuan pemecahan masalah, (2) angket skala lajuan kemampuan kerjasama kolaboratif, (3) rubrik penilaian analitik dan (4) log dan jurnal belajar. Data dianalisis dengan GLM Repeated Measures dan statistik non-parametrik. Kesimpulan menunjukkan bahwa ATS: (1) secara signifikan lebih baik daripada model asesmen konvensional. (2) tidak selalu tepat untuk mengungkap penguasaan kemampuan pemecahan masalah yang bersifat novelty, (3) memiliki kelayakan, …

Model Pembelajaran Lima Domain Sains Dengan Pendekatan Kontekstual Untuk Mengembangkan Pembelajaran Bermakna, Dadan Rosana

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan Model Pembelajaran Lima Domain Sains (MP5DS) dengan pendekatan kontekstual berlandaskan teori konstruktivisme untuk menghasilkan pembelajaran bermakna, melalui tahapan; (1) pengembangan perangkat pembelajaran dan sumber belajar (2) pengujian hubungan antar variabel, serta MP5DS dengan variabel yang mempengaruhinya. Metode penelitian mengggunakan penelitian dan pengembangan model spiral. Teknik analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis jalur dan model persamaan struktural menggunakan AMOS 6.0. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan: (1) prototipe perangkat pembelajaran dan prosedur implementasi MP5DS untuk pembelajaran sains, (2) terdapat pengaruh langsung yang positif dan signifikan maupun tidak langsung antar variabel kognitif, afektif, proses, aplikasi dan kreativitas, (3) pencapaian nilai …

Psikologi Kognitif Sebagai Dasar Pengembangan Tes Kemampuan Dasar Membaca Bidang Sains, Ani Rusilowati

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: (1) menguji psikologi kognitif sebagai dasar pengembangan tes kemampuan dasar (TKD) membaca sains; (2) menentukan karakteristik TKD membaca sains yang dikembangkan; (3) menentukan kriteria penilaian dan cara menginterpretasikan hasil TKD. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan. Populasi penelitian adalah siswa SD kelas 5 di kota Ungaran, kabupaten Semarang. Sampel ditentukan secara clustering random sampling, dengan ukuran 549 siswa. Instrumen berupa tes kemampuan dasar membaca, bertema Sains, berbentuk tes objektif 3 pilihan, sebanyak tiga buku tes. Analisis dilakukan dengan bantuan software microCat ITEMAN, BILOG, dan LISREL. Hasil penelitian berupa: (1) tiga buku tes TKD-membaca yang …

Rescue Snapshots

HSUS Annual Reports 2005-18

No abstract provided.

Assessing Introductory Rural Sociology, Joseph F. Donnermeyer, Benjamin Gray

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This article reports on the results of an assessment of an introductory rural sociology course offered at two land-grant universities, which are very different in size. These institutions are North Carolina A&T State University and The Ohio State University. The authors use similar assessment tools, including an embedded pre and post test of knowledge gained, students’ written comments to open-ended questions administered at the end of term about the quality of the class and the instructors, and the traditional, standardized Student Evaluation of Instruction, an instrument used across many universities. In addition, at OSU, a small group diagnostic of students …

The Mobile Bay Watershed Project: An Experiment In Collaborative Learning About The Social Construction Of Environmental And Natural Resource Problems, Michelle Worosz

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

A collaborative research project was developed for a multidisciplinary class of advanced undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in Sociology of Natural Resources and the Environment. The goals of the project were to determine the feasibility of offering an experiential learning opportunity and to explore its usefulness in enhancing students’ thinking about the social constructedness of natural resource and environmental (NRE) problems. The context was the Mobile Bay watershed, which is the site of a variety of concerns such as land use, pollution, and habitat destruction. To explore these types of problems, students completed a series of assignments including a media …

Keefektifan Program Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan Teknologi Dan Industri (Smkti), Sumarno Sumarno

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui keefektifan program pendidikan Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan Teknologi Industri (SMKTI), yang mencakup: (1) angka partisipasi lulusan Jurusan Mesin, Elektro, dan Bangunan pada industri utama dan unit produksi, dan (2) indikator pasar tenaga kerja lulusan pada waktu mendatang. Subjek penelitian ini adalah tenaga kerja lulusan SMKTI Kota Bandar Lampung. Data penelitian dikumpulkan melalui dokumentasi dan dianalisis secara deskriptif. Untuk mengetahui indikator prospek pasar tenaga kerja lulusan SMKTI digunakan persamaan Grip dan Heijke (1998). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) pada unit produksi, jurusan teknik mesin mempunyai angka partisipasi 0,66 sampai 0,76 (efektif), jurusan teknik bangunan mempunyai angka partisipasi …

Pengembangan Mesin Cnc Virtual Sebagai Media Interaktif Dalam Pembelajaran Pemrograman Cnc, Bambang Setyo Hari Purwoko

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan: (1) menghasilkan prototype tampilan lingkungan fisik sebuah mesin bubut CNC (Virtual Reality CNC) pada layar komputer yang dapat menerima masukan dan dioperasikan sebagaimana suatu mesin CNC dan (2) menguji keefektifan prototype mesin CNC Virtual tersebut sebagai media interaktif pembelajaran pemrograman CNC. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan. Obyek penelitian adalah rekayasa pemrograman dengan bahasa Visual Basic 6 guna menghasilkan mesin CNC Virtual. Subjek penelitian ini adalah dosen dan mahasiswa peserta kuliah CNC di FT UNY, guru dan siswa pebelajar CNC di SMK, ahli teknologi pembelajaran, dan ahli media pendidikan. Data dikumpulkan dengan observasi, kusioner, dan tes …

Winona Currents Annual Report 2009, University Advancement - Winona State University

Winona Currents

This magazine published by Winona State University’s University Advancement was intended to inform WSU Alumni, students, faculty, staff and the greater community about Alumni and the university.Winona Currents Annual Report for 2009.

The Weekly Challenger, December 31, 2009, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 31, 2009, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Lawyers As Resource Allies In Workers' Struggles For Social Change, E. Tammy Kim

City University of New York Law Review

No abstract provided.

Anomalous Constitutive Src Kinase Activity Promotes B Lymphoma Survival And Growth, Jiyuan Ke, R. Lakshman Chelvarajan, Vishal Sindhava, Darrell A. Robertson, Lazaros Lekakis, C. Darrell Jennings, Subbarao Bondada

Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications

Background: Previously we have shown that B cell receptor (BCR) expression and B cell receptor signaling pathways are important for the basal growth of B lymphoma cells. In particular we have shown that the activation of Syk, a non-src family protein tyrosine kinase and the mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK), ERK and JNK that mediate BCR signals are required for the constitutive growth of B lymphoma cells. Since src family protein tyrosine kinases (SFKs) like Lyn are known to be needed for the phosphorylation of BCR co-receptors, Ig-alpha and Ig-beta, we hypothesized that one or more SFKs will be constitutively …

Editorial: Un(Precedent)Ed, Robert Sweeny

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education

The 30th Volume of The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education is unprecedented, in many ways. First the theme is unprecedented, or, rather, Un(predecedent)ED. This typographical wordplay, quite common throughout the history of JSTAE, troubles habitual readings of the term, allowing for interpretations that open up possibilities, however brief, for new forms of research, theorizing and artmaking. These are just a few of the interpretations of the volume theme, which each of the authors addresses in a unique manner. Some approach the theme head on, while others choose a more oblique angle of analysis and exploration. Some deal with …

Modelling The Impact Of Urbanization On Groundwater Using System Dynamic Technique. A Case Study Of Arusha Municipal Well Field In Northeastern Tanzania, Nimzihirwa Kashimbiri

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

This paper is concerned with the impact of urbanization in aquifer well-system located in the Municipal area of Arusha city, Tanzania. A system dynamic (SD) model was built under VENSIM PLE workbench from twenty-five years (1978-2003) physical and non-physical data to simulate their interactions and relations. This involved use of mathematics ideas and concepts in studying the physical and non – physical components separately, and finally putting them together in new form (model) and study their relations. After model was found to be structurally complete and simulate properly by using the model and unit check tool of VENSIMPLE, parametric calibration …

Managing A Creative Practice, Julie C. Barrett

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

Myths and assumptions about creativity often lead us to believe that creativity is innate. Researchers find though, that we develop creative skills like any other ability, through opportunity, encouragement and practice. They also believe that most people fail to reach their creative potential, not because of lack of ability, but lack of opportunity. In this paper, I studied how creativity functions (specifically in terms of my own painting practice) and how it can be applied more flexibly. Certain factors, such as access to strong mentors, freedom to experiment, and readily available resources, help potentially exceptional minds find the passion to …

Mentoring Towards Resilient Thought, Jeneen M. Mucci

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

The focus of my Synthesis Project is the development of a Curriculum Guide that outlines the importance of building relationships with young people that are meaningful, supported, structured and collaborative. In developing this guide, I felt it was essential to create a framework that will support my work within youth development, for young people ages 9-19, in order to scaffold learning and foster opportunities for resilient thought. In addition to supporting these learning opportunities, I also felt it was important to develop a foundation from which the staff that I supervise and work with, understand the importance of their role …

Sticks And Stones, The Words That Hurt: Entrenched Stereotypes Eight Years After 9/11, Sahar F. Aziz

City University of New York Law Review

No abstract provided.

Here Comes The Neighborhood: Attorneys, Organizers, And Immigrants Advancing A Collaborative Vision Of Justice, Sebastian Amar, Guy Johnson

City University of New York Law Review

No abstract provided.

Old Jokes And New Multiculturalisms: Continuity And Change In Vernacular Discourse On The Yucatec Maya Language, Fernando Armstrong-Fumero

Anthropology: Faculty Publications

Much recent literature on indigenous identity politics in Latin America has emphasized the emergence of new discourses on ethnic citizenship. However, the ways in which state-sponsored efforts to validate and revitalize the Yucatec Maya language become relevant to rural Yucatecans reflect far more continuity with older local narratives about the relationship between language use and modernity. Situating contemporary engagements with multicultural language policies within a broader history of locally meaningful language practices complicates the general model of indigenous language communities that has informed many recent studies of Latin American identity politics and reframes scholarly debates that have emphasized contrasts between …

Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering October 1, 2009 To December 31, 2009, Margaret N. Rees

Get Outdoors Nevada

• The number of records in the volunteer database decreased by 14% over last quarter. The database now contains 5,996 records.
• Website activity increased, recording an average of 121,918 hits per month, an increase of 8% from last quarter, with an average of 9,686 pages viewed per month.
• Volunteer fall training has been completed.
• One hundred and twenty-seven people attended the Volunteer Recognition Event.

A December To Remember, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It has been a December to remember. As the month comes to a close with a remarkable flurry of headline sports stories, its clear that this one month was not only one for the memory bank, but that it may have been the most fitting way to end a year that has certified the decade as the Naughty Naughties. What seemed like an awkward tag at the beginning of the new century has become a most appropriate signature phrase as this decade comes to its ignominious close.

Gendering Action In Iberian Chivalric Romance, Montserrat Piera, Jodi Shearn

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Bleeding Pages, Bleeding Bodies: A Gendered Reading Of British Library Ms Egerton 1821, Nancy Thebaut

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Why Not Women Seafarers? : Towards A Development Strategy For The Recruitment And Retention Of Women Seafarers In Cargo Ships With Particular Reference To The Republic Of Korea, So-Hyun Jo

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Combining Therapeutic Ultrasound And Breast Massage For Plugged Ducts: Three Casereports, Yu-Chun Lee, Xiu-Yong Hong, Chin-Teng Chung, Wei-Chih Chen, Hui-Mi Liu, Si-Wa Chan

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Plugged ducts are a common problem during lactation. They often occur when the breast is not emptied properly, or when there is local pressure on the breast. Plugged ducts usually occur three to four weeks postpartum. Symptoms include a sensitive lump with well-defined margins in the breast. There may be pain and tenderness in the affected area, although this is not necessarily accompanied by systemic symptoms such as high-grade fever. Milk flow can be blocked and sometimes a tiny white spot can be seen at the opening of the mammary duct on the nipple. Without treatment, plugged ducts can lead …

Cyber Warfare And Precautions Against The Effects Of Attacks, Eric Talbot Jensen

Faculty Scholarship

Ninety-eight percent of all U.S. government communications travel over civilian-owned-and-operated networks. Additionally, the government relies almost completely on civilian providers for computer software and hardware products, services, and maintenance. This near-complete intermixing of civilian and military computer infrastructure makes many of those civilian objects and providers legitimate targets under the law of armed conflict. Other civilian networks, services, and communications may suffer collateral damage from legitimate attacks on government targets. To protect those civilian objects and providers from the effects of attacks, the law of armed conflict requires a state to segregate its military assets from the civilian population and …