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Impact Of No Child Left Behind On Curriculum And Instruction In Rural Schools, Deborah Powell, Heidi J. Higgins, Roberta Aram, Andrea Freed Nov 2009

Impact Of No Child Left Behind On Curriculum And Instruction In Rural Schools, Deborah Powell, Heidi J. Higgins, Roberta Aram, Andrea Freed

The Rural Educator

This article examines the influence of the No Child Left Behind Act on the decision making of rural principals and teachers about curriculum and instruction as well as the possible long-term effects on rural education. Data were gathered from 101 rural elementary school principals in Missouri and 76 rural elementary school teachers in Maine. Missouri principals were concerned about losing their autonomy and abilities to be instructional leaders. Maine teachers reported that NCLB benefited some groups of students more than others and that it has a negative effect on student motivation. There were significant changes in instructional time for some …

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Supporting Online Learning For Advanced Placement Students In Small Rural Schools: Conceptual Foundations And Intervention Components Of The Facilitator Preparation Program, Matthew J. Irvin, Wallace H. Hannum, Thomas W. Farmer, Claire De La Varre, Julie Keane Nov 2009

Supporting Online Learning For Advanced Placement Students In Small Rural Schools: Conceptual Foundations And Intervention Components Of The Facilitator Preparation Program, Matthew J. Irvin, Wallace H. Hannum, Thomas W. Farmer, Claire De La Varre, Julie Keane

The Rural Educator

This paper examines the need for interventions to support students who are taking advanced placement courses in small rural districts and describes the Facilitator Preparation Program (FPP) as a strategy to address this need. Issues in the delivery of Online Distance Education (ODE) in small rural schools are summarized and the conceptual foundations and service delivery considerations of the FPP are outlined. Future research needs are also considered.

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The Perceptions Of Math And Math Education In Midville, Illinois, David M. Lucas, Jamie Fugitt Nov 2009

The Perceptions Of Math And Math Education In Midville, Illinois, David M. Lucas, Jamie Fugitt

The Rural Educator

By means of a qualitative research method known as folknography, a concerted effort was made to discern perceptions of math and math education in the rural Midwest. A community that will be referred to as Midville, located in the state of Illinois, was chosen as the target population for this study. The community and surrounding region stands over one hundred miles from the nearest metro complex. The study was conducted in May of 2006. After completion of the initial field work, data were collected, analyzed, and summarized, producing this document.

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Job Satisfaction Of Iowa Public School Principals, Boris Sodoma, David Else Nov 2009

Job Satisfaction Of Iowa Public School Principals, Boris Sodoma, David Else

The Rural Educator

The purpose of this study was to examine the job satisfaction of Iowa public school principals and contrast the job satisfaction to the perceptions six years previously. The population for the 1999 and 2005 study was a sample of principals from Iowa K-12 schools. The study revealed significant differences in overall job satisfaction, in gender of the principals, years served as a principal, and type of schools in both studies. No significant differences were found for years served in present position. The results indicated that principals were overall more satisfied in the 2005 than they were in 1999. The findings …

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Gpsa Council Meeting, 11/14/2009, Graduate And Professional Student Association Nov 2009

Gpsa Council Meeting, 11/14/2009, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Led Zeppelin Live! Starring Heartbreaker, Center For Performing Arts Nov 2009

Led Zeppelin Live! Starring Heartbreaker, Center For Performing Arts

Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia

Autographed playbill insert for the November 14, 2009 performance of Led Zeppelin Live! Starring Heartbreaker.

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Workshop To Support Vertical Articulation At Discovery Canyon Campus, Niki Miscovich Nov 2009

Workshop To Support Vertical Articulation At Discovery Canyon Campus, Niki Miscovich

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

This project is presented in the form of a PowerPoint, which is designed to guide reading and writing teachers at Discovery Canyon Campus through a work session on curriculum alignment. The researcher reviews research on how vertical articulation and aligned curriculum contributes to higher student achievement as well as strategies for effective professional development sessions for teachers. The project is part of the longer process of developing an aligned curriculum at the researcher's school, which encompasses grades kindergarten through 12. The goal of this second step in the process is to evaluate the current curriculum against state standards so teachers …

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The Role Of Engineering Graphics In The Civil Engineering Technology Curriculum, Charles F. Didomenico Nov 2009

The Role Of Engineering Graphics In The Civil Engineering Technology Curriculum, Charles F. Didomenico

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

This author presents the concept that the basic mechanical drawing course at Pueblo Community College is no longer relevant to the graphics skills required in industry and should not be a prerequisite in the civil engineering technology curriculum. A review of literature reveals that basic mechanical drawing courses are not routinely integrated into civil engineering technology programs in the Colorado Community College System. The literature shows that the majority of programs in the community college system utilize computer aided drafting as the prerequisite. Alternatively, as a replacement, the author presents a hybrid mechanical drawing-computer aided drafting (CAD) curriculum that integrates …

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Deafdigest: Deaf Sports News November 14, 2009, Barry Strassler Nov 2009

Deafdigest: Deaf Sports News November 14, 2009, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Sports 2009

No abstract provided.

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11/14/2009 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries Nov 2009

11/14/2009 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 11/14/2009. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

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November 14, 2009 (Pages 6533-6644), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau Nov 2009

November 14, 2009 (Pages 6533-6644), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 39 (2009)

No abstract provided.

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Personality Traits Effects On Job Satisfaction: The Role Of Goal Commitment, Wai Kwan (Elaine) Lau Nov 2009

Personality Traits Effects On Job Satisfaction: The Role Of Goal Commitment, Wai Kwan (Elaine) Lau

Management Faculty Research

The present research investigates the effects of personality traits, self-efficacy and locus of control, on job satisfaction. It also examines the mediating impact of goal commitment on relationships between personality and job satisfaction. The results indicate that self-efficacy and locus of control are positively related to goal commitment. Goal commitment is positively associated with job satisfaction. In addition, locus of control is fund positively related to job satisfaction while self-efficacy does not have such relationship with job satisfaction.

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The Experiences Of Arab Women Leaders In Learning To Lead, Susan R. Madsen Nov 2009

The Experiences Of Arab Women Leaders In Learning To Lead, Susan R. Madsen

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

To consider designing and developing leadership programs for women in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), it is important to understand how current leaders have learned to lead throughout their lives. In-depth, qualitative interviews were conducted with Arab women leaders (government and business) to investigate their lifetime experiences in developing leadership.

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Uma Revisäo Dos Estudos Em Torno Das Doenças Gastrointestinais. Buscando Novas Alternativas Para A Análise De Processos De Salud-Enfermedad, A Sy Nov 2009

Uma Revisäo Dos Estudos Em Torno Das Doenças Gastrointestinais. Buscando Novas Alternativas Para A Análise De Processos De Salud-Enfermedad, A Sy

Portuguese

Objetivos: Apresentar uma revisäo ao estudo das parasitoses intestinais a partir de diferentes disciplinas, assim como descrever o tratamento e explorar novas alternativas para sua abordagem na população Mbya-Guaraní da bacia do río Amazonas, Brasil.

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Revisitando "A Questäo Democrática Na Área Da Saúde": Quase 30 Anos Depois, S Fleury Nov 2009

Revisitando "A Questäo Democrática Na Área Da Saúde": Quase 30 Anos Depois, S Fleury

Portuguese

Objetivos: Examinar e avaliar um documento considerado chave que foi escrito há quase 30 anos sobre a situação democrática do Movimento de Reforma Sanitária no Brasil.

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Medicina Comunitaria. Introdução A Uma Análise Crítica, J Silva Nov 2009

Medicina Comunitaria. Introdução A Uma Análise Crítica, J Silva

Portuguese

Objetivos: Discutir a evolução do conceito "comunidade", assimo como analisar as expressões derivadas de "saúde comunitária" e "medicina comunitária", relacionadas com as propostas de medicina integral e medicina preventiva.

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A Satisfação Coletiva Das Necessidades De Alimentação-Nutrição E Sua Relação Con A Saúde-Doença, J Rivera Nov 2009

A Satisfação Coletiva Das Necessidades De Alimentação-Nutrição E Sua Relação Con A Saúde-Doença, J Rivera

Portuguese

Objetivos: Analisar e descrever critérios relacionados com a satisfação coletiva das necessidades de alimentação-nutrição, assim como discutir sua relação com os processos saúde-doença.

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Non-Commutative Desingularization Of Determinantal Varieties, I, Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz, Graham J. Leuschke, Michel Van Den Bergh Nov 2009

Non-Commutative Desingularization Of Determinantal Varieties, I, Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz, Graham J. Leuschke, Michel Van Den Bergh

Mathematics - All Scholarship

We show that determinantal varieties defined by maximal minors of a generic matrix have a non-commutative desingularization, in that we construct a maximal Cohen-Macaulay module over such a variety whose endomorphism ring is Cohen-Macaulay and has finite global dimension. In the case of the determinant of a square matrix, this gives a non-commutative crepant resolution.

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Wright State University Women's Basketball Media Guide 2009-2010, Wright State University Athletics Nov 2009

Wright State University Women's Basketball Media Guide 2009-2010, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2009-2010 Women's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

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Postcard, Dodging Traffic At Studio@620 In St. Petersburg, Florida, Studio At 620 Nov 2009

Postcard, Dodging Traffic At Studio@620 In St. Petersburg, Florida, Studio At 620

Postcard Collection

A promotional postcard for "Dodging Traffic," an event hosted by J. Bradley, author and spoken word performer. The event featured Bradley reading from his latest poetry collection, "Dodging Traffic," published by Ampersand Books. Bradley, founder of the Broken Speech Poetry Slam in Orlando, Florida, signed copies of the book and engaged with the audience about his work.

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Business Ethics: How To Develop Ethical Awareness And Introspection In Our Students, Kathleen Szczepanek Nov 2009

Business Ethics: How To Develop Ethical Awareness And Introspection In Our Students, Kathleen Szczepanek

Presentations and other scholarship

I developed a business ethics course addressing the need to provide a foundation in business ethics for Business Studies students at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). The purpose of the course was to ensure that our students develop an awareness for appropriate practices and behaviors as they enter a place of work. The design of the course was based on current literature connected to the best business practices that are based on ethical values and behaviors.

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Social Media: What Is It Good For?, Sarah Faye Cohen Nov 2009

Social Media: What Is It Good For?, Sarah Faye Cohen

Library Scholarship

On the power of 2.0 tools in communication.

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Senior Recital: Brian Longeran, Tenor; Sarah Hoffee, Piano; November 14, 2009, Brian Lonergan, Sarah Hoffee Nov 2009

Senior Recital: Brian Longeran, Tenor; Sarah Hoffee, Piano; November 14, 2009, Brian Lonergan, Sarah Hoffee

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
November 14, 2009
Saturday Afternoon
2:00 p.m.

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Parent Functioning And Child Psychotherapy Outcomes: Predicting Outcomes In Usual Care, Anna Elise Packard Nov 2009

Parent Functioning And Child Psychotherapy Outcomes: Predicting Outcomes In Usual Care, Anna Elise Packard

Theses and Dissertations

A prominent need in the youth psychotherapy literature includes the examination of mechanisms of change within the context of "real world" clinical settings, where the practice of psychotherapy differs significantly from that in controlled clinical trials. In examining mechanisms of change in youth psychotherapy, variables related to parent functioning may be among the most important factors to consider in predicting and promoting good child outcomes. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate three important aspects of parent functioning—psychological symptom distress, interpersonal relations, and social role performance—as potential predictors of successful treatment outcomes in a traditional community outpatient treatment …

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Two-Stage Decompositions For The Analysis Of Functional Connectivity For Fmri With Application To Alzheimer's Disease Risk, Brian S. Caffo, Ciprian M. Crainiceanu, Guillermo Verduzco, Stewart H. Mostofsky, Susan Spear-Bassett, James J. Pekar Nov 2009

Two-Stage Decompositions For The Analysis Of Functional Connectivity For Fmri With Application To Alzheimer's Disease Risk, Brian S. Caffo, Ciprian M. Crainiceanu, Guillermo Verduzco, Stewart H. Mostofsky, Susan Spear-Bassett, James J. Pekar

COBRA Preprint Series

Functional connectivity is the study of correlations in measured neurophysiological signals. Altered functional connectivity has been shown to be associated with numerous diseases including Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. In this manuscript we use a two-stage application of the singular value decomposition to obtain data driven population-level measures of functional connectivity in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The method is computationally simple and amenable to high dimensional fMRI data with large numbers of subjects. Simulation studies suggest the ability of the decomposition methods to recover population brain networks and their associated loadings. We further demonstrate the utility of these …

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Mudança Interna De População Em Chiapas E Saúde. Um Recontar, V Ríos, A Gasca, R Urbina Nov 2009

Mudança Interna De População Em Chiapas E Saúde. Um Recontar, V Ríos, A Gasca, R Urbina

Portuguese

Objetivos: Analisar a mudança forçada da população por motivos políticos em Chiapas, México, assim como descrever as suas repercussões sobre a saúde de populações afetadas.

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A Relação Cuidado E Envelhecimento: Entre A Sobrevivência E A Desvaliação Social, L Robles Nov 2009

A Relação Cuidado E Envelhecimento: Entre A Sobrevivência E A Desvaliação Social, L Robles

Portuguese

Objetivos: Analisar e caracterizar o atendimento aos ancianos em condição de pobreza como uma via para sua desvalorização social.

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World Music And Dance Concert, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond Nov 2009

World Music And Dance Concert, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

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Pirates Advance To Pbc Championship Match With 3-0 Win, Armstrong State University Nov 2009

Pirates Advance To Pbc Championship Match With 3-0 Win, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Athletics: Women's Volleyball News (Archived)

Pirates Advance To PBC Championship Match With 3-0 Win. The third-seeded Armstrong Atlantic State Pirates swept sixth-seeded Lander 3-0 in the semifinals of the 2009 PBC Tournament in Aiken on Saturday night, part of the PBC-GEICO Championship Series.

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Pirates Earn All-Pbc Volleyball Honors, Armstrong State University Nov 2009

Pirates Earn All-Pbc Volleyball Honors, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Athletics: Women's Volleyball News (Archived)

Pirates Earn All-PBC Volleyball Honors. Four Armstrong Atlantic State volleyball players were honored on Saturday morning at the annual PBC Volleyball awards banquet, prior to semifinal action at the 2009 PBC Volleyball Championships.

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