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The Effects Of Training In Peer Assessment On University Students' Writing Performance And Peer Assessment Quality In An Online Environment, Yun Xiao

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

This study was designed to examine the effects of peer-assessment skill training on students' writing performance, the quality of students' feedback, the quality (validity and reliability) of student-generated scores, and the students' satisfaction with the peer assessment method in an online environment. A quasi-experimental design was employed to test group differences on the dependent variables. Four hundred and seventy-three sophomore and junior undergraduate students who were enrolled in a Foundations of Education course were selected by convenience sampling at a Large East-Coast Urban University. Students enrolled in Spring and Fall semesters of 2008 were assigned to the two experimental groups …

Book Review: Colorado Water Law For Non-Lawyers By P. Andrew Jones And Tom Cech, Glenn Patterson

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Water touches the lives of all of us every day, and so, at least indirectly, do the rules that govern its allocation. Since the days of the Anasazi, and of the northern Mexican communities of irrigated farms, and especially since the 1859 gold rush, Colorado has been a leader in the development of water law in the arid West. For years, interested lay readers have faced an important gap when searching for information about Colorado water law. Justice Greg Hobbs’s Citizen’s Guide to Colorado Water Law, 3rd ed. (2009) is well written and helpful, but by design is brief …

Narrative Mappings Of The Land As Space And Place In Willa Cather's O Pioneers!, Karen E. Ramirez

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

At the conclusion of Willa Cather's 1913 novel O Pioneers!, Alexandra Bergson muses about landownership, and more broadly about the human-land relationship, by reflecting on the transience of the county plat map, one of the most popular forms of mapping rural America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These maps were not only housed at the county clerk's office; by the 1880s and 1890s, while Cather was living in Nebraska, commercialized survey maps periodically were collected and published in large, colorful county atlases, also called plat books, becoming among the most widely circulated maps of rural areas …

"It's Now We've Crossed Pease River" Themes Of Voyage And Return In Texas Folk Songs, Ken Baake

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Stories of development from childhood to adulthood or of journeying through a 1ifechanging experience to gain new knowledge are replete in oral and written tradition, as exemplified by the Greek epic of Odysseus and countless other tales. Often the hero journeys naively to an alien land and then, with great difficulty, returns home wiser but forever scarred. Such a journey can take the hero to a terrible place, from which he may escape physically, but from which he can never escape emotionally. The hardship of travel and its ensuing lessons is a common theme in human narratives, its protean form …

Counter-Mapping As Place-Framing: Naturalized Injustice, De-Naturalized Community And Organizing For Social Change On Google Earth, Joshua P. Ewalt

Department of Communication Studies: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

In this thesis, I perform an analysis of counter-mapping on Google Earth as a process of organizing for social change. I address the process of mapping the virtual earth as an act of place-framing, an organizing process by which space is transformed to place so as to motivate action on the part of current and potential organizational adherents. Specifically, I argue that there are at least two ways in which place is framed on Google Earth so as to motivate action: place as “naturalized injustice” and place as “de-naturalized community.” Using the analytical vocabulary of collective action framing, and Martin’s …

Holiday Home, Sweet Home: A Phenomenological Approach To Second Home Living In Ireland, Deirdre N. Quinn

Doctoral

This study constructs a phenomenological account of the second home living experience in Ireland, exploring the interactions between the everyday home life and the holiday home life of the second home owner. It is contextualized by a critical review of the relevant literatures on post-modernism, cosmopolitanism, home and second home living. The thesis utilises a package of participant-centred qualitative methodologies (including in-depth interviews, audio diaries and participants’ photographs) in order to produce a fine-grained insight into their experiences of second home living.

The fieldwork consists of two phases, the first based on in-depth interviews with second home owners and the …

Diversity Perspectives Spring 2010, Chief Diversity Officer, President's Commission On Pluralism & Inclusion

RIT Digital Archives

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Managing Media Rich Geo-Spatial Annotations For A Map-Based Mobile Application Using Clustering, Khasfariyati Razikin, Dion Hoe-Lian Goh, Ee Peng Lim, Aixin Sun, Yin-Leng Theng, Thi Nhu Quynh Kim, Kalyani Chatterjea, Chew-Hung Chang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

With the prevalence of mobile devices that are equipped with wireless Internet capabilities and Global Positioning System (GPS) functionality, the creation and access of user-generated content are extended to users on the go. Such content are tied to real world objects, in the form of geospatial annotations, and it is only natural that these annotations are visualized using a map-based approach. However, viewing maps that are filled with annotations could hinder the serendipitous discovery of data, especially on the small screens of mobile devices. This calls for a need to manage the annotations. In this paper, we introduce a mobile …

Synoptic Typing Of Extreme Cool-Season Precipitation Events At St. John's, Newfoundland, 1979-2005, Shawn M. Milrad, Eyad H. Atallah, John R. Gyakum

Publications

Quantitative precipitation forecasting (QPF) continues to be a significant challenge in operational forecasting, particularly in regions susceptible to extreme precipitation events. St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (CYYT), is affected frequently by such events, particularly in the cool season (October–April).

The 50 median events in the extreme (>33.78 mm during a 48-h period) precipitation event category are selected for further analysis. A manual synoptic typing is performed on these 50 events, using two separate methodologies to partition events. The first method utilizes a Lagrangian backward air parcel trajectory analysis and the second method utilizes the evolution of dynamically relevant variables, including …

Neighborhood: The “Outside” Space For Girls In Urban India, Shweta Singh

Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works

This study explores the perspective of adolescent girls on the neighborhood as a social space that plays a role in the formation of their identity and agency. The study applies the ‘identities’ conceptual framework, which is a global, interdisciplinary, theoretical approach to understanding female identity. The study participants were girls enrolled in grades 7–10, from five schools in a district in the Northern State of India, who participated in structured focus group discussions. The study reports on the reduced relevance of neighborhood for girls and illustrates, through quotes, the reasons for their limited interaction.

North Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden Teaches About Best Management Practices And Fire Defensible Space, John Cobourn

Journal of Extension

Because water quality and wildfire are critical issues at Lake Tahoe, a demonstration garden teaches about best management practices and defensible space, in addition to demonstrating what plants grow in our mountain environment. Extension worked with the local Conservation District to design and build unique displays with interpretive signs that show people options they can use on their properties. All demonstrations comply with requirements for control of nonpoint source pollution and for fire defensible space. The garden's biggest contribution to the community is that it teaches property owners how they can meet multiple environmental objectives in an effective and attractive …

Issue No. 83: April 2010, Historical Society Of New Mexico

La Crónica de Nuevo México

1 Curtis Fort, Storyteller in Bronze
1 The Zealot and the Politician: Two 18th-Century New Mexico Franciscans
2 Society for Commercial Archeology Announces the Ten Most Endangered Roadside Places: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington
5 Water, Water Everywhere, but Will There Be a Drop to Drink? A Symposium on the Use and Misuse of Water in the Llano Estacado through Time
5 New Mexico Statehood Centennial
6 HSNM Historical Plaque Program
6 In Memoriam
7 From Our President
7 Rick Hendricks, PhD Selected as State Historian
7 Membership Benefits Historical Society of New Mexico
8 …

Report & Recommendations Legal Scholar Team, Margaret E. Montoya, Tucker Culbertson, Marc-Tizoc González

Faculty Scholarship

The Report’s Recommendations for next steps reflect and incorporate the multiple experiences, false starts, insights, frustrations and new beginnings that represent the various ways that diversity works within the different sectors of the legal profession. We have included Recommendations that are already being used as well as some that are ambitious and aspirational. Within each of the four sectors of the profession, the recommendations are broadly categorized, but not prioritized. We recognize that every individual or organization will have its own priorities based on its unique circumstances. We do encourage the Report’s users to select and prioritize recommendations for next …

Book Reviews

New Mexico Historical Review

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Tolkien And Shakespeare: Essays On Shared Themes And Language, Edited By Janet Brennan Croft. Reviewed By Merlin Detardo., Merlin Detardo

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

As If Equity Mattered - Common Themes And Enduring Issues In The Symposium, David L. Feldman, Michelle Whitman

Natural Resources Journal

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Equity In Sustainable Communities: Exploring Tools For Environmental Justice And Political Ecology, Tendai Chitewere

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

The Virtual Reservation: Land Distribution, Natural Resource Access, And Equity On The Yurok Forest, Lynn Huntsinger, Lucy Diekmann

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Keeping Up With The E. Coli: Considering Human-Nonhuman Relationships In Natural Resources Policy, Mrill Ingram

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

When Equity Almost Mattered: Outdoor Recreation, Land Acquisition, And Mid-Twentieth-Century Conservation Politics, Sarah L. Thomas

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Equity In Policy: Failure And Opportunity, Henry Vaux Jr.

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

The Cord (March 31, 2010)

The Cord

No abstract provided.

Economic And Fiscal Impact Of Omaha’S Henry Doorly Zoo On Omaha And Nebraska The 2009 Update, Eric Thompson

Bureau of Business Research Publications

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo is among the largest and most affordable zoos to visit in North America. The nationally-known Zoo further makes a significant contribution to the economy of the City of Omaha and the State of Nebraska. The Zoo attracted 1.56 million visitors, and their spending, in 2009 including many visitors from outside of Omaha and outside of the State of Nebraska.

This study estimates the economic impact of Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo during 2009. The Zoo generated an economic impact on the city and state economy by 1) attracting new visitors to Omaha and Nebraska, 2) encouraging existing …

Finding Latino/As: Library Tools To Discover And Mine Social Data And Statistics For Latino/Hispanic Populations In The United States, Marisol Ramos, Shikha Sharma

UConn Library Presentations

The purpose of this presentation is to clarify the difference between Data Mining from Mining for Data when searching for information about the United States Latino/Hispanic American population and what tools are available at the Homer Babbidge Libraries for our faculty and students doing this type of research.

This presentation was part of the Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Institute's Terturlia series, March 31, 2010.

Interview With David Gussmann (Fnma) - Reviewed, Chris Seefer, Carl Mccarden, Al Crego, Dixie Noonan, George Wahl, Sarah Knaus, Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), O'Melveny & Meyers Llp, Anna Tilton, Lauren Strauss, Mike Walsh, David Gussmann

Documents

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Is Mixed-Income Development An Antidote To Urban Poverty?, Mark L. Joseph

Faculty Scholarship

I critically assess the potential for mixed-income development as a means of helping lift families in U.S. inner cities out of poverty. I identify four main propositions for the promise of mixed-income development, provide a conceptual framework that delineates the pathways through which mixed-income development can be hypothesized to improve the quality of life for the urban poor, and review the evidence from existing research on the relevance of these propositions. Because of the scale and possible elimination of the HOPE VI (Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere) program, I pay particular attention to what we have learned from it. The …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 85, No. 41, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles:

• Wilson, Laurel & Emily Ulber. Dean Kahler Resigns from Enrollment Management Position
• Snyder, Kristen. This Old House: Bowling Green Residents Restore Historic Homes – Emily Sharp, Bowling Green & Warren County Historic Preservation Board
• Historic Bowling Green
• Kriz, Lindsay. WKU Student Adopts Marine in Afghanistan – Lydia Kerr, Taylor Yontz, Afghan War 2001-2021
• Wilson, Laurel. Government to Control Student Loans – Legislation, Student Financial Aid, Direct Loan Program
• McIntyre, Scott. A Thousand Words – Esh Family, Mennonites, Automobile Accidents
• Wadley, Emily. Engagement Institute Opens in Garrett – Institute …

Nama Commences Loan Transfers From Participating Institutions, Ireland: National Asset Management Agency

Documents

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Information Use Among Working Women In The Associated Cement Company (Acc) Wadi, Gulbarga: A Survey, S. Machendranath, V.T. Kamble

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article provides insight into the information use, needs, and information-seeking behavior of the working women of ACC Ltd. Wadi, Gulbarga District, Karnataka, India. Data collected through a structured questionnaire from 100 working women are analysed. The majority of the working women have stressed the need for an adequate and varied reading material.

Great Resources For The Great Recession : Useful Business Sources On The Internet, Wendy E. Moore

Continuing Legal Education Presentations

Explore 48 business websites, drawn from governmental, non-profit, and commercial information resources, that provide good examples of the types of information sources available to meet Internet business research needs.