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The School Library As A Foundational Step To Childrens’ Effective Reading Habits, Isaac Oluwadare Busayo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Reading is recognized as an art capable of transforming man’s life and his entire society. However, in the state of the World Children Report by (UNICEF,1999), it was stated that nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or write their names. The Hindu newspaper (2004) also put forward that in an age when browsing the net, playing with funky handsets and passing non-stop SMSs seem to be the order of the day, reading a book in a peaceful corner of a library has become an archaic idea for most people. While technology is slowly …

Facing Gender Performativity: How Transgender Performances And Performativity Trouble Facework Research, Julie Wight

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Collaboration In Developing The Cultural Sensitivity Of Preservice Special Education Candidates, Kathleen C. Harris, Jennifer Brannies, Adam Dale, Ashley Fletcher, Sadie Pinotti, Rebecca Ziemba, Michael B. Ruef

Graduate Studies in Education

No abstract provided.

Using Amazon Mechanical Turk To Transcribe Historical Handwritten Documents, Andrew Lang, Joshua Rio-Ross

College of Science and Engineering Faculty Research and Scholarship

The developing “information age” is continually unraveling new ways of discovering, presenting and sharing information. Most new academic material is digitally formatted upon its creation and is thus easy to find and query. However, there remains a good deal of material from times prior to the “information age” that has yet to be converted to digital form. Much of this material can be found in library collections—whether academic, public or private—and thus remains available only to a limited number of locals or willing-and-able sojourners. Using OCR technology, most typeset documents can be digitized and made available online; and there are …

Continual Evolution: The Experience Over Three Semesters Of A Librarian Embedded In An Online Evidence-Based Medicine Course For Physician Assistant Students, Shannon Kealey

Staff publications, research, and presentations

This column examines the experience, over three years, of a librarian embedded in an online Epidemiology and Evidence-based Medicine course, which is a requirement for students pursing a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies at Pace University. Student learning outcomes were determined, a video lecture was created, and student learning was assessed via a five-point test during year one. For years two and three, the course instructor asked the librarian to be responsible for two weeks of the course instruction and a total of 15 out of 100 possible points for the course. This gave the librarian flexibility to …

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (October 31, 2011), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Class Notes, Georgia Southern University

CLASS Notes

No abstract provided.

In Memoriam Professor Emeritus Anton M. Moeliono Bandung, 21 February 1929 - Jakarta, 25 July 20, Achadiati Achadiati, Dendy Sugono, Hein Steinhauer, Wim Stokhof

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

No abstract provided.

Preface, The Editors Wacana

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

No abstract provided.

Heterogeneity, Politics Of Ethnicity, And Multiculturalism; What Is A Viable Framework For Indonesia?, Thung Ju Lan

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

Indonesia is a plural society that consists of several hundred ethnic and sub-ethnic groups. One of its generic characteristics is heterogeneity. In the last ten years after the implementation of regional autonomy, we have witnessed the emergence of strong ethnic and religiously flavoured local identity politics in various places in Indonesia that created open and vicious conflicts. This periodical violence exploded especially during the election of district and provincial heads. The intimate relation multiculturalism, with the actual political praxis of everyday life as an alternative to the existing paradigm of the "homogenization" of nationhood, has not been discussed. I believe …

Europe: So Many Languages, So Many Cultures, Hein Steinhauer

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

The number of different languages in Europe by far exceeds the number of countries. All European countries have national languages, and in nearly all of them there are minority languages as well, whereas all major languages have dialects. National borders rarely coincide with linguistic borders, but the latter (including dialect borders) mark by their nature also more or less distinct cultural areas. This paper presents a survey of the different language families represented in Europe: Indo-European, Uralic, Altaic, and the four Caucasian language families, each with their sub-branches and individual languages. Some information is given on characteristic structural phenomena and …

Reasoning In A Multicultural Society, Donny Gahral Adian

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

Multicultural society as a way of being-with-others needs a certain form of public reasoning. Unfortunately, the current yet dominant form of public reasoning is infiltrated by biases from occidental culture. This mode of reasoning does nothing but uproot participants from their cultural identity for the sake of universal consensus. Multicultural society, however, consists of identities which are embedded in the individuals' cultural tradition. This sociological fact demands a richer form of rationality that does not deny the multiplicity of cultural values and embedded identities. We need a form of public reasoning which emphasizes cultural understanding rather than abstract consensus. We …

October 31, 2011, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Class Notes, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

No abstract provided.

Notes On Borrowing And Convergence, Robert L. Tsai, Nelson Tebbe

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This is a response to Jennifer E. Laurin, "Trawling for Herring: Lessons in Doctrinal Borrowing and Convergence," 111 Colum. L. Rev. 670 (2011), which analyzes the Supreme Court's resort to tort-based concepts to limit the reach of the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule. We press three points. First, there are differences between a general and specific critique of constitutional borrowing. Second, the idea of convergence as a distinct phenomenon from borrowing has explanatory potential and should be further explored. Third, to the extent convergence occurs, it matters whether concerns of judicial administration or political reconstruction are driving doctrinal changes.

Notes On Borrowing And Convergence, Robert L. Tsai, Nelson Tebbe

Faculty Scholarship

This is a response to Jennifer E. Laurin, "Trawling for Herring: Lessons in Doctrinal Borrowing and Convergence," 111 Colum. L. Rev. 670 (2011), which analyzes the Supreme Court's resort to tort-based concepts to limit the reach of the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule. We press three points. First, there are differences between a general and specific critique of constitutional borrowing. Second, the idea of convergence as a distinct phenomenon from borrowing has explanatory potential and should be further explored. Third, to the extent convergence occurs, it matters whether concerns of judicial administration or political reconstruction are driving doctrinal changes.

Boise State International Insider Newsletter, 2011-10-28, International Student Services

International Student Services

No abstract provided.

Participatory Action Research: Science And Social Change, Dora Raymaker

Systems Science Friday Noon Seminar Series

Participatory Action Research (PAR) is a general collaborative approach to inquiry that includes research "subjects" as members of the research team. Useful in any setting involving groups of people, PAR has revolutionized research with minority communities. Some "flavors" of PAR, such as Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) have been developed to address issues of power and privilege, to change dynamics between science, society, and minorities, and to enable and encourage systems change. This talk discusses the theory and practice of PAR as a research approach, drawing from real world examples in health sciences research with minority communities defined by disability or …

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Student Remembered
• Student Organizations to Merge
• Views
• Letters to Editor
• SGA to Provide Shuttles for Sunday Shopping
• Sports
• Weekly Buzz
• Classifieds
• Puzzles/Comics
• Arts

The Winonan, Winona State University

The Winonan - 2010s

No abstract provided.

Infant Feeding Decision: What New Mothers Have Told Us, Margaret-Rose Agostino

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Objective: To explore the infant feeding decision of new mothers and elicit their perspective regarding breastfeeding.

Design: Descriptive exploratory.

Setting: Postpartum units at seven birthing hospitals, including two tertiary perinatal centers in New Jersey and thirteen participant home telephone interviews.

Participants: 394 new mothers prior to hospital discharge; 13 interviewees including a total of eight African-American women, five who were non-WIC eligible and a total of five White women, three who were non-WIC eligible.

Main Outcome Measures: Central Jersey New Mother Survey, semi structured home telephone interviews.

Results: Knowledge regarding the health benefits of breastfeeding by the mother both during …

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Views
• Arts
• Classifieds
• Puzzles/ Comics
• Sports

Information Mastery, Effective Health Care, Evidence-Based Practice And The Otolaryngologist, Deepa Bhargava, Yousef Al-Saidi, Kamlesh Al-Abri, Rashid

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to study the information-seeking behaviour of otolaryngologists in Oman, and their willingness to learn and acquire evidence-based practice (EBP) skills. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out by distribution of a questionnaire to 63 otolaryngologists (ranging from residents to consultants) employed in Oman who attended a national otolaryngology meeting in January 2010. Results: Forty-nine completed questionnaires were received; 57% of the respondents had more than 10 years’ experience, and 60% were from tertiary care; 38.8% “totally agreed”, and 36.7% “partially agreed” that EBP would improve the quality of care and thus provide effective …

Signquote: A Remote Testing Facility For Eliciting Signed Qualitative Feedback, Jerry Schnepp, Rosalee Wolfe, Brent Shiver, John Mcdonald, Jorge Toro

Visual Communications and Technology Education Faculty Publications

Sign synthesis is still an evolving technology and improving it requires the elicitation of qualitative feedback from users. Current options for acquiring qualitative feedback are limited. Face-toface tests conducted in sign language are expensive. On the other hand, remote tests do not use the preferred language of the test participants. A new tool, SignQUOTE, (Signed Qualitative Usability Online Testing Environment) is a configurable, cross platform remote testing system based entirely on sign language. It includes an innovative method for capturing qualitative feedback in sign language via webcam. In a comparison study, participants viewed animations of American Sign Language and gave …

College Voice Vol. 95 No. 4, Connecticut College

2011-2012

No abstract provided.

Towards The Grounding Of Abstract Words: A Neural Network Model For Cognitive Robots, F Stramandinoli, A Cangelosi, D Marocco

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

In this paper, a model based on Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) extends the symbol grounding mechanism toabstract words for cognitive robots. The aim of this work is to obtain a semantic representation of abstract concepts through the grounding in sensorimotor experiences for a humanoid robotic platform. Simulation experiments have been developed on a software environment for the iCub robot. Words that express general actions with a sensorimotor component are first taught to the simulated robot. During the training stage the robot first learns to perform a set of basic action primitives through the mechanism of direct grounding. Subsequently, the grounding …

Cultural Perspectives On Social Responsibility In Higher Education, Iris M Yob

Higher Learning Research Communications

The writers of the UNESCO document, Rethinking education: Towards a global common good? challenge educators to address their efforts to meet the current threats to sustainable life for all who share this planet. One way that higher education has been attempting to do this is through campus-community partnerships working to solve social problems locally or further afield. In this exploratory study, answers were sought to the question of why faculty members and administrators participate in these service partnerships, both in terms of what motivates them to do so and what they hope to accomplish, and how cultural context may influence …

Collegiate Administrator Perceptions Of Organizational Culture: An Analysis Of Metaphors, Felice D. Billups

NERA Conference Proceedings 2011

This study sought to characterize college and university administrator perceptions of organizational culture, their perceptions of themselves versus other subcultures, and their perceptions of themselves within the campus community. Using a qualitative phenomenological design, this research employed semi-structured individual interviews to explore cultural perspectives, using metaphor analysis to generate rich, detailed participant descriptions and perceptions. Participants representing the areas of admissions, student affairs, development, and planning comprised the cross-section of purposefully selected participants from ten private northeast institutions. Results may clarify the roles and effectiveness of administrators within campus communities, establishing them as a legitimate collegiate subculture.

Exploring Language As A Source Of Dif In A Math Test For English Language Learners, Minji K. Lee, Jennifer Randall

NERA Conference Proceedings 2011

English language learners (ELs) have shown lower performance in mathematics than non-ELs although mathematics is an area that uses the least amount of language among the subjects that are mainly tested. If this differential performance is due to the bias in test items, then validity of using ELs’ test scores in comparison to non-ELs’ is compromised. For this reason, studies have investigated whether the differential performance can be attributed to language load in the tests. The results of these studies were not consistent. Some studies did find its effect, whereas others did not. Some of the difficulties encountered by researchers …

Volume Cxxix, Number 6, October 21, 2011, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.