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Characteristics Of At-Risk Students: Opinions Of Elementary And Secondary School Teachers, Michael Sollitto, Robert K. Gable Oct 2012

Characteristics Of At-Risk Students: Opinions Of Elementary And Secondary School Teachers, Michael Sollitto, Robert K. Gable

NERA Conference Proceedings 2012

This study focused on a major problem facing today’s educators: high school dropouts. Research questions addressed differences in teacher perspectives of the characteristics of struggling students. Differences in teachers’ perspectives based on teaching level (elementary & secondary) were examined. The researcher conducted focus groups with a total of 12 teachers. The research was conducted in two suburban districts. Focus group questions were designed following a survey administered to 108 suburban public school teachers. The survey responses reported previously identified four dimensions of characteristics of at-risk students: behavior, achievement, family involvement, and family background. The data from the focus groups can …

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Middle School Inclusion: Case Studies Of Three General Education Teachers, Megan Mackey Oct 2012

Middle School Inclusion: Case Studies Of Three General Education Teachers, Megan Mackey

NERA Conference Proceedings 2012

Research was conducted in a middle school in the southwest United States. Over 65% of the student population qualified for free and reduced lunch and the enrollment of 36% Hispanic students and 63% white students reflected the overall make-up of the local community. This study examined how three middle school teachers included students with disabilities in their classrooms. Areas explored included preparation, training, and/or support; attitudes and beliefs; learning environment; planning; and types of adaptations. Data revealed that although all participants supported the idea of inclusion, they demonstrated varying levels of characteristics of an inclusive classroom were evident.

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A New Resource For Educational Researchers: Pruebas Publicadas En Español (Spanish Tests In Print), Janet F. Carlson Oct 2012

A New Resource For Educational Researchers: Pruebas Publicadas En Español (Spanish Tests In Print), Janet F. Carlson

NERA Conference Proceedings 2012

Increases in Hispanic populations prompt a need for additional information about tests in the Spanish language available for use in educational research. This paper describes the development of a new resource for educational researchers, Pruebas Publicadas en Español (PPE, a Spanish edition of Tests in Print) by the Buros Center for Testing. PPE provides descriptive information about educational and psychological measures available in Spanish, in whole or in part. The paper reviews initial challenges and resolutions, survey results, expected challenges, and current status, including tests requested, received, and entered in the database from which this reference volume …

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Former Juvenile Offenders Re-Enrolling Into Mainstream Public Schools, Thomas Richardson, Thomas Dipaola, Robert K. Gable Oct 2012

Former Juvenile Offenders Re-Enrolling Into Mainstream Public Schools, Thomas Richardson, Thomas Dipaola, Robert K. Gable

NERA Conference Proceedings 2012

This study examined school re-enrollment procedures employed by two school systems for N=578 former juvenile offenders re-enrolling from secured supervised settings to urban mainstream secondary public schools and alternative schools and programs in New England. Quantitative data regarding student demographics and qualitative data from interviews with 19 support personnel and selected documents were used to evaluate which program elements enhanced or disengaged former offenders from secondary urban schools. The characteristics of former juvenile offenders’ lack of school involvement with respect to truancy, school suspension and expulsion, learning, behavior, and emotional disabilities, as well as family, economic, and social disadvantages …

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Assessing Diverse Community College Students' Vocabulary Comprehension Through Context Construction, Andrea S. Salis Oct 2012

Assessing Diverse Community College Students' Vocabulary Comprehension Through Context Construction, Andrea S. Salis

NERA Conference Proceedings 2012

Sixty-nine community college students completed a study which assessed their vocabulary comprehension based on their ability to define randomly selected Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) words and construct their own sentences that illustrated the meaning of the word. This research assessed students’ vocabulary comprehension through their ability to construct context. The information provided from this study demonstrates the variability of students’ vocabulary comprehension. The results of this repeated measures design, demonstrated that students mean scores were very low (5.67, 4.54, 5.54, and 5.91 out of a possible score of 50) for vocabulary definition and comprehension. This indicates that this was a …

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Value Added Teacher Evaluation – A Trojan Horse; Principals Attitudes Towards Teacher Empowerment, Kevin J. Walsh Oct 2012

Value Added Teacher Evaluation – A Trojan Horse; Principals Attitudes Towards Teacher Empowerment, Kevin J. Walsh

NERA Conference Proceedings 2012

The value-added teacher evaluation model may require supervisory leader behaviors inconsistent with the beliefs of principals and teachers. Educators who are forced to behave in ways contrary to their basic beliefs about how teachers grow and develop, become frustrated, devalued and candidates for flight from the profession. New Jersey principals and aspiring supervisors were surveyed using the Supervisory Behavior Inventory to gain insight into the existing supervisory beliefs and associated practices prior to a New Jersey mandated implementation of a value-added model that will be in place by September 2013. Analysis of results leads to questionable leadership implications.

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Volume 5 - Issue 1: La Créole - A Journal Of Creole History & Genealogy, Dr. Miki Pfeffer, Seraphia D. Leyda, Dr. Raphael Cassimere Jr., Ingrid R. Stanley, Dr. Ronald Dorris, Alexie Gaddis, Dr. Ernest G. Chachere, Catherine Ladnier Oct 2012

Volume 5 - Issue 1: La Créole - A Journal Of Creole History & Genealogy, Dr. Miki Pfeffer, Seraphia D. Leyda, Dr. Raphael Cassimere Jr., Ingrid R. Stanley, Dr. Ronald Dorris, Alexie Gaddis, Dr. Ernest G. Chachere, Catherine Ladnier

La Créole - A Journal of Creole History & Genealogy

The Louisiana Creole Research Association, Inc., known as LA Creole, was founded on August 21, 2004 as a New Orleans-based, non-profit family research and educational organization. Its purpose is to assist Creoles of Color in researching their ancestry, to educate the general public about Creole history and culture, and to celebrate the contributions and legacy of a unique, sometimes forgotten people. La Créole, the Association’s journal is published annually.

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The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 19 2012-10-19, Clemson University Oct 2012

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 19 2012-10-19, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

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The Egyptian Fruit Bat Rousettus Aegyptiacus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) In The Palaearctic: Geographical Variation And Taxonomic Status, Petr Benda, Peter Vallo, Pavel Hulva Oct 2012

The Egyptian Fruit Bat Rousettus Aegyptiacus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) In The Palaearctic: Geographical Variation And Taxonomic Status, Petr Benda, Peter Vallo, Pavel Hulva

KIP Articles

Two metrically defined subspecies have traditionally been recognised within the Palaearctic distribution range of the Egyptian fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus; the larger R. a. aegyptiacus in Egypt and the northern part of the Middle East and the smaller R. a. arabicus in the southern Middle East. An extensive material of R. aegyptiacus from all parts of this area, i.e. the Levant (incl. Turkey and Cyprus), Egypt (incl. Sinai), northern Sudan, Yemen, Oman, Iran, and Pakistan, as well as comparative samples from its sub-Saharan range, were tested using both morphological and genetic approaches in order to revise the species’ taxonomic status. …

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Thermodynamic Kinetics And Efficiency Analysis Of Methyl Viologen, Chang Chen Oct 2012

Thermodynamic Kinetics And Efficiency Analysis Of Methyl Viologen, Chang Chen

Theses and Dissertations

Methyl Viologen (MV) is an electron mediator that has great possibilities to be used with an electrode system in which the electrode system provides electrons towards reducing MV species. MV has three redox states and they can be converted to each other via redox reactions on the surface of the electrode. The concentration of the three species of MV was related to the voltage potential applied to the system through a thermodynamic model. With the thermodynamic model the concentration of the three species can be predicted with different applied voltage potentials towards providing guidance for controlling the redox state of …

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Daily Eastern News: October 19, 2012, Eastern Illinois University Oct 2012

Daily Eastern News: October 19, 2012, Eastern Illinois University

October

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Intimate Partner Violence And Sexual Violence In The City And Borough Of Sitka: Key Results From The 2012 Alaska Victimization Survey, André B. Rosay Oct 2012

Intimate Partner Violence And Sexual Violence In The City And Borough Of Sitka: Key Results From The 2012 Alaska Victimization Survey, André B. Rosay

Alaska Victimization Survey (AVS) (2010-2020)

This document is a two-page summary of the key results from the 2012 Alaska Victimization Survey for the City and Borough of Sitka, which was conducted from March to May 2012, with results released on October 19, 2012 in Sitka. Findings include: * 47% of adult women in the City and Borough of Sitka have experienced intimate partner violence, sexual violence or both, in their lifetime; * Nearly 7% have experienced intimate partner violence, sexual violence or both, in the past year; * One out of every four adult women in the City and Borough of Sitka have experienced sexual …

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Harbor Notes, October 19, 2012, Tom Scherberger Oct 2012

Harbor Notes, October 19, 2012, Tom Scherberger

Harbor Notes

The October 19, 2012, issue of Harbor Notes.

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Florida Sentinel Bulletin, October 19, 2012, Gwen Hayes Oct 2012

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, October 19, 2012, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The October 19, 2012, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin. Included are articles about a presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

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Volume Cxxx, Number 6, October 19, 2012, Lawrence University Oct 2012

Volume Cxxx, Number 6, October 19, 2012, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

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Research Brief: "Adolescent Well-Being In Washington State Military Families", Institute For Veterans And Military Families At Syracuse University Oct 2012

Research Brief: "Adolescent Well-Being In Washington State Military Families", Institute For Veterans And Military Families At Syracuse University

Institute for Veterans and Military Families

This brief is about the quality of life experienced by adolescents when dealing with the stressors associated with parental deployment, which include increased problems with mental health and well-being. Suggestions for future research include testing different variables not previously examined by this study, such as length of parental deployment, as well as greater sample of military families which are able to reflect a wider array of the population.

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The New Hampshire, Vol. 102 [103], No. 12 (Oct. 19, 2012), The New Hampshire Oct 2012

The New Hampshire, Vol. 102 [103], No. 12 (Oct. 19, 2012), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 102, but it is the 103rd volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

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"Goin' Up To Glory", David B. Weiller, Jocelyn K. Jensen, Alec Bart, Spencer Baker, Barbara Buer, Phil Fortenberry Oct 2012

"Goin' Up To Glory", David B. Weiller, Jocelyn K. Jensen, Alec Bart, Spencer Baker, Barbara Buer, Phil Fortenberry

Choral Ensembles

Program listing performers and works performed.

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Should A Program Of Sex Education Be Mandatory In Public Schools From 4th-12th Grade?, Tara St. Onge Oct 2012

Should A Program Of Sex Education Be Mandatory In Public Schools From 4th-12th Grade?, Tara St. Onge

Sociology & Anthropology Student Scholarship

For a position paper and presentation in her Changing Family course last fall, Tara explored the debate surrounding sexual education in the public school system. After completing extensive research regarding the policies which are already in place and evaluating their success, Tara formed the position that a program of sexual education should be mandatory in public schools form 4th to 12th grade. During an era where popular reality television shows include “Sixteen and Pregnant” as well as “Teen Mom” depict what a large issue teenage pregnancy is and how mainstream it has become in society. Tara does an …

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Chamber Of Commerce Critical Of Govt Approach To Bad Bank, Slovene Press Agency (Sta) Oct 2012

Chamber Of Commerce Critical Of Govt Approach To Bad Bank, Slovene Press Agency (Sta)

Documents

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Alaska Victimization Survey: Intimate Partner And Sexual Violence In The City And Borough Of Sitka, André B. Rosay, Lauree Morton, Brad A. Myrstol, Marny Rivera Oct 2012

Alaska Victimization Survey: Intimate Partner And Sexual Violence In The City And Borough Of Sitka, André B. Rosay, Lauree Morton, Brad A. Myrstol, Marny Rivera

Alaska Victimization Survey (AVS) (2010-2020)

This Powerpoint slide presentation presents an overview of key results from the 2012 Alaska Victimization Survey for the City and Borough of Sitka, which was conducted from March to May 2012, with results released on October 19, 2012 in Sitka. Findings include: * 47% of adult women in the City and Borough of Sitka have experienced intimate partner violence, sexual violence or both, in their lifetime; * Nearly 7% have experienced intimate partner violence, sexual violence or both, in the past year; * One out of every four adult women in the City and Borough of Sitka have experienced sexual …

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Minutes, Graduate Curricula And Assessment Committee Meeting, October 19, 2012, James A. Fellows Oct 2012

Minutes, Graduate Curricula And Assessment Committee Meeting, October 19, 2012, James A. Fellows

Kate Tiedemann College of Business Graduate College Curricula and Assessment Committee

Minutes of the October 19, 2012, meeting of the Graduate Curricula and Assessment Committee.

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Energy Claims Limited, A British Virgin Islands Company, Plaintiff/ Appellant, Catalyst Investment Group Limited, Et Al., Defendants/ Appellees : Brief Of Appellees Christopher P. Baker, Thomas Depetrillo, Charles Baker, And Robert Beuret Oct 2012

Energy Claims Limited, A British Virgin Islands Company, Plaintiff/ Appellant, Catalyst Investment Group Limited, Et Al., Defendants/ Appellees : Brief Of Appellees Christopher P. Baker, Thomas Depetrillo, Charles Baker, And Robert Beuret

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (1965 –)

On Writ of Certiorari to Review Decision of the Court of Appeals Jefferson W. Gross

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Energy Claims Limited, A British Virgin Islands Company, Petitioner And Appellant And Plaintiff Catalyst Investment Group Limited; Timothy Roberts; Arm Asset-Backed Securities, S.A.; Christopher P. Baker; Thomas Depetrillo; Charles Becker; And Robert Beuret, Respondents And Appellees And Defendants : Brief Of Respondents Catalyst Investment Group Limited, Arm Asset-Backed Securities, S.A., And Timothy Roberts Oct 2012

Energy Claims Limited, A British Virgin Islands Company, Petitioner And Appellant And Plaintiff Catalyst Investment Group Limited; Timothy Roberts; Arm Asset-Backed Securities, S.A.; Christopher P. Baker; Thomas Depetrillo; Charles Becker; And Robert Beuret, Respondents And Appellees And Defendants : Brief Of Respondents Catalyst Investment Group Limited, Arm Asset-Backed Securities, S.A., And Timothy Roberts

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (1965 –)

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The Fsa's Report Into The Failure Of Rbs, United Kingdom: Parliament: House Of Commons: Treasury Committee Oct 2012

The Fsa's Report Into The Failure Of Rbs, United Kingdom: Parliament: House Of Commons: Treasury Committee

Documents

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Guatemala's Past Casts An Ominous Shadow, Lauren Carasik Oct 2012

Guatemala's Past Casts An Ominous Shadow, Lauren Carasik

Media Presence

No abstract provided.

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Prairie Gate Literary Festival Welcomes Author Anne Panning, University Relations Oct 2012

Prairie Gate Literary Festival Welcomes Author Anne Panning, University Relations

Campus News Archive

Morris will welcome author Anne Panning on Friday, November 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the McGinnis Room of Briggs Library. Panning will read from her new novel, Butter.

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Influence Of Digital Literacy On Career Progression And Work Motivation Of Academic Library Staff In South-West, Nigeria, Victoria O. Itsekor, Juliana Iwu James Oct 2012

Influence Of Digital Literacy On Career Progression And Work Motivation Of Academic Library Staff In South-West, Nigeria, Victoria O. Itsekor, Juliana Iwu James

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The information profession, library and information studies have evolved from one that served individual institution to one that serves communities and nations. Academic libraries are libraries in tertiary institutions, meant to serves not just the staff and students within an institution but the communities where they are established as well. It is therefore very expedient that library staff possess the skills with which to serve these users and provide the needed information they desire. Library staff therefore are faced with the challenge of upgrading their skills. The research design used for this study was social survey design and a random …

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Healthy And Unhealthy Diet Intake And Carotid Intima Media Thickness In Older Adults, Kelsey Joelle Da Silva Oct 2012

Healthy And Unhealthy Diet Intake And Carotid Intima Media Thickness In Older Adults, Kelsey Joelle Da Silva

Theses and Dissertations

Background -- Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a primary premature killer of adults and risk of CVD has been linked to modifiable risk factors including dietary intake. Many diet assessment tools are costly, time consuming, and complicated. This study investigated the relationship between diet quality and cardiovascular disease risk as indicated by carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) using a validated, simple, self-administered rapid food screener. Methods -- Participants were 51 male and 33 female older adults with an average age of 67 years. Carotid intima-media thickness was assessed using B-mode high resolution diagnostic ultrasound. Unhealthy and healthy diet intake was assessed using …

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Gpsa Executive Programs Committee Meeting, 10/19/2012, Graduate And Professional Student Association Oct 2012

Gpsa Executive Programs Committee Meeting, 10/19/2012, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

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