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Explainers' Development Of Science-Learner Identities Through Participation In A Community Of Practice, Anne E. Richardson Jan 2012

Explainers' Development Of Science-Learner Identities Through Participation In A Community Of Practice, Anne E. Richardson

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The urgent environmental issues of today require science-literate adults to engage in business and political decisions to create solutions. Despite the need, few adults have the knowledge and skills of science literacy. This doctoral dissertation is an analytical case study examining the science-learner identity development of Exploratorium Field Trip Explainers. Located in San Francisco, CA, the Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception dedicated to nurturing curiosity and exploration. Data collected included semi-structured interviews with sixteen former Field Trip Explainers, participant observation of the current Field Trip Explainer Program, and review of relevant documentation. Data analysis employed …

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Formative Research And Community Resilience: A Case Of Under Addressed Youth Problem Gambling, Michea Caye Jan 2012

Formative Research And Community Resilience: A Case Of Under Addressed Youth Problem Gambling, Michea Caye

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The overarching research topic for this study is the issue of effectively engaging and informing community and government decision makers about health issues that can negatively impact a community's resilience. The question guiding this study is how can formative research engage and inform community and government decision makers about the under addressed issue of youth problem gambling (YPG) in Windham County, Vermont? The study has two aims: 1) to develop a formative research conceptual framework and evaluate its effectiveness in addressing the public health issue of youth problem gambling, and 2) to use the formative research methodology to develop a …

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Can We Regulate Our Way To Energy Efficiency? Product Standards As Climate Policy, Noah M. Sachs Jan 2012

Can We Regulate Our Way To Energy Efficiency? Product Standards As Climate Policy, Noah M. Sachs

Law Faculty Publications

In this Article, I demonstrate that the regulatory strategy for energy efficiency is working. Although information disclosure, financial incentives, and other softer alternatives to regulation play a vital role in reducing energy demand, these should be viewed as complements to efficiency regulation, rather than replacements. The regulatory approach has led to substantial cost and energy savings in the past, it has enjoyed bipartisan political support, and it targets products and behaviors that are difficult to address through other policy tools. Given the politics of climate change in the United States, which make federal carbon taxes or a cap-and-trade system infeasible, …

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Characterizations Of Logistic Distribution Through Order Statistics With Independent Exponential Shifts, M. Ahsanullah, George Yanev, Constantin Onica Jan 2012

Characterizations Of Logistic Distribution Through Order Statistics With Independent Exponential Shifts, M. Ahsanullah, George Yanev, Constantin Onica

School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences Faculty Publications

Distributional properties of logistic order statistics subject to independent exponential one-sided and two-sided shifts are established. Utilizing these properties, we extend several known results and obtain new characterizations of the logistic distribution.

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