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Teacher Perceptions Of Middle School Concept Implementation And Effect Upon Science Achievement, Shelly Lindsey Bruce

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The current educational reform intends to enhance our nation's competitiveness through specific focus upon curricular and instructional improvement of math and science education for all students in America. The implementation of nationwide common internationally-benchmarked standards is purposed to advance student academic performance through enriched curriculum and better prepared teachers. This research investigates the relationship between school demographics and implementation of the middle school concept to improved science achievement. A teacher questionnaire and state testing data will be utilized to determine: (1) which middle school concept characteristics, within each of the three domains of curriculum, instruction and advising, and school governance, …

Montana Kaimin, November 30, 2012, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

The Beacon - Vol 11 No. 5 - November 30, 2012, Merrimack College

The Beacon

The Beacon - the student newspaper of Merrimack College. Volume 11, Number 5 - November 30, 2012. 12 pages

Design And Development Of A Novel Transcranial Doppler Headset For Assessment Of Cerebral Blood Flow, Brian P. Watt

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Examining physiologic responses of cerebral blood flow (CBF) for subjects in challenging situations requires development of new technology. Challenging circumstances include strenuous physical activity, intensive care, and surgical procedures involving the head, neck and thorax. Headset technology to employ transcranial Doppler (TCD), which is commercially available, fails to meet several requirements for monitoring in these situations. These requirements include stable signal acquisition, non-interference with other physiological monitors, ability to fit all head sizes including infants and children. The design and development of a novel TCD headset was performed to meet these requirements. The new device theoretically allows the user to …

The Effects Of Formatting On Card Fluency For Say-All-Fast-Minute-Each-Day-Shuffled (Safmeds), Tory Roti

Honors Theses

SAFMEDS is a precision teaching technique that promotes fluent responding (Bower & Orgel, 1981; Eshleman, 1985; Korinek & Wolking, 1984). Limited research has been conducted regarding SAFMEDS and stimulus control, but available research suggests irrelevant stimuli affect students responding during a SAFMEDS timing (Meindl, Ivy, Miller, & Neef, 2011). Meindl et al. (2011) questioned whether fluency of SAFMEDS cards couId be affected by altering stimulus features on the card (i.e., location of the words on the card). Results indicated that on testing days, accuracy and fluency of responding decreased when identical terms were presented with the only difference being the …

Performing Taboo: The Creation Of An Aesthetic Through The Exploration Of Censorship In Theatre And The Challenges Of Directing Killer Joe, David Todd Zimmerman

Theses and Dissertations

This document explores the performance of taboo on the stage. The exploration is focused around the establishment of my personal aesthetic, which was developed through my studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. Starting with my first trip to Broadway, my journey goes through the class work that I did at VCU and the two plays that I did on the Shafer Street Alliance Laboratory Theatre stage: my performance and use of latex costumes in Funnyhouse of a Negro, and my direction and the troubles with producing Killer Joe. The exploration concludes with a look at the theatre in parts of Virginia …

Perceived Stress And Surgical Wound Cytokine Patterns, Valentina Lucas

Theses and Dissertations

Normal wound healing is a complex process that occurs in overlapping phases and depends upon interactions of the patient, environment and a large number of cells, growth factors, cytokines, chemokines, and other biochemical mediators. Psychological stress has been shown to adversely affect the normal wound healing process through its impact on cellular immunity. Cellular immunity impacts wound healing through the production and regulation of many of the above biochemical mediators of wound healing. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the relationships among pre- and post-operative psychological stress experienced by women who were undergoing either immediate or delayed …

Tablets As Powerful Tools For University Research: Teaching The Relevant Skills, Robin Canuel, Chad Crichton, Maria Savova

Library Staff Publications and Research

The increasing popularity of tablet computers in recent years is beginning to transform the way that library users, and in particular postsecondary students and faculty, find and engage with digital content. In response to these changes, university librarians are tailoring information literacy instruction to highlight the advantages of these technologies to their constituencies and to ensure that their users understand the myriad issues involved in effectively leveraging these advantages to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their research. Chapter 6 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 48, no. 8) “Rethinking Reference and Instruction with Tablets” examines the creation of university library …

Gendered Governing: Leadership Experiences Of Seven Women Former Governors, Deborah A. Havens

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Fifty years ago, Second Wave feminists theorized that American culture was dominated by patriarchal systems that subordinated women to second class citizenship status (Brown, 1988; Dolan, Deckman & Swers, 2010). In the 21st century, women have become highly visible candidates for office on a national level. Since 1925, 31 women have served as governors; 20 were elected to office, three replaced their husbands, and eight became governor by Constitutional succession (CAWP, 2012). Many women of the Third Wave generation, or Post-feminists, reject the theory that male oppression continues to influence women’s life choices, some claiming that there is no need …

It's Happening At State: November 30, 2012

It's Happening at State

Provides summary information of news and events of interest to the faculty and staff of NDSU.

The Effects Of Personal Grief On Organizational Outcomes: A Qualitative Investigation, Charlotte Ann Davis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Most individuals experience considerable emotional pain and grief due to the death of someone near and dear to them in their lifetimes. These painful experiences have the potential to affect individually-valued and organizationally-valued outcomes. In most organizations, employees are provided with a very limited amount of time for coping with the grieving process before they are expected to perform the normal duties and responsibilities associated with their work roles. Even though we know that the process of grief associated with the loss of a loved one can have traumatic consequences for the employee, there is little in the research literature, …

Taking Archaeology To The Classroom: A Model For A Fifth Grade In-Class Fieldtrip, Tamara J. Luce

Department of Anthropology: Theses and Student Research

Public archaeology has grown over the last decade due to interest in the field and Cultural Resource Management requirements. One group that is often overlooked in outreach efforts is children.

For my thesis I designed an in-class archaeology fieldtrip for fifth grade students. The overarching goal of my program is to introduce children to the field of archaeology in an age-appropriate way that teaches basic archaeological concepts and generates interest and awareness of the field. To create the strongest program possible I conducted research on outreach programs, and surveyed public archaeologists and teachers to determine what elements they would like …

Youth And Saving In Ghana: A Baseline Report From The Youthsave Ghana Experiment, Gina Chowa, David Ansong, Rainier Masa, Mat Despard, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Atta-Ankomah Richmond, Andrew Agyei-Holmes, Michael Sherraden

Center for Social Development Research

Youth and Saving in Ghana: A Baseline Report From the YouthSave Ghana Experiment

Transgressing Sexuality: An Interdisciplinary Study Of Economic History, Anthropology, And Queer Theory, Jason Gary Damron

Dissertations and Theses

This interdisciplinary thesis examines the concept of sexuality through lenses provided by economic history, anthropology, and queer theory. A close reading reveals historical parallels from the late 1800s between concepts of a desiring, utility-maximizing economic subject on the one hand, and a desiring, carnally decisive sexological subject on the other. Social constructionists have persuasively argued that social and economic elites deploy the discourse of sexuality as a technique of discipline and social control in class- and gender-based struggles. Although prior scholarship discusses how contemporary ideas of sexuality reflect this origin, many anthropologists and queer theorists continue to use "sexuality" uncritically …

The Bg News November 30, 2012, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 30, 2012. Volume 103-Issue 44.

Hodgson V. Minnesota: Chipping Away At Roe V. Wade In The Aftermath Of Webster, Selina K. Hewitt

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.

California Supreme Court Survey - A Review Of Decisions: January 1990-September 1990, James Duff Mcginley, Robert Jay Mills

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.

Beyond Abortion: Human Genetics And The New Eugenics, John R. Harding Jr.

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Best Interest Of The Child And The Law , Christian Reichel Van Deusen

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.

Best Interests Of The Child: By Whose Definition? , Harvey R. Sorkow

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.

Medical Evidence In Cases Of Intrauterine Drug And Alcohol Exposure , Judith Larsen, Robert M. Horowitz, Ira J. Chasnoff

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Los Angeles County Children's Court: A Model Facility For Child Abuse And Neglect Proceedings, Paul Boland

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.

Montesquieu's Theory Of Government And The Framing Of The American Constitution , Matthew P. Bergman

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.

Transformed Through Relationship: Faculty And Community Partners Give Voice To The Power Of Partnerships, Seanna M. Kerrigan, Vicki L. Reitenauer

PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement

Since the 1990s hundreds of institutions of higher education have engaged in processes to develop community-university partnerships in order to develop community-based learning program that enhance student learning and strengthen our communities. These partnerships are built upon ideals of reciprocity and synergy yet they have frequently lacked rich qualitative assessment to describe the nature of these relationships, the roles played in these relationships, and the impact that these partnerships have on students, faculty, and the community partners. This study engaged 10 faculty and their corresponding community partners to document the practices of these partnerships and the impact that they had …

United By Language, Literacy And Learning: Creating Spaces In Schools To Support Refugee Literacy, Loshini Naidoo Dr

PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement

This paper discusses the Refugee Action Support program, which is a program of literacy support for newly arrived refugee high school students in Australia. There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that while some refugee students do achieve success in schools, many refugee students arriving in Australia under the humanitarian program fail to attain a level of education that will give them access to and allow them to participate in tertiary education. Severe disruptions to education are a consistent feature for these students making current levels of support inadequate to meet the needs of refugee background students who …

The Academic And Social Benefits For Preservice Teachers Working With Children And Families Of Promise, Diana Brannon, Linda Dauksas

PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement

The Parents as Reading Teachers Nightly Encouraging Reading Success (PARTNERS) program provided preservice teachers service-learning field experiences working with families and children of promise. The PARTNERS program utilized preservice teachers to provide families dialogic reading training designed to increase children’s oral language skills and family literacy interactions. This service-learning partnership provided powerful field experiences for the pre-service teachers involved. Preservice teachers were provided regular interactions with families and children of promise. This resulted in preservice teachers having an increased understanding of families of promise, a sense of empowerment, and helped preservice teachers realize their potential to be change agents in …

Promoting Student Engagement: Using Community Service-Learning Projects In Undergraduate Psychology, Rick Harnish, K. Robert Bridges

PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement

In this article, we present a novel way to integrate psychological theories and research methods by engaging undergraduate psychology students in service-learning projects. Our goal for the course was to bring to life theories and research methods that students often regard as academic rather than practical. We describe the different projects conducted with several community partners over the course of seven years. Students reported high satisfaction with the course as compared to similar courses that do not have a service-learning component. Additionally, students performed better (as measured by final grades) in the course that had a service-learning component. We discuss …

Faculty Intent To Stay And The Perceived Relationship With Supervisor At A Career-Focused University, Gary A. Markowitz

Open Access Dissertations

The relationship between faculty members’ perceptions of the quality of the faculty-administrator relationship, and faculty intent to stay at one’s institution was examined at a Florida-based, multi-campus, non-profit, career-focused university. The pool of potential participants included the total population of 1,085 full-time and part-time campus-based undergraduate and graduate faculty. Survey instruments included: Leader-Member Exchange Version 7 (LMX-7) Questionnaire (faculty-administrator relationship); Price and Mueller’s (1986) Measure of Turnover Intent (Intent to Stay); Mowday, Steers and Porter’s (1979) Measure of Organizational Commitment as adopted by Daly and Dee (2006); and Heneman and Schwab’s (1985) Pay Satisfaction Questionnaire as adopted by Neumann & …

Scis News 11/29/2012, Slutzker Center For International Services

Newsletters from Slutzker Center for International Services - SCIS News

Getting ready for winter weather.

Gsu View, 2012-11-29, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.