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The Free Press Vol 44 Issue 19, 04-08-2013, Kirsten Sylvain

Free Press, The

USM and USM Crushes: it’s complicated--Music education faculty cut in half--Students walk for a cure at the Relay for Life--USM merges facilities staffs--System complaint partly targets USM faculty--Rwandan recounts genocide in home country

Never A Yellow Bird, Always A Blue Bird: Ethnodrama Of A Latina Learner’S Educational Experiences In 1950 - 60s South Texas, Norman Gillen, Kakali Bhattacharya

The Qualitative Report

This article is a response to calls for more first - person accounts from researchers using narrative formats to interpret data. The authors examine the practice of ethnodrama as a means of exploring and analyzing the experiences of a Latina public - school student in a small South Texas coastal town during the 1950s and 1960s as she attempted to negotiate multiple ethnic spaces while resisting traditional behavioral expectations representative of that period. Through coding and synthesizing the participant’s responses, the researchers established theme s on which to base the composition of three dramatic scenes for purposes of data representation. …

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, April 7, 2013, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2013

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, April 7, 2013, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2013

No abstract provided.

Development Of An Integrated Fis-Dea Method For Sustainable Supplier Selection In Manufacturing / Atefeh Amindoust, Amindoust Atefeh

Student Works (2010-2019)

Supplier selection is an important area of decision making in manufacturing, especially for large and medium companies – either multinational (MNCs) or local. As sustainability in terms of preserving physical environment and developing long-term relationships between the partners in carrying out of manufacturing activities has gained world-wide focus, this dimension deserves due attention in selecting the competent suppliers in today’s companies. Literatures show that the past researches done in this area didn’t adequately discern and put the sustainable issues in a form of generic model. In real life applications, the importance of the various sustainable supplier selection criteria differ from …

The Evolution Of Broadway Musical Entertainment, 1850-2009: Interlingual And Intermedial Interference, Dj Kaiser

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

Itamar Even-Zohar's polysystem theory: 1978, revised 1990) postulates that translated literature occupies a central location in a young literature and serves an "innovative" function until the literature matures, at which time translated literature is pushed to the periphery and is "conservative": approximating the native repertoire). Using a "distant reading" approach: Moretti 2005), this project explores the position of both translated and adapted literature in the evolution of Broadway musical entertainment. Using an original database of more than four thousand productions of musical entertainment from professional New York playhouses associated with the history of Broadway from 1850 through 2009, various waves …

Bridging The Languages With Engineering: Editors' Introduction, Sigrid Berka, Eckhard A. Groll

Online Journal for Global Engineering Education

No abstract provided.

The Echo: April 5, 2013, Taylor University

2012-2013 (Volume 100)

‘Threats as clear posturing’ – Student book pays tribute to Larkin’s life – Same-sex marriage front and center in two Supreme Court trials – Taylor to add Asian languages – Top five news events of the week – Advancement office prepares fundraising for campus center – Allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally, percent in favor by generation – In The Loop – ‘Painted with Grace’ – Farmland values on the rise in Indiana – Percentage of Indiana that is farmland – Weather Forecast – Pizza King restaurant good for a quirky time – German family to be deported – …

The Role Of The U.S. Courts Of Appeals In Legal Development: An Empirical Analysis, Rachael K. Hinkle

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

What are the causes and consequences of legal development? In recent years courts scholars have begun to address these broad and challenging questions, yet there is still much work to be done. The intermediate level of the federal court system: a.k.a., circuit courts) provides an institutional context replete with opportunities to extend our theoretical and empirical understanding of legal development. My dissertation takes advantage of these opportunities in three ways. First, I explore legal constraint by comparing citation to and treatment of circuit court precedents. A precedent is binding in its own circuit, but merely persuasive in other circuits. Consequently, …

Moving From Principles To Rights: Rio 2012 And Access To Information, Public Participation, And Justice, David Banisar, Sejal Parmar, Lalanath De Silva, Carole Excell

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Inviting Twenty-First Century Students To The Eighteenth-Century Party, Kathryn Strong Hansen

ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640–1830

This article describes a classroom activity that increases students’ connection to literary characters, and by extension, texts. The activity, constructed as a party attended by literary characters, tasks students with taking on the point of view of one character in an assigned novel. This can encourage a student to see the viewpoint of a character that differs from him or her in gender, social status, or any other category of difference. In heightening students’ relationship to eighteenth-century characters, I argue, instructors can bring the eighteenth century closer to contemporary students as well as increase students’ sensitivity to viewpoints that differ …

April 4, 2013: Jill M. Hebert Publishes Her First Book, Morgan Le Fay, Shapeshifter By Palgrave Macmillan, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Study Abroad: An Emu Case Study, Zachary Blasdel Blackwell

Senior Honors Theses and Projects - World Languages

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet April 2013, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The April 2013 Monthly packet includes the April agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held March 2013

Teaching Grammar In Context, Katie Pingle

Honors Theses

An English 1000 instructor’s search for the best practices in teaching grammar through a reflective teaching experience which references leading scholarship and critically examines classroom activities and students’ writing abilities.

The Grizzly, April 4, 2013, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Alyse Reid, Caroline Sandberg, Shane English, Carly Siegler, Rosemary Clark, Vivek Reddy, Austin Fox, Sara Hourwitz, Sabrina Mcgettigan, John Parry, Megan Maccaroni, Jalel Guesmi, Allen Weaver

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

AFAC to Fund ESPN • No Tolerance for Open Containers • Staff Form Assembly • Transfer Students Offer Perspective on UC • Airband Event • Devoted Yet Battered Players • Blogging has Educational Benefits • Ursinus Students Celebrate World Water Month • Opinion: Seniors, Don't Freak Out About the Future; Extra-Curriculars an Important Part of Education • Ursinus Athletics Struggles • Concussions Affecting UC Athletics

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• SGA Voting to Open Monday
• News
• Opinions
• Arts & Entertainment
• Classifieds
• Puzzles/ Comics
• Sports

The East Texan, 2013-04-04, Texas A&M University-Commerce

All Issues

A color copy of The East Texan, a student newspaper published at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

A Legal Standard For Post-Colonial Land Reform, Amelia Chizwala Peterson

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

On Diversity And Public Policymaking: An Environmental Justice Perspective, Patrice Lumumba Simms

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

9th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference Abstract Book, Missouri University Of Science And Technology

Undergraduate Research Conference at Missouri S&T

No abstract provided.

The Changing Nature Of The Text, Fred W. Jenkins

Roesch Library Faculty Presentations

No abstract provided.

Educative Supports For Teachers In Middle School Mathematics Curriculum Materials: What Is Offered And How Is It Expressed?, Lorraine Males

Discipline-Based Education Research Group Speaker Series

In this talk I will present the findings from my study of the educative nature of four middle school mathematics curriculum materials. Educative curriculum materials are materials for Grades K‐12 that are “intended to promote teacher learning in addition to students’” (Davis & Krajcik, 2005, p. 3). I particularly investigated the opportunities for teacher learning embedded within four middle school curricular series in the areas of introduction to variable and geometric transformations. Drawing on the work on educative curriculum materials from science education (Davis & Krajcik, 2005) and Systemic Functional Linguistics (Halliday, 1985), I investigated opportunities to learn by examining …

Mischief In Masculinity: Gender In John Lydgate's Troy Book, Lindsey Simon-Jones

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 04/03/13, Janet Shields

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Faculty Senate minutes for the 04/03/13 meeting.

Language Policy In Morocco: Role Of Government Agencies In Effecting Language Change, Mohammed Errihani

Library Scholars Grant Program

No abstract provided.

Valuing Students’ Cultural Experiences And Linguistic Abilities In The Classroom, Tynisha Meidl, Christopher Meidl

Journal of Praxis in Multicultural Education

English Language Learners (ELL) and students represented in culturally diverse communities are the fastest growing groups in US public schools (Samway & McKeon, 2007). Mainstream classrooms often struggle to meet the needs of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse (LCD) students, trying to connect instruction to students’ linguistic backgrounds or cultural experiences (Darder, 1991). Unfortunately, the education of LCD students has become exercises of “drill and kill” and highly scripted instruction (Darder & Torres, 2004). This article explores reasons why students’ cultural experiences and linguistic abilities are not recognized in mainstream classrooms in an era of high-stakes testing. Additionally, the article will …

Critical Conversations: Developing White Teachers For Diverse Classrooms, Omobolade O. Delano-Oriaran Ph.D, Tynisha D. Meidl Ph.D

Journal of Praxis in Multicultural Education

Many White, middle-class educators experience challenges as they attempt to teach in racially diverse classrooms. This article explores and challenges a widely held and often unexamined conception of White in-service teachers as learners about issues of diversity and equity vis-à-vis voluntary professional development. This study sought to examine how White in-service teachers explore their racial identity and how identity awareness influences their ability to successfully meet the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students. Participants were part of a voluntary book discussion professional-development program offered by a community multicultural center in collaboration with surrounding school districts. The findings of …

The Language Of Texting: Altering English Or A Language Of Its Own?, Elizabeth Gorney

The Review: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Research

In lieu of an abstract, below is the first paragraph of the paper.

Because language is so intangible, changes over time are not only unavoidable, they also are common and expected. Language is not the same today as it was when it originated; it is not the same today as it was last week. Phrases become "so yesterday" and expressions from a hundred years ago have been entirely eliminated from our language. There are many reasons for changeculture, technology, events in history- but the most influential catalyst for change in today's era is technology. Things like email, texting, and Facebook …