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Pittsburg State University Annual Commencement, May 2014, Pittsburg State University

Commencement, 1903-Present

Program of undergraduate and graduate commencement exercises at Pittsburg State University on May of 2014

Requests Of Brown By Lc Classification: May 2014, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Requests of Brown from other HELIN libraries - May 2014

How Does Your Garden Grow: How Planting Seeds Of Hope Inspire A Community Of Gifted African-American Learners To Flourish In An Early Childhood Setting, Danielle Elaine Macneal-Harris

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

"Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested"

-African Proverb

Each day, African-American children are rarely given the opportunity to reach their full potential and flourish in American school systems. There continues to be a disparity in the number of African-Americans in the gifted population. When identified early, and with appropriate educational opportunities, young, culturally diverse gifted learners will be more likely to have long-term educational success. By utilizing an educational criticism methodology, this study discusses the importance of gifted education for African-American, early childhood students, by answering the question, how does The Hope …

O'Beirne's Mousetrap Game, Jeremiah Farrell

Word Ways

A puzzle game.

Swinburne's "Nephelidia", Jim Puder

Word Ways

Conventional literary wisdom has it that Swinburne's "Nephelidia" ("Cloudlets") must have been intended as a parody of its author's own poetic style. Perhaps so - it does, certainly, share a characteristic style of construction with much of his other verse.

Poetic Quiz, Anne Rulon-Miller

Word Ways

A poem.

Shifty Numbers, Dave Morice, . Anil

Word Ways

While probing endless logologico-mathematical esoterica for an article on Extreme Number Names we explored shiftgrams of number names cardinal, ordinal and Roman on Dave's lettershift calculator.

Wordplay / Slipperiness Of Language / N-Tendres, Lew Goldklang

Word Ways

An article on wordplay.

Colloquy

Word Ways

A collection of responses to previously published articles.

Dipping Into Quipping: Puns Deployed In Everyday Life, Don Hauptman

Word Ways

A compilation of puns in real life situations.

Numerical Russian Dolls, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

Numerical Russian Dolls can be viewed as the numerical equivalent of Words in Words. The latter include ME inside COT in coMEt, RACE inside TRY in tRACEry and PEAK inside SING in sPEAKing. One word is surrounded by another, the latter being formed by bringing together letters from the beginning and end of the parent word.

The Orcadian Dialect, Jeff Grant

Word Ways

The Orkney Islands are located off the northeast coast of Scotland. There are about 70 islands of which 20 are inhabited. The first people on Orkney would have spoken a Pictish language which disappeared when the Norse settlers arrived in the 900s.

Kickshaws, David Morice

Word Ways

A collection of linguistic kickshaws.

Anagram Quiz 12, . Anil

Word Ways

A quiz.

218 Color Names Used In Palindromes, Jim Puder

Word Ways

People who persist for very long in the composition of palindromes sooner or later acquire a good familiarity with the most easily accessible vocabulary available to such writing, and are sometimes moved to remark upon its seeming paucity.

Extreme Number Names, Dave Morice, . Anil

Word Ways

The logological investigation of number name patterns and limits, surprisingly, is not a milked cow. We present thirty-two clusters of mostly new twists on number names that are most extreme in various contexts - order, length, magnitude, etc.

Unigraphic Lipogrammatic Windows: A Survey, Tristan Miller

Word Ways

A lipogram is a span of text in which a particular letter or group of letters is avoided. Composition of very long lipograms is a popular pastime among logologists - indeed, some particularly dedicated constraint writers have produced entire novels which do not use the letter E.

Ups And Downs, Steve Kahan

Word Ways

"Upstairs, Downstairs", Masterpiece Theater's classic television series, provides the impetus for the puzzle that appears below, in which two columns of definitions have been listed. Each answer sought in Column A has a correspondent in Column B that can be generated by placing either UP or Down before it.

Answers And Solutions

Word Ways

Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.

The World's Shortest Personal Names, Tristan Miller

Word Ways

In this article, I briefly review previous surveys of short personal names, and expand on these with further legitimate examples drawn from journalistic and scholarly sources. I also debunk some urban legends and misconceptions about particular single-letter names.

Instructions To Authors

Word Ways

Instructions to authors and back cover of this issue.

Neither (Fully) Here Nor There: Negotiation Narratives Of Nashville's Kurdish Youth, Stephen Ross Goddard

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Nashville, Tennessee, is home to nearly fifteen thousand ethnic Kurds. They have come in four distinct groups over the course of two decades to escape the hardship and horror of brutal central government policies, some directed toward their extinction. Many of that number are young people who were infants or toddlers when they were whisked away to the safety of temporary way stations prior to their arrival in the United States. What that means is that these youth have spent the majority of their formative years within the context of the American culture. This thesis is a study of how …

Value And Effectiveness Of An Intervention Reading Course, Imari Rashad Hazelwood

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Students who graduate from high school and receive a diploma believe they are indeed ready for a college education. What most of these students are not aware of is that many students enter into higher education underprepared for the rigors of college level coursework. There are support programs such as tutoring and intervention reading courses that have been created to combat this problem and further prepare students to handle college level work, specifically reading. This study evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention reading course in terms of student success and growth. Students participated in a semester long course and were …

Brain-Based Worship: Re-Membering The Mind-Body Connection, Paula Champion-Jones

Doctor of Ministry

Historically, it has been believed that Christian formation occurs primarily in the context of worship. Because both traditional and contemporary worship services are routinely structured around the skills of persuasive rhetoric and logic, most worship services effectively ignore the impact of experiential, embodied knowledge. Recent research in neuroscience has proven that humans are sensory-motor-emotional-thinking beings who learn best when body, brain, and emotions are simultaneously engaged. A fresh paradigm for teaching, brain-based leaning, is proving to result in learning that is more memorable, more likely to result in long-term change in the behavior of the learner, and more likely to …

Appalink, Appalachian Studies Association

Appalink

No abstract provided.

'Tickling The Palate' Gastronomy In Irish Literature And Culture, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, Eamon Maher

Articles

This volume of essays which originated in the inaugural Dublin Gastronomy Symposium held in the Technological University Dublin in June 2012, offers fascinating insights into the significant role played by gastronomy in Irish literature and culture.

The book opens with an exploration of food in literature, covering figures as varied as Maria Edgeworth, James Joyce, Charles Dickens, Enid Blyton, John McGahern, and Sebastian Barry. Other chapters examine culinary practices among the Dublin working classes in the 1950's, offering a stark contrast to the haute cuisine served in the iconic Jammet's Restaurant; new trends among Ireland's 'foodie' generation; and the economic …

One Approach For The Role Of Rhyming Dictionaries In Developing Children's Language Proficiency And The Multimedia Technologies, Mimoza Priku, Josef Bushati, Ardiana Sula, Ledia Kashahu

Jandrisevits Faculty Publications

In this study it will be addressed some matters concerning children's phonological development, focusing on the development of rhyming ability for the children. Speech means pure and clearly pronunciation. For linguistic development assistance of children it is need rhyming dictionaries. They help children as to the exact pronunciation spoken words by data phonemes related their composition, as well as to encourage them to recognize new close words, but not the same with them for the pronunciation. This method helps correct pronunciation on the one hand, while on the other hand promotes vocabulary enrichment. These dictionaries play a positive role in …

Antonio T. De Nicolás: Poet Of Eternal Return, Christopher Key Chapple

Research Resources

This book includes essays in honor of Professor Antonio de Nicolas.

The Differences In Spelling When Practice Utilizes A Word Processor Versus Writing By Hand; Parent Perceptions, Lauren E. Bleakley

Rehabilitation, Human Resources and Communication Disorders Undergraduate Honors Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate parent perceptions about how their children become successful spellers by asking about digital and hand written practice alignment with test taking. Thirty parents of children from the primary grades of school (1st to 4th grade) were sought as participants. There was no control for the type of school (e.g. private versus public). The materials of the study included a brief questionnaire developed from the literature that ask demographic information (age, grade, etc.) and specifics about spelling homework, spelling tests in school, and perceived benefits of types of practice for spelling success. The …

The Impact Of Fluency On Word Choices And Functional Vocabulary In Children Who Stutter, Caillouet M. Clark

Rehabilitation, Human Resources and Communication Disorders Undergraduate Honors Theses

The purpose of this study is to determine if stuttering affects word selection and/or narrative word usage in school-age children. Ten school-aged children who are either active stutters or who have a history of stuttering will be sought as participants. A brief questionnaire will separate the participants into two groups, i.e. active vs. history of stuttering. Two vocabulary tests, one receptive and the other expressive, and a written and oral narrative will be used to gather data on word selection and usage. Each child will be seen individually for data collection. Audio recordings will be used throughout this collection and …