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Documentation Within The Anti-­‐Bias Approach: A Case Study Exploring Family And Practitioners’ Perceptions And Experiences, Stephanie Nicole Sagmoen Siqueira Aug 2015

Documentation Within The Anti-­‐Bias Approach: A Case Study Exploring Family And Practitioners’ Perceptions And Experiences, Stephanie Nicole Sagmoen Siqueira

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Early childhood settings are diverse and challenging and building strong relationships between practitioners and families is vital. This research was framed around the aim to identify the factors influencing the perspectives and experiences of early childhood practitioners and families in relation to the use of pedagogical documentation within the Anti-Bias Approach. Additionally, the research aims to identify the benefits of using pedagogical documentation as a tool in the Anti-Bias Approach for building relationships. Nine semi-structured interviews with early childhood practitioners and parents/family members as well as a qualitative analysis of pedagogical documentation was conducted. Data analysis suggests five key factors …


Who Are You, Class Of 2018, Michelle Rahman Aug 2015

Who Are You, Class Of 2018, Michelle Rahman

Who Are You Class of...Orientation Speeches

“You are a curious and well-travelled group having been on every continent on mission trips, studying abroad or satisfying your curiosity by getting out and seeing the world. One of you wrote, ‘Home is never more than a packed suitcase away in the life of an adventurer. The adventure is worth the risk.’ You don’t let grass grow under your feet - you have studied in England, France, Saudi Arabia, China, and virtually every corner of the globe. As a group, you speak an astounding 25 different languages: Turkish, Farsi, Japanese, Shanghainese, Taiwanese, Chinese, Arabic, Dutch, Portuguese, Hungarian, Spanish, French, …


A Brief Overview Of Amblyaudia, Raelynn Lamminen, Daniel Houlihan Aug 2015

A Brief Overview Of Amblyaudia, Raelynn Lamminen, Daniel Houlihan

Psychology Department Publications

Amblyaudia, a recent subcategory of auditory processing disorder, is characterized by asymmetrical auditory processing of an individual’s ears. Amblyaudia can result in speech comprehension difficulties, reading difficulties, information processing deficits, and inattention. These difficulties can be mistakenly attributed to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), depression, anxiety disorders, and communication disorders. Unfortunately, traditional hearing tests do not place the two ears in competition and cannot detect asymmetry. Therefore, students who exhibit these difficulties and have normal performance on traditional hearing tests should be also evaluated for amblyaudia with dichotic listening tests. Amblyaudia can be addressed through dichotic …


Dorota Dutsch, Sharon L. James, And David Konstan, Eds., Women In Republican Drama. Madison, Wi: University Of Wisconsin Press, 2015. Pp. 272. Paper (Isbn 978-0-299-30314-3) $55.00, Peter Barrios-Lech Aug 2015

Dorota Dutsch, Sharon L. James, And David Konstan, Eds., Women In Republican Drama. Madison, Wi: University Of Wisconsin Press, 2015. Pp. 272. Paper (Isbn 978-0-299-30314-3) $55.00, Peter Barrios-Lech

New England Classical Journal

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Information Outlook July/August 2015, Special Libraries Association Aug 2015

Information Outlook July/August 2015, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2015

Volume 19, Issue 4


We, The Fans, Lindsey Clouse Aug 2015

We, The Fans, Lindsey Clouse

Word Ways

Why does any sports fan say "we" when talking about her team? What, exactly, is happening in her mind, on a conscious or subconscious level, when she says it? My search for the answer led me through a number of scholarly sources, and finally to conduct my own research.


Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 48, Number 3 Aug 2015

Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 48, Number 3

Word Ways

Front cover and publication information for this issue, including the table of contents.


Recent Poems: The Elephant's Lithe Proboscis, Ron Singer Aug 2015

Recent Poems: The Elephant's Lithe Proboscis, Ron Singer

Word Ways

A poem


Alphametics, Steven Kahan Aug 2015

Alphametics, Steven Kahan

Word Ways

A mathematical game.


Alakazarca!, . Anil Aug 2015

Alakazarca!, . Anil

Word Ways

A game and explanation.


Colloquy Aug 2015

Colloquy

Word Ways

A collection of responses to previously published articles.


The Nautonym Story, Susan Thorpe Aug 2015

The Nautonym Story, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

This story began over a year ago on page 106 of the May 2014 issue of Word Ways when Anil challenged me to find what he called NAUTONYMS, "sounded but not spelled tautonyms like RETREAT".


Norwich Bumstead Puzzles, Jeremiah Farrell Aug 2015

Norwich Bumstead Puzzles, Jeremiah Farrell

Word Ways

Answers to the two back cover puzzles.


Anagram Quiz 16, . Anil Aug 2015

Anagram Quiz 16, . Anil

Word Ways

A quiz.


Isomorph Pairings, Susan Thorpe Aug 2015

Isomorph Pairings, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

In my Designer Isomorphs (WW May 2001), the various different Isomorph genres included a few Isomorph pairings. Here are more.


Self-Defining Numbers, . Anil Aug 2015

Self-Defining Numbers, . Anil

Word Ways

Using anagrams to define number words rarely succeeds because the meanings are so precise. Frustrated, I've explored five alternative word play devices for self-defining numbers.


Multiple Switch, Andy Liu Aug 2015

Multiple Switch, Andy Liu

Word Ways

Readers are challenged to find or construct other examples of multiple switch, involving the eight parts of speech.


Extractions, Susan Thorpe Aug 2015

Extractions, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

A word has one letter (any letter) extracted from it to make another word. This word, in turn, has a letter (any letter) extracted from it to make another word. Such extracting is continued until a 2-letter word remains.


Ichthyornithonymy, Tristan Miller Aug 2015

Ichthyornithonymy, Tristan Miller

Word Ways

Below is a list of animal names. Fourteen of them are genuine names of birds, fourteen are genuine names of fish, one is shared by both a bird and a fish, and one is completely fictitious. Can you correctly classify all thirty?


We Present A Present, . Anil, Jeff Grant Aug 2015

We Present A Present, . Anil, Jeff Grant

Word Ways

The present present we present is an unnamed class of same-word homonyms we dub FOOLERS: words of the same root, spelling and basic or approximate meaning that fool us by differing in pronunciation in different forms, like the present and past tenses of "read'.


Names In The News...And News In The Names, Don Hauptman Aug 2015

Names In The News...And News In The Names, Don Hauptman

Word Ways

More original spoonerisms and transposition puns.


Its All Greek To Me, Susan Thorpe Aug 2015

Its All Greek To Me, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

There are 24 letters in the Greek Alphabet:alpha beta gamma delta epsilon eta zeta theta iota kappa lambda mu nu xi omicron pi rho sigma tau upsilon phi chi psi omega. Each of the couplets below includes the names of 2 of these letters. They are not in alphabetical order.


One Hundred Shades Of Ee: Dmitri Borgmann's Dream Comes True, Richard Lederer Aug 2015

One Hundred Shades Of Ee: Dmitri Borgmann's Dream Comes True, Richard Lederer

Word Ways

A long time ago in a Word Ways far, far away - November 1978, to be exact - I published "orthograffiti," an article that explored the chasm that stretches between phonology, the way words sound, and orthography, the way words are spelled.


Anagram Quiz 17, . Anil Aug 2015

Anagram Quiz 17, . Anil

Word Ways

A quiz.


Alphabet Poems, Jon Bannon Aug 2015

Alphabet Poems, Jon Bannon

Word Ways

A collection of poems.


Disjoint Word Chains, Sean A. Irvine Aug 2015

Disjoint Word Chains, Sean A. Irvine

Word Ways

The purpose of this note is to investigate the longest disjoint word chains for various other sets of words and to explain the computer-assisted solution of such problems.


Dictating A Letter, Daniel W. Galef Aug 2015

Dictating A Letter, Daniel W. Galef

Word Ways

It is well-known and well-lampooned that crossword puzzles have their own peculiar (and quite so) vocabulary, for reasons of practicality and tradition.


Two-Row Typewriter Words, Darryl Francis Aug 2015

Two-Row Typewriter Words, Darryl Francis

Word Ways

What are the longest words typeable using the keys on the top and middles rows; similarly, on the top and bottom rows; and then on the middle and bottom rows?


Kamchatka Words - Part 1, Steve Kahan Aug 2015

Kamchatka Words - Part 1, Steve Kahan

Word Ways

A vocabulary quiz.


From A To Z Both Sides Now, Jeff Grant Aug 2015

From A To Z Both Sides Now, Jeff Grant

Word Ways

This article examines a different type of double-hook word, where the same letter is added simultaneously at the front and end to form a new word.