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Corpus Linguistics As A Tool In Legal Interpretation, Lawrence Solan, Tammy Gales

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Smartphone Apps In Education: Students Create Videos To Teach Smartphone Use As Tool For Learning, Kara E. Clayton, Amanda Murphy

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Smartphones are regular classroom accessories. Educators should work with children to understand the capacity of smartphones for learning and civic engagement, rather than being a classroom distraction. This research supports a collaborative project the authors engaged in with students in two states to discover what the perception of smartphone use was by students and teachers. One element of this project included students producing YouTube style tutorials on the educational use of mobile apps. The authors explored smartphone use in the classroom. Student created products correlated to technology trends in K-12 education and their relationship with state by state demographic data.

What Do You Use Mobile Phones For? A Creative Method Of Thematic Drawing With Adolescents In Rural China, Jiachun Hong

Journal of Media Literacy Education

This study sets out to explore Chinese adolescents’ subjectivities toward the use of mobile phones, and reveal the dynamic relationship among students, parents, and school concerning mobile phone usage in rural China. Twenty-one high school students were recruited, and asked to draw a painting that expresses their perceptions of mobile phones in relation to family and school life. After analyzing the thematic drawings and their self-explanations upon the drawings, several themes arise: the mobile phone as a bridge of love, as an extension of the home, as an iron cage, as the blasting fuse of family conflicts, and as a …

Media Detectives: Bridging The Relationship Among Empathy, Laugh Tracks, And Gender In Childhood, Sruti Kanthan, James A. Graham, Lynne Azarchi

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Empathy in college-age students is decreasing at unprecedented rates. Understanding empathy in children can act as primary prevention in tackling the problem. This study considers laugh tracks’ capacity to bias reality, foster empathy, and investigate differences across time and gender in 181 fifth grade students. The results from this quasi-experimental study suggests that students’ perceptions of the relationship between empathy and canned laughter changed significantly from pretest to posttest survey questions. Statistically significant differences were present for gender, as well. Theoretical and practical implications of using laugh tracks to increase empathy in middle and late childhood are discussed.

The Impact Of Ethical Concerns On Fashion Consumerism: A Review, Lena Cavusoglu, Mourad Dakhli

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

Ethical and sustainable business practices have become some of the most significant concerns in the highly globalized fashion industry. Firms in this multi-billion dollar industry are taking these concerns seriously, and are carefully monitoring and responding to consumers’ actions that can range from expressing displeasure via social media to holding protests or even calling for boycotts of certain brands and firms. In this paper, the first output from a larger project on ethics of fashion, we review the extant literature on the ethical aspects of the global fashion system; and set the stage for further empirical and conceptual work.

Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Technical Report, 2016, Arkansas Water Resources Center

Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Report

No abstract provided.

Effectiveness Of The Drop-Off/Pick-Up Survey Methodology In Different Neighborhood Types, Douglas Jackson-Smith, Courtney G. Flint, Mallory Dolan, Carla K. Trentelman, Grant Holyoak, Blake Thomas, Guizen Ma

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

With declining survey response rates, the Drop-Off/Pick-Up (DOPU) survey method has been suggested as an alternative to mail, phone, or internet modes. We use a major household DOPU survey to explore the impacts of both implementation method and neighborhood context on survey response rates. The survey was carried out in 23 neighborhoods in northern Utah chosen to represent distinctive configurations of socioeconomic, demographic, land use, and built environments that comprise rural to urban residential communities in the region. Overall, the survey achieved a 63.2 percent response rate, but this varied from 33 to 79 percent across our study neighborhoods. Contact …

Florida Rural Small Business Energy Assistance Collaborative Cumulative Report Ending December 31, 2016, Florida Solar Energy Center, Janet Mcilvaine

FSEC Energy Research Center®

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development initiative reaches out to communities across America with many programs (http://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/all-programs). USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) offers grants and loan guarantees for energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems to agriculture operations and qualifying rural small businesses. USDA has awarded the University of Central Florida a grant to provide a limited number of subsidized Energy Audits to eligible businesses in Florida in support of USDA Rural Development (USDA-RD) Grant and Loan programs for rural small businesses. The ultimate goal of the energy audits is to increase participation in REAP. Audits …

Breaking Organizational Eggs To Make An Innovation Cake: One Library's Experience With Reorganization, Erika D. Peterson, Grover Saunders, Kevin Hegg, Andrea H. Adams, Jamie Calcagno-Roach

Libraries

This poster describes a major service realignment that integrated Instructional Designers, Media Specialists, Librarians, and Digital Scholarship Specialists into a new unit oriented around providing cutting edge technologies and services to students, faculty and staff. Highlighted is the "digital assignment lifecycle," which serves as the philosophical underpinning to the structure of the unit, as well as illustration of new makerspace oriented facilities.

December 31, 2016 (Pages 8161-8266), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 46 (2016)

No abstract provided.

Back Matter, The Editors

Jurnal Riset Pendidikan Matematika

(Indeks Subjek, Indeks Pengarang, Biografy, Author Guidelines)

Pengembangan Multimedia Pembelajaran Trigonometri Menggunakan Adobe Flash Cs3 Untuk Siswa Sma, Nanang Khuzaini, Rusgianto Heri Santosa

Jurnal Riset Pendidikan Matematika

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghasilkan multimedia pembelajaran trigonometri menggunakan ADOBE FLASH CS3 untuk pembelajaran matematika siswa SMA kelas X semester II dan mengetahui kelayakan produk multimedia dari aspek kevalidan, kepraktisan, dan keefektifan untuk pembelajaran matematika di SMA Kelas X Semester II. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan multimedia pembelajaran matematika menggunakan model pengembangan Borg dan Gall yang dilaksanakan melalui tiga tahapan yaitu: pertama, pendahuluan yaitu studi pustaka dan studi lapangan; kedua, pengembangan yaitu perencanaan dan pengembangan produk awal; dan ketiga, uji lapangan yaitu uji pengembangan terbatas, uji coba kelompok kecil, dan uji coba lapangan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa multimedia yang …

Back Matter, The Editors

Jurnal Riset Pendidikan Matematika

(Indeks Subjek, Indeks Pengarang, Biografy, Author Guidelines)

Academic Performance And Moral Competence: A Match Made In Heaven?, Umaru Mustapha Zubairu, Chetubo Kuta Dauda, Olalekan Busra Sakariyau, Isa Imam Paiko

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

This study aims to empirically assess the relationship between accounting students' academic performances and moral competencies by focusing on final-year accounting students enrolled at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The students' moral competencies were measured using a scenario-based instrument developed through a collaboration with Islamic accounting scholars, called the Muslim Accountant Moral Competency Test (MAMOC), whilst students' academic performances were measured using their Cumulative Grade Point Averages (CGPAs). Contrary to the expected positive relationship between these two variables, the study found a negative, and insignificant, relationship. The implication of this result is that IIUM's Accounting Department needs to conduct …

Public Intercept Interviews And Surveys For Gathering Place-Based Perceptions: Observations From Community Water Research In Utah, Courtney G. Flint, Charles Mascher, Zack Oldroyd, Phillip Andre Valle, Elizabeth Wynn, Quinton Cannon, Alexander Brown, Bethany Unger

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Public intercept interviews provide a useful data gathering method for assessing locally salient topics. We describe a recent project to highlight public water perspectives in parks in two Utah cities, and we focus on the methodological considerations to expand applications of the public intercept survey method. Combining demographic survey information with open-ended interview data allows for validating samples against census information. An expanded informed consent process allows participants to make selections regarding data use and identification. New technologies enable a paperless process and data management opportunities as well as challenges. Participants were largely willing to allow use of interview audio …

Developing Formative Authentic Assessment Instruments Based On Learning Trajectory For Elementary School, Anesa Surya, Aman Aman

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

This research aims to (1) develop research formative authentic assessment instruments based on learning trajectory that is eligible for the fourth grade students of elementary schools; and (2) develop formative authentic assessment instruments based on learning trajectory that is effective for the fourth grade students of elementary schools. This developmental study refers to the model developed by Borg & Gall. The developmental design was grouped into four development procedures, consisting of: (a) Exploration, (b) development of the draft/prototype, (c) product testing and revisions, and (d) final validation. The experimental subjects are some pilot project elementary schools which used Curriculum 2013 …

Improving Students' Mastery On Automotive Electrical System Using Automotive Electrical Multimedia, Dwi Widjanarko, Herminarto Sofyan, Herman Dwi Surjono

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

This research was conducted to study the improvement of students' understanding of automotive electrical system by applying automotive electrical multimedia. The multimedia was developed and validated by automotive and multimedia experts before being applied in teaching and learning processes. The research design was a single group pretest-posttest design with three field testing. The results showed that in the preliminary field testing, the students' understanding increased by 32.55%; in the main field testing, the understanding was up to 64.89%; and in the operational field testing, the understanding became 77.36%. This indicates that automotive multimedia could increase the students' understanding of automotive …

Determining Standard Of Academic Potential Based On The Indonesian Scholastic Aptitude Test (Tbs) Benchmark, Idwin Irma Krisna, Djemari Mardapi, Saifuddin Azwar

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

The aim of this article was to classify The Indonesian Scholastic Aptitude Test or Tes Bakat Skolastik (TBS) results for each subtest and describe scholastic aptitudes in each subtest. The subject of this study was 36,125 prospective students who took the selection test in some universities. Data analysis began by estimating testees' ability using the Item Response Theory, and benchmarking process using the scale anchoring method applying ASP.net web server technology. The results of this research are four benchmarks (based on cutoff scores) on each subtest, characters which differentiate potential for each benchmark, and measurement error on each benchmark. The …

Pengembangan Model Pembelajaran Motorik Kasar Siswa Taman Kanak-Kanak Kelompok A, Nuridin Widya Pranoto

Jurnal Keolahragaan

Penelitian ini bertujuan menghasilkan model pembelajaran motorik kasar siswa TK kelompok A. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian pengembangan. langkah-langkahnya terdiri atas (1) potensi dan masalah, (2) pengumpulan data, (3) desain produk, (4) validasi desain, (5) revisi desain, (6) uji coba produk, (7) revisi produk, (8) uji coba pemakaian, dan (9) revisi produk. Penilaian kualitas produk melibatkan 3 orang ahli. Instrumen yang digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data adalah petunjuk umum wawancara, catatan lapangan, lembar evaluasi, angket skala nilai validasi, rubrik penilaian siswa, pedoman observasi permainan, dan pedoman observasi keefektifan permainan. Hasil penelitian berupa model pembelajaran motorik kasar siswa TK kelompok A yang …

Mending Invisible Wounds: The Efficacy And Legality Of Mdma-Assisted Psychotherapy In United States' Veterans Suffering With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Jonathan Perry

Journal of Law and Health

Though Veteran Affairs has provided crucial life sustaining—and often lifesaving—treatments to returning soldiers, the substantial and ever-increasing rates of veteran suicides, drug addictions, and criminal behavior indicate a need for broader options in treatment. One of the most profound discoveries uncovered through MDMA-assisted psychotherapy research is MDMA’s facilitation of the alleviation of addictive behavior in subjects, and, as a result, an alleviation of addictions in general. Addiction is one of the key symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and drug abuse plays a large role in the other afflictions suffered by veterans, namely criminal activity and a high rate of …

Addressing The Tunnel Threat At Nuclear Facilities: A Case Study, Md. Mobasher Ahmed

International Journal of Nuclear Security

No abstract provided.

Andrew L. Gaston, Plaintiff-Appellant, V. Salt Lake City School District, Defendant-Appellee. : Brief Of Appellee, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

APPELLEE'S ANSWER BRIEF

Appeal from a judgment on special verdict of the Third Judicial District
Court, Salt Lake County, State of Utah, Civil Case No. 130907575,
Honorable Matthew Bates, District Court Judge

Andrew Gaston, Appellant/Plaintiff, V. Salt Lake City School District, Appellee/Defendant. : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

BRIEF OF APPELLANT

APPEAL FROM THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR SALT LAKE,
STATE OF UTAH
HONORABLE MATTHEW BATES

Richard Hardy Plaintiff And Appellant, V. Jeremy Montgomery, Julie Montgomery, Defendants And Appellees. : Reply Brief, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

REPLY BRIEF OF APPELLANT

APPEAL FROM THE
TRIAL FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND JUDGMENT
THE HONORABLE JUDGE HARMOND - SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
IN AND FOR CARBON COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH

Fur Breeders Agricultural Cooperative, (Employer No. 002612-0). Petitioner/Appellant, Vs. Department Of Workforce Services, Workforce Appeals Board, Respondent/Appelle. : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

BRIEF OF APPELLANT

APPEAL
Appeal from Decision of Workforce Appeals Board
Department of Workforce Services

Mark A. Pierce; Julie D. Pierce, Defendants And Appellants, Vs. Carol H. Peterson, Trustee Of The Larry A. And Carol H. Peterson Family Trust, Uad, February 7, 2003, Plaintiff And Appellee : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

APPELLANTS' ADDENDA

APPEAL FROM THE FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER OF
THE HONORABLE JENNIFER A. BROWN, FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
COURT
MILLARD COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH

Oral Argument Requested

Fur Breeders Agricultural Cooperative Petitioner, V. Workforce Appeals Board Of The Utah Department Of Workforce Services Respondent. : Brief Of Appellee, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

BRIEF OF RESPONDENT

Petition for Review of a Decision of the
Workforce Appeals Board of the
Department of Workforce Services,
State of Utah

Comment: Humanitarian Relief Logistics: Pre-Positioning Warehouse Strategy, S Roh, C-S Kim

Plymouth Business School

The importance of preparedness is emphasised in humanitarian relief logistics as it gets even more sophisticated. Pre-purchased relief items are stocked in pre-positioned warehouses around the world by various relief organisations which is commonly taken to improve their capacities to deliver sufficient relief aid within a relatively short time frame. This comment paper provides a better understanding about the humanitarian disaster management with the comparison between the commercial logistics. Furthermore, pre-positioned warehousing strategy is overviewed along with the global warehouse locations operated by international relief organisations.

Lisa Penunuri And Barry Siegwart, Plaintiffs/ Appellants, Vs. Sundance Partners, Ltd; Sundance Holdings, Llc; Sundance Development Corp; Robert Redford; Redford 1970 Trust; Rock Mountain Outfitters, L.C.; And Does I-X. Defendants And Appellees., Utah Supreme Court

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (2000–2020)

ON CERTIORARI FROM UTAH COURT OF APPEALS The Honorable Frederick Voros, Presiding

The Development And Support Of Geometric And Spatial Concepts In Preschool- And Kindergarten-Aged Children, Laura J. Becker

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of the literature review is to discuss the development of geometric and spatial concepts in preschool- and kindergarten-aged children. This development can be seen through the children's mental and manual rotation, as well as children's experiences with spatial reasoning. The factors that influence these concepts, such as spatial talk and spatial play are also examined. This review identifies ways that teachers can support the development of geometric and spatial concepts in the classroom, such as exposure to materials, pedagogy, interventions, and their own professional development. The conclusion of this literature review synthesizes the evidence, discusses recommendations, and provides …