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Math Skills That Don’T Add Up; A Comparison Between Eighth Grade And College Students, Nathan Barry, Angela Hollman, Dale Porter Mar 2017

Math Skills That Don’T Add Up; A Comparison Between Eighth Grade And College Students, Nathan Barry, Angela Hollman, Dale Porter

The Professional Constructor

Among 34 participating countries within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the United States performed below average in mathematics earning a rank of 27. The World Economic Forum (2014) ranks the United States 51 out of 144 countries scoring a 4.4 out of 7 (7 = excellent) in the quality of mathematics and science education. Although the United States’ competitive advantage and economic growth is directly connected to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers, only 28 percent of those students choose to major with these fields in college. In addition, 48 percent of students that choose to …

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Thinking And Acting Both Globally And Locally: The Field School In Intercultural Education As A Model For Action-Research Training And Civic Learning, Douglas D. Perkins, Benjamin W. Fisher, Holly L. Karakos, Sharon L. Shields, Elizabeth D. Gilbert, Meaghan M. Patterson Feb 2017

Thinking And Acting Both Globally And Locally: The Field School In Intercultural Education As A Model For Action-Research Training And Civic Learning, Douglas D. Perkins, Benjamin W. Fisher, Holly L. Karakos, Sharon L. Shields, Elizabeth D. Gilbert, Meaghan M. Patterson

Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice

We present the Field School model of intercultural civic education, service-learning, action research training, and collaboration (with local academic and community partners) based on field work in applied anthropology. Theoretical and methodological foundations of the Field School also include experiential learning and immersive pedagogy, multiculturalism and cross-cultural communication, international education and study abroad programs, collaborative international development, participatory research, and in-depth knowledge in one’s own specific discipline. The primary goals of these intensive, short-term action research projects in other, less-developed countries or regions are benefits for community partners that are as sustainable as possible and to foster and assess learning …

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What Makes Water Policy Sustainable? An Analysis Of Water Policy In Us Cities, Rebecca Brady David Feb 2017

What Makes Water Policy Sustainable? An Analysis Of Water Policy In Us Cities, Rebecca Brady David

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation works to create a clearer understanding of sustainability in water policy. Current water policy in four US cities was compared to a matrix of recommended sustainability themes that have been presented in the literature to determine the extent of which these themes have been implemented into water policy. To best analyze policy for sustainability it is necessary to look at the policy of cities that are considered sustainable. This was determined by a city’s inclusion in “Most Sustainable US Cities” lists. The two cities that best represented sustainability were Austin, TX and San Francisco, CA. The research also …

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City Of Oberlin, Comprehensive Housing Study And Needs Analysis, Kirby Date, Kathryn W. Hexter, Charlie Post, N. Colt Ossoff, Arleesha Wilson Feb 2017

City Of Oberlin, Comprehensive Housing Study And Needs Analysis, Kirby Date, Kathryn W. Hexter, Charlie Post, N. Colt Ossoff, Arleesha Wilson

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

The Center for Community Planning and Development was engaged by the City of Oberlin, Ohio to develop a comprehensive housing needs assessment. A fact-finding study with recommendations, it is intended to support future policy discussion and visioning as part of the City’s planned comprehensive plan process in the coming year. This study was completed with input and guidance from the City and a Housing Study Steering Committee of community stakeholders, a Community Open House, and interviews with residents, workers, business owners, and community leaders. Data analysis demonstrated a need for additional housing for low-income families, starter housing for younger households, …

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Coming Of Age At The End Of Nature Edited By Julie Dunlap And Susan A. Cohen, Matthew Zantingh Feb 2017

Coming Of Age At The End Of Nature Edited By Julie Dunlap And Susan A. Cohen, Matthew Zantingh

The Goose

Review of Julie Dunlap and Susan A. Cohen's edited collection Coming of Age at the End of Nature: A Generation Faces Living On a Changed Planet.

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Bio Buzz Newsletter, Issue 7.1, May 2014, Department Of Biology Feb 2017

Bio Buzz Newsletter, Issue 7.1, May 2014, Department Of Biology

Biology Buzz Newsletter

Denison University, Department of Biology newsletter for Spring 2014.

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Following Up With Sustainability Fellows, Larry Clow Feb 2017

Following Up With Sustainability Fellows, Larry Clow

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

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Reforming New York City's "Ulurp": Less Confusing Than Its Name, Alfred M. Williams, Jr. Feb 2017

Reforming New York City's "Ulurp": Less Confusing Than Its Name, Alfred M. Williams, Jr.

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

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Daily Eastern News: February 10, 2017, Eastern Illinois University Feb 2017

Daily Eastern News: February 10, 2017, Eastern Illinois University

February

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Engaging Diversity In The Classroom, Madhu Mitra, Patricia Bolaños-Fabres, Sucharita Sinha Mukherjee Feb 2017

Engaging Diversity In The Classroom, Madhu Mitra, Patricia Bolaños-Fabres, Sucharita Sinha Mukherjee

Headwaters

No abstract provided.

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Campus Moves Forward With Green Revolving Fund, Delaney Brown, Crow's Nest Staff Feb 2017

Campus Moves Forward With Green Revolving Fund, Delaney Brown, Crow's Nest Staff

Student Green Energy Fund (SGEF) Water Refill Stations

An article about the creation of the Green Revolving Fund at USF St. Petersburg to support new green projects on campus. This article was originally published in volume 48, issue 4 of The Crow's Nest on February 6, 2017.

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Stem High School Teachers’ Views Of Implementing Pbl: An Investigation Using Anecdote Circles, Aimée L. Dechambeau, Susan E. Ramlo Feb 2017

Stem High School Teachers’ Views Of Implementing Pbl: An Investigation Using Anecdote Circles, Aimée L. Dechambeau, Susan E. Ramlo

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning

Problem-based learning (PBL) has been gaining in popularity, especially within the context of STEM-based (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) schools. Program assessments for these schools typically focus on student standardized test scores rather than the needs of the teachers. This study utilized anecdote circles, storytelling via moderated group discussions, to investigate teachers’ needs related to developing and implementing authentic, interdisciplinary PBL activities in an urban, public STEM high school. Teacher experiences and viewpoints were explored within three broad themes: assessment; coaching and training; and authentic learning. The analyses provide insights for transitioning a school for effective PBL implementation as well …

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Wealth And Poverty | The Little Cities As A Classroom, Feb 10, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences Feb 2017

Wealth And Poverty | The Little Cities As A Classroom, Feb 10, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Abq Free Press, February 1, 2017, Abq Free Press Feb 2017

Abq Free Press, February 1, 2017, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

No abstract provided.

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A Reformers' Union: Land Reform, Labor, And The Evolution Of Antislavery Politics, 1790–1860, Sean G. Griffin Feb 2017

A Reformers' Union: Land Reform, Labor, And The Evolution Of Antislavery Politics, 1790–1860, Sean G. Griffin

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

“A Reformers’ Union: Land Reform, Labor, and the Evolution of Antislavery Politics, 1790–1860” offers a critical revision of the existing literature on both the early labor and antislavery movements by examining the ideologies and organizational approaches that labor reformers and abolitionists used to challenge both the expansion of slavery and the spread of market relationships. Extending the timeframe of the antislavery and labor movements backwards to the 1790s, this dissertation situates the origins of the pre-Civil War labor movement in republican ideology and currents of transatlantic radical thought, and traces the rise of agrarian and communitarian labor reform against the …

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Socially Sustainable Neighborhoods: Special Reference To The Egyptian Context, Alia Omar Azzam Feb 2017

Socially Sustainable Neighborhoods: Special Reference To The Egyptian Context, Alia Omar Azzam

Theses and Dissertations

Urban social sustainability has become one of the rising topics drawing the attention of urbanists and policymakers all over the world. Yet, in Egypt, the concept is not given enough consideration in the current urban development context. It is still quite immature in both theory and practice, especially in new cities where social problems can be challenges to the sustainability of communities. In addition, a neighborhood is found to be a critical urban scale that affects both individuals and the society as a whole. Therefore, this research sheds light on the importance of embracing the concept of urban social sustainability …

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Capitalizing On Multidimensionality In Survey Instruments To Ensure Delivery Of Relevant Extension Programming, Eric Romich Feb 2017

Capitalizing On Multidimensionality In Survey Instruments To Ensure Delivery Of Relevant Extension Programming, Eric Romich

Journal of Extension

At a time when resources are dwindling, Extension must capitalize on the potential of multidimensionality in survey instruments. A research project on wind energy development in Ohio involved a survey instrument that assessed the attitudes and opinions of community members, thereby meeting the needs of local stakeholders. However, responses to a set of peripheral questions on the survey also revealed gaps in community members' knowledge related to wind energy development. This article addresses data resulting from the three peripheral survey questions, the data analysis methods that yielded background for future Extension programming, and the importance of using a survey instrument …

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A Place For Sharing: The Emotional Geographies Of Peer-Sharing In Uk University Halls Of Residences, Mark Holton Feb 2017

A Place For Sharing: The Emotional Geographies Of Peer-Sharing In Uk University Halls Of Residences, Mark Holton

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

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Establishing Sustainable Community Garden Interventions With Aid From Health Promotion Organizations, Rachel Joann Buenemann Jan 2017

Establishing Sustainable Community Garden Interventions With Aid From Health Promotion Organizations, Rachel Joann Buenemann

Theses and Dissertations

Community garden interventions provide policy, system and environmental change at the community level to establish health behaviors, which act in contest to obesity risk factors. Limited research examines factors, which influence the sustainability of community garden interventions. Therefore, in this study, a sample of 10 Midwestern community gardens associated through funding from a health promotion organization in 2013, collected data through the interviewing and surveying of 10 garden administrators and surveying of 12 garden volunteers. The study identified garden benefits perceived by garden administrators and volunteers to include contributions to social justice, continued education, enhanced social cohesion, increased access to …

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Tsu Faculty Research Database-Jan 2017, David Owerbach Jan 2017

Tsu Faculty Research Database-Jan 2017, David Owerbach

Office of Research Institutional Research and Scholarship

Research interests and selected publications from 230 Texas Southern University faculty have been updated in Jan 2017. Faculty from Public Affairs, the College of Science, Engineering and Technology, the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, the College of Education, the College of Business, the College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences, the Law School and the School of Communications are included.

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Policy Recommendations For Meeting The Grand Challenge To Close The Health Gap, Michael S. Spencer, Karina L. Walters, John D. Clapp Jan 2017

Policy Recommendations For Meeting The Grand Challenge To Close The Health Gap, Michael S. Spencer, Karina L. Walters, John D. Clapp

Center for Social Development Research

This brief was created forSocial Innovation for America’s Renewal, a policy conference organized by the Center for Social Development in collaboration with the American Academy of Social Work & Social Welfare, which is leading theGrand Challenges for Social Work initiative to champion social progress. The conference site includes links to speeches, presentations, and a full list of the policy briefs.

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A Pathway Linking Smart Growth Neighborhoods To Home-Based Pedestrian Travel, Steven R. Gehrke, Kelly J. Clifton Jan 2017

A Pathway Linking Smart Growth Neighborhoods To Home-Based Pedestrian Travel, Steven R. Gehrke, Kelly J. Clifton

PSU Transportation Seminars

Land development patterns, urban design, and transportation system features are inextricably linked to pedestrian travel. Accordingly, planners and decision-makers have turned to integrated transportation-land use policies and investments to address the pressing need for improvements in physical activity levels via the creation of walkable communities. However, policy questions regarding the identification of smart growth indicators and their connection to walking remain unanswered, because most studies of the built environment determinants of pedestrian travel: (a) represent the built environment with isolated metrics instead of as a multidimensional construct and (b) model this transportation-land use relationship outside of a multidirectional analytic framework. …

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Digital Neighbourhoods: Hyperlocal Village Hubs In Rural Communities, Katharine Willis Jan 2017

Digital Neighbourhoods: Hyperlocal Village Hubs In Rural Communities, Katharine Willis

School of Art, Design and Architecture

No abstract provided.

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Office Of Community Engaged Learning & Research, 2016-17, Office Of Academic Affairs Jan 2017

Office Of Community Engaged Learning & Research, 2016-17, Office Of Academic Affairs

UNM HLC 2018-19 Assurance Argument Evidence

A comprehensive report from the Office of Community Engaged Learning & Research (CELR), detailing the history and then-recent accomplishments of the office.

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Course Catalogue 2017-2018, Mercer University School Of Law Jan 2017

Course Catalogue 2017-2018, Mercer University School Of Law

Office of the Registrar

No abstract provided.

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Creating Integrated Strategies For Increasing Access To Healthy Affordable Food In Urban Communities: A Case Study Of Intersecting Food Initiatives, Michele Silver, Afia Bediako, Tracey Capers, Aysu Kirac, Nicholas Freudenberg Jan 2017

Creating Integrated Strategies For Increasing Access To Healthy Affordable Food In Urban Communities: A Case Study Of Intersecting Food Initiatives, Michele Silver, Afia Bediako, Tracey Capers, Aysu Kirac, Nicholas Freudenberg

Publications and Research

In New York and other cities, substantial evidence documents that community food environments interact with inequitable allocation of power, wealth and services to shape the distribution of diet-related diseases and food insecurity. This case study shows how one Central Brooklyn community organization, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, has launched multiple coordinated food initiatives in order to reduce the burden of food-related health problems and boost community development. The report used standard case study methods to document the implementation of the New York City Food and Fitness Partnership in Central Brooklyn. The case study shows how two distinct strands of activities, a …

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The Sun Shines For Everyone: Creating Community Solar Business Models That Include Culturally And Geographically Diverse Low-Income Americans, Francesco Hanson Jan 2017

The Sun Shines For Everyone: Creating Community Solar Business Models That Include Culturally And Geographically Diverse Low-Income Americans, Francesco Hanson

Lindmark Fellowship in Ethics

No abstract provided.

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Exploring Alternative Funding Methods For The Lead Remediation Program In Scott County, Iowa, Brittany A. Poynor, Layne Porembski, Arielle Bloemer, Brandon Schattner, Sarah Hanson Jan 2017

Exploring Alternative Funding Methods For The Lead Remediation Program In Scott County, Iowa, Brittany A. Poynor, Layne Porembski, Arielle Bloemer, Brandon Schattner, Sarah Hanson

2016-2017: Scott County, Iowa and the Scott County Health Department

For this project, five students worked to put together five alternative funding solutions for the Scott County Health Department's lead remediation program. With limited government grants available, the health department is now considering local funding in order to address the issue of lead poisoning in Davenport, Iowa. These reports, along with other SWLI research, provide valuable information and are the foundation of the up-and-coming remediation program for the county.

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How Do Communities Proactively Address Lead Remediation? Community Case Studies From Iowa, Emma Nordmeyer Jan 2017

How Do Communities Proactively Address Lead Remediation? Community Case Studies From Iowa, Emma Nordmeyer

2016-2017: Scott County, Iowa and the Scott County Health Department

Scott County Health Department officials reached out to the Sustainable Working Landscapes Initiative (SWLI) program at Augustana College to start a partnership to address environmental issues related to lead hazards in Scott County homes. Students in Fall 2016 Contemporary Social Issues class worked in teams to perform case studies on communities in Iowa that address lead remediation proactively. Teams of students studied Dubuque, Linn, Polk, Marshall, and Black Hawk counties in Iowa. The students worked to identify obstacles, successes, key questions, and recommendations for future directions in lead remediation from these communities. This report is a summary of those findings.

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How Do Communities Proactively Address Lead Remediation? : Community Case Studies From Iowa, Dr. Angie L. Carter, Emma Nordmeyer Jan 2017

How Do Communities Proactively Address Lead Remediation? : Community Case Studies From Iowa, Dr. Angie L. Carter, Emma Nordmeyer

2016-2017: Scott County, Iowa and the Scott County Health Department

In 2016, Scott County Health Department officials reached out to the Sustainable Working Landscapes Initiative (SWLI) program at Augustana College to begin a partnership addressing lead poisoning in our community. Teams of students in the Fall 2016 Contemporary Social Issues class conducted sociological case studies of communities in Iowa that are proactively addressing lead remediation through combinations of United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and private funding. Groups of students conducted case studies in Dubuque, Linn, Polk, Marshall, and Black Hawk counties in Iowa. Students researched the demographics of these areas as well as successes, lessons learned, …

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