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Implementation Of Read To Be Ready Instructional Practices: A Case Study, Jessica Danielle Bigham

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this embedded case study was to describe the implementation of Read to Be Ready instructional practices by elementary grades teachers. The issue this study investigated were the factors that affected the transfer of the Read to Be Ready practices, first used in a summer literacy camp environment, to the general classroom environment for 12 elementary teachers in southeast Tennessee. The theory that guided this study was Bandura’s (1986) Social Cognitive Theory, which explains the relationship between behaviors and reinforcements and describes what influences human behavior. The research answered the question of what are the experiences teachers have …

The Experiences Of Christian Paideia Among Graduates Of Classical Christian Texas High Schools: A Phenomenological Study, Jared L. Squires

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this study was to describe the essence of the shared lived experiences in a Christian paideia for classical Christian high school graduates at five different Texas schools. Bronfenbrenner’s (1979) Ecological Systems Theory (EST) was the primary theory guiding this study. EST is significant for classical Christian educators because this theory suggests that the behavior and practices of individuals, embodied within a Christian paideia, will profoundly shape the development of students. The central question for this study was how do classical Christian high school graduates describe their lived experiences of Christian paideia? Participants described their lived experiences of …

Digital Literacy Skills Of The Aspirants Of Competitive Examinations In The Anna Centenary Library, Chennai: A Study, Balakrishnan R, Jeyshankar Ramalingam

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In this technological era, basic Digital literacy is essential for competitive exam aspirants (job seekers). This paper deals with Digital literacy skills of competitive exam aspirants in Anna Centenary Library at Chennai. Random sampling and questionnaire method has been used to collect the data from 315 respondents. The findings revealed that : majority of the respondents are males, aged below 25 years of age, pursing undergraduate courses and hailed from urban areas; half of them possess knowledge of file format extension and conversion while three fourth of the respondents have basic knowledge of text and image scanning, short cut keys …

Contrastive Analysis And Contrastive Rhetoric In The Legal Writing Classroom, Diane B. Kraft

New Mexico Law Review

In the past several decades, the number of English-as-a-second-language (ESL) speakers attending law schools as part of J.D. and LL.M. programs has increased dramatically. While some of these students are fluent in English, many are not yet able to read, write, and speak English, or understand spoken English, at the advanced level required for successful graduate work in law. The language problems are sometimes grammatical, sometimes cultural, and often both. For those students who are required to complete a writing course as part of their graduate program, deficiencies in writing ability can be a difficult obstacle to overcome. For the …

A Comparison Of Cooperative Learning And Collaboration In High School Geometry Classes Including Geometry In Construction, Shelley Gates

Dissertations

Currently offered at over 450 high schools in the United States, Geometry in Construction is an interdisciplinary course that provides students with the opportunity to learn Geometry content through the process of constructing a single-family home. Highly functioning cooperative groups are a critical element of the Geometry in Construction program. Cooperative learning is an effective instructional strategy that increases student achievement (Slavin, 2011) and also provides opportunities for students to develop collaboration and teamwork skills. Collaboration and teamwork are critical 21st century skills that are highly valued by employers and therefore worthy of consideration as foundational skills to be taught …

Towards Ai Welfare Science And Policies, Soenke Ziesche, Roman Yampolskiy

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

In light of fast progress in the field of AI there is an urgent demand for AI policies. Bostrom et al. provide “a set of policy desiderata”, out of which this article attempts to contribute to the “interests of digital minds”. The focus is on two interests of potentially sentient digital minds: to avoid suffering and to have the freedom of choice about their deletion. Various challenges are considered, including the vast range of potential features of digital minds, the difficulties in assessing the interests and wellbeing of sentient digital minds, and the skepticism that such research may encounter. Prolegomena …

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum: Prospects For An Ethical Theory Of Accountability, Melvin Dubnick

Faculty Publications

This paper is intended to restate the case for the development of an "ethical theory of accountability" as an alternative to current theoretical frames being applied by students of accountable governance. I would emphasize the word "alternative" at this juncture, noting that an ethical theory should not be regarded as replacement for current models; rather it is offered as a reframing of accountability that can provide a significantly different perspective -- one rooted in (and built upon) ontologically distinct presuppositions about the nature of account-giving/receiving.

Central to the effort is establishing accountability as the capacity to engage in account-giving/receiving behavior …

Localising Social Network Users And Profiling Their Movement, H Pellet, S Shiaeles, S Stavrou

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is intelligence collected from publicly available sources to meet specific intelligence requirements. This paper proposes a new method to localise and profile the movement of social network users through OSINT and machine learning techniques. Analysis of obtained OSINT social networks posts data from targeted users, suggests that it is possible to extract information such as their approximate location, leading also to the profiling of their movement, without using any supported Global Navigation Satellite System functionality which may be passed to the social network through a capable smart device. The ability to profile a …

A Network Analysis Of The Singapore Court Of Appeal's Citations To Precedent, Jerrold Tsin Howe Soh

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

This article presents findings from an empirical network analysis of citation practices in Singapore’s highest court. A network of all 987 reported Court of Appeal judgments handed down from 2000 to 2017 is constructed. Network centrality algorithms are used to rank judgments by centrality. Judgments on contract law, particularly on contractual interpretation and terms, emerge as the most central. Based on this, this article argues that more attention can be paid to interpretation per se as a legal skill. More generally, this article establishes a framework for applying network analysis to Singapore jurisprudence on a larger scale.

Sticking Points, Sean Dyde

Criticism

No abstract provided.

Going To School In The Forest: Changing Evaluations Of Animal-Plant Interactions In The Kichwa Amazon, Jeffrey T. Shenton

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

For rural, indigenous communities the ways structural modernization, exposure to Western-scientific epistemologies, and formal schooling affect environmental reasoning remain unclear. For one Kichwa community in the Napo region of Ecuador, daily routines have re-oriented toward formal schooling but environmental learning opportunities remain intact. Here, while a Species Interaction Task elicited consensus across ages on inferred ecological interactions, younger people reasoned differently than older people: for them, animal interactions with flora were considered damaging, not neutral. Aspirational practices like schooling can thus reorient environmental reasoning, even in contexts in which young people share cultural understandings of local ecological relationships with adults.

Exploring The Experiences Of Supervisors And Supervisees Who Engaged In Bilingual Supervision, Anna Lopez, Ivelisse Torres-Fernandez

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

This qualitative phenomenological study explored the experiences of clinical supervisors and supervisees who engaged in bilingual supervision. Five supervisors and five supervisees were recruited utilizing purposive and snowball sampling strategies and were interviewed using a semi-structured interview protocol. Findings of this study focused primarily on the challenges and benefits associated with engaging in bilingual supervision. Main findings included the lack of formal training in bilingual counseling and supervision. Implications for training programs highlighted the need for continuous support of bilingual training programs, in particular, the development of both multicultural and linguistic competencies.

Assessing History Students’ Historical Skills In The Cape Coast Metropolis Of Ghana, Charles Adabo Oppong

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

This study assesses history students’ historical skills in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana. The specific skills assessed were document literacy and evaluative skills. In assessing these skills, two instruments were employed: the use of a test and a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) guide. Students were tested to examine their skills in using historical documents under sourcing, contextualisation and corroboration. FGD was used to investigate how students evaluate historical evidence. The data analysis of the students’ test consisted of three stages. The first stage involved marking the responses while making notes on them, the second stage included writing a single …

Main Quality Levels Of Pedagog Professional Competence, Utkir Qarshievich Tolipov, Farzona Utkir Qizi Saidalieva

Central Asian Journal of Education

The article reviews the concepts of "competence", "pedagogical competence", their pedagogical interpretation, and the importance of pedagogical professional activity. It also having determined the main quality levels that defines the professional competence of the pedagogue and criterias for assessing their availability level.

The Politics Of The Law-Politics Dichotomy, Stephen M. Feldman

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

Throughout American history, judges and legal scholars have articulated and maintained a sharp separation between law and politics. This essay asks the question: Why do so many judges and scholars devote so much time and energy to bolstering this law-politics dichotomy? Using William Baude and Stephen E. Sachs’s recent article “The Law of Interpretation as a Sp ringboard,” this essay explores the history and political valence of the dichotomy. From Baude and Sach’s perspective, politics is like a disease: if it infects legal interpretation, then it threatens the health of the judicial process. But the history of the law-politics dichotomy …

A Microethnographic Study Of Bilingual Teacher Candidates' Appropriation Of Translanguaging, Jessica Dougherty

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Preparing bilingual teacher candidates is an important task for teacher preparation programs as bilingual education is a growing field. In order to become culturally and linguistically responsive teachers, bilingual teacher candidates need to acquire knowledge and skills of various bilingual approaches. Translanguaging is one approach that equips teacher candidates with a philosophical base and strategy set to meet the needs of bi/multilingual students. Translanguaging is a flexible approach that teacher candidates can incorporate into many ESOL and bilingual program models. This microethnographic study explored how bilingual teacher candidates’ appropriated translanguaging.

This research explored several issues: how bilingual teacher candidates’ appropriate …

Given Today's New Wave Of Protectionsim, Is Antitrust Law The Last Hope For Preserving A Free Global Economy Or Another Nail In Free Trade's Coffin?, Allison Murray

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Analisis Kesalahan Siswa Kelas X Smk Bergaya Kognitif Reflektif Dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Cerita Aljabar Berdasarkan Prosedur Newman, Ahmad Fathoni Abas, Toto Nusantara, Sudirman Sudirman

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This research was aimed to describe errors made by students with reflective cognitive style of class X MM SMKN Klakah Lumajang in solving word problems. Two subjects were selected to solve the word problem and then interviewed. The analysis is used the Newman Error Analysis. The results show that at the understanding level, the errors are subject skips important information; the subject does not identify the variable correctly. At the transformation level, the error is subjects unable to write equations correctly. At the proses skill level, the error is students do not continue the calculation process.

Analisis Nilai-Nilai Karakter Hasil Karya Menulis Kreatif Siswa, Eka Mufidah Nur Jannah, Heri Suwignyo, Titik Harsiati

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

The purpose of this study was to describe the character values in the creativity of students writing fable stories. This study used a descriptive qualitative design with a type of text analysis. The tex analyzed was created by students writing fable stories. The results show of the analysis show five character values in the work of students writing stories. These five values consist of values that are socially caring, friendly/communicative, hard work, creative, and peaceful. Creative writing is telling events that have been experienced by using imagination then poured in the writing. Writing activities require reading skills. The reading used …

Pengaruh Metode Permainan Kata Teka-Teki Silang Dan Anagram Terhadap Penguasaan Kosakata Siswa Kelas Iv, Siska Nurma Yunitasari, Anang Santoso, Ari Sapto

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Vocabulary mastery is crucial to be taught to elementary school students because it significantly affects the student’s language skills. This research was aimed to explain the influence of wordplay method such as crosswords and anagramss toward the vocabulary mastery of elementary school students. This study used a pretest posttest control group design with a sample of 36 students. The hypothesis test carried out using anacova test. The result show that there is a significant effect on the wordplay method include crosswords and anagrams to vovabulary mastery with the sig. value of 0,000 < 0,05.

Profil Meaning Of Life Siswa Budaya Karo, Herda Fitri Br Ginting, Nur Hidayah, Blasius Boli Lasan

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Meaning of life is values that are used as life guidelines, are important and valuable, sourced from comes from creative values, experential values, and attitudional values. Meaning of life involves all aspects of experience in an individual's life, involving every aspect of value, character, relationships with others, and also the way of life. Culture has a major role in the formation and fulfillment of the profile of the meaning of life of the Karo people. The study of the profile of the meaning of life of Karo culture was carried out through content analysis of the results of interviews with …

Korelasi Kemampuan Bernalar Dengan Kemampuan Menyimak Kritis Debat Pada Siswa Kelas X, Firda Ariani, Dawud Dawud, Imam Agus Basuki

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Before practicing to debate, a debater needs to have good critical listening skill to understand the content of the debate. By listening critically to the content of the debate, debater is expected to have the right point of view and also to think critically about other arguments. In critical listening of debate, listeners think actively from oral information in debate. The critical listeners must have a logical, reasonable, and not misguided way of thinking through a valid reasoning skill so that critical listening process can be done well. The result of this research shows there is a significant correlation between …

Gender Differences In The Multiple Intelligence Skills Of Library And Information Science Professionals In Universities In Tamil Nadu, India, Jeyshankar -. Ramalingam -

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article examine the male and female Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals working in universities in Tamil Nadu. The study reveals that out of 441 respondents surveyed under the study, 73.7% (325) are male respondents and 26.3% (116) are female respondents. This study reveals that the male LIS professionals are very good and good at many skills while female LIS professionals are OK at many skills. The results of levene’s test for equality of variances along with descriptive statistics. The test reveals that the p-values for all the nine multiple intelligences are less than 0.05. So, null hypothesis i.e. …

Issue 2: Tax, Race, And Child Poverty: The Case For Improving The Canada Child Benefit Program, Jinyan Li, Jacklyn Neborak

Journal of Law and Social Policy

Existing literature reveals that Black and Indigenous children are overrepresented in the child welfare system, that poverty is among the key factors producing this overrepresentation, and that child poverty is racialized. As such, tackling poverty and its racialization is an important component of an overall strategy to address overrepresentation. As the income tax system provides support to families with children, including through the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) program, this article investigates its role and effectiveness in reducing child poverty in general and racialized poverty in particular. Our main conclusions include the following: the CCB is arguably the best anti-child poverty …

Thriving And Spirituality In Doctoral Studies, Sarah J. Yates

Journal of Applied Social Science Research and Practice

The purpose of this study was to explore doctoral students’ perceptions of personal thriving and spirituality at a private Christian, liberal arts university in the southeastern United States. Eighty-one Ed.D. students from the target university responded to the Thriving Quotient for Graduate Students (Schreiner, 2010), a survey designed to measure student perceptions of personal thriving in the areas of engaged learning, academic determination, positive perspective, social connectedness, and diverse citizenship. In addition, the researcher added items to the survey to measure students’ spirituality. The target students’ responses to the survey were compared to the national norms of the Thriving Quotient …

Cambodian American Views Of Partnerships In Public Education, Peter T. Keo

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

This study elicited the views of Cambodian American adults regarding public school partnerships. The central argument is that the paucity of extant literature and research on Southeast Asian American (SEAA) family-school partnerships in public education renders these individuals invisible. Given the fluid and dynamic lived experiences across and within the SEAA community, there is a critical need for empirical research that addresses issues particular to ethnic groups. Surveys and semi-structured interviews were utilized to collect data from Cambodian American respondents. Findings suggested the importance of culture and structure in building critical partnerships.

Dinamika Sosial Dalam Novel Pencari Harta Karun Karya Agnes Jessica Dan Novel Five On A Hike Together Karya Enid Blyton, Miftakhul Huda, Anggi Niasih, Riska Dewi Purwanti

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This study aims to describe the elements of the social layers, the forms of social changes, the factors that influence social changes, and the process of social changes in the novels entitled Pencari Harta Karun and Five on a Hike Together. This study uses a qualitative approach with comparative literary research approach. The data of this study are words and sentences in the novels Pencari Harta Karunand Five on a Hike Together which show the process of social dynamics. The research data were analyzed using intertextuality technique. The results of this study are as follows. First, concerning the elements of …

Karakteristik Sosio-Budaya, Pergeseran Dan Pola Adaptasi Kriya Gerabah Pagelaran Malang, Iriaji Iriaji, Tjetjep Rohendi Rohidi, Totok Sumaryanto Florentinus, Dharsono Sony Kartika

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This research is aimed to study the phenomena of the socio-cultural characteristics, the shift of shape variety, techniques of production, function, as well as the adaptation pattern of the pottery makers of Pagelaran. The study is done holistically and in depth by using qualitative approach through the design of phenomenology. The factual data is gained through in depth interviews, observation and study of documentation with the researchers acting as the key instrument. The validity of the data is maintained by using the source triangulation technique, triangulation of methods, and triangulation of theory. The data are analyzed through the process of …

Cak Nun Dan Esai Sastrawinya Dalam Perspektif Kriminologi, Anas Ahmadi

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Criminology studies are related to crime studies. Criminology studies attract many academics because these studies are dynamic and can be included in various study areas, one of them is the study of criminology that is included in the study of literature. As a form of creation of the author, literature also raises things related to criminology. In this research, criminology is presented in the Indonesian literary essay. In this case, Indonesian literature is limited to Emha Ainun Najib's work in the form of literary essays. This qualitative-interpretive research study uses data sources from Slilit Sang Kiai (2013); Arus Bawah (2015); …

Language And Culture As Barriers To Healthcare For Chinese Immigrants, Edwin Leung

University Honors Theses

Immigrants and their descendants are projected to account for 88 percent of United States population growth through 2065. Currently, immigrants make up for about 13.5 percent of the US population. In addition, 65.5 million Americans speak a language other than English at home. Language and culture are the two most significant barriers faced by immigrants seeking health care. These barriers have a significant impact on immigrants’ ability to receive quality care, make them more vulnerable to poor health outcomes. Many resources exist to help immigrants with various needs including health care. However, more effort is needed to strengthen the resources …