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An Lre Placement Loophole: A Critical Policy Analysis Of Lre Placement In Defining Disproportionality Of Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Students In Special Education, Arti Sachdeva

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The policies adopted by the Exceptional Children’s Education Act (2016) enabled disproportionality within LEAs by overlooking undocumented classroom removal practices, underestimating the monitoring and reporting criteria, and overlooking non-dominant cultural and linguistic groups within the Colorado community. In this critical policy analysis, I used quantitative methods to analyze and explore the difference between the odds ratio calculation of culturally and linguistically diverse students (CLDS) in special education with a least restrictive environment (LRE) of 40% and greater compared to Colorado’s acceptance of the federal mandate of the minimum requirement of the student LRE of less than 40% and alternate school …

Refugee And Asylee Housing Resettlement Experiences In King County, Washington, Alicia Al-Aryan, Chase Huffman, Obed Kabanda

Educational and Organizational Learning and Leadership Dissertations

Everyone deserves fair access to housing; yet, homelessness and housing insecurity in refugee and asylee populations continues to be an issue. This dissertation studied lived experiences of refugees and asylees located in King County, Washington. Specifically, we examined experiences about refugees and asylees accessing housing programs and information in the resettlement process. This study provided information to further understand housing programs available and how they are accessed by resettled individuals in King County, Washington to mitigate homelessness in the population and to increase access to stable housing. Additionally, the study provided further understanding of barriers to accessing stable housing, while …

The “Seven Equity Ins” – Institutional Inadequacy And Incompetency, Invisibility At The Intersectionality Of Inequity And Injustice: The Workplace Experiences Of African American Women Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Professionals In The California Community College System, Anissa Cessa Heard-Johnson

Educational and Organizational Learning and Leadership Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological research study was to understand the workplace experiences of African/African diaspora/African American/Black (A/Ad/AA/B) women employed with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) responsibilities in the California community college system during a time of new equity funding and contemporary social injustice movements: #MeToo, #TimesUp, and #Black Lives Matter. The intent was to document the professional experiences of these Black women, how social injustice was impacting their work, and what factors, if any, were assisting in their navigation of these turbulent times. The research study investigated the extent to which aspects of their community cultural wealth assisted …

Where Code Is Chaos: Content Platforms And Algorithmic Incentives, Amy L. Landers

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

This Article considers the intersection of the piracy paradox in the context of the attention economy, the algorithmic behavior of content platforms, and intellectual property's incentive theory. This inquiry is framed by a micro-history of a micro-dispute between two micro-celebrities about a color-block sweatshirt design of debatable originality. Because purchases are largely made to engage and support the creator as interactive communication, the arguments for legal protection for influencer merchandise are weak. Therefore, this field appears to be an ideal space for the operation of the piracy paradox.

This conclusion might be persuasive if anti-copying norms or other considerations minimized …

Informing Makerspace Outcomes Through A Linguistic Analysis Of Written And Video-Recorded Project Assessments, Kevin M. Oliver, Jennifer K. Houchins, Robert L. Moore, Chuang Wang

STEMPS Faculty Publications

A growing body of research focuses on what outcomes to assess in makerspaces, and appropriate formats for capturing those outcomes (e.g. reflections, surveys, and port-folios). Linguistic analysis as a data mining technique holds promise for revealing different dimensions of learning exhibited by students in makerspaces. In this study, student reflections on makerspace projects were gathered in 2 formats over 2 years: private written assessments captured in the 3D GameLab gamification platform, and semi-public video-recorded assessments posted in the more social FlipGrid platform. Transcripts of student assessments were analyzed using Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC) to generate 4 summary variables thought …

School Librarian Preparation And Practice: An Exploration Of The Aasl National School Library Standards And Ala/Aasl/Caep School Librarian Preparation Standards, Elizabeth A. Burns, April M. Dawkins

STEMPS Faculty Publications

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) recently released standards to guide the practice of school librarians. The National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries (2018) were put forward as a single text with integrated frameworks. One year later, the ALA/AASL/CAEP School Librarian Preparation Standards (2019) were adopted to inform the preparation of school librarians. Using a one-way crosswalk analysis, this study explores the alignment of the AASL Standards Framework for School Librarians from the AASL Standards with the ALA/AASL/CAEP Preparation Standards to determine consistencies in expectations as well as identify noted gaps. Findings will assist …

Truth Without Faith Is Death: A Conversation With Sarah Matthes, Sarah Matthes, Andy Sia, Mason Ray

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.

The Undergraduate Spectrum 2021, Saint Mary's College Of California

The Undergraduate Spectrum

No abstract provided.

การพัฒนาโปรแกรมเสริมสร้างความฉลาดทางวัฒนธรรมของนักศึกษาอุตสาหกรรมบริการเพื่อการสร้างคุณค่า, สุรเกียรติ ธาดาวัฒนาวิทย์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ (1) ศึกษาระดับของความฉลาดทางวัฒนธรรมของนักศึกษาอุตสาหกรรมบริการ (2) พัฒนาโปรแกรมเสริมสร้างความฉลาดทางวัฒนธรรมของนักศึกษาอุตสาหกรรมบริการเพื่อการสร้างคุณค่า (3) ทดลองใช้โปรแกรมเสริมสร้างความฉลาดทางวัฒนธรรมของนักศึกษาอุตสาหกรรมบริการเพื่อการสร้างคุณค่า และ (4) เสนอแนะแนวทางในการนำโปรแกรมเสริมสร้างความฉลาดทางวัฒนธรรมของนักศึกษาอุตสาหกรรมบริการเพื่อการสร้างคุณค่าไปใช้ในการศึกษาระดับอุดมศึกษา ตัวอย่างวิจัย คือ นักศึกษาที่กำลังศึกษาด้านอุตสาหกรรมบริการ จำนวน 532 คน ซึ่งได้มาจากการสุ่มแบบแบ่งชั้น เครื่องมือในการวิจัย ได้แก่ โปรแกรมเสริมสร้างความฉลาดทางวัฒนธรรมของนักศึกษาอุตสาหกรรมบริการเพื่อการสร้างคุณค่า แบบสังเกต แบบสัมภาษณ์ แบบสอบถาม และแบบประเมินผลงานนักศึกษา วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลด้วยการวิเคราะห์เนื้อหา สถิติเชิงบรรยาย สถิติเชิงอ้างอิงโดยใช้การทดสอบที และการวิเคราะห์องค์ประกอบเชิงยืนยัน ด้วยโปรแกรมคอมพิวเตอร์สำเร็จรูป ผลการวิจัยสรุปได้ดังนี้ 1) กลุ่มตัวอย่างที่ศึกษามีค่าเฉลี่ยความฉลาดทางวัฒนธรรมอยู่ในระดับมาก เมื่อพิจารณาเป็นรายด้าน พบว่ากลุ่ม ตัวอย่างมีความฉลาดทางวัฒนธรรมด้านแรงจูงใจทางวัฒนธรรมสูงที่สุด รองลงมาคือด้านอภิปัญญาทางวัฒนธรรม ด้านพฤติกรรมทางวัฒนธรรมและด้านปัญญาทางวัฒนธรรม 2) โปรแกรมเสริมสร้างความฉลาดทางวัฒนธรรมของนักศึกษาอุตสาหกรรมบริการเพื่อการสร้างคุณค่า ประกอบ ด้วยการพัฒนาความฉลาดทางวัฒนธรรม 6 ขั้นตอน ได้แก่ การสร้างความตระหนักทางวัฒนธรรม การสร้างประสบการณ์ทางวัฒนธรรม การเผชิญกับสถานการณ์ทางวัฒนธรรม การสะท้อนกลับระหว่างผู้เรียน การอภิปรายแลกเปลี่ยนความคิด และการพัฒนาเป็นแนวปฏิบัติของตนเอง จากนั้นจึงเข้าสู่กระบวนการสร้างคุณค่า 5 ขั้นตอน ได้แก่ การทำความเข้าใจกับกลุ่มเป้าหมายเชิงลึก กำหนดโจทย์ความต้องการของกลุ่มเป้าหมาย การระดมความคิดเห็น การสร้างสินค้าหรือบริการต้นแบบ และการทดสอบ โดยมีระยะเวลาในการเข้าร่วมโปรแกรมจำนวน 30 ชั่วโมง แบ่งเป็นครั้ง ครั้งละ 3 ชั่วโมงจำนวน 10 ครั้ง 3) ระดับของความฉลาดทางวัฒนธรรมของนักศึกษาอุตสาหกรรมบริการหลังการเข้าร่วมโปรแกรมฯ สูงกว่าก่อนเข้าร่วมโปรแกรมอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติที่ระดับ .05 โดยเมื่อพิจารณาเป็นรายองค์ประกอบ พบว่า นักศึกษาอุตสาหกรรมบริการมีความฉลาดทางวัฒนธรรมภายหลังการเข้าร่วมโปรแกรมสูงกว่าก่อนเข้าร่วมโปรแกรมอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติที่ระดับ .05 ทุกองค์ประกอบ โดยองค์ประกอบที่มีความแตกต่างกันมากที่สุด คือ ด้านปัญญาทางวัฒนธรรม รองลงมาคือ ด้านพฤติกรรมทางวัฒนธรรม ด้านอภิปัญญาทางวัฒนธรรม และด้านแรงจูงใจทางวัฒนธรรม ตามลำดับ 4) การนำโปรแกรมเสริมสร้างความฉลาดทางวัฒนธรรมเพื่อการสร้างคุณค่าไปปรับใช้กับนักศึกษาอุตสาหกรรมบริการสามารถนำไปใช้ได้ในหลายรูปแบบ ไม่ว่าจะเป็นส่วนหนึ่งของรายวิชาที่เกี่ยวข้องทั้งความเกี่ยวข้องด้านความฉลาดทางวัฒนธรรมและแนวคิดการพัฒนาคุณค่า การนำไปเป็นส่วนหนึ่งของกระบวนการพัฒนาศักยภาพของบุคลากรในองค์กร การนำไปเป็นหลักสูตรของสถาบันอุดมศึกษาด้านอุตสาหกรรมบริการ การนำไปปรับใช้ในรูปแบบของสหกิจศึกษาที่ต้องอาศัยความร่วมมือทั้งของสถาบันการศึกษาและสถานประกอบการอย่างชัดเจน การฝึกประสบการณ์วิชาชีพ การเปิดเป็นรายวิชาเฉพาะของระดับอุดมศึกษา รวมไปถึงการเรียนรู้ตามอัธยาศัยตามความสนใจของผู้เรียนเอง และการเรียนเพื่อสะสมหน่วยกิต

‘I’M Never Saying A Damn Word Again’: Approaches To Community Support And Help Seeking Among Black Youth Experiencing Suicidal Thoughts, Alexis Renee Hopkins

Public Health Theses

Background. Suicidal behavior among Black youth is rising in the United States , yet little is known about how Black Youth engage and navigate suicidality. While we know that suicide ideation and death by suicide is decreasing overall among youth in the U.S., incidences of death by suicide are still rising among Black youth. There is very little understanding of what community support is accessible to Black youth who are experiencing suicidality. The present study examines how Black young adults who experienced suicidality in their youth turned to their social support systems and communities for support. Method. Seventeen semi-structured in-depth …

(De)Constructing The Grocery Store: An Ethnographic Examination Of Spatial Characteristics And Their Implications For Social Inclusion, Madeline Hoai Chau Nguyen

Public Health Theses

I acknowledge that this research was conducted on land stolen from the Mattabesic, Paugusett, and Schaghticoke tribes which is currently occupied by a Western colonial power.

This study examines the physical characteristics of the interior of New Haven grocery stores and how these are designed to socially include or exclude racial minorities. Drawing upon critical race theory and using ethnographic research methods, I analyze similarities and differences amongst selected independent American and Asian grocery stores and how they communicate their cultural values to various social groups. Even if it is not explicit, white supremacist values are embedded in these spaces. …

Ethnic Conflict In Côte D’Ivoire, Ayouba Doumbia

Dissertations and Theses

Since the early days of independence, the African continent has been the theatre of many ethnic conflicts. While people, in general, assume these conflicts to be political and blame the conflicts on authoritarian regimes, they dismissed the fact that conflict between ethnicities is a phenomenon that has occurred for hundreds of years and in all corners of the Earth. Entire countries have been devastated by years of ethnic strife. Once ethnic conflict breaks out, it is difficult to stop. Conflicts in the Balkans, Rwanda, Chechnya, Iraq, and Darfur are among the deadliest examples from the late 20^th and early …

Son Of Esther, Shah Of The Persian Empire: The Judeo-Islamic-Persian Tapestry Of Ardashirnameh’S Miniature Paintings, Gilad Bendavid

Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Push Factors That Impact Sex Trafficking In The Former Soviet Union, Liliya Kenzhebayeva

Dissertations and Theses

Sex trafficking is a global problem that has been denounced by the international community as a human rights abuse and determined to be a modern form of slavery. Through a comparative analysis of the experiences of Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine as they were a part of the Soviet Union the study identifies the push factors of sex trafficking in women as forced labor with particular emphasis on the role of weak legal systems and state institutions, corruption, social and economic factors, and environmental problems that are linked to organized crime (the Russian mafia) from 2001 to 2019. The thesis supports …

'Awakening The Sleeping Giant': Re-Indigenization Principles For Transforming Biodiversity Conservation In Canada And Beyond, M’S-It No’Kmaq, Albert Marshall, Karen F. Beazley, Jessica Hum, Shalan Joudry, Anastasia Papadopoulos, Sherry Pictou, Janet Rabesca, Lisa Young, Melanie Zurba

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

Precipitous declines in biodiversity threaten planetary boundaries, requiring transformative changes to conservation. Colonial systems have decimated species and ecosystems and dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of their rights, territories, and livelihoods. Despite these challenges, Indigenous governed lands retain a large proportion of biodiversity-rich landscapes. Indigenous Peoples have stewarded the land in ways that support people and nature in respectful relationship. Biodiversity conservation and resurgence of Indigenous autonomies are mutually compatible aims. To work towards these aims requires significant transformation in conservation and re-Indigenization. Key to both are systems that value people and nature in all their diversity and relationships. This paper introduces …

Food/Non-Food Classification Of Real-Life Egocentric Images In Low- And Middle-Income Countries Based On Image Tagging Features, Guangzong Chen, Wenyan Jia, Yifan Zhao, Zhi-Hong Mao, Benny Lo, Alex K Anderson, Gary Frost, Modou L Jobarteh, Megan A Mccrory, Edward Sazonov, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, Richard S Ansong, Thomas Baranowski, Lora Burke, Mingui Sun

Children’s Nutrition Research Center Staff Publications

Malnutrition, including both undernutrition and obesity, is a significant problem in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In order to study malnutrition and develop effective intervention strategies, it is crucial to evaluate nutritional status in LMICs at the individual, household, and community levels. In a multinational research project supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we have been using a wearable technology to conduct objective dietary assessment in sub-Saharan Africa. Our assessment includes multiple diet-related activities in urban and rural families, including food sources (e.g., shopping, harvesting, and gathering), preservation/storage, preparation, cooking, and consumption (e.g., portion size and nutrition analysis). …

Readability In The Canadian Tax System, Colin Jackson

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

This paper reports the results of a readability analysis of various parts of the Canadian tax system, with a particular focus on Canada’s income tax. The results indicate that Canada’s Income Tax Act is significantly more difficult to read than the taxation statutes of several comparable jurisdictions and more difficult to read than other Canadian legislation governing economic relationships. The guidance published by the Canada Revenue Agency for the use of tax professionals and the public appears more accessible. While it may be hoped that the statutory provisions that apply to low- and middle-income individuals would be more readable than …

You Understand I Na Ka?: A Study Of Comprehensibility Of Thai English To Foreign Tourists, Kukiet Phuengpitipornchai, Adisa Teo

PASAA

The objectives of this study were to explore foreign tourists’ responses to Thai English, a variety of English emerging in Thailand, in terms of comprehensibility, and to identify the linguistic features that made Thai English incomprehensible. One hundred international tourists in Bangkok from four regions including East Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America were surveyed after they listened to a set of five authentic speech samples from four speakers in Thai tourism industry. The data were collected and analysed quantitatively and qualitatively to yield multidimensional results. The results show that Thai English was comprehensible to most of the tourists …

Word Frequency Level And Lexical Coverage In The Reading Comprehension Texts Of The Malaysian University English Test, Melisa Charles Benedict, Ahmad Affendi Shabdin

PASAA

The central foundation of knowledge is through grasping what is being read. Therefore, it is significant to recognise the difficulty level of a reading text for better and comprehensive understanding. The present study is an attempt to identify the word frequency level and lexical coverage of the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) reading texts which is deemed to be intricate for students. The anticipation of the Education Ministry of Malaysia is that students are capable and competent in comprehending academic texts which is required of them at the university. Nonetheless, the problem lies in students’ lack of vocabulary size and …

Diversity Of Cultural Sources In Elt Activity Books: A Case Study Of A Multicultural Primary School In Thailand, Kulthida Saemee, Singhanat Nomnian

PASAA

Thai government schools have become multicultural due to an increasing number of migrant students whose parents are from neighboring ASEAN countries. Although published English language teaching (ELT) materials have been researched extensively, supplementary materials that are integrated as additional resources for teachers and students such as workbooks or activity books used in Thai government schools are under-researched. This study investigated the cultural diversity content represented in six ELT activity books used in a primary school located in Samut Sakhon province in Thailand. Cortazzi and Jin’s (1999) cultural concept was employed as a framework to analyze layers of cultural diversity represented …

Thai Tertiary Learners’ Attitudes Towards Their Thai English Accent, Eric A. Ambele, Yusop Boonsuk

PASAA

The global spread of English nowadays has led to a shifted role in the use of English as an international lingua franca in expanding-circle contexts like Thailand. The purpose of this study was therefore to examine Thai university students’ attitudes towards their own Thai-English accent, in addition to how the notion of standard language ideology in Thailand plays an influential role in their English accent attitudes. The research further explores the perspectives of the students regarding their acceptability of Thai-English accent by adopting a mixed-method approach using both questionnaire and interview as research instruments. The findings reveal a controversial perspective …

The Relationship Between Culture And The Learning And Teaching Of English: A North-Eastern Thailand Perspective Under A Socio-Cultural Lens, Steven Graham

PASAA

This qualitative study focuses on the adoption of learner-centeredness in the English language classroom, and whether it is mediated by culture. With the use of observations, and interviews, and using a socio-cultural framework, this investigation examines primary school teachers’ perceptions of learner-centered teaching, how they implement that teaching in the classroom and how this is negotiated by culture. Students’ perceptions of their learning are also reflected upon. The research findings reveal that most teachers were able to demonstrate aspects of learnercentered teaching; however, they were not proficient in explaining theory. They emphasised that their effectiveness was impacted by a lack …

Using Ted Talks For Extensive Listening, Euodia Inge Gavenila, Mega Wulandari, Willy A. Renandya

PASAA

Extensive listening (EL) is an approach to teaching listening which can help students develop their listening fluency in a more enjoyable way. However, unlike extensive reading which has now enjoyed widespread recognition, EL has received relatively little attention, partly because of the limited availability of suitable listening materials. Given the popularity of TED Talks which are freely available online, we were interested in exploring this online resource as a source of EL materials for our college EFL students. Two questions guided our research: (1) what factors are considered important by EFL students when choosing TED Talks as their extensive listening …

Efl Teachers' Job Satisfaction And Burnout In Iran, Maryam Soleimani, Amin Bolourchi

PASAA

This study was an attempt to examine the relationship between EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers' job satisfaction and burnout in public schools and private institutes in Iran. Participants in this study were 120 EFL teachers (60 from public schools and 60 from private institutes) in Urmia, Iran. The researchers administered Ho and Au's (2006) job satisfaction questionnaire and Maslach, Jackson, and Leiter's (1996) burnout questionnaire, containing 22 items each, to measure the teachers' job satisfaction and burnout levels, respectively. Having collected the quantitative data, the researchers interviewed 10 participants to find out the sources of teachers' job dissatisfaction …

“She Taught Me Words”: The Availability Of Vocabulary Help In Efl Classrooms During Cooperative Learning’S Peer Interaction, Puji Astuti, Leslie Barratt

PASAA

While literature suggests the significance of peer interaction for language learners, little is known about how the interaction specifically works to benefit them. Additionally, while putting students in groups has become a widespread practice in language classrooms, most teachers appear not to have a clear idea of how to structure classroom interaction and cooperation so that learning goes in the direction of helping learners to attain communicative competence. To address the gap in the literature and lessen the theory-practice contrast, this qualitative case study was conducted by looking at how cooperative learning (CL) processed in EFL classrooms, with specific attention …

Value-Added Model (Vam) Component Of Teacher Evaluation And Job Satisfaction, Efficacy, And Retention: Perspectives Of Secondary Teachers Of Historically Low-Scoring Students And Recommendations For Alternative Student Performance Measurements, Maureen A. Martin

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative study aimed to research the perspectives of four teachers who teach low-scoring populations of students traditionally. The research questions focused on job satisfaction, self-efficacy, and retention in education about Value-Added Model scores in their evaluations. The secondary purpose was for the teachers to recommend authentic assessment of student growth which is weighted 33% of teacher evaluations. I conducted a series of three open-ended interviews with each of the four participants. The interviews were designed to allow rich data to be collected. The significant findings have been discovered using the constant comparative method. The analysis revealed that the teacher’s …

Lung Cancer Screening Program – A Pilot Study, Berk Ozoglu, Frank Sperrazza Do, Melanie B. Johnson Mpa, Kyle Shaak Bs, Nicole M. Burgess

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Quid Pro No? The Bribery Statute’S Failure To Capture The “Official Acts” Of High-Ranking Public Officials, Lauren N. Vaca

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Cause And Effect In Antidiscrimination Law, Hillel J. Bavli

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Standards of causation in antidiscrimination law, and disparate-treatment cases in particular, are deeply flawed. Their defects have caused an illogical, obscure, and unworkable proof scheme that requires an overhaul to curb the harm that it engenders and to allow the antidiscrimination statutes to serve their objectives effectively. This Article proposes a theory and method of causation that achieves this goal. The problem stems from the inadequacies associated with current standards of causation in disparate-treatment cases—the but-for test and the motivating-factor test. The proposed “factorial” approach introduces a causal standard that addresses these inadequacies. It entails three innovations over current causation …

Dental Impression Tray Selection From Maxillary Arch Images Using Multi-Feature Fusion And Ensemble Classifier, Muhammad Asif Hasan, Norli Anida Abdullah, Mohammad Mustaneer Rahman, Mohd Yamani Idna Idris, Omar F. Tawfiq

Research Publications (2021 to 2025)

Dental impression tray is frequently used in dentistry to record the patient's oral structure for clinical oral diagnosis and treatment planning. Manual procedure of taking impressions is costly, time-consuming, and additionally, no research has been done on selecting dental impression tray from dental arch images using computer vision in real-life scenarios. In this spirit, an intelligent model is proposed based on computer vision and machine learning to select appropriate dental impression trays from maxillary arch images. A dataset of 52 patients' maxillary arch images have been acquired and various sets of features such as colors, textures, and shapes of the …