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G-Portal : A Map-Based Digital Library For Distributed Geospatial And Georeferenced Resources, Ee Peng Lim, Dion Hoe-Lian Goh

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

As the World Wide Web evolves into an immense information network, it is tempting to build new digital library services and expand existing digital library services to make use of web content. In this paper, we present the design and implementation of G-Portal, a web portal that aims to provide digital library services over geospatial and georeferenced content found on the World Wide Web. G-Portal adopts a map-based user interface to visualize and manipulate the distributed geospatial and georeferenced content. Annotation capabilities are supported, allowing users to contribute geospatial and georeferenced objects as well as their associated metadata. The other …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 10/27 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Mentoring narratives on-line : teaching the principalship / Alison I. Griffith [and] Svitlana Taraban.

Children Of Mexican Immigrants: Negotiating School In A Two -Way Setting On The Texas -Mexico Border, Diana Maria Ramirez

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

This problem under investigation was the schooling process of children of Mexican immigrants in an American school. The participants for the study included the 56 faculty members and 17 children of Mexican immigrants in school implementing a Two-Way Immersion Program. An ethnographic-like qualitative method was used to investigate the problem. Data was gathered through field immersion, participant observations, and unstructured interviews. Findings revealed diverse characteristics of the children of Mexican immigrants. The school's ethos of reception included numerous attributes that served to accommodate the children and their parents. The practices in the Two-Way Program facilitated the adaptation of the children …

Kids Count Alaska 2002, Virgene Hanna, Claudia Lampman

ISER Reports

Since we published the first Kids Count Alaska data book in 1996, Alaska’s children and teenagers have seen changes for the better and for the worse. This information comes from many sources, as cited in the tables and figures. Our contribution is mostly pulling it all together—to help adults see trends and think about how to make life healthier and safer for Alaska’s children. In this data book, we look at (1) the indicators of children’s well-being the Kids Count program uses nationwide; and (2) other measures that reflect conditions Alaskan children face— and that illustrate the sharp differences among …

Pages News, Volume 10, No. 1, April 2002, Isabelle Larocque, Christoph Kull, Keith Alverson

PAGES

Contents: Editorial: PAGES Visiting Scientists -- Your Opinion Counts -- Call for SSC Nominations -- New on the PAGES Bookshelf -- Inside PAGES -- Start Young Scientist Award Program -- Program News -- The ARI-Program of the European Union --Pep III News -- Science Highlights -- Tree Ring Variations in the Himalayas -- Fire and Climate in the Western Americas -- Treeline Dendroclimatology in the North Americas Tropics -- South American Dendrochronology -- Post Fire Dynamics in Switzerland -- Bristlecone Pines of Methuselah Walk -- Fire Frequency in the Eastern Canadian Boreal Forests -- Recent Fennoscandian Pine Records -- Workshop …

Nebraska Public High School Principals' Perceptions Of How State Standards Impact Schools, Mark William Weichel

Student Work

The purpose of this survey study was to test whether Nebraska high school principals perceive state standards will greatly impact schools in the state of Nebraska. Specifically, research questions sought to determine principals' perceptions of the possible effects of Nebraska state standards and whether or not differences existed between areas such as principals' gender, age, schools' free and reduced lunch percentage, school classification, years as an administrator, and amount of prior standards/assessment/accountability training.

School District Performance Under The Mcas, Jie Chen, Thomas Ferguson

New England Journal of Public Policy

Education reform has spawned efforts to test learning across the nation. This paper analyzes the determinants of Massachusetts’ school district test scores under the state’s high stakes testing program, MCAS. The study is the first to demonstrate direct links between improvements in MCAS scores and state aid to school districts. The authors estimate “value added” for each school district in the state. The list of schools with high value added produces real surprises — while some affluent districts do well, others rank at the very bottom. Additionally, the study analyzes how teacher maximum salaries, district superintendent salaries, per capita income, …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 10/12 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

How schools matter : the link between teacher classroom practices and student academic performance / Harold Wenglinsky.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 10/06 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Teaching and ethical issues in indicator systems : doing things right and doing wrong things / Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon [and] Peter Tymms.

Sunsmart Community Partnerships: Summary And Lessons Learned Report, Florida Solar Energy Center, Jennifer Szaro

FSEC Energy Research Center®

Through a working partnership with the Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA), the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), the Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA), the Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation (LEAF), and FMEA member utilities, the SunSmart program offers a unified, low-cost solution to providing municipal electric customers with a solar energy option. It also provides its member utilities with a high level of technical and administrative support to alleviate concerns about working with an unfamiliar electric generation technology. It relies on a core team to develop a standardized marketing and public outreach plan which can be utilized by all participants, and …

Where Joy Resides: Four Teacher Educators Evaluate Themselves Via Multiple Literacy Artifacts And Reflections, L Kathryn Staley

Doctoral Dissertations

Through qualitative case studies, I explored what or who influenced four teacher educators to use multiple literacy artifacts and reflections to evaluate themselves, and help their students do the same. I define a wide range of print and non-print mediums as multiple literacies in that some learners rely on them to explore and express what they value as evaluators. Given that some students understand a poem or a social studies concept better when evaluate their interpretations through drama or drawing, as well as talk or writing, it is important for these students to be in classrooms where multiple avenues for …

Public Education As Public Space: Some Reflections On The Unfinished Work Of Marc Feldman, Richard C. Boldt

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Common Characteristic Profile For Leveraging E-Rate Acquisitions In Arkansas, Drew Mashburn

Theses and Dissertations

The study investigates how four school districts in Arkansas maximized their E-rate discounts and leveraged their acquired E-rate services toward educational improvements. The purpose is to provide a common characteristic profile of school districts that leveraged their E-rate discounts toward effective technology integration. The findings contribute to an increased understanding of how schools benefit from the discounts produced by E-rate. In addition, these implications can be utilized by other school districts for an increased understanding of effective E-rate application strategies and technology integration efforts. The qualitative data provide a common characteristic profile that identifies attributes each district shared. Evidence of …

Quid Pro Quo: Restoring Educational Primacy To College Basketball, Tanyon T. Lynch

Marquette Sports Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Demographic And Attitudinal Characteristics Of Primary-School Teachers And Implementation Of The Continuous Assessment Program In Swaziland, Hibajene Monga Shandomo

Dissertations

Problem. The purposes of this study were to determine the extent to which primary school teachers were implementing the Continuous Assessment Program (CAP) and to examine personal and institutional factors that may be related to the implementation of the program.

Method. A questionnaire designed to measure degree of implementation and attitude toward the Continuous Assessment Program was administered to a stratified random sample of 600 Grade 1 to Grade 7 teachers from 54 schools. Personnel from the National Curriculum Center (NCC) delivered and collected the questionnaires from each school. Completed questionnaires were then forwarded to the researcher. Data were coded …

President's Report, 2001-2002, University Of Montana (Missoula, Mont.). Office Of The President

University of Montana President’s Report, 1993-2016

The President’s Report of the University of Montana, produced by University Relations on behalf of the President’s Office.

Environment-Based Education: Policy, Practice, And Place, Eric N. Wickwire

All Master's Theses

The policies of the environment-based education movement are benefiting teachers and students participating in several model programs operating in the United States. Place-centered learning enhances the interdisciplinary practice of Essential Academic Learning Requirements, and actively engages students in local issues. The study of cultural landscapes encourages a sense of place within the Lower Columbia River Gorge, and fosters student connections with the Dalles Mountain Ranch. Policy recommendations are made for environment-based learning in Washington State's public schools. An example place-centered curriculum is outlined for practice at the Dalles Mountain Ranch, and a residential environmental learning center is proposed in the …

Pages News, Volume 9, No. 3, December 2001, Christoph Kull, Mel Reasoner, Keith Alverson

PAGES

Contents: Editorial: International Year of the Mountains 2002 -- PAGES-Conference, Inside PAGES -- Program News --The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) -- Science Highlights -- Alpine Speleothems -- Alpine Timberline -- Paleoenvironments in the Pirin and Altai -- A Himalayan Ice Core Record -- Treelines in the Americas -- East African Mountain Paleoecology -- Workshop Reports -- St. Petersburg (Baltic Holocene Climate) -- Aix-en-Provence (PEP-III) -- Have you seen -- Last Page -- Calendar -- START Young Scientist awards

Investigating Trust In The Mentoring Relationship: The Beginning Teacher's Perspective, Nancy Ann Edick

Student Work

The focus of this dissertation was to investigate the beginning teacher's perspective on trust in the mentor-beginning teacher relationship. This was a qualitative study rooted in grounded theory modified to accommodate the use of received theory (Glaser & Strauss, 1967). The investigative framework was based on two received theories, and each theory formed the foundation for the following research questions: (1) Gabarro's (1978) theory predicts that work place trust in an associate will be affected by her perceptions of the associate's character, competence, and judgment. Is this true in the case of the beginning teachers as they do or do …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 09/39 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

When an "a" is not enough : analyzing the New York State global history and geography exam / S.G. Grant.

Transforming Strategic Leader Education For The 21st-Century Army, Jeffrey D. Mccausland, Gregg F. Martin

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 09/27 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Establishment of modern universities in Korea and their implications for Korean education policies / jeon-Kyu Lee.

Pages News, Volume 9, No. 2, July 2001, Isabelle Larocque, Keith Alverson

PAGES

Contents: Records of Environmental Changes in the Australian Sector of Pep II Point to Broad Trends of Climate Change -- An 8,000 Mutli-proxy Record from Lake Issyl-Kul, Kyrgyztan -- An 8,000 Year Record of Typhoons in the Northern South China Sea -- Millennial-Scale Oscillations of Loess Weathering over the Last Glacial Period -- The Chinese Maar Drilling Programme: A Chinese-German Cooperation for Paleoclimatic Reconstruction -- Pollen Records of the Last Glacial Cycle in the Southern Hemisphere Tropics of the Pep II Transect -- East Asian Monsoon Signals Recorded in the Japan Sea Sediments -- Program News -- Workshop Reports -- …

Improving Parent-School Communication Through The Development Of A Sky Country School Web Page, Kathleen Mary Clark

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to improve the communication between parents and the faculty and staff at Sky Country Elementary School through the development of an interactive school web page. In particular, keeping parents aware of school activities and achievements that their children are involved in. The project was developed based on the needs of the parents, teachers and staff at Sky Country Elementary School. The research looks at how schools are currently communicating with parents and how better home/school communication increases parent involvement which leads to higher student achievement. The last element of research looks at how to …

Learner-Centered Instruction: Inquiry-Based, Technology-Enriched, Integrating Workplace Reality: A Resource Guide For Teachers, Marjorie L. Mclellan

Geography Faculty Publications

Inquiry-based instructional strategies function best with motivated students whose interest and imagination are already enlivened and whose curiosity will help them master new learning skills. The responsibility for supplying the initial impetus falls upon many diverse entities across the student's educational life. College teachers often inherit students with years of spoon-fed, low-expectation instruction, challenging instructors in higher education to overcome this deficit. Fortunately, most students possess a native curiosity that is eventually heightened by academic success, especially when their achievements are perceived to stem from their own work and thought processes. This is the power of inquiry-based learning.

The rapidity …

Layering Literacies: Computers And Peer Response In The 21st Century, Christopher Warren Dean

Doctoral Dissertations

Research into peer response work has a long history in the field of composition, and the work of my dissertation is to extend that research into the newer subfield of composition, computers and writing. Specifically I focus on the way students use multiple linguistic competencies (oral, print and electronic competencies) to perform a variety of selves in peer response. Drawing on the work of Erving Goffinan, the extant literature of peer response, work done in ethnomethodology, and research done in three first year composition classrooms, I outline the contours and strategies that students use to engage in peer response while …

A Study Of Arkansas Public School Superintendents' Knowledge Of And Attitudes Toward Charter Schools, William E. Broadnax

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore reasons why most public school superintendents have not applied for the creation of a charter school, and to ascertain whether or not public school superintendents in Arkansas plan to open a charter school in their school district. In essence, this study investigated current knowledge and attitudes of Arkansas public school superintendents toward charter schools and Act 890 legislation. A non-experimental research design was conducted using a modified survey instrument (Ogden, 1995), which included all 310 public school superintendents in the State of Arkansas. A nonprobability sample of 160 superintendents completed and returned …

A Study Of Mathematics Course Sequence And Student Performance In Mathematics In A Block Scheduled High School, John Harvell Moody

Doctoral Dissertations

The 1983 study of the condition of American Education, A Nation at Risk, brought a significant amount of attention to the way in which schools provided students with the skills necessary to be productive citizens. Many of the recommendations contained in A Nation at Risk focused on the perceived poor performance of American students when compared to their counterparts worldwide. The year after publication of A Nation at Risk, the National Commission on Time and Learning published Prisoners of Time, a report that called for the establishment of high academic standards for students and a major restructuring of the school …

The Story Of Henry Adams' Soul: Education And The Expression Of Associations, Richard W. Garnett

Journal Articles

In several decisions handed down during its 1999 Term, the United States Supreme Court focused on the freedom of expressive association. Generally speaking, expressive association is regarded by courts and commentators as just another form of individual self-expression, and voluntary associations as facilitators for such self-expression.
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/="/">In this Essay, Professor Garnett suggests that a shift in focus, from individual self-expression-through-association to the expression of voluntary associations themselves. It is suggested that, in several recent decisions ­including Dale, Mitchell, and California Democratic Party - the Court has indicated an appreciation of the role played by mediating institutions in shaping …

Teacher Education Reform And Accountability: A Study Of The Louisiana Blue Ribbon Commission On Teacher Quality., Patricia Ann Davis Exner

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study describes Louisiana's 1999--2000 Blue Ribbon Commission on Teacher Quality, focusing primarily on Commission proceedings and the evolution of its recommendations within a context of standards-based teacher education reform history. Employing case study methodology contextualized in historical and ethnographic narrative, this nine month study examined policy recommendations for Louisiana's teacher education programs that resulted from Commission meetings. Aims of the study included describing the development of these recommendations, their relation to national teacher education reform movements, and their potential impact on university teacher preparation programs. The research provides not only documentation of Commission proceedings of some historical value, but …