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A Resource Guide For Embedding Multicultural Capital Into The Secondary Science Classrooms Of Central Washington, Theresa Susan Bell

All Graduate Projects

The multiple aspects of multicultural education were researched and are here-in compared and discussed. Through research it was found that although much research exists on multicultural education, little or no multicultural resources are available for secondary science specific to Central Washington. Implications for multicultural education, science education and the integration of the two are discussed. A collection of lessons, websites and teacher tools were merged into a resource guide that can be used for local lesson planning. Practical ideas are offered to the inexperienced multicultural science educator.

Newscope - May 1, 2009

Newscope

No abstract provided.

Fission-Fusion And Foraging: Sex Differences In The Behavioral Ecology Of Chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes Schweinfurthii), Amy Anne Pokempner

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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The Purloined Travelogue Of William Bartram: Mark Dion's Reinterpretation Of History, Genre, And The Collection, Amanda Jayne Donnan

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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R.B. Kitaj's Paintings In Terms Of Walter Benjamin's Allegory Theory, Bo-Kyung Choi

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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An Experimental Analysis Of Alarm Calling Behavior In Wild Tufted Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus Apella Nigritus), Brandon Charles Wheeler

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Exploring Web 2.0 Technologies To Internationalize The Teaching Of Psychology, Richard Velayo

Cornerstone 3 Reports : Interdisciplinary Informatics

This project aims to explore effective ways in which instructors in psychology through the use of Web 2.0 technologies in teaching help with this “internationalization” initiative. Though the focus of this pilot project is the psychology curriculum, an investigation of the ways in which Internet-based technologies are used to internationalize curriculum in other disciplines will also be explored.

Southeast Asian Primate Communities: Species Richness And Population Density, Heather Marie Hassel-Finnegan

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Archaeological Investigation Of The Buri Peninsula And Gulf Of Zula, Red Sea Coast Of Eritrea, Amanuel Yosief Beyin

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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The Archeology Of Empathy, Lysanne Françoise Arlette Fauvel

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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New Cranial And Postcranial Remains Of Late Paleocene Plesiadapidae (Plesiadapiformes, Mammalia) From North America And Europe: Description And Evolutionary Implications, Douglas Martin Boyer

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Academic Program: Graduate Program In Marian Studies, 2009-2010, International Marian Research Institute

IMRI Course Listings, Program Guides, and Assorted Academic Materials

No abstract provided.

Color Rhetoric: The Social Construction Of Neutrality In Real Estate Design, April Davis

All Theses

Many interior designers believe that the key to selling a house is using conventionally labeled neutral colors. Yet, in relying solely on what convention dictates as a universal real estate rule, designers are promoting an ideology that privileges conventional standards to audience analysis, and consequently, call into question the usefulness of their own careers. Using Lloyd Bitzer's rhetorical situation principles, this thesis will analyze pictures taken from homes on the real estate market. Examining these pictures will establish the concept of neutrality as a rhetorical social construction that is shaped within historical, social, and cultural contexts. Moreover, this thesis presents …

Homegrown Rhetoric: Rhetorical Vision In States' Marketing Of Local Foods, Joni Lea Hoke

All Theses

Beginning in the late 1940s, concerns arose about the enlarging scope of the industrial American food system. Subsequent analysis revealed a continuing pattern of expansion throughout the 1970s and 1980s. A countermovement developed with the aim of altering food production and distribution to create more regionalized food systems. Eventually, individual states came to create their own marketing programs to promote locally grown foods. Private interests also developed initiatives to promote eating locally. By 2007, the term coined to describe one who strives to eat local foods, "locavore," had become New Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year. The states' efforts are …

Karst Regions Of The World (Krow): Global Karst Datasets And Maps To Advance The Protection Of Karst Species And Habitats Worldwide, Emily Hollingsworth

KIP Theses and Dissertations

Historically, many people dealing with caves and karst have tended to be guarded about sharing information. They have sought to protect their property, their resources, liability risk, and special interests by keeping details about karst (especially caves) secret. This has resulted in inconsistent, localized, and hard-to-access knowledge and data, in highly generalized large-scale maps of widely varying consistency and quality.

"More Real And Less Factual:" Teacher Decision-Making About Place-Based Topics In Rural Secondary Classrooms, Timothy G. Thomas

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

In an age of accountability and tenuous school funding, rural schools are particularly challenged to maintain the institution, contribute to the wider community, and imbue students with local pride. One promising instructional approach is place-based education, students studying the setting in which they live and learn. Participants in this qualitative study were 5 Kentucky teachers who covered issues of regional resource management with students. Participants recognized that curricular mandates affected their planning and deprived students of certain skills for success in school and the real world. In the results of the study, the essential nature of interaction between school and …

2008-2009 General Education Assessment Report, Lindenwood University

General Education Assessment

2008-2009 General Education Assessment Report

A Political Construct Of Empathy: From Evolutionary Origins To Political Manifestations, John Westly Risher

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 2009 - 2010, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Gender And Globalization In Asia And The Pacific: Method, Practice, Theory, Susan Dewey

Journal of International Women's Studies

Review of Gender and Globalization in Asia and the Pacific: Method, Practice, Theory, edited by Kathy E. Ferguson and Monique Mironesco

The Compatibility Of Democracy And The Human Condition: The Quest For Objective Values, Vince Ambrose

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Support For Social Programs: Effects Of Class, Race, Political Ideology, And Poverty Beliefs, John Edwin Roller

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

This paper examines the main factors affecting support for social programs: class, race, political ideology, and beliefs about poverty. Using ordinary least squares regression (OLS) and bivariate correlation models, I examine how racial priming influences blacks' and whites' support for social programs such as welfare and unemployment. The premise of a racial primer is that people's racial attitudes or beliefs, overt or hidden, will be enhanced when reading information that confirms their attitudes or beliefs. While the racial primers did not directly influence support for social programs, they did moderate the independent variables' affect on the levels of support for …

Women's Perceptions Of Leadership Roles Within A Southern Baptist Congregation, Tina Colvin Hook

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Particular biblical scriptures are used to justify the Southern Baptist Convention's position on leadership, including female ordination. The author uses interviews to examine how women within a Southern Baptist congregation in Southeast Georgia assign meaning to leadership roles and understand particular biblical scripture. The interviews revealed (1) knowledge gaps between the women's stated beliefs and their basic knowledge of their faith, and (2) contradictions between their views and their practices. The interviewees rationalized these gaps and contradictions using explanations of cultural memes and religious male hegemony. The respondents defined leadership in various ways, yet few recognized the power and authority …

Ecological Constraints And Life History Tradeoffs Among Human Foragers And Their Prey, Oskar Burger

Anthropology ETDs

This dissertation attempts to identify ecological relationships useful for understanding large-scale patterns in human-environment interaction that can be applied to archaeological studies. It uses three established bodies of theory to understand ecological constraints and life history tradeoffs, applying the same basic framework to human adaptations and the demographic trends of other mammals. First, a model from optimal foraging theory (the marginal value theorem), which posits a tradeoff between resource availability and resource processing, is applied to zooarchaeology to understand human butchery patterns. Humans tend to butcher prey according to the predictions of the model in both ethnographic and archaeological settings: …

The Biological Evidence Of The San-Pau-Chu People And Their Affinities, Hsiu-Man Lin

Anthropology ETDs

Austronesian is one of the major language groups spoken. It is believed that Taiwan, Indonesian (east of Wallace line), or Bismarck Archipelago is the starting point for Austronesian migrations. It is also suggested that prehistoric cultures of Taiwan were established by the ancestors of the modern Taiwanese indigenous populations, who are also Austronesian speakers. The goals of this project are to estimate biological relationships of the San-Pau-Chu (SPC) to other Asian populations (especially Polynesians) and to evaluate if Taiwan indeed plays a major role in the history of Austronesian migrations by using both dental morphological data (metric and nonmetric dental …

Health Consequences Of Rural Women’S Productive Role In Agriculture In The Philippines And Other Developing Countries, Ma. Elena Chiong-Javier

Journal of International Women's Studies

Agriculture is central to developing countries like the Philippines and rural women contribute a substantial share of the labor that goes into this sector as food producers or agricultural workers. In the wake of numerous studies conducted worldwide about women since the United Nations’ Decade for Women (1976-1984), data appear sparse on the relationship between women’s work and women’s health in the agricultural setting to enable policy makers and program implementors to adequately address their health needs. Thus this study aimed to determine the nature of available information in the gender literature to enable us to understand the link between …

Leader And Employee Influence On The Development Of Organizational Climate In The Long-Term Care Sector, Alice A. Obermiller

Student Scholarship

The long-term care sector is challenged with retention issues that impact the quality of elder care. Annual turnover rates in excess of 50% at some staff levels combined with a growing senior population illuminates an issue where worker supply may not meet demand. Despite empirical evidence that staffing is a critical factor in the provision of high quality care and that facilities with higher staff to resident ratios have better quality ratings and more positive resident outcomes, twenty years of research underscores a persistent retention dilemma. Previous research has substantiated a correlation between retention and the work environment and called …

Student Honors And Awards Program 2009, University Relations

UMM Honors and Awards Ceremony

In recognition of students who demonstrate academic excellence and enrich campus life.

Inkstinct Tattoo-Lifestyle Magazine, Celina Rosita Tousignant

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

Inkstinct, an American tattoo-lifestyle magazine, covers a broad assortment of editorial content in six regular sections: “Inkternet,” “Fokus,” “Kulture,” “Inkternational,” “Lokal,” and “Your Ink.” Created as a regularly published magazine, Inkstinct’s sections allow for fresh content every month, while enabling consistency in theme and reader expectations.

The target demographic of Inkstinct falls between the age of 18 and 35, has interest in tattoos and body manipulations, and is both male and female. Inkstinct assumes readers have at least a very basic knowledge of tattoos and body manipulations, and avoids explaining basic information in detail. However, Inkstinct’s editorial …

Molecular Analysis Of The Genetic Heterogeneity Between Primary And Recurrent Glioblastoma, Anushi Shah

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

Introduction: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer, and affects more than 18,000 new cases each year in the United States alone. The current standard of treatment for GBM includes surgical removal of the tumor, along with radiation and chemotherapy. Despite these treatments, recurrence of GBM is extremely common, and once it recurs, the life expectancy is measured in weeks or months. One of the reasons for the deadly nature of the recurrent GBM is thought to be selection for therapy-resistant tumor cells. In this project, we sought to characterize the molecular changes in recurrent …