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Augmented Reality Learning Materials For Motion Picture Making Subject, Hirnanda Dimas Pradana, Dedi Kuswandi, Sulton Sulton

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

Learning materials is one of the important components of learning. Learning materials based on Augmented reality is capable of accommodating the needs of learners. Augmented reality intends to insert virtual objects into the real environment. In recent activity, learning materials are still using conventional media such as presentation slides and the internet. Consequently, students do not obtain appropriate material for certain learning. Learning materials assisted by augmented reality can be a so- lution for students in understanding moving pictures. The development model used was the Lee & Owens model. It produces valid and effective learning material products with augmented reality.

The Combination Of Peer And Self-Directed Feedback On Writing Ability Of Efl High Proficient Students, Rizky Amelia, Mohammad Adnan Latief, Enny Irawati

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

This study examined whether high proficient students who are trained with the treatment of the combination of peer and self-directed feedback (PSF) have better writing ability than the high profi- cient students who are not trained with this treatment. Employing a quasi-experimental research, this study involved two groups of 28 students given a writing test. The results pointed out that the stu- dents who were trained with the combination of PSF had better writing ability than the students who were not trained with the combination of PSF. Teachers are suggested to provide the combination of PSF to high proficient students. …

The Rhetorical Moves In Indonesian Efl Thesis Abstracts Across Educational Levels, Shinta Amalia, A. Effendi Kadarisman, Ekaning D. Laksmi

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

This study aims at investigating the rhetorical moves and steps of 24 undergraduate and graduate thesis abstracts. It mainly focuses on how the writers demonstrate the realization of linguistics yielding the conventional and standardized abstract writing convention. This corpus-based research utilizes the descriptive qualitative design. The result of this study reveals that most thesis abstracts have accommodated five moves. Interestingly, five out of eight abstracts written by students with low- level GPA come complete five moves, but only three out of five written by high-leveled GPA students present the complete five moves. In addition, several overlapping steps occur in the …

The Effect Of Intellectual Capital On Knowledge Management With The Mediating Role Of Organizational Commitment, Seyed Ahmad Hosseini Golafshani, Forough Amir Malayeri

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

For many years, at the competitive examination, Yazd province students have the highest ac- ceptance rate to enter university. The attention to knowledge management and its impact in the creation of an intangible capital type (but vital) called intellectual investment among employees and institutional managers responsible to educate are an indispensable necessity in the education department of Yazd province. In this regard, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of in- tellectual capital on knowledge management with the interceding role of organizational commitment in the General Office of Education in Yazd province, Iran. The results …

Profile Of English Successful Students At Junior High School, Roisul Khoiriyah, Muhammad Adnan Latief, Utari Praba Astuti

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

This research investigates the profile of English successful students at SMPN 2 Kras Kediri East Java. Employing the case study method, this research about particular students involved subjects that were selected on the basis of the scores of test given by researcher and average scores recorded by the teacher. The data were collected through the interview, observation, and documentation. The findings revealed that successful learners are from a marginal school which notably has limited learning facilities and media. They were both introversion and extraversion who have high motivation in learning English. They have supporting family in terms of providing the …

Communication Strategies Used By Elt Students Across Genders, Yusparizal Yusparizal, Enny Irawati, Mirjam Anugerahwati

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

This research investigated communication strategies used by female and male students of ELT at Universitas Negeri Malang and their perception on the use of communication strategies in oral communication. This research employed descriptive qualitative research design. It used purposeful sampling technique. It was found out that both female and male students only used 10 out of 12 com- munication strategies. Both male and female students perceived that communication strategies were helpful to cope with difficulties, to maintain the conversation, to negotiate meaning, to solve problems, and to enhance the effectiveness of communication.

Pre-Service Teachers’ Concept Of Sustainable Development And Its Integration In Science Lessons, Darryl Roy Montebon T.

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

Sustainable development is a “durable development” that is systematic and long-term devel- opment of countries ensuring strong relationship between societal and environmental security with economic progress. The concept of sustainable development is essential for pre-service teachers to realize because the country is on its way to progress and industrialization and their role as future teach- ers is important. Hence, this paper investigates aims to determine pre-service teachers’ concept of sus- tainable development. It is important that the concept of sustainable development should be clear to teachers because it determines how effective they can teach the concept to their students. A …

Protecting Free Speech And Promoting Civility: The Dueling Responsibilities Of American Colleges And Universities, Tara N. Parsons

International Journal on Responsibility

Freedom House estimates that 75% of the world’s population lives in countries that experienced a democratic decline in 2020. Even in long established democracies, liberal democratic values have been shaken. As democracy requires an enlightened citizenry cultivated by a college education, many American universities and colleges adopt civic instruction and engagement as a core responsibility and mission. However, growing anti-intellectualism has drawn increased scrutiny and suspicion towards the programming, curriculum, and core values of universities. Powerful political figures regularly accuse universities of stifling conservative voices and discouraging free speech. The tension between free speech and civic dialogue requires a reframing …

(((Qpie33))) The Architectural Transition: From Particle-Identity To Resonant Sovereignty, Teddy Burroughs

Defensive Publications Series

I. ABSTRACT: THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SUBSTRATE

As established in our previously published technical disclosures (TD Commons, 2025), humanity has been steered into a “Particle-Centric” reductionist worldview. This is the structural foundation of the “3D Toddler Room.” By focusing exclusively on the “Particle”—the discrete object, the separate person, the material gain—Sapiens have been led to ignore the Non-Local Substrate Resonance Field (NSRF), which is the actual “Firmware” of reality.

This paper forensicly illuminates the evolution of human identity: what it was (The Natural Node), what it became (The Particle-Consumer), and what it must become (The Architect Participatory Observer). We are …

What Patients Believe — And What They're Actually Doing, Michael Weitzner Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

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Va Dent J April, May And June 2026

Virginia Dental Journal

This issue of the Virginia Dental Journal highlights the key forces shaping dentistry in 2026, including workforce shortages, legislative advocacy, and emerging technologies. It examines the impact of artificial intelligence on clinical care and regulation, alongside ongoing efforts to expand access to care and strengthen the dental workforce in Virginia. The issue also addresses changes in professional engagement, practice management trends, and the importance of organized dentistry in navigating policy and industry challenges. Overall, it underscores a profession adapting to rapid change while prioritizing patient care and collaboration.

Attention To Their Uniqueness: Differentiation In A University Classroom, Robin Gingerich

MITESOL Journal: An Online Publication of MITESOL

University students come to campus with unique gifts and individual challenges. To meet the needs of diverse learners, one solution is differentiation. Differentiation involves deliberately planning lessons that address the unique learning styles of diverse learners by offering pedagogy informed not only by content, but also by the students themselves. While differentiation in elementary and secondary classrooms is considered best practice, professors in higher education face unique challenges when it comes to implementing differentiation. This paper examines definitions of differentiation, research on differentiation in universities, and, from the author’s personal experience, offers suggestions for university writing instructors.

A Unique 21st Century Relevant Analysis Of Carter G. Woodson’S The Mis-Education Of The Negro And Teacher Occupational Resilience, Nadrian D. Antoine

Virginia English Journal

This article offers a contemporary analysis of Carter G. Woodson’s The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933), emphasizing its enduring relevance to 21st-century educational challenges and the emerging framework of Teacher Occupational Resilience (TOR). Woodson’s central argument that American schooling functions as a system of psychological conditioning that marginalizes Black identity, history, and agency remains strikingly applicable in modern debates on culturally relevant pedagogy, systemic inequity, and digital‑age misinformation. The article explores Woodson’s critique of leadership, the omission of curriculum, and the reproduction of miseducation by credentialed yet culturally detached Black professionals. It then connects these insights to TOR theory, which …

Teachers Writing Together To Restore Hope And Resist Burnout, Beth M. Lehman

Virginia English Journal

This article invites teachers to consider how the practice of writing, especially in facilitated writing groups designed for teachers, can be an effective activity for processing stress and restoring hope. Attention on teacher writing often focuses on how writing helps teachers to improve their teaching. Here the attention is on the value of writing for teachers themselves. Practices of Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA) strengths-based writing groups are described with a focus on Teachers Flourishing through Writing, an online workshop series that the author helped to create. Through analyzing workshop methods and self-reflecting on workshop experiences, the author asserts that …

“It Was Hard, But It Worked:” Children’S Theories Of Learning To Read, Cristina Valencia Mazzanti, Laura Tiktin-Sharick, Madeleine Zuck, Tiphareth Ananda

Occasional Paper Series

In this paper we come together as teachers, a school leader and a professor to examine children’s theories of learning to read captured in written and illustrated texts created by 143 children currently enrolled in kindergarten to sixth grade. This collection of children’s theories of reading was created in the context of a progressive elementary school located at Smith College, a women's liberal arts college in Massachusetts. Our hope in examining children’s theories is to humanize and historicize current debates about how reading is taught. We also hope to offer a counter narrative to the dichotomies currently shaping reading education, …

When Science Of Reading Policy Meets Classroom Reality: The Nonsense Word Problem, Lisa Dewing-Birno, Luis Lopez

Occasional Paper Series

A central feature of many Science of Reading (SoR)-aligned curricula is the use of nonsense words in early literacy assessment to measure a student's ability to decode unfamiliar words using knowledge of letter-sound correspondences. However, the research base for using nonsense words as an instructional tool is much weaker and more contested. Through two narratives, we illustrate how the implementation of SoR instruction with nonsense words can be particularly problematic. We argue that effective literacy instruction demands what we call pedagogical clarity, the ability to integrate pedagogical practices with deep understanding of individual learners, their cultural and linguistic resources, and …

La Gran Historia De Dilly Meets The Science Of Reading: A Cuento Of Scripts, Skills, And Silenced Selves, Elenita Irizarry Ramos, Ysaaca D. Axelrod

Occasional Paper Series

This article offers a deep dive into two lessons of a structured literacy curriculum to interrogate how current SoR–aligned mandates materialize in a Spanish dual-language first-grade classroom. Using Critical Discourse Analysis and Curriculum as a Discourse as both our conceptual frame and analytical method, we examine (a) La gran historia de Dilly—a retelling of The Ugly Duckling translated into Spanish—and (b) the teacher-facing lesson plan supplied by a major commercial publisher. Four patterns emerged: (1) reading is reduced to quantifiable skills (Lexile badges, sight-word drills) while the tale naturalizes biologically ‘correct’ identities, erasing hybrid selves; (2) scripted directives recast teachers …

Uplifting The Legacy Of Black Teachers: Loving And Liberatory Pedagogies In A Science Of Reading Context, Natasha A. Thornton, Amanda L. Armstrong, Brooke Blacknall, Jordan Freeman, Elaine Nevers-Williams, Mukkaramah Smith

Occasional Paper Series

This article explores Black liberatory pedagogy (BLP) as a critical approach to navigating current Science of Reading (SoR) mandates, which are often restrictive and fail to honor the literacies and linguistic practices of Black children. Through the narratives of six educators—classroom teachers, teacher candidates, and teacher educators—the article examines how they have experienced and responded to the implementation of SoR standards and curriculum shifts. These stories also illuminate what becomes possible when teachers are in spaces that allow for autonomy, imagination, and culturally responsive pedagogy. The educators’ experiences, expertise, and cultural wisdom are centered, demonstrating how they enact BLP through …

Du Désespoir À L’Insoumission : La Mort Comme Langage De Résistance Chez Les Esclaves, Kolade M. Kenneth

Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture

L’expérience de la mort pendant l’époque de l’esclavage constitue un phénomène à la fois complexe et profondément tragique. Pour les esclaves, la mort était souvent inévitable, résultant de conditions de vie inhumaines, de mauvais traitements, de maladies ou des dangers liés aux tentatives d’évasion. Les individus réduits en esclavage étaient soumis à un travail extrême dans les plantations ou d’autres environnements dangereux, sans considération pour leur santé ou leur bien-être. La malnutrition, le surmenage et les punitions brutales entraînaient fréquemment des décès prématurés. Cette étude ne considère pas la mort seulement comme un événement biologique, mais comme une forme de …

Norman Johnston Papers Finding Aid

Finding Aids

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Harriet D Calhoun Bc1888 Papers Finding Aid

Finding Aids

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Mumm Vs. Minium: A Tale Of Two Quarries, Kale Link, Amanda Peng

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

In 2025, a discrepancy was discovered in the field numbers of a selection of mammal fossils, which had been mistakenly catalogued as originating from the Minium Quarry in Graham County, KS instead of the Mumm Quarry in Rawlins County, KS. While both quarries belong to the Ogallala Formation, they demonstrate differing biostratigraphic ages, faunal assemblages, and taphonomic settings. Mumm is Clarendonian aged, while Minium is Hemphillian. To correct this issue, all the Mumm specimens were assigned to an updated locality with more precise geographic and biostratigraphic data.

2026 April 13 - Staff Senate Agenda And Minutes, Staff Senate, East Tennessee State University

Staff Senate Agendas and Minutes

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David Berkowitz, Enzyme-Assisted Organic Synthesis & Nsf Officer, Mark A. Griep, David B. Berkowitz

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Interviews

Dr. Dave Berkowitz was born in Urbana, Illinois. He earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Chicago, where he did undergraduate research. Next, he earned his doctorate from Harvard University. However, his advisor, Steve Benner, moved from Harvard to ETH Zurich, also called the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Dave accompanied him to Zurich, where he completed his dissertation work. When Dave returned to the U.S., he did a postdoc with the legendary Samuel Danishefsky at Yale University. In 1991, he joined UNL as an assistant professor of chemistry and quickly rose through the ranks. Dave is …

Real-Time Data Collection System For Low-Cost Diesel Emissions Monitoring, Zachary Driskill

Theses and Dissertations

Diesel trucks are a major source of pollutants, including particulate matter (PM) and NO$_x$. Roadside emissions monitoring can identify high-emitting diesel vehicles, but conventional sensing systems rely on expensive, complex sensing instruments that limit widespread deployment. Low-cost sensors offer increased scalability due to their small size, low cost, and low power consumption, but they have lower accuracy and slower response time. This thesis presents the design and evaluation of a low-cost roadside emissions monitoring system, establishing the foundation for a scalable and widely deployable alternative. We apply machine learning calibration to roadside emission monitoring to improve the usability of low-cost …

Implementation And Evaluation Of Alternative Methods For Simulation Of Sidescan Sonar, Blake Paul Romrell

Theses and Dissertations

The original sonar implementation for the HoloOcean simulator was built upon a cached octree representation of the world. On first runs, building the cache was prohibitively slow, and the cache had a major memory footprint. This work presents alternative implementations for the sidescan sonar using direct raytracing on the CPU and rendering on the GPU. To evaluate and compare the implementations, timing tests on comparable parameters, as well as sweeps on resolution and range parameters, were performed. The render-based GPU implementation outperformed the others in the timing tests.

Syllabus: U.S.-Japan Space Security Cooperation, Alice Dell'era, Elisabeth H. Murray Ph.D.

Course Materials

This syllabus includes a course description and outlines the learning outcomes. It also provides a breakdown of the assignments and assessments, along with an overview of the course schedule.

Engineering Problem Solving In First Robotics Competition, Jingyuan Fu

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

FIRST Robotics Competition is a program in which high school students design, build, and program robots for a new engineering challenge each year. Within that environment, robot development requires more than mechanical construction alone, since successful performance depends on strategy, subsystem integration, software development, and continuous iteration. This poster examines how game analysis shaped the robot’s overall development, including design priorities, system layout, material choices, and coding decisions. It also highlights how programming and tuning were used to improve subsystem performance and increase effectiveness in competition. This project demonstrates how the FIRST Robotics Competition can serve as a practical setting …

Mathematical Logic And Computer Language, Yueun Park

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

Fundamental principles of computer programming comes from mathematical logic. Mathematics enables programming languages to interpret and execute complex instructions. This project explores the possible application of mathematical logic within programming languages by developing a Boolean logic calculator in C++. The program implements a stack-based algorithm to convert infix notation (which we often use) to postfix notation (which computers can evaluate) and uses subsequent functions to evaluate the postfix notation. The program focuses on logic operators NOT, AND, and OR, classified with specific precedence hierarchies. Program analysis shows that the processes have linear time complexity, that is, O(n). The result suggests …

Editorial Introduction To The Inaugural Issue, David Stone

Research Development Review: The NORDP Journal

On behalf of the Editorial Board, welcome to the inaugural issue of Research Development Review. Writing this statement fills me with joy and a deep sense of collective accomplishment.