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College Algebra (Fort Valley State University), Josephine Davis, Samuel Cartwright, Shadreck Chitsonga, Bhavana Burell, Ian Toppin

Mathematics Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for College Algebra was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Principles Of Chemistry I (University Of North Georgia), Jim Konzelman, Greta Giles

Chemistry Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Principles of Chemistry I was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant. It contains materials used within the implementation of OpenStax Chemistry and uses the Open Course Principles of Chemistry I from the University of North Georgia.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each …

Trigonometry, German Vargas, Jose Lugo, Laura Lynch, Jamil Mortada, Victor Vega, Treg Thompson

Mathematics Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Trigonometry was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Web Programming, Kevin Floyd, Myungjae Kwak

Computer Science and Information Technology Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Web Programming was created under aRound Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Precalculus (University Of North Georgia), Michael Goodroe, Berhanu Kidane, Julian Allagan, John Williams

Mathematics Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Precalculus was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Precalculus (College Of Coastal Georgia), German Vargas, Jose Lugo, Laura Lynch, Jamil Mortada, Treg Thompson, Victor Vega

Mathematics Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Precalculus was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Survey Of Chemistry Ii, Jonathan Cannon, Estelle Nuckels, Renat Khatmullin, Andrew Lauer

Chemistry Grants Collections

This Grants Collection uses the grant-supported open wiki textbook Survey of Chemistry II from Middle Georgia State University:

http://oer.galileo.usg.edu/chemistry-textbooks/1/

This Grants Collection for Survey of Chemistry II was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked …

Digital Media, Shuhua Lai, Kairui Chen

Computer Science and Information Technology Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Digital Media was created under a Round Three ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Survey Of Chemistry I, Jonathan Cannon, Estelle Nuckels, Renat Khatmullin, Andrew Lauer

Chemistry Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Survey of Chemistry I was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

College Algebra (University Of North Georgia), Minsu Kim, Hashim Saber, Bikash Das, Thomas Hartfield

Mathematics Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for College Algebra was created under a Round Four ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Principles Of Chemistry Ii (University Of North Georgia), Jim Konzelman, Greta Giles

Chemistry Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Principles of Chemistry I was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant. It contains materials used within the implementation of OpenStax Chemistry and uses the Open Course Principles of Chemistry II from the University of North Georgia.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each …

Web Development, Kevin Floyd, Myungjae Kwak

Computer Science and Information Technology Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Web Development was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Database Design And Applications, Lei Li, Rebecca Rutherfoord, Svetana Peltsverger, Jack Zheng, Zhigang Li, Nancy Colyar

Computer Science and Information Technology Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Database Design and Applications was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Advanced Databases, Lei Li, Rebecca Rutherfoord, Svetana Peltsverger, Jack Zheng, Zhigang Li, Nancy Colyar

Computer Science and Information Technology Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Advanced Databases was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

How Landscape Ecology Informs Global Land-Change Science And Policy, Audrey L. Mayer, Brian Buma, Amélie Davis, Sara A. Gagné, E. Louise Loudermilk, Robert M. Scheller, Fiona K.A. Schmiegelow, Fiona Majorin, Yolanda F. Wiersma, Janet Franklin

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Landscape ecology is a discipline that explicitly considers the influence of time and space on the environmental patterns we observe and the processes that create them. Although many of the topics studied in landscape ecology have public policy implications, three are of particular concern: climate change; land use–land cover change (LULCC); and a particular type of LULCC, urbanization. These processes are interrelated, because LULCC is driven by both human activities (e.g., agricultural expansion and urban sprawl) and climate change (e.g., desertification). Climate change, in turn, will affect the way humans use landscapes. Interactions among these drivers of ecosystem change can …

Robustness Of Multiple Indicators In Automated Screening Systems For Deception Detection, Nathan Twyman, Jeffrey Gainer Proudfoot, Ryan M. Schuetzler, Aaron Elkins, Douglas C. Derrick

Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Publications

This study investigates the effectiveness of an automatic system for detection of deception by individuals with the use of multiple indicators of such potential deception. Deception detection research in the information systems discipline has postulated increased accuracy through a new class of screening systems that automatically conduct interviews and track multiple indicators of deception simultaneously. Understanding the robustness of this new class of systems and the limitations of its theoretical improved performance is important for refinement of the conceptual design. The design science proof-of-concept study presented here implemented and evaluated the robustness of these systems for automated screening for deception …

Research: South Dakota State University, Spring 2016, Christie Delfanian, Emily Weber

State of Discovery South Dakota State University's Research Magazine

CONTENTS:

Genome Researcher investigate impact of L1 jumping genes [Page] 2
CRP funds important resource for hunters [Page] 3
Nurse-researchers help health-care facilities develop, improve tobacco-free policies [Page] 3
MS: Exercise scientist improves movement, quality of life for MS patients [Page] 5
Plant scientists defend South Dakota crops against diseases [Plant] 7
Investigating influenza D virus earns doctoral student scholarship [Page] 9
Steel shavings trap phosphorous, protecting water quality [Page] 10

Editors' Page: Helping Practitioners Better Serve Students With Emotional And Behavioral Disorders, Joseph B. Ryan, Paul Mooney

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Math Circles: A Tool For Promoting Engagement Among Middle School Minority Males, Eugene Kennedy, Lawrence Smolinsky

Faculty Publications

This article presents results of a case study of a math circle designed for low income, minority students from an inner city middle school. The students were 6th, 7th and 8th grade African American and Hispanic males enrolled in a science, technology, engineering and mathematics focused charter school. The study focused on the impact of participation in the math circle on students and the design features of the experience that were most effective at promoting engagement and positive reactions from students. Participating students reported increases in their interests in mathematics, their confidence in their ability to tackle mathematics problems, and …

High Impact Practices: Student Engagement And Retention, Giselle Bonet, Barbara R. Walters

Publications and Research

Community college students face special challenges that can impede their academic progress, resulting in lower grades and persistence than students in selective four-year colleges. Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York, successfully addresses these challenges with learning communities: small cohorts of students in a blocked program of study, which includes developmental or basic English, a one-credit student skills course, and a social or behavioral science course. This research analyzes the short-term effects of the model by comparing a sample of 267 students enrolled in four learning community and four regular sections of sociology and psychology classes. The results demonstrate a …

Pull-Out Or Push In? Impact On Students With Special Needs Social, Emotional, And Academic Success, Kasey Barton

Education Masters

Abstract[SMS1]

Inclusion has become the standard practice in the classroom today but many students continue to be pulled out of the classroom for various services such as counseling, speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and extra support. It is up to the teachers and the parents to decide where the least restrictive environment is for the students in order for them to be the most successful. This study was conducted to determine any effects on students’ social success in the classroom. The study involved five general education teachers, two special education teachers, four parents, and six fourth grade students …

The Impact Of Preparation Programs On Pre-Service Teachers, Kayleigh Caswell

Education Masters

Teacher preparation programs are crucial in readying pre-service teachers for taking over their own classrooms. Each college and university prepares teachers differently, producing variations within teacher knowledge. However, there is potential that an excellent program could produce candidates without gaps. A carefully designed online survey was sent out to teachers who have been teaching for three years or less, inquiring about where teachers felt preparation programs were beneficial, and where the programs were lacking. Teachers surveyed felt that the most beneficial courses were: classroom management, student teaching, and education methodology, while the areas teachers felt they were unprepared for were: …

An Examination Of The Debate Surrounding Core Curriculum State Standards In American Education Reform, Kristen Henry

Paideia

No abstract provided.

Coding Strategies, The Choquet Game And Domain Representability, Lynne Yengulalp

Mathematics Faculty Publications

We prove that if the NONEMPTY player has a winning strategy in the strong Choquet game on a regular space X then NONEMPTY has a winning coding strategy in that game (a strategy that only depends on the previous 2 moves). We also prove that any regular domain representable space is generalized subcompact.

2016 (Spring), University Of Dayton. Department Of Mathematics

Colloquia

Abstracts of the talks given at the 2016 Spring Colloquium.

Ursinus Magazine, Spring / Summer 2016, Brock Blomberg, Wendy Greenberg, Ellen Labrecque, Anthony Nadler, Leigh Woolston Karsch, Nicholas A. Scoville

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

Melrose Center honors the global vision of alumnus and professor • Top chef • The future face of physics • Diplomacy rules • Where the love began • The last lecture • When in Rome • Meeting his match • Student achievement all day, all over campus • Lost and found • Life's a beach • The light at the end: What we learned from a campus health crisis • Unsung heroes: Emergency medical services • First person: Having heart • Burning question: Is there a resurgence of populism in the 2016 election and does the rise of social media …

Exploring The Relationship Between High School Diploma Requirements In Mathematics And College Remediation Rates, Derek J. Brown

Doctor of Education (EdD)

This study examined the relationship between the essential skill of math and college remediation rates using a dataset of 1,858 recent high school graduates attending public, 4-year Oregon universities. Using a logistic regression methodology, this study explored (a) the extent to which the essential skill of math improved college remediation rates, (b) the association between allowable essential skill of math sources of evidence and college remediation rates, and (c) the impact of the essential skill of math on students from various demographic backgrounds. Results from this study suggest the essential skill of math graduation requirement significantly predicts the likelihood of …

James Wilson And The Moral Foundations Of Popular Sovereignty, Ian Bartrum

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Natural Acid Rock Drainage And Ferricrete Deposit Chemistry Of The Judith Mountains, Montana, Sara Edinberg

Graduate Theses & Non-Theses

The Judith Mountains are a low-elevation “island” mountain range in east-central Montana composed of a series of laccoliths and stocks cut by coarse-grained alkali granite and tinguaite dikes. The geology of the Judith Mountains in the vicinity of Red Mountain and Judith Peak, two of the tallest mountains in the range, is conducive to the creation of headwater streams that are naturally acidic. Extensive limonite staining on Red Mountain attests to the widespread presence of disseminated pyrite in hydrothermally altered porphyry rock. However, no major historical mining operations are known to the area. The acidic streams undergo neutralization in pH …

Environmental Stress In The Gulf Of Mexico And Its Potential Impact On Public Health, B. Singleton, J. Turner, L. Walter, N. Lathan, D. Thorpe, P. Ogbevoen, J. Daye, D. Alcorn, S. Wilson, J. Semien, T. Richard, T. Johnson, K. Mccabe, J. J. Estrada, F. Galvez, C. Velasco, K. Reiss

Faculty Publications

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the largest maritime oil spill in history resulting in the accumulation of genotoxic substances in the air, soil, and water. This has potential far-reaching health impacts on cleanup field workers and on the populations living in the contaminated coastal areas. We have employed portable airborne particulate matter samplers (SKC Biosampler Impinger) and a genetically engineered bacterial reporter system (umu-ChromoTest from EBPI) to determine levels of genotoxicity of air samples collected from highly contaminated areas of coastal Louisiana including Grand Isle, Port Fourchon, and Elmer's …