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The Measurement And Evaluation Of Children's Singing Voice Development, Joanne Rutkowski

Visions of Research in Music Education

No abstract provided.

Tracing Reflective Thinking In The Performance Ensemble, Lyle Davidson, Larry Scripp

Visions of Research in Music Education

No abstract provided.

Toward An Enhanced Community Of Scholars In Music Education, Estelle R. Jorgensen

Visions of Research in Music Education

No abstract provided.

The National Arts Education Research Center At New York University: Challenging Tradition, Jerrold Ross

Visions of Research in Music Education

No abstract provided.

Teaching For Understanding In The Arts: The Elementary Subjects Center At Michigan State University, Wanda T. May

Visions of Research in Music Education

No abstract provided.

Editorial, Richard Colwell

Visions of Research in Music Education

No abstract provided.

Editorial, Jason Vodicka

Visions of Research in Music Education

No abstract provided.

Introducing The Historical Reprints Of The Quarterly Journal Of Music Teaching And Learning, Frank Abrahams, Richard Colwell

Visions of Research in Music Education

No abstract provided.

Wagon Tracks Volume 36, Issue 2 (January 2022)

Wagon Tracks

Contents

2 On the Cover: The Trail to Santa Fe by Ron Kil Logo Design by Sultan Sultan

4 Introduction

5 Beyond New Mexico and Missouri: Diverse People and Places of the SFT by Guy McClellan

6 What Can the Trail Teach Us? by Steve Schmidt

7 International Connections of the Santa Fe Trail Map by Dr. Susan Calafate Boyle

8-16 The Santa Fe Trail and National Expansion: Commerce, Conquest, and Commemoration by Dr. Leo Oliva

17-23 Business, Politics, and Power: The Transcontinental World of Bent, St. Vrain and Company 1829-1849 by Dr. David C. Beyreis

23 Media Coverage of …

Revisiting Prejudiced Polygons: Adapting A Familiar Activity During A Time Of Unknowns, Anne M. Ho, Jaime J. Mccauley, Tara T. Craig

Journal of Math Circles

This article describes the design process behind various iterations of Prejudiced Polygons, a Math Circles activity about segregation. In particular, we frame our discussion around two guiding principles from User Experience (UX) Design in thinking about the interconnected components of a Math Circles session, which includes all the people, the physical or virtual setting, the technology, and the world context. Additionally, we describe how we think about developing a “low floor" and “high ceiling" for math content, social issues content, as well as technology and access.

Illegal Small-Scale Mining In Asutifi North District, Ghana: Traditional Authority’S Tacit Support For An Illegality, Emmanuel Yamoah Tenkorang

African Social Science Review

The control of mining has been a core issue of contention between the modern state and traditional authorities in Ghana since the colonial period. Even though there are regulations governing legitimate mining in Ghana, illegal small-scale mining, with strong traditional practices, has surged. This article uses interview data from Asutifi North District of Ghana to explain that traditional institutions, though aware of the illegality of these small-scale mines, performed rites enabling them. The state should cede some decision making over mineralized lands to traditional authorities so that they become part of the responsibility for mining in their area.

Empowerment And National Fisheries Policy Implementation In Uganda, Joshua Mugambwa, Isaac Nkote Nabeta, Mohamed Ngoma, Nichodemus Rudaheranwa, Will Kaberuka, John C. Munene

African Social Science Review

The Uganda National Fisheries Policy was introduced in 2004 to guide fisheries development. Essentially, the policy was designed to achieve sustainability and ensure economic and social development within fishery communities. However, since its inception, there has been increasing concern over the declining fish stocks and poverty within fishery communities. These lingering problems continue to raise concerns about the implementation of the National Fisheries Policy in Uganda since these are what, among others, the policy is meant to address. Indeed, the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF), continue to employ coercion, dominance and authoritarianism in their enforcement of this policy, with marginal …

Covid-19 And Rural Food Security: A Case Study Of Sheshegu In Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Xolisile Gideon Ngumbela

African Social Science Review

This study is an attempt to determine COVID-19's impact on household food safety. The study adopted a case study approach, and Sheshegu location was chosen as the research area for the Amathole District of the South African Eastern Cape Province. Data collection was done in multiple households with the help of a semi-structured questionnaire, as well as collecting information from secondary sources. The study focused on the notion of food security as a theoretical basis for the analysis, which was primarily a cross-case analysis. This study does not address the analysis of individual cases; however, individual cases are provided as …

Promoting Good Governance Using Icts In Nigeria, Augustine Nduka Eneanya

African Social Science Review

Good governance has emerged as a critical factor in assessing public managers all over the world. Using information communication and technologies (ICTs) to promote good governance, therefore, has become a veritable tool to boost social economic development in Nigeria. The purpose of this paper is to interrogate how ICTs can be used to promote good governance in Nigeria. The study adopted qualitative research technique. Data were collected from secondary sources, such as extant literature, journals, textbooks, internet and newspapers. Content-analysis technique was adopted to collect and analyze the data and elicit key concepts. Elicited key concepts were edited, pattern-matched, coded …

The Meritocracy Conundrum In Sub-Saharan Africa, Nicholas Alozie

African Social Science Review

No abstract provided.

Sustainable Development, Good Governance, Regulation And Policy Implementation Issues In Selected African Countries, Andrew I. E. Ewoh

African Social Science Review

No abstract provided.

African Social Science Review, Andrew I. E. Ewoh

African Social Science Review

No abstract provided.

Promoted Online Tutorial Use In General Chemistry: Effects On Student Performance, Timothy D. Champion, John Bannister

SoTL Commons Conference

Promoting student success in entry-level STEM courses is a continuing area of interest. While JCSU has made great strides in this area, in 2016, data began to show an increase in the DFW rates for key courses. The urban small university where these studies were conducted provides students with an online tutorial service. While the success of tutoring is well-documented, it is our perception that students do not utilize this resource as often or as effectively as they might. This project increased student utilization of online tutoring and improved participating students’ test and quiz grades.

Escaping Using Clinical Judgment, Kelley Noll, Claire Thompson

SoTL Commons Conference

An escape room experience was developed as an active experience to enhance critical thinking and clinical judgment in baccalaureate nursing students. This innovative teaching strategy was incorporated into a Childbearing Family and Reproductive Health clinical course. The escape room consisted of four scenarios focused on care of the mother with Type II Diabetes Mellitus during pregnancy, delivery of a macrosomic newborn, hypoglycemia in the newborn, and discharge education from the postpartum unit. Student evaluation of the experience revealed meaningful application of knowledge and a new way to engage students.

Books Of Note

Appalachia

Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn Fendler, as told to Joseph B. Egan. Catskill Mountain Guide 3rd Edition by Peter W. Kick. AMC’s Best Backpacking in New England 2nd Edition by Matt Heid. Quiet Water Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island 3rd Edition by Alex Wilson and John Hayes. Inscriptions by Cammy Thomas. The Mountain: My Time on Everest by Ed Viesturs with David Roberts. Logging Railroads of New Hampshire’s North Country by Bill Gove.

News And Notes

Appalachia

The year 2014 marked the 50th anniversaries of the Wilderness Act and the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act. AMC and partners develop an outdoor recreation management certificate program with White Mountains Community College. Federal government issues new accessibility guidelines for outdoor areas. A task force works to control parties at Bulls Bridge in Connecticut. AMC receives a large grant to improve trails in the Moosehead Lake region. Memories of summer 2014 near Mount Moriah by that season’s Imp Shelter and Tentsite caretaker.

Alpina

Appalachia

The 2013 pre-monsoon season in the Nepal Himalaya included first ascents of Jagdula, Dragmorpa Ri, and others, and a record number of deaths on several peaks, including eight on Everest. Briton Kenton Cool and Sherpa Dorje Gyalzen traversed three peaks in the Everest group. Sixteen Nepalese died in the Khumbu Icefall below Everest on April 18, 2014.

The Great Gulf: Evolution Of A Wilderness, David Govatski

Appalachia

A history of the naming of and exploration in the Great Gulf, the glacial cirque complex between Mount Washington and Mount Adams in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Huts As Classrooms: A Memoir By Two Who Inhabited The Puckerbrush, John B. Nutter, W. Kent Olson

Appalachia

The origins of the Appalachian Mountain Club’s educational programs at its huts in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, told by AMC’s first education director, John Nutter, and a former hut system manager, W. Kent Olson.

118 Deer Went By...: Reminscing About The Old Sporting Camps Deep In The Maine Backcountry, William Geller

Appalachia

Part 2 of William Geller’s story of a vanished way of life in Maine, between Rainbow Lake and Yoke Pond just west of Millinocket and south of Baxter State Park. The story is told through the eyes of a caretaker looking back on the 1890s-1950s.

Save The Colorado: Can Recreation Rescue A Preservation Ethic?, John Gioia

Appalachia

An environmental management scholar takes a trip down the Colorado River and considers the long history of abuse that has threatened its water.

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2015: Complete Issue

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

Possible Association Of Telomere Length With Sleep Duration. A Preliminary Pilot Study In A Sicilian Cohort With Centenarians., Anna Aiello, Giulia Accardi, Sawan Alì, Calogero Caruso, Maxine Chen, Immaculata De Vivo, Mattia Emanuela Ligotti, Giovanni Scapagnini, Sergio Davinelli, Giuseppina Candore

Translational Medicine @ UniSa

Telomere length (TL) is considered a biomarker of ageing although this topic is still debated. Also, sleep pattern changes are physiological part of the normal ageing process. In fact, it is widely recognized that sleep duration declines with age, leading to dysregulation of circadian rhythms. The aim of our study was to analyse the possible association of sleep duration with TL in a sample of 135 subjects with ages ranging from 20 to 111 years, recruited from Palermo and neighbouring municipalities in Sicily (Italy). Preliminary data suggest that relative TL (RTL) decreases with age in both men and women. However, …

Design Demand Trend Acquisition Method Based On Short Text Mining Of User Comments In Shopping Websites, Zhiyong Xiong, Zhaoxiong Yan, Huanan Yao, Shangsong Liang

Machine Learning Faculty Publications

In order to facilitate designers to explore the market demand trend of laptops and to establish a better “network users-market feedback mechanism”, we propose a design and research method of a short text mining tool based on the K-means clustering algorithm and Kano mode. An improved short text clustering algorithm is used to extract the design elements of laptops. Based on the traditional questionnaire, we extract the user’s attention factors, score the emotional tendency, and analyze the user’s needs based on the Kano model. Then, we select 10 laptops, process them by the improved algorithm, cluster the evaluation words and …

Brand And Culture Fusion: How Marketing Directors Lead Brand And Culture Alignment At Private Non-Profit Higher Education Institutions, Erin Hales

Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this phenomenological study was to identify and describe, through the lens of activity theory (AT), the challenges and best practices of marketing directors at private, non-profit higher education institutions on how they lead brand and culture alignment.

Methodology: This phenomenological study collected, analyzed, and triangulated data through 15 semi-structured interviews and the collection of artifacts. Data was then coded into themes, frequencies were calculated, and data was organized into the four categories of AT: tools, rules, community, and division of labor.

Findings: Examination of the data found that marketing directors experienced six challenges representing all four …