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A Longitudinal Study Of Seventh-Day Adventist Adolescents Through Young Adulthood Concerning Retention In Or Disaffiliation From The Church, Gyung Gu Kim

Dissertations

Problem. Why do some Seventh-day Adventist youth leave the church in North America? The proportion of the youth who disaffiliate themselves from the church is considered to be a problem of serious concern for parents, teachers, other religious educators, and the church itself. It was the purpose of this study to discover the relationships that may exist between youth retention in the church and other selected variables.

Method. The Ten-Year Youth Study of Youth Retention in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America furnished data for statistical analyses. Out of the 578 questions of the Ten-Year Youth Study, relevant items …

Notes On The Ike Stanley Tapes, Lynnita Brown

Stanley, E. L. "Ike"

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Bridging Connections Between Teachers' Racial Identities And Their Teaching Practices, Sandras M. Barnes

Educational Studies Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine how three Black female teachers and three White female teachers of kindergarten, first grade, and eighth grade understand the connections between their racial identity and their teaching practices . Specifically, it sought to understand how they experience their first awareness of racial difference and the influence their family, community, and school had on their construct of race. Also, how their preparation to teach reinforced, expanded, altered, or demystified their understanding of racial differences as a means to teach all children . The study used a phenomenologically based, lived experienced methodology to interview …

Innovative Ways To Plant Churches In The 21st Century, Robert E. Logan

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Church planting has taken on different dimensions and forms in the last decade. “Innovative Ways to Plant Churches in the 21st Century” by Dr. Robert Logan is a quick overview of some creative ways church planting has recently taken place. Fortunately, Dr. Logan goes beyond simple description and summarizes important principles for effective church planting in the coming decade.

Dynamics Of Teachers' Aesthetic Engagement With Children's Literature, Susan C. Griffith

Educational Studies Dissertations

This research study seeks to bring the missing voices of teachers into the conversation about teaching and learning children's literature at the college level. Grounded in an empirical base that affirms a need for this perspective, the study investigates and describes the dimensions, patterns and variations that constitute the dynamics of engagement that characterize teachers' experiences with children's literature as aesthetic experiences of adult reading.

Review Of English Syntax: From Word To Discourse By Lynn M. Berk, Frank Bramlett

English Faculty Publications

Berk prefaces this book by stating that her ‘overall approach is loosely discourse/functional’ and that she tries ‘to ensure that students learn the basics of English grammar but that at the same time they come to understand the richness and complexity of the system’ (xv). In the main, B fulfills her promise by exploring a variety of grammatical concepts and the way many of those grammatical structures function discursively.

In Defense Of Preservation, Jeffrey A. Kroessler, Eric W. Allison, Dorothy Minor, Anthony C. Wood

Publications and Research

"In Defense of Preservation" is the transcript of a presentation at the Gotham History Festival at the CUNY Graduate Center, October 6, 2001. The discussants argued that historic preservation is vital to New York City's economic and cultural health, and countered arguments that preservation was elitist and hindered the city's growth. Dorothy Minor discussed the legal basis for preservation and reviewed the Penn Central decision and other court cases. Anthony C. Wood discussed the history of historic preservation in New York. And Eric W. Allison presented the intersection of preservation with the liveable cities movement.

Park City Daily News Obituary Index For 2001, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

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From The Corner Of My Eye While Sitting At Burger King, I Figured Out Life, Mike Bailey

The Angle

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"I watched as the white station wagon pulled into the Burger King parking lot and eased into the handicapped parking space. It was 1:04 p.m. and twenty-five seconds when the young man sitting shotgun opened the door. The woman driver was dressed in retro winter clothes, an old long blue coat, knitted blue hat and cheap denims and sneaks. She carefully removed a small metal walker from the trunk."

This Girl, Meg Barboza

The Angle

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Fear, Nikisha S. Johnson

The Angle

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"The Following [Poem] Is A Paid Advertisement…", Ann Stanley-Barry

The Angle

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Gradual Retirement, Anthony Liccione

The Angle

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Florida Jar, Mike Bailey

The Angle

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"After seeing the commercial for Disney world, my brother Kevin and I were convinced it was Heaven on Earth and we knew we had to get there. We weren't sure where it was, but it didn't really matter. We planned to raise enough money to take our family to Disney World, but it was all going to be a surprise. We would plan it ourselves."

Tah-Tah-Dah, Gillian Scruton

The Angle

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Orb, Melissa M. Slocum

The Angle

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The Sister Stealer, Lisa Middendorf

The Angle

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"I was the last and most anticipated family member to meet him. Of course, they had only known each other since the end of August. I remember the day that she came to do her laundry at the house, the first day I heard her mention him."

Winter, Monica Hopkins

The Angle

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In Lieu Of…, Jennifer Enright

The Angle

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Just Like…, Mindae Kadous

The Angle

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Polydactylism, Jennie Raymond

The Angle

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Cookies, A Community Liter Of Mountain Dew, A Cell Phone And A Book Of Cds That We Would Play One Out Of, Angelina Marino

The Angle

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"We waited patiently for for the darkness to fall. For some reason, Deanna and I could never take our ritual car ride during the day. In fact, it was more like ten o'clock when we would leave the house. She would carry the book of CDs and the cookies. I would grab the community liter of Mountain Dew and the cell phone. We would get into the car and decide to follow the signs that we never follow, the ones that would take us any place but here. But …

Upon Losing Him, Kelly Barnes

The Angle

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Cinnamon, Lisa Middendorf

The Angle

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"He hadn't changed the clock in the two-seater since Daylight savings Time, months ago. God, I thought, Who doesn't change their clocks? I should have guessed he wouldn't. He is one of those people, too lazy to change them now, with the mindset that six months will come around quickly and no one will notice his broken clock. God, I hate that mentality: 'Someone else will do it.'"

Silence, Lindsay Shortino

The Angle

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Seasons, Natalie B. Ferreri

The Angle

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A Wish Come True, Janelle Owlett

The Angle

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"March 21, 1998. This was the day my whole life changed. Years have passed since this day, but I still hold a vivid picture of my last moment as a normal man. It was a Wednesday, garbage night, and I had endured another awful day of routine. My morning dragged on as I sat through three boring classes. I was unfortunately enough to have to follow this morning with an eight-hour shift at the deli where I had been working for the last year. I had just wanted to …

Scarlet Shores, Scott Elliot

The Angle

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My World, Sarah Nichols

The Angle

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Corridor Sleep, Ann Stanley-Barry

The Angle

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