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Full-Text Articles in Children's and Young Adult Literature

Contributors, Gwenyth E. Hood Jul 2014

Contributors, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

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The Scream, Dag Rossman Jul 2014

The Scream, Dag Rossman

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


The Boy Who Didn't Know Who-He-Was (An Existential Fairytale), Ron Boyer Jul 2014

The Boy Who Didn't Know Who-He-Was (An Existential Fairytale), Ron Boyer

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


The Legend Of The Wild Man, John Taylor Jul 2014

The Legend Of The Wild Man, John Taylor

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


Honoring, David Sparenberg Jul 2014

Honoring, David Sparenberg

The Mythic Circle

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Mythic Circle #36, Gwenyth E. Hood Jul 2014

Mythic Circle #36, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


On A Sea Of Wind, Nicolo Santilli Jul 2014

On A Sea Of Wind, Nicolo Santilli

The Mythic Circle

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Editorial, Gwenyth E. Hood Jul 2014

Editorial, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

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The Breach, Alex B. Jul 2014

The Breach, Alex B.

The Mythic Circle

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Suddenly I Lost My Way, R. L. Boyer Jul 2014

Suddenly I Lost My Way, R. L. Boyer

The Mythic Circle

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Zohar, David Sparenberg Jul 2014

Zohar, David Sparenberg

The Mythic Circle

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Lilith And Eve Discuss Human Origins, Joe R. Christopher Jul 2014

Lilith And Eve Discuss Human Origins, Joe R. Christopher

The Mythic Circle

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A Touch Of Song, David Sparenberg Jul 2014

A Touch Of Song, David Sparenberg

The Mythic Circle

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I Walk Into Darkness, Jeremy Hachey Jul 2014

I Walk Into Darkness, Jeremy Hachey

The Mythic Circle

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Odin Wins The Mead Of Poetry, S. R. Hardy Jul 2014

Odin Wins The Mead Of Poetry, S. R. Hardy

The Mythic Circle

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We’Re Not Kidding: Nonfiction Texts To Use Across The Curriculum, Emilee Hussack, Pauline Skowron Schmidt Jul 2014

We’Re Not Kidding: Nonfiction Texts To Use Across The Curriculum, Emilee Hussack, Pauline Skowron Schmidt

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


A Study On What Factors Influence Teachers To Remain In The Teaching Profession, Louis S. Jensen Jr. Jun 2014

A Study On What Factors Influence Teachers To Remain In The Teaching Profession, Louis S. Jensen Jr.

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the employment factors that schools have control over and how teachers and administrators perceive these factors to have the most effect in influencing teachers to remain in the profession. This study was conducted by administering a survey to public school building administrators and public school teachers in Indiana. Teachers’ and administrators’ perceptions were measured on what reasons a teacher (hypothetically) might leave the profession. A total of 2,219 teachers and 208 building administrators submitted complete responses to the Teacher Retention Survey. The Teacher Retention Survey was developed by this researcher to quantitatively …


Picture Books As Art : The Presence Of Children's Book Illustrations In Museums And An Analysis Of Children-Visitor Interactions At The Eric Carle Museum Of Picture Book Art, Jennifer Cusworth May 2014

Picture Books As Art : The Presence Of Children's Book Illustrations In Museums And An Analysis Of Children-Visitor Interactions At The Eric Carle Museum Of Picture Book Art, Jennifer Cusworth

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This paper analyzes the presence of children's picture book illustrations in cultural settings, particularly the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts and the New York Public Library in New York City, and determines how children interact with these spaces.


O-Sode No Furiawase : The Touching Of Sleeves : An Original Story Based On The Early Life Of A Japanese-American Dancer For Ages Nine To Eleven, Jina M. Accardo May 2014

O-Sode No Furiawase : The Touching Of Sleeves : An Original Story Based On The Early Life Of A Japanese-American Dancer For Ages Nine To Eleven, Jina M. Accardo

Graduate Student Independent Studies

Based on a true story, this fictionalized memoir is about a second generation Japanese-American girl growing up in a large family in California during the 1930's and 1940's. Set against the backdrop of the Depression and the internment of West Coast "persons of Japanese ancestry" during World War II, the story follows the protagonist's childhood interest in dance as it blossoms into a true calling.


Swaney At The Museum : A Children's Book About A Transitional Object Overcoming Separation Anxiety, Miriam Berger May 2014

Swaney At The Museum : A Children's Book About A Transitional Object Overcoming Separation Anxiety, Miriam Berger

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The core of this thesis is an original picture book entitled "Swaney at the museum." It communicates the importance of calming self-talk in the face of anxiety.


The Philippines' Masskara Festival : A Nonfiction Picture Book, Monica Denise V. Javelosa May 2014

The Philippines' Masskara Festival : A Nonfiction Picture Book, Monica Denise V. Javelosa

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This study focuses on festivals in the Philippines and includes a nonfiction picture book intended to pique children's curiousity about their own region.


Franklin Finds A Home : An Original Mathematical Story For Children Seven To Nine Years Of Age, Rachel Greenblat May 2014

Franklin Finds A Home : An Original Mathematical Story For Children Seven To Nine Years Of Age, Rachel Greenblat

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This original story is written for children seven to nine years of age. In the story, the reader accompanies Franklin, a fish in a fantastical underwater world, on a journey to find a new apartment. Using mathematical thinking, Franklin is able to find the perfect apartment. The mathematical concepts embedded in the story are measurement, length, width, perimeter, and area.


Beatrice, Michele Helene Marglis May 2014

Beatrice, Michele Helene Marglis

Graduate Student Independent Studies

An original picture book biography about the life, ideas, and work of the American artist Beatrice Wood.


In The Cool Of The Woods : An Original Story On Burgeoning Self-Identity For 6s And 7s, Adelaide Wainwright May 2014

In The Cool Of The Woods : An Original Story On Burgeoning Self-Identity For 6s And 7s, Adelaide Wainwright

Graduate Student Independent Studies

Presents an original children's story about an afternoon in the life of Maxine, whose mother insists that she leave her side and go have an adventure. Maxine reluctantly does so and meets her cousin Laura at the edge of the woods. With Laura as a guide, the magic of the woods is revealed, and soon Maxine is guiding the pair of girls in discovery. At the end of the day, Maxine leaves the woods having undergone a remarkable experience that has changed her relationship with the world around her


The Three Petals : A Modern Literary Fairy Tale In The Classical Tradition, Amy Lipman May 2014

The Three Petals : A Modern Literary Fairy Tale In The Classical Tradition, Amy Lipman

Graduate Student Independent Studies

An original story, written and illustrated in the style of the golden age of fairy tales. The story includes sixteen original collage illustrations and is a coming-of-age tale about a young girl who embarks on a journey to seek her fortune. Travelling through a hostile world, she encounters benevolent creatures, whom she helps, using magic talismans from home, and who, in return, help her to liberate a hostage prince and destroy a force of pure evil. Also examines recent trends in the pop culture of fairy tales over the last fifty years that have inspired the author's work both negatively …


My Brain Wakes Up, Nicole Mcdonough May 2014

My Brain Wakes Up, Nicole Mcdonough

Graduate Student Independent Studies

An original work of fiction designed to open the conversation between students and teachers about the striking contrasts and innate beauty in how differently each of our brains are made. It is at once a work of fiction, an interview of children, an opportunity for personal reflection, and an invitation for all learners to honor our unique creativity.


The Inclusion Of Lgbtq Yal In The Curriculum: Can It Foster Acceptance?, Alysha Mercendetti May 2014

The Inclusion Of Lgbtq Yal In The Curriculum: Can It Foster Acceptance?, Alysha Mercendetti

3690: A Journal of First-Year Student Research Writing

Overview: Acceptance, whether it be by friends, family, teachers, or peers, is crucial for any teen. Finding acceptance can be significantly more difficult for a teen going through the coming out process or maybe one that has already done so but is still not feeling completely okay in his or her own skin. Along with the fact that the world is highly a heteronormative one, society holds extremely shortsighted views and lacks knowledge on the subject of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning sexualities, and this ultimately plays a huge role in why LGBTQ teens are either too afraid to …


Tough Talk: Books About Bullying, Pauline Skowron Schmidt, Jennifer Stuntz, Emilee Hussack May 2014

Tough Talk: Books About Bullying, Pauline Skowron Schmidt, Jennifer Stuntz, Emilee Hussack

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Reflective Tales : Tracing Fairy Tales In Popular Culture Through The Depiction Of Maternity In Three “Snow White” Variants., Alexandra O'Keefe May 2014

Reflective Tales : Tracing Fairy Tales In Popular Culture Through The Depiction Of Maternity In Three “Snow White” Variants., Alexandra O'Keefe

College of Arts & Sciences Senior Theses

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Measuring The Effects Of An American Physiological Society’S Phun Week Activity On 2nd Grade Students, James Edelman May 2014

Measuring The Effects Of An American Physiological Society’S Phun Week Activity On 2nd Grade Students, James Edelman

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In the last few years the United States has been on the decline in the fields of science and technology. The American Physiological Society (APS) has developed a program to engage young minds with scientists. Physiology Understanding Week (PhUn) is the APS initiative to use interactive experiments to engage school-age children with science and physiology. Even though PhUn Week has been going on since 2005, systematic assessment of the activities effects is rare. Here, we sought to assess if an APS PhUn Week activity enhances physiology understanding and interest in science in second grade children form a rural area. The …