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The Preschool Puzzle: Exploring Variations In Early Childhood Education Teacher Quality Across States, Alice Rockswold

Political Science Honors Projects

There is a growing consensus in the early childhood education community that it is necessary to raise the qualifications of preschool teachers. Yet, little is known about why rigorous degree and training standards have advanced further in some states than others. In this analysis, I explore various political and demographic factors that might account for the uneven support for such standards, with special attention to the role of Head Start as a driver of quality, given its presence and variation in strength across states. Using longitudinal data from the National Institute of Early Childhood Education, I find weak evidence that …

Google's #Freeandopen Campaign: Using A Documentary To Raise Awareness Of Internet Regulation Among University Students, Shelby N. Rice

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The internet was founded as a non-proprietary tool by which computers could connect and share information reciprocally. This philosophy has allowed the internet to become a fundamental resource in higher education and provides a window by which students can experience the world around them. The primary focus of The #freeandopen Documentary is to maintain an uncensored web by raising awareness of the forces that act against the freedom of the internet and of the resources available to contribute to the cause. The short, 13-minute documentary is funded by Google’s #freeandopen Microgrant of $2,000. It features interviews from students who are …

老人与海: The Cultural Classroom Handbook, Jessica Ann Brumley

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and The Sea has gained global recognition as a literary masterpiece. This novel, although written by an American, is set in Cuba and features cultural elements from Latin America as well as North America. Classrooms around the world use this novel as a means of teaching English to second-language learners because of the comparatively simple grammatical structure and concise word choice.

One specific instance of this is the Chinese classroom, where some students have used The Old Man and the Sea as an introduction to American literature. Hemingway’s work, which has since been translated …

2015 April 29 - Spring Gathering Address, Office Of The President, East Tennessee State University

Office of the President Speeches

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Minutes, Arts & Science Faculty Meeting, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, Arts & Sciences Faculty

The College of Liberal Arts Faculty Minutes

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Chapman To Chair English Department, Traci Bratton

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Dr. John And The Nite Trippers Headline Mardi Gras In May At Uab's Alys Stephens Center, Shannon Thomason

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2015-April-29-Students Elect New Student Government Association Officers, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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The Student-Teacher Relationship In A One-To-One Technology Classroom: A Case Study, Kevin Higgins

Theses and Dissertations

This embedded case study explores the student-teacher relationship in a one-to-one technology environment. The actual change in relationship from the traditional classroom to a one-to-one classroom was examined. The author considered the perspective of four classroom teachers and 207 high school students at a suburban public high school in New Jersey. The case study research utilized teacher interviews, classroom observations, student surveys and a student focus group. The author uses the self-system theory of motivation, and the three characteristics of autonomy, relatedness and competency, as a theoretical framework. The research determined that there was a notable change in the relationship …

Research Express News, Georgia Southern University

Research Express News

• 2015 Research Symposium Award Winners

U.S. Department Of Defense Selects Uab To Lead $11m Study On Copd, Staff

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Activities For Challenging Gifted Learners By Increasing Complexity In The Common Core, Alyssa Mckeone, Lenora Caruso, Kailyn Bettle, Ashley Chase, Bridget Bryson, Jean S. Schneider, Audrey C. Rule

Open Educational Resources

Gifted learners need opportunities for critical and creative thinking to stretch their minds and imaginations. Strategies for increasing complexity in the four core areas of language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies were addressed using the Common Core and Iowa Core Standards through several methods. Descriptive adjective object boxes were created, based on the themes of bees, surface area and volume, cultural beliefs and mummies, and bee colony collapse disorder. The sets of materials were used in various ways to increase the complexity of instruction in the core subject areas of literacy, mathematics, social studies, and science. The descriptive adjective …

Smith '15 Selected For Teaching Fellowship In Austria, University Communications, Illinois Wesleyan University

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

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Research Express News, Georgia Southern University

Research & Economic Development

• 2015 Research Symposium Award Winners

20150429.1: Institute For The Arts, 1983-1986, Institute For The Arts

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the Institute for the Arts at Marshall University from 1983-1986. Items were received in 2015 and include notable materials from the Institute including newsletters from 1983-1986. This is not an exhaustive list, but the attached inventory will give a broad overview of what is contained in each of the boxes.

Introducing Undergraduates To Open Access And The Power Of Collaboration Between Scholarly Communications And Instruction Librarians, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker, Annie Knight

Library Presentations, Posters, and Audiovisual Materials

Undergraduates are often left out of conversations surrounding open access. While they may not share the same concerns about publishing and prestige as faculty and graduate students, they do consume vast amounts of information, and thus can benefit just as much as those farther in their academic careers by knowing how to find, evaluate, and use open access resources. This presentation highlights a successful collaboration between the presenters in their respective roles as scholarly communications librarian and course developer to create and implement curriculum for a 3-unit information literacy course to teach undergraduate students about open access principles. Once the …

Saltillo Boy, His Foundation Honored In Birmingham, Staff

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Resolvin D1 Reduces Post-Heart-Attack Heart Failure, Staff

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Uab Film Students Spend Four Months, Present Another View Of Birmingham's Norwood Neighborhood, Staff

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Medical West's Freestanding Emergency Room Opens Next Week, Staff

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Novel Drug Ups Function In Patients With Lems, Staff

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Xeljanz Doesn't Increase Cancer Risk In Ra Patients, Staff

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As Cognition Slips, Financial Skills Are Often The First To Go, Staff

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Uab Baseball Helps Mississippi Family Cope With Loss Of Father, Husband, Traci Bratton

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Exercise Won't Fix The Obesity Epidemic, Researchers Argue, Staff

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Uab Baseball Team Helps Mississippi Family Cope With Loss Of Father, Husband, Tyler Greer

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21st Annual Governors State University Student Research Conference Proceedings, Shailendra Kumar Ph.D., Editor

Student Research Conference Proceedings

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Blended Learning Module For Cleveland State University Campus Tour Guides, Cristina Wayton

Master of Education in Instructional Design and Technology Plan II Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to research and create a blended learning program for the Cleveland State University Campus Tour Guide program. Combining in person training elements, as well as a newly developed 4 module online training program to give more flexibility and increase the interest of the students in the Tour Guide program. The training modules, which were created in Blackboard, allowed students to use their own pace as they navigated through each of the lessons that corresponded with vital information they should know in order to be successful in their jobs.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Crumbie, Trey. Student Gets Hit by Car – Shawntrice Hammonds, Traffic Accidents
• Henderson, Andrew. Drag 101 – Housing & Residence Life
• Rogers, Shelby. Vice President for Alumni Relations Retiring – Kathryn Costello
• Rogers, Shelby. Gender Conference Discusses Sexuality, Identity – Housing & Residence Life, Gays, Lesbians
• Rogers, Shelby. University Handling Seven Lawsuits, Most Pending – University Attorney
• Voorhees, Jessica. Board of Regents Debate Student Athletic Fee Increase
• French, Jackson. Age of Adaline Doesn’t Live Up to Exciting Innovative Plot – Movie Review
• Lives Depend On Campus Road Safety – …

A Study Of Expanding Voucher And Charter School Programs In K-12 Education, Daniel A. Rekuski

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.