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Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 31, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Las Comidas Medicinales 1
Las Comidas Medicinales Continued 2
Dos Vegetales Particularmente Saludables 3
How is honey good? 4
Folk Medicine Practitioners 5
Una Actividad 6

The Relationship Between Principals' Length Of Administrative Experience And Organizational Leadership Behavior In Elementary Schools In Saudi Arabia, Hamad Adbulaziz Alkherb

Dissertations

The study examined educational leadership behaviors among elementary school principals in Qasim region of Saudi Arabia. Seven independent variables using a survey questionnaire among a randomly selected sample from the identified population. Self-reporting elicited, first, critical background information and, second, data concerning 60 specific leadership behavior items important to work issues, critical areas of educational administration, professional relationship situations, and leadership problems ordinarily confronted. Items were grouped according to five categories of twelve items each.

Ninety-six principals or 80% of the survey sample of 120 responded. Focus of the study derived importantly from an extensive and complex review of literature …

Evaluation Of A Home-School-Community Liaison Scheme In Irish Elementary Schools, Sandra Ryan

Dissertations

This dissertation describes an evaluation of a Home-School-Community Liaison scheme in Irish elementary schools. The scheme represented an effort to combat educational failure in areas suffering from social and economic disadvantage associated with poor quality housing, high levels of unemployment, dependence on state aid, and crime. The central aim of the scheme was to increase parents' involvement in their children's education. The evaluation study examined how programs in the scheme were constructed and implemented over a three-year period and monitored specified outcomes of program activity. Methodology included questionnaires, interviews, site visits and observations, and standardized achievement testing.

The scheme generated …

Harambee - Spring 1996, African-American Student Union

Harambee

Contents

• "Entertainment or Trash" by Aaron Martin
• Opinion: Does race play a part in the U.S. Judicial system?"
• "To Hell in a handbasket" by Aaron Martin
• "In the Eye of the Storm" by Darryl Peal
• "Black and White in Color" by Dafina M.L. Stewart
• "Soaking it up in 'The Tank'" by Aaron Martin
• "Three Otterbein sisters attend the: Third Annual African American Women's Think Tank" by Rhonda McClure
• "Otterbrown College: Visions from the darkside"
• "What Rice Did For Me" by Tami Kilja Kim Nopper
• "Cross Cultural Appreciation is True Diversity" by Tami Kilja Kim Nopper
• "Asian is Not Oriental"
• "I …

The Cultural Adaptability Of Dental Hygiene, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Nursing And Physical Therapy Faculty, Irene Mary Connolly

Dental Hygiene Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the cultural adaptability of full time faculty in the College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. The sample consisted of 40 health science faculty representing dental hygiene, medical laboratory sciences, nursing and physical therapy. The principal investigator personally administered the Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory (CCAI), a 50 item instrument, which contains questions to measure the construct cultural adaptability and its four dimensions: emotional resilience, flexibility/openness, perceptual acuity and personal autonomy. The CCAI is not targeted to one particular culture, but rather is designed to be culture general.

Analysis of …

Adolescent Students At Risk: The Roles Of Stress, Distress, And Coping, Jennifer Massicotte

Dissertations

Male and female adolescents who reported recent suspension/ threats of suspension or academic failure were compared to male and female adolescents who did not report these two variables of dropping out on three measures--the discrete negative uncontrollable events experienced (LEQ-A, Garmezy, Masten, & Tellegen [1985]), the level of distress (GHQ-30, Goldberg [1972]), and the types of coping skills used (A-COPE, Patterson & McCubbin [1983]). Native and non-Native at risk for suspension and academic failure rates were also compared using archival data from a community mental health survey of 714 adolescents (36 Native) attending high school in Northern Ontario.

Native adolescents …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 30, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Another Planet 1
Un Cuento de Antonio Martínez 2
Lonely Hill 3
An excerpt from Frances Alarid Branch 4
Una Vez Había 5
Una Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 29, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

El Condado de Guadalupe 1
Un Poema 2
When was your county created? 3
New Mexico Arts Division 4
La Dedicación y una dedicación 5
Una Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 28, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Canine Companions 1
Unos Perros y Perras Héroes 2
Other Helper Dogs 3
Some Other Products From Stahmann Farms 4
Stahmann Farms 5
Una Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 27, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Las Adivinanzas 1
Adivinanzas de Personas 2
A Few Riddles 3
And a Few More 4
Las Respuestas 5
Un Ejercicio 6
Adivinanzas de Comidas 7
Unas Adivinanzas de Letras y Números 8

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 26, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Denise Chávez 1
Juan Contreras 2
A New Flag 3
An Excerpt from Face of an Angel by Denise Chávez 4
Border Book Festival 5
Una Actividad 6

Study Abroad And Self-Perceptions Of Cross-Cultural Adaptability, Heidi C. King

Dissertations and Theses

With growing recognition of the duality of language and culture, the TESOL profession is placing increasing emphasis on the importance of understanding intercultural dynamics in the second language classroom. Currently, however, there is a lack of empirical information and measurement instruments to aid understanding within the field of cross-cultural communication. In response to this lack of instrumentation, Kelley and Meyers (1993) recently created the Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory (CCAI), a 5 0-item, self-perception inventory designed to measure cross-cultural adaptability through a total score and four contributing dimensions: Emotional Resilience, Flexibility/Openness, Perceptual Acuity and Personal Autonomy. The two primary purposes of this …

A Cross-Cultural Study Of The Speech Act Of Refusing In English And German, Charla Margaret Teufel

Dissertations and Theses

Language students must learn to communicate effectively in cross-cultural settings, avoiding unwitting violations of culturally determined norms of behavior. This study compares German learners of English (GEs) with native speakers of English (AEs) and German (GGs), studying pragmatic transfer associated with the face-threatening speech act of refusal.

Data elicitation involved a written role-play questionnaire composed of twelve refusal situations, including four refusal stimulus types (requests, invitations, offers, and suggestions) and interlocutors of higher, lower, and equal status. Response strategies were identified and classified, and the three groups were compared in terms of frequency and content of strategies chosen.

Overall, the …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 25, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Delfi Mondragón 1
Dichos Sobre la Salud 2
What does Ethics Mean? 3
How to Help If a Friend is Considering Suicide 4
La Salud Pública 5
Una Actividad 6

A Prolog Lexical Phrase Computer Assisted Language Learning Module, Yuji Gene Hirayama

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis presents the design of a computer assisted language learning (CALL) program written in the computer language, PROLOG. It will provide a practice exercise to teach "lexical phrases" to second language learning students of English. Lexical phrases are lexico-grammatical "chunks" of words, which possess specific pragmatic functions within spoken discourse (Nattinger and DeCarrico, 1992). These form/function composites of varying length aid conversational fluency. The program presents a scenario where the participants are college students who pass one another in the hallway. After they exchange initial greetings, the first participant (i.e., the computer) informs the other student that a test, …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 24, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Juegos de los Niños 1
Ulama: Un Juego de los Indios Mayas 2
Learning Games 3
Carmen García 4
Sr. Ernest Gonzales 5
Guess Which Animal 6
Más Juegos 7
La Niña Quiere Piñones 8

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 23, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Ringtail 1
Alex Haley 2
Two Relatives of the Ringtail 3
Some Other Research Resources 4
Raíces 5
Carta de 5 Generaciones 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 22, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Leona's Foods, Inc. 1
Un Poco Más Sobre Chimayó 2
A Short History of Chimayó 3
Another Piece of History: The Chimayó Rebellion 4Roy Trujillo Chimayoso 5
Unas Sugerencias de Leona's de como comer las Tortillas Dulces 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 21, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Los Incas 1
La Organización Social de los Incas 2
The Nazca Lines, A Mystery in Perú 3
The Quipu, An Unsolved Mystery 4
Machu Picchu 5
Traducción 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 20, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Los Aztecas 1
No en parte alguna... 2
The 5 Suns of the Aztecs, Where did they Take Place? 3
Some Important Aztec Leaders 4
Los Aztecas en América del Norte 5
El Quinto Sol 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 19, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Popol Vuh 1
Una Oración en Popol Vuh 2
A day in a Mayan Home 3
Children in Mayan Society 4
La Religión Maya 5
Una Actividad 6

Science Education At An Elementary School: Teaching The Scientific Processes To English Language Learners, Albert Steven Lozano

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

A Literacy Journey Of Empowerment For Adult Hispanic Students In A Community College's Learning Center, Cecilia Torres Best

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Learning To Identify Tolerance Issues Through Literature With Art As A Response, Patricia Ann Rifkin

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Tortilla Soup: A Teacher Resource Guide For The Elementary Social Studies Classroom, Janet Baker Stellingwerf

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Bilingual Policies Are Affected By Alternative Programs And Public Opinion: (A Study Of Alternative Bilingual Programs And Public Opinion In California From 1994-1996), Katherine Lynn Kimura-Gorecki

Theses Digitization Project

The researcher reviewed the Eastman Project, immersion programs, the Westminister Program and anti-bilingual sentiment to conclude that bilingual policies are affected by alternative programs and public opinion.

Integration And Athletics: Integrating The Marshall University Basketball Program, 1954-1969, George M. Reger

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

In 1954, Marshall College followed the national law that banned segregation in the school systems of the United States. The law included the integration of athletic programs. While only a small part of the process, athletic programs often presented integration on a more visible stage than the integration of classrooms.

An Investigation Of Transitional Bilingual Programs In Cook, Dupage, Kane And Will Counties In The State Of Illinois, Robert Schwindt

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study is to investigate transitional bilingual programs in Cook, DuPage, Kane, and Will counties in the State of Illinois. A review of literature reveals that the State of Illinois guideline of three years was not sufficient to allow non-English speaking students to be exited into regular education classes at a level commensurate with their English speaking peers. This study also reviewed transitional bilingual program models in Cook, Dupage, Kane and Will counties in Illinois and revealed a shortage of bilingual teachers and aides. Use of the results of the study will improve the existing transitional program …

English And Spanish Take-Home Reading Packets To Enhance Early Literacy And Parent Involvement, Catherine Mary Warren

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to influence student reading comprehension by involving parents in the literacy learning of their children. Researchers of language learning suggest that if children learn skills and content in their first language, they will later transfer that knowledge to their second language. To accomplish that end, literature packets that contain a book in Spanish or English with corresponding activities were created. The packets will be taken home by students to use with their parents to enhance reading skills and parent involvement.

A Study Of The Relationship Between Psychological Androgyny And College Adjustment Among Korean American College Students, Daniel Donghyun Kim

Dissertations

Problem. The process of adjusting to college has been difficult for many Korean-Americans because of the tension that exists between traditional sex roles versus androgynous sex roles. While it has opened doors to new and exciting opportunities in personal growth, complex challenges of academic, emotional, and social adjustments must be made. The traditional views of the subculture have posed unique problems for young Korean Americans who have enrolled in higher education. This descriptive study examined the relationship between androgynous flexibility and the college adjustment of Korean American students. Androgynous flexibility was investigated in terms of college adjustment.

Method. The sample …