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Science Versus Religion: Protestant Dominance And Cultural Discrimination In Public Schools, Melissa Marie Brock

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

This research offers a critical analysis of the current controversy concerning religion. The study explores the establishment of the public school system under Protestant dominance and use of this dominance to assert authority over minority groups. Legislation and court action have created a position of opposing policy; placing science as the opposite of religion, and Atheists and Christian activists are using curriculum as an ideological battle field. Currently, since 9/11, religious discrimination and hate crimes are on the rise. In order to investigate this controversy, this study explores literature, published surveys, and government documents. The American public school systems are …

An Examination Of Cooperative Learning Models And Achievement In Middle And Secondary Level Social Studies, Jeffrey R. Niemi

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

There is a lack of understanding of different cooperative learning methods and their effects on student achievement in middle and secondary level social studies education. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to compare two different cooperative learning models in terms of their effects on student achievement in middle level social studies classes. The research question addressed in this study involved understanding the nature of the relationships between different cooperative learning models, gender, ability level and achievement in social studies students. The two cooperative learning models compared were the structured dyad model, which was effective in studies on reading achievement, …

So Tell Me, What's Different But The Skin I'M In? Seven Adolescent Black Girls Making Sense Of Their Experiences In An Online School Book Club Featuring African American Young Adult Literature, Benita Rutonya Dillard

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Believing the claim made by Black feminist research and scholarship that Black women writers and Black female social networks were safe spaces for Black females to come to voice, this qualitative multiple case study examined how seven adolescent Black females enrolled in a public virtual charter high school positioned themselves as they responded to contemporary realistic young adult fiction written by African American female authors in an online single-gendered book club. This study captured participants as some interacted in Tuesday's group and the others in the Thursday's group. Interpretivist methods are used to specifically examine the ways in which the …

Differentiated Instruction In The Secondary Social Studies Classroom, Chad A. Christopher

Graduate Research Papers

As an educator with fifteen years of experience, this author has experienced the frustrations of having to teach a wide range of student abilities at the secondary social studies level. There is a lot of support for differentiated instruction for special education, TAG, and elementary students, but there seems to be questions about the practicality and effectiveness of it in a secondary classroom.

The issues discussed in this paper will focus on the following questions: 1) Does Differentiated Instruction affect student learning? 2) Can Differentiated Instruction be implemented with secondary teachers in a practical way to help student learning and …

The Grizzly, November 20, 2008, Kristin O'Brassill, Gabrielle Poretta, Eva Bramesco, Elizabeth Macdonald, Lisa Jobe, Christopher Schaeffer, Liz Kilmer, Gianna Paone, Nathan Humphrey, Spencer Jones, Daniel Tomblin, Salia Zouande, Shaun Frank, Julie Tran, Josh Krigman, Zach Shamberg, Laurel Salvo, Emily Mccloskey, Jameson Cooper

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Adding Machine Makes Explosive Debut on UC Campus • Active Minds Encourages Students to Relax: Stop Stressing! • Creative Writing Author John Holman Visits UC Students • Is the Economy Affecting Your Waistline? • More Bailout News: AIG • Inside the Busy Life of Senior Laura Ng • Plummer Speaks About Importance of Election • Ottinger Fights Child Illiteracy in Cold • Play n Trade: New Store for Gamers • Letter to the Editor • Sunny Review • Dracula's Ball Recap: Ideal Halloween Destination • Hockey Prepares for On-Campus Nationals This Weekend

The Grizzly, November 13, 2008, Kristin O'Brassill, Gabrielle Poretta, Julia Fox, Samantha Wildonger, Liz Kilmer, Emily Mccloskey, Roger Lee, Daniel Tomblin, Laine Cavanaugh, Zach Shamberg, Christopher Schaeffer, Spencer Jones, Cassandra Mathis, Katie Callahan, Jim Wagner

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Berman Expands to Envelop Art and Imagination • Election Night Brings Cheer to Liberal Ursinus College • Changes Expected for This Year's New Member Education • Passage of Prop 8 Leaves Same-Sex Couples Concerned • Days After Election: Obama Gets to Work • Forensics: Not the Science, but the Ursinus Debate Team • Escape Velocity's "Eternalmotion" Strikes a Chord at UC • Finding the Phillies Parade: An Unforgettable Adventure • History Attached to a Philly Row Home • Opinions: Barack Obama: Our Next President • Kait Sutherland Finishes Out Hockey Reign at Ursinus

The Grizzly, November 6, 2008, Kristin O'Brassill, Gabrielle Poretta, Lindsay Budnick, Samantha Wildonger, Lindsay Adams, Lisa Jobe, Julia Fox, Kristi Blust, Roger Lee, Laurel Salvo, Brandon Biel, Laine Cavanaugh, Salia Zouande, Kristen Gallagher, Spencer Jones, Abigail Raymond, Zach Shamberg, Carolyn Martin, Christopher Wierzbowski, Shaun Frank, Katie Callahan, Nick Pane

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Diversity ... What's That? GSA Sponsors Dessert Discussion • Falling Gas Prices Spell Relief for Drivers, Oil Profits Drop • Philly Fans Celebrate World Series Victory at Parade • Gallup: Public Interest and Early Voting • Health Insurers to Pay Therapy Bills for Autistic Children? • TV Responsible for Teen Pregnancy? Rand Corp Says Yes • Holly "Gains" Attention for the UC Jazz Band • Rise Against: Third Time Around Turns Out to be a Charm • Trick-or-Treat Reaches a New Height at Ursinus • City Council Member Andrea Baptiste Speaks to Students • Opinions: Election Rewind; Escape Velocity: "Eternalmotion" …

The Grizzly, October 30, 2008, Kristin O'Brassill, Gabrielle Poretta, Spencer Cuskey, Nathan Humphrey, Lisa Jobe, Katie Callahan, Roger Lee, Liz Kilmer, Spencer Jones, Laine Cavanaugh, Kristen Stapler, Lindsay Adams, Serena Mithboakar, Matt Monteverde, Shaun Frank, Lindsay Hogan, Nick Pane

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Sounds of NYC Poet Tracie Morris • Plan to Vote? UC Students Take Note: Polling Location Change • Business Management Students Assist Charitable Causes • Colin Powell Publicly Endorses Obama • Young and Engaged: Planning for Life Beyond UC Years • Hingston of Philadelphia Speaks at UC • Faculty Spotlight on Philosophy Professor Kelly Sorensen • More from Students Studying Abroad: UC in Germany • Opinions: We Will Overcome: Positive Psychology in America; Logical Reason Behind Refusal to Vote; Controversy for the Republicans • Football Quarterback Nick Dye Great Leader for Young Team • Kelly Hosier: Sole, Shy Senior on …

The Grizzly, October 23, 2008, Kristin O'Brassill, Gabrielle Poretta, Katie Campbell, Salia Zouande, Matt Monteverde, Liz Kilmer, Gianna Paone, Lindsay Adams, Daniel Tomblin, Laurel Salvo, Roger Lee, Josh Krigman, Zach Shamberg, Spencer Jones, Abigail Raymond, Christopher Schaeffer, Eva Bramesco, Nick Pane, Kristen Gallagher

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Professors' Performance to Jazz Up Your Friday Night • Cafe Nia Event Brings Spirit of Poetry to Homecoming • Active Minds to Spread Mental Health Awareness at UC • Safe to Use Internet to Play Doctor? • UC Popularity Growing Steadily • Stand Up: STAND Rallies Ursinus Students for Darfur • Another Night of Artistry in Philadelphia • Omega Chi Blood Drive Takes the UC Campus by Storm, Highest Turnout Yet • Alpha Paintball Company: Fun for the Whole Family • "Assassins" Players Still on the Lookout • Opinions: GSA Members Call for Respect; Breakaway Presents Ten Minute Play Festival, …

Volume Cxxvi, Number 4, October 17, 2008, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

The Grizzly, October 9, 2008, Kristin O'Brassill, Gabrielle Poretta, Spencer Jones, Daniel Tomblin, Kristi Blust, Kristen Stapler, Elizabeth Macdonald, Nathan Humphrey, Roger Lee, Serena Mithboakar, Laine Cavanaugh, Laurel Salvo, Josh Krigman, Spencer Cuskey, Christopher Schaeffer, Abigail Raymond, Emily Mccloskey, Jameson Cooper

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Biden and Palin Hold Their Ground in 2008 Debate • Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip-Hop Music and Modern Women • Indian Temple Stampede Kills Hundreds, Injures Others • Hollywood Mourns Legend Paul Newman • Earth Shattering Stock Market Fall Shakes Nation • Spotlight on Sally Rousse: Dance Artistry at its Finest • Ursinus in Tuebingen Students Travel to Berlin, Munich • Introducing the Gender Wage Gap • Opinions: Democratic and Republican Extremes at Ursinus College; Zack's Dining: Why Wait? • Women's Rugby in for Incredible Season • UC Men's Rugby: Sport with Quickly Growing Popularity

The Grizzly, October 2, 2008, Kristin O'Brassill, Gabrielle Poretta, Samantha Wildonger, Eva Bramesco, Matt Monteverde, Kristen Gallagher, Emily Mccloskey, Jackie Niederman, Julia Fox, Nathan Humphrey, Kristi Blust, Roger Lee, Shaun Frank, Josh Krigman, Laine Cavanaugh, Salia Zouande, Spencer Jones, Zach Shamberg, Brandon Biel, Nick Pane, Spencer Cuskey, Mubarak Lawrence

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Lighting Up Laws: New Smoking Policies on College Campuses • Sexual Perversity Comes to Ursinus • Water, Water Everywhere • Users to Delete Profiles? Student Reactions to New Facebook • U.S. Credit Crisis Hits Home for Some Ursinus Students • College Students Hurt by Economic Woes • Banned Books Week • Lethal Filler Found in Chinese Dairy • Texting Responsible for Train Crash? • Hispania Dances Their Hearts Out for an Ursinus Audience • Tribute to Sub Connection Employee Patro • A Look Into the Past with the Sophomore Class President • Women in Science: Progress in the Scientific Community …

The Grizzly, September 25, 2008, Kristin O'Brassill, Gabrielle Poretta, Salia Zouande, Jameson Cooper, Elizabeth Macdonald, Matt Monteverde, Abigail Raymond, Erec Smith, Serena Mithboakar, Eva Bramesco, Christopher Schaeffer, Roger Lee, Zach Shamberg

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Another Fantastically Fun-Filled Family Day for Ursinus College • Worcester High School Pregnancy Pact Fact? • So Long Shea Stadium • Lower Draws Crowds • Ursinus Students to Attend Activist Workshop at Swarthmore • UC Writing Center? What's That? • UC Fringe Cabaret Strikes a Chord with Music, Improv and Acrobatics • Abroad in Germany: Culture Shock! • Up 'Til Dawn Awareness Week at UC

The Grizzly, September 18, 2008, Kristin O'Brassill, Gabrielle Poretta, Kristi Blust, Elizabeth Macdonald, Matt Monteverde, Gianna Paone, Lisa Jobe, Eva Bramesco, Laurel Salvo, Salia Zouande, Spencer Jones, Chris Orser, Zach Shamberg, Samuel Stahller '10, Nick Pane

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

How Safe do You Feel?: Campus Discussion About Safety • Jersey in July: Not Just Another Day at the Beach for Some • Studies Suggest Nicotine Addiction Linked to Gene Mutation • Harry Potter: The Boy Who Brought Lawsuits? • Motion with Emotion: Professional Dancer Ruth Andrian Arrives at UC • Ursinus Kicks Off This Year's International Film Festival • Opinions: Democrat's Perspective on Potential VP Sarah Palin; Barack Obama: The Only Right Choice for U.S. President • Volleyball Vamps Up for First Victorious Season in Years • UC Field Hockey Prepares to Restore Remarkable Reputation

The Grizzly, September 11, 2008, Kristin O'Brassill, Gabrielle Poretta, Kristi Blust, Nathan Humphrey, Matt Monteverde, Lisa Jobe, Liz Kilmer, Katie Callahan, Stephanie Weir, Spencer Jones, Jeremiah Long, Robert Cotter, Christopher Schaeffer, Zach Shamberg, Abigail Raymond, Julia Fox

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Republican National Convention Rallies Supporters • Studies Show Half of College Students Contemplate Suicide • Start of New "Now on View" Art Film Festival • Science, Strife and Speculation of Hurricane Season '08 • UC Senior Implements First Ever Bike Share Program • Cinematic Guild Brings Creative Filmography to Campus • Introducing Cassandra Aguilar • The Grizzly Catches Up with Dean Nolan • Celebrating Herencia Latina Fall Events • Molly Maguire's: A Bit O' Irish Spirit • UC Women's Soccer Fights for Another Strong Season • Football's New Motto: No Interceptions, No Exceptions

The Grizzly, September 4, 2008, Kristin O'Brassill, Gabrielle Poretta, Julia Bull, Nathan Humphrey, Matt Monteverde, Liz Kilmer, Serena Mithboakar, Laurel Salvo, Jeremiah Long, Matt Whitman, Samuel Stahller '10, Christopher Schaeffer, Zach Shamberg, Abigail Raymond, Nick Pane, Jameson Cooper

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Democrats Deem 2008 Election "A Fight for the Future" • Current Look at Issues Surrounding Iraqi Sovereignty • Changing Face of Ursinus: Recent Renovations • Ursinus College Journeys Abroad: Tuebingen, Germany • Another Season of Reviewing Begins with a "Shining" Culinary Success • Incredible Medical Internship for Senior • UC Men's Soccer Team Intends on Silencing the Critics

The Grizzly, August 28, 2008, Kristin O'Brassill, Gabrielle Poretta, Kristi Blust, Barbara Von Schlegell, Roger Lee, Christopher Schaeffer, Zach Shamberg, Katie Callahan, Stephanie Weir

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Ursinus Welcomes Class of 2012: Largest in History • Students Embrace Unique Summer Research Opportunity • Academic Insight into the Lighter Side of Ramadan • That Dream Internship Just Might be Within Your Reach • Berman Exhibitions: Watercolors and Working Women • New Dining Options at Ursinus a Matter of Convenience • UC Theater and Dance Departments Have Lined Up a Full Season for Review • Opinions: Obama-nomics for the United States? No Thank You • UC Versus the Centennial Conference • UCXC Hits the Ground Running

Ash Cans & Corn Fed Hares: Book One Of The Ny Explorer's Club, Corinne Flax

Graduate Student Independent Studies

Ash Cans & Corn Fed Hares is a work of semi-historical fiction (set in the present, dealing with facts of the past), which can be used in a classroom or in a home to help students/children forge connections with past and present. The book also helps students find and use some of the research resources available in New York. Ash Cans showcases alternative methods of information gathering in the context of adventure and mystery, while focusing on the importance of individual meaning-making.

Interview With Donald Gallion, August 6, 2008, Donald Gallion, Michael J. Birkner

Oral Histories

Donald Gallion was interviewed on August 6, 2008 by Michael Birkner about his time serving in the United States army during WWII and his return to Gettysburg College and after the war.

Collection Note: This oral history was selected from the Oral History Collection maintained by Special Collections & College Archives. Transcripts are available for browsing in the Special Collections Reading Room, 4^th floor, Musselman Library. GettDigital contains the complete listing of oral histories done from 1978 to the present. To view this list and to access selected digital versions please visit -- https://gettysburg.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16274coll2/search

The Impact Of Honor Codes On Academic Cheating Within Liberal Arts Colleges, Heather M. O'Neill, Christian A. Pfeiffer

Business and Economics Faculty Publications

Many researchers study the subject of collegiate cheating by focusing on demographic characteristics of cheaters at schools of varying sizes. Other researchers examine whether collegiate honor codes can abate rampant cheating. A third group studies whether perceptions of what students believe to be cheating behaviors affects actual cheating. This paper incorporates previous research and develops a model of academic cheating based on three sets of incentives - moral, social and economic – and how they affect self-reported cheating behaviors at liberal arts colleges. An on-line survey was administered to students from three liberal arts colleges in spring 2008. The nearly …

Volume Cxxv, Number 25, May 23, 2008, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Volume Cxxv, Number 24, May 16, 2008, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

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Volume Cxxv, Number 22, May 2, 2008, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

The Grizzly, May 1, 2008, Matt Flyntz, Lane Taylor, Kristi Blust, Roger Lee, Heather Turnbach, Ali Wagner, Terry Kelley, Jill Alspach, Kristin O'Brassill, Ashley Mccomeskey, Alex Ernst, Jason Davis, Danielle Langdon, Courtney Fox

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Student Art Show Highlights Creativity of Students at UC • Good Night, Good Luck and Goodbye to the Grizzly • Pope Benedict XVI Visits Washington D.C. and NYC • You Must Always Face the Curtain with a Bow • Ursinus Dance Company Performance is a Big Success • Ursinus Community Celebrates Third Annual CoSA • Vision of the Future: Convenience Store to Open in Zack's in Fall 2008 • Opinions: Which Candidate is on the Right Track?; Calm Down, Democrats • UC Women's Golf for a Fruitful Future

Volume Cxxv, Number 21, April 25, 2008, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

The Samurai In Medieval Japan: A Teacher Resource & Curriculum Companion Based On The Japanese Collection At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Barbara Anderson

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This resource guide utilizes the fascination with the samurai and their honor code system, known as bushido, to examine the eastern feudal system, and the artistic and cultural traditions of Medieval Japan. The six provided lessons in this resource support a museum visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art and the Arms and Armor Collection. They are directed to build upon each other to provide students with a meaningful sequence of experiences and attempts to address a diverse body of learners through variance of activities and the integration of academic areas such as …

Torn Loyalties : The Civil War In New York City And Beyond, Alicia Fessenden

Graduate Student Independent Studies

Presents an interdisciplinary curriculum on the Civil War in New York City and beyond for a fifth grade classroom. The goals of this study are to counter ideas that the Civil War is an historical event that took place far away, and to raise awareness of the myriad resources that are available in New York on this topic. Contains a series of experiential lesson plans.

The Grizzly, April 24, 2008, Matt Flyntz, Lane Taylor, Roger Lee, Serena Mithboakar, Kristi Blust, Katie Callahan, Ashley Mccomeskey, Jeremiah Long, Ali Wagner, Ryan Tole, Alex Ernst, Christopher Schaeffer, Ashley Drogalis, Eric Requa, Jill Alspach

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Ursinus College Dance Company Kicks Off Tonight! • CoSA at UC! • Charity Events in the Classroom • Red Sky in Morning • Another Collegeville Restaurant Review: BonJung • Ursinus Graduate Awarded Watson Fellowship • Achievement Gap: Close to Home • Opinions: Bush / Clinton Dynasty? • Weekend Success and Dubb Appreciation Week • UC Softball Flying High After Wins Against Gettysburg • Great Success Strikes Men's Lax

Volume Cxxv, Number 20, April 18, 2008, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

The Grizzly, April 17, 2008, Matt Flyntz, Lane Taylor, Serena Mithboakar, Roger Lee, Emily Mccloskey, Ali Wagner, Jeremiah Long, Kristin O'Brassill, Laurel Salvo, Alex Ernst, Chris Orser, Jason Davis, Ashley Drogalis, Jill Alspach

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Owen Gingerich Discusses Religion and Evolution at UC • Breakaway Presents P.S. We've Missed You at UC! • Kennedy Speaks • Achievement Gap: An Issue Left Behind? • All Dogs Go to Heaven: Review of Black Lab Bistro • UC Theater Dances in an Irish Spring • Opinions: Want Change? Vote Obama; Elitists in Government? Yes Please! • A Swingin' Season for UC Tennis