Search results
-
-
Title
-
Performing Student, Teacher, and Tutor of Writing: Negotiating Ideas of Writing in a First-year Writing Course and Writing Center Tutorials
-
Author
-
Courtney, Jennifer
-
Date Created
-
2009
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Language arts, Rhetoric
-
Description
-
Based upon the sociocultural theories of Vygotsky, Bakhtin, Bourdieu, Holland et al. and the work of composition scholars such as Welch, Brannon et al., and Bousquet et al., who oppose neoliberal privatization, this qualitative study explores how ...
-
-
Title
-
A Comparison of Factors that Influence the Quality of PEPs in Title I Schools
-
Author
-
Williams, Connie
-
Date Created
-
2009
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Education, Education, Elementary, Curriculum planning
-
Description
-
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between school-based organizational structures that support teachers' development of Personalized Education Plans (PEPs) and their quality as written for third through fifth grade stude...
-
-
Title
-
A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Measure of Preservice Teacher Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions
-
Author
-
Ellison, Antoinette
-
Date Created
-
2009
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Teachers--Training of, Educational tests and measurements
-
Description
-
Recent literature on school improvement indicates that teacher quality has a large impact on student learning (Aaronson, Barrow, & Sander, 2007; Rivkin, Hanushek & Kane, 2005; Hanushek, Kane, O'Brien, & Rivkin, (2005); Nye, Konstantopoulos, Hedges...
-
-
Title
-
Cluster Requiem and the Rise of Cumulative Growth Theory
-
Author
-
Kunkle, Gary
-
Date Created
-
2009
-
Subjects--Topical
-
City planning, Public administration
-
Description
-
Industry cluster theory has been the predominant model guiding economic development policy throughout the world for nearly two decades. As appealing as the cluster approach has been to regional scientists and policy makers it suffers from a number...
-
-
Title
-
A MESHLESS METHOD WITH ENRICHED BASIS FUNCTIONS FOR SINGULARITY PROBLEMS
-
Author
-
Hong, Won-Tak
-
Date Created
-
2009
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Mathematics
-
Description
-
For the last several decades, the Finite Element Method (FEM) has been a powerful tool in solving challenging science and engineering problems, especially when solution domains have complex geometry. However the mesh refinements and construction o...
-
-
Title
-
Assured Information Sharing for Ad-hoc Collaboration
-
Author
-
Jin, Jing
-
Date Created
-
2009
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Computer engineering, Information technology
-
Description
-
Collaborative information sharing tends to be highly dynamic and often ad hoc among organizations. The dynamic natures and sharing patterns in ad-hoc collaboration impose a need for a comprehensive and flexible approach to reflecting and coping wi...
-
-
Title
-
A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION IN HIGH SCHOOL COMMERCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS
-
Author
-
Vintinner, Jean
-
Date Created
-
2009
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Reading, Education, Secondary
-
Description
-
The purpose of this study was to analyze the teachers' manuals of the leading commercial high school reading programs to determine the extent to which they provide effective vocabulary instruction as advocated by the leading professional organizat...
-
-
Title
-
ABSOLUTE DISTANCE (THICKNESS) METROLOGY USING WAVELENGTH SCANNING INTERFEROMETRY
-
Author
-
Suratkar, Amit
-
Date Created
-
2009
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Optics, Optical engineering, Metrology
-
Description
-
Wavelength scanning interferometry offers a new dimension in precision metrology by measuring the cavity length (thickness), the cavity length variation over the cavity area (flatness), and the optical homogeneity within a transparent cavity; with...
-
-
Title
-
Effects of Tier 1 Enhancement Training on Teachers' Instructional Unit Accuracy
-
Author
-
Kretlow, Allison
-
Date Created
-
2009
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Special education, Education, Elementary
-
Description
-
Early intervention models such as Response to Intervention have shown promise in reducing risk of academic failure (Bursuck et al., 2005; Foorman, Fletcher, Francis, & Schatschneider, 1998). General education teachers assume primary responsibility...
-
-
Title
-
Health Literacy: Assessing the Current State of Practice Among Respiratory Therapists
-
Author
-
Clark, Kimberly
-
Date Created
-
2009
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Health education
-
Description
-
Nearly half of American adults lack the necessary health literacy skills needed to understand and act appropriately on health information. The purpose of this research was to assess the current state of practice and knowledge of health literacy am...
-
-
Title
-
Modeling the Creep behavior of Torsional Springs
-
Author
-
Ramesh, Ajith
-
Date Created
-
2009
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Mechanical engineering
-
Description
-
ABSTRACTAJITH RAMESH: Modeling the creep behavior of torsional springs This dissertation presents a detailed model of the `overall' behavior of Torsional springs. Torsional springs (also called `Clock' springs) are a kind of spiral springs which a...
-
-
Title
-
MICROSTRUCTURAL MODELING DURING MULTI-PASS ROLLING OF A NICKEL-BASE SUPERALLOY
-
Author
-
Subramanian, Kannan
-
Date Created
-
2009
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Mechanical engineering, Materials science
-
Description
-
Microstructure present at the end of rolling and cooling operations controls the product properties. Therefore, control of grain size is an important characteristic in any hot-working. The narrow temperature range for hot working of Alloy 718 make...