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Title: "I can, but I can't": Kindergarten teacher perceptions of self-efficacy and agency in their use of formative assessment in the current high-stakes accountability climate
Author: Ferrara, Angela
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Early childhood education, Education and state, Ethnology
Description: Early childhood formative assessment (FA) is a process by which teachers gather data about their students’ knowledge and skills across the five domains of early childhood development in order to scaffold and support their students’ unique learning...

Title: A Comparative Analysis of Canaanite Temples At Bronze Age Pella and Tell el-Hayyat, Jordan
Author: Hines, Mikayla
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: ABSTRACTMIKAYLA HINES. Comparative Analysis of Canaanite Temples At Bronze Age Pella and Tell el-Hayyat, Jordan(Under the Direction of Dr. Steven Falconer) The aim of this thesis is to uncover the social relationship between two Canaanite societie...

Title: A Focus On The Style Of Bone Harpoons In The Early Holocene: An Analysis Of Bone Harpoons From Koobi Fora, Kenya.
Author: Hovis, Ashley
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: While undergoing archaeological fieldwork in Ileret, Kenya, two Early Holocene (10,000-6,000 BP) sites are found containing bone harpoons. The purpose of this study is to examine the style of Early Holocene bone harpoons to see if people of East L...

Title: A Pilot Study of Gastro-Intestinal Parasites in Two U.S. Captive Free-Ranging Lemur Populations
Author: Corbett II, Philip
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Physical anthropology, Zoology, Parasitology
Description: A comparative gastrointestinal parasite study was conducted looking at different lemur species and their parasite prevalence and diversity at two Association of Zoo & Aquarium accredited facilities, the Duke Lemur Center and Lemur Conservation Fou...

Title: A STUDY OF MATERIALIZATION, IDENTITY, AND AGENCY USING PXRF ANALYSIS OF CERAMICS FROM INCA PERIOD ECUADOR
Author: Sweitzer, Mackenzie
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Social structure, Archaeology, Area studies
Description: When the Inca Empire expanded across large portions of South America, they implemented various strategies to subdue and control their massively ethnically diverse subjects. One way that the Inca ideology and social order was imposed on the masses ...

Title: A paleopathological and mortuary analysis of Guangala burials from Salango, Ecuador (100 BCE- 800 CE)
Author: Bythell, Abigail
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Physical anthropology, Archaeology
Description: There are still many questions that need to be answered about the lives of the pre-Hispanic peoples of the southwest Ecuador. In particular, there are few archaeological studies that focus on the socio-cultural complexity and belief systems of the...

Title: ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND CULTURAL CAPITAL: A CASE STUDY OF INCOMING INDIAN GRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING
Author: Birkett, James
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Ethnology
Description: As the number of international students studying in the United States continues to grow, it is important that educators and administrators at postsecondary institutions understand the diverse educational backgrounds of these students, which has th...

Title: Bioarcheaology and the Term “Cyborg”
Author: Stumpf, Mara
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Physical anthropology, Disability studies, Forensic anthropology
Description: As it becomes more common to integrate technology into the body, a more in depth understanding of how society reacts to terms such as "Cyborg" in an academic context can be very beneficial. My project focuses on the term "Cyborg" and how professio...

Title: Black Doulas and The Quest For Empowerment in the Black Woman's Birthing Experience
Author: Mattison, Sydney
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Obstetrics, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: Doula care has proven to be an effective approach to reducing adverse birthing outcomes among women. However, less is known about doula care and birthing outcomes concerning specifically Black women. This qualitative study focused on the narrative...

Title: Brunswick Town Colonoware: A Look at Form and Function
Author: Johnson, Benjamin
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: This paper discusses the history of Brunswick Town through an archaeological study of Brunswick Colonoware as it applies to African-American life. By looking at the artifactual record from the original excavations of the town, I was able to determ...

Title: Cranial Capacity Variation of Pleistocene Homo and Possible Speciation Events
Author: Hudock, Autumn
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Paleontology, Evolutionary developmental biology
Description: The field of paleoanthropology is tasked with studying the morphology of extinct hominins using fossilized remains. To study the evolution of the human brain, researchers use endocast data derived from fossil skulls, in order to assess when and ho...

Title: Dietary Identity At Salango: Stable Light Isotope Analysis Of Guangala Period Burials (100 BCE – 800 CE)
Author: Cobb, Emilie
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Biochemistry, Archaeology
Description: Salango is an archaeological site on the coast of Ecuador that has been inhabited for thousands of years by multiple different cultures, including the Guangala (100 BCE- 400 CE). While research about mortuary treatment and socio-cultural character...

Title: Embodied Life Experiences: Bioarchaeological Analyses of Human Remains in Southwest Nigeria
Author: Russell, Cassidy
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: Bioarchaeological study is on the rise in West Africa, with a focus on human migration, diet, and environmental reconstructions. Oftentimes these analyses focus on the broader patterns, obscuring the individual lives in the process. This study foc...

Title: Environmental Influences on the Activity Patterns of Three Species of Semi-Free Ranging Lemurs at the Lemur Conservation Foundation’s Myakka City Lemur Reserve
Author: Richardson, Abby
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Social sciences, Ecology, Animal scientists
Description: Cathemerality is a unique and flexible activity pattern found mostly in lemurs. Cathemeral lemurs exhibit relatively evenly distributed activity across the 24-hour period. Although some species of lemur are broadly recognized as being cathemeral, ...

Title: Gaze-Following, Social Monitoring, and Joint Attention in the Great Apes: A Comparative Analysis of Visual Communication and Potential Implications for Cognition
Author: Downing, Danay
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Animal behavior, Physical anthropology, Cognitive psychology
Description: Previous experimental studies indicate that gaze-following is a reliable indicator of advanced cognitive capacity in social primates. Group-living primates, in particular, must navigate complex social relationships among group members and other co...

Title: HAZARA DIASPORA RELIGIOUS DISAFFILIATION: AFGHANISTAN’S SHI'A WHO TURN AWAY FROM ISLAM
Author: Fekrat, Nasim
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Ethnology, Area studies, Islam--Study and teaching
Description: The topic of irreligiosity and secularism among Muslim immigrants is an understudied subject. Academic studies of Muslim immigrants, in particular, tend to focus on religious beliefs at the expense of other issues. This is particularly evident in ...

Title: Historical Consciousness and Collective Identity Formation in the Kings Mountain Historical Museum
Author: Mileski, Julia
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Museums--Study and teaching
Description: Many studies have been completed on historical consciousness in museum visitors of all ages, however, the topic of collective historical consciousness as compared to the potential of a collective current identity in small, rural history museums la...

Title: Iconography of Transformation: The Question of Hallucinogenic Remnants in Ritual Artifacts at Chavin de Huantar
Author: Nooe, Ryan
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: In a mountain valley of the South American country of Perú rests a site at the core of an ancient and influential culture. That site is known as Chavín de Huántar, a relatively small area which boasts monumental architecture and carved images of s...

Title: Jim Crow and Education: The Seldom Told Story
Author: Richardson, Zera
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Archaeology
Description: Rosenwald schools are under-documented in the archaeological record. However, these schools were of critical importance to education for Black Americans, particularly in the Jim Crow South. This paper presents the results of excavation and oral hi...

Title: Latino Narratives of Educational Experience in the Greater Charlotte Area
Author: Gray, Michelle
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Linguistics
Description: In analyzing interviews with ten Latino participants who have attended or are attending public school in the Greater Charlotte area using narrative discourse analysis, I found significant connections between identifying as self-motivated with rega...