Animated cartoon: A pedagogy for the reinforcement of a particular world view...
The purpose of the study is to examine the ramifications of television programming as it applies to animated cartoon heroes as a vehicle in the perpetuation of a particular world view. Specifically,...
View ArticleMark Twain's evolutionary humor
This work considers Samuel Clemens' philosophies of mind and nature in the context of the emerging nineteenth-century discipline of physiological psychology. Study of Clemens' work in this context...
View ArticleEducational change in urban public high schools through college and school...
Urban public secondary education has come under constant scrutiny from government agencies, foundations, and educational researchers for more than a decade. It is the quality of public education that...
View ArticleCompatibility, profitability, and leadership: Successful innovation and the...
This case study focuses on the culture of one selective liberal arts college. The host institution's culture provides the context for explaining the persistence and success of an innovative adult...
View ArticleExopolysaccharide formation by Pseudomonas cepacia
Glucose dehydrogenase-deficient (Gcd$\sp-$) mutants of Pseudomonas cepacia 249 accumulated copious amounts of exopolymer on solid media containing 0.2% yeast extract supplemented with excess glucose....
View ArticleSkeleton out of the closet: How previously-concealed stigma affects on-going...
Two experiments investigated the extent to which the discovery of a previously-concealed stigma leads to stereotyped versus individuated impressions. Because such a discovery temporarily renders a...
View ArticleThe design, implementation and assessment of a Core Student Development Model...
The purpose of this study was to design, implement and assess a student orientation course as part of a Core Student Development Model for Massachusetts Bay Community College (MBCC). Functions were...
View ArticleDiagnosing unexpected spelling difficulties: A test of the developmental...
The purpose of this study was to investigate level of spelling development in three types of spellers. First, two broad groups of spellers with average to above average intelligence were identified...
View ArticleToward the establishment of a cognitive developmental model (CDM) of supervision
Three studies were conducted using Q-Sort methodology to investigate: (1) the relationship between counselor's level of experience and the conceptual systems they utilize in understanding supervision...
View ArticleDeformation history of, and a study of strain applied to, the Michipicoten...
A detailed structural study of a well-exposed portion of the Archean Michipicoten Greenstone Belt near Wawa, Ontario revealed multiple phases of Archean deformation. The earliest deformation...
View ArticleObstacles to student teacher reflection: The role of prior school experience...
The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of student teachers' prior school experiences on their learning to teach. Specifically, the two goals of the study were: (a) to describe student...
View ArticleThe life cycle of a small family-run entrepreneurial organization: A case...
A qualitative case study traced the evolution of a family-run entrepreneurial organization through six periods of development. The company, with approximately fifty employees, manufactures custom...
View ArticleThe role of male song in the socioecology of the tropical resident Adelaide's...
To examine the functional significance of song in a tropical resident wood-warbler (Emberizidae:Parulinae), the vocal behavior of the Adelaide's Warbler was studied in relation to its social behavior...
View ArticleRegular and chaotic mixing of viscous fluids in eccentric rotating cylinders
In this research we study the mixing of viscous fluids in a model flow, the eccentric cylinder system. The flow between eccentric rotating cylinders is used because an analytic expression for the...
View ArticleThermotropic hydrocarbon main chain liquid crystalline polymers
Two closely related series of hydrocarbon polymers that contain mesogenic units interconnected by flexible methylene spacers along the main chain were prepared. The liquid crystalline properties of...
View ArticleEconometric estimation of risk attitudes
This research examines whether the econometric approach, proposed by Antle (1986), can provide reliable estimates of the distribution of risk attitudes in a population. The model measures the risk...
View ArticleA synthesis of atmospheric turbulence using a Markov chain
The simulation of the atmospheric turbulence has wide applications in science and engineering. There are a variety of modelling techniques for synthesizing a wind speed time series available today. To...
View ArticleAn investigation of fault-based testing using the relay model
Fault-based testing techniques attempt to select test data that detect certain types of faults that could exist in a module. This thesis presents a model, called R scELAY, of how a fault causes a...
View ArticleThe construction and analysis of lethal and second site suppressor mutations...
Mutagenized fragments of the 165 rRNA gene were placed within plasmid-borne rrnB operons and expressed under the control of the rrn promoters, P1P2. Several base changes within the conserved C1400...
View ArticleObtaining norm-referenced scores from criterion-referenced tests: An analysis...
One customized testing model equates a criterion-referenced test (CRT) to a norm-referenced test (NRT) so that performance on the CRT can produce an estimate of performance on the NRT. The error...
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