Mathematics teachers--Training of; Student teaching; Mathematics teachers--In-service training
Teacher candidates enter teacher preparation programs with grounded beliefs
about teaching and learning. These beliefs are especially problematic in the area of
mathematics, as they hinder instructional decisions (Karp 1988, 1991; Kolstad &...
Income distribution; Occupational training--Economic aspects; Academic achievement--Economic aspects
Employing a two-stage least-squares multiple regression technique using cross-sectional data from metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) as the unit of analysis, this study is designed to detect the indirect effect of skill-biased technological...
Autistic children--Rehabilitation; Social skills in children; Autistic children--Behavior modification; Group work in education; Peer-group tutoring of students
Social reciprocity deficits are a core feature of the autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and a major source of impairment regardless of cognitive or language ability (Carter, Davis, Klin, & Volkmar, 2005). Since these impairments do not naturally...
Band directors--Attitudes; High school principals--Attitudes; Bands (Music)--Instruction and study
The purpose of this study was to survey secondary school administrator and band director perceptions regarding the implementation of Kentucky's Core Content for Assessment 4.1 (CCA 4.1) in Music in the band programs at their schools. Secondary...
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. It is identified by its rapid, invasive progression with a profound resistance to treatments such as chemotherapy. Unfortunately, there is a lack of...
Psychiatry and religion; Mental illness--Social aspects; Mental health services--Social aspects; Protestants--Attitudes
Researchers have long been interested in the relationship among the separate fields of psychology and religion. This dissertation seeks to explore the differences in the way protestant Christians with various religious orientations view mental...
Human being can easily acquire information by showing the object than reading the description of it. Our brain stores images that the eyes are seeing and by the brain mapping, people can analyze information by imagination in the brain. This is the...
Amish--Books and reading; Amish--Ohio--Social life and customs; Literacy--Ohio
Following in the tradition of scholars who treat literacy in context such as Deborah Brandt, Shirley Brice Heath, and David Barton and Mary Hamilton, I conducted my dissertation research not in an academic classroom but in the valleys of Hanley, a...
Fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites (PMCs) using high-temperature thermoplastics as the matrix material represent a lightweight design solution for applications above 250°F. This is often required for aircraft structures subjected to...
The trucking industry is the largest freight sector, making up about 70 percent of all domestic shipment in the United States and contributes greatly the American economy. About 10 billion tons of goods are shipped annually and of that, about...
Corpus callosum; Diagnostic imaging; Autism--Diagnosis
Early detection of human disease in today’s society can have an enormous impact
on the severity of the disease that is manifested. Disease such as Autism and Dyslexia,
which have no current cure or proven mechanism as to how they develop, can...
The steamboat America is docked near a shore and crowds of passengers are along the decks and on the shore to observe an event taking place in the water. Three African American men are standing in the water. One is wearing a black robe belted over...
The first effective impulse to a systematic investigation of the chemistry of food was given by Liebig some fifty years ago. The earliest quantitative analyses of food materials which we have found are those of potatoes reported by George Pearson...
Guards controlling crowd at Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 4, 1935. Guards wearing trench coats and bucket hats with chin straps mingle and observe the crowd at Churchill Downs, mainly behind a chicken wire fence....
Portrait by Chester Harding made in 1819, only personal portrait ever painted of Boone. Bust of white haired Boone on a dark background inscribed in white letters, "Colonel Daniel Boone: As Chester Harding saw him in 1819 when he painted the...
People gather to observe damage to the Fitch home, a two story frame house, after it was hit by a tornado on March 27, 1890. The roof and parts of the chimney and walls are gone.
People observe damage on Mulberry Street in Jeffersonville, Indiana after a tornado on March 27, 1890. Two men are working on one roof. The Ransom house at the corner of Front and Mulberry Streets is on the far left.
Oneida Baptist Institute; Physicians; Clinics; Health care; Eye examinations; Vision disorders; Women
Dr. Stucky examines a patient at the Anderson Hall Clinic while others observe and take notes. He and Dr. C. Adeline McConville of New York conducted clinics at Oneida Baptist Institute that were primarily focused on identifying and treating...
Dr. Stucky examines a patient at the Anderson Hall clinic while others observe. Dr. Stucky's medical practice was in Lexington, Kentucky. He and Dr. C. Adeline McConville of New York conducted clinics at Oneida Baptist Institute that were primarily...
