Creative writing (Higher education)--Study and teaching--United States; Composition (Language arts)--Study and teaching; English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)
The trend in writing curriculum has been to diversify and separate courses. This dissertation looks at one set of divided curricula--creative writing and composition--in order to examine the ways in which writing pedagogy has been affected by this...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 28. No. 50. but is actually Vol. 28. No. 52. This issue is four pages.
This dissertation empirically studies computer-assisted writing administration as a site of agency for social change by inquiring how writing program administrators (WPAs) use their agency and power when developing and maintaining computer-mediated...
Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Higher); Critical thinking--Ability testing; Social work education
This study utilized the standardized California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST) Form 2000 to measure students' pretest and post test critical thinking abilities prior to and upon completion of a critical thinking infused curriculum. In...
Portrait of Martin J. Connors of Louisville, Kentucky wearing a suit and pansy printed tie. Photograph has been creased, torn and has discoloration marks. Handwritten on back of image: Chairman of Picnic Committee, Jailer. Stamped on back: Credit,...
Martin J. Connors of Louisville, Kentucky standing in front of a jail cell, holding sticks of some sort. Photograph is missing a corner with small cracks around the edges. Handwritten on back of image: Louisville Jailer. Stamped on back: May 10,...
Martin J. Connors of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a tuxedo. Photograph has been cut down the middle, so that only he is really visible and cracks around the edges. Handwritten on back of image: Jailer. Stamped on back: December 23, 1935.
Calculators--Study and teaching (Middle school); Functions--Study and teaching (Middle school); Algebra--Graphic methods; Computer-assisted instruction
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of TI-Nspire graphing calculator use on student achievement and on teacher behavior variables of planning, teaching, and assessing. This study investigated the teaching of functions by teachers...
This dissertation is an exploratory study of the indicators of receptivity that communities portray towards international service-learning programs. Historically, programs such as service learning programs choose communities and other working...
This dissertation is a post-test only comparison group study. It tests the effects of additional Motivational Interviewing sessions during the first two weeks in an intensive outpatient clinic. The object is to learn whether these additional...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. An article has been clipped from the bottom corner of pages one and two.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 28. No. 42. but is actually Vol. 28. No. 43. This issue is four pages.
Writing centers; English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher); Tutors and tutoring
Using Gloria Anzuldula's text Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza and Bruce Homer and Min-Zhan Lu's 2000 article, "Expectations, Interpretations and Contributions of Basic Writing" as conceptual framework, I conducted my dissertation...
Data libraries--Security measures; Computer networks--Security measures; Information storage and retrieval systems; Digital preservation
Data centers (DC) are the core of the national cyber infrastructure. With the incredible growth of critical data volumes in financial institutions, government organizations, and global companies, data centers are becoming larger and more...
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching; College prose--Evaluation; Interaction analysis in education; Education, Higher--Computer-assisted instruction; Distance education--Computer-assisted instruction
Current scholarship indicates an increase in the use of asynchronous electronic
formats by writing instructors and tutors responding to student writing. However, little
research has been done to understand the ways in which different formats affect...
Narration (Rhetoric)--Social aspects; Narration (Rhetoric)--Study and teaching
My dissertation examines instructor responses to a popular personal writing assignment, the literacy narrative. Previous studies have shown this assignment to be popular with instructors because of the reflection it is thought to generate; however,...
This thesis is a social and military history of the First Battalion of the 27th Foot, the Inniskilling Regiment, at the Battle of Waterloo. Crucial to success in battle is the cohesion of units and their ability to withstand punishment and keep...
Williams syndrome--Genetic aspects; Anxiety disorders
Genetic factors play an important role in the etiology of anxiety disorders. Williams syndrome (WS), a genetic disorder caused by a deletion on chromosome 7q11.23 and associated with increased prevalence of anxiety disorders relative to the general...
Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher); Academic writing--Study and teaching--Social aspects
Scholars in rhetoric and composition have heralded a new way of thinking about writing, referring to the change as a paradigm shift (Hairston, Young) or naming the new direction a "social turn" in rhetoric and composition (Bizzell,...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 16. No. 39. but is actually Vol. 16. No. 40.
