Homework; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
This study examined whether different types of homework assignments had an impact on student achievement in Mathematics as well as on student completion of homework. The study was conducted over the course of 10 weeks and took place in a public...
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all
Ye know on Earth, and all Ye need to know."
John Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Nothing could be so well put to introduce the History of Graphic Design as this quote by John Keats. Truth is the basis of...
American literature -- Mexican American authors -- History and criticism; Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity -- In literature
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the complexities surrounding the acceptance of personal and cultural identity for protagonists in Chicano/a literature. By way of close reading analysis and methodological comparison, I delve into three...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Primary) --- Audio-visual aids; Manipulatives (Education)
This study investigated the effectiveness of virtual manipulatives versus concrete manipulatives on third grade students’ understanding of mathematical concepts.
The participants in this study were 40 third grade students who attended the same...
Investor community and stock market watch companies' earnings report closely as earnings report is the most essential fundamental barometer of how financially healthy a company is. All public companies announce earnings every quarter, and the stock...
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Manipulatives (Education) -- Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
This study investigated whether using concrete mathematics manipulatives affected student achievement in factoring second-degree polynomials. The 16 day study included 64 high school sophomores in four different Algebra II classes in a suburban...
United States. Africa Command; United States -- Foreign relations -- Africa; Africa -- Foreign relations -- United States
On February 6, 2007 the plan to create a United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), was announced by President Bush. Responsible for 53 African nations, AFRICOM is a consolidation of United States Department of Defense programs in Africa that had been...
Geographic information systems; Information resources management
It is the belief of the author that the limited capabilities of GIS during the early stages (pre-1990) of GIS development resulted in GIS selection focusing on new software and hardware rather than on the best process or methodologies for...
Cuba is a unique country that is currently facing important challenges. The political system that was sparked by the 1959 Revolution may be coming to an end. Although it is extremely difficult to predict what the future might bring to the country,...
In the past twenty years the ability to determine the likelihood of an individual's risk to recidivate has become the driving force of assessments in the criminal justice field. These risk factors now play an increasingly important role in release...
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Middle school); Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Audio-visual aids; Manipulatives (Education)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the importance of manipulatives in
supporting algebraic thinking in the middle grades, and reasons why they are misused, or
not used at all. Middle school algebra teachers from both urban and suburban...
Jamaicans -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects; Jamaicans -- Emigration and immigration -- Cultural assimilation -- Connecticut -- Hartford
This study examines the fulfilled and/or unfulfilled dreams of Jamaican immigrants living in the United States of America. The history of Jamaica and the history of migration are reviewed to understand the reason why so many Jamaicans migrate to...
Polish people -- Nazi persecution -- Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons; Polish Americans -- Connecticut; Holocaust survivors -- Connecticut -- Personal narratives; Oral history -- Connecticut
The idea for the Connecticut oral history project concerning Polish gentile Holocaust Survivors came after the broadcast of the Holocaust, a miniseries televised in four parts in 1978 on NBC which portrayed Poles unfairly. Some people highly...
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- United States; Veterans -- Mental health -- United States; War -- Psychological aspects; Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Risk factors
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects thousands of veterans returning from deployments worldwide. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between PTSD and geography, examining whether there is a relationship between the...
Psychology and religion; Mental health -- Religious aspects
Throughout the evolution of psychology, scientific study and religion have been
separated into independent realms of knowledge; probably due in large part to the
exclusion of religious experience from secular life in Western culture. The area...
Choctaw Indians -- Government relations -- History; Indians of North America -- Government relations -- History; Federal-Indian trust relationship
Charles Wilkinson asserts that the Supreme Court has responded to contemporary Native American pleas for justice by attempting to incorporate Indian understanding of past commitments into reinterpretations of old laws. The new accommodation appears...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Russia; Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- United States
This study describes the difference between elementary mathematics education in Russia and the United States. What can we learn from Russian mathematics education? The thesis presents that the main source of Russian achievements in mathematics...
Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent. Morte d'Arthur; Lancelot (Legendary character) -- Romances -- History and criticism
Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur depicts characters facing problems of identity. Chief among them, Sir Lancelot faces temporary madness when overwhelmed by the incompatible roles he plays in Arthur's court. A useful theoretical lens for...
Zoning boards -- Connecticut; Zoning law -- Connecticut
Introduction The Zoning Boards of Appeals and the granting of variances are a integral part of the zoning system. However ZBA's and their functions are probably one of the most, if not the most misunderstood and abused aspect of the zoning system....
Children's songs, Spanish; Spanish language -- Study and teaching (Preschool); Music in education
This study was undertaken to determine if there was a significant difference in Spanish vocabulary acquisition in pre-schoolers when the vocabulary was introduced in a song using only the target language and representative pictures or motions...
