Word problems (Mathematics) -- Study and teaching; Problem solving -- Study and teaching
American students have been underperforming on international standardized tests for over thirty years. These concerns have been documented in publications (i.e. A Nation at Risk). The United States federal government has also written ―No Child...
Women prisoners -- Medical care -- United States; Psychotropic drugs
In the federal prison system there is five prison dedicated solely to housing female inmates. In federal prison, female inmates are diagnosed as being mentally ill at a higher rate than male inmates. Approximately 13% of federal female inmates...
Women in literature -- 18th century; Women in literature -- 19th century
The purpose of this thesis is to chart the development of marriage as seen in eighteenth-and nineteenth-century British literature. The domestic fiction of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries clearly shows a shift from marriage as an...
Women -- Ghana -- Case studies; Globalization -- Ghana -- Case studies
The effects of globalization are spreading rapidly throughout Africa. Despite the fact that globalization holds many promises for economic advancement there is increasing apprehension about its impact on the wellbeing of Africans. To date, only a...
My intent in this thesis is to show that the witch trials in the Hartford area during the Seventeenth Century were unique. The accused witches did not all share any single common bond. There was no one link to connect all of the accused to one...
West Indian students -- Education (Secondary) -- Connecticut; Immigrants -- Education (Secondary) -- Connecticut; Social adjustment
In the 1980s, West Indian families migrated in record numbers; many moved north to Connecticut’s cities. Some newcomer students had weak social and academic skills resulting in below-standard performance. A high school in a predominantly West...
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Psychology."; Thesis advisor: Bradley Waite.; M.A.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 35-40).
Web sites -- Design; Web site development industry; Internet industry
Back Alley Gourmet is an emerging company that produces gourmet salad dressings. It is founded and conceptualized by Chef Hans, a European-trained chef who worked in some of the top hotels in Germany. As a young man in his early twenties, he came...
Watersheds -- Research -- Connecticut; Hydrology -- Research -- Connecticut; Pequabuck River (Conn.); Pomperaug River (Conn.)
The effects of impervious surfaces on river systems as a result of urbanization are well documented and include such changes as increases in the magnitude and frequency of peak discharge, diminishing lag times, decreases in base flow and the...
Water quality -- Connecticut -- New Haven County; Dams -- Connecticut -- New Haven County; Hop Brook (Conn.)
A spatial analysis of water quality was conducted upstream, downstream, and within the Hop Brook Reservoir. The goal was to measure the impact of Hop Brook Dam on various parameters of water quality using a YSI 556 multi-probe system. The water...
Water quality--Connecticut--Eightmile River (New London County and Middlesex County); Thesis 2279
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Biology: Ecology and Environmental Science."; Thesis advisor: Clayton Penniman.; M.A.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical...
Water quality -- Connecticut -- Eightmile River (New London County and Middlesex County); Eightmile River (New London County and Middlesex County, Conn.)
Rivers are utilized on a daily basis for everything from water intake for paper mills, irrigation of golf courses and agricultural crops, and energy generation by hydroelectric dams, to recreational uses such as fishing, swimming, tubing, and...
Water quality--Connecticut--Eightmile River (New London County and Middlesex County); Eightmile River (New London County and Middlesex County, Conn.)
"Submited in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts in Biology."; Thesis advisor: Clayton Penniman.; M.A.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-64).
Water quality--Connecticut--Eightmile River (New London County and Middlesex County); Eightmile River (New London County and Middlesex County, Conn.)
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Biology."; Thesis advisor: Clayton Penniman.; M.A.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-72).
The debate over the effects of big box retail on smaller communities is one of the most contentious topics of public planning discourse. Many feel that these large retailers, such as Home Depot, Target, K-Mart, Lowes, Barnes and Noble, and of...
When fueled, three elements of an organization's makeup-an individual's
personal characteristics, situational attributes, and environmental/working conditions,
either separately, or combined-can create a lethal mix of ingredients for workplace...
Urban renewal -- Connecticut -- New Haven; New Haven (Conn.)
The middle decades of the twentieth century saw an unprecedented amount of resources directed at rescuing and redeveloping blighted urban areas in the United States. Across the country, federal dollars, in accordance with the Federal Housing Act of...
Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations; Educational change -- China; Education -- China
The National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) dictates how almost every facet of China's educational system is administered. As early as primary school, students are forced to become locked in intense competition, battle hordes of examinations,...
United States. Dept. of Labor. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills; Workplace literacy -- Connecticut -- Portland; Technology -- Study and teaching -- Connecticut -- Portland; Competency-based education -- Connecticut -- Portland
The author begins by pointing out that Technology Education has evolved from manual arts to shop, industrial arts to its current form. Each change has come with a new philosophy of preparing students for the world of work. In the 1980's, companies...
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 -- Assassination attempt, 1950; Presidents -- Assassination attempts -- United States
In the annals of United States history the attempted assassination of President Harry S. Truman by two Puerto Rican Nationalists is by most measures a relatively small event, but at the time this incident took place it was indeed a major news...
