Alcohol affects individuals physically, mentally, and emotionally. Little work has been done to investigate a possible link between alcoholism and anger. The purpose of this research study was an attempt to determine if alcohol dependence had an...
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Chemistry -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
The purpose of this study was to determine if integrating a unit on functions would benefit students. Previous studies have shown that integrating science and mathematics increases students' understanding of certain topics in science. Typically,...
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...
Ankle -- Wounds and injuries -- Prevention; Joints -- Range of motion
his study examined the effectiveness of a standard ankle taping in restricting range of motion during exercise. Male and Female Students (n=15) were selected from the Central Connecticut State University Physical Education and Human Performance...
Arts -- Study and teaching; Aesthetics -- Study and teaching
This study provides an investigation into artistic expression and the use of aesthetics in a middle school environment. Part I of the study was designed to determine how eighth-grade students perceive their own strengths in the arts and whether or...
Given the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the need to find alternative treatments for pathogenic microbes, and the obvious medical potential of bacteriophages, we designed a study to display evidence that phage therapy is a viable...
The primary objective of this study was to test the effects of caffeine on cigarette smoking. Two hundred male and female smokers who were customers of Sullivan Banquet Hall and Bar, a drinking establishment, were asked to drink one of five...
Central Connecticut State University -- Students; College students -- Conduct of life; College students -- Alcohol use -- Connecticut -- New Britain; Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Social aspects -- Connecticut -- New Britain
The drinking of alcoholic beverages is heavily enculturated into the college experience. This study investigated the perceptions and statistics of drinking alcohol at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Questionnaires were distributed to...
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...
Circle; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
The federal law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), has begun evaluating schools based on Standardized Assessments such as the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT). This has created a need to ensure that student achievement in mathematics reflects the ability...
In the spring semester of 2007, a random survey was distributed to 170 Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) students. The objectives of this research were to look for relationships between age, gender, education and media and the...
The purpose of this thesis was to uncover the most recent climactic conditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. This research was conducted in two ways. First a meta-analysis was conducted on papers and research involving global warming and...
Comfrey is an herb traditionally used for bone healing. It is also sold as a dietary supplement to promote respiratory health. Comfrey has been banned in Canada and Germany because of its link to liver damage or failure, but remains legal in the...
The purpose of this study was to examine Binge Eating Disorder (BED), Night
Eating Syndrome (NES), depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and weight regain in weight
loss (bariatric) surgery patients, at a minimum of two years postoperatively....
Connecticut Academic Performance Test; Mathematical ability -- Testing; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Connecticut; Achievement tests -- Connecticut
The debate over the effectiveness of a "reform" mathematics curriculum verses a "traditional" mathematics curriculum in student achievement has been widely discussed and studied. Standards-based, or reform, programs emphasize applications to solve...
Cooperative work in education; Ability grouping in education; Mathematics -- Study and teaching
This study reviewed research on the effect of heterogeneous ability grouping in a cooperative learning environment on academic achievement in mathematics. A large number of studies has shown the importance of cooperative learning procedure in...
Crabs -- Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.); Introduced animals -- Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)
Hemigrapsus sanguineus, the Japanese shore crab, is native to the western Pacific
Ocean and was first reported in Long Island Sound in 1992. Since then, it has become
firmly established and, in many locations, is the most common crab in the rocky...
Drug traffic -- Colombia; Guerrilla warfare -- Colombia; Colombia -- Social conditions
During the 1980's, Latin America was one of the major concerns of the U.S. foreign policy. Countries like Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Colombia had unstable governments and civil war created a clear and present danger to the national security of the...
Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on; Education, Higher -- Computer-assisted instruction; Learning, Psychology of
With colleges and universities dramatically increasing the number of courses they offer online, it has become more important for administrators to identify characteristics of successful online learners. The present study attempted to examine the...
The study identified critical leadership dimensions essential to systemically transform schools to high performing, provided a 40-item instrument to measure schools' engagement in distributed leadership, and determined the order of leadership...
