Lobster fisheries -- Law and legislation -- Maine; Lobster fisheries -- Law and legislation -- Maine -- Harpswell Center
Since 1995, the Northeast lobstermen have been more regulated and managed than at any other point in the history of their industry. The lobster fishing industry has been a staple industry in the Northeast United States for over 200 years. From...
Single-sex schools; Single-sex schools -- Connecticut -- Avon; Avon Old Farms School (Avon, Conn.) -- History
Over the last several decades statistics reveal that there is worldwide underachievement of boys in school. Regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, or economic background, boys as a group are struggling to be effectively educated. While girls are...
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).
"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).
The role of the police officer cannot be adequately analyzed without an understanding of their historical and social context. An examination of the role of the police officer in a small town provides an elucidating window showing how social forces...
Art -- Study and teaching (Early childhood); Early childhood teachers; Early childhood education
The National Association for the Education of Young Children, NAEYC, encourages teachers to provide young children with opportunities "...to explore and manipulate art materials and not to expect them to produce a finished art product"...
The Simsbury Police Department employed the use of “radar trailers” to increase compliance to speed limits and attempt to reduce the number of traffic accidents related to speeding. A radar trailer is a self-contained speed measuring device...
Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States; Arab-Israeli conflict; United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
A presumption that the United States and Israel are joined in a common struggle against terrorism has become a part of the political orthodoxy of both the U.S. Republican and Democratic parties. Implicit in this worldview is the premise that the...
A comprehensive survey of aquatic plant communities in Pickerel Lake, Colchester/East Haddam, Connecticut, was conducted during the growing season of most regional macrophyte species (May 2001 to October 2001). Five weed maps were constructed to...
English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Foreign speakers; Second language acquisition
Debate exists concerning the schooling of English language learners. The official discourse has been communicated through state as well as federal policy decisions. This mixed-methods study contributes to our understanding of this problem. Case...
Reality television programs -- Psychological aspects
The popular press has criticized reality television, for the most part, suggesting that it appeals to the basest of human fascinations. Reality television has been described as brimming with sex and gender stereotypes. Critics also have suggested...
This study examined peer mediation programs in Connecticut to determine how closely they are aligned with the new "Recommended Standards for School-Based Peer Mediation Programs" and what they might need to meet them. These national standards have...
Teachers -- Attitudes; Science -- Study and teaching (Early childhood); Science -- Attitudes
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the attitudes of early childhood educators toward teaching science, while also examining the relationship between teacher attitudes toward teaching science and how much science is taught in early childhood...
Product non-conformances which is one aspect of manufacturing that for the most part is ignored by researchers, analyst and media at large, has a significant effect on the cost of production. This research focuses on the processes and practices...
Although historians have long been familiar with an accepted picture of Eva Peron, the elusive personality of Argentina's most dynamic female has undergone a significant evolution in the past fifty years. As an unknown actress, Eva Duarte was first...
Falkner Island, off the coast of Guilford, Connecticut, is the site of the largest breeding colony of endangered Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) and Common Terns (S. hirundo) in Connecticut, and the sixth largest colony of Roseate Terns in the...
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...
Student financial aid administrators -- Training of; Counseling in higher education
Today's campuses are becoming the learning grounds for an increasingly diverse student population. The "traditional" college student, age eighteen to twenty-two, sufficiently academically prepared, and having endless time to socialize and study,...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Spain; Spain -- Foreign relations -- 1939-1975
During World War II, Spain watched the international conflict from the sidelines. Spain, under the control of its fascist dictator, Francisco Franco, had to contend with the growing rivalry between Nazism and fascism on one side, and Soviet...
The tick has ability to transmit a greater variety of infectious agents to humans and other animal species than any other blood-feeding arthropod. Feeding over a period of days induces specific host hemostatic, inflammatory, and immune responses....
