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...
Sexual abuse victims -- Psychology; Sexual abuse victims -- Mental health;
The purpose of this study was to utilize, four
current Informal Reading Inventories to assess three
students. Through using the IRIs, an understanding of
the similarities and differences of the tests was
developed. The results of the students'...
Geography -- Study and teaching; Geography -- Study and teaching -- Aids and devices;
Introduction
The main objective of this curriculum guide is to provide educators with materials
and resources designed to promote cultural awareness with middle school students
and meet specific geographic objectives and standards. Geography is a...
In the early days of aviation, particularly after World War I, many geographers wrote about the value of observing a place from above. They thought aerial observations would be a valuable aid to regional studies. This early enthusiasm for observing...
American literature -- 20th century -- Women authors; Hispanic American women -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
The purpose of this investigation is to discuss and delineate common issues and themes which are apparent in contemporary Latina literature of the United States. I have witnessed, by way of reading and comparing the works of various...
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681; Salvation -- Christianity
Pedro Caldern de la Barca (1600-1681) has been called the theological poet of the Counter Reformation. Among the many dramas he wrote are a group of mythological plays. These plays include several groups in which the same mythological theme is...
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...
Post-traumatic stress disorder in children -- Prevention -- Connecticut
The identification of the diagnostic category of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association (1994) has sharpened the focus on the psychological aspects...
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Selections. 1984 -- Criticism and interpretation
Critics have been struggling to find a consistent theme that permeates Herman Melville’s Pierre; or, the Ambiguities (1852). There is the pamphlet on which a lecture by a man named Plotinus Plinlimmon is written down in the middle of the story....
Nutrition--Study and teaching (Elementary); Decision making in children
There are many factors that contribute to the nutrition choices children make. This experimental study was designed to compare the existing method of teaching the heath curriculum through activity with a new method of teaching the health curriculum...
The purpose of the project is to create the best marketing model that can be used to predict future sales. This project will be based upon a data set that includes market research data. We will be using multiple tools and data mining techniques to...
Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Religion; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Politics and government
Tibet is described as merciless at times with its frigid cold temperatures, the world‟s highest mountain ranges, and practically uninhabitable desolate lands. Even though Tibet appears as an untamable landscape to the world, it has actually had...
Although many researchers have compared herpetofaunal assemblages over large geographical regions, comparisons on a microgeographic scale have been scarce. Thus, the goal of this study was to compare species diversity of Eleutherodactylus on a...
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.; Second language acquisition--Research--Methodology.
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in TESOL."; Thesis advisor: Matthew Ciscel.; M.S.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 39-40).
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation
The purpose of this thesis is to prove that Dickinson characterized her poetic discourse with unique figurative manipulations as well as autonomous stylistic and prosodic techniques to serve a process of poetic dismantlement of her contemporary...
Customer relations -- Management -- Data processing; Self-organizing maps; Data mining
This study outlines a method of determining individual customer potential, based solely on data present in the customer database: descriptive information and transaction records. We define potential as the incremental turnover that any particular...
Stigma exists in our society today. This thesis examines how stigma is present within classrooms, and what teachers can do to eliminate this kind of discrimination. I examine laws that have tried to reduce segregation of schools; and I look at...
Media images are extremely powerful forces in modern American society. These images with which we are constantly bombarded by living in a capitalistic society can without a word portray to millions messages of prejudice, love, hate, happiness,...
International Women's Decade, 1976-1985; African American feminists -- 20th century; African American feminists -- 21st century; Women, Black -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Women, Black -- Social conditions -- 21st century
This thesis was designed to evaluate the current state of knowledge on the interconnections between the World Conferences on women held by the United Nations and the Black feminist movement. The study will look at international changes initiated...
The traditional definition of retirement and retirement migration is changing in the United States. This change in retirement is being fueled by the baby boomer generation. The retirement market is set to explode as this cohort of over 75 million...