Mathematics -- Study and teaching; Mathematics and literature
A major focus of many school districts in Connecticut is their students' results on the Connecticut Mastery Tests ("CMT"). As a result, many curricula include a review of concepts included in the test in advance of the test administration. However,...
Said, Edward W; Orientalism in literature; India -- Fiction
In his ground-breaking books, Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism, Edward Said explains how the Eastern, colonized other was textually created by the imperial powers that controlled them. Specifically, Western experts on and creators of texts...
Catalonia (Spain) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements; Catalonia (Spain) -- Politics and government
The topic of research in this paper, "The future of nationalities and regions in an integrating Europe: The Case of Catalonia", involves all aspects of Catalan life in order to develop and understand their particular and separate nationality. With...
Jos Mart, writer, poet and revolutionary has been given various names, the most widely-used of which are "The Apostle" and "The Master/The Teacher" of Cuban freedom. The interpretation of his works, post-mortum, has resulted in the creation of...
Storytelling -- Study and teaching; Languages, Modern -- Study and teaching
Humans have the innate capacity to learn language. By two years of age a child can understand a multitude of novel utterances. By six a normal child has mastered the essential elements of his native language including semantics, syntax, and...
Kosovo’s long history with unrealistic legal arrangements has contributed to its unstable political and social environments. From the Yugoslav era Constitutions to the most recent international policy implementation, Kosovo’s legal basis has...
Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost -- Criticism, Textual; Eve (Biblical figure); Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Characters -- Eve
In Paradise Lost, John Milton dramatically changes Eve's character from the well established Renaissance stereotype to an intelligent, humble, and majestic woman. Traditionally, Eve has been condemned for causing mankind's sinful state. Yet Milton...
Reading (Elementary); Children -- Books and reading -- Sociological aspects; Motivation (Psychology) in children
The purpose of this study was to generate hypotheses regarding the impact that social interactions revolving around books have on an elementary students' intrinsic motivation to read across ability levels and grade levels. Eight teachers from...
Polish language -- Study and teaching; Polish language -- Vowels;
A few generations of phonologists dealing with Polish have been struggling to find the true nature of the Polish nasal vowel. The strongest earlier claims postulated that Polish has no nasal vowels at all. The newer studies, however, suggest that...
Scotland -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Home rule -- Scotland
The democratic way in which the Scots pressed for more say in their own affairs is an object lesson in constitutional politics. On September 11, 1997 the voting booth and ballot box were the weapons the Scots used to attain Home Rule and the return...
Beaches -- Connecticut; Recreation areas -- Access -- Connecticut
Beaches are considered an important natural resource, although perceptions
of the nature of that resource may vary significantly. Municipalities located along
Connecticut's coastline exhibit a variety of income levels, populations, and
economic...
Norman Mailer has never been portrayed as a favorite of female readers;
moreover, he has been persistently misunderstood in terms of the female role in his works
throughout his fifty-six year writing career. These misinterpretations may be...
Sex instruction for people with mental disabilities
The purpose of this study was to improve safe-sex knowledge among seriously mentally
ill clients living in a residential program. Many have recognized that education and
prevention are the most important tools, and that increasing health knowledge...
Historians, at some point, have dealt with questions of the
causes of the subject matter they study, whether those entities are persons, events, ideas,
or political states. The historian, Edward Hallett Carr, wrote, "The study of history is...
Paradox ideology is founded upon the notion that a statement or words
seem contradictory to common sense but perhaps is true. Paradox defies
explanation by confounding language. Paradox bewilders the linear thinker
and thus, stimulates the...
Retinger, J. H. (Joseph Hieronim), 1888-1960; Diplomatic couriers -- Poland -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Poland; Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
Jozef Retinger is one of the most intriguing Polish political activists of the Second World War period. The mysterious character although almost completely unknown to the public, without a doubt deserves a place in the history of Poland, perhaps...
Heaney, Seamus,1939- -- Criticism and interpretation
Politics in the North of Ireland deserves a paper all its own. To attempt to condense the political situation in the North in a few short chapters is to try and distill the essentials. In such a location, politics becomes more than an argument,...
Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (1993); Intercountry adoption -- Law and legislation; Intercountry adoption -- United States; Intercountry adoption -- Guatemala
Over the last 50 years, the United States has seen a significant increase in the number of children entering its borders annually through intercountry adoption. Accepting thousands of more children than any other nation, the United States is the...
Doctor Who (Television program : 2005- ); Supernatural (Television program : 2011- ); Buffy, the vampire slayer (Television program); Fantasy television programs
There is perhaps no television genre with a more avid fanbase than the fantasy genre. The popularity of shows such as Doctor Who (Wright, 2007), Supernatural (Wheat, 2009), and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Newitz, 2006) may be explained, in part, by...
Studying an ecological system is a complex and difficult process. Studying a fossil ecology is even more difficult. There are few fossil deposits containing not only most of the organisms originally present, but also preserved well enough to make...
