“Was mathematics invented or discovered?” This is an age old question that has yet to be definitively answered. Some people believe that the human mind is the creator of mathematics, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. [N, p....
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 -- Family; Women -- Conduct of life -- 19th century; Women -- Social conditions -- 19th century; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Oriental influences
"Harriet Beecher Stowe Had Moorish Slippers: The Oriental Roots of Domesticity" is an attempt to chart the nineteenth century relationship between the creation of woman's sphere, the gender segregated world of American elite women, and the Oriental...
As Denmark becomes increasingly part of the global economy, the ethnic homogeneity it has long experienced is changing. Beginning in the 1960s with the arrival of Turkish immigrants, Danes received their first experience with a resident population...
Twelfth grade (Education) -- Connecticut; Education, Secondary -- Connecticut -- Administration; High school principals|zConnecticut
Creating a culminating experience, a capstone, for high school students before graduation is a secondary reform initiative that is of interest to leaders in schools, to state policy leaders, and to legislators. Grass roots implementation of...
Africa, Central -- Politics and government -- 1960-; Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1960-1997; Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1997-; Crimes against humanity -- Africa, Central; Crimes against...
In the Central Africa Region four million people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have died largely unnoticed by western media from armed conflict and human rights abuses. Some scholars have written extensively that the conflict in...
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...
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,...
The goal of this thesis is to trace the development in mathematical theory that led to the proof of the insolvability of the quintic. That is, there does not exist a general formula in radicals for equations of the form [not reproducible-see full...
Latin American literature -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Spanish American literature -- Study and teaching (Secondary); American literature -- Hispanic American authors -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Multiculturalism -- Study and teaching...
This study provides an avenue for the integration of diversity appreciation into high school curriculum through literature. The major premise of this thesis is to illustrate how contemporary Latino and Latin American literature can be used as a...
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...
This thesis is based on the premise that textile arts, including those produced in West Africa, naturally reflect the cultures and customs of the ethnic groups in which they are created. As such, they can provide us with unique and fascinating...
Chávez Frías, Hugo; Venezuela -- Politics and government -- 1999-
This thesis represents an effort to evaluate the socialist reforms Hugo Chavez has implemented in Venezuela since his ascent to the Presidency in 1998. In order to understand Chavez's ideologies, the initial chapters of this thesis put Venezuela's...
