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...
Cerebral hemispheres; Mathematics -- Study and teaching; Cerebral dominance
For many years, doctors and scientists have known that the two hemispheres of our brains have different functions. Damage to the left hemisphere in adults has caused severe speech problems. For this reason, the left hemisphere had been considered...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Primary); Word problems (Mathematics)
This research focuses on the role of instruction in improving student responses to open ended questions in elementary mathematics. The participants in the study were elementary school students in third grade. The participants were chosen based on...
The male sterility and histoincompatibility mutant, mshi, results from a recessive mutation that arose spontaneously in the BALB/cBy inbred mouse strain. Using a 402-member BALB/cBy-mshi/mshi (BALB/cBy-mshi C57BL/6J) F1 backcross panel, the...
Investigation of X-linked histocompatibility may offer an opportunity to find CD and HD minor H haplotype components which are widely separated on the X chromosome. The presence of the HX antigen is detected by placing parental strain grafts onto...
To investigate leaf litter processing in local streams, a study was conducted during the fall of 2009 with two native tree species, northern red oak (Quercus rubra) and red maple (Acer rubrum) and an invasive species, Japanese knotweed (Fallopia...
The mouse frizzy (fr) mutation arose on a genetically mixed background and was first described by G.D. Snell of The Jackson Laboratory in 1951. Mice carrying this recessive mutation have curly vibrissae which can be observed as early as one to two...
African Americans -- Race identity; African Americans -- Health and hygiene; African Americans -- Religion
The origins of psychology looked at studying the "psyche" or soul of an individual, as well as the interactions between the biological organism and its physical and social environment. Throughout the evolution of psychology, scientific study and...
Language arts (Middle school); Parental involvement; Caregivers; Influence (Psychology)
This study investigates ways that care givers can positively influence gifted children to achieve in the area of language arts. Various methods of care giver involvement are reviewed and data is analyzed to determine which types of involvement...
The intent of this research project was to purify the Shigella flexneri virulence plasmid without the use of ultra-centrifugation. The ultra-centrifugation is the most commonly used technique; however the PFGE has proven to isolate the plasmid...
Psychology and religion; Mental health -- Religious aspects
Throughout the evolution of psychology, scientific study and religion have been
separated into independent realms of knowledge; probably due in large part to the
exclusion of religious experience from secular life in Western culture. The area...
This research focuses on the role of pictures in elementary mathematics, specifically algebra. The participants in the study were elementary algebra students in Math 099 at Central Connecticut State University, chosen for this study based on their...
Cyprus -- Politics and government -- 1960-2004; Cyprus -- Politics and government -- 2004-; Cyprus -- History -- Cyprus Crisis, 1974-; Cyprus -- Social conditions -- 1960-; Cyprus, Northern
In 1974, the island of Cyprus underwent a drastic geographical change that separated, by force, the population of the island. Though not uneventful, the island's history has shown that for centuries, both Greek and Turkish Cypriots lived together....
English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Foreign speakers; English language -- Written English
The overall purpose of this project was to identify and examine instructional practices, specifically in the realm of written expression, in regular classrooms attempting to meet the academic needs of second language learners in the intermediate...
