English language -- United States -- Foreign words and phrases -- Spanish; English language -- United States -- Foreign elements -- Spanish; English language -- Variation -- United States; Spanish language -- Influence on English; Hispanic...
Spanglish is a catch-all term for a way of speaking by some Spanish-English bilinguals that has been disparaged, maligned, and vilified by both monolingual Spanish and monolingual English groups alike, with criticism towards it extending from even...
Repeated exposure to addictive drugs causes unmistakable changes to occur on both a neuronal and a behavioral level. Certain circuits in the brain of an addict are forced to change and adapt to an environment of drug-induced chemical imbalance....
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...
Problem solving -- Education (Elementary); Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Mathematical problem solving is a complicated process involving many components.
Here, an historical overview of the study of the effect of problem solving instruction is
presented. The roles of contributing factors, such as the students'...
To date, the exact etiology of migraine remains unknown. However, the medical community has accepted Moskowitz’s trigeminovascular hypothesis as the most acceptable explanation. Moskowitz proposes that both the trigeminovascular system and the...
Despite the efforts of American Academy of Pediatrics and other supporting breastfeeding protocols, the reluctance to breastfeed is a major problem throughout the world. Studies have suggested that breastfeeding is the optimal source of infant food...
Police agencies across the nation have utilized citizen surveys as one tool in
measuring the success of their agency. For policy-makers, citizen surveys provide key
information to help agencies adapt their practices to best meet the needs and...
Spelling games; English language -- Orthography and spelling -- Study and teaching (Elementary); English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Language arts (Elementary)
The purpose of this research project was to examine the effectiveness of the relationship between spelling and writing. As I looped with my first grade class into second grade I wondered how the spelling program, Cast-a-Spell, would impact the...
The focus on communities and their impact on characters, individually and in
groups, is a major theme that runs throughout Toni Morrison's novels. It is when the
communities are in conflict with each other and their members that Morrison reveals...
Water quality monitoring stations -- Connecticut; Environmental monitoring -- Connecticut
Estuaries are rich in nutrients, such as nitrogen which may limit plant growth in coastal water bodies. Organic enrichment caused by allochthonous inputs of nitrogen has been shown to have adverse affects on water quality in estuaries. When...
Although high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLCC) is the standard technique for the analysis of most pharmaceutical finished products and raw materials, voltammetric techniques, such as cyclic voltammetry, are rarely used for such analyses....
Ahearn et al. (J. Heredity 93:210-213) have previously shown that the rat fuzzy and Charles River "hairless" mutations are defects in the same gene on rat Chromosome 1, and are likely orthologues of mouse frizzy (abbreviated fr) on mouse Chromosome...
Dietary restraint is defined as the conscious restriction of food intake with the
intention of weight control. Research has shown that emotions can have an effect on
eating behavior in restrained and unrestrained individuals. Studies have reported...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Academic achievement -- Evaluation; Educational tests and measurements
The use of formative assessment has come to the forefront as a means of enhancing student achievement in mathematics. The hallmarks of formative assessment are questioning, immediate feedback to teachers and students, peer-review, task-focused...
Academic achievement -- Evaluation; Mathematics -- Study and teaching
The purpose of this thesis is to examine and explore the implementation of formative assessment in a mathematics class and determine its effectiveness in improving student achievement in mathematics. Wiliam and Black (1998) define formative...
Sex role -- Spain; Women -- Spain -- Identity; Women in motion pictures
In an effort to further develop the use of film as an educational tool, the topic of women's roles in society through film was chosen. This study focuses on the changing roles of women in Spanish culture as portrayed in Spanish film in recent...
Language and languages -- Study and teaching; Spanish language -- Study and teaching
In an effort to further research the use and benefits of authentic literature in the foreign language classroom this action research has been proposed. The qualitative study focused on appropriate techniques and strategies in order to engage middle...
Although sports related injuries have shown a decline since the 1960's, the incidence of concussion seems to have risen. It is estimated that soccer players suffer significant concussion during their playing career. The resulting memory, cognitive...
The ways in which an individual views the self and others in the context of close relationships has been shown to influence how stress is both managed and coped with. However, questions remain about the mechanisms through which an individual’s...
The strength and conditioning community has seen a growing number of research studies related to the effects that resistance training might have in enhancing physical performance in athletics. In an effort to determine the optimal program or method...
