Eightmile River (New London County and Middlesex County, Conn.); Water quality -- Connecticut
Anthropogenic influences have significant deleterious impacts on the integrity of aquatic environments. Recent conservation efforts have been directed towards whole watershed management, whereby the quality of surface water is maintained through...
Secondary educators covering the topic of American slavery have the arduous challenge of breaking down one of the darkest periods of United States History. A daunting prospect for the classroom teacher is the idea of helping their students...
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...
Eightmile River (New London County and Middlesex County, Conn.); Water quality -- Connecticut
Water quality is a function of the ecosystem within which the water body exists. Ensuring access to clean water has become a priority for many nations. The waters we rely on for drinking, cleaning, and recreation are affected by factors such as...
Geography -- Study and teaching; Geographic information systems
Geographic illiteracy is a chronic problem in the United States perpetuated, in part, by teachers who lack proper geography education training and by weak state education certification requirements. Initiatives for improving geographic literacy...
The human race is constantly under barrage from uncontrollable forces that never cease. Occasionally, the barrage is notably violent, causing extreme damage, destruction, death, injury, disruption of local and national economies, and changes that...
The eastern spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus holbrookii) is listed endangered in Connecticut having only one viable population in the state. Efforts to understand their distribution in Connecticut are frustrated by both their rarity, and their nocturnal...
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...
In Connecticut, a valid state issued pistol permit allows residents to legally own, operate, and conceal a handgun. Much of the previous research investigating pistol permits examines aggregate level characteristics and focuses on handgun...
Puritans -- New England -- History; Diseases -- Religious aspects -- Puritans.
In historiography, the Puritan/Pilgrims have been viewed as popular extremes capable of murderous destruction or fulfilling the destiny for modern America. In the wake of Puritan settlement, epidemics struck the New England Native Americans. To...
Art appreciation -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
This study involved the development of a comprehensive art education curriculum for the Professional Studies area of the Molepolole College of Education in Botswana. The curriculum will provide students with the ability to understand and appreciate...
This research examined the extent of recorded abuse and neglect with
committed delinquent girls in the State of Connecticut. The study looked at
differences between those girls that have a history of abuse, neglect, abuse and
neglect, and those...
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...
Factories -- Remodeling for other use -- Connecticut -- Middlesex County; Historic buildings -- Remodeling for other use -- Connecticut -- Middlesex County
The purpose of this study, completed in 2007, was to locate and identify the surviving Industrial Revolution century factories in the fifteen towns of Middlesex County, Connecticut and determine if they, as artifacts of America’s “Industrial...
Educational counseling--Connecticut.; Counseling in secondary education--Connecticut.; Counseling in middle school education--Connecticut.
Dissertation advisor: Anthony Rigazio-DiGilio.; Ed.D.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 225-231).
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...
Burn out (Psychology); Correctional personnel -- Job stress
No known studies have been conducted to examine the burnout levels of non-profit practitioners. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the burnout levels of non-profit practitioners who work with criminal justice clients. The main...
The issue of standardized testing is multifaceted and often the subject of much debate. Given the support that these test receive from the current state and federal administrations, with the goals of determining accountability and improving the...
The present study explores the association between gun control laws, the extent of handgun ownership, and the amount of homicide committed with handguns. Data from the year 1990 was obtained for all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. States...
Bunting, Eve, 1928---Criticism and interpretation.; Children's literature--Study and teaching (Elementary)
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Elementary Education."; Thesis advisor: Cara Mulcahy.; M.S.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-77).
