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Reflexivity In Sociolinguistics, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.

High-Stakes Testing: Can Rapid Assessment Reduce The Pressure?, Stuart S. Yeh

Stuart S Yeh

This article presents findings about the implementation of a system for rapidly assessing student progress in math and reading in grades K–12—a system that potentially could reduce pressure on teachers resulting from high-stakes testing and the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act. Interviews with 49 teachers and administrators in one Texas school district suggest that the assessments allowed teachers to individualize and target instruction; provide more tutoring; reduce drill and practice; and improve student readiness for, and spend more time on, critical thinking activities, resulting in a more balanced curriculum. Teachers reported that the assessments provided a common …

La Sociología Aplicada, Manuel Fernández-Esquinas

Manuel Fernández-Esquinas

Este artículo expone un marco de análisis que ayude a entender las características de la sociología aplicada. A saber, la tarea sociológica que se orienta a resolver problemas prácticos más que a ofrecer nuevas contribuciones al entendimiento de los fenómenos sociales. En la primera parte se realiza una breve historia del concepto y se tratan los problemas que surgen cuando se hacen demarcaciones rígidas con otros tipos de investigación. En la segunda parte se abordan los conocimientos que resultan de la sociología aplicada. Se dibuja un marco conceptual referido a formas organizativas típicas para investigación básica y aplicada, y se …

The Hidden Potential Of Macroeconomics In Mba Programs For Ceo Decision Making, Peter Navarro

PETER NAVARRO

Macroeconomics is a subject that has profound strategic and tactical implications for CEO decision making -- yet many top- ranked business schools do not offer this subject in it's appropriately integrative and applied management context. This essay illustrates how the cultivation of "macroeconomic literacy" in the MBA classroom using four innovative instructional strategies can improve CEO decision making across all functional areas of the firm while helping to meet important AACSB learning goals, including curriculum integration, application of interactive teaching strategies, soft skills enhancement, and promoting a global perspective.

Assessment Of National Women's Machineries In Turkey, Nuket Kardam

Nüket Kardam

No abstract provided.

Teach Me, But Don't Disagree With Me, Jodi Fisler, John D. Foubert

John D. Foubert

The intersections between civil discourse, cognitive development, student learning, and ideological bias are discussed in the context of the college campus.

Effects Of Two Versions Of An Empathy-Based Rape Prevention Program On Fraternity Men’S Rape Survivor Empathy, Rape Myth Acceptance, Likelihood Of Raping, And Likelihood Of Committing Sexual Assault., John D. Foubert, J. T. Newberry

John D. Foubert

Fraternity men (N = 261) at a small to midsized public university saw one of two versions of a rape prevention program or were in a control group. Program participants reported significant increases in empathy toward rape survivors and significant declines in rape myth acceptance, likelihood of raping, and likelihood of committing sexual assault. Program participants’ scores significantly differed from an untreated control group in several areas. Implications for describing a male-on-male rape to increase men’s empathy toward female survivors and other related attitudes are discussed.

Guiding Principles For University Crisis Management In The Age Of Elevated Terrorist Threats., John D. Foubert, Dallas N. Garner, Catherine Golden, Kara Miller

John D. Foubert

In light of post 9/11/01 realities, we studied the need for retooling crisis management plans on college campuses. A review of the literature, expert interviews, and document analysis yielded several promising practices to be included in recommended guidelines for crisis management plans.

A Social History Of Psychology And From Séance To Science, Jill G. Morawski

Jill G. Morawski

No abstract provided.

Student Assistant Training In A Small Academic Library, Ruth S. Connell, Trisha Mileham

Ruth S. Connell

At Valparaiso University's main library, the Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources (formerly the Moellering Library), student employees are an integral part of day-to-day operations. Students work at the reference desk and must be able to handle reference questions. Since the fall 2000 semester, the Reference Services Librarian has been creating a training program for the student assistants, consisting of an initial training period and a series of quizzes combined with review sessions. Student assistants are also indispensable in Instruction Services. These students are charged with library web site and instruction materials' updates. Methods, lessons learned throughout the process, …

The Politics Of Cyberconflict, Athina Karatzogianni Dr

Athina Karatzogianni

The thrust of this analysis is to disclose the extent to which the internet has affected politics and political conflict in particular (cyberconflict) and provide a theoretical framework for explaining this phenomenon. The aim of the book is to first theoretically and then empirically locate and introduce the new issues confronting global politics today, due to the impact of new communication technologies.

The Iraq War: The Economic Costs, Katrina Kosec, Scott Wallsten

Katrina Kosec

No abstract provided.

Análisis Económico Y Estratégico Del Sector De La Hostelería De Sevilla. Hacia La Excelencia Gastronómica, José Ignacio Castillo Manzano, Lourdes López Valpuesta, Miryam González Limón, Esther Gómez Quero, Juan Pedro Asencio Flores

Juan Pedro Asencio Flores

No abstract provided.

Policy Challenges From The "White" Senate Inquiry Into Workplace-Related Health Impacts Of Toxic Dusts And Nanoparticles, Thomas A. Faunce, Haydn Walters, Trevor Williams, David Bryant, Martin Jennings, Bill Musk

Thomas A Faunce

On 22 June 2005 the Senate of the Commonwealth of Australia voted to establish an inquiry into workplace harm related to toxic dust and emerging technologies (including nanoparticles). The inquiry became known as the "White" Inquiry after Mr Richard White, a financially uncompensated sufferer of industrial sandblasting-induced lung disease who was instrumental in its establishment. The "White" Inquiry delivered its final report and recommendations on 31 May 2006. This paper examines whether these recommendations and their implementation may provide a unique opportunity not only to modernize relevant monitoring standards and processes, but related compensation systems for disease associated with workplace-related …

Eye Of The Needle, David J. Malebranche

David J Malebranche

No abstract provided.

Publicationharvester: An Open-Source Software Tool For Science Policy Research, Pierre Azoulay, Andrew Stellman, Joshua Graff Zivin

Joshua Graff Zivin

No abstract provided.

Superfund, Hedonics, And The Scales Of Environmental Justice, Douglas S. Noonan, Brett M. Baden, Rama Mohana Turaga

Douglas S. Noonan

The environmental justice (EJ) movement now occupies a prominent position in environmental policy. EJ is a core principle for thousands of grassroots environmental organizations, is the subject of a Presidential executive order and an office in the EPA, and recently served to frame how the nation viewed the tragic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. This paper contributes to the research on environmental equity by (a) improving on traditional environmental justice research by incorporating results from economic analyses, and (b) presenting new evidence on the distributional equity of Superfund site locations at multiple scales. Choosing the correct spatial scale for analysis continues …

The Populist Chameleon: The People's Party, Huey Long, George Wallace, And The Populist Argumentative Frame, Michael J. Lee

Michael J Lee

This essay argues that a sustained form can be located in the complicated history of populist rhetoric. Despite its chameleonic qualities, the advancement of populism is constituted by alterations in the focus and content, not the structure, of populist activism. This structure, or what I term its argumentative frame, positions a virtuous people against a powerful enemy and expresses disdain toward traditional forms of democratic deliberation and republican representation. I trace these themes through the rhetoric of the People's Party, Huey Long, and George Wallace. I conclude by analyzing the link between populism's persistence in U.S. history and the nation's …

Investigation Of Predatory Practices In The Brazilian Beer Markets, Lucia H. Salgado, Alessandro V. Oliveira, Natalia S. Ferreira

Lucia Helena Salgado

This paper aims at making inference regarding the competitive conduct of beer manufacturers in Brazil and at investigating alleged predatory behavior in the market from data disaggregated at the brand level. By making use of the theoretical framework on predation and of the New Empirical Industrial Organization methodology, we propose a structural model of conduct, based on a game of Bertrand competition with product differentiation, in order to better represent rivalry among players in this important market. Final results revealed that it is not possible to reject the hypothesis that the dominant firm presented over-competitive conduct for some of its …

Los Jóvenes Y La Creación De Empresas, Manuel Fernández-Esquinas

Manuel Fernández-Esquinas

Se suele considerar emprendedor a aquél que asume un riesgo creando un negocio. Desde este punto de vista, el fenómeno emprendedor es el proceso de creación de nuevas entidades económicas –generalmente pequeñas y medianas empresas– por el que algunas personas intentan explotar oportunidades de negocio combinando los recursos que tienen a su alcance. Este libro trata del fenómeno emprendedor en el colectivo juvenil en Andalucía. Se ocupa de los aspectos sociales relacionados con el autoempleo y la creación de empresas por parte los jóvenes, prestando especial atención a aquellos que parten de una situación caracterizada por una falta relativa de …

A Survey Of The Extent Of Utilization Of Services Of University Of Lagos Library, Olatokunbo Christopher Okiki

OKIKI OLATOKUNBO CHRISTOPHER

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Thinking For Speaking About Motion: L1 And L2 Speech And Gesture, Gale Stam

Gale Stam, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

African Retentions In Go Tell It On On The Mountain (From Dr. Henderson's Book), Babacar Mbaye

Babacar Mbaye

No abstract provided.

Marcus Garvey And African Francophone Political Leaders.Pdf, Babacar Mbaye

Babacar Mbaye

No abstract provided.

The Informal Economy In Mexico: An Alternative Labor Market, Daniel Tapia, Carlos Marquez Padilla

Daniel Tapia

No abstract provided.

Hábitat Y Pobreza: Los Objetivos De Desarrollo Del Milenio Desde La Ciudad, Alfredo Bateman, Andres Alonso, Fabio Giraldo, Jon García

Alfredo Bateman

No abstract provided.

La Microfinanciación De La Vivienda: Hacia La Configuración De Un Nuevo Sistema Habitacional, Alfredo Bateman, Fabio Giraldo, Andres Alonso, Gisela Labrador

Alfredo Bateman

No abstract provided.

Aliens Amok: Men In Black Policing Subjectivity Onscreen.Pdf, Kirby Farrell

kirby farrell

Residential Colleges, Paul J. Rich

Paul J. Rich

Starting as an undergraduate in one of Harvard's residential colleges, Dunster House, and reinforced by being a life governor of an Oxford college (Harris Manchester) as well as a sometime resident in Mitchell Hall of Makerere University in Uganda and St. George's College in the University of Western Australia, I have long been an advocate of the residential college as an important part of tertiary education. While this is a somewhat pidgin translation, it commemorates an association with one such college in Mexico.

Walter Beach, Paul J. Rich

Paul J. Rich

A variation of these remarks was part of the memorial service I led for Walter at the Southern Political Science and American Political Science Associations after his death, and was published in the Policy Studies Journal and Review of Policy Research. He was my predecessor as President of the Policy Studies Organization and he also was a friend and mentor. We miss him dearly but fortunately he lived long enough to see the PSO move to Washington, only a couple blocks from his office.