http://hdl.handle.net/1957/2871 2013-05-25T03:28:22Z 2013-05-25T03:28:22Z Lopez Melton, Robyn http://hdl.handle.net/1957/6768 2007-10-30T07:02:24Z 2007-10-29T16:57:31Z

From here and there : crossing cultural borders and permeating the Piel de Palabras Lopez Melton, Robyn Immigrants must cross two barriers when entering the United States, the physical border and a cultural border created by a set of exclusive cultural values and profits-before-people economic ethics. Immigrants, coerced by unstable and desperate economic situations, risk their lives and leave behind their families to cross the physical border in search of something better for their children. After replanting themselves in a strange land they are faced with the second, cultural border. This border manifests in the lives of immigrants as oppression and exploitation. Language, in the form of pieles de palabras, delimits immigrants by alienating and criminalizing their identities. Our economic system and our own participation in the exploitation and oppression of this community hide immigrants from our consciousness, placing a metaphoric tinted window between immigrants and our consciousness. Despite alienation and blatant discrimination, immigrants build lives, families and communities. The push and pull between the immigrants’ culture of origin and the mainstream American culture leaves the immigrants in a unique placeless space coined by Gloria Anzaldúa “the borderlands.” This psychological space is a space of great oppression, but because normal cultural rules do not apply in the borderlands, it can be a place of great opportunity. The borderlands create a space where language and culture can be reinvented and a new inclusive consciousness can be carved, in which the tinted glass is shattered and the piel de palabras is permeated.

2007-10-29T16:57:31Z Hummell, Cassandra McKay, Erin http://hdl.handle.net/1957/2892 2006-10-23T07:28:52Z 2006-08-14T15:32:11Z

Maximizing soil moisture through mulch and slash applications Hummell, Cassandra; McKay, Erin Restoration projects that involve revegetation efforts are often confronted with problems of desiccation. Several studies have shown that mulching, or laying organic material over the surface of the soil, can be very effective in helping to retain soil moisture and avoid desiccation. To determine the effects of moisture retention in soil that is influenced by mulch, we equally distributed two treatments—bark and slash mulch, and a control, across 72 one meter square plots, and measured relative soil moisture 20 days after treatment. Soil moisture was found to be significantly higher in subplots with bark mulch application, and slightly higher in subplots with juniper/pine slash applications than in control plots. This study shows that mulch applications can help prevent soil desiccation which may improve seedling survival. Poster from 2006 Cascades student poster session.

2006-08-14T15:32:11Z Tanler, Hayley http://hdl.handle.net/1957/2891 2006-10-23T07:31:07Z 2006-08-14T15:29:52Z

Math journaling as a self-regulated learning technique in the fifth-grade classroom Tanler, Hayley Self-regulated learners are students who take an active role in their education and have the desire to become more competent and more capable as learners (Zimmerman, 1990). Teaching student skills to be more self-regulated has been shown to help students improve their thinking and organizational skills (Pape, Bell, & Yetkin, 2003). The present research looks at a way that educators can attempt to guide their students towards becoming more self-regulated in their learning. Provoking thought with a specific activity like journaling gives students opportunities for selfevaluation and independent problem solving; important skills for self-regulated learners (Paris & Paris, 2001). The journaling treatment presented to these students was designed as a metacognitive activity intended to help them discover how they learn math best. Poster from 2006 Cascades student poster session.

2006-08-14T15:29:52Z Whittle, Heather Hobson, Whitney http://hdl.handle.net/1957/2890 2006-10-23T07:31:06Z 2006-08-14T15:27:56Z

Small mammal population survey in thinned ponderosa pine forest Whittle, Heather; Hobson, Whitney Small mammal populations are vital to the Metolius Forest Preserve. The forest preserve is undergoing selective thinning, which may affect small mammal populations in the forest. Our null hypothesis is that small mammal populations are not affected by the treatment of the forest. In addition to the null hypothesis, we have predicted that there are short-term effects that will contribute to a rise in the numbers of small mammals in the treated sites when compared to data that is obtained in identical future surveys. To test the null hypothesis, small mammal traps were set up on 9 experimental plots. Two plots were set up for four non-consecutive nights, and an additional control plot was set up in an un-logged area in the same forest. Four deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) were caught in untreated areas only. In conclusion, small mammal populations are probably effected by the thinning of the Metolius Forest Preserve. Poster from 2006 Cascades student poster session.

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