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Creator:: Wolfkill, Karlan Stephen
Abstract:: The complexity of numerical ocean circulation models requires careful checking with a variety of test problems. The purpose of this paper is to develop a test problem involving Rossby and gravity waves in a two-layer fluid in a channel. The goal is to compute very accurate solutions to this test...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Approximations of Rossby and Gravity Waves in a Two-layer Fluid Abstract approved: Robert L. Higdon The

Creator:: Phillips, Donna Kalmbach
Abstract:: This dissertation expands the theory of subjectivity by examining how discourses behave. Of particular intent here is the subjectivity of preservice teachers. Students from Oregon State University's Masters of Arts in Teaching program volunteered as participants. Audio-taped sessions of their small group talk about gender issues and education, dialogue journals,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee: Dr. Ken Winograd, Dr Karen Higgins, Dr. Judy Osborne, Dr. Lisa Ede, and Dr. Lani Roberts (Thanks

Creator:: Munyaka, Golden
Abstract:: This study is a critical ethnography of my professional career as an educator born and raised in the Shona culture in Zimbabwe. In this metaphysical study I reconstruct a worldview that I consider to be representative of Shona customs and beliefs. Doing this project has challenged my own ethnic identity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: biases at a time when I had almost lost hope; Professor Karen Higgins for introducing me to radical

Creator:: Moule, Jean Golson
Abstract:: In the past decade, issues related to cultural diversity and pluralism have risen to the forefront in education. The increasing cultural diversity in American classrooms and communities requires preservice teachers to be ready to promote multiple perspectives within their curricula and among their students. The purpose of this study was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: better committee. Professors Karen Higgins, Barbara McEwan, Ken Winograd, and Dawn Wright faithfully

Creator:: Thatcher, Valory Rae Anna
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the issues involved with implementing and using pedagogies of engagement in community college STEM courses. The rationale for this study was based on current and emerging STEM education policy directives calling for an updated approach to teaching undergraduates, focused on student engagement,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of my committee: Dr. Jim Arnold, Dr. Kate Dins, Dr. Brian Flay, Dr. Karen Higgins, and especially

Creator:: Tapaha, Oliver G.
Abstract:: This manuscript-style dissertation explores Diné (Navajo) education and teaching in the context of a research project that negotiated the demands of both Navajo Nation IRB and Oregon State University IRB. In the first manuscript, the researcher examines his journey of using cultural resilience strategies to succeed in the education system...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Dr. Phyllis Egby, Dr. Lani Roberts, Dr. Charles “Monty” Roessel, Kent Tomah, Juanita Tomah, Janie

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