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Creator:: Muniz, Gloria J. Bock
Abstract:: There are more than 6,900 known living languages in the world, half of which could be extinct within one hundred years. Approximately 150 indigenous American languages are still spoken in the United States; however, it is estimated that by the year 2050 only twenty of them will remain. Language preservation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: spoken in the United States; however, it is estimated that by the year 2050 only twenty of them will

Creator:: Swangrojn, Porntip
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate solution strategies that Thai second graders used to solve addition and subtraction word problems. Fifty-eight children participated in this study, 40 children took a written test, and 18 children participated in an interview. In addition, two classrooms were selected for observation, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: used to solve word problems were not different from those used by children in United States and other

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:: it possible for me to study in the United States. As an international student, I want to take this

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:: context of a research project that negotiated the demands of both Navajo Nation IRB and Oregon State

Creator:: Edwards, Darcy
Abstract:: This is a qualitative research project that seeks to understand the meanings that Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CADC's) have ascribed to their life experiences in relation to their choices about higher education. The participants are four Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors in Oregon who have less than bachelor degrees....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

Creator:: Mazzotta, Margaret Ann
Abstract:: Many youth are able to be successful in the traditional school setting. Large numbers are not successful. Dropout rates are alarming. There is little research that examines the drop out problem from the perspective of the youth. Traditionally programs that are designed to help have been designed by adults. This...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: El Salvadore and the United States government's lack of action to hold accountable those who were

Creator:: Temes, Carla A.
Abstract:: Five student-researchers and the author engaged in a continually-evolving, student-driven qualitative research study. Despite significant disadvantages, including navigating a. foreign culture without speaking the language, these invulnerable learners succeeded. Ultimately of greatest interest to the six were an analysis of their collective knowledge and experiences, and their individual transformation over...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Steal from the United States 275 6.3 Mexican People Are Hard Workers 278 6.4 Discrimination

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