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"Identity in the making" in an adolescent new media maker experience : the role of interest, figured worlds, and use of authentic tools and practices

Creator:: Wyld, Jennifer N.
Abstract:: Human development researchers consider adolescence a rich time for interest development and identity exploration. A relatively new movement in the Free-Choice Learning (FCL) arena, the Maker movement, offers learners interest-driven, experiential, often collaborative, and process-oriented activities ranging from game design (computer-based and otherwise) and robotics, to sewing LEDs into clothing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

"Instead of tumbleweed, we have mitigation systems" : an ethnography of toxics risk, mitigation, and advocacy in IBM's deindustrialized birthplace

Creator:: Little, Peter C.
Abstract:: This dissertation draws on ethnographic data and political ecological theory to analyze the experience of residents living in the IBM-Endicott Superfund site in Endicott, New York. Combining in-depth narratives and quantitative measures from a household survey, it highlights residents' perceptions of 1) environmental health risk, 2) risk mitigation, 3) deindustrialization...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

"Playing with computers" : the hidden impact of the computer in a school

Creator:: Turner, Martha I.
Abstract:: The topic of this study is the cultural impact of the computer in a school. "Impact" is 'defined as the cultural consequences of intended and unintended learning that occur when computers are used in the school. The major theoretical orientations of the work include the concepts of manifest and latent...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Impact of the Computer in a School Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: William R. Fielder The

"Pretty and patriotic" : women's consumption of apparel during World War II

Creator:: Mower, Jennifer M.
Abstract:: The War Production Board issued limitation order 85 in April 1942 in order to conserve fabric and manpower needed for the war effort. The L-85 order froze the silhouette so no major style changes in women's wear would occur during the war. It is clear that on the one hand...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ," in The Rise and Fall of the New Deal Order, 1930-1980, eds. Steve Fraser and Gary Gerstle (Princeton

“We’ll Be That Kid That You Think We Are” : The Influences of Stigma and Interactions with Important Adults on Youth Identity Development in a Rural Context

Creator:: Lile, Joy R.
Abstract:: Adolescence is a developmental stage marked by crystallization in individuals’ sense of identity (Erikson, 1994; Harter, 1999). Research on positive youth development stresses the ways in which thriving trajectories during adolescence contribute to positive lifelong outcomes (Lerner & Overton, 2008; Scales, Benson, & Roehlkepartain, 2011) A symbolic interactionism perspective (Mead,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Joy R. Lile for

(re)Presenting in a global village : students of color and the study abroad international experience

Creator:: Davis-White Eyes, Allison
Abstract:: Post-secondary education institutions across the United States are increasingly allocating resources to promote international education exchange programs as a pedagogical praxis to develop students into global citizens. Underlying such notions of global citizenship is the assumption that students will also develop a stronger post-national or cosmopolitan identity as a result...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

⁵⁴Mn, ⁵⁶Ni, and ¹⁴⁴Pm as cosmic-ray chronometers

Creator:: Zaerpoor, Koorosh
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in my progress, and facilitating my first trip to ORNL. James Guinn, Smith T. Powell and Steve Boyce

A beta dosimeter and spectrometer utilizing plastic scintillators and a large-area avalanche photodiode

Creator:: Kriss, Aaron A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to develop and test a radiation detector to perform beta dosimetry and spectroscopy. The detector utilizes plastic scintillator volumes to produce scintillation light in proportion to the amount of energy deposited in them, and a large-area avalanche photodiode to convert the light to electrical...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: his expertise with me; Professors Palmer and Binney, for assistance with MCNP; and to Steve Smith

A biogeochemical study of manganese in the estuarine zone

Creator:: Flegal, Arthur Russell
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Steve Davis just humored me. Additionally, I would like to thank Dr. Wang and the following peopie

A biomechanical and physiological comparison of deep-water running styles

Creator:: Killgore, Garry L.
Abstract:: Purpose: The purpose of this investigation was to identify a deep-water running (DWR) style that most closely approximates terrestrial running. Methods: Twenty healthy male and female intercollegiate (NCAA III) distance runners were videotaped from the right sagittal view while running on a treadmill (TR) and in deep water at 55-60%...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: monetary or equipment support of this project: my brother and Linfield alumnus, Steve Killgore for his

ScholarsArchive@OSU

"Identity in the making" in an adolescent new media maker experience : the role of interest, figured worlds, and use of authentic tools and practices

"Instead of tumbleweed, we have mitigation systems" : an ethnography of toxics risk, mitigation, and advocacy in IBM's deindustrialized birthplace

"Playing with computers" : the hidden impact of the computer in a school

"Pretty and patriotic" : women's consumption of apparel during World War II

“We’ll Be That Kid That You Think We Are” : The Influences of Stigma and Interactions with Important Adults on Youth Identity Development in a Rural Context

(re)Presenting in a global village : students of color and the study abroad international experience

⁵⁴Mn, ⁵⁶Ni, and ¹⁴⁴Pm as cosmic-ray chronometers

A beta dosimeter and spectrometer utilizing plastic scintillators and a large-area avalanche photodiode

A biogeochemical study of manganese in the estuarine zone

A biomechanical and physiological comparison of deep-water running styles

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