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  • Integrating Web2Quest technologies into multicultural education courses in Taiwan : a potential for globalization

    Creator:
    Lin, Limei Grace
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    The purpose of this study was to investigate three research questions: (1) What are the attitudes and beliefs of the pre-service teachers and teacher educators regarding multicultural education, and how do the teacher educators prepare the pre-service teachers to meet the needs of diverse K-12 students in Taiwan? (2) To...
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    Abstract approved: _____________________________________________________________________ Chris L. Ward

  • Technology in college classrooms : an action research examining the use of PowerPoint in ELL classrooms

    Creator:
    Zhang, Weiwei
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    This research looks at the use of PowerPoint as an instructional tool for teaching English language learners (ELL) who studied in a language program at a state university in the Pacific Northwest. The purpose of the research was to discover and to explore the perceptions of PowerPoint supported teaching and...
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    : _______________________________________________________________ Chris L. Ward This research looks at the

  • The effect of videotaped poetry readings on students' responses to poetry

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    Bernhisel, Donna
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    This research study focused on the ways that reading poetry in print differs from viewing poetry in performance and the effect this had on comprehension and appreciation. Videotaped poetry readings provided students with opportunities to experience poetry in performance. Because very little had been researched in this area, a grounded...
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Chris L. Ward This research study focused on the ways that reading poetry in print differs

  • Instructors as learning managers : span of control as a factor of class size in higher education

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    McKiel, Carol J.
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    Research suggests that a key factor in student persistence and success is the relationships students form with faculty (Chickering & Gamson, 1991; Kuh et al., 2005; Tinto, 1987). While it appears to be intuitive that small classes would promote these instructor/student relationships, research on class size provides conflicting results, with...
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    . Ward Research suggests that a key factor in student persistence and success is the relationships

  • Engineering an Ex-Vivo System to Study Transport Phenomena in the Human Intervertebral Disc

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    Shalash, Ward
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    Back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, entailing a significant socioeconomic impact. A primary source of back pain can be attributed to intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration allowing nerve ingrowth, facet joint arthritis, disc bulging, and osteophyte formations that press on nearby nerve roots or the spinal cord. While...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Ward Shalash for

  • Radically reframing environmental problems : The Salmon 2100 case study

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    Lane, David Earl
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    There are typically two responses to the complex environmental problems of our time: 1) doom and gloom and 2) optimism. There is a lot of doom and gloom in the environmental literature. This literature warns that the future portends danger for humans and their life support systems. But when one...
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    David Earl Lane for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Sciences on December 16, 2009

  • A National Five-Year Exploratory and Descriptive Analysis of Two-Year Public College Graduation Rates at Branch Compared to Non-Branch Campuses

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    Harrison, Faimous J. L.
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    Branch campuses play an important part in postsecondary degree attainment by providing place-bound students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds in different geographical regions access to education that is convenient. Their heterogeneousness structures, including enrollment size, communities, and populations served, are not accurately reflected in the majority of the research. Currently, there...
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    , and guidance throughout this process. Third, I want to thank the members of my committee, Dr. Earl

  • Voices of experience : understanding and enhancing successful conflict management by community college presidents

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    Zanjani, Mellissia M.
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    The purpose of this research study was to enhance understanding of successful conflict management by community college Presidents through highlighting and describing conflict experiences with the faculty union or the board of trustees in a community college context. The following questions guided the research: (a) How do community college Presidents...
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    , Dr. Earl P. “Joe” Johnson; Dr. Steven Rubert, Graduate council representative, and Dr. Mary

  • Aging in place : a contemporary social phenomenon

    Creator:
    Lee, Megan
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    Most aging individuals prefer to remain in a self-determined home environment, and generally aging adults want to remain in the same home or same community. The benefits of remaining in a self-determined private home environment while aging have been established. Because individuals present a diversity of needs, it takes interdisciplinary...
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    grateful for the crossing of our paths . Thank you to Dr. Chris Ward for your generous service on my

  • Understanding school bullying and workplace abuse in a Taiwanese context

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    Lin, Yu-Hui
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    Bullying prevents its targets from enjoying a safe, stress-free living, learning, and working environment. For most children, bullying experiences will be merely unpleasant childhood memories. This remains the same in adult's working environment. During the past decade, the concept of workplace abuse has had an increasing resonance within western countries....
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    . Chunhuei Chi, Dr. Chris Ward, Dr. Juanita Lamley, and Dr. Bernadine C. Strik for their time and support