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  • Barriers to Implementation of Comprehensive Behavior Support Planning in Schools

    Creator:
    Wilcox, Bailey E.
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    Student problem behavior continues to be a primary concern in schools and, as resources decrease and greater burden is placed upon teachers, schools are pursuing better ways to mange student behavior. Researchers have continually found that when correctly implemented, Positive Behavior Supports (PBS) is an effective system for mitigating problem...
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    : ______________________________________! Teri Lewis Student problem behavior continues to be a primary

  • Of dragons, palaces, and gods : a mormon perspective on C. S. Lewis

    Creator:
    Garrett, Christopher Edward
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    During his lifetime C. S. Lewis chose to speak to Christians in plain and simple language that they could understand. Lewis taught and defended truths that he felt were discernible through reason. Morality, free will, and the divinity of Jesus Christ were fundamental to his core beliefs and teachings. His...
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    . Lewis An Abstract of the Thesis of Christopher Edward Garrett for the degree ofMaster ofArts in

  • Central and Peripheral Nervous System Underpinnings of Moral Elevation

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    Piper, Walter T.
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    The present study characterized physiological responsivity during moral elevation, or elevation, a prosocial emotional state triggered by witnessing displays of altruism and moral beauty. Participants watched video stimuli that induced elevation, or amusement as a control condition, while heart rate (HR), respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), skin conductance responses (SCR), and...
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    OF THE THESIS OF Walter T. Piper for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in

  • The Guess & Check: Evaluating the Usability and Effectiveness of a Primary Prevention Assessment Tool for Classroom Teachers

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    Kittelman, Angus J.
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    Schools are continually faced with the challenge of providing students with a comprehensive system of support. Previous research based on the practices and systems of Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) suggests that having effective primary prevention measures in place can help to reduce problem behavior before it occurs (Ingram,...
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    Teachers Abstract approved: Teri L. Lewis Schools are continually faced with the challenge of

  • Institutionalizing Science in Oregon : The Role of the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914

    Creator:
    Read, Richard Thomas
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    In February 1905 the Oregon State Academy of Sciences formed in Portland to promote scientific research and diffusion of scientific knowledge in Oregon. The founders also planned to assist in the discovery and development of the state's natural resources. The Academy was the first scientific society in Oregon with professional...
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    demeanor matured and various social institutions were established. The Lewis and Clark Centennial

  • Reverend Jesse Jackson's Rhetorical Strategy : A Case for the Functional Role of Narratio

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    Bruno, Edward Louis
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    The purpose of this study is to investigate the rhetorical strategies used by Reverend Jesse L. Jackson from the 1970's to the 1990's. Specifically, this study examines Jackson's use of narrative to empower himself, his constituency, and his political ideologies without possessing a traditional political platform. Jackson raised political and...
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    . Lewis noted how Ronald Reagan relied on the narrative form to "direct his policies, ground his

  • Man and the land : an ecological history of fire and grazing on eastern Oregon rangelands

    Creator:
    Shinn, Dean Allison
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    Ecological and historical information are combined in examining the environmental influence of fire and grazing on rangelands in eastern Oregon through time. Competitive relationships between herbaceous and woody flora in the northern Great Basin are discussed, focusing broadly on the shrubsteppe regions 'of Franklin and Dyrness (1973) but with special...
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    ; Irving, 1955; Lewis and Clark, 1959; Minto, 1900; Ogden, 1961, 1971; Palmer, 1906; Townsend, 1905

  • A Critique of the Secondary Literature on Weimar Film : The Importance of the Weimar Film Industry

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    Goesch, Tamara Dawn
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    Only when all aspects of the German film industry of the 1920's have been fully analyzed and understood will "Weimar film" be truly comprehensible. Once this has been achieved the study of this phenomenon will fulfill its potential and provide accurate insights into the Weimar era. Ambitious psychoanalytic studies of...
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    as Outsider (New York: Harper & Row, 1968); Walter Laqueur, Weimar: A Cultural His- tory (New York

  • Frank and Friendly Pressure : U.S. Liberal Interventionism in the Early Cold War

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    Fuller, Kevin J.
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    U.S. foreign policy during the period between World War II and the Vietnam War has been described as part of a “nation-­‐building” or “liberal” grand strategy. This thesis contends that understanding U.S. efforts to influence the internal affairs of sovereign states through the spread of liberal values and institutions during...
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     of  U.S.  foreign  policy.     John  Lewis  Gaddis  reflects  the  broad

  • Kinship, Environment and the Forest Service : Homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

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    Prior, Jan M.
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    The settlement history of a remote area in the Coast Range of Oregon, from the 1870s to the 1930s, is examined through factors that may have influenced the success or failure, and length of residence of the homesteaders and later residents. Despite the rugged and isolated location, a small community...
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    as a collection of photographs. She and her husband, Walter, also traveled out to the homesteads on