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NATURE AND NURTURE: THE COMPLEX INTERPLAY OF GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND DEVELOPMENT
No full textForeword / Steven E. Hyman -- Preface -- Introduction: Nature and nurture in human behavior and development: a view of the issues / Cynthia García Call, Elaine L. Bearer and Richard M. Lerner -- Ch 1. Genes and the promotion of positive human development: hereditarian versus developmental systems perspectives / Richard M. Lerner -- Ch. 2. How gene-environment interactions influence emotional development in Rhesus Monkeys / Stephen J. Suomi -- Ch. 3. Nature, nurture, and the question of "how?": a phenomenological variant of ecological systems theory / Margaret Beale Spencer and Vinay Harpalani -- Ch. 4. Commentary / Anne Fausto-Sterling -- Ch. 5. Normally occurring environmental and behavioral influences on gene activity: from central dogma to probabilistic epigenesis / Gilbert Gottlieb -- Ch. 6. Beyond heritability: biological process in social context / Richard Rende -- Ch. 7. Uniqueness, diversity, similarity, repeatability, and heritability / Jerry Hirsch -- Ch. 8. Commentary / Lundy Braun -- Ch. 9. Instinct and choice: a framework for analysis / William I. Dickens and Jessica L. Cohen -- Ch. 10. Behavior as influence and result of the genetic program: non-kin rejection, ethnic conflict, and issues in global health care / Elaine L. Bearer -- Ch. 11. Embodied development: ending the nativism-empiricism debate / Willis F. Overton -- Ch. 12. Conclusions: beyond nature versus nurture to more complex, relational, and dynamic developmental systems / Cynthia García Call, Elaine L. Bearer and Richard M. Lerner -- Author index -- Subject inde
Black women advocates in congress: a case study of the agenda setting and legislative sponsorship of Maxine Waters and Cynthia McKinney during the 105th congressional session, 2002
Get PDFThe focus of this study is on United States Congresswomen Maxine Waters and Cynthia McKinney and their advocacy for social justice through their legislative agendas. The rationale for this study is based on the lack of literature and studies that have been conducted on black women in Congress. This case study examines legislation sponsored by the congresswomen during the 105th Congressional Session that covers the years 1997 through 1998. This study finds that both Congresswomen Maxine Waters and Cynthia McKinney almost exclusively sponsor legislation that is socially progressive
Chronicles of Oklahoma
No full textArticle describes the establishment of the University of Oklahoma Press, their unionization efforts, and bargaining with university administrators for benefits. Cynthia J. Wolff provides historical context for the attitudes towards unions during the mid-twentieth century
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Examining the Nature of Interactions which Facilitate Learning and Impact Reading Achievement During a Reading Apprenticeship: A Case Study of At-risk Adolescent Readers
Get PDFThe purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the interactions that take place during a reading apprenticeship which facilitate the learning of reading strategies by adolescent students who are at the middle school level and are still at-risk for reading failure and to investigate how a reading apprenticeship affects reading achievement in the areas of fluency, vocabulary development, comprehension, and the self-perception of the reader. The case study was descriptive and interpretive in nature, and examined two students, each of whom was part of a one-to-one reading apprenticeship. The researcher served as participant observer in both cases and was the teacher in each of the one-to-one reading apprenticeships. The primary data set was qualitative in nature, and elements of quantitative data were also considered. Sessions included pretesting and posttesting using the Classroom Assessment of Reading Processes (Swearingen & Allen, 1997), reading from narrative or expository books, working with words, writing, and dialoguing about the reading. Reading strategies were directly taught, modeled, and reinforced by the teacher/researcher with the goal of the students internalizing the strategies and improving their reading in the areas of fluency, vocabulary development, and comprehension, as well as improving their attitudes toward reading and their self-perception about their reading ability. This study described a reading apprenticeship which positively impacted reading achievement for two students in the areas of fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary development, as well as influencing their motivation for reading and their self-perceptions as readers. The environment of the reading apprenticeship, the dialogue that occurred throughout the reading apprenticeship, and strategy instruction, modeling, and reinforcement were found to be factors and interactions which facilitated learning during this intervention
The reach of a long-arm stapler: calling in microaggressions in the LIS field through zine work
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Arroyo-Ramirez, Elvia & Chou, Rose L. & Freedman, Jenna & Fujita, Simone & Orozco, Cynthia Mari. "The Reach of a Long-Arm Stapler: Calling in Microaggressions in the LIS Field through Zine Work." Library Trends, vol. 67 no. 1, 2018, pp. 107-130. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/lib.2018.0028Since its inception in March 2014, the LIS Microaggressions project (www.lismicroaggressions.com) has grown as an online source and zine publication for library and information science (LIS) workers from marginalized communities to share their experiences with microaggressions in the workplace. This article will examine the project’s efforts to move conversations on diversity, race, racism, and antiracism in the LIS field to transgressive and actionable steps. Through conference presentations, zine-making workshops, and distribution of zines at LIS conferences, the LIS Microaggressions collective wishes to “call in” or otherwise actively engage the LIS profession for critical reflection and analysis about microaggressions in the workplace with the ultimate goal of fostering support and a participatory community for library workers dealing with microaggressions
Teachers' perceptions of giftedness and minority students' placement in DeKalb county's gifted programs, 2001
Get PDFThis study examined teachers' perceptions of giftedness and minority students' placement in metropolitan DeKalb County Schools. The study was based on the premise that teachers' referrals relate to perceptions of giftedness. Creativity, motivation, and brightness characteristics were identified as indicators of giftedness. nModerator variables included teachers' job role, ethnicity, and years of teaching experience as it related to the ethnic composition of the gifted program and the ethnic composition of the school. A survey was developed to gather data for this research investigation and the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) was used to analyze the data. The study found that teachers at the elementary school level reported a statistically significant relationship between the ethnic composition of the gifted program and the ethnic composition of the school. Teachers' knowledge of gifted characteristics was equally balanced as it related to the ethnic composition of the school and the ethnic composition of the gifted program. The Pearson correlation and ANOVA was used to establish the validity for both inventories as well as to assess the seven hypotheses and seven research questions posed
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Divisions, Areas, and Ensembles - Early Music - Faculty
No full textPhotograph of (l-r) Paul Leenhouts, Cynthia Roberts, and Allen Whear posing with a recorder, violin, and cello, respectively. Members of the group are standing side by side, looking at the camera and smiling
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Divisions, Areas, and Ensembles - Early Music - Faculty
No full textPhotograph of University of North Texas faculty members (l-r) Cynthia Roberts, Christoph Hammer, and Allen Whear posing with a violin, piano, and cello, respectively. Members of the group are standing side by side and smiling
Evolution and systematics of the angiosperm order Gentianales with an in-depth focus on Loganiaceae and its species-rich and toxic genus Strychnos
No full textThe Gentianales includes five families known for their horticultural value and medicinal effects: Apocynaceae (milkweeds and rosy periwinkle), Gelsemiaceae (Carolina jessamine), Gentianaceae (gentians), Loganiaceae (strychnine plants), and Rubiaceae (coffee and quinine). They are a monophyletic assemblage, but the relationships between the families have been uncertain. The Loganiaceae are a mostly pantropical group with a few members reaching into temperate North America and Australia. This family includes 15 genera that have been divided into four tribes, one of which, Strychneae, was paraphyletic in previous analyses based on chloroplast and morphological data. Strychnos is the largest genus in Loganiaceae with approximately 200 species distributed throughout the tropics. This genus is well-known for its alkaloid production, in particular that of strychnine. Although strychnine has been popularized for its potential nefarious uses, many Strychnos species have been lauded for their medicinal properties conferred by other compounds. Strychnos was divided into 12 sections based on morphology, but the monophyly of these was in doubt as the sections were morphologically, chemically, and anatomically heterogenous. Combined analyses of four chloroplast regions, matK, ndhF, rbcL, and trnL, placed Rubiaceae as the most basal family in the Loganiaceae. Loganiaceae and Gelsemiaceae were the two subsequently diverging clades, and Apocynaceae and Gentianaceae were sisters in the most nested position. Within the Loganiaceae, tribe Antonieae was basal to all other tribes. Strychneae was resolved as monophyletic only when morphology was included in a combined analysis with a nuclear ribosomal gene region (ITS) and rps16 of the chloroplast genome. An analysis of the secondary structure of the ITS region resulted in possible new synapomorphies for tribes Antonieae and Spigelieae within the Loganiaceae. The current sectional treatment of Strychnos does not reflect the evolution of the genus, and recommendations for improving the classification will be made. This work will have large implications for the understanding of chemical and morphological evolution on ordinal, familial, and tribal levels in the Gentianales, and provides a framework for further studies in biogeography, habit evolution, and speciation processes.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references
Computational thinking: the developing definition
No full textSince Jeanette Wing’s use of the term computational thinking in 2006, various discussions have arisen seeking a robust definition of the phrase. With no consensus having been found in the intervening years, there are even suggestions that a definition is not important. Perhaps focus should be on how computational thinking is taught and how its acquisition might be observed. However, in order to facilitate consistent curriculum design and appropriate assessment, it is argued that a definition should still be sought. In order to contribute to the discussions surrounding a definition of computational thinking, this review of literature spans the years since 2006. The most frequently occurring terms, descriptions, and meanings are identified. Consideration is given to the motivation for inclusion or exclusion of a term by each individual author. Where possible, if a description has been given, an associated term is supplied.Criteria are developed for the objectives of a computational thinking definition, in accordance with the needs identified in the literature. Using the criteria as a guide and the collected terms as the vocabulary, a definition of computational thinking is proposed. <br/
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