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A compactness result for the Atiyah-Floer conjecture
No full textGiven a closed connected oriented Riemannian 3-manifold Y equipped with a non-homotopically trivial circle-valued function, one can define an instanton Floer cohomology group as well as a quilted Lagrangian Floer cohomology group. We develop compactness results relating the boundary operators.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby David Lee Dunca
A mixed methods study of teacher evaluation reforms and micropolitics in Illinois
No full textNational studies have shown that most teachers receive summative evaluation ratings of “satisfactory” or “excellent,” but more are underperforming than evaluation data indicate (Kraft & Gilmour, 2017). Illinois enacted education reforms known as Senate Bill 7 (SB7) and the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) that required the inclusion of student growth as a significant factor in evaluation processes, and policy advocates called for rigorous teacher evaluations to improve or remove underperforming educators from the classroom (Regenstein, 2011). Since the reforms have been enacted, Illinois policymakers have minimal information to determine whether these reforms have adequately addressed concerns about educator underperformance.
The purpose of this study was to examine the phenomenon of teacher evaluation, focusing on how micropolitics have influenced the implementation of teacher evaluation reforms in Illinois. An explanatory sequential mixed methods design with the follow-up explanation variant was selected to collect data in two phases. The study examined two research questions: 1) to what extent has the implementation of teacher evaluation reforms affected the frequency of identifying underperforming teachers in Illinois public schools, and 2) how have micropolitical factors influenced principals in the identification of underperforming teachers in Illinois since the implementation of teacher evaluation reforms. The study used a conceptual framework based on education policy implementation theory (Honig, 2006) and micropolitics of personnel evaluation (Bridges & Groves, 1999).
In the quantitative phase, 89 superintendents responded to a questionnaire requesting data from 2006-2007 through 2016-2017 on remediation plans, Professional Development Plans, and dismissals in their districts. Findings revealed trends showing small increases in the use of improvement levers and teacher dismissals following implementation of teacher evaluation reforms, but the number of underperforming educators identified was low compared to estimates of underperformance by evaluators and the literature. In the qualitative phase, 20 principals were interviewed about the influence of micropolitics on their implementation of evaluation reforms. The principals reported that joint committees in their districts created procedures for student growth measures and summative ratings that were favorable to educators, which ultimately increased the teachers’ overall summative evaluation ratings. Second, strategic decisions by evaluators included deferral of low summative ratings due to pending retirements, avoidance or discomfort to hold difficult conversations regarding teacher underperformance, and the increased workload and paperwork involved with the teacher evaluation process and development and monitoring of improvement plans. Finally, principals reported that, although teachers and unions advocated for their interests in designing the procedures, they believed all parties shared a mutual interest in having quality teachers in the classroom. Several recommendations for policy development, professional practice, and further study are presented.Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2018-09-27 without embargo termsThe student, David Conrad, accepted the attached license on 2018-07-11 at 22:45.The student, David Conrad, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2018-07-11 at 22:50.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2018-07-12 at 13:51.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #12803 on 2018-09-27 at 10:47:40Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-27T16:17:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4
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[[alternative]]Correction to Recognition of Dual Targets by a Molecular Beacon-Based Sensor: Subtyping of Influenza A Virus
No full text[[abstract]]For the contribution in preparing cDNA for the PCR template used in this work, Chang-Chun David Lee is added as coauthor in the author line. The a ffi liation of Chang-Chun David Lee is Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10055 Taiwan. An additional a ffi liation for Yu-Hsuan Lai is Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan. The corrected author line is as follows: Chun-Ching Lee, Yu-Chieh Liao, Yu-Hsuan Lai, Chang-Chun David Lee, and Min-Chieh Chuang. The following statement is added in Acknowledgments: We greatly appreciate the study material, the cDNA of avian in fl uenza viruses, kindly provided by Professor Chwan-Chuen King (The Epidemiology of Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University) and Professor Ja-an Annie Ho (Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University)
Henry David Thoreau and His View of Slavery
No full textThis BA thesis is concerned with Henry David Thoreau's opinions on slavery. The first part of the thesis focuses on the development of the abolitionist movement in the first half of the nineteenth century and of antislavery tendencies and organizations. The most important figures of the abolitionist movement, such as Benjamin Lundy, William Lloyd Garrison, Theodore Dwight Weld, David Walker or Frederick Douglass, as well as the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation and the 1865 adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, are paid attention to. Thoreau's essays Civil Disobedience, Slavery in Massachusetts and A Plea for Captain John Brown are analyzed in the thesis. In his Civil Disobedience, the author criticizes the government for abusing, rather than protecting, American citizens, who have elected it and enabled its functioning. Thoreau scorns the government for supporting slavery and for waging the Mexican-American War. He believes that every man has an inalienable right to be free and since the government takes this right away from people, he responds to it with civil disobedience. One comes across Thoreau's critique of his fellow citizens and of their lack of interest in enslaved people in his Slavery in Massachusetts. The writer is disappointed with the fact that law,..
Chapter 5: Statistics
No full textChapter 5 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 48, no. 6) “Running the Digital Branch: Guidelines for Operating the Library Website” by David Lee King focuses on statistics: analytics, insights, numbers, charts and graphs, and data. The author shares statistics that are tracked for his digital branch and for social media; he also shares reasons for tracking those statistics. The chapter discusses how analytics help meet library goals. Tools for tracking statistics are described
The future of scholarly communications
No full textThe academic publishing industry is set to celebrate 350 years of peer-reviewed scientific journals. However, there are significant shifts in the practice of scholarship, as scholars and citizens alike participate in an increasingly digital world. Is the scholarly article still fit for its purpose in this data-driven world, with new interdisciplinary methodologies and increasing automation? How might it be enhanced or replaced with new kinds of digital research objects , so as not to restrict innovation but rather create a flourishing sense-making network of humans and machines? The emerging paradigm of social machines provides a lens onto future developments in scholarship and scholarly collaboration, as we live and study in a hybrid physical-digital sociotechnical system of enormous and growing scale.Copyright 2014 David De Roure. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ which permits unrestricted use and distribution provided the original author and source are credited. If reusing please acknowledge "Insights: the UKSG journal" as the place of first publication. Please cite using the full DOI as specified at the end of the article: De Roure, D, The future of scholarly communications, Insights, 2014, 27(3), 233–238; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1629/2048-7754.17
The disenfranchisement of prisoners : Roach v Electoral Commissioner & Anor - modernity v feudalism
No full textDavid Brown takes a road trip to Canberra for the Roach fixture at the High Court where modernity is attempting a fight-back against the resurrection of civil death. With echoes of Hunter S Thompson as rugby league follower, the author recounts a trip to Canberra to observe a case in which Vickie Lee Roach, an Indigenous woman prisoner, challenged (successfully as it later turns out) the Howard government's 2006 legislation disenfranchising all serving prisoners.\ud
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Henry David Thoreau a jeho pohled na otroctví
No full textTato bakalářská práce pojednává o názorech Henryho Davida Thoreaua na otroctví. Úvodní část je zaměřena na vývoj abolicionistického hnutí v první polovině devatenáctého století a na protiotrokářské tendence a organizace. Pozornost je věnována důležitým osobnostem abolicionistického hnutí, mezi které patří Benjamin Lundy, William Lloyd Garrison, Theodore Dwight Weld, David Walker nebo Frederick Douglass, všímá si Prohlášení o osvobození otroků z roku 1863 a třináctého dodatku Ústavy Spojených států amerických z roku 1865. Následuje analýza Thoreauových esejí Občanská neposlušnost, Otroctví v Massachusetts a Obrana kapitána Johna Browna. V Občanské neposlušnosti autor kritizuje vládu za to, že americké občany, kteří ji zvolili a umožnili tak její fungování, spíše zneužívá, než aby je chránila. Thoreau vládě dále vyčítá podporu otroctví a vedení války s Mexikem. Každý člověk má podle něj nezcizitelné právo na svobodu, a jelikož vláda lidem toto právo upírá, reaguje na to autor občanskou neposlušností. V eseji Otroctví v Massachusetts vytýká Thoreau svým spoluobčanům jejich nezájem o zotročené lidi. Je zklamán tím, že právo, místo aby lidi chránilo, je omezuje. Všímá si také nespolehlivosti tisku. V Obraně kapitána Johna Browna se spisovatel zabývá osobností Johna Browna. Ospravedlňuje Brownův čin a...This BA thesis is concerned with Henry David Thoreau's opinions on slavery. The first part of the thesis focuses on the development of the abolitionist movement in the first half of the nineteenth century and of antislavery tendencies and organizations. The most important figures of the abolitionist movement, such as Benjamin Lundy, William Lloyd Garrison, Theodore Dwight Weld, David Walker or Frederick Douglass, as well as the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation and the 1865 adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, are paid attention to. Thoreau's essays Civil Disobedience, Slavery in Massachusetts and A Plea for Captain John Brown are analyzed in the thesis. In his Civil Disobedience, the author criticizes the government for abusing, rather than protecting, American citizens, who have elected it and enabled its functioning. Thoreau scorns the government for supporting slavery and for waging the Mexican-American War. He believes that every man has an inalienable right to be free and since the government takes this right away from people, he responds to it with civil disobedience. One comes across Thoreau's critique of his fellow citizens and of their lack of interest in enslaved people in his Slavery in Massachusetts. The writer is disappointed with the fact that law,...Department of Anglophone Literatures and CulturesÚstav anglofonních literatur a kulturFaculty of ArtsFilozofická fakult
David McCampbell top ace of U.S. naval aviation in World War II
No full text"This book explores the life and career of David McCampbell, the leader of the most successful naval air group in combat in WWII. The author details McCampbell's 31-year career, revealing an incredible diversity of leadership roles and service assignments. McCampbell commanded ships, training centers, aircraft squadrons and held a variety of Navy and Defense Department senior staff positions"-
Competing discourses: Perspective and ideology in language
No full textThis book discusses and explores the relationship between language and world view. David Lee presents recent research in linguistics, drawing together strands from a number of different areas of the subject: the nature of linguistic and conceptual categories, the role of metaphor in the everyday use of language, gender differentiation and social variation in speech. In this study, David Lee considers a broad range of issues in the light of two contrasting views on language. For much of its history, linguistics has been dominated by a tradition which sees individual languages as uniform, homogenous systems. However, there has always been an opposite view emphasising the complex tensions and cross-currents inherent in linguistic usage. This alternative perspective is explored in the analysis of a wide range of literary and non-literary texts: casual conversations, interviews, newspaper reports, official memoranda, television commercials and extracts from novels. The author describes how both spoken and written texts can be seen as the sites where tensions between "competing discourses", stemming from different social positions and perspectives, are illustrated
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