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The Student Teaching Experience: Mentor Teachers' Self-Reported Mentoring Behaviors, Challenges, And Resource Utilization
No full textv, 98, [32] leaves. Advisor: Eunice M. Merideth.Mentor teachers working with Drake University student teachers during
the Fall 1998 and Spring 1999 semesters were surveyed regarding beliefs about
their mentoring role in working with student teachers. Survey data, collected
from forced-choice and open-ended items, included mentor teachers' valuing of
forms of training and support provided by Drake University, preferences for
mentoring behaviors, challenges in working with student teachers, and utilization
of resources for their mentoring role. Spring 1999 mentor teachers were invited
to participate in a listserv discussion focusing on principles of Cognitive
Coaching. The impact of the listserv discussion forum on the beliefs and
mentoring practices of subscribing mentor teachers is also reported. Descriptive
statistics were employed to analyze survey results. Recommendations for
mentor teacher training and support based on survey findings are provided
Deep boundary current disintegration in Drake Passage
No full textThe fate of a deep boundary current that originates in the Southeast Pacific and flows southward along the continental slope of South America is elucidated. The current transports poorly ventilated water of low salinity (a type of Pacific Deep Water; PDW), into Drake Passage. East of Drake Passage, the boundary current breaks into fresh anticyclonic eddies, nine examples of which were observed in mooring data from December 2009 to March 2012. The observed eddies appear to originate mainly from a topographic separation point close to 60°W, have typical diameters of 20–60 km and accompanying Rossby numbers of 0.1–0.3. These features are likely to be responsible for transporting PDW meridionally across the ACC, explaining the near-homogenization of Circumpolar Deep Water properties downstream of Drake Passage. This mechanism of boundary current breakdown may constitute an important process in the Southern Ocean overturning circulation
The Effective Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Master's Degree Program and Preparation of Teachers for National Board Certification
No full textPhysical description: (iv), 65, (9) leaves. Advisor: Eunice M. Merideth. Peggy Steinbronn is currently Instructional Technology Specialist for Microcomputer Services at Drake University. For questions or comments, she can be contacted by email at [email protected] purpose of this study is twofold: (a) to explore the theoretical and
practical implications for professionalizing teaching through National Board
Certification (NBG); (b) to examine the connections between the Effective
Teaching, Learning, and Leadership (ETLL) Program at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, and NB core propositions. The ETLL survey portion of this study was conducted in the spring of 1999 with participants who were currently enrolled, or had graduated from the program. The subjects were
asked to rate the ETLL Program based upon core course objectives, its
effectiveness and applicability to their classroom situation, their perceptions
about the NBC movement and their suggestions for ways to improve or refine
the ETLL degree program. The survey results were tested using an analysis
of variance (ANOVA) using SPSS 6.1. Results indicated few statistically
significant differences among survey items. Participants perceptions of the
ETLL Program indicated that the cohorts were positive in their overall ratings
of the program. Recommendations for revising and refining the ETLL Program to support NBC core propositions are included
"Toxic electronic-waste campaign"
No full textFaculty Advisor: David Skidmore, Professor
Department of Politics and International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences
Drake University. Student editorial members for the Spring 2006 issue include: Teresa Abbey, Brittany Buchholz, Brett Myrick and Jeff Scheiber.Drake Undergraduate Social Science Journal is sponsored by the Department of Economics, Department of History, Department of Politics and International Relations, Department of Psychology, Department of Culture and Society,
and the International Relations Program, all within the College of Arts and Sciences at Drake University
Drake Passage summary report: Cruises on RRS "James Clark Ross", 1993-2000. Drake Passage repeat hydrography: WOCE Southern Repeat Section 1b - Elephant Island to Burdwood Bank.
No full textThis report documents five early cruises in the Drake Passage annual repeat series conducted by Southampton Oceanography Centre in collaboration with the British Antarctic Survey. The series began under the auspices of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment as southern repeat section SR1b with a SeaSoar (towed undulating profiler) occupation in 1992. We document cruises from 1993 (JR0a), 1994 (JR0b), 1996 (JR16), 1997 (JR27) and 2000 (JR47). The cruises were all hydrographic CTD sections across Drake Passage between Burdwood Bank and Elephant Island, comprising 30 stations. One cruise (JR27) was occupied at higher resolution with 52 stations; also additional chemical measurements were made. On two cruises (JR16 and JR27), a lowered acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) was introduced to provide full-depth water velocity profiles. Other measurements (vessel-mounted ADCP, sample salinity, navigation, expendable athythermographs, etc.) are described in context
Characterizing and following eddies in Drake Passage
No full textDrake Passage, the gap between South America and Antarctica, is a very energetic region, with strong currents and numerous eddies. These eddies are important for mixing waters across the main three fronts, and for affecting the biological productivity in the region. We use weekly maps of colour images, sea level anomaly and geostrophic velocities to characterize physical and biological activity in the region surrounding Drake Passage. In particular, we note that the largest eddy kinetic energy occurs to the east of the passage and is principally in the area bounded by the mean Subantarctic Front (SAF) and the mean Polar Front, whilst the biological productivity is highest in coastal regions, with the SAF acting as a clear southern boundary. In a number of cases, cyclonic eddies detected by altimetry also show a strong signature in ocean color. Regular XBT (eXpendable BathyThermograph) surveys provide information on sub-surface structure, confirming the altimetric identification of features and showing that they often contain water masses originating from the other side of the front
Death Certificate of Ruth Drake
No full textText document death certificate for Ruth Drake aged 23 cause of death " Miss Ruth Drake came to her death as a result of a premeditated Suicide caused by taking internally cyanide of potassium"Converted from .jpg to .pdf for compatibilit
Andragogy vs. Pedagogy: Comparing Adult and Children's Learning Preferences
No full text[iii], 58 leaves. Advisor: Thomas S. Westbrook.The Problem: Andragogy and pedagogy have been regarded as two completely separate methods of teaching for many years. After much debate, the two methods have become opposite ends of a continuum used to describe the extremes of interactions occuring between a teacher and students. The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which there are differences and similarities in adults' and children's learning preferences.
Procedures: The study included both a review of the literature comparing andragogy and pedagogy, results from a questionnaire developed by the author and interviews of adults and children as to how they learn best, their learning preferences, and what they perceive to be effective learning environments and instructors.
Findings: Results of the study found that adults and children prefer to learn in the same general manner. In addition, no significant differences were found in the methods used to teach adults and children. The results indicate that individuals prefer hands-on activites combined with guided practice from the teacher, interaction with others, positive environments, and relevant materials and topics to their lives.
Conclusions: The conclusions of this research are: fundamentally, children's preferences for learning are smiliar to adults, teaching methods using andragogical and pedagogical procedures are situational and should be used based on the needs of the learner, results neither support no dismiss Knowles' notion of pedagogy and andragogy serving as two ends of a teaching methods continuum. Results from the sample group indicate children's learning preferences favor andragogical approaches rather than pedagogical approaches and children are more concerned with technology and access to it that adults.
Recommendations: It is recommended that others repeat the study with a larger group of individuals, including greater diversity among the adults' educational level, to further recognize similiarities and differences between adults and children and teach adults and children with those methods we would like them to use throughout their lives
Coping with an Uncertain Loss: Aspects of Bereavement in Two Families with an Abducted Child
No full textv, 152 leaves. Advisor: Susan Varhely.The problem. Assuming the form of a clinical case
study, this research project was an exploratory study of the family dynamics operative when a child is abducted by a nonfamily member. The problem of the study was to investigate, compare, and categorize the coping patterns of two families
against the framework of attachment theories as described by John Bowlby.
Procedure. The author conducted a series of structured interviews with two families to explore and assess clinical dynamics of bereavement and coping strategies. The results were categorized against the backdrop of attachment theories
developed by John Bowlby.
Findings. The Bowlby model provided an adequate, if not complete, means of assessment of bereavement processes in the two families. One subject adopted a chronic mourning style while the other demonstrated a pattern that focused on
a continued search for their son and which disallowed conscious grieving. Both subjects were observed to be unfinished in the grief process. The uncertainty of the loss seemed to be the prime factor that prolonged grief in both subjects.
Conclusion. The Bowlby model was acceptable in
defining general grief reactions of the subjects. Each family remained in the grief process for prolonged states which was a taxing problem. Parental commitment to the child remained strong in both cases, however. Although differing in degrees, each subject retained a sense of hope
for the safe recovery of the abducted child.
Recommendations. Recommendations of the study focused on clinical assessment points for professionals involved in bereavement counseling. Unique family, parental, and sibling dynamics were highlighted. Personal awareness issues of the counselor also were discussed. Further research topics included investigating a multi-disciplinary
team approach in solving the problems of childhood abduction and studying grief reactions relevant to various childhood and family life developmental stages
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Cisco Drake in his Army uniform. Mr. Cisco Drake is a member of the American G.I. Forum in city Terrace Los Angeles (photograph)
No full textCisco Drake in his Army uniform. Mr. Cisco Drake is a member of the American G.I. Forum in city Terrace Los Angeles
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