151 research outputs found
Calkins, S.S. An Accountant\u27s Assistant or Instruction for Commercial Students, Oberlin, Ohio, 1865
No full textThis book was intended for business students as part of a course of study. The author encourages readers to memorize and understand its contents - definitions, rules, and procedures to expedite completion of the course. The author, S. S. Calkins, is listed as the proprietor of a commercial institute in Oberlin, Ohio. The book consists of only 8 pages. Particular emphasis is placed on double-entry bookkeeping rules along with explanations to aid the students in their studies
A MATEMÁTICA INTUITIVA NO MANUAL DE LIÇÕES DE COISAS DE CALKINS: TRADUÇÃO DE RUI BARBOSA
No full textIn this paper we aimed to investigate the conceptualization of the intuitive method and its presence in the Lessons of Things Handbook, more specifically with reference to the teaching of mathematics, by Norman Allison Calkins, present in the translation of Rui Barbosa de Oliveira published in Portuguese in 1886. This research was developed in the context of the history of mathematical education, with a theoretical-methodological contribution of cultural history, based on Chartier (1990), Certeau (2007), Choppin (2004), Julia (2001) researchers. The data were collected from books, newspaper clippings, laws, decrees, as well as other records. In the analytical reading of the work cited, interlinking the illustrations related to the contents, activities and the organizations of the exercises, one can perceive the methodological contexts used by the author and endorsed by the translator. The analysis of the sources revealed the existence of "new" pedagogical practices, changes of meaning for number teaching and the introduction of new contents in school arithmetic, as the presence of intuitive method-based teaching in primary mathematics was Calkins (1861, 1881). It was observed the importance of this publication in Portuguese, and of the action of its translator, for the educational developments experienced during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Neste texto objetivou-se investigar a conceituação do método intuitivo e a sua presença no Manual de Lições de Coisas, mais especificamente no que se refere ao ensino de matemática, de Norman Allison Calkins, presentes na tradução de Rui Barbosa de Oliveira publicada em português em 1886. Esta pesquisa desenvolveu-se no âmbito da história da educação matemática, tendo um aporte teórico-metodológico da história cultural, com base em Chartier (1990), Certeau (2007), Choppin (2004), Julia (2001), dentre outros autores/pesquisadores. Os dados foram colhidos em livros, recortes de jornais, leis, decretos, assim como outros registros. Na leitura analítica da obra citada, interligando-se as ilustrações vinculadas aos conteúdos, atividades e às organizações dos exercícios, percebe-se os contextos metodológicos utilizados pelo autor e endossadas pelo tradutor. A análise das fontes revelou a existência de “novas” práticas pedagógicas, mudanças de significado para o ensino de número e a introdução de novos conteúdos na Aritmética escolar, à medida que vinha sendo constatada a presença do ensino alicerçado pelo método intuitivo na matemática primária de Calkins (1861, 1881). Observou-se a importância desta publicação em português, e da ação de seu tradutor para os desenvolvimentos educacionais vivenciados durante o século XIX e início do século XX
Gary's Gateway : a design proposal for the expansion and redevelopment of Gateway Park in Gary, Indiana
No full textThis project reveals the potential for new connections and an enhanced sense of place identity to serve as catalysts for the revitalization of the derelict urban environment. Gateway Park in Gary, Indiana was chosen for the project site and has been redesigned and expanded in order to bridge the gap between downtown Gary and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Particular attention has been paid to connecting the project site to proposed regional greenway systems while illustrating the natural and cultural heritage of Gary. Additionally, the project site has been designed to fit within the framework of Northwest Indiana's Marquette Plan and transit-oriented development vision, while incorporating diverse programming to attract a wide variety of site users. The final design proposal rests on a historiography of the project site, a literature review investigating place identity and 'placemaking,' a study of relevant precedent projects, and extensive inventory, analysis, and concept development.Thesis (M.L.A.)Department of Landscape Architectur
Letter from J. E. Calkins to John Muir, 1913 Apr 16.
No full text[letterhead]Lordsburg April 16, 1913.My Dear Mr. Muir:_A day or so ago the mail brought me from Houghton Mifflin Co., a beautiful Copy of your beautiful book, The Story of my Boyhood and Youth , with a card inscribed with the Compliments of the Author . A most valued treasure, and a most delightful surprise. I am sure you would have felt a degree of satisfaction if you could have seen the reception the whole family gave this charming arrival.These are busy days, so I have not had time to advance beyond the 33rd page, which reeks of blood and battle. and is an awful temptation to deny the flesh by burning the midnight oil till these thrilling thrashings, on and off the playground, are passed. But I am only waiting my time and Chance, and I promise myself Some good times, looking backward with you over those wild boyhood days, and the others that came after them.I am simply delighted to have this further chance of readng something from your pen, and to know that you have thought Enough of me to remember me in this opulent fashion. I hardly know05423https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/42073/thumbnail.jp
Real readers, real writers and a home-grown experience
No full textAs with many good innovations, it began with a real and pressing problem. We wanted the students at St Ninians Primary, a large city school for children aged 5-12 years, to develop a sense of audience for their writing. In Scotland, story writing is commonly taught using story frames and planning sheets that ask students to identify the characters, the setting, the initiating problem/event and the resolution. Despite this support, students often omit important details and find it hard to 'decentre' and consider their writing from the reader's perspective. This is a vital part of becoming an author: "A sense of authorship comes from the struggle to put something big and vital into print, and from seeing one's own printed words reach the heats and minds of readers." (Calkins, 1986
Spontaneous waveguide Raman spectroscopy of self-assembled monolayers in silica micropores
No full textAdvances in nanoscience are critically dependent on the ability to control and probe chemical and physical phenomena in confined geometries. A key challenge is to identify confinement structures with high surface area to volume ratios and controlled surface boundaries that can be probed quantitatively at the molecular level. Herein we report an approach for probing molecular structures within nano- to microscale pores by the application of spontaneous Raman spectroscopy. We demonstrate the method by characterization of the structural features of picomole quantities of well-organized octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) monolayers self-assembled on the interior pore surfaces of high aspect ratio (1 µm diameter x 1-10 cm length), near-atomically smooth silica microstructured optical fibers (MOFs). The simple Raman backscattering collection geometry employed is well suited for a wide variety of diagnostic applications as demonstrated by tracking the combustion of the hydrocarbon chains of the OTS self-assembled monolayer (SAM) and spectral confirmation of the formation of an adsorbed monolayer of human serum albumin (HSA) protein. Using this MOF Raman approach, molecular processes in precisely defined, highly confined geometries can be probed at high pressures and temperatures, with a wide range of excitation wavelengths from the visible to the near-IR, and under other external perturbations such as electric and magnetic fields
Um exame da proposta de Antônio Bandeira Trajano em manuais de aritmética para o ensino primário : em busca de indícios do método intuitivo de Calkins
No full textIn this text are presented results of a research whose objective was to identify indications of appropriations of the intuitive method of Calkins in the Arithmetic textbooks for primary school, by Antônio Bandeira Trajano. For this, at first, we read Primeiras Lições de Coisas by Calkins (1886) and appropriated about the intuitive method presents in this textbook. After that, we examined the 126ª edition of the Aritmética Elementar Ilustrada (1951) and 12ª of the Arithmetica Primaria (undated). Its important to say that we know that there are other authors that talking about intuitive method, but we choice Calkins because the researchers referred to this author for take Antônio Trajano works as sources. Moreover, the theoretical contribution came from Silva (2005) about textbook, Bloch (2001) to talking about sources and Valente (2013) about history of mathematical education. Thus, from the examination it was identified a proposal linked for questions in the beginning of each approaches about the four mathematical operations in Aritmética Primária, its about encourage the students to make use of principles such as perception, observation, sense of sight, classification and comparison of things presented in the images. Nonetheless, we thinking that is not applied to Aritmética Elementar Ilustrada, because we didn‟t identify the same indications about the intuitive method mentioned before. Besides, we verified that there are similarities between Lições de adição escrita, Lições para ensinar a diminuir e Lições para ensinar a dividir, defended by Calkins (1886), and the proposal of the operations presented by Antônio Trajano.Neste trabalho é apresentado o resultado de uma pesquisa que teve por objetivo identificar indícios do método intuitivo de Calkins nos manuais de Aritmética para o ensino primário do autor Antônio Bandeira Trajano. Para tanto, realizamos, no primeiro momento, leituras do manual Primeiras Lições de Coisas de Calkins (1886), e em seguida, tomamos os princípios e as lições acerca do método intuitivo defendido no referido manual como embasamento para efetuarmos o exame da 126.ª edição da Aritmética Elementar Ilustrada e da 12.ª edição da Arithmetica Primaria, referentes ao ano de 1951 e s/d, respectivamente. Convém ressaltar que apesar de existir outros teóricos que tratam sobre o método intuitivo, a escolha por utilizar Calkins se deve ao fato de termos identificado que outros pesquisadores fizeram referência a esse autor ao tomar as obras de Antônio Trajano como fonte. Além de Calkins, também foram adotados os entendimentos de Silva (2005) para definir o termo manual, Bloch (2001) sobre o trabalho com as fontes e Valente (2013) para tratar sobre as produções voltadas para uma perspectiva da história da educação matemática. Assim, a partir do exame realizado foi possível constatar, no início de cada abordagem das quatro operações apresentada na Arithmetica Primaria, uma proposta voltada para questionamentos, que estimulavam os alunos a fazer uso de princípios tais como percepção, observação, sentido da visão, classificação e comparação das coisas apresentadas nas imagens. Mas, a nosso ver, tal constatação não se aplica a Aritmética Elementar Ilustrada, pois não identificamos, nesta obra, os mesmos indícios de uso dos princípios do método intuitivo mencionados anteriormente. Além disso, verificamos que existem algumas semelhanças entre as Lições de adição escrita, Lições para ensinar a diminuir e Lições para ensinar a dividir, defendidas por Calkins (1886), e a proposta das operações apresentada por Antônio Trajano.São Cristóvão, S
Manual de liçôes de coisas de Norman Calkins: operacionalizando a forma intuitiva de ensinar e de aprender
No full text[Abstract] The article analyzes the work “First lessons of things: a manual of elementary
teaching for parents and teachers”, written by the American author and teacher, Norman
Calkins, which was adopted as a guide to direct the implementation of the method of intuitive
teaching used by elementary school teachers in Santa Catarina State, Brazil, starting in 1911.
Ranging from the contents to be supplied to the methodological prescriptions to be followed,
this manual is very particular representation of the way in which teaching is conceived and
practiced, making it one of the fundamental links in the creation of the identity of schooltea-
chers during the period of the First Republic. This manual served to instill the core categories
of thought and action that were essential to the mission they were charged with by the
Republicans, i.e. to produce “rational citizens” which, at that time, was interpreted as being a
law-abiding, patriotic citizens who believed in social and scientific progress
Organosilane self-assembled monolayer growth from supercritical carbon dioxide in microstructured optical fiber capillary arrays
No full textMicrostructured optical fibers form a new class of extreme aspect ratio templates that are well-suited for precise, designed spatial organization of materials and molecules at dimensions down to the nanoscale. The extreme aspect ratios of the nanoscale to microscale pores in the templates necessitates new approaches to fabrication of nanowires, nanotubes, and self-assembled monolayers within them. High-pressure fluids, which have lower viscosities than liquids and no surface tension, are well-suited for penetrating such extreme aspect ratio capillaries. Here we report an approach to fabricating self-assembled monolayers within microstructured optical fibers using near supercritical or supercritical carbon dioxide. An AFM-based "shaving" technique has been developed to characterize the monolayers formed in capillaries that are too small to allow for characterization by conventional approaches
All-optical modulation of laser light in amorphous silicon-filled microstructured optical fibers
No full textAmorphous silicon is deposited within optical fibers by a high pressure microfluidic deposition process and characterized via Raman spectroscopy. All-optical modulation of 1.55 µm light guided through the silicon core is demonstrated using the free carrier absorption generated by a 532 nm pump pulse. Modulation depths of up to 8.26 dB and modulation frequencies of up to 1.4 MHz are demonstrated
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