446 research outputs found
E-readers and adolescent engagement: a formative design experiment
No full textIntroduction As the use of e-readers becomes commonplace and more affordable, they will make their way into the hands of students. This research provides information about how the devices might be used as a tool to improve adolescent students‘ reading engagement and also helps to identify the struggles and pitfalls educators may face in implementing classroom use of e-readers. Purpose of the Study This study investigated how the use of dedicated electronic reading devices could be implemented as an intervention in an eighth grade language arts classroom to improve students‘ reading engagement. Methods and Procedures Six students from an eighth grade, heterogeneous class in a sizeable suburban middle school in a large, regional district participated in formative design experiment (Reinking & Bradley, 2008). Quantitative and qualitative data were collected prior to and after implementation of the e-reader intervention to determine a baseline of the students‘ reading engagement and to assess any changes. Additionally, qualitative data were collected throughout the intervention. Quantitative data were analyzed using a pairedsamples t-test for the following measures: Reading Engagement Index (Guthrie et al., 2007), Adolescent Motivation to Read Profile (Pitcher et al., 2007), Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (Mokhtari& Reichard, 2002) and The Motivations for Reading Questionnaire (Wigfield & Guthrie, 1997). Qualitative data were coded for recurring themes derived from the following sources: classroom observation and field notes, teacher reflective journal, student and intervention specialist interviews and student written reflections. Results and Discussion Analyses revealed that using an e-reader for assigned school reading had a positive impact on aspects of students reading engagement. Classroom implications, unanticipated effects and changes to the educational environment are also discussed.Ed. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Kristine Lynch Shurin
Only Human: Stories
No full textOnly Human is a collection of eleven short prose fictions that examines moral decision making and human responses to difficult circumstances. Restrictive gender roles, marital discord, and domesticity feature heavily in the stories and invite the reader to consider ethical boundaries and ask questions such as: what scenarios might push someone to do things they’d otherwise consider abhorrent? Why do these stories matter? Who are we in difficult moments? The characters grapple with careers, relationships, traumas, and other difficult circumstances. Desperation often drives the characters to act in uncharacteristic ways. The stories are written from a realist lens meant to discomfort the reader and show that there are no easy answers. My intention is that readers spend time in the eye of these stories and ponder these difficult experiences, knowing that the characters’ lives will never be the same. I hope the reader recognizes aspects of themself and their own life in Only Human, and that they emerge feeling like they were part of human experience and its complexities
Particle panic!: how popular media and popularized science feed public fears of particle accelerator experiments
No full textFrom novels and short stories to television and film, popular media has made a cottage industry of predicting the end of the world will be caused by particle accelerators. Rather than allay such fears, public pronouncements by particle scientists themselves often unwittingly fan the flames of hysteria. This book surveys media depictions of particle accelerator physics and the perceived dangers these experiments pose. In addition, it describes the role of scientists in propagating such fears and misconceptions, offering as a conclusion ways in which the scientific community could successfully allay such misplaced fears through more effective communication strategies. The book is aimed at the general reader interested in separating fact from fiction in the field of high-energy physics, at science educators and communicators, and, last but not least, at all scientists concerned about these issues. About the Author Kristine M Larsen holds a Ph.D. in Physics and is currently a professor at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, in the Geological Sciences Department. She has published a number of books, among them The Women Who Popularized Geology in the 19th Century (Springer, 2017), The Mythological Dimensions of Neil Gaiman (eds. Anthony Burdge, Jessica Burke, and Kristine Larsen. Kitsune Press, 2012. Recipient of the Gold Medal for Science Fiction/Fantasy in the 2012 Florida Publishing Association Awards), The Mythological Dimensions of Doctor Who (eds. Anthony Burdge, Jessica Burke, and Kristine Larsen. Kitsune Press, 2010), as well as Stephen Hawking: A Biography (Greenwood Press, 2005) and Cosmology 101 (Greenwood Press, (2007)
OPTIMALISASI PERSIAPAN PALKA UNTUK PEMUATAN ALUMINA DI MV. PAN KRISTINE
No full textIkhsan Nugroho, 2018, NIT: 51145184.N, "Optimization Of Cargo Hold
Preparation For The Loading Of Alumina In MV. PAN KRISTINE ",
thesis Nautica Study Program, Diploma IV Program, Merchant Marine
Polytechnic Of Semarang, Supervisor I: Vega Fonsula Andromeda,
S.ST., S.Pd., M.Hum., Supervisor II: Irma Shinta Dewi, S.S., M.Pd.
In the loading of bulk alumina in bulk vessels, optimal handling is required
to prepare the cargo hold for the loading of alumina to proceed smoothly. Cargo
hold optimization process even this happens a constraint that causes the loading
process pending. These constraints include poorly optimized cargo hold
preparations, unfavorable weather, deficiencies and damage to rust chipping
equipment and lack of coordination of ship crews in the hatch preparation process.
Writing this thesis using the method Fishbone and Fault Tree Analysis, as
well as data collection using literature study method, observation, interview and
supported by the documentation directly when the author performs marine
practices in MV PAN KRISTINE. Based on the result of the research that in
handling the less optimal of preparation of cargo hold for the loading of alumina,
it is found that required the addition of spare parts and cargo hold chipping
equipment by the company, the ship must conduct safety meeting before the cargo
hold preparation process, good coordination between crew ship and crew
department and always perform maintenance equipment used for the preparation
of the cargo hold on a regular and regular basis.
In the end results of research on optimization of cargo hold preparation for
the loading of alumina in MV. PAN KRISTINE is very important to be carried out
on board for the creation of the cargo hold preparation process without constraints
and the loading of alumina can run on time.
Keywords: loading, cargo hold, cargo hold preparation
Book Reviews
No full textBOOK REVIEWS Letter From An Author - ASOKE BASU The Limits of Reform: Women, Capital and Welfare by Jennifer G. Schirmer - Reviewed by KRISTINE NELSON 542 Marxism and Domination: A Neo-Hegelian. Feminist, Psychoanalytic Theory of Sexual, Political and Technological Liberation, by Isaac D, Balbus - Reviewed by DAN LA BOTZ 53
The Benefits and Barriers to Living in Coös County, New Hampshire: Perceptions of the Region From Emerging Adults
No full textIn this report, author Kristine Bundschuh identifies the benefits and barriers that emerging adults, age 18–25, perceive as they make the decision to stay in, leave, or return to Coös County, New Hampshire. The main draws to living in Coös are its family and community support systems. Those with local professional and educational plans, or who have purchased a home locally, experience additional benefits. Some emerging adults say they would live in Coös if it provided the employment opportunities, diverse communities, and amenities they seek
6th Annual Children's Reading Celebraton & Young Author's Fair at the John Spoor Broome Library!
No full textFeaturing "Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems" Author Kristine O'Connell George.Featuring "Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems" Author Kristine O'Connell George
Mathematicians' Views on Current Publishing Issues: A Survey of Researchers
No full textMain article published in Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship No. 67 (Fall 2011). http://www.istl.org/11-fall/refereed4.html
Related article, on author rights only, in Notices of the American Mathematical Society v. 59, no. 3 (March 2012): 436-438. http://www.ams.org/notices/201203/rtx120300436p.pdfThis article reports research mathematicians’ attitudes about and activity in specific scholarly communication areas, as captured in a 2010 survey of more than 600 randomly-selected mathematicians worldwide. Key findings include:
• Most mathematicians have papers in the arXiv, but posting to their own webpages remains more common;
• A third of mathematicians have published papers in Open Access journals, with speed of publication being seen as the primary advantage over traditional journals, but there is substantial philosophical opposition to OA journal models that charge author fees;
• Tenure and promotion criteria influence publishing decisions even among most tenured faculty members;
• Mathematicians want to keep more rights to their publications than they’ve been allowed, but they have a high success rate in negotiating with publishers for more;
• Online collaboration tools, such as Google Groups, are not yet widely used for research but their use is expected to rise in the near future.
Reasons behind the mathematics culture of openness were also explored.Fowler, Kristine K.. (2011). Mathematicians' Views on Current Publishing Issues: A Survey of Researchers. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/109309
Propeller based human powered swimming device
No full textThesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (page 31).Currently the only human powered swimming device widely sold on the market are swim flippers. However, flippers are not efficient for the human body, and there is a potential to increase the speed while swimming with a device. This thesis is the planning, design, construction, and prototyping of a new human powered swimming device which increases human efficiency and speed in water. This device uses a squatting motion to drive counter rotating propellers up and down a threaded shaft creating the propulsion force to move the swimmer forward. The design of this device is primarily geared towards scuba divers and swimmers moving beneath the water surface. Through various tests we were able to prove that the design concept is valid, but alterations are still necessary to reach optimal speed. One such improvement would be enlarging the size of the propeller to increase the force generated with each leg thrust.by Kristine Bunker.S.B
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