Here Comes the Sunburst: Measuring and Visualizing Scholarly Impact

Our ARL institution partnered with a new service (PlumX) to track, measure, and visualize faculty scholarly impact. In a pilot project, both traditional and emerging measures of scholarly impact were collected for 32 researchers. The presenters will chronicle the data management and enhancements applied, including utilizing content from our institutional repository, importing and enriching metadata, and using an intranet to organize work and collaborate with colleagues. Results will assist faculty and those who work with them to identify strengths and weaknesses of scholarly impact and where to focus efforts to increase research visibility

The Role of Espionage in the American Victory in the War for Independence

General George Washington’s role as spymaster is rarely researched. Washington knew that the inferiority of the Continental Army to that of the British in terms of size, training, and resources, meant that Britain had the upper hand in the war. This paper seeks to demonstrate the importance of Washington’s development of spy networks and his skill at deception as key factors in winning the war. The role of intelligence in the War for Independence is often overlooked by leading historians, such as John Ferling and Robert Middlekauff. Quinnus G. Caldwell and Robert Gates tend to agree that Washington’s talent for deception was a key factor in aiding the war effort. Edmund R. Thompson argued that Washington’s success in the war came from his direct handling and management of the Culper Spy Net. Alternatively, Raymond J. Faunt and Morton Pennypacker argue that the incorporation of patriotic civilians with military officers and their willingness to support Washington created opportunity for success, but merely assisted in the overall result. What seems certain among them, and the focus of this research, is without his own skills of deception, his masterful utilization of intelligence to divert the British, and his strict adherence to secrecy the spy network of the American Revolution provided the advantages needed to thwart one of the most impressive imperial regimes history has known

Reducing child neglect in Linn County Iowa utilizing the public health model

The issues that arise from child neglect cause a myriad of negative health outcomes. The objective of this thesis is to examine the use of the public health model as a preventive method in decreasing the incidence of child neglect. This study was conducted utilizing a survey that obtained information from 333 parents in Linn County, Iowa. The survey was created to gather social norms related to parenting. The survey gathered data on personal parenting practices and opinions of parenting practices of others within the community. Univariate and bivariate analysis were conducted to report demographics, frequencies in responses and the difference between how respondents felt they parented compared to how they viewed others parent. Results from the survey concluded that respondents viewed their own parenting practices more positively than how others parent. The data gathered from this thesis will be used to create and implement a culturally sensitive social norms marketing campaign that promotes positive parenting practices. Further research is needed related to child neglect and social norms marketing campaigns

Developing a school based science curriculum: Teachers\u27 work as language work

While it is widely recognised that language is consequential in teachers\u27 work within the classroom, this thesis argues that it is also consequential in their curriculum development work outside the classroom. The study takes a phenomenological approach based in a single school, and the key data sources are transcripts of teachers\u27 meetings held to develop a new curriculum framework for their junior secondary science classes. The broad aims of the study are to better understand the ways in which language is consequential in that work, to consider the implications these have for understanding school based curriculum development, and to identify the kinds of language-related knowledges that support teachers\u27 curriculum development activity. The review of literature in Chapter 2 focuses initially on constructions of the teacher, the teaching labour process, and teacher knowledge, with an emphasis on the place of language within such constructions. Three currently dominant perspectives on curriculum development are then identified: curriculum development as task, as policy making and as teacher agency. While the consequentiality of language is implicit in each of these perspectives, it is not given any priority, suggesting the value of a phenomenological study focusing specifically on the consequentiality of language in teachers\u27 school based curriculum development

Teacher Beliefs and Adverse Childhood Experiences

In the teaching profession, educators are often left to intervene with behaviors and developmental concerns associated with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). In order to maintain a productive classroom, teachers must show self regulation, resilience, and sensitivity to their students\u27 adverse childhood experiences. Many teachers intervening with these concerns have experienced ACEs themselves. Little research has been completed on the number of ACEs teachers report related to personal beliefs of student classroom behaviors or resilience. This study is significant because research shows increased achievement in the area of behavior and academics when trauma sensitive practices are implemented in schools (Sporleader & Forbes, 2016). This study used Spearman rank order correlation coefficients to show the relationship between resilience, sensitivity, and self regulation beliefs among 225 teachers in southwest Iowa. The results show all three values as statistically significant. Implications from the research show\u27s when looking at traditional classrooms, teachers are expected to run their day based on an academic focus. This study shows a significant relationship between the importance of social emotional needs of both the adults an the students in the classroom. In addition, self-awareness for teachers in the areas of resiliency, sensitivity, and self regulation related to their own experiences indicates professional development in these areas may benefit the students and adults

Marshall University Music Department Presents the MarshallUniversity Symphonic Band and the Marshall University Wind Symphony

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Leadership in the Bachelor of Education: A Dialogue between Student and Professor

There are true leaders in education who have overcome the traditional ways of hierarchical thinking and have developed transformational and collaborative orientations. They accomplished this in spite of the fact that our school system does not support these foci. As part of the educational system, the Bachelor of Education program contributes little to the development of this type of leadership in its students

Marshall University Music Department Presents a Showcase Concert, the Marshall University Symphonic Band, Jennifer Parson, Conductor, and the Marshall University Wind Symphony, Steve Barnett, Conductor

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Marshall University School of Music and Theatre presents the Marshall Univeristy Symphonic Band and the Marshall University Wind Symphony

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Marshall University Music Department Presents the Marshall University Symphonic Band, Jennifer Parson, Conductor, and the Marshall University Wind Symphony, Steve Barnett, Conductor

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