The learning curve: the thinking and learning styles of selected student athletes at Rowan University and the impact on academic achievement

This study was designed to determine if thinking and learning styles of selected student-athletes at Rowan University impact academic achievement. Ninety-six undergraduate student-athletes from Rowan University participated in the study completing both the Inquiry Mode Questionnaire (InQ) and the Learning Connections Inventory (LCI) to measure thinking and learning styles. The InQ consists of 18 statements which are followed by five possible endings in which respondents indicate the degree to which each statement is most like you (5) or least like you (1). The LCI is a 28 Likert item self-reporting instrument that allows the respondent to learn of their learning style. Student-athletes also completed a demographic page, included on which were the variables of gender, academic classification, major, sports participation, and grade point average. Findings from this study support previous research about thinking and learning styles, while expanding the knowledge base about thinking and learning styles and student-athletes. Significant correlations were found between thinking and learning styles and the following variables: gender, major, and sports participation

Walking Is A Right (Civil and Human)

PowerPoint opening keynote presented at the National Walking Summit in Washington, DC last month. Here is link to the Summit. http://walkingsummit.org/keynote-speakers . Some of themes include - walking as a right, outdoor apartheid, walking while black, and connecting nature walks and health (walking is good for the mind, body, spirit and soul) run through the talk

Deadly Waiting Game: An Environmental Justice Framework for Examining Natural and Man-Made Disasters Beyond Hurricane Katrina [abstract]

Presenter: Robert D. Bullard, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Clark Atlanta University 1 page

Deadly Waiting Game: An Environmental Justice Framework for Examining Natural and Man-Made Disasters Beyond Hurricane Katrina [abstract]

Presenter: Robert D. Bullard, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Clark Atlanta University 1 page

Effect of Cooling Rates on Mineralization in Portland Cement Clinker

Title from PDF of title page, viewed on August 12, 2015Thesis advisor: James B. MurowchickVitaIncludes bibliographic references (pages 77-79)Thesis (M.S.)--Department of Geosciences. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2015The rate at which cement clinker is cooled as it exits the kiln has long been known to be an important factor in cement quality. Cooling rate is one of the variables that has a significant impact on the minerals produced during the cement making process. The goal of the industry has been to produce cement clinker containing minerals that are highly reactive with water. Highly reactive clinker minerals will equate to improved mortar strength and faster set times than clinker with minerals that have a lower level of reactivity. This study analyzed five cooling rates of Portland cement clinker produced in a laboratory. Characteristics of clinker minerals were then analyzed with an emphasis on silicate minerals, alite and belite. The fastest cooled sample was determined to be the best quality sample in terms of hydraulic reactivity. Alites and belites in this sample exhibited good crystal form. The belite minerals from this sample had higher levels of foreign ions which yielded more highly reactive belite polymorphs. This sample had less periclase than other samples and small, more amorphous aluminate and ferrite crystals. With progressively slower cooling rates, less hydraulically reactive silicate minerals with increasingly poor crystal form were observed. Periclase content increased in slower cooled samples and aluminate and ferrite crystals were progressively larger.Introduction -- Previous work -- Methods -- Results -- conclusion -- Appendix A. XRF data -- Appendix B. Ono method dat