School effects on achievement in secondary mathematics and Portuguese in Brazil

The authors use a multilevel modeling procedure to explore 1) the percentage of variance in secondary school achievement in Brazil that could be attributed to the types of school attended, 2) differences between schools in students'achievement in mathematics and Portuguese, and 3) differences between schools in reducing achievement differences based on students'socioeconomic status. The authors identified the following : students in Brazil's federal technical schools outperformed students in other schools in both mathematics and Portuguese. Important factors were class size (achievement was higher in larger classes), the number of hours math was taught (the more the better), the school's organizational complexity, average family social class background, and the number of hours students spent working.Teaching and Learning,Gender and Education,Primary Education,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Educational Sciences

Diagnostic study of reading difficulties in fourth grade.

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston Universit

Working Together to Ease the Pressure to Publish in Higher Education

Academics are under a great deal of pressure to publish. Decisions on crucial issues of hiring, tenure and promotion are largely determined by publication rates (Boice & Jones, 1984) and faculty scholarly performance has traditionally been assessed by “straight counts” of publications (Braxton & Del Favero, 2002). These publication rates are used by institutions as an indicator of the institution’s performance and are important criteria in securing external funding from government and other sources (McGrail, Rickard & Jones, 2006). Failure to publish within the expected norms established by a college or university can result in a faculty member’s termination

The Care of South Pacific Artifacts

Masters of ArtsPacific Islands Studie

An experimental evaluation of a study guide as an assignment procedure in two eighth grade American history classes

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1947. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive

Introduction: European dialogues

No abstract available

Hearing the Community: Evolution of a Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for African American Women to Improve Weight

Listening to the needs of the community is an important step toward reducing health disparities. Researchers may need to adjust their methods to maximize participation and benefit to the community. This report describes how the project team adjusted its approach to a weight loss intervention to support a community of African American women seeking to improve their health

Theory and patterns of tragedy in the later Novellen of Theodor Storm

The thesis is an. attempt to refute the indictment of Storm's work as being sentimental and melancholy, arguing that such a judgment fails to take account of the writer's portrayal of tragedy in the final seventeen years of his life. Chapter One analyses a number of aspects of Storm's thought and experience which disposed him towards a tragic view of the world: this includes an examination of the possible impact of the popular philosophies of Feuerbach, the Materialists, Darwin and Schopenhauer, as well as the significance of his educational background, his career as a judge, and his attitude to family life, religion, politics and society. Chapter Two considers the aesthetic convictions underlying Storm's conception and portrayal of tragedy, looking also at the idea of the Novelle as a suitable medium for tragedy and at the relationship between the author's later work and the tragedies of Naturalism. Chapters Three to Five present a detailed study of six individual Novellen which treat themes representative of Storm's work. Chapter Three focuses on Storm's attitude to the destructive potential of prejudice and superstition in society, taking Renate (1878) and Ein Doppelganger (1886) as examples of "The Tragedy of Social Compulsion". Chapter Four investigates his pessimistic preoccupation with the subject of heredity, discussing John Riew' (1885) and Der Herr Etatsrat (1881) as cases of "The Tragedy of Genetic Compulsion". Chapter Five is entitled "The Tragedy of Personal Responsibility": it examines Ein Bekenntnis (1887) and Zur Chronik von Grieshuus (1883) as Novellen in which the leading characters incur specific moral guilt, and considers the nature and results of their attempts to atone for their crime

Maine-Wabanaki REACH Newsletter, Summer 2019

Wabanaki REACH Executive Director Maria Girouard explains the move by the organization to change the acronym from Reconciliation, established during the work with the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 2012-2015, to Restoration to more accurately reflect the organization\u27s ongoing work in restorative practices, restorative talking circles, restorative justice, and decolonization. Headlines in this issue the following: From Reconciliation to Restoration Within the Healing Circle Maine\u27s Bicentennial and Mainers Reach for the Truth REACH at Maine Schools and Youth Groups The Truth Commission and Beyondhttps://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/wabanaki_reach/1007/thumbnail.jp