TEACHER INDUCTION AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Past research indicates that new teachers entering the classroom are not equipped with necessary training to effectively manage a classroom. Therefore, it is essential that schools provide induction programs that will provide necessary support, specifically related to classroom management. This qualitative study conducted in-depth research into participants’ perspectives specifically related to teacher induction processes and classroom management across two high schools within the same district. Data within this study were collected through interviews and observations with first-through-third-year teacher induction participants at both study schools. The study has provided research on induction participants’ perceptions of relevant content to be included within teacher induction processes. Additionally, this study confirmed that classroom management strategies presented during induction sessions positively influenced student behavior, with the implementation of procedures and routines promoting student engagement. Finally, the study has documented consistencies and inconsistencies across the two participating study schools

Process for producing tris s(n-methylamino) methylsilane

A method of producing tris (N-methylamine) methylsilane is described including the steps of forming and cooling a liquid solution of methylamine in an inert solvent and under an inert atmosphere at a temperature of about -30 C and slowly adding a quantity of methyltricholorosilane while maintaining said temperature. The reaction mixture is then heated for about 60 minutes at a temperature of about 40 C, followed by filtering the solid portion from the liquid portion. The liquid is distilled to remove the solvent, resulting in a high yield of tris (N-methylamine) methylsilane

Bundling Economics Under Adverse Selection in the Individual Health Insurance Market

We examine the impact of bundling strategies on the level of consumer participation and premium rates realized in an individual health insurance market characterized by an adverse selection problem. In this context we show that society may use private insurers to attain universal coverage at equitable premiums under a pure bundling strategy, where insurers offer only a comprehensive policy to the market. This result is strengthened as the number of medical conditions covered in the comprehensive policy increases and as applicant risk aversion increases. When insurance applicants exhibit low levels of risk aversion a mixed bundling strategy (or offering single-disease policies along with the comprehensive policy) improves consumer participation and decreases premium rates when compared to a pure bundling strategy. In this case market performance is improved by increasing policy options offered to applicants. Alternatively, when insurance applicants exhibit moderate levels of risk aversion a mixed bundling strategy reduces consumer participation and increases premium rates when compared to a pure bundling strategy. In this case market performance is improved by reducing policy options offered to applicants. In addition, when insurance applicants exhibit sufficiently high levels of risk aversion the consumer participation and premium rates realized under a pure bundling strategy and mixed bundling strategy converge toward full market participation. Finally, under all levels of risk aversion we show that offering an exclusion policy along with the comprehensive policy decreases consumer participation

Preparation of silicon carbide-silicon nitride fibers by the pyrolysis of polycarbosilazane precursors

The development of silicon carbide-silicon nitride fibers (SiC-Si3N4) by the pyrolysis of polycarbosilazane precursors is reviewed. Precursor resin, which was prepared by heating tris(N-methylamino)methylsilane or tris(N-methylamino)phenylsilane to about 520 C, was drawn into fibers from the melt and then made unmeltable by humidity conditioning at 100 C and 95 percent relative humidity. The humidity treated precursor fibers were pyrolyzed to ceramic fibers with good mechanical properties and electrical resistivity. For example, SiC-Si3N4 fibers derived from tris(N-methylamino)methylsilane had a tensile rupture modulus of 29 million psi and electrical resistivity of 6.9 x ten to the 8th power omega-cm, which is ten to the twelfth power times greater than that obtained for graphite fibers

Method for machining holes in composite materials

A method for boring well defined holes in a composite material such as graphite/epoxy is discussed. A slurry of silicon carbide powder and water is projected onto a work area of the composite material in which a hole is to be bored with a conventional drill bit. The silicon carbide powder and water slurry allow the drill bit, while experiencing only normal wear, to bore smooth, cylindrical holes in the composite material

Statistical Properties of Height of Japanese Schoolchildren

We study height distributions of Japanese schoolchildren based on the statictical data which are obtained from the school health survey by the ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology, Japan . From our analysis, it has been clarified that the distribution of height changes from the lognormal distribution to the normal distribution in the periods of puberty.Comment: 2 pages, 2 figures, submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.; resubmitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. after some revisio

Observations of neck-collared Canada geese near John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York

Canada geese (Branta canadensis) often cause significant damage when they strike aircraft. They are responsible for a reported minimum of $2.6 million in damage per year to civil aviation in the United States. Knowledge of goose movements in relation to airports would allow wildlife managers to allocate time and funds to manage those populations that pose the greatest threat to aircraft. We placed alpha-numeric neck collars on 300 Canada geese within 8 km of both John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFKIA) and LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. We conducted weekly observations for 2 years within a 12- km radius of JFKIA at locations used by the geese. At the conclusion of the study, 45% of the collared geese remained within an 8-km radius of JFKIA, and four were killed at JFKIA during wildlife control operations. We observed birds at their original banding sites 75% of the time, and within 5 km of the banding location 95% of the time. Geese that remained in the study area were re-sighted at a mean straight-line distance of 3.6 (±3.1) km from their original banding location. We note that 78% of the re-sighting locations used by geese were within 8 km of JFKIA and that movements of these geese could take them over or onto JFKIA. Oiling goose eggs to kill the embryos, rounding up of flightless birds within 8 km of the airport, and bird-control activities at JFKIA and nearby areas all should be continued to reduce the probability of a catastrophic bird strike between aircraft using JFKIA and local Canada geese

Density Range of Compression-Molded Polypropylene-Wood Composites

Wood and polypropylene fibers were mixed together in various proportions and compression-molded to boards of various specific gravities. The full theoretical specific gravity range could not be obtained even when the boards were cooled in the press. Voids surrounding the wood fibers possibly were due to the shrinkage of the wood fiber following pressing. Bending and tension properties were influenced more by the compression of the wood fibers than by the percentage of wood fiber addition

Precise Timing of ATPase Activation Drives Targeting of Tail-Anchored Proteins

Hundreds of proteins are anchored on cellular membranes by a transmembrane domain (TM) at their extreme C-terminus. These ‘tail-anchored' (TA) proteins perform numerous essential cellular functions, yet their unique topology poses fundamental challenges to their proper localization. In eukaryotic cells, the highly conserved ATPase Get3 coordinates the efficient capture and delivery of TA proteins to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). How Get3 uses its ATPase cycles to drive this fundamental process remains elusive. Here we define the Get3 ATPase cycle and show that ATP specifically induces conformational changes in Get3 that culminate in its ATPase activation through tetramerization. This activation is inhibited by the TA protein loading complex Get4/5 and is activated by the TA substrate, ensuring the precise timing of ATP hydrolysis during targeting. Our results provide an explicit model for how Get3 harnesses the energy from ATP to spatially and temporally coordinate the membrane localization of TA proteins