Graduate Study in Education at Kansas State University

The most significant changes in the College of Education have occurred in the area of graduate study. New graduate programs in late afternoon and evening, as well as eight off-campus locations, have extended the program to serve the teachers of Kansas. In addition K-State is cooperating with a consortium of southern and midwestern colleges to strengthen programs and faculty for developing institutions. Graduate study in education is just one more example of the land-grant philosophy which brings the resources of the university to the people it serves

Secondary school teachers\u27 attitudes toward a reading course requirement for certification

Should a reading course be required for secondary teacher certification

The leadership hierarchy in school-based curriculum development

Meaningful curriculum development comes about when there is an increased awareness about the Curriculum Leadership Hierarchy

Field Dependence of the Superconducting Basal Plane Anisotropy of TmNi2B2C

The superconductor TmNi2B2C possesses a significant four-fold basal plane anisotropy, leading to a square Vortex Lattice (VL) at intermediate fields. However, unlike other members of the borocarbide superconductors, the anisotropy in TmNi2B2C appears to decrease with increasing field, evident by a reentrance of the square VL phase. We have used Small Angle Neutron Scattering measurements of the VL to study the field dependence of the anisotropy. Our results provide a direct, quantitative measurement of the decreasing anisotropy. We attribute this reduction of the basal plane anisotropy to the strong Pauli paramagnetic effects observed in TmNi2B2C and the resulting expansion of vortex cores near Hc2.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, 1 tabl

Vortex lattice structure in BaFe2(As0.67P0.33)2 by the small-angle neutron scattering technique

We have observed a magnetic vortex lattice (VL) in BaFe2(As_{0.67}P_{0.33})2 (BFAP) single crystals by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). With the field along the c-axis, a nearly isotropic hexagonal VL was formed in the field range from 1 to 16 T, which is a record for this technique in the pnictides, and no symmetry changes in the VL were observed. The temperature-dependence of the VL signal was measured and confirms the presence of (non d-wave) nodes in the superconducting gap structure for measurements at 5 T and below. The nodal effects were suppressed at high fields. At low fields, a VL reorientation transition was observed between 1 T and 3 T, with the VL orientation changing by 45{\deg}. Below 1 T, the VL structure was strongly affected by pinning and the diffraction pattern had a fourfold symmetry. We suggest that this (and possibly also the VL reorientation) is due to pinning to defects aligned with the crystal structure, rather than being intrinsic.Comment: 9 pages, 9 figure

Learning Disabilities in the Workplace: LD awareness presentation for supervisors

This informational workshop is an awareness tool for chairpersons to understand and recognize characteristics and consequences of learning disabilities in the workplace. Legal rights and responsibilities of employers and individuals with learning disabilities will be discussed. Accommodations for specific learning disabilities will be identified. This presentation is informational only.Citation: Verhage, E., Coleman, T., Darbyshire, M.J., & Littrell, L. (2006). Learning Disabilities in the Workplace: LD awareness presentation for supervisors. Academic Chairperson’s Conference. Orlando, FL

Interplay of gravitation and linear superposition of different mass eigenstates

The interplay of gravitation and the quantum-mechanical principle of linear superposition induces a new set of neutrino oscillation phases. These ensure that the flavor-oscillation clocks, inherent in the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations, redshift precisely as required by Einstein's theory of gravitation. The physical observability of these phases in the context of the solar neutrino anomaly, type-II supernovae, and certain atomic systems is briefly discussed