The Swingset War

In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. It is no surprise that Michelle punched out my first tooth that the fairy collected. I saw in horror her fist speeding towards my face. It was quick, and yet slow enough for me to flinch in anticipation of the pain. Blue sky flashed in my eyes as I fell backwards off the swing. This was a classic interruption of our constant bickering: bloody and tear-filled. That was my relationship with my sister Michelle

The Fatal Ingredient

In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. Slowly, I push around the thick bowl of stew. Its delicious smell is wafting toward my nose, but my anticipation is dampened by the cruel fact that, hidden underneath the scrumptious brown liquid, lurks about fifteen green olives. Worse, they have pits and these remnants of consumption are to be placed ceremoniously on a small dish for this purpose. I can\u27t even pretend to eat them, unless I say I swallow olive pits. It\u27s a sticky situation

Environmental Literacy of Sixth Grade Students in Arkansas: Implications for Environmental Education Reform

Environmental education must be better integrated into K-12 curriculum to advance environmental literacy. Producing a citizenry that can understand and address the complex environmental issues facing the world today and in the future is essential to sustainable life on this planet. Using the Middle School Environmental Literacy Survey, 6th grade students across Arkansas were surveyed to obtain a baseline measure of environmental literacy based on the four domains of environmental literacy included in the survey; ecological knowledge, environmental affect, cognitive skills, and behavior. Individual domain scores were combined into a composite environmental literacy score. Results were then compared to the national baseline established by the National Environmental Literacy Assessment Project. The research population consisted of a stratified random sample of 6th grade students across Arkansas. An ex post facto research design was used to analyze the sample. The results of the research indicated that the Arkansas 6th grade students scored in the moderate range for the domains of ecological knowledge, environmental affect, and behavior. However, scores for cognitive skills were in the low range. The mean composite environmental literacy score indicated the 6th grade students had a moderate level of environmental literacy overall. Students in Arkansas scored significantly lower (t (4110) = 15.41, p

The Development of an Urban Socio-Economic Model for Archaeological Testing

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