Laws in the Family

Alumni profile of Victor H. Laws \u274

A Lawyer\u27s Landscape

For those who hold a law degree, the paths are many. Three members of the Class of 2001 talk about their fledgling careers before they began full-time work and half-way through the first year of their careers

In-House Judges

UM Law students get on-site counsel from a state and a federal judge right down the hall

Honors Banquet Awardees

Raymond G. LaPlaca \u2783, a partner at Knight, Manzi, Nussbaum & LaPlaca believes in giving back to the communities that have nurtured him along the way. A partner with Brown, Goldstein & Levy, Andrew D. Levy \u2781 believes that having a license to practice law carries with it the responsibility of giving something back. (article continued on page 66 of JD. See link to Continuation of Honors Banquet Awardees.

Deepening students' understanding of multiplication and division by exploring divisibility by nine

This paper explores how a focus on understanding divisibility rules can be used to help deepen students’ understanding of multiplication and division with whole numbers. It is based on research with seven Year 7–8 teachers who were observed teaching a group of students a rule for divisibility by nine. As part of the lesson, students were shown a way of proving why the divisibility rule for nine works, using materials grouped in tens and hundreds. After the lesson, students’ understanding of multiplication and division was considerably deepened

The ratio of molecular to atomic gas in spiral galaxies as a function of morphological type

In order to gain an understanding of the global processes which influence cloud and star formation in disk galaxies, it is necessary to determine the relative amounts of atomic, molecular, and ionized gas both as a function of position in galaxies and from galaxy to galaxy. With observations of the CO distributions in over 200 galaxies now completed as part of the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory (FCRAO) Extragalactic CO Survey (Young et al. 1989), researchers are finally in a position to determine the type dependence of the molecular content of spiral galaxies, along with the ratio of molecular to atomic gas as a function of type. Do late type spirals really have more gas than early types when the molecular gas content is included. Researchers conclude that there is more than an order of magnitude decrease in the ratio of molecular to atomic gas mass as a function of morphological type from Sa-Sd; an average Sa galaxy has more molecular than atomic gas, and an average Sc has less. Therefore, the total interstellar gas mass to blue luminosity ratio, M sub gas/L sub B, increases by less than a factor of two as a function of type from Sa-Sd. The dominant effect found is that the phase of the gas in the cool interstellar medium (ISM) varies along the Hubble sequence. Researchers suggest that the more massive and centrally concentrated galaxies are able to achieve a molecular-dominated ISM through the collection of more gas in the potential. That gas may then form molecular clouds when a critical density is exceeded. The picture which these observations support is one in which the conversion of atomic gas to molecular gas is a global process which depends on large scale dynamics (cf Wyse 1986). Among interacting and merging systems, researchers find considerable scatter in the M(H2)/M(HI) ratio, with the mean ratio similar to that in the early type galaxies. The high global ratio of molecular to atomic gas could result from the removal of HI gas, the enhanced conversion of HI into H2, or both

The mathematical content knowledge and attitudes of New Zealand pre-service primary teachers

This paper presents data on the mathematical content knowledge and attitudes of pre-service primary teacher education students. The assessment consisted of nine tasks, including 2-digit computations and proportional reasoning. Students rated their liking for mathematics at three time points: primary, secondary, .and when assessed. Fewer than half the students liked mathematics, currently. Those with positive attitudes tended to perform well on mathematics tasks, but some low scorers were positive and some high' scorers were negative about mathematics. Most students used algorithmic procedures to solve problems and several consistent misconceptions were identified. Performance was noticeably poor on adding common fractions and converting fractions to percentages using knowledge of common factors. The implications of these findings for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) providers are presented

Distinguished Graduate Award

Wilbur D. Preston Jr. \u2749 is a really special counsel. He\u27s the heart and soul (and chairman) of Whiteford Taylor & Preston and served the Congress and the president during the national savings and loan crisis

Awards

2000 Distinguished Graduate Award: The Hon. George L. Russell Jr. \u2754 2000 Benjamin L. Cardin Pro Bono Service Award: Stephen J. Nolan \u277