Self-administering arithmetic enrichment activities for the more rapid learner

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

A Comparative Study of the Performance of Students in Gregg Shorthand, Diamond Jubilee Series, and Forkner Shorthand in the Seattle Public Schools

It was the purpose of this study (1) to compare end-of-the-year achievement of the students taking Gregg Shorthand with those taking Forkner Shorthand in the Seattle Public Schools, (2) to make an error analysis of student transcripts to determine the kinds of transcription errors that were made, and (3) to determine whether any particular errors were more prevalent in one shorthand system than in the other

Alien Registration- Howe, Pearl M. (Wade, Aroostook County)

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The (Next) Big Short and the End of the Anthropocene

It is incredibly difficult to imagine an event the likes of which humans have never seen before. That, in and of itself, renders the challenge to prepare for such an event even more difficult because there is no frame of reference pushing us to act. How do you prepare to avoid something which has never occurred in the history of human occupation? That is the challenge of climate change. I argue that the Subprime Mortgage Crisis and its aftermath parallel the Climate Crisis in critical ways that should inform our tactics. Of course, there are obvious critical differences as well. The Subprime Crisis was a predictive failure that involved the misallocation of risk and blindness to uncertainty. This Article examines the predictive failures of the Subprime Crisis by focusing on what makes probabilities more likely to be accurate and the circumstances in which some predictions blind us to the uncertainty of large-scale negative consequences. This Article employs the theory of the Black Swan and other critiques from Nassim Nicolas Taleb to explore the application of probability theory in the context of the Climate Crisis. At the same time, data and probabilities are insufficient to motivate both individuals and political entities to act. Even an accurate probabilistic assessment of global climate change risk is inadequate; the Climate Crisis demands a narrative that resonates with individuals at a local and emotional level. Narrative theory explains the difficulty experienced in implementing legal solutions to mitigate the Climate Crisis. This Article synthesizes the link between narrative power in creating human understanding and our propensity for making bad predictions through the human cognitive bias research of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. While policy-makers, scientists, and political representatives play important roles in trying to shape public opinion, recent empirical research supports the idea that lawyers—through litigation—are best equipped to immediately address the Climate Crisis

Examining The Relationship Between Mental Health Professionals Knowledge And Beliefs As Predictors Of Attitudes Toward The Deaf

Individuals who are D/deaf experience significant barriers and disparities when accessing mental health services. Factors associated with improving knowledge and beliefs could reduce these disparities among mental health professionals by incorporating cultural competence during professional training, academic curricular, and internship programs. The purpose of this study was to examined the relationship between mental health professionals’ knowledge and belief as predictors of attitudes toward individuals who are D/deaf. Variances in demographic data also were explored as predictors of attitudes regarding individuals who are D/deaf. A nonexperimental, correlational research design was used for this study. The survey was completed by 65 mental health professionals. Pearson product moment correlations were used to determine the relationship between attitudes and knowledge of D/deaf cultural competency. No significant correlations were obtained, indicating that knowledge was not related to mental health professionals’ attitudes toward the deaf. Mental health professionals’ beliefs about the capabilities of individuals who were D/deaf was also not significantly related to attitudes about the capabilities of individuals who were D/deaf. Relevant demographic variables were used in separate stepwise multiple linear regression analyses, with knowledge, beliefs, and the prediction of attitudes towards individuals who were D/deaf used as the dependent variables. When knowledge was entered as the dependent variable, three independent variables entered the stepwise linear regression equation. The findings indicated that knowledge was related to specialized training and that most mental health professionals lacked adequate academic curricula preparation. Statistically significant relationships were also obtained on demographic variables related to ethnicity and professional discipline. Professionals who identified their discipline as community counseling reported lower scores on cultural knowledge. Recommendations for future research were offered