DRAMATICS
THE PERFECT ALIBI
GRANT H. REDFORD, Director
LOTTIE POULSON, Stage Manager
MARIE NELSON, Business Manager
THE CAST
Hillman Stevens
Randle Bennett
Mary Lou Hart
Billy Manning
Eloise Lunt
Carmen Leigh
Kent Smith
George Armstrong
Melvin...
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Appendix A
Consent Letters in English and Spanish
January 2011
Dear Parents,
You and your child are being invited to take part in a research study about literacy. 26 students and parents
combined from Ms. Berglund’s and Mrs. Stansell’s class...
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January 2011
Dear Parents,
You and your child are being invited to take part in a research study about literacy. 26 students and parents
combined from Ms. Berglund’s and Mrs. Stansell’s class will be participating. In addition, I am inviting...
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kitchen window had a screen that was broken and I stood there and held his hand and he said, “Always remember that I love you, and always remember to say your prayers.”
After hours of anxious waiting, she, her two...
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Appendix A: Parental Permission Letter (English)
Date January 25, 2011
Dear Parents,
Your child is being invited to take part in a research study involving a kindergarten take-home
library. Mrs. Sheila Howe, a teacher at Madison Elementary and a...
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She defended herself in an interview saying, “We have created such a culture around care giving and love that I think we often confuse the two. So now you have to prove you love someone by taking care of them” (Hampson, 2011,...
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children….[I] am sincerely sorry I had not remembered her important work in the past” (Rosin, 2004, p. C01). By failing to acknowledge what she had implied about stay-at-home mothers, and only recognizing Mrs. Bush’s...
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M: Be there. Be there. Be specific. You can‘t just say, how was your day. The way we get
into it at the dinner table is by saying, Okay, who got into trouble today? IT‘s specific. It
starts with theis acrchaic...
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Response Cost –
The contingent withdrawal of a specific amount of available reinforcers following an
inappropriate response. (In English: Predetermined consequences i.e. loss of recess, computer
time, or any other privilege)
Regular/Ongoing...
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Chapter 4
Results
Including Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences while creating, gathering and
evaluating real life math problems was the purpose of this master’s project. Encouraging students
to continue their studies in mathematics,...
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scores were not significantly higher than in other areas. Female students’ bodily/kinesthetic and
interpersonal learning style scores were significantly higher than the class’s scores in other areas.
Table 4.6 May’s comparison of the...
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Strongly disagree
Neither
Strongly agree
March May
6. I believe I am good at math
Males
Females
Both
Figure 4.15. Comparison between March and May, “I believe I am good at math”, Males,
Females, Both.
In regards to the statement, “I...
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Strongly disagree
Neither
Strongly agree
March May
14. I believe that what I am
learning will help me when I am
older
Males
Females
Both
Figure 4.23. Comparison between March and May, “I believe that what I am learning will help
me when I am...
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Chapter 5
Discussion
Engaging students in the study of mathematics is one of the goals of NCTM (Principles,
2000). The educator used Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences created in 1983 to
increase the level of engagement of her...
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The final learning style surveyed, intrapersonal, showed fewer males with a preference of
working alone. The educator, during her years of teaching, has observed that boys chose to work
alone rather than with other students. After the...
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complained when anything they were required to accomplish took more time than they thought it
should.
Students’ understanding of math was very interesting. Pupils leaned towards disagreeing
with the statement, “Math brings out my...
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Appendix B
Parent/guardian letter of approval
A letter was sent to the parent/guardian of Mrs. Okeson’s algebra I students on March 2,
2010. Contact information was given if the adult did not want their child participating in the
creative...
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLASS PROJECTS-Algebra
You may choose your own project (problem) and your own group. You may work as an
individual or a group with a maximum of three (3). For example, you are to answer the
questions and show your ideas,...