"Hand Digging Sewer Trenches" Public Works Administration Project ( W . P . A . ) During 'The Depression' 200 East and 200 North, looking west--1934
Aug. 3, 1933 City Council's discussion was concerning application for Government money, to be used...
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Chemistry is "the study of matter and the changes it undergoes" (Buthelezi, Dingrando,
Hainen, Wistrom & Zike, 2008, p. 4). Almost everything studied by scientists involves matter.
Since this is the case, it is crucial to...
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ENGAGING SECONDARY STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS WITH PROJECTS
CREATED BY IMPLEMENTING HOWARD GARDNER’S MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Chapter 1
Introduction
In the last couple of decades emphasis has been placed on Howard Gardner’s multiple
intelligences....
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Support from the
C. Charles Jackson Foundation
has made this publication possible
and contributed to the projects showcased on these pages.
Considerable appreciation is due to
Dr. Bruce H. Jackson
Executive Director
brucehjackson@ gma il.com
For...
1. Should the El Escalante Hotel be used by the City to house and display the G . R. Parry Collection a s a Museum? 2 . Should it be sold outright? Captain Lundberg, from the Air Force Special Weapons Center in New Mexico, requested permission to...
1. There was not adequate funds and financing for such an extensive project. 2. There were many time-consunling law suits involvillg water rights. Moreover, "the general Land Office made an adverse report on the New Castle Reclamation Co. in the...
1.5 HYPOTHESIS
The purpose of this research is to find methods to successfully extract DNA from duct tape, and to determine if different brands of tape affect the quality of amplified DNA. I hypothesize that at least one method 'Will generate a...
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writing at this institution is not valued as human communication—and this
in turn reduces the validity of the assessment (CCCC Executive Committee,
2004).
They also have concerns with companies not communicating their algorithms with their...
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High School are females? The boys also disagreed with the statement but not as strongly (see
Figure 4.31).
Depending on the different types of activity the students were working on determined the
different learning styles they used. After the...
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Eighteen out of the twenty-two students used six of the learning styles. Musical/rhythmic
learning style was not used in the presentation (see Figure 4.35).
The final project given to the student was a scale drawing. Six students did not...
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Chapter 6
Reflection
I discovered through interviews that the majority of the students involved in the creative
project preferred working in groups. Allowing students to choose the group members exhibited
excitement. Explaining the assignments...
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Learning in detail about the different learning styles created by Howard Gardner
increased my desire to implement the strategies that have been proven to help students learn to
the best of their abilities. Even though at times I feel frustrated...
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I learned during the research how very important it is to use cross curriculum to
encourage interest in mathematics. I have learned that reaching one child is worth all the time,
effort and persistence it takes. Being an advocate does make a...
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One of those that focus on primarily on scoring is Project Essay Grader (PEG). This was
the program developed by Ellis Page in the 60’s. PEG uses sample essays to generate its basis
for what makes up a “good essay” given the topic. The...
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Appendix A
Approval for project
Approval for the creative project was received February 2010. It was given by James
McCoy, doctor in the Master’s of Education department at Southern Utah University.
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REQUEST FOR IRB EXEMPTION
Name: Dr. James W. McCoy and Colleen Okeson
Position at SUU: Assistant Professor of Graduate Studies in Education
College: Education
Telephone # and fax #: Phone: 435-865-8290 Fax: 435-865-8485
Exemption category...
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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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March 2, 2010
Dear Parents,
Your child is being invited to take part in a research study to encourage an interest in
mathematics. The study will include real life math problems integrating Howard Gardner’s
multiple intelligences. For...
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Your child’s information will be combined with information from others taking part in
the project. When I report the results of the study with others, I will write about the combined
information. Your child will never be identified in any way...