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The Effect of Text Illustrations on Young Children's Vocabulary Acquisition and Construction of Meaning During Storybook Read Alouds
(2008-09-09)
The effectiveness of illustrations for increasing students’ vocabulary knowledge and construction of meaning during storybook read alouds had been studied extensively. Although decades of research have suggested that ...
Is There a Gap of Banking Efficiency Between Accession and Non-accession Countries in Central and Eastern Europe
(2008-09-09)
This thesis divides the Central and Eastern European countries into two groups: accession countries which have or will attend Europe Union and non-accession countries which are not willing to attend Europe Union. The ...
Regressing Object-Oriented Principles to Achieve Performance Gains on the Java Platform, Micro Edition
(2008-09-09)
Object-Oriented Programming is a software design method that models the
characteristics of abstract or real objects using classes and objects [Sun Microsystems
2006b]. The Java language is intrinsically object-oriented; ...
Building a High-resolution Scalable Visualization Wall
(2008-09-09)
High-resolution and scalable displays are increasingly being used for interactive 3D
graphics applications, including large-scale data visualization, immersive virtual
environments, and scalable 3D rendering subsystems. ...
Movement, dispersal, and home ranges of tournament displaced largemouth and spotted bass in Lake Martin, Alabama
(2008-09-09)
Anglers fishing in black bass tournaments often displace fish great distances from their site of capture and the effects of tournament displacement on movement and behavior of fish after release have been variable. ...
Post-Speech-Recognition Processing in Domain-Specific Text-Corpus-Based Distributed Listening System: Analysis, Interpretation and Selection of Speech Recognition Results
(2008-09-09)
Achieving usable recognition rates has been an almost never-ending quest in speech recognition research for more than three decades. Recently speech recognition rates have dramatically improved in conjunction with the rapid ...
Teachers’ Perceptions of the Development, Enactment, and Effectiveness of a New Writing Curriculum within the Elmore County Public School District
(2008-09-09)
With increased accountability constraints placed on school districts in regards to improving students’ writing skills, schools throughout the nation are seeking assistance and working vigorously to develop curricula for ...
An Examination of Cognitive Complexity and Self-Directed Learner Readiness of Traditional and Nontraditional Undergraduate Students
(2008-09-09)
With the demand for higher education, many nontraditional students are returning to school. There have been differences concerning age and sex, with an increase in adult females comprising the new undergraduate population. ...
Alabama High School Principals' Knowledge Level of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Discipline Mandates
(2008-09-09)
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was amended in 1997 to create additional protections for students with disabilities who violate a school’s code of conduct. Prior to the IDEA, students with disabilities ...
Analysis of DC Power Systems Containing Induction Motor-Drive Loads
(2008-09-09)
The development of an analytical method used for conducting a power flow analysis on a DC power system containing multiple motor-drive loads is presented. The method is fast, simplistic, easy to implement, and produces ...