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EQUITY AGENTS: CREATING AN INNOVATIVE LEARNING CULTURE WITH FOREIGN TEACHERS AND LĂOSHĪ 老师 WITHIN AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-23)
Educators within international school contexts are proponents of equity and believe that they listen to and advocate for the local teaching assistants, aides, and staff. However, issues of power, organizational structures, ...
RHETORICAL LIFELINES: QUEER AND FEMINIST SURVIVAL IN RIYOKO IKEDA’S THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-25)
This dissertation explores the rhetorical lifelines of queer and feminist survival in the adapted animation of Riyoko Ikeda’s The Rose of Versailles. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this study examines the rhetorics ...
NURTURING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH GOAL SETTING: A STRATEGY EVALUATION OF THE ABOUT2BE PROGRAM FOR PROBATIONARY COLLEGE STUDENTS
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-23)
This research was a part of a series of studies designed to evaluate the impact of a goal setting strategy entitled About2Be on the engagement and goal setting for probationary college students in the second semester of ...
ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING CORE INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORKS IN THE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH-GRADE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CLASSROOM
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-26)
This study presents a problem of practice in the format of a small-scale proof of concept. The topic is focused on a comprehensive process to improve the implementation of K-5 literacy instruction within a rural district ...
OPPOSING PERSISTENT BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF PHYTO- AND ENDOCANNABINOIDS FOLLOWING CHRONIC DEVELOPMENTAL, BUT NOT ADULT, TREATMENTS
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-23)
The rate of adolescent Cannabis abuse is increasing for recreational purposes and it is thought to be linked to a range of developmental and social problems. Many studies have demonstrated effects of early Cannabis exposure ...
DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATION SKILLS THROUGH VIRTUAL ROLE PLAY ACTIVITIES
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-23)
Employers have reported difficulty in finding employees who possess the skills needed to be successful. Surprisingly, the skills to which employers are referring are not the technical skills one would assume; instead, the ...
Catecholamine metabolism via monoamine oxidase (MAO) within myocardium of individuals with type 2 diabetes
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-23)
The primary comorbidity and cause of mortality in type 2 diabetes is cardiovascular disease. The structural and the functional cardiac remodeling observed in patients with type 2 diabetes has been shown to be driven by a ...
Executive Functioning Deficits in the Transdiagnostic Process of Multidimensional Perfectionism
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-02)
Background: Recent research has demonstrated that a variety of types of psychopathology, including depression, anxiety, eating pathology, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, are characterized by cognitive deficits in executive ...
A Study to Increase Female Minority STEM Efficacy and Engagement at the Northeast Academy for Aerospace and Advanced Technologies
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-10)
This study was designed to improve the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) efficacy and engagement of middle school minority females in a during-school and after-school all-girl peer support group. ...
Editorial Peer Review as a Content-Shaping Mechanism in Technical Communication Journal Scholarship
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-19)
Editorial peer review serves multiple functions in academic journal publishing including gatekeeping, quality control, and mentoring. As representatives of a discipline and its body of knowledge, peer reviewers evaluate ...