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Characterizing Coastal Subenvironments with Modern Foraminiferal Assemblages: Bear Island and Bogue Banks, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2018-08-30)
North Carolina's coastline consists of an extensive barrier island system, with inlets acting as pathways for the exchange of sediment and water from estuarine and open ocean environments. Reconstructing past coastal changes ...
Shared Outcomes, Shared Practice: Evaluating an Instruction Program with One Assessment Technique
(2018-12-05)
Purpose: When it comes to instruction program assessment, we often define “program” as those common curricular experiences that students encounter during their academic careers, such as first-year seminars, composition ...
Evaluation of Fecal Indicator Bacteria Concentrations in Watersheds Served by Varying Densities of Onsite Wastewater Systems in the North Carolina Piedmont
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-27)
Onsite wastewater systems (OWS) are commonly used in North Carolina for wastewater treatment. Wastewater contains elevated concentrations of pathogens. If OWS do not efficiently treat wastewater then high concentrations ...
The Price of Bondage: Slavery, Slave Valuation, and Economics in the Albemarle
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-07)
This thesis examines the economics of antebellum slavery in the Albemarle region of North Carolina. Located in the northeastern corner of the Carolina colony, the Albemarle was a harsh location for settlement and thus, ...
AN ANALYTIC EXAMINATION OF DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION IN THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH GRADE READING CLASSES IN WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-07)
Differentiated instruction (DI) is an approach to instruction that requires that classroom teachers design lessons that address the needs of individual learners. As a result of local and national reporting on reading ...
A STUDY ON THE TEACHER TURNOVER RATE IN A RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2017-09-22)
The purpose of this study was to examine the variables that contributes to high teacher turnover rate in one Southeastern rural school district. The study used the Gap Analysis for Problem-solving, Planning, and School ...
From Dunes to Shelf Deposits: A Multidisciplinary Investigation of Coastal Sand Management in North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-02)
Coastlines around the world are environmentally and economically crucial to society but are being threatened by storms, sea-level rise and erosion. Beach nourishment is a widely used shoreline stabilization strategy that ...
THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT IN NORTH CAROLINA: 2007-2017
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-25)
This study explored the reporting of health equity issues in public health-led community health assessments (CHAs) and the reporting of measurable outcomes in the public health-led community health assessments (CHIPs). ...
FIGHTING AS THE FIRST: A CASE STUDY IN UNDERSTANDING THE STRUGGLES OF FIRST-GENERATION UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-26)
The purpose of this work was to understand the struggles that first-generation college students experience during their first year in a college/university setting. For the purposes of this study, I defined "first-generation ...
Of Blood, Salt, and Oil: An Archaeological, Geographical, and Historical Study of North Carolina's Dolphin Fishery
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-29)
The purpose of this study is to examine the influences of North Carolina's historic dolphin fishery at Hatteras and how it changed over time. Little research has been conducted to date and only echoes of the dolphin fishery's ...