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(2016-07-07)Department: Special EducationThe purpose of this study was to extend the literature on word-problem performance by using a crossed random-effects item response model to bring together two lines of research, namely irrelevant information and person ...
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(2019-07-23)Department: SociologyThe family of origin is the primary agent of socialization, with family resources having a profound impact on children’s development. Families vary in the economic and relational resources available, which lead to stratified ...
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(2015-07-06)Department: PsychologyFeedback can be a powerful learning tool, but its effects vary widely. Research suggests that feedback may have positive effects for those with low prior knowledge, but neutral or negative effects for those with higher ...
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(2020-10-14)Department: Special EducationYounger biological siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder (sibs-ASD) are at a heightened risk for developing communication disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder or language impairment. Two strategies that ...
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(2022-08-15)Department: PsychologyA long-standing debate is whether awareness is dissociable from attention. Previous work in support of a dissociation between stimulus-driven attention and awareness has used spatial-cueing paradigms. A critical review of ...
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(2016-08-18)Department: PsychologyA long-standing debate is whether awareness is dissociable from attention. Previous work in support of a dissociation between stimulus-driven attention and awareness has used spatial-cueing paradigms. A critical review of ...
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(2004-07-26)Department: Teaching and LearningThis study explores the reasoning that emerged among eight high school juniors and seniors as they participated in a classroom teaching experiment addressing stochastic conceptions of sampling and statistical inference. ...
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(2013-07-29)Department: ChemistryMalaria is a disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum which kills 1-2.7 million people per year. Parasite resistance to widely available anti-malarial treatments such as Chloriquine is spreading rapidly, and ...
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(2015-07-21)Department: SpanishIn the Spanish Caribbean and its diaspora, the cultural consequences of “not belonging” predominate works by Cuban authors Zoé Valdés and Oscar Hijuelos, Dominican authors Junot Díaz and Loida Maritza Pérez, and Puerto ...
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(2011-12-07)Department: Biomedical EngineeringI reduced the reaction volume in microfabricated suspended-membrane titration calorimeters to nanoliter droplets and improved the sensitivities to below a nanowatt with time constants of around 100ms. The device performance ...
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(2023-03-23)Department: Community Research & ActionInclusive education examines the ways in which educational policies and practices construct and respond to difference. Policies and practices for inclusive education challenge the spatial segregation of difference, emphasizing ...
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(2023-07-17)Department: Medicine, Health & SocietyTransgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people are at a greater risk of experiencing poor mental health than their cisgender peers (Carter et al., 2020). These mental health disparities are exacerbated by unsupportive ...
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(2023-07-17)Department: Medicine, Health & SocietyTransgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people are at a greater risk of experiencing poor mental health than their cisgender peers (Carter et al., 2020). These mental health disparities are exacerbated by unsupportive ...
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(2014-11-18)Department: SociologyPopular media often portray college hookups (i.e., casual sexual encounters with no expectation or guarantee of commitment) as harmful to young women and beneficial to young men. Research indicates that hookups tend to be ...
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(2017-07-10)Department: Political ScienceThis dissertation examines the ways in which the increasingly negative feelings that Americans harbor toward their political opponents influence the way they understand politics. Though the conventional understanding of ...
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(2019-06-26)Department: PsychologySince Ebbinghaus’ (1885) work more than a century ago, there has been substantial interest in understanding how people store and retrieve information in order. The field has largely relied on the serial recall procedure ...
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(2014-12-03)Department: Community Research and ActionThis paper explores the intersection of religious and sexual identity formation amongst Muslim-American youth, employing psychological theories of identity, sociological theories of performance, and theological perspectives ...
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(2019-04-11)Department: Community Research and ActionA school-based enterprise (SBE) is an entrepreneurial operation managed and operated by students in a school setting. School-based enterprises reinforce classroom instruction through practice-based learning and can enhance ...
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(2013-07-29)Department: Learning, Teaching and DiversityThis research examines the digital communication and composing practices of a group of preschoolers with touchscreen tablets. Four year-old children were invited to take on the role of digital composer as they used an ...
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(2017-12-08)Department: Medicine, Health, and SocietyWhile healthcare research has examined how social and emotional factors complicate treatment of chronic disease, practitioners often have few resources to assess and address the impact of non-biological influences on patient ...