ATTENTION: The software behind KU ScholarWorks is being upgraded to a new version. Starting July 15th, users will not be able to log in to the system, add items, nor make any changes until the new version is in place at the end of July. Searching for articles and opening files will continue to work while the system is being updated.
If you have any questions, please contact Marianne Reed at mreed@ku.edu .
Education and Human Sciences: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1201-1220 of 1670
-
Effects of a supplement designed to increase ATP levels on muscle strength, power output, and endurance
(BioMed Central, 2008)Background: The present study examined the acute effects of a nutritional supplement intended to improve adenosine triphosphate (ATP) concentrations on vertical jump height, isometric strength of the leg extensors, leg ... -
Physical activity across the curriculum: year one process evaluation results
(BioMed Central, 2008)Background: Physical Activity Across the Curriculum (PAAC) is a 3-year elementary school-based intervention to determine if increased amounts of moderate intensity physical activity performed in the classroom will diminish ... -
Sexual Compulsivity, the Internet, and Sexual Behaviors Among Men in a Rural Area of the United States
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2010)Sexual compulsivity has been associated with higher frequencies of sexual behaviors that may increase risk for transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI). In a rural midwestern region where ... -
Sexual Compulsivity Among Men in a Decentralized MSM Community of the Midwestern United States
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2008)Among men who have sex with men (MSM), sexual compulsivity has been associated with higher frequencies of sexual behaviors that may increase risk for transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI). ... -
The BSCS and Educational Computing in the Sciences
(University of California Press, 1986) -
A Rationale for Using Computers in Science Education
(University of California Press, 1984) -
Effects of the Culture in Two Schools on the Progress and Outcomes of Staff Development
(The University of Chicago Press, 1995)Research suggests that traditional staff development programs that neglect the context of the school and the classroom have not been successful. Failure to recognize participants' beliefs and understandings and the ... -
Voice-Onset-Time in the Perception of Foreign Accent by Native Listeners of Spanish
(Walter de Gruyter, 1997)Determines the extent to which the variation of temporal characteristics of stops in a particular Spanish utterance spoken by an English speaker had a noticeable effect on the perception of foreignness of speech. Range in ... -
Online Interstate Student Diplomats Discuss What Justifies War: 'We don't want people to die, but we don't want to lose our oil'
(Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, 2012)Given that most research in online discussion addresses asynchronous discussions and that middle school students receive little opportunity to engage in sustained, substantive dialogues, there is a need to develop and pilot ... -
The impact of using guided reading to teach low-literate adults
(International Reading Association, 2004)Massengill discusses a guided reading instructional framework applied to four adult participants, including Joelle, Peter, Troy, and Malia. She stresses that the instructional framework improved the learners' word-recognition ... -
Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English (2010)
(National Council of Teachers of English, 2010)While a number of studies in the 2010 Bibliography document the increased use of digital/media tools in the English classroom, they also suggest that given students' heavy use of digital/media tools in their homes, issues ... -
Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English (2009)
(National Council of Teachers of English, 2009) -
Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English (2008)
(National Council of Teachers of English, 2008)Draws on postcolonial perspectives and critiques of the Asian American model minority stereotype to analyze the narratives of 10 high school students from Indian immigrant families in New York City. Discusses the way ... -
Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English (2006)
(National Council of Teachers of English, 2006) -
Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English (2005)
(National Council of Teachers of English, 2005)Several annotated bibliographies of research in the teaching of English are presented. -
Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English (2007)
(National Council of Teachers of English, 2007)The young women established bonds through nonverbal communication (e.g., eye gaze) to assert their gendered, racial, and cultural identities in the face of dominant identities promoted in the classroom. Draws on research ... -
Service Learning and the Preparation of English Teachers
(National Council of Teachers of English, 2011)In this article, service learning is explored as a pedagogical third space from which preservice teachers learn to teach the New English education. We argue that such a space has the potential to foster preservice English ... -
Authentic, Dialogic Writing: The Case of a Letter to the Editor
(National Council of Teachers of English, 2009)A teacher educator reflects on the educational value of an authentic writing assignment inspired by real-world local events. -
Mission accomplished ... it's learnable now: Voices of mature challenged spellers using a Word Study approach
(International Reading Association, 2006) -
Functional Relationships Between Universities and Public Schools
(MDPI, 1982)This article presents a general model for university-public school cooperation based on the experiences of the authors engaged in such activity. Elements of the cooperation model are: volunteerism, responsiveness bilateral ...
