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The major purpose of this paper is to show how a class of seventh grade pupils may be led to understand that arithmetic is not merely a book of rules, drills, and meaningless problems to be memorized in order to pass to the next grade, ...
Research in pediatric medical art therapy is comprised largely of case studies. The motivation for this study was to contribute quantitative data to the literature on art therapy with children who experienced hospitalization and medical...
This project is focused on improving Environmental Education in Tallahassee, specifically in regards to the Food and Agriculture System. This paper draws on research about environmental education practices as well as issues within the...
During the fall season of 2014, the three shows produced by Theatre Tallahassee were studied to determine the most effective marketing techniques for this particular theatre's audience and how accurately the marketing used at that time...
This thesis work addresses two research questions regarding sustainability that may be of interest to the planning profession, namely, is it useful and meaningful to measure the sustainability of residential neighborhoods in terms of...
This study examined the role of variety and frequency of dialectal features in relation to dialect awareness of African American English (AAE) and Standard American English (SAE) forms. Participant data was derived from oral and written...
This dissertation centers on la danza Bugabita, a rural Panamanian dance-drama expression of los moros y cristianos. It documents, analyzes, and contextualizes the music, text, choreography, and history of the festival, bringing together...
This dissertation examines the portrayal of autonomous girlhood in five young-adult (YA) novels that appropriate Shakespearean plots for twenty-first-century girl audiences: Caryl Cude Mullin's Rough Magic (2009), Lisa Klein's Lady...
Much research has been done on transportation accessibility of the central-city minorities and its impacts on income, automobile ownership, and employment. The proportion of people using transit for any purpose in the U.S. is so...
Affirmative action and diversity can serve as a powerful framework for helping arts management educators address the challenge of diversity in the arts. This article encourages arts management educators to use affirmative action and...
Many states within the U.S., including Florida, have seen steady population growth since the 1950s. While population growth can lead to economic growth, excessive growth of urban areas can lead to negative externalities such as road...
Quantification, Analysis, and Management of Intracoastal Waterway Channel Margin Erosion in the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Florida
The Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve is one of twenty-six such reserves in the United States established with the intent of protecting coastal estuaries. GIS-based analysis of aerial photographs of the southern...
Mixtec codices are sacred books folded like accordions and composed of strips of deer hide or fig-tree bark that visually narrate activities of deities, supernatural culture heroes, and the actions and genealogies of historical Mixtec...
Conventional wisdom suggests that the increasing decentralization of population and employment in U.S. metropolitan areas is to blame for declining public transit mode shares and deteriorating system productivity. Proponents of this view...
Few research studies have been conducted specifically focused on change process in marital art therapy. A need for more quantitative research in art therapy has been established. This research study focused on the results of a quasi...
Alexander Pushkin, the father of Modern Russian literature, has influenced every great contemporary Russian writer. His timeless poetry and insightful prose solidify him as a leading voice in Russian culture. During his lifetime, Pushkin...
Excessive nitrogen loading to surface water bodies has resulted in serious environmental, economical, ecological, and human health problems, such as groundwater contamination and eutrophication in surface water. One important source of...
This paper applies six theoretical models of metropolitan decision-making to analyze the history of rapid transit planning in Charlotte, North Carolina. The political models employed include: the elitist model, the pluralist model, the...
In response to a heightening concern for international justice, in the late 1990`s in Rome, Italy over 160 countries deliberated on the most suitable approach to an international standard dealing with war crimes, crimes of aggression, ...
The Florida Communities Trust (FCT) program provides grants to local governments to preserve open space. In doing so, this program plays an important role in supporting public health. A total of 617 FCT applications submitted between...
This exploratory study examined the Florida Communities Trust (FCT) open space acquisition program for its ability to connect recreational open spaces and the influence this connectivity had on public use for physical activity. The...
This thesis uses parallels in the theories of amateurism in college athletics and paternalism in slavery to better understand college football as a system of exploitation of labor. To provide the reader with a background of these...
The culture of the Pacific Northwest is formed by and around its natural environment. Cultural descriptions of the region usually highlight its spectacular scenery, its rich natural resources, and the connection that many residents feel...
This project elucidates how gendered notions of prosperity and labor within postwar Christianity provided highly saleable and successful modes, models, and technologies of self-production aimed at creating fiscal and emotional success...
This article reports on the ways that 77 students in an international studies programme constructed meanings for global citizenship. The focus was on their personal meanings for the topic and how they articulated a global identity with... In this study, information about national identity and global citizenship were collected from 77 students enrolled in an international studies program through discussion boards, essays, and interviews. Results regarding global...
In this research study, we undertook a content analysis of thirteen economics and business textbooks, which were examined for their coverage of the social economy, which encompasses a range of nonprofit and social enterprise...
The objective of this research is to elicit and analyze the use of visual response created by art therapists and its implications for their resiliency. As part of the mental health community, art therapists are exposed to trauma...
This arts-based dissertation explored an art teacher and her students’ interactions and movements through a high school art class using visual maps. Art as research by way of visual mapping methods emerged as a tool teachers can use to...
My thesis starts by looking at Lenin's interpretation of Marxism. The Leninist ideas of a tangible reality, the rejection of social democratic compromise and the importance of social responsibility as well as personal responsibility for...
This article explores what drives communities in United States to include health objectives in their comprehensive plans. By using a place-based approach, this model is able to take into account variables such as health status, social...
Letter sent from the University of Chicago's Ryerson Physical Laboratory by Arthur H. Compton to Dr. Dirac inviting him to be a guest lecturer at the university during an upcoming semester.
Inspired by the plays and performance art pieces of many Latina/o and African American artists who seek to resurrect indigenous beliefs as a method of political resistance, this thesis seeks to imagine possibilities for male individuals...
"The purpose of this study was to investigate the conjecture that instruction in the strategies of Pattern Discovery, Trial and Error, Working Backward, Contradiction, Substitution, and Use of Diagrams would result in the development of...
This piece of choreography is about the Mozart family and their twelve family values that keep them together. They display themselves in 18th century society as well as endure conflict together. The family is a beautiful dysfunction and...
This work employs historical memory as a theoretical framework in which to explore racial violence in Florida in the 1920s. Focusing on Baker County and Taylor County, I explore the ways in which white memory was (and is) commemorated in...
The theory and practice of cross-cultural/multicultural counseling and art/expressive therapies were reviewed in order to develop and guide the current study. The current art therapist implemented an exploratory, qualitative, ...
With tourism serving as its principal industry by the end of WWII, Florida had solidified itself as the preeminent leisure paradise among America's mainstream destinations. Dubbed the "Magic City, Miami was the most popular retreat for...
The experiences encountered during combat and military service can have lasting effects on mental health, physical health, and well-being for our nation’s veterans. Older veterans make up a large majority of the U.S. veteran population...
Abstract Many children with disfigurements have low self-concept as a result of their beliefs about themselves and about what society thinks about them. Some disfigured children are teased, taunted, stared at, and made to feel inferior...
Research investigated the effectiveness of an art therapy intervention based on the conversational model in improving the quality of the relationship in a caregiving dyad. Caregiving dyads were composed of spousal caregivers and spouses...
Hip-hop culture and music in South Carolina (SC) are rarely discussed in the field of ethnomusicology. My thesis crosses the intersections of ethnomusicology and Black geography to investigate how Black hip-hop artists in Charleston, SC...
This survey of orchestral excerpt books is a resource for flutists auditioning, studying, or teaching orchestral excerpts. An orchestral excerpt is a short, difficult passage or solo from an individual part of a symphonic work. There are...
The purpose of this study was to explore the issue of social class in art education. As mentioned in my theoretical framework underlying this study, Bourdieu (1973/2000) used the term cultural capital as forms of knowledge, tastes, and...
This thesis aims to situate the controversy surrounding Muslim women's attire in France in a historical context of this country, specifically the development of the French concept of laïcité. In 1905, there occurred an important...
African American brothers, Hodges and Rogers Glenn taught art in Frenchtown, in Tallahassee, Florida during the tumultuous 50s and 60s. In spite of its marginalization, the community of Frenchtown was a thriving self-sustaining mecca for...
Family leisure is conceptualized as engagement and satisfaction with experiences that involve joint participation in activities with other family members during one’s free time. Although family leisure has been linked to family...
The importance of older adults' health is increasing with extending lifespans. Despite a large amount of research conducted on older adults' health, little is known about sexual orientation differences. Although some studies have...
We examined whether neighborhood urban form, along with the social environment, was associated with depressive symptoms in a sample of Miami residents. Using a validated measure of depressive symptoms, we found that living in...
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