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AN EXAMINATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ON PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND PROGRAMS IN OKLAHOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
(2009)
This study examined superintendents\' or designees\' perceptions in light of NCLB (2002) and to understand parental involvement through the lens of Epstein\'s Framework of Parental Involvement (1992, 1995, 2002). Despite ...
"Under the Same Glorious Flag": Land, Race, and Legitimacy in Territorial New Mexico
(2009)
Using San Miguel County in northern New Mexico as a case study, this dissertation explores the ways in which nuevomexicanos sought some measure of control over the terms of their incorporation into the United States after ...
The Concentration of Affluence in the U.S. from 1990 to 2000
(2009)
This study considers the possible increase in the concentration of affluence from 1990 to 2000, as well as factors affecting the concentration of affluence and racial differences in the concentration of affluence. Analyses ...
Hurricane Risk Information and Perceptions of Blogs
(2009)
Hurricanes have proven to be one of nature's deadliest forces, and they can cause irreplaceable damage to entire communities, infrastructure, and people's livelihood. As a hurricane approaches, it generates an immediate ...
NON-NEWTONIAN POWER-LAW FLUID FLOW IN ECCENTRIC ANNULI: CFD SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
(2009)
Numerous publications have addressed the problems inherent to calculating wellbore hydraulics in eccentric annulus. The challenge of theoretical and numerical studies of fluid flow in an eccentric annulus is mainly due to ...
THE IMPACT OF SINGLE- AND MULTI-MOMENT MICROPHYSICS ON NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES OF THE 3 MAY 1999 OKLAHOMA TORNADO OUTBREAK
(2009)
Accurate parameterization of cloud and precipitation microphysical processes is critically important in simulation and prediction of severe convective storms, including supercell storms and their associated circulations. ...
`To Be Of Use': Contemporary American Women's Poetry of Work and Workers
(2009)
In this dissertation, I examine three genres of contemporary women's poetry of work and workers: the historical long poem, the lyric poem, and the hybrid lyric-narrative; identify the poetic devices and imagery which are ...
REBONDS BY IANNIS XENAKIS: PEDAGOGICAL STUDY AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
(2009)
This document provides a pedagogical study and performance analysis of Rebonds, a solo percussion work by Iannis Xenakis. Educators and performers of contemporary solo percussion literature can use this document as a ...
Direct Simulation of the Thermal Transpiration of Rarefied Gases in Short Channels
(2009)
Thermal transpiration (also referred to as thermal creep, thermal diffusion and thermomolecular flux) is the process by which a gas under the influence of a temperature gradient will flow through a channel from a cold ...
SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS: VENDORS AND CONSUMERS ON FILLING THE CERTIFICATION GAP
(2009)
SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS: