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Teachers' perception and expectation of students: Influences on teaching and student success in the applied piano lesson.
(2005)
These perceptions and the resulting expectations had a direct impact on the teacher's behavior in the lesson. Fifty-three general teaching strategies as well as 36 student-specific teaching strategies were identified. The ...
Sorghum Genome Sequencing by Methylation Filtration
(PLos Biology, 2005-01-04)
Methylation filtration makes practical the sequencing of large genomes, such as those found in sorghum, by preferentially capturing functionally relevant sequences.
Microbial biosurfactant production: The effect of the Bacillus strain JF-2 biosurfactant on anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation, and the presence of indigenous biosurfactant-producing bacteria in soils.
(2005)
A series of experiments was designed utilizing the biosurfactant produced by Bacillus JF2. Specifically, these experiments were designed to determine if the presence of various levels of pre-purified JF2 biosurfactant would ...
New York Times Coverage of Presidential Campaigns
(Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2005-06-01)
This study investigates New York Times coverage of the Democratic and Republican general presidential campaigns from 1952–2000. Content analysis reveals that the most common topic of campaign coverage was horse race. ...
Extent of congruence between student perception and media representations of quality of higher education institutions.
(2005)
This study examines the degree of congruence between students' use of indicators in judging university quality and media use of those indicators. Through a student survey and content analysis of the media, each one's ...
Radiative transfer and type Ia supernovae spectra analysis in the context of supernovae factory.
(2005)
We showed the spectrum formation in SNeIa around maximum light to be a multi-layered process involving regions from 5000 km per s to 20000 km per s, interacting not only through scattering but also through pure emission. ...
The effects of cognitive load conditions upon performance, anxiety, and self-efficacy in computer-based learning environments.
(2005)
The present study examined whether an extraneous cognitive load condition adversely affected participants' performance, self-efficacy, and anxiety. The participants were sixty-six pre-service teacher education students ...
Outstanding band students' career attitudes.
(2005)
A chi-square analysis revealed that females who selected music education as a career were significantly less in number than expected. A univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) also produced significant differences between ...
Educational technology usage and needs of science education in Turkey.
(2005)
Integrating technology into teaching and learning in Turkish education is a slow, time-consuming process that requires substantial levels of support and encouragement and requires patience and understanding. In light of ...
Are we All Touching the Same Camel?: Exploring a Model of Participation in Budgeting
(The American Review of Public Administration, 2005-06-01)
Theory offers a vast quantity of normative prescriptions concerning citizen participation in budget decisions. Yet cities struggle with this activity and report unsatisfactory outcomes. Why does this occur? It may be ...