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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: cognition, animal
Animal Cognition (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Search the SEP • Advanced Search • Tools • RSS Feed Table of Contents • What's New • Archives • Projected Contents Editorial Information • About the SEP • Editorial Boar...
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: defaults in semantics and pragmatics
defaults for speakers' overall knowledge state: they may arise because the speaker did not say something he or she could have said or because the speaker assumed some cultural or social information to be shared knowledge. For example, we cannot formalize the interpretation of...
 Summaries of the Evaluations Referenced in Emerging Answers 2007
comparison group. Cohort design: Matched pre and posttest surveys Timing of surveys: Questionnaire data were collected at baseline, immediate post, and 12 months. Comparison intervention: None Sample size for sexually inexperienced at baseline: N=481 Sample size for sexuall...
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comparison group. Cohort design: Matched pre and posttest surveys Timing of surveys: Questionnaire data were collected at baseline, immediate post, and 12 months. Comparison intervention: None Sample size for sexually inexperienced at baseline: N=481 Sample size for sexually experienced at last follow- up: NR Retention Rate: 38% at 12 months Statistical analysis: Compared amount and direction of change of scores between program groups. Impact on behaviors
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http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/ea2007/EA2007_program_summaries.pdf#page=17
www.thenationalcampaign.org/ea2007/EA2007_program_summaries.pdf#page=17
consecutive days in 90-minute sessions (7.5 hours per year), to single-sex groups <span class="highlight">of</span> 10-20 students. Life Skills <span class="highlight">component</span> is a voluntary weekly session that meets <span class="highlight">for</span> about 45 minutes throughout the school year (up to 28 hours per year). Behaviors targeted: Initiation <span class="highlight">of</span> sex, frequency <span class="highlight">of</span> sex, age <span class="highlight">of</span> initiation, pregnancy, birth, and STD rates Mediating factors targeted: See measured mediating variables to the right. Basic message: Abstinence until marriage. Theoretical basis: NR Topics
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http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/ea2007/EA2007_program_summaries.pdf#page=93
www.thenationalcampaign.org/ea2007/EA2007_program_summaries.pdf#page=93
comparison group. Cohort design: Matched pre and posttest surveys Timing <span class="highlight">of</span> surveys: Questionnaire data were collected at baseline, immediate post, and 12 months. Comparison intervention: None Sample size <span class="highlight">for</span> sexually inexperienced at baseline: N=481 Sample size <span class="highlight">for</span> sexually experienced at last follow- up: NR Retention Rate: 38% at 12 months Statistical <span class="highlight">analysis</span>: Compared amount and direction <span class="highlight">of</span> change <span class="highlight">of</span> scores between program groups. Impact on behaviors
Open Questions on the Correlation Between Television and Violence
marijuana, disciplinary problems in the Coast Guard, experiences with foreign prostitutes, lax attention by local police and the F.B.I. when he stalked women, and -- significantly -- an obsession with an actual mass-murder. The killer was not so much pushed over the edge by a movie as alread...
Digital Dance and Choreography
Eventually, this can form the basis for virtual cinema, digital entertainment and motion based digital art forms. Object Based Specification of Computer Dance/Choreography To begin with, let us define people as objects that have a number of concurrent components (hands, feet,...
Steve Loranger, CEO of ITT: Aiming for Long-term Growth
portfolio for long-term success. Why do you feel ITT is poised for growth despite an economic downturn? Loranger: ITT works to be a leader in attractive markets. By that we mean we do a lot of economic and strategic marketing analysis to find the profit pools, the growth...
Historical and Contextual Influences on the U.S. Response to Contemporary Homelessness
analysis of population 1997 survey documents 40,000 homeless-serving programs in 21,000 locations McKinney legislation and amendments establish and fund housing and service programs specific to homeless people Other observations Tradition derived from English law that the communit...
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: animal
Animal Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Search the SEP • Advanced Search • Tools • RSS Feed Table of Contents • What's New • Archives • Projected Contents Editorial Information • About the SEP • Editorial...
Toward a New Pluralism in ABE/ESOL Classrooms: Chapter 5
NCSALL Reports #19 August 2001 Even Start Site 235 It explores how the context of the Even Start family literacy program, for the majority of the students, provided a community of confirmation and recognition supporting these students’ efforts of self...
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NCSALL Reports #19 August 2001 Even Start Site 235 It explores how the context of the Even Start family literacy program, for the majority of the students, provided a community of confirmation and recognition supporting these students’ efforts of self- definition and movement toward their goals for themselves and their children. But this chapter is also the story about the challenges these students face, both within the
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http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/research/19_c5.pdf#page=7
www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/research/19_c5.pdf#page=7
NCSALL Reports #19 August 2001 Even Start Site 235 It explores how the context <span class="highlight">of</span> the Even Start family literacy program, <span class="highlight">for</span> the majority <span class="highlight">of</span> the students, provided a community <span class="highlight">of</span> confirmation and <span class="highlight">recognition</span> supporting these students’ efforts <span class="highlight">of</span> self- definition and movement toward their goals <span class="highlight">for</span> themselves and their children. But this chapter is also the story about the challenges these students <span class="highlight">face</span>, both within the
Scholastic: How Technology Can Quell Rumors
aftermath of the confusion, the district created a “Fact or Fiction” part of its web site (www.cfisd.net) to either verify or disprove information. Overall, the web site records 4 million hits a month, and any topic that could inspire calls from parents becomes fodde...
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