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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Central Pennsylvania"”.
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Structural transition across the Appalachian Fold Front in North Central Pennsylvania
Thesis. (M.S.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Geology, 1951.
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Modeling the impact of gypsy moth defoliation in individual tree mortality and basal area growth of northern hardwoods of central Pennsylvania
… were collected by the US Forest Service and the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry on nearly 600 plots in central Pennsylvania. Tree and stand characteristics recorded between 1978 and 1985 include estimates of percent defoliation on individual trees. Logistic regression using maximum likelihood …
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An Examination of the Use of Digital Historical Resources for the Teaching of the Civil War in South Central Pennsylvania Public Schools
… practices of social studies teachers in south central Pennsylvania regarding their use of digital historical resources for the teaching of the American Civil War. Teachers completed an electronic survey that examined rates of digital historical resource use for the teaching of the Civil War. …
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Looping: the Impact of a Multi-Year Program on the Academic Progress, Retention, and Special Education Placements of Students in Two South Central Pennsylvania Schools
… who attended rural elementary schools located in central Pennsylvania. The students would have attended the districts between the years of 1999-2005. PSSA scaled scores in Math and Reading were analyzed for the fifth and eighth grade years. Gender, socio-economic background, retention rates, and …
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Exploring the Role of the Principal in Elementary Teacher Retention and Migration as Perceived by Elementary Teachers in Rural School Districts of North-Central Pennsylvania
… in the rural elementary schools of north-central Pennsylvania.</p> <p>Method. To explore the role of the principal, this sequentially mixed-methodological study used a focus group to identify elementary teachers' perception of principal support, a survey to apply elementary teachers' …
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More Abundantly
… salvation against the backdrop of a small Central Pennsylvania town. The novel weaves together the lives of Ruby Jean, a college student and part-time stripper grappling with an unexpected pregnancy, and a cast of characters each searching for their own form of redemption.
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Maximizing Special Education Teacher Retention: Teacher's Perceptions of Administrative Support in Pre K-12 Public Schools as Implications for Improvement
… from special education teachers working in South Central Pennsylvania public schools. The population sample consisted of teachers from four special education teacher certification categories including classroom and itinerant staff. Building principals were interviewed and responded to questions …
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A comparative study of marketing planning in higher education: is it a trend?
… colleges and universities in Northeast/Southeast/Central Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The questionnaire asked respondents general demographic and economic information, staffing and budget allocations, as well as marketing impact outcomes.</p> <p>Findings revealed that the majority of institutions …
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Perceptions of Female Hiring in Educational Administration in Rural Pennsylvania Public-School Districts as Perceived by School-Board Members
… and requirements for administrators in rural Pennsylvania public-school systems. This study examined aspects of the administrative hiring process in order to explain the significant lack of women in the pool of administrators drawn from the rural Pennsylvania school districts. The research …
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Prescribed fire and deer ticks: a management method for the primary vector of Lyme disease in the eastern United States
… areas under prescribed fire management in Central Pennsylvania and found that populations of ticks may remain significantly lower several years after burning. Effects of the size of burns and the clustering of burn areas, as well as the relative importance of burning compared to other …
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The Perceptions of the Impact of Interscholastic Sports On Selected Elements of a Public-School Experience
… and the community members in one north-central Pennsylvania community with regard to the perceptions of interscholastic sports on selected elements of a public-school experience. Using social capital theory as a theoretical framework, the selected elements studied were student …
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The Relationship Between Transformational Leadership Practices and Developing a Professional Learning Community
… from school districts located in south central Pennsylvania, participated in this study. Five schools were selected to obtain additional responses from professional staff members working within the schools. Independent variables of principal's gender, highest level of education, and …
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The Random Occurrence of Parallel Acts
… this collection. The coal mining area of central Pennsylvania breeds a populace of hardened citizens, people used to harsh conditions, poverty, and rage. These people continue to survive because they know nothing about giving up. Characterization may be one of this works strongest points. …
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The Relationship between Spirituality and Authentic Leadership Behaviors of Public School Superintendents
… </p><p> Thirty superintendents in Western and Central Pennsylvania were given the Spiritual-Well-Being Scale (SWB) and a Modified School District Leader Authenticity Scale (MSDLA). Then at least five of the superintendents' subordinates completed a MSDLA scale rating the superintendent's …
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Structure Segmentation and Transfer Faults in the Marcellus Shale, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania: Implications for Gas Recovery Efficiency and Risk Assessment Using 3D Seismic Attribute Analysis
… as has been the case for the Clearfield County, Pennsylvania study area. Estimating appropriate distances away from faults and fractures, which may limit hydrocarbon recovery, is essential to reducing the risk of injection fluid migration along these faults. In an attempt to mitigate the negative …
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Character Education: A Relationship with Building Health
… in a rural elementary school located in south central Pennsylvania. Implementation included initial as well as ongoing faculty training, district financial support, administrative support and parent education. Another rural elementary building similar in size and demographics located in the …
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Influence of topographic stress on rock fracture : a two-dimensional numerical model for arbitrary surface topography and comparisons with borehole observations
… Hills Critical Zone Observatory in central Pennsylvania, the model predicts considerable differences in depth profiles of stresses beneath ridgelines and valley floors. Using a representative value for the friction angle of shale, we calculate the minimum cohesion required to prevent …
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Efficacy of a School-Wide Teambuilding Program for Increasing School Belonging Amongst Elementary Children
… = 82) and a comparison (n = 55) school in south-central Pennsylvania. The results of a repeated-measures ANOVA found no significant difference in school belonging between students at the intervention versus comparison school. Follow-up independent sample t-tests revealed that students at the …
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The Effectiveness of the BICUM Study-Reading Instructional Strategy on Reading Comprehension and Self-Efficacy Levels of First-Year, First-Semester College Students Enrolled in a Three-Credit Developmental Reading and Study Skills Course
… university located in a rural section of south central Pennsylvania. There was an experimental group consisting of 19 students and a control group consisting of 15 students. Participants in the experimental group received instruction which required the participants to use the BICUM Study-Reading …