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The Rhetorical Principles of Robert Green Ingersoll
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The role of adaptivity in a numerical method for the Cox-Ingersoll-Ross model
… method for the approximate solution of the Cox-Ingersoll-Ross model. This relies on a class of path-bounded timestepping strategies which work by reducing the stepsize as solutions approach a neighbourhood of zero. The method is hybrid in the sense that a convergent backstop method is invoked if …
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Agency Development of Preservice Teachers Progressing Through an Undergraduate Education Program
… make in their classrooms at startling rates (Ingersoll, 2011; Wright, 2020). A recent study by Ingersoll, Merrill, Stuckey, and Collins (2018) found that approximately 50% of educators leave the profession within their first five years of teaching. An analysis of the attrition data showed that …
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More than just hanging out after school: Afterschool programs and youths' feelings of inclusion and exclusion
… Fusion Youth Activity and Technology Centre in Ingersoll, Ontario was conducted to learn from youth about their experiences growing up, about the challenges they faced and the benefits they gained from participating in Fusion’s programs. This project focused on the youths’ perspectives, and …
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Perspectives of Mentors and Mentees on the Teacher Mentor Program and Teacher Retention in a Small Urban School Division in Virginia
… time retaining teachers (Darling-Hammond, 2010; Ingersoll, R. M., 2004). 'High levels of attrition, estimated to be nearly 8% of the workforce annually, are responsible for the largest share of teacher demand' (Sutcher, Darling-Hammond, and Carver-Thomas, 2016, p. 2). According to Ingersoll and …
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Models for Interest Rates and Interest Rate Derivatives
… valuation equations are derived for the Cox, Ingersoll and Ross (CIR) model. Short examples of calibration of the Vasicek, CIR and LIBOR market model are given.
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Cost Savings Realized Through Proper Sizing of an Excessive Instrument Air System.
… was installed with the existing 500 horsepower Ingersoll-Rand compressors. Testing was conducted during the regular manufacturing process at MEMC Southwest in Sherman, Texas. Analysis of the data found that installing the new compressor could reduce electrical consumption. The study also found …
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Monte Carlo Methods for Derivative Pricing of Stochastic Volatility Models Driven by Fractional Brownian Motion
… fractional Ornstein Uhlenbeck, fractional Cox-Ingersoll-Ross, fractional Continuous GARCH(1,1) and fractional Heston.
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Challenges of communication and participation in supporting new teachers using technology across six rural counties
… in a positive impact on student achievement (Ingersoll & Strong, 2011). While mentoring is still the most common component of induction, an increasing pool of evidence indicates a need for a network of others to learn with and to learn from (e.g. Smith & Ingersoll, 2004; Wechsler, Caspary, …
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Building the best : a quantitative evaluation of a state-level teacher retention strategy designed to increase self-efficacy, reflective capacity, and job satisfaction through effective professional development
"There are not enough teachers (Ingersoll, 2001; Ingersoll and Smith, 2003; Sutcher, et al., 2016). Focusing on retention is crucial to combatting shortages (Darling-Hammond, 2003); it is critical to specifically target retention of the very best teachers, who leave the profession at a greater rate …
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African-American School Counselors in Majority School Districts: A Qualitative Perspective of Their Lived Experiences
… of much discussion throughout the United States (Ingersoll, 2004). The literature constantly challenges institutions, school districts, and industry to address the lack of diversity (Alston, 2000; Basit & McNamara, 2004; Charles, 2003; Fennell & Miller, 2007; Moradi & Neimeyer, 2005; Souto-Manning …
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A Study on the Level of Ethnic Representation of High School (9-12) Teachers to the Ethnic Representation of Students Enrolled in Each Comprehensive High School in the Commonwealth of Virginia
… the field of education at a more rapid pace (Ingersoll & May, 2016). The number of educators considered ethnic minorities increased from 325,000 to 666,000 between 1987 and 2012 (Ingersoll & May, 2016); however, this number did not create a proportionality between the ethnicity of students and …
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Factors Influencing the Percent of Non-Certified Teachers in Texas School Districts
… individuals (Darling-Hammond and Sykes 2003, Ingersoll 2001). Scholarly literature supports four factors that correlate with high percentages of non-certified teachers in schools: percentage of economically disadvantaged students, teacher salaries, population of minority students, and …
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The Effects of Parent-Implemented Demanded Eye Contact as a Component of EID on Child Compliance
… et al., 2013; Stich & Samaha, 2015; Wainer & Ingersoll, 2014). The current study sought to examine the effect of EID with and without its eye contact components as implemented by parents in the home setting and observed via videoconferencing, treatment integrity of parent implementation, and …
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Speaking the Unutterable: White Teachers and Black Children
… (Kozol, 1992; Kozol, 2005), teacher attrition (Ingersoll, 2001; Ingersoll, 2003), and culturally relevant pedagogy (Delpit, 2006; Gay, 2002; Gay, 2010; Howard, 2006; Ladson-Billings, 2010; Perry, 2000). Six utterances emerged from the research. White teachers who crossed the racial boundaries …
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Career and technical education faculty retention: a leadership study
… Literature on faculty retention abounds (Ingersoll, 2001; Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2007; National Association of State Directors of Career and Technical Education Consortium, (NASDCTEc), 2010.), but literature specific to retention in career and technical …
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The Relationship between Instructional Staff Training Expenditures and Teacher Retention: Comparing Georgia Public Schools
… (Becker & Grob, 2021; Geringer, 2003; Ingersoll, 2001; Shakrani, 2008; Sutcher et al., 2016). As a result, a vast amount of literature has focused on teacher retention, teacher turnover, and factors influencing teachers’ decisions to stay or leave. This quantitative research study …
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Novice Teachers: Using Professional Development to Discover Whether They Continue to Use the Behavior Management Strategies Taught in the Undergraduate Program
… at staggering rates (Clark, 2012). According to Ingersoll (2012), between 40% and 50% of all new teachers in the United States leave the profession in the first five years. This research was designed to study teacher professional development with novice special education teachers as they move …
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Examining Novice Teacher Development through the Clinical Supervision Process: A Participatory Action Research
… Prescriptive mentoring programs cited by Smith & Ingersoll (2004) have failed to meet the mark. This study will attempt to provide thick description of the clinical supervision process through the lens of novice teachers. Utilizing a social learning intervention, novice teachers took part in …
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The Impact of Video Self-modeling on Conversational Skills with Adolescent Students with Severe Disabilities
… modeling was compared (Sherer, Paredes, Kisacky, Ingersoll, & Schreiman, 2001). Sherer et al. evaluated these procedures with high functioning students with autism using a combined multiple baseline across participants and alternating treatment design. This study differs from Sherer et al.'s study …
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