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The first-time homebuyer : the builder's perspective
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1991.
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For the First Time - A Phenomenology of Virginity
… a phenomenological method, and thus offer the first robust phenomenology of virginity. A more complex passage than the physical transaction of first sexual intercourse, virginity manifests the event of a coming to love through the conduit of the sexual-erotic body. Calling on Jean-Luc Marion’s …
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Designing Interactive Visualizations for First-time Novice Users
… novice users using a visualization tool for the first-time, adopt visualization-based strategies to finding trends and patterns in data? This thesis derives a framework of learnable elements in an interactive coordinated-view visualization tool. This framework provides an outline of prerequisites …
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Singing Motherhood: First time mothers' experiences singing to their infants
… and connection with others, understanding how first time mothers experience this age old practice might help us understand how singing facilitates a woman's developing relationship with herself as a mother and with her new infant. To date, little research exists on this particular function and …
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ParentCoach: co-designing a chatbot to support first-time parents
… explores the co-design of a chatbot to support first-time parents' informational needs in an urban South African context by drawing on the perspectives of clinicians and parents using an exploratory and co-design approach. I conducted one-on-one interviews with five clinicians to understand …
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ParentCoach: co-designing a chatbot to support first-time parents
… explores the co-design of a chatbot to support first-time parents' informational needs in an urban South African context by drawing on the perspectives of clinicians and parents using an exploratory and co-design approach. I conducted one-on-one interviews with five clinicians to understand …
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Exploring the experiences of first-time fatherhood : a social constructionist study
… constructionist framework, of the experiences of first-time fatherhood. Using a multiple-case study design, the aim was to explore and answer the question: “How do men experience first-time fatherhood?” A qualitative approach to research was applied and three first-time fathers were recruited …
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College and Career Readiness of First Time in College Social Studies Students
The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the disconnect that exists between secondary social studies instruction and post-secondary instruction by exploring the understandings and expectations of US history educators at the secondary and post-secondary levels. It is important to …
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Foibles, Follies and Fantastic Occurrences: First-Time Teaching and the Composition Classroom
Foibles, Follies and Fantastic Occurrences: First-time Teaching and the Composition Classroom explores incidents that expectedly—and often, unexpectedly—occur in any instructor's classroom, but especially focuses on the first-time instructor. Following the author's journey from graduate student to …
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Investigations on the physiotherapy management of people following first-time patellar dislocation
Background: First-time patellar dislocation (FTPD) is a disabling musculoskeletal disorder. Whilst physiotherapy is considered the cornerstone treatment in FTPD, its evidence-base is limited. Three studies were undertaken to develop knowledge on this area. Study 1: All 306 National Health Service …
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Teaching English for the first time: anxiety among Japanese elementary-school teachers
English language education officially started in Japanese elementary schools in 2009. Homeroom teachers, whether experienced or not, are responsible for teaching the subject to students. Additionally, teachers are often required to team-teach with a native English speaker. It is plausible that …
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First time parents' perceptions of their relationship across the transition to parenthood
The transition to parenthood is a time of heightened risk for marital distress due to the changes and demands experienced by new parents. The quality of the marital relationship has an influence on child development and on adult well-being. The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in …
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Becoming a first-time home owner: an analysis of household life history data
… was to examine the determinants of becoming a first-time home owner through an analysis of event history data. The data, originally in the form of family and residential histories since household formation, were transformed into a yearly longitudinal form of record for each household's life and …
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ENHANCING LEADERSHIP ABILITY IN FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN THROUGH MENTORSHIP: A GROUNDED THEORY APPROACH
… this study was to examine how mentorship affects first-time female freshmen’s willingness to take on leadership opportunities.</p> <p>Data were collected from three mentees and three mentors through an initial interest survey, semi-structured personal interviews, and the 3D Wisdom Scale …
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Encounters in documentary practice: a narrative hermeneutic inquiry with undergraduate first-time filmmakers.
… undergraduate students’ experiences as first-time practitioners in media practices. The research examines the ways in which students encounter documentary practices as first-time filmmakers. I argue that documentary filmmaking should be seen as a complex creative practice characterised …
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