A Study of Middle Grades Students’ Reading Interests, Habits, and Achievement Nichole Lynnette Smith A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate of Education in the School of Education. Chapel Hill 2009 Approved By: Dr. Barbara Day Dr. Frank Brown Dr. Sandra Hughes-Hassell Dr. Teresa Petty Dr. Xue Lan Rong i © 2009 Nichole Lynnette Smith ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ii ABSTRACT Nichole
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This text was adapted by The Saylor Foundation under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License without attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee. Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org 1 Preface Writing is often a challenge. If you were ever challenged to express yourself via the written word, this book is for you. Writing for Success is a text that provides instruction in steps, builds writing, reading, and critical thinking
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Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist’ Companion s Joshua D. Angrist Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jörn-Ste¤en Pischke The London School of Economics March 2008 ii Contents Preface Acknowledgments Organization of this Book xi xiii xv I Introduction 1 3 9 10 12 16 1 Questions about Questions 2 The Experimental Ideal 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Selection Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Random Assignment Solves the Selection
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ork2012 - 2013 Catalog A Message from the President “Sullivan University is truly a unique and student success focused institution.” I have shared that statement with numerous groups and it simply summarizes my basic philosophy of what Sullivan is all about. When I say that Sullivan is “student success focused,” I feel as President that I owe a definition of this statement to all who are considering Sullivan University. First, Sullivan is unique among institutions of higher education with
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sustained growth through foresight ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010 Vision Global recognition for size, culture and quality, while nurturing nature and society. Mission Supporting the nation’s growth in power and steel with speed and innovation. Core Values l Crystal clear l Passion for excellence l Drive with leadership l Young thinking l Challenging status quo Contents Vice Chairman’s Statement.....................................02 Highlights 2009-10...................................
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Vijay V. Vazirani College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Copyright c 2001 Approximation Algorithms Springer Berlin Heidelberg NewYork Barcelona Hong Kong London Milan Paris Singapore Tokyo To my parents Preface Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) Most natural optimization problems, including those arising in important application areas, are NP-hard. Therefore, under the widely believed
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Pyxplot Users’ Guide A Scientific Scripting Language, Graph Plotting Suite and Vector Graphics Toolkit. Version 0.9.2 d sin θ = nλ ∇ · D = ρfree ¨ ∇ × E = − ∂B q(t) = − RR ∂t ˙ R2 ds2 = 1 − 2GM rc2 ∇·B =0 dL = dt2 xa + Γa xb xc = 0 ¨ bc ˙ ˙ ∇ × H =1 Jfree − ∂D ∂t L 4πF 2 H(t) = ˙ R R h ¯ 2 ∂2ψ 2m ∂x2 + V ψ = Eψ ∆φ Lead Developer: Dominic Ford Lead Tester: Ross Church Email: coders@pyxplot.org.uk This manual is also available in HTML, at http://www.pyxplot
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® OCA Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals I Exam Guide (Exam 1Z0-051) ABOUT THE AUTHORS John Watson (Oxford, UK) works for BPLC Management Consultants, teaching and consulting throughout Europe and Africa. He was with Oracle University for several years in South Africa, and before that worked for a number of companies, government departments, and NGOs in England and Europe. He is OCP qualified in both database and Application Server administration. John is the author of several books
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