http://hdl.handle.net/1951/25181 Search the Channel search http://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/1951/45074 Title: PERCEPTIONS OF THE VALUE OF HOMEWORK: HOW STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS PERCEIVE THE VALUE OF HOMEWORK AS IT RELATES TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT<br/><br/>Authors: Boyle, Joseph E.<br/><br/>Abstract: In this age of high-stakes standardized testing, it is important that students develop a deep understanding of relevant subject matter. In general, this level of understanding is not being achieved, according to recent test scores (Beaton et al., 1996). One plausible explanation for this underachievement is that too many students assign little value to the regular and consistent completion of assigned homework. As a first step in understanding why too many students underachieve academically, it is important that we understand how students, teachers, parents and guardians perceive the value of homework as it relates to students’ academic achievement. http://hdl.handle.net/1951/45073 Title: WOMEN’S CULTURE IN POTSDAM RESCUE<br/><br/>Authors: Polidori, Mary<br/><br/>Abstract: The Emergency Medical field has been a predominantly male structured organization. Women entering this male dominated profession of Emergency Medicine are being met with struggle of creating their own place with in the profession. Women struggled to become professionalized with in the world of nursing and more recently in history are trying to find a niche with in EMS. This thesis studies interviews on gender roles with in a small-town EMS agency. http://hdl.handle.net/1951/45072 Title: GENDERED GENRE CONVENTIONS IN SOPHIA LEE’S THE RECESS<br/><br/>Authors: Ferro, Darcie<br/><br/>Abstract: Sophia Lee’s The Recess played a key role in the development of the British novel. Written in the period between the rise of sentimental novels like Richardson’s Clarissa and Pamela in the 1740s and the explosion of popular historical-Gothic romances in the 1790s, Lee’s novel combines and experiments with the emerging structures and conventions of the sentimental novel. However, some contemporary scholars inaccurately argue that Lee intended to write an historical or historical Gothic novel. Furthermore, these same scholars do not fully take into account Lee’s use of certain Shakespearean elements within The Recess. Exploring Lee’s experiments with genre allows me not only to show the wide range of novelistic and dramatic models she drew upon in her novel, but to demonstrate that The Recess deservedly holds its place as an important text in the development of the British novel and its female protagonists. http://hdl.handle.net/1951/44972 Title: USE OF UNCERTAINTY REDUCTION THEORY TO EXAMINE EMOTICONS AND OTHER CHAT ROOM TOOLS’ FACILITATION OF AFFILIATIVE NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION<br/><br/>Authors: Curtis, Jordan<br/><br/>Abstract: Physical cues of affiliative, nonverbal communication are unavailable in Internet chat situations. People utilize text formatting and constructs called smileys or emoticons to adapt affiliative, physical cues for expression during chat rooms. The effectiveness of such textual constructs has been questioned. Past studies have only noted that the media of face-to-face and computer-mediated communication are, in fact, different. It is time to determine what people are doing to bridge the gap between the two, how they are utilizing what is available in a chat room to replicate the cues from face-to-face interaction and how effectively such replication is achieved.