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Vilonia Beebe takes charge
\"Vilonia must prove she is responsible enough to get a dog in order to help her mom get over her grief\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Assessing Students' Understanding of Fraction Multiplication
In this article the authors describe a project during which they unpacked fraction standards, created rigorous tasks and lesson plans, and developed formative and summative assessments to analyze students' thinking about fraction multiplication. The purpose of this article is to (1) illustrate a process that can be replicated by educators interested in using rigorous mathematical tasks and assessments to support and advance their students' mathematical thinking; and (2) share the artifacts and instructional products that educators can use to improve mathematics assessment practices.
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Evaluating the KidCOPE for Children in Active Duty Military Families
The KidCOPE is a widely used measure designed to examine how children cope in the face of stressful events. The current study aimed to replicate the factor structure of the KidCOPE found in four prior studies. KidCOPE responses from children of military families (2256 children, ages 7–12 years, 47.9% female, Age M = 8.90, SD = 1.62) enrolled in the Families OverComing Under Stress (FOCUS) at baseline were used. No prior factor structure could be replicated. The sample was then split, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. A 2-factor model including factors for generally positive and negative coping was identified; but not confirmed. Overall, this study supports prior research suggesting limitations of the KidCOPE as a valid measure of coping style.
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Mixed-methods analysis of cultural influences on the attitudes of love and hate
Objectives
The religious influence on the construction of emotions like love and hate have lacked empirical attention. This study sought to address this issue by exploring the influence of culture and religion on love and hate using both quantitative and qualitative measures.
Method
Samples from Japan (
n
= 397), Thailand (
n
= 258), the U.S. (
n
= 198), and Sweden (
n
= 80) took an online survey on either love or hate. Quantitative measures were used to assess either positive or negative attitudes towards love and hate while qualitative measures were used to assess differences in the concepts of love and hate.
Results
Quantitative measures revealed that cultures (Japan and Thailand) with stronger Buddhist influence tend to have more moderate views of love and hate, while cultures with stronger Christian (Sweden and the U.S.) influence tend to have more polarized views of love and hate. Qualitative measures revealed that although the universal presence of love and hate share similar qualities across cultures, there are unique elements of both that may be lost when measuring love and hate.
Conclusions
These findings demonstrate a need to consider the religious influence on emotions. Especially when it comes to emotions like love and hate which have considerable influence over relationships, formation of family, and dissolution of alliances, religion may have a significantly broader influence than currently considered in the empirical literature.
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Story Time STEM
By experiencing stories as mathematicians and/or scientists, young children engage in STEM practices such as reasoning and problem solving through discussion within the context of stories and the accompanying illustrations (O'Neill 2011). Three categories of STEM opportunities in children's books We have found several ways that science and math are embedded in a wide range of children's literature. With each turning page, the number of animals in the pond changes and the reader is repeatedly asked, \"How many are in my pond?\" Young mathematicians may count the animals by ones (or, as we have heard children do, note how the numbers change from illustration to illustration), think relationally about quantities, and practice addition and subtraction. [...]the story context was a source of inspiration for young children to engage with the intersecting practices of literacy, math, and science, such as constructing viable arguments, critiquing the reasoning of others, and citing textual evidence to support conclusions drawn from the text (CCSS 2010).
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