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PRESERVICE TEACHERS' KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND PERCEPTIONS USING RECIPROCAL TEACHING IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
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Heineken, Kathy Rae Olberding, Heubach, Kathleen M., Davis, Sandra B., Stout, David L., University of West Florida
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Teacher education programs have limited time in which to prepare preservice teachers. Moreover field experience is a vital part of teacher preparation. The purpose of this study was to examine the changes in knowledge, skills and perceptions of preservice teachers using the reading strategy Reciprocal Teaching during a field experience. Ten preservice teachers were trained to use Reciprocal Teaching with small groups of fourth and fifth grade students. Qualitative methods were used based on...
Show moreTeacher education programs have limited time in which to prepare preservice teachers. Moreover field experience is a vital part of teacher preparation. The purpose of this study was to examine the changes in knowledge, skills and perceptions of preservice teachers using the reading strategy Reciprocal Teaching during a field experience. Ten preservice teachers were trained to use Reciprocal Teaching with small groups of fourth and fifth grade students. Qualitative methods were used based on triangulating data from researcher observations, interviews and weekly reflections of the preservice teachers. Patterns emerged across three categories: knowledge, skills and perceptions. Results showed that preservice teachers? knowledge of reading comprehension strategies improved while their attention focus shifted from an internal to an external perspective. Additionally, the preservice teachers in this study developed several instructional behaviors necessary for the effective teaching of reading. The limitations of the study were noted and areas for future research investigations were recommended.
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Date Issued
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2008
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Identifier
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WFE0000112, uwf:60847
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Document (PDF)
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PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND A NAVY CAPTAIN.
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Photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt with a Navy Captain.
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uwf_PF083_Item_077
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Set of related objects
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PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL IN RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT EVENTS.
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Hunter, David Wayne, Evans, Jocelyn, Cuzan, Alfred, Tankersley, Bill, University of West Florida
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A standardized list of presidential events is important when researching presidential approval, but inclusion of events on this list must be based on actual changes in approval. This thesis use polling data combined with economic and political factors to modify a list of events compiled by Newman and Forcehimes (2010). Expected monthly approval values are calculated for every month between 1953 and 2006. When the actual monthly approval differs significantly from the expected monthly approval...
Show moreA standardized list of presidential events is important when researching presidential approval, but inclusion of events on this list must be based on actual changes in approval. This thesis use polling data combined with economic and political factors to modify a list of events compiled by Newman and Forcehimes (2010). Expected monthly approval values are calculated for every month between 1953 and 2006. When the actual monthly approval differs significantly from the expected monthly approval, one assumes a significant event occurred. Based on this premise, 22 events were dropped from Newman and Forcehimes' list, and 13 new events were added, resulting in a revised list of 107 events. The new list of events is divided into different categories, and the influences these categories have on presidential approval are compared.
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Date Issued
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2015
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Identifier
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WFE0000514, uwf:61232
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Document (PDF)
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PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AMONG PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, FOR THE PERIOD 2006-2011.
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Alvarez, Carlos Augusto, Pilcher, Janet K., Ryan, Stuart W., Sisskin, Enid E., University of West Florida
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The prevalence of obesity in Escambia County students was studied using data provided by the Escambia County School District and the Escambia County Health Department for the period covering 2006 to 2011. Every year, the Escambia County Health Department collects Body Mass Index (BMI) information from students entering first, third, sixth, and ninth grade. The average percentage of students with above-normal weight (BMI . 85th percentile) for the period studied was 28% for first grade, 35%...
Show moreThe prevalence of obesity in Escambia County students was studied using data provided by the Escambia County School District and the Escambia County Health Department for the period covering 2006 to 2011. Every year, the Escambia County Health Department collects Body Mass Index (BMI) information from students entering first, third, sixth, and ninth grade. The average percentage of students with above-normal weight (BMI . 85th percentile) for the period studied was 28% for first grade, 35% for third grade, 43% for sixth grade, and 38% for ninth grade. Comparing these percentages with national statistics indicates that the prevalence of obesity in Escambia County is equal to or higher than national averages. In particular, the prevalence of obesity among local female students has exceeded national averages for the last 3 years. The data indicate a clear trend of rapidly increasing obesity in elementary school children. On the other hand, obesity decreased from sixth to ninth grade. Correlations between data for the first and third grades suggest that a major contributor to obesity comes from the community or school zone served by each school. Schools with low-obesity levels and schools with high-obesity levels both show about the same rate of increase in obesity from first to third grade. The levels of obesity in elementary schools appear to be related to the degree of obesity already present in students entering first grade. Finally, no relationship was found between obesity and ethnicity and only a weak relationship was found between obesity and socioeconomic status for all grades except first grade.
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Date Issued
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2013
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Identifier
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WFE0000380, uwf:61027
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Document (PDF)
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PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS AND QEEG DATA TRANSFORMATION.
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McGee, Heather Ann, Arruda, James E., Stanny, Claudia J., Zhang, Hongmei, University of West Florida
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Principal component analysis (PCA) is a multivariate, statistical technique that can be applied to qEEG data to reduce the number of dependent measures into a smaller set of component variables. The qEEG distributions are often positively skewed and violate assumptions of normality commonly associated with parametric statistics. Accordingly, prior to statistical analyses, normalizing data transformations are often applied to qEEG variables. Unfortunately, researchers who choose to transform...
Show morePrincipal component analysis (PCA) is a multivariate, statistical technique that can be applied to qEEG data to reduce the number of dependent measures into a smaller set of component variables. The qEEG distributions are often positively skewed and violate assumptions of normality commonly associated with parametric statistics. Accordingly, prior to statistical analyses, normalizing data transformations are often applied to qEEG variables. Unfortunately, researchers who choose to transform qEEG data do so with limited knowledge of the effects the transformations may have on PCA solutions. The current study investigated the effects of several qEEG data transformations on the accuracy of PCA solutions.
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Date Issued
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2011
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Identifier
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WFE0000297, uwf:60961
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Document (PDF)
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PRINCIPALS USE OF DATA IN SMALL AND RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF FLORIDA.
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Meadows, Hubert ONeal, Rasmussen, Karen L., Holmes-Bouchillon, Wally S., Nichols, Joyce C., University of West Florida
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Federal and state legislation require greater attention and effort on the part of schools to meet higher student-achievement standards. Principals are the driving force at the school level to direct that needed attention and effort. Developing strategies for continuous school improvement requires constant collection and analysis of data for better decisions that produce effective outcomes. National and state standards for school leaders include the use of data as a resource for instructional...
Show moreFederal and state legislation require greater attention and effort on the part of schools to meet higher student-achievement standards. Principals are the driving force at the school level to direct that needed attention and effort. Developing strategies for continuous school improvement requires constant collection and analysis of data for better decisions that produce effective outcomes. National and state standards for school leaders include the use of data as a resource for instructional leadership. Florida has an increasing need for new principals with data analysis skills. Little is known about the use of data by current principals in small and rural school districts. This study replicates the research by Torrence (2002) and updates prior research while contributing a rural Florida perspective of the use of data by principals. Two questions guided (a) a description of how principals use data in their roles as instructional leaders and (b) the determination of the relationship(s) between predictor variables and principals use of data. A sample of 164 principals out of 240 from the 33 legislatively designated small and rural school districts in Florida responded to a questionnaire developed by Torrence (2002) and used in this study with permission. Findings of the survey were similar to those of the Torrence study, in that principals are using data in various ways and are embracing the role of instructional leader. Additionally, this study indicated that principals attitudes, principals personal competencies in using data, and the characteristics of the school proved statistically significant in predicting principals use of data. However, principals self-perceptions, principals professional development, and characteristics of the school district did not prove to be statistically significant. The results of this study are important because individuals planning continual professional development for current principals and developing preparation programs for teacher leaders or aspiring principals will be able to target effective strategies to the attributes shown to be the best predictors of principals use of data for school improvement.
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Date Issued
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2008
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Identifier
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WFE0000101, uwf:60852
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PRINT OF PENSACOLA HARBOR.
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Photograph of a print of fishing sail boats at Pensacola Harbor.
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uwf_PF160_Item_021
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Image (JPEG)
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PRIVATIZATION OF SUPPORT SERVICES IN PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
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Clark, Charles Edward, Sr., Wentz, Patricia J., Barry, George M., Friedrich, Douglas D., Rasmussen, Karen L., Wu, P. C., University of West Florida
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This study uses qualitative research methods to examine the privatization of support services in Florida’s 10 public universities making up the State University System of Florida as of June 30, 2001. The study was limited to those non-academic functions provided by the administrative divisions of each university. The study investigated (a) the different kinds of support services that had been privatized, (b) the degree of privatization, (c) how managers dealt with the ambivalence question...
Show moreThis study uses qualitative research methods to examine the privatization of support services in Florida’s 10 public universities making up the State University System of Florida as of June 30, 2001. The study was limited to those non-academic functions provided by the administrative divisions of each university. The study investigated (a) the different kinds of support services that had been privatized, (b) the degree of privatization, (c) how managers dealt with the ambivalence question when it was cost effective to privatize a service yet politically difficult to do so, and (d) the lessons learned from privatization of services. Data were gathered from each institution using a common set of questions applied through a combination of personal interviews and surveys. The study allowed comparisons of the 10 universities.
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Date Issued
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2002
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Identifier
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WFE0000040, uwf:60743
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Document (PDF)
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PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE ACCOMMODATION USE: VARIABLES AFFECTING IMPLEMENTATION FOR STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS.
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Hershfeldt, Patricia Ann, Evans, William H., Haraway, Dana L., Largue, Robin, Neel, Richard S., Stout, David L., University of West Florida
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Research has shown students with Emotional and Behavior Disorders (EBD) require the support of accommodations to further their success academically, socially and in transition to adulthood. Data indicate the achievement gap is still significant with students with EBD represented in the bottom percentiles. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine what variables have the potential to impact accommodation use on behalf of students with EBD. The predictor variables considered were (a)...
Show moreResearch has shown students with Emotional and Behavior Disorders (EBD) require the support of accommodations to further their success academically, socially and in transition to adulthood. Data indicate the achievement gap is still significant with students with EBD represented in the bottom percentiles. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine what variables have the potential to impact accommodation use on behalf of students with EBD. The predictor variables considered were (a) teacher training in behavior management, (b) teacher efficacy, and (c) externalized and internalized student behaviors. The criterion variables were (a) proactive accommodation use and (b) reactive accommodation use.
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Date Issued
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2007
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Identifier
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WFE0000016, uwf:60730
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Document (PDF)
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Professional industry certifications as the guiding factor for cybersecurity course content delivery.
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Arenas, Victor Ramón
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Cybersecurity faculty do not have the time to respond to the rapid and pervasive cybersecurity academic landscape. For faculty to respond to this challenge, they are expected to continuously adapt to remain competitive. The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to explore the cybersecurity faculty's perceptions of their need to embark on an ongoing and sustained professional development to transfer commercial content in the form of professional certifications to the course...
Show moreCybersecurity faculty do not have the time to respond to the rapid and pervasive cybersecurity academic landscape. For faculty to respond to this challenge, they are expected to continuously adapt to remain competitive. The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to explore the cybersecurity faculty's perceptions of their need to embark on an ongoing and sustained professional development to transfer commercial content in the form of professional certifications to the course content delivery at the Opportunity Learning Center (referred to hereafter as O.L.C.) in South Florida. This study's methods aligned with a qualitative descriptive phenomenological process supported by Carroll's (1963) degree of learning based on the concepts of opportunity to learn, quality of instruction, perseverance, and aptitude. The data I collected via interview described faculty's perceptions regarding these concepts to learn a pervasively changing subject. Five participants at O.L.C. perceived professional certifications as beneficial. Most professional certifications are valuable; besides, Florida's state's Department of Education encourages state colleges to include them. The data revealed that despite the likelihood of obtaining a certification, increases in faculty receiving high-level instruction, learning experience, and quality of teaching resources, faculty face a significant challenge in preparing and getting ready to obtain professional certifications. Despite the challenge, the study showed that faculty have no other option but to leverage various open educational resources to remain competitive. The study recommends expanding research to determine the correlation between the absence of professional development in the cybersecurity academic context and faculty's motivation to self-train to remain competitive.
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1294536245, WFE0000772
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Program and Minutes of the District Officers Training Conference, July 12, 1958.
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District Officers Training Conference
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Program for District Officer Training Conference, possibly a Civitan International meeting.
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uwfgbhs_MXB_PHandI_Neg276
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PROMENADE AT FORT BARRANCAS.
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Detroit Photographic Company
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Photograph of the promenade in Fort Barrancas.
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uwf_PF085_Item_023
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Set of related objects
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Promoting delay of antibiotic treatment by framing collective identity: three studies.
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Sonnier, Rachel Elizabeth
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Antibiotic resistance will render current antibiotics ineffective in the future unless individuals dramatically curtail their use, posing a social dilemma in which short-term individual interests are at odds with the collective good. Research has found that priming collective identity increases cooperation in social dilemmas (Van Lange, Joireman, Parks, & Van Dijk, 2013). In three studies, participants were randomly assigned into a collective (interdependent or intergenerational) or neutral...
Show moreAntibiotic resistance will render current antibiotics ineffective in the future unless individuals dramatically curtail their use, posing a social dilemma in which short-term individual interests are at odds with the collective good. Research has found that priming collective identity increases cooperation in social dilemmas (Van Lange, Joireman, Parks, & Van Dijk, 2013). In three studies, participants were randomly assigned into a collective (interdependent or intergenerational) or neutral condition. Participants then read a vignette (Rönnerstrand & Andersson Sundell, 2015) and chose how many days they would be willing to delay antibiotic treatment. The third study added a fourth baseline (information-only) condition. Study 1 used text to prime undergraduates (N = 162), while Study 2 (N = 192) used YouTube video primes. There were no significant differences on willingness to delay treatment in the first two studies. Vyond videos on antibiotics were used in Study 3 (N = 575) to study willingness to delay in a more diverse sample recruited from MTurk. While Study 3 also found no significant differences in delay, participants in the collective conditions did report feeling more responsible for the collective good than those in the neutral and information-only condition.
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1130059337, WFE0000675
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Document (PDF)
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Promoting Information Literacy at UWF: Collaborations between Librarians and Faculty.
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Gonzalez, Melissa, McGowan, Britt, Stanny, Claudia J.
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Abstract/Description
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Workshop to promote information literacy at UWF.
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Identifier
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WF1456432604, uwf:48883
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Document (PDF)
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Providence Aviators Make Fast Time To Washington, No Date.
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Unknown Publication
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Article reporting on Lt Harold J. Brow and Lt. Thomas Durfee's five hour flight time from Hillsgrove to Washington in a DeHaviland bomber in around 4 hours, minus time spent for lunch in Mitchel Field, Long Island.
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uwfnam_HJBbox3_ND_ProvidenceAviatorsMakeFastTime
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Format
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Image (JPEG2000)
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Title
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Providence Flier Breaks World's Record With 265 Miles An Hour, November 3, 1923.
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Author
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The Providence Journal
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Continuation of the article "Providence Flier Smashes World Speed Records" displaying a photograph of Lieutenant Harold J. Brow in his leather pilot's cap with an accompanying caption detailing his flight speeds.
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uwfnam_HJBbox3_11-3-1923_ProvidenceFlyer_2
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Image (JPEG2000)
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Providence Flier Escorts Aviators Over Home City, September 8, 1924.
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The Providence Journal
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Article and photo detailing Lt. Harold J. Brow's successes in speed records alongside his family, school, and some military history.
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uwfnam_HJBbox3_9-8-1924_ProvidenceFlierEscorts
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Image (JPEG2000)
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Providence Flier Smashes World Speed Records, November 3, 1923.
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The Providence Journal
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Clipping from the Providence Journal which reports on the record speed of Lieutenant Harold J. Brow at Mitchel Field the previous day, making special note of his history in Providence, and successes in Technical school and the military.
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uwfnam_HJBbox3_11-3-1923_ProvidenceFlyer
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Image (JPEG2000)
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Providence Man Breaks Air Mark, No Date.
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Unknown Publication, Associated Press
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Article reporting on Lt. Harold J. Brow's establishing of the speed record of 244 mph, four miles a minute, at Mitchel Field on September 13th. The article concludes with a recounting of Brow's family and schooling history as well as his military successes. Possibly printed by the Providence News Journal.
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uwfnam_HJBbox3_ND_ProvidenceManBreaksAirMark
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Image (JPEG2000)
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PSYCHOLOGICAL ANDROGYNY, SOCIAL SUPPORT, DISCRIMINATION, AND DEPRESSION AMONG SEXUAL MINORITY PERSONS IN RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.
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Goodson, James Jared, Walch, Susan E., Vodanovich, Stephen J., University of West Florida
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Previous research has shown that sexual minorities experience unique difficulties in regards to their participation in religious organizations and are more likely to adopt sex-reversed or androgynous gender roles than their heterosexual counterparts. This paper examines how sexual minority participants' experiences of religious organizations differ by gender role. Participants were 316 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals drawn from various, mostly online sources. Using...
Show morePrevious research has shown that sexual minorities experience unique difficulties in regards to their participation in religious organizations and are more likely to adopt sex-reversed or androgynous gender roles than their heterosexual counterparts. This paper examines how sexual minority participants' experiences of religious organizations differ by gender role. Participants were 316 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals drawn from various, mostly online sources. Using scores from standardized self-report measures, participants were classified into groups with sex-typed, sex-reversed, androgynous, and undifferentiated gender roles. Gender role groups were compared on measures of religious social support, depression, and perceived discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Androgynous and sex-typed individuals reported that they received more social support from religious sources than sexreversed individuals. Androgynous participants also reported that they provided more social support to religious sources than any of the other groups and had lower levels of depression than participants who were sex-reversed or undifferentiated. Androgynous participants perceived more discrimination than sex-typed or undifferentiated participants. Religious social support did not mediate the relationship between perceived discrimination and depression. Androgynous participants' results can be explained via gender role fluidity and results from the other groups can be explained using optimal distinctiveness.
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Date Issued
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2016
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Identifier
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WFE0000556, uwf:61215
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Document (PDF)
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