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Casstevens, Randy M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Innovation processes are critical for preserving and improving our standard of living. While innovation has been studied by many disciplines, the focus has been on qualitative measures that are specific to a single technological domain. I adopt a quantitative approach to investigate underlying regularities that generalize across multiple domains.…
Descriptors: Innovation, Computation, Models, Social Sciences
Wang, Ling – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Learning Chinese characters is a difficult task for adult English native speakers due to the significant differences between the Chinese and English writing system. The visuospatial properties of Chinese characters have inspired the development of instructional methods using both verbal and visual information based on the Dual Coding Theory. This…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Animation, Statistical Analysis
Rumble, Merle B. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined how the use of African American literature that depicts Black males influences the reading comprehension and the reading motivation of Black boys as demonstrated through oral, written, and creative expressions. Studies have been conducted using children's literature with Black boys to examine their social interaction with the…
Descriptors: African American Literature, African Americans, Males, Reading Comprehension