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NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL
 
2009 VOLUME 32 #1

CONTENTS

 

Developing Reflective Practice in Student Teacher Candidates through Online
Threaded Discussion

Gary Barton, Carol Shepherd, National University

1

Hadassah’s Ideological Rhetoric in the Post-World War II Era 
Shirli Brautbar, Nevada State College

7

The Effects of a Self-Determination Intervention on Youth Explanatory Style and
Depressive Features

David G. Bruno, University College of the Fraser Valley

15

You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks: The Use of Asynchronous Threaded
Discussions

Betty A. Cox, Becky J. Cox, The University of Tennessee at Martin

27

Growth Rate Analysis of GDP and GNP in Six Industrial Countries (1981-2004)
Tommy Eshleman, Vani Kotcherlakota, University of Nebraska at Kearney

33

Classroom Behavior: Are We in the Same Class?
E. Jane Iorns, Nancy Leffel Carlson, Edythe Kirk, Brenda Nichols & Faith Wallace,
Lamar University

44

Identifying Consolidation-Causing Patterns in Disparate States: Comparing
Timor-Leste and Serbia

Rebecca Jones, Widener University
Laura Bailey, Fragile and Conflict-Affected States Group, The World Bank
Predrag Cvetičani, University of Ni, Serbia

50

Is Child Welfare Ready to Jump on the Evidence-Based Practice Bandwagon?
Catheleen Jordan, University of Texas at Arlington
David Cory, New Horizons

60

The Influence of the Pirates in Peter Pan and Treasure Island on Contemporary
Picture Books

Patricia M. Kirtley, Vermont College of Fine Arts

70

Community Colleges and University Partnerships: Giving the BEST to Students
Lori Mann, Lawrence Lyman, Merle Patterson, Emporia State University

78

Understanding Korean American Parent-Child Relationships: An Explorative Study
Sung Seek Moon, Suk-Young Kang, University of Texas at Arlington

83

Impact of ICT on Modern Socio-Economic World System Theory
Melsome Nelson-Richards, Oswego State University of New York
Justin A. Odulana, Health International Network System         

93

The State Verses Market-Driven Approaches: A Re-consideration of the
Neo-liberal Orthodoxy and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Raphael O. Ogom, DePaul University

100

Structured Sensory Therapy (SITCAP-ARC) for Traumatized Adjudicated
Adolescents in Residential Treatment

Melvyn C. Raider, Wayne State University
William Steele, National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children

111

The Beneficiaries of the Migradollar Phenomenon: Improvement and Deterioration
Magdalena Rappl, Tennessee Tech University

122

The Married Men’s Wage Premium and Discriminations: Evidence from
California and Texas

Amy B. Schmidt, Saint Anselm College

135

Examining Technology-Based Reading Programs
Milagros M. Seda, Carmen M. Seda, The University of Texas at El Paso

147

The Plight of the Phoenix: The Dilemma of Online Pedagogy for Seasoned Faculty
Carol Shepherd, Marilyn Koeller, Madelon Alpert, National University

159

Electronic Portfolios: Training, Retaining, Hiring and Firing – What Your
Electronic Portfolio Can Do For You

Tammy Shutt, Gary Stewart, Austin Peay State University

163

Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses… As Long as they are not
Asian Women!

Leah G. Stambler, Western Connecticut State University

172

Moving from John Wayne to the Amorphous: The Evolution of the Principal
Julia M. Williams, University of Minnesota Duluth

193

Reading the Other: Roxolana in European History and Literature
Galina I. Yermolenko, DeSales University

202


 
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