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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractShakespeare and Literacy: A Case Study in a Primary ClassroomGeorge BelliveauProblem statement: Childhood is an integral time for literacy development and the aim of this article is to closely examine what pedagogical strategies were most effective to promote literacy learning with a group of six to nine year old children. This case study investigates how the use of specific literacy and drama-based strategies prepared and stimulated young children’s understanding and … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 18 Feb 2012 · 9,335 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Influence of Parents in Adolescents' MisbehaviorHabibah Elias, Nooreen NoordinPositive relationships within the family, parental support, a consistent and constructive parental discipline style and adult supervision tend to be related negatively to adolescents deviant behaviors and their associations with deviant peers. Poor family relationships were found to be associated with higher levels of delinquent behaviors, possibly due to the fact that parents in those families provided poor role models … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 18 Jul 2011 · 8,384 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImproving Computation Power by Reducing Query Response Time in Peer-to-Peer EnvironmentVelvizhi Nandagopal, D. ManjulaProblem statement: The Peer-to-Peer (P2P) was an emerging model and was being widely adopted in today’s internet computing.P2P traffic contributes the largest portion of the internet traffic which was unnecessary and led to delay. In existing Scalable Bipartite Overlay (SBO) network, Out of “N” peers, one group of peers were probing the messages (or) queries whereas the other group of … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 9 Mar 2011 · 6,598 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDoes Humor Matter? From Organization Management PerspectiveKai-Ping Huang, Wen-Ching KuoProblem statement: This study is to provide an overview discussion on the issue of humor management of within organizations. Although there are limits to which a work environment can be relaxed through humor or any other device, bonding through humor can be an important device within an organization whereby unity and common purpose are realized. Types of humor in the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 4 Feb 2011 · 8,915 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHigher Education for Sustainable Development: Students' Perspectives on an Innovative Approach to Educational ChangeMatthias Barth, Jana-M. TimmProblem statement: With Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) being an innovative approach to educational change, its principal objective is students’ development of transformation competencies. However, HESD evaluations hardly consider students’ perspectives. This study presents a study that examined undergraduate students’ view on the HESD approach at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany) and aims at shedding light on their … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 18 Dec 2010 · 11,283 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOn the Front Lines: Educating Teachers about Bullying and Prevention MethodsAviva Twersky GlasnerProblem statement: Bullying is a serious problem in American schools and is characterized by aggressive behavior distinguished by unequal power and the intention to cause physical, social, or emotional harm to others Bullying is evolving from the classic image of a big schoolyard bully picking on smaller kids to a more technologically, sophisticated model of kids using cyber technology to … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 23 Oct 2010 · 9,281 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Integration of Proverbs from Thai Didactic Literary Works for Secondary StudentsSuphapanyawut Kannika, Boonsom Yodmalee, Sunate PotisanProblem statement: The integration of proverbs from Thai didactic literary works for secondary school students has been prepared for building the body of knowledge. The process of managing human thoughts in behaving and doing well can increase quality and efficiency to students in terms of mind, conscience and correct actions. (1) This article aimed to examine histories of the uses … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 7,050 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAuthentic Assessment and Pedagogical Strategies in Higher EducationChan Yuen Fook, Gurnam Kaur SidhuProblem statement: Researchers have noted that there is a mismatch between curriculum content and assessment practices in higher education. At the moment, the focus is still on the assessment of learning and not much on assessment for learning. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the implementation of authentic assessment in higher education in Malaysia. Approach: The study employed a … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 17,103 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractVenire Reform-Assessing the State and Federal Efforts to Attain Fair, Cross-Sectional Representation in Jury PoolsThomas White, Ellen BaikProblem statement: The sixth amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees criminal defendants the right to be tried by an impartial jury of peers and the question of what constitutes an "impartial" jury has spawned constitutional controversies in the last several decades as the population of the United States became more ethnically and racially diverse. The Supreme Court has consistently … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 7,901 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSelective Flooding Based on Relevant Nearest-Neighbor using Query Feedback and Similarity across Unstructured Peer-to-Peer NetworksIskandar Ishak, Naomie SalimProblem statement: Efficient searching is a fundamental problem for unstructured peer to peer networks. Flooding requires a lot of resources in the network and thus will increase the search cost. Searching approach that utilizes minimum network resources is required to produce efficient searching in the robust and dynamic peer-to-peer network. Approach: This study addressed the need for efficient flood-based searching … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2009 · 7,696 accessesView PDFCite