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• PERCEPTIONS OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OF GRADUATES OF AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL SETTING

  Kenzie Bond , J. Ray Thompson

  Alternative educational settings are designed to meet the needs of students who are at risk of dropping out, who have already dropped out, or who are engaging in conduct severe enough to warrant removal from the mainstream setting.  Alternative programs fall into one of two categories: a program

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• EVALUATION OF THETECHNOLOGY-INTEGRATED FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM IN APUBLIC RURAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

  Stephen Lizin, Sanghoon Park

  The purpose of this study was two folds. First, we introduced a technology-integrated foreign language program established at a public, rural middle school in a Southeastern USA, and second, we evaluated the new program focusing on seventh and eighth grade students' foreign language skill

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• CULTURAL CAPITAL EFFICACY IN PARENTAL AND STUDENT ALIGNED EXPECTATIONS FOR POSTSECONDARY MATRICULATION

  Sarah P. Maxwell, Connie L. McNeely, Julia L. Carboni

  This exploratory study uses a cultural capital framework to examine the critical issue of goal alignment between parent and student expectations in predicting postsecondary matriculation. Addressing cultural capital in terms of functional specificity, the research expands and contributes to the

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• INTEGRATED MODELS FOR ROCKING OF OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE STRUCTURES

  Yao Tianqi

  Due to the rising concern of environmental pollution and energy shortage nowadays, the environmentally-friendly wind energy has attracted extensive attention. Among all kinds of wind turbines, three-bladed rotors tend to be the most energy efficient. Many factors may result in the unexpected

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• DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF AN OCTOPUS-LIKE AUV

  Jiayi Li, Meng Zhang, Minang Ouyang, Chongxiao Jiang, Mincan Ma, Junhao Deng, Xiaoqing Zhu

  With the continuous advancement of technology, human exploration and excavation of the ocean have deepened. The use of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to assist and replace human operations in complex marine environments is becoming increasingly popular. This paper presents the design and

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