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Item Open Access 1 + 1 Is Not Always 2: Variation in the Relations Between Mathematics Self-Efficacy Development and Longitudinal Mathematics Achievement Growth(University of Oregon, 2015-01-14) Shanley, Caroline; Biancarosa, GinaCreating an educational program that results in positive post-secondary and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)-oriented outcomes for all students is a national goal and federal policy directive. Recent research has shown that in addition to measures of academic proficiency, intra- and interpersonal skills are important factors in college and career readiness. Likewise, mathematics proficiency is an important skill for successful STEM outcomes and post-secondary success, but these achievements and outcomes frequently vary based on demographic characteristics. This study utilized data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 to examine the relationships between mathematics achievement growth in Grades K-1 and Grades 3-8, mathematics self-efficacy development in Grades 3-8, and demographic factors including sex, socioeconomic status (SES), and race/ethnicity. Various models of mathematics achievement growth were tested, and the relationships between both early and middle grades mathematics achievement growth and self-efficacy development were also explored. Sex, SES, and race/ethnicity differences in both mathematics achievement growth and self-efficacy development were discovered, and findings were consistent with familiar achievement gaps favoring white and Asian males from above median SES households. In particular, SES was found to be a ubiquitous factor in both mathematics achievement and self-efficacy development, and sex moderated some of the relationships between mathematics achievement and self-efficacy. Implications for future research, instructional design, and intervention development are discussed.Item Open Access $1 CEO Salaries and R&D Spending as a Form of Extreme Incentive Compensation and Investor Signaling(University of Oregon, 2019) Gardner, Brooke L.While gaining popularity in mainstream media, the $1 CEO salary is a trend whose motives and impact remain largely misunderstood. This paper examines a dataset of 155 companies that have implemented the $1 salary. Statistical testing is used to analyze the relationship of $1 salaries to several variables including company financial measures and descriptive CEO attributes. The trends in research and development spending, capital expenditures, and stock price that result before and during the $1 salary period are also examined. The goal of this research is to understand the relationship between $1 CEO salaries and long-term spending in the form of research and development and capital expenditures. The secondary goal is to understand how the $1 salary acts as a form of extreme incentive compensation and investor signaling by using long-term spending as a proxy for managerial belief in future firm performance. The findings in this thesis suggest that $1 CEOs have strong beliefs in their firms as demonstrated by the $1 salary and increases to long-term spending. However, investors do not appear to share this same belief in the firm which suggests the $1 salary may be an ineffective attempt at signaling.Item Open Access Item Open Access 10th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium(Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, 2003-08) Deep-Sea Biology Symposium (10th : 2003 : Coos Bay, Or.)Item Open Access 1816: "The Mighty Operations of Nature": An Environmental History of the Year Without a Summer(University of Oregon, 2012) Munger, Michael; Munger, Michael; Dennis, MatthewThe catastrophic eruption of the Indonesian volcano Mt. Tambora in April 1815, which ejected a cloud of sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere, plunged the world into a rapid temporary climate change event. A series of bizarre weather anomalies, including snowstorms in June and repeated heavy frosts throughout the rest of the summer, earned 1816 the moniker "the Year Without a Summer." This paper examines the various ways in which Americans reacted to the climate change--seeking causation explanations through science and superstition, political and religious responses, and the efforts to appreciate what the events meant in terms of the world's changing climate. Through these various reactions, a picture emerges of Americans' incomplete understanding of science and nature, as well as an uneasy reckoning with the impossibility of fully explaining their environment and the potential dangers it presented to them.Item Open Access The 1903-1904 Typhoid Fever Epidemic in Butler, Pennsylvania(University of Oregon, 2009) Donheffner, KristenItem Open Access The 1960s NAACP Campaign to Integrate Public Housing in Portland(University of Oregon, 2007) Matsumaru, MichaelLike many other cities in the U.S. during the 1960s, Portland, Oregon featured an undeniable black ghetto, located in the heart of its Albina district. The Portland branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) struggled throughout the 1960s to keep local government from perpetuating the existing ghetto. For years, the NAACP and other civil rights organizations protested plans from the Housing Authority of Portland (HAP) to build federally subsidized public housing units in the heart of Albina.Item Open Access 1st We Build Them, Then What? : The Future of Institutional Repositories(University of Oregon Libraries, 2005-11-22) Hixson, Carol G.The article discusses the current state of IR development and outlines a direction that IRs in the U.S. can effectively take.Item Open Access A 2-D Magnetotelluric Investigation of the Cascadia Subduction Zone(University of Oregon, 2016-06) Wogan, NicholasI have produced four 2-D magnetotelluric conductivity inversions of MOCHA data roughly between the latitudes of 43N and 46N that indicate fluid variation along strike in the Cascadia subduction zone. I directly compare these results to Wannamaker et al. 2014 EMSLAB inversion and find the models to be very similar despite the use of different data sets and inversion methods. Conductivity structure along the plate interface supports the hypothesis that there is "partial creeping" occurring in the locked zone in central Cascadia, as well as the possible presence of a secondary, inboard locked zone at 44.5N in the ETS region. The variability of conductivity along strike also suggests a more permeable crust in the northern region of Cascadia directly overhead the ETS zone, and more fluid accumulation in this same region. This study indicates that a more permeable overlying crust, combined with larger amounts of fluid present may be critical components of rapid ETS occurrence.Item Open Access 2001 Upper Deschutes resource management plan social values survey(United States. Bureau of Land Management, 2002-03) University of Oregon. Dept. of Planning, Public Policy and Management. Community Planning WorkshopItem Open Access 2002 farmworker service review(Oregon. Housing and Community Services Dept, 2002-11) University of Oregon. Dept. of Planning, Public Policy and Management. Community Planning Workshop; Bruce, Josh; Anderson, Kristen; Grishkin, Justin; Juntunen, Lorelei; Parsons, Louis; Tobin, MarcItem Open Access 2004 Silverton community survey(City of Silverton (Or.), 2005-01) University of Oregon. Dept. of Planning, Public Policy and Management. Community Planning WorkshopItem Open Access 2007 Lane County Fair visitor survey summary report(Lane County Fair, 2007-10) University of Oregon. Dept. of Planning, Public Policy and Management. Community Planning WorkshopItem Open Access 2007 Silverton community survey(City of Silverton (Or.), 2007-12) University of Oregon. Dept. of Planning, Public Policy and Management. Community Planning WorkshopItem Open Access 2008 River Road Neighborhood Needs Survey(2008-12) University of Oregon. Dept. of Planning, Public Policy and Management. Community Planning Workshop; Parker, BobItem Open Access 2010 Silverton Community Survey(2010-08)This survey is to gather information from Silverton residents regarding their thoughts and feelings on the quality of life in Silverton, job creation and economic development, city services and local government, parks and recreation, public participation, emergency prepardness, the Silver Falls School District, and Silverton Hospital.Item Open Access 2011 Oregon Humanities Center Work in Progress Talk(2011-04-11) Wacks, David A.Discussion of how current critical thinking about diasporic culture can bring Judaic studies approaches to Sephardic literature up to date. Examples from 13th century Spanish Hebrew (Sephardic) author Jacob ben Elazar and 16th century Sephardic author Solomon ibn VergaItem Open Access 2018 Conference Flyer(2018) Urbanism Next Center, University of OregonItem Open Access 2018 Urbanism Next: Welcoming Presentation(2018-03-05) Larco, NicoItem Open Access 2019 Urbanism Next Conference Program(Urbanism Next, 2019-05)Welcome to the 2019 National Urbanism Next Conference! This last year has seen dramatic advancements and serious setbacks in new mobility, autonomous vehicles, e-commerce, and the sharing economy. We have seen significant growth in new mobility services and devices, such as e-scooters, and in the range of companies offering these services. We have seen e-commerce continue to thrive, and we have seen cities raise their level of engagement with the private sector. We have also seen autonomous vehicles lose their unbridled luster and near-term inevitability. While the advancements should motivate us to better understand how to shape these innovations toward the public good, the setbacks should be seen as an opportunity to better prepare for the changes that are coming.