THE EFFECT OF PARTICIPATION IN A MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION ON THE SELF-CONCEPT, ATTITUDE TOWARD MUSIC AND MUSIC CLASS, AND CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS

PERRINE, VERONICA BEADER University of Alabama 1989 국내박사

Sacred music in public school curriculum: A philosophical inquiry into selected case law

Perrine, William M Indiana University 2015 해외박사(DDOD)

The focus of this study is a philosophical inquiry into the following question: should the performance of sacred music be included in the public school music curriculum? This dissertation analyzes significant issues for music education that emerge from case law related to the performance of sacred music, and constructs a robust and comprehensive justification for the use of sacred music in the public school curriculum that accounts for the legal and philosophical complexities inherent within the problem. The case of Nurre v. Whitehead, 587 F.3d 1087 (9th Cir. 2009), brings attention to issues surrounding the use of instrumental music with sacred connotations and student rights to musical expression. In analyzing this case I address defining the nature of the "sacred", rights to free musical expression, and the role of administrative oversight in curriculum decisions. An analysis of Bauchman v. West High School, 132 F.3d 542 (10th Cir. 1997) focuses on contextual and coersive considerations in the performance of sacred vocal music. Specific issues center on the use of music with a religious text, instructional and performance context, and the issue of coercion. An investigation into Stratechuk v. Board of Education, South Orange-Maplewood School District, 587 F.3d 597 (3rd Cir. 2009) examines issues relating to the performance of holiday music and the professional responsibilities of music educators. The analysis discusses the differences between performance and classroom study, the particulars of holiday music as a subgenre of religious music, and professional responsibilities of music educators. Conclusions suggest that while sacred music can and should be studied in the public schools, music teachers must exercise professional care and discernment in constructing a balanced music curriculum.

Multireference many-body perturbation theory: Quadratic Pade approximants and hydrogen deficient hydrocarbons

Perrine, Trilisa M The University of Chicago 2005 해외박사(DDOD)

Simple and quadratic Pade resummation methods are applied to high order series from multireference many-body perturbation theory (MR-MBPT) calculations using various partitioning schemes (Moller-Plesset, Epstein-Nesbet and forced degeneracy) to determine their efficacy in resumming slowly convergent or divergent series. The calculations are performed for the ground and low lying excited states of (i) CH2, (ii) BeH2 at three geometries, and (iii) Be, for which full CI calculations are available for comparison. The 49 perturbation series that are analyzed include ones with oscillatory and monotonic divergence and convergence, including divergences that arise either from frontdoor or backdoor intruder states. Both the simple and quadratic Pade approximations are found to speed the convergence of slowly convergent or divergent series. However, the quadratic Pade method generally out performs the simple Pade resummation. Effective valence shell Hamiltonian (Hv) calculations are used to determine the electronic spectra of propadienylidene (l-C3H2) and cyclopropenylidene (c-C 3H2) and their anions and cations. Geometries and vibrational frequencies are also computed using the CASSCF method for the ground and low-lying states of the anions and cations, most of which are previously unavailable. Adiabatic and vertical excitation energies, as well as vertical and adiabatic ionization potentials and electron affinities, are computed using the H v method through third order for the radicals and their ions. The Hv adiabatic ionization potentials and electron affinities are in reasonable agreement with experiment, and the H v excitation energies agree well with experiment for the linear radical and anion. The Hv vertical and adiabatic excitation energies for the cyclic radical are in accord with other computations. The computations for the low-lying excitation energies of the linear and cyclic cation, as well as those for three states of the cyclic anion, represent the first treatment of these quantities. The Hv method is also used to determine the electronic spectra of trans-2-buten-2-yl (C4H7), its anion, and its cation. Vertical excitation energies and oscillator strengths, as well as the vertical ionization potential and electron affinity, are computed using the Hv method through third order for the radical and its ions.

Motivational goal orientations and the smoking cessation process

Perrine, Nicholas E Colorado State University 2005 해외박사(DDOD)

Researchers have suggested for years that a "one size fits all" approach to smoking cessation programs may limit their effectiveness. It has further been suggested that the ability to effectively match smokers to treatment programs would represent a major advancement to the field (Shiffman, 1993; Smith & Fiore, 1999). In the present study, individual differences in motivational goal orientations were hypothesized to influence smoking cessation rates due to differences in responses to negative feedback (i.e., inability to quit and relapses) as well as interactions with reward structures of the environment. Participants were 114 adults enrolled in smoking cessation programs. Results suggested that a stronger performance goal orientation was associated with significantly lower quit rates at the 6-month follow-up among research participants who were unable to quit at the 1-month follow-up. Moreover, self-efficacy mediated the relationship between performance goal orientation and quitting. While a significant change in extrinsic rewards was observed, the interaction between motivational goal orientations and intrinsic or extrinsic rewards was not observed to affect smoking cessation rates. Implications for goal orientation theory as well as implications for the design of smoking cessation programs are discussed.

Beneath a Canvas of Green

Perrine, Aaron Aldon The University of Iowa 2014 해외박사(DDOD)

The title of the work, Beneath a Canvas of Green, is in reference to the many walks I used to take during the summers while growing up in northern Minnesota. I love the way the sunlight shines through the leaves--especially when there is a bit of wind to make the light dance and flicker. I am also fascinated by the way in which the many things I pass by in life on a regular basis can appear so differently, depending on the time of day, season of the year, or mood I am in at the time. These thoughts were at the forefront as I composed Beneath a Canvas of Green. From the rush of sounds that open and close the piece, to its calm and delicate interior, the work utilizes a singular melodic idea viewed through a variety of different lenses.

Automatic strategies to model transportation fuel surrogates

Pepiot, Perrine Stanford University 2008 해외박사(DDOD)

Cost and efficiency drive the design of combustion devices to rely more and more on numerical simulations. As the methods for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) progress, complex problems such as the simulation of chemically reactive flows in engines become tractable. Of interest for instance, is the capability to accurately predict pollutant emissions from engines, for which the understanding and the accurate modeling of chemistry is tremendously important. The inherent complexity and high non-linearity of the combustion processes, modeled by chemical kinetic reaction mechanisms, and the broad spectrum of fossil fuel compositions render a detailed chemical representation of these fuels unachievable. Instead, simpler surrogate fuels can be formulated that reproduce adequately some desirable properties of real fuels. This work focuses on the design and implementation of automatic methods to generate reduced models for these surrogates. A component library approach has been developed, in which the reduced model is assembled from small chemical modules specifically designed to simulate a certain chemical process, such as high temperature decomposition of a hydrocarbon molecule or pollutant formation. Each module is built by extracting from detailed kinetic mechanisms available in the literature the minimal amount of information needed to accurately reproduce the chemical process of interest. Several systematic and automated techniques have been developed, which are used throughout this simplification procedure. These methods include the Directed Relation Graph with Error Propagation method, a chemical lumping strategy, and the introduction of quasi-steady state assumptions. In this study, a component library is created that includes individual constituents from the major chemical groups present in hydrocarbon fuels, namely linear and branched paraffins, cycloparaffins and aromatics. Available detailed mechanisms are validated against a broad experimental database of different configurations such as homogeneous reactors and one-dimensional flames. Modules of various controlled accuracies and sizes are obtained and combined to form surrogate models for gasoline and jet fuel. These reduced mechanisms are shown to reproduce the behavior of real and surrogate fuels satisfactorily.

I Am Not Prometheus Traditional Literacy and Multimodal Texts in Secondary Classrooms

Kachorsky, Danielle Perrine ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Arizona State Univ 2018 해외박사(DDOD)

This dissertation explored the literacy practices that developed around comics when two secondary teachers (one AP Science and one AP English) used comics in their classroom instruction for the first time. It also explored the ways the teachers and their students positioned comics within their specific classroom contexts. Historically, comics are a marginalized medium in educational circles---widely considered non-academic despite the recognition by scholars for their sophistication as a multimodal medium. Scholars, librarians, teachers, and comics authors have made the case for the inclusion of comics in educational contexts citing their ability to support the literacy development of struggling readers, engage reluctant readers, promote lifelong reading, and convey information visually. However, the roles comics can play in educational contexts are still under researched, and many gaps exist in the literature including a lack of real world contexts and clearly reported instructional strategies. This study aimed to fill these gaps by reporting the literacy practices that students and teachers develop around comics, as well as contextualizing these practices in the classroom contexts and students' and teachers' experiences. Drawing from a social semiotic view of multimodality and the view of literacy as a social practice, I conducted a qualitative case study using ethnographic methods for data collection which I analyzed using an interpretive framework for qualitative data analysis and constant comparative analysis. I found three literacy practices developed around comics in these contexts---Q&A, writing about comics, and drawing comics. I also found that teachers and students positioned comics in four primary ways within these contexts---as a tool, as entertainment, as a medium, and as a traditional form of literature. Based on my findings, I developed three assertions: 1) there is a disconnect between teachers' goals for using comics in their instruction and the literacy practice that developed around the comics they selected; 2) there is a disconnect between the ways in which teachers position comics and the ways in which students position comics; and 3) traditional views of literature and literacy continue to dominate classrooms when multimodal texts are selected and utilized during instruction.

Teacher background and teacher knowledge related to language structures and reading instruction

Cornier, Jeanette Perrine University of Denver 2005 해외박사(DDOD)

This study examined the knowledge of experienced teachers related to English language structures and their applications to basic reading instruction. The study further explored the contributions teachers' experiences, pre-service preparation, in-service professional development and perceptions made to their level of knowledge. A thirty-minute survey including a 34-item test of teacher knowledge and a 16-item demographics questionnaire was administered to 183 teachers. The majority of participants were fully licensed, experienced teachers with college degrees who were currently working in Colorado schools. The findings suggest that increased teachers' perceptions of effectiveness and more in-service training experiences are related to increased knowledge of English language structures. However, the overall results of the study indicate that existing teachers continue to have limited knowledge of English language structures and limited knowledge of some key findings from scientific research on reading instruction. The study suggests that reeducation of the existing teacher workforce is necessary to ensure that students receive reading instruction based on the findings of converging scientific research. The study further suggests that teacher preparation programs and licensing requirements need to be redesigned to ensure that new teacher candidates are better prepared to effectively teach reading.

Further analysis of variables that affect self-control with aversive events

Perrin, Christopher J The Ohio State University 2010 해외박사(DDOD)

The purpose of this study was to examine variables that affect self-control within the context of academic task completion by elementary school children diagnosed with autism. In the pre-assessment of study 1, mathematics problem completion was shown to be an aversive event, and sensitivity to task magnitude, task difficulty, and delay to task completion was measured. The self-control assessment assessed the effects of manipulating values of those parameters on self-control. For all participants, self-control increased as a function of one or more changes in task parameter values. In study 2, the effects of a commitment response on self-control was assessed. Results indicated that for all participants, levels of self-control were higher when the opportunity to commit to the immediate aversive event was available.

Increasing the Supply of Donor Milk: The Impact of Lactation-Duration Based Exclusion Criteria and Internet Milk Sharing

Perrin, Maryanne Tigchelaar North Carolina State University 2015 해외박사(DDOD)

Pasteurized human donor milk is an important functional first food for the preterm infant who does not have access to their mother's own milk, significantly improving health outcomes and lowering health care costs. Despite a renaissance in donor milk banking in North America that has resulted in the opening of 5 new milk banks since 2012, the demand for donor milk currently outpaces supply. This dissertation uses quantitative and qualitative methods to research potential solutions for expanding the supply of pasteurized donor milk available through the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA). In study 1, the composition of human milk was examined longitudinally during the second year of lactation to evaluate the current guideline that prohibits milk donation beyond one year postpartum. Nineteen mothers provided monthly milk samples (N=131) from eleven months postpartum (the control) until 17 months postpartum. Milk samples were analyzed for macronutrients, minerals, and bioactive proteins. There was no evidence of a change in the lactose, total fat, iron, and potassium content of the milk over the study period. Total protein, lactoferrin, lysozyme, immunoglobulin A (IgA), and sodium increased over time, and there was a gradual decrease in zinc and calcium (P < 0.05). Milk samples beyond one year postpartum were also compared to pooled milk samples (N=33) provided by two HMBANA milk banks. In this analysis, late lactation samples contained significantly more total protein, lactoferrin, lysozyme, and IgA, and significantly less zinc, calcium, and iron than milk bank samples (P < 0.05). There was no evidence of a difference in total fat, lactose, potassium, and sodium. These findings suggest that human milk beyond one year postpartum provides stable or increasing concentrations of macronutrients and bioactive factors, and may require mineral fortification to meet the unique needs of the preterm infant. In study 2, an observational approach was used to describe the nature of online milk sharing communities that facilitate the direct exchange of unpasteurized human milk between milk seekers and donors. The purpose of this study was to quantify the different segments of the human milk market in the United States. Three months of data were extracted from nine public Facebook pages that facilitate the exchange of human milk. The number of participants, interactions and comments were analyzed. We observed 954 individuals participating in milk sharing, with 532 of the participants (55.8%) offering milk and 413 participants (43.3%) seeking milk. The top reasons participants requested milk was "Lactation Problems" (69.4%). Nearly half of the donors were offering 100 ounces or more. This is the minimum donation volume to be eligible to donate to many HMBANA milk banks, suggesting that donors who participate in online milk sharing communities may also be a potential pool of donors for non-profit milk banks. Additionally, the study raises questions about the root of lactation problems that are prompting mothers to seek milk. In study 3, in-depth telephone interviews were conducted with 27 women who had shared milk with a peer, but not with a milk bank. A Grounded Theory approach was used to analyze content and develop a preliminary theoretical model that describes the process of becoming a peer-to-peer milk donor. Our findings suggest that an unexpected surplus of expressed milk prompts donation. Information about donation options comes predominantly from social circles, not from health care providers. Donors are concerned about milk bank costs, convenience of donation, and community impact. Insights from this model can be used to develop strategies to address the public health call for increasing the availability of pasteurized donor milk including developing prenatal promotion and screening programs to increase the number of milk bank donors. Funding Sources: North Carolina State University CALS Dean's Enrichment Grant; American Society of Nutrition's Gerber Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Award; United States Department of Agriculture Kannapolis Scholars Training Grant; Mothers' Milk Bank, San Jose, California; Mothers' Milk Bank, Denver, Colorado; Mothers' Milk Bank Northeast, Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts.