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Faculty and staff
PUBLICATIONS
Rhonda Aull Hyde, operations research and food and resource
economics, "Evaluation of Supplier-Restricted Purchasing Options
Under Temporary Price Discounts," in IIE Transactions, vol. 24,
no. 2, pages 184-186, 1992.
T. Weldekidan, T.A. Evans, R.B. Carroll and R.P. Mulrooney, plant
and soil sciences, "Etiology of Soybean Severe Stunt and Some
Properties of the Causal Virus," in Plant Disease, vol. 76, no.
7, pages 747-750, 1992.
V.N. Kaliakin, civil engineering, "A Simple Coordinate
Determination Scheme for Two-Dimensional Mesh Generation," in
Computers and Structures, vol. 43, no. 3, pages 505-516, May
1992.
Roberta Golinkoff, educational studies, with K. Hirsh-Pasek, L.
Bailey and N. Wenger, "Young Children and Adults Use Lexical
Principles To Learn New Nouns," in Developmental Psychology, vol.
28, pages 99-108, 1992; "Confessions of a Novice: Learning To
Read Hebrew as an Adult," in Newsletter of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Winter 1992; and with Hirsh-Pasek,
"Language Comprehension: A New Look at Some Old Themes," in
Biological and Behavioral Aspects of Language Acquisition,
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, N.J., 1991.
R.B. Carroll and D.P. Whittington, plant and soil sciences, with
E.R. Jones and R.H. Swain of Delaware State College, "Effect of
Fusarium Root and Crown Rot on Alfalfa Cultivars in Delaware," in
Phytopathology, vol. 82, no. 6, page 719, 1992.
A. H-D. Cheng, civil engineering, with Y. Abouseleiman of
University of Oklahoma and T. Badmus of IT Corp., "A Laplace
Transform BEM for Axisymmetric Diffusion Utilizing Pre-tabulated
Green's Function," in Engineering Analysis with Boundary
Elements, vol. 9, no. 1, pages 39-46, 1992; with K. Hackl,
mathematical sciences, C.Y. Yang and M. Chajes, civil
engineering, "Bifurcations and Chaos in Structural Control," in
Engineering Mechanics, Proceedings of the Ninth Conference,
College Station, Texas, May 24-27, 1992, pages 664-667; with
graduate student L. Cui, "Green's Function for Axisymmetric
Poroeleasticity and Coupled Thermoelasticity," pages 91-104, and
with Abouseleiman and J-C. Roegiers of University of Oklahoma,
"Boundary Element Method for Viscoporoelasticity with Rock
Mechanics Applications," pages 173-183, in Boundary Element
Technology VII, Albuquerque, June 3-5, 1992, CMP/Elsevier; and
with E. Detournay of Schlumberger Cambridge Research, "Influence
of Pressurization Rate on the Magnitude of the Breakdown
Pressure," in Proceedings of the 33rd Symposium on Rock
Mechanics, Santa Fe, June 8-10, 1992, pages 325-333, Balkema.
A.L. Morehart, plant and soil sciences, "Fungi Associated with
Botrysphaeria Dieback of Oak Trees in Delaware Woodlots," in
Phytopathology, vol. 82, no. 6, page 720, 1992.
Linda Gottfredson, educational studies, "The Evaluation of
Alternative Measure of Job Performance," in Performance
Assessment for the Workplace, Vol. II: Technical Issues, A.K.
Wigdor and B.F. Gree Jr., editors, National Academy Press,
Washington, D.C., 1991.
Robert Hampel, educational development, "Evaluating the RE:
Learning Projects: Some Cautions and Constraints," in NASSP
Bulletin, vol. 76, no. 541, pages 31-34, February 1992.
James Hiebert, educational development, with T.P. Carpenter,
"Learning and Teaching with Understanding," in Handbook of
Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning, D. Grouws, editor,
Macmillan, New York, 1992; and with Diana Wearne, educational
development, "Links Between Teaching and Learning Place Value
With Understanding in First Grade," in Journal for Research in
Mathematics Education, vol. 23, pages 98-122, 1992.
David Kaplan, educational studies, with Bengt Muthen of
University of California at Los Angeles, "A Comparison of Some
Methodologies for the Factor Analysis of Non-normal Likert
Variables: A Note on the Size of the Model," in British Journal
of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, vol. 45, pages 19-30;
and "Structural Equation Modeling," in Encyclopedia of Education
Research, Sixth Edition, M.D. Alkin, editor, Macmillian, New
York, 1992.
Frank Murray, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Educational Studies,
"Getting Beyond Educational Slogans," in New Castle County
Business, vol. 6, no. 7, April 1992; "Restructuring and
Constructivism: The Development of American Educational Reform,"
in Piaget's Theory: Prospects and Possibilities, pages 287-308,
H. Beilin and P. Pufall, editors, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
Hillsdale, N.J.; and "Questions a Satisfying Developmental Theory
Would Answer: The Scope of a Complete Explanation of Development
Phenomena," in Advances in Child Development and Behavior, vol.
23, 1991.
Donald L. Sparks, plant and soil sciences, "Soil Kinetics," in
Encyclopedia of Earth System Science, vol. 4, pages 219-229, W.
Nirenberg, editor, Academic Press; and with graduate student
Scott E. Fendorf, M. Fendorf and R. Gronsky of University of
California at Berkeley, "Surface Precipitation Reactions on Oxide
Surface," in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 148,
pages 295-298.
William W. Boyer, Charles P. Messick Professor of Public
Administration, "Rothschild Francis and Freedom of the Press in
the U.S. Virgin Islands," in Caribbean Affairs, vol. 4, no. 4,
pages 129-143, 1991.
Farley Grubb, economics, "Educational Choice in the Era Before
Free Public Schooling: Evidence From German Immigrant Children in
Pennsylvania, 1771-1817," in Journal of Economic History, vol.
51, no. 2, pages 363-375, June 1992.
PRESENTATIONS
Stacie Beck, economics, "Time Varying Risk Premia in Commodities
Futures Markets," at Econometric Society meeting, June 24-28,
Seattle.
Douglas F. Tuttle, public safety, "Initiatives to Amend the Crime
Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990: What's Next?," at
Virginia Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators
annual conference, June 16, Virginia Beach.
E.L. Quarantelli, Disaster Research Center, "Studies of Social
Aspects of Earthquake Disasters," at workshop on prospects for
PRC-USA cooperation on earthquake engineering research, April 26,
Guangzhou, China; and "Sociopsychological Aspects of Evacuating
or Sheltering Health Care Facilities in the Event of a Nuclear
Power Plant Accident," at Health Emergencies in Technological
Disasters world conference, May 6, Rome.
Kathleen Tierney, Disaster Research Center, participant in
U.S.-Republic of China Bilateral Workshop on Natural Disaster
Reduction, May 23-24, Taipei, Taiwan.
Russell R. Dynes, Disaster Research Center, "Developing Adequate
Assumptions for Disaster Management," at international conference
on preparedness and mitigation for natural disasters, May 28-29,
Reykjavik, Iceland.
Vistap M. Karbhari, composite materials, "The Use of Decision
Support Systems and TQD Methodology for the Facilitation of Rapid
Decision Making in Composites Design and Manufacture," at sixth
international SAMPE Electronics Conference, June 22-25,
Baltimore.
John G. Elias, electrical engineering, "Genetic Generation of
Connection Patterns for a Dynamic Artificial Neural Network," at
Combinations of Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks Workshop,
June 6, Baltimore.
Two faculty from the College of Marine Studies made presentations
at at First Thematic Conference on Remote Sensing of Marine and
Coastal Environments, June 15-17, New Orleans: Vic Klemas,"A
Coastal Land Cover Classification System for Use with Remote
Sensors and GIS" and "Remote Sensing of Biomass to Determine
Health of Coastal Wetlands"; and Xiao-Hai Yan, "Surface
Circulation Estimation Off the East Coast of U.S. Using Image
Processing and Computer Vision Methods Applied to Sequential
Satellite-Imagery."
Jan Blits, educational studies, "Liberty in Whig Thought:
Grotius, Locke and the Declaration of Independence," to Liberty
Fund, January, Newport Beach, Calif.
Nancy Brickhouse, educational development, "The Role of Theory in
Making Sense of Evidence and Arguments in Primary Science
Classrooms," and Zoubeida Dagher, educational development,
"Analysis and Synthesis of Studies Related to the Effectiveness
of Analogies in Science Learning," at National Association for
Research in Science Teaching meeting, March, Cambridge, Mass.
Christine L. Ebert, mathematical sciences, "Issues Related to
Utilizing Technology in Secondary Mathematics Classrooms," an
invited presentation, at Universita Degli Studi Della Basilicata,
June 9, Potenza, Italy.
Deborah C. Smith, education, and Dan Neale, educational studies,
"On the Road to Expertise: Changes in Primary Teachers' Subject
Matter Knowledge for Teaching Science," at American Educational
Research Association annual meeting, April, San Francisco.
Donald L. Sparks, plant and soil sciences, "Kinetics and
Mechanisms of Reactions on Colloidal Surfaces," an invited
lecture at Battelle-Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Jan
21, Richland, Wash.; with research associate Z.Z. Zhang,
"Retention of Acetonitrile and Acrylonitrile on Clays," at
Underground Injection Practices Council, Jan. 26-29, Corpus
Christi; with N. S. Pasricha of Punjab Agricultural University,
"Nutrient Kinetics in Soil-Plant Systems," at symposium on
nutrient management for sustained productivity, Feb. 10-12,
Ludihiana, India; with graduate student Scott E. Fendorf,
"Reductive Dissolution Kinetics of MnO2 by Cr(III)," and with S.
Fendorf, M. Fendorf and R. Gronsky of University of California at
Berkeley, "Heavy Metal Sorption Effects on Surface Structure of
Oxides," at American Chemical Society meeting, April 6-10, San
Francisco; with S. Fendorf, "Kinetics of Rapid Sorption Processes
on Colloidal Surfaces" and "An EPR Stopped-Flow Kinetic Study of
Mn(III) Sorption on MnO2," at V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, May
8-10, Reston, Va.; "Kinetics and Mechanisms of Environmentally
Important Reactions on Colloidal Surfaces," an invited lecture at
NATO Advanced Study Institute, May 24-June 5, Maratea, Italy; and
"Soil and Environmental Chemistry Research in the Northeastern
United States: Challenges and Opportunities of the 1990s," an
invited paper, Northeastern Branch, American Society of Agronomy,
June 28-July 1, Storrs, Conn.
Roberta Golinkoff, educational studies, "What Are Lexical
Principles and How Do They Work?," at Symposium on Research in
Child Language Disorders, June, Madison, Wisc.; with T. Mennuti,
C. Lengle and Gabriella Hermon, educational studies, "Is 'Glorpy'
A Noun or An Adjective: Identifying the Part of Speech of a Novel
Work," and, with J. Diznoff, A. Yasik and K. Hirsh-Pasek, "How
Children Identify Nouns vs. Verbs," at International Conference
on Infant Studies, May.
Linda Gottfredson, educational studies, "Ethical Dilemmas,"
invited paper, at Society of Psychologists in Management annual
conference, February, Tampa; "Breaching Taboos and Challenging
Orthodoxy in Scholarship on Race," an invited paper, at Southern
Sociological Society annual meeting, April, New Orleans.
James Hiebert, educational development, "Interplay Between
Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge in Learning Mathematics," at
American Association of Publishers meeting, March, Chicago; with
Diana Wearne, educational development, "Instruction,
Understanding and Performance in Primary Grade Arithmetic," a
poster , at American Educational Research Association annual
meeting, April, San Francisco; Wearne and Hiebert,
"Second-Graders Performance and Strategy Use in Multidigit
Subtraction" and Wearne, "Teaching Multidigit Addition and
Subtraction With Understanding," at National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics annual meeting, March, Nashville.
Frank Murray, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Educational Studies,
"Merits of Five-Year Teacher Education Programs," at Towson State
University, March.
Two members of the Curriculum Development Lab in the College of
Education made presentations at National Association for Research
in Science Teaching meeting in March at Cambridge, Mass.: Julie
Schmidt with Jean Leach of West Park Place Elementary School,
"Conditional Knowledge in an Experienced Teacher's Construction
and Implementation of a Third Grade Conceptual Change Science
Room," and Deborah C. Smith, "The Curriculum Development Lab: A
Vehicle for Staff Development in Primary Science."
David Kaplan, educational studies, "Assessing the Factor
Structure of Data Arising from Balanced Incomplete Block
Spiralling Designs" amd "Collinearity Diagnostics for Covariance
Structure Models," at American Educational Research Association
annual meeting, April, San Francisco.
Elizabeth Wier, education, "Learning About Light and Shadows: A
Tale of Three Children," at National Association for Research in
Science Teaching, March, Cambridge, Mass.
MISCELLANEOUS
Mary P. Richards, arts and science, appointed to editorial board
of Soundings, the journal of Society for Values in Higher
Education.
Herbert E. Allen, civil engineering, appointed to editorial board
of Water Environment Research. He also serves on the editorial
board of Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability.