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1. Private School Faculty Perceptions of Differentiated Instruction

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Glover, Rebecca

Abstract

Differentiated instruction focuses on students' readiness, interests, learning styles, and life circumstances, rather than a set curriculum. The perceptions faculty have about differentiated instruction can impact their willingness and ability to implement the practice in their classroom. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore, in a private school in a south-central U.S. state, middle school teachers' perceptions of, expectations about, and experiences with differentiated instruction. The conceptual framework that guided the study was Tomlinson' s instructional differentiation philosophy supported by empirical research on differentiated instruction as effective. Six middle school English, history, science, and math teachers completed a survey and were interviewed. Six themes were identified: (a) differentiation is needed in the classroom for all students; (b) attitudes change when differentiation is used; (c) there are limitations that make it difficult to differentiate; (d) differentiation demonstrates an understanding of skill; (e) the use of differentiation builds relationships amongst teachers and with their students; and (f) those that differentiate offer choices to their students. The six emergent themes revealed the challenges and pressures experienced by the teachers when differentiating instruction, such as time and expectations from parents and administration, and the value teachers had for the practice. Participants identified offering choices and having a variety of activities as best practices for differentiation. This study encourages social change by exhibiting how differentiated instruction affects educators' ability to design lessons with all learners in mind, in an effort to help students transfer their knowledge outside of the schoolroom and into their communities and future jobs. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]

Published
2023

2. Lagrangian-type submanifolds of Spin(7) manifolds and their deformations

Author

Glover, Rebecca and Salur, Sema

Subjects
Mathematics - Differential Geometry, Mathematics - Geometric Topology, 53C38, 53C29, 57R57
Abstract

In an earlier paper we showed that the space of deformations of a smooth, compact, orientable Harvey-Lawson submanifold HL in a G2 manifold M can be identified with the direct sum of the space of smooth functions and closed 2-forms on HL. In that paper, we also introduced a new class of Lagrangian-type 4-dimensional submanifolds inside G2 manifolds, called them RS submanifolds, and proved that the space of deformations of a smooth, compact, orientable RS submanifold in a G2 manifold M can be identified with closed 3-forms on RS. In this short note, we define a new class of Lagrangian-type 4-dimensional submanifolds inside Spin(7) manifolds, which we call L-submanifolds. We show that the space of deformations of a smooth, compact, orientable L-submanifold in a Spin(7) manifold N can be identified with the space of closed 3-forms on L., Comment: 6 pages

Published
2016

3. Deformations of Lagrangian Type Submanifolds inside G2 manifolds

Author

Glover, Rebecca and Salur, Sema

Subjects
Mathematics - Geometric Topology, Mathematics - Differential Geometry, 53C38, 53C29, 57R57
Abstract

3-dimensional Harvey Lawson submanifolds were introduced in an earlier paper by Akbulut-Salur, as examples of Lagrangian-type manifolds inside G2 manifold. In this paper, we first show that the space of deformations of a smooth, compact, orientable Harvey-Lawson submanifold HL in a G2 manifold M can be identified with the direct sum of the space of smooth functions and closed 2-forms on HL. We then introduce a new class of Lagrangian-type 4-dimensional submanifolds inside G2, call them RS submanifolds and prove that the space of deformations of a smooth, compact, orientable RS submanifold in a G2 manifold M can be identified with closed 3-forms on RS., Comment: 9 pages, LaTex. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Ruth I. Michler

Published
2015

4. Generalized twistor spaces for hyperk\'ahler manifolds

Author

Glover, Rebecca and Sawon, Justin

Subjects
Mathematics - Differential Geometry, 14J28, 53C26, 53C28, 53D18
Abstract

Let M be a hyperk\"ahler manifold. The S^2-family of complex structures compatible with the hyperk\"ahler metric can be assembled into a single complex structure on Z=MxS^2; the resulting complex manifold is known as the twistor space of M. We describe the analogous construction for generalized complex structures in the sense of Hitchin. Specifically, we exhibit a natural S^2xS^2-family of generalized complex structures compatible with the hyperk\"ahler metric, and assemble them into a single generalized complex structure on X=MxS^2xS^2. We call the resulting generalized complex manifold the generalized twistor space of M., Comment: 24 pages

Published
2013
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