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1. The HERMES Recoil Detector

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Airapetian, A., Aschenauer, E. C., Belostotski, S., Borissov, A., Borisenko, A., Bowles, J., Brodski, I., Bryzgalov, V., Burns, J., Capitani, G. P., Carassiti, V., Ciullo, G., Clarkson, A., Contalbrigo, M., De Leo, R., De Sanctis, E., Diefenthaler, M., Di Nezza, P., Düren, M., Ehrenfried, M., Guler, H., Gregor, I. M., Hartig, M., Hill, G., Hoek, M., Holler, Y., Hristova, I., Jo, H. S., Kaiser, R., Keri, T., Kisselev, A., Krause, B., Krauss, B., Lagamba, L., Lehmann, I., Lenisa, P., Lu, S., Lu, X. -G., Lumsden, S., Mahon, D., de la Ossa, A. Martinez, Murray, M., Mussgiller, A., Nowak, W. -D., Naryshkin, Y., Osborne, A., Pappalardo, L. L., Perez-Benito, R., Petrov, A., Pickert, N., Prahl, V., Protopopescu, D., Reinecke, M., Riedl, C., Rith, K., Rosner, G., Rubacek, L., Ryckbosch, D., Salomatin, Y., Schnell, G., Seitz, B., Shearer, C., Shutov, V., Statera, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stenzel, H., Stewart, J., Stinzing, F., Trzcinski, A., Tytgat, M., Vandenbroucke, A., Van Haarlem, Y., Van Hulse, C., Varanda, M., Veretennikov, D., Vilardi, I., Vikhrov, V., Vogel, C., Yaschenko, S., Ye, Z., Yu, W., Zeiler, D., and Zihlmann, B.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

For the final running period of HERA, a recoil detector was installed at the HERMES experiment to improve measurements of hard exclusive processes in charged-lepton nucleon scattering. Here, deeply virtual Compton scattering is of particular interest as this process provides constraints on generalised parton distributions that give access to the total angular momenta of quarks within the nucleon. The HERMES recoil detector was designed to improve the selection of exclusive events by a direct measurement of the four-momentum of the recoiling particle. It consisted of three components: two layers of double-sided silicon strip sensors inside the HERA beam vacuum, a two-barrel scintillating fibre tracker, and a photon detector. All sub-detectors were located inside a solenoidal magnetic field with an integrated field strength of 1 T. The recoil detector was installed in late 2005. After the commissioning of all components was finished in September 2006, it operated stably until the end of data taking at HERA end of June 2007. The present paper gives a brief overview of the physics processes of interest and the general detector design. The recoil detector components, their calibration, the momentum reconstruction of charged particles, and the event selection are described in detail. The paper closes with a summary of the performance of the detection system., Comment: 50 pages, 72 figures

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2013
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2. Inclusive Measurements of Inelastic Electron and Positron Scattering from Unpolarized Hydrogen and Deuterium Targets

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The HERMES Collaboration, Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Aschenauer, E. C., Augustyniak, W., Avakian, R., Avetissian, A., Avetisyan, E., Belostotski, S., Bianchi, N., Blok, H. P., Borissov, A., Bowles, J., Bryzgalov, V., Burns, J., Capiluppi, M., Capitani, G. P., Cisbani, E., Ciullo, G., Contalbrigo, M., Dalpiaz, P. F., Deconinck, W., De Leo, R., De Nardo, L., De Sanctis, E., Diefenthaler, M., Di Nezza, P., Dueren, M., Ehrenfried, M., Elbakian, G., Ellinghaus, F., Fabbri, R., Fantoni, A., Felawka, L., Frullani, S., Gabbert, D., Gapienko, G., Gapienko, V., Garibaldi, F., Gavrilov, G., Gharibyan, V., Giordano, F., Gliske, S., Golembiovskaya, M., Hadjidakis, C., Hartig, M., Hasch, D., Hill, G., Hillenbrand, A., Hoek, M., Holler, Y., Hristova, I., Imazu, Y., Ivanilov, A., Jackson, H. E., Jo, H. S., Joosten, S., Kaiser, R., Karyan, G., Keri, T., Kinney, E., Kisselev, A., Korotkov, V., Kozlov, V., Kravchenko, P., Krivokhijine, V. G., Lagamba, L., Lamb, R., Lapikas, L., Lehmann, I., Lenisa, P., Linden-Levy, L. A., Ruiz, A. Lopez, Lorenzon, W., Lu, X. -G., Lu, X. -R., Ma, B. -Q., Mahon, D., Makins, N. C. R., Manaenkov, S. I., Manfre, L., Mao, Y., Marianski, B., de la Ossa, A. Martinez, Marukyan, H., Miller, C. A., Miyachi, Y., Movsisyan, A., Muccifora, V., Murray, M., Mussgiller, A., Nappi, E., Naryshkin, Y., Nass, A., Negodaev, M., Nowak, W. -D., Pappalardo, L. L., Perez-Benito, R., Pickert, N., Raithel, M., Reimer, P. E., Reolon, A. R., Riedl, C., Rith, K., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, A., Rubin, J., Ryckbosch, D., Salomatin, Y., Sanftl, F., Schaefer, A., Schnell, G., Schueler, K. P., Seitz, B., Shibata, T. -A., Shutov, V., Stancari, M., Statera, M., Steffens, E., Steijger, J. J. M., Stenzel, H., Stewart, J., Stinzing, F., Taroian, S., Trzcinski, A., Tytgat, M., Vandenbroucke, A., Van Haarlem, Y., Van Hulse, C., Veretennikov, D., Vikhrov, V., Vilardi, I., Vogel, C., Wang, S., Yaschenko, S., Ye, H., Ye, Z., Yen, S., Yu, W., Zeiler, D., Zihlmann, B., and Zupranski, P.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Results of inclusive measurements of inelastic electron and positron scattering from unpolarized protons and deuterons at the HERMES experiment are presented. The structure functions $F_2^p$ and $F_2^d$ are determined using a parameterization of existing data for the longitudinal-to-transverse virtual-photon absorption cross-section ratio. The HERMES results provide data in the ranges $0.006\leq x\leq 0.9$ and 0.1 GeV$^2\leq Q^2\leq$ 20 GeV$^2$, covering the transition region between the perturbative and the non-perturbative regimes of QCD in a so-far largely unexplored kinematic region. They are in agreement with existing world data in the region of overlap. The measured cross sections are used, in combination with data from other experiments, to perform fits to the photon-nucleon cross section using the functional form of the ALLM model. The deuteron-to-proton cross-section ratio is also determined., Comment: 38 pages, 11 Figures, 9 Tables; Fig. 9 modified, Ref. [46] added, minor textual additions on pages 12 and 17

Published
2011
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3. Ratios of Helicity Amplitudes for Exclusive rho-0 Electroproduction

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The HERMES Collaboration, Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Aschenauer, E. C., Augustyniak, W., Avakian, R., Avetissian, A., Avetisyan, E., Belostotski, S., Bianchi, N., Blok, H. P., Borissov, A., Bowles, J., Bryzgalov, V., Burns, J., Capiluppi, M., Capitani, G. P., Cisbani, E., Ciullo, G., Contalbrigo, M., Dalpiaz, P. F., Deconinck, W., De Leo, R., De Nardo, L., De Sanctis, E., Diefenthaler, M., Di Nezza, P., Dueren, M., Ehrenfried, M., Elbakian, G., Ellinghaus, F., Fabbri, R., Fantoni, A., Felawka, L., Frullani, S., Gabbert, D., Gapienko, G., Gapienko, V., Garibaldi, F., Gavrilov, G., Gharibyan, V., Giordano, F., Gliske, S., Golembiovskaya, M., Hadjidakis, C., Hartig, M., Hasch, D., Hill, G., Hillenbrand, A., Hoek, M., Holler, Y., Hristova, I., Imazu, Y., Ivanilov, A., Jackson, H. E., Jo, H. S., Joosten, S., Kaiser, R., Karyan, G., Keri, T., Kinney, E., Kisselev, A., Kobayashi, N., Korotkov, V., Kozlov, V., Kravchenko, P., Krivokhijine, V. G., Lagamba, L., Lamb, R., Lapikas, L., Lehmann, I., Lenisa, P., Linden-Levy, L. A., Ruiz, A. Lopez, Lorenzon, W., Lu, X. -G., Lu, X. -R., Ma, B. -Q., Mahon, D., Makins, N. C. R., Manaenkov, S. I., Manfre, L., Mao, Y., Marianski, B., de la Ossa, A. Martinez, Marukyan, H., Miller, C. A., Miyachi, Y., Movsisyan, A., Muccifora, V., Murray, M., Mussgiller, A., Nappi, E., Naryshkin, Y., Nass, A., Negodaev, M., Nowak, W. -D., Pappalardo, L. L., Perez-Benito, R., Pickert, N., Reimer, P. E., Reolon, A. R., Riedl, C., Rith, K., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, A., Rubin, J., Ryckbosch, D., Salomatin, Y., Sanftl, F., Schaefer, A., Schnell, G., Schueler, K. P., Seitz, B., Shibata, T. -A., Shutov, V., Stancari, M., Statera, M., Steffens, E., Steijger, J. J. M., Stinzing, F., Taroian, S., Terkulov, A., Trzcinski, A., Tytgat, M., Vandenbroucke, A., Van Haarlem, Y., Van Hulse, C., Veretennikov, D., Vikhrov, V., Vilardi, I., Wang, S., Yaschenko, S., Yen, S., Yu, W., Zihlmann, B., and Zupranski, P.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Exclusive rho^0-meson electroproduction is studied in the HERMES experiment, using a 27.6 GeV longitudinally polarized electron/positron beam and unpolarized hydrogen and deuterium targets in the kinematic region 0.5 GeV^2 < Q^2 < 7.0 GeV^2, 3.0 GeV < W < 6.3 GeV, and -t' < 0.4 GeV^2. Real and imaginary parts of the ratios of the natural-parity-exchange helicity amplitudes T_{11} (\gamma^*_T --> \rho_T), T_{01} (\gamma^*_T --> \rho_L), T_{10} (\gamma^*_L --> \rho_T), and T_{1-1} (\gamma^*_{-T} -->\rho_T) to T_{00} (\gamma^*_L --> \rho_L) are extracted from the data. For the unnatural-parity-exchange amplitude U_{11}, the ratio |U_{11}/T_{00}| is obtained. The Q^2 and t' dependences of these ratios are presented and compared with perturbative QCD predictions., Comment: 27 pages, 8 tables, 13 figures; minor textual changes on pages 2, 3,9, 10, 11, and some changes to the list of references

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2010
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4. Measurement of azimuthal asymmetries associated with deeply virtual Compton scattering on a longitudinally polarized deuterium target

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The HERMES Collaboration, Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Aschenauer, E. C., Augustyniak, W., Avakian, R., Avetissian, A., Avetisyan, E., Belostotski, S., Bianchi, N., Blok, H. P., Borissov, A., Bowles, J., Brodski, I., Bryzgalov, V., Burns, J., Capiluppi, M., Capitani, G. P., Cisbani, E., Ciullo, G., Contalbrigo, M., Dalpiaz, P. F., Deconinck, W., De Leo, R., De Nardo, L., De Sanctis, E., Diefenthaler, M., Di Nezza, P., Dueren, M., Ehrenfried, M., Elbakian, G., Ellinghaus, F., Fantoni, A., Felawka, L., Frullani, S., Gabbert, D., Gapienko, G., Gapienko, V., Garibaldi, F., Gavrilov, G., Gharibyan, V., Giordano, F., Gliske, S., Golembiovskaya, M., Hadjidakis, C., Hartig, M., Hasch, D., Hill, G., Hillenbrand, A., Hoek, M., Holler, Y., Hristova, I., Imazu, Y., Ivanilov, A., Jackson, H. E., Jgoun, A., Jo, H. S., Joosten, S., Kaiser, R., Karyan, G., Keri, T., Kinney, E., Kisselev, A., Kobayashi, N., Korotkov, V., Kozlov, V., Krauss, B., Kravchenko, P., Krivokhijine, V. G., Lagamba, L., Lamb, R., Lapikas, L., Lehmann, I., Lenisa, P., Linden-Levy, L. A., Ruiz, A. Lopez, Lorenzon, W., Lu, X. -G., Lu, X. -R., Ma, B. -Q., Mahon, D., Makins, N. C. R., Manaenkov, S. I., Manfre, L., Mao, Y., Marianski, B., de la Ossa, A. Martinez, Marukyan, H., Miller, C. A., Movsisyan, A., Muccifora, V., Murray, M., Mueller, D., Mussgiller, A., Nappi, E., Naryshkin, Y., Nass, A., Negodaev, M., Nowak, W. -D., Pappalardo, L. L., Perez-Benito, R., Pickert, N., Raithel, M., Reimer, P. E., Reolon, A. R., Riedl, C., Rith, K., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, A., Rubin, J., Ryckbosch, D., Salomatin, Y., Sanftl, F., Schaefer, A., Schnell, G., Schueler, K. P., Seitz, B., Shibata, T. -A., Shutov, V., Stancari, M., Statera, M., Steffens, E., Steijger, J. J. M., Stenzel, H., Stewart, J., Stinzing, F., Taroian, S., Terkulov, A., Trzcinski, A., Tytgat, M., Vandenbroucke, A., Van der Nat, P. B., Van Haarlem, Y., Van Hulse, C., Veretennikov, D., Vikhrov, V., Vilardi, I., Vogel, C., Wang, S., Yaschenko, S., Ye, Z., Yen, S., Yu, W., Zeiler, D., Zihlmann, B., and Zupranski, P.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Azimuthal asymmetries in exclusive electroproduction of a real photon from a longitudinally polarized deuterium target are measured with respect to target polarization alone and with respect to target polarization combined with beam helicity and/or beam charge. The asymmetries appear in the distribution of the real photons in the azimuthal angle $\phi$ around the virtual photon direction, relative to the lepton scattering plane. The asymmetries arise from the deeply virtual Compton scattering process and its interference with the Bethe-Heitler process. The results for the beam-charge and beam-helicity asymmetries from a tensor polarized deuterium target with vanishing vector polarization are shown to be compatible with those from an unpolarized deuterium target, which is expected for incoherent scattering dominant at larger momentum transfer. Furthermore, the results for the single target-spin asymmetry and for the double-spin asymmetry are found to be compatible with the corresponding asymmetries previously measured on a hydrogen target. For coherent scattering on the deuteron at small momentum transfer to the target, these findings imply that the tensor contribution to the cross section is small. Furthermore, the tensor asymmetry is found to be compatible with zero., Comment: 33 pages, 7 figures, 7 tables; minor textual changes on pages 5 and 27, additional Table 2 added on page 10

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2010
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5. Effects of transversity in deep-inelastic scattering by polarized protons

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HERMES collaboration, Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Aschenauer, E. C., Augustyniak, W., Avakian, R., Avetissian, A., Avetisyan, E., Bacchetta, A., Belostotski, S., Bianchi, N., Blok, H. P., Borissov, A., Bowles, J., Brodski, I., Bryzgalov, V., Burns, J., Capiluppi, M., Capitani, G. P., Cisbani, E., Ciullo, G., Contalbrigo, M., Dalpiaz, P. F., Deconinck, W., De Leo, R., De Nardo, L., De Sanctis, E., Diefenthaler, M., Di Nezza, P., Dueren, M., Ehrenfried, M., Elbakian, G., Ellinghaus, F., Elschenbroich, U., Fabbri, R., Fantoni, A., Felawka, L., Frullani, S., Gabbert, D., Gapienko, G., Gapienko, V., Garibaldi, F., Gharibyan, V., Giordano, F., Gliske, S., Golembiovskaya, M., Hadjidakis, C., Hartig, M., Hasch, D., Hill, G., Hillenbrand, A., Hoek, M., Holler, Y., Hristova, I., Imazu, Y., Ivanilov, A., Izotov, A., Jackson, H. E., Jo, H. S., Joosten, S., Kaiser, R., Karyan, G., Keri, T., Kinney, E., Kisselev, A., Kobayashi, N., Korotkov, V., Kozlov, V., Kravchenko, P., Lagamba, L., Lamb, R., Lapikas, L., Lehmann, I., Lenisa, P., Linden-Levy, L. A., Ruiz, A. Lopez, Lorenzon, W., Lu, X. -G., Lu, X. -R., Ma, B. -Q., Mahon, D., Makins, N. C. R., Manaenkov, S. I., Manfre, L., Mao, Y., Marianski, B., de la Ossa, A. Martinez, Marukyan, H., Miller, C. A., Miyachi, Y., Movsisyan, A., Murray, M., Mussgiller, A., Nappi, E., Naryshkin, Y., Nass, A., Negodaev, M., Nowak, W. -D., Pappalardo, L. L., Perez-Benito, R., Pickert, N., Raithel, M., Reimer, P. E., Reolon, A. R., Riedl, C., Rith, K., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, A., Rubin, J., Ryckbosch, D., Salomatin, Y., Sanftl, F., Schaefer, A., Schnell, G., Seitz, B., Shibata, T. -A., Shutov, V., Stancari, M., Statera, M., Steffens, E., Steijger, J. J. M., Stenzel, H., Stewart, J., Stinzing, F., Taroian, S., Terkulov, A., Trzcinski, A., Tytgat, M., van der Nat, P. B., Van Haarlem, Y., Van Hulse, C., Veretennikov, D., Vikhrov, V., Vilardi, I., Vogel, C., Wang, S., Yaschenko, S., Ye, H., Ye, Z., Yen, S., Yu, W., Zeiler, D., Zihlmann, B., and Zupranski, P.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Single-spin asymmetries for pions and charged kaons are measured in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering of positrons and electrons off a transversely nuclear-polarized hydrogen target. The dependence of the cross section on the azimuthal angles of the target polarization (phi_S)and the produced hadron (phi) is found to have a substantial sin(phi+phi_S) modulation for the production of pi+, pi- and K+. This Fourier component can be interpreted in terms of non-zero transversity distribution functions and non-zero favored and disfavored Collins fragmentation functions with opposite sign. For pi0 and K- production the amplitude of this Fourier component is consistent with zero., Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures

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2010
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6. Exclusive Leptoproduction of Real Photons on a Longitudinally Polarised Hydrogen Target

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The HERMES Collaboration, Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Aschenauer, E. C., Augustyniak, W., Avakian, R., Avetissian, A., Avetisyan, E., Ball, B., Belostotski, S., Bianchi, N., Blok, H. P., Boettcher, H., Borissov, A., Bowles, J., Brodski, I., Bryzgalov, V., Burns, J., Capiluppi, M., Capitani, G. P., Cisbani, E., Ciullo, G., Contalbrigo, M., Dalpiaz, P. F., Deconinck, W., De Leo, R., De Nardo, L., De Sanctis, E., Diefenthaler, M., Di Nezza, P., Dueren, M., Ehrenfried, M., Elbakian, G., Ellinghaus, F., Fabbri, R., Fantoni, A., Felawka, L., Frullani, S., Gabbert, D., Gapienko, G., Gapienko, V., Garibaldi, F., Gavrilov, G., Gharibyan, V., Giordano, F., Gliske, S., Golembiovskaya, M., Hadjidakis, C., Hartig, M., Hasch, D., Hill, G., Hillenbrand, A., Hoek, M., Holler, Y., Hristova, I., Imazu, Y., Ivanilov, A., Izotov, A., Jackson, H. E., Jo, H. S., Joosten, S., Kaiser, R., Karyan, G., Keri, T., Kinney, E., Kisselev, A., Kobayashi, N., Korotkov, V., Kozlov, V., Kravchenko, P., Krivokhijne, V. G., Lagamba, L., Lamb, R., Lapikas, L., Lehmann, I., Lenisa, P., Linden-Levy, L. A., Lopez~Ruiz, A., Lorenzon, W., Lu, X. -G., Lu, X. -R., Ma, B. -Q., Mahon, D., Makins, N. C. R., Manaenkov, S. I., Manfre, L., Mao, Y., Marianski, B., de la Ossa, A. Martinez, Marukyan, H., Miller, C. A., Miyachi, Y., Movsisyan, A., Muccifora, V., Murray, M., Mussgiller, A., Nappi, E., Naryshkin, Y., Nass, A., Negodaev, M., Nowak, W. -D., Pappalardo, L. L., Perez-Benito, R., Pickert, N., Raithel, M., Reimer, P. E., Reolon, A. R., Riedl, C., Rith, K., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, A., Rubin, J., Ryckbosch, D., Salomatin, Y., Sanftl, F., Schaefer, A., Schnell, G., Schueler, K. P., Seitz, B., Shibata, T. -A., Shutov, V., Stancari, M., Statera, M., Steffens, E., Steijger, J. J. M., Stenzel, H., Stewart, J., Stinzing, F., Taroian, S., Terkulov, A., Trzcinski, A., Tytgat, M., Vandenbroucke, A., van der Nat, P. B., Van Haarlem, Y., Van Hulse, C., Veretennikov, D., Vikhrov, V., Vilardi, I., Vogel, C., Wang, S., Yaschenko, S., Ye, H., Ye, Z., Yen, S., Yu, W., Zeiler, D., Zihlmann, B., and Zupranski, P.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Polarisation asymmetries are measured for the hard exclusive leptoproduction of real photons from a longitudinally polarised hydrogen target. These asymmetries arise from the deeply virtual Compton scattering and Bethe-Heitler processes. From the data are extracted two asymmetries in the azimuthal distribution of produced real photons about the direction of the exchanged virtual photon: A_UL with respect to the target polarisation and A_LL with respect to the product of the beam and target polarisations. Results for both asymmetries are compared to the predictions from a generalised parton distribution model. The sin(phi) and cos(0*phi) amplitudes observed respectively for the A_UL and A_LL asymmetries are compatible with the sizeable predictions from the model. Unexpectedly, a sin(2*phi) modulation in the A_UL asymmetry with a magnitude similar to that of the sin(phi) modulation is observed., Comment: 18 pages, 2 figures, 5 tables

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2010
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7. Changing Views about International Activities in American Teacher Education Programs.

Author

Pickert, Sarah

Abstract

This paper provides a historical overview of international education trends in U.S. colleges, including teacher education programs, comparing current research with data from the 1970s. In 2000, deans and department chairs of the American Association of colleges for Teacher Education's (AACTE's) 735 member institutions were sent a 31-item questionnaire, and 59 institutions from 29 states responded. The survey examined institutional demographics and the presence or absence of several international activities over the past 5 years (institutional profile; faculty involvement; international student enrollment; curriculum; inter- institutional, international agreements, distance education, and networking; and issues and priorities). Overall, most international activities increased with time, but not at the same rates or in the same places. The most frequent type of faculty involvement was travel abroad. Foreign student enrollment increased significantly since the 1970s. Study abroad programs were widely available at most institutions as compared to the 1970s. About 70 percent of institutions had signed inter-institutional agreements in the past 5 years, but only 45 percent had approved mutual recognition agreements. Respondents from all institutional types highlighted such priority issues as providing opportunities for students to study or work abroad, for faculty to study or work abroad, and admitting international students. Questionnaire from study is appended. (Contains 21 references.) (SM)

Published
2001

8. Discovering Culture in Education: An Approach to Cultural Education Program Evaluation.

Author

ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, Washington, DC., Finkelstein, Barbara, Pickert, Sarah, and Mahoney, Tracy

Abstract

This book provides a conceptual scaffolding and practical guide for educators and evaluators as they respond to the challenges of diversity in schools. It introduces ways to assess the capacities of various professional development programs, curriculum transformation projects, diversity initiatives, and study abroad opportunities to realize complex cultural objectives. It introduces a content-focused form of program evaluation that indexes program quality to the culture-revealing features and effects of goals and objectives, program designs, learning opportunities, and program outcomes. Each of the three parts of the book examines particular aspects of cultural education program evaluation. Part 1 emphasizes the input side of the program by focusing on conceptual and programmatic dilemmas that face evaluators as they try to assess the quality of the cultural education provided for participants. Part 2 addresses the evaluation of program outcomes, suggesting ways to evaluate changes in the professional behavior of participants and the quality of instructional materials. Part 3 focuses on the relationship of program inputs and outputs simultaneously, emphasizing two themes of importance for evaluators: the economic dimensions of cultural evaluation programs and the issue of cultural bias in the assessment of students, along with the need for new performance-based assessment. Among the assumptions on which this book rests is the central assumption that cultural education program evaluators need expertise in cultural analysis, qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis, and the forms and functions of program evaluation. Each chapter contains references. (Contains six figures.) (SLD)

Published
1998

9. Practical Lessons To Promote a Global Perspective in Elementary Education.

Author

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC., Jarchow, Elaine, Midkiff, Ronald, and Pickert, Sarah

Abstract

This book for elementary school teachers presents a rationale for developing a global perspective, providing sample lesson plans and a curriculum resource guide. Chapter 1, "Promoting a Global Perspective in Elementary Education" (Ronald G. Midkiff), uses stories from one teacher's global experiences to offer a rationale for promoting global perspectives in elementary education. Chapter 2, "Nine Practical Lessons" (Elaine Jarchow), presents nine sample lessons written for elementary teachers that illustrate the kinds of lessons teachers might use to infuse global perspectives into their teaching. These lessons include: "Around the World in 80 Minutes" (Tracy Goetz and Kristen Syrett); "Molly's Pilgrim" (Casondra Brewer); "Suho and the White Horse" (Li Jun); "Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat" (Lihua Sun); "Arabian Knights: Three Tales" (Julie Watts); "A Folktale from Ghana" (Benjamin Eshun); "International Children's Day in Turkey" (Semra Erkan and Amie Mitchel Beckett); "The Aymara Indian Family" (John W. Pickering); "Using the Internet for Global Communication" (Hugh Barr); and "Battle Poetry" (Ann Walker Korahais). Chapter 3, "Curriculum Resources for Lesson Plans on Global Education" (Liselle Drake and Sarah Pickert), describes a new project designed to help teachers locate lesson plans on the World Wide Web, offers examples of good sites for locating lessons specifically for global education, and lists organizations that publish lessons on global education. (SM)

Published
1998

10. The Concept of Culture in Multicultural Education: Views of Teacher Educators in the USA.

Author

Pickert, Sarah and Chock, Phyllis Pease

Abstract

This study is a qualitative analysis and critique of the way culture is conceptualized in a collection of teacher educators' stories of their personal experiences with cultural differences and their characterizations of multicultural education. The interpretive practices revealed in their writings suggest that they hold the concept of culture that predominates in the United States, that of a bounded entity belonging to groups and individuals. Teacher educators suggest that conflicts caused by differences among cultures are inevitable, but they argue that emphasizing their commonalities rather than their differences can moderate the tension. The researchers suggest ways of using ethnography as a teaching tool to illustrate the concept of culture as interpretive practice. First, ethnographies allow teachers and students to see how culture is lived as people make and remake their worlds. Second, reading ethnographies helps people uncover presuppositions such as those examined in this paper. (Contains 47 references.) (Author/SM)

Published
1997

11. A Comparative Analysis of Aid Policies for Human Resource Development: United States and Japan.

Author

Pickert, Sarah and Kuroda, Kazuo

Abstract

Official Development Assistance (ODA) is an increasingly important part of foreign aid budgets. Countries that offer foreign aid to other nations do so for many, often contradictory reasons that range from national security and economic self-interest to humanitarian concerns. Every donor state uses ODA as an instrument of its foreign policy. This paper describes findings of a study that examined the relationship between Japan's and the United States' officially stated foreign-aid objectives and the trainees who participate in the two countries' programs. The study analyzed the links between aid flows and policy positions by determining the correlation between numbers of participating trainees by recipient country and three possible donor policy indicators. The data indicate that neither the Japanese nor the United States' participant-training practices match their official foreign policy objectives. Despite changes in policy to emphasize humanitarian interests, Japan offers trainee opportunities to its trading partners significantly more often than to other developing countries. Neither of the agencies that administer training programs in Japan reflect humanitarian policy objectives. The United States adheres to a humanitarian policy as part of its development-assistance statements; however, the data show that the United States trains more people from countries with large gross national products (GNPs) per capita than from countries with smaller GNPs. Additionally, the participant-trainee programs do not reflect the United States' stated foreign-policy objective of promoting economic interests. Six tables are included. (Contains 11 references.) (LMI)

Published
1995

12. Preparing for a Global Community. Achieving an International Perspective in Higher Education. ERIC Digest.

Author

ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, Washington, DC., George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. School of Education and Human Development., and Pickert, Sarah M.

Abstract

This brief report summarizes a longer document with the same title. The report discusses the response of colleges and universities in the United States to the needs of graduate students to become equipped to make personal and and public policy decisions as citizens of an international society. It notes that curriculum changes in higher education are showing greater enhancements of the international experience in the classroom and a tightening of foreign language standards. Federal spending in undergraduate study abroad has also increased substantially, as well as the U.S. commitment to working with the Economic Community and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization to standardize educational credential reporting, licensing, and certification. Steps that faculty and administrators can take in this environment include widening the curriculum to expose students to other cultures, widening opportunities for international contact, and evaluating organizational structures that help or hinder international activities. Contains six references. (GLR)

Published
1992

13. Preparing for a Global Community. Achieving an International Perspective in Higher Education. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 2, 1992.

Author

Association for the Study of Higher Education., ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, Washington, DC., George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. School of Education and Human Development., and Pickert, Sarah M.

Abstract

This report discusses the response of colleges and universities in the United States to the need of graduate students to become equipped to make personal and public policy decisions as citizens of an international society. Curriculum changes are showing a tightening of foreign language standards in schools of higher education and, throughout the curriculum, faculty are including material from other countries and advances in computer and satellite communication to enhance the international experience without leaving the classroom. Additionally, the international focus on higher education has been boosted through a major U.S. initiative that tripled federal spending on undergraduate study abroad. The United States is also cooperating with foreign representatives in working with the Economic Community and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization to standardize educational credential reporting, licensing, and certification. Governments are also looking with increased regulatory fervor upon joint educational business ventures. Steps that faculty and administrators can take to improve international education on their campuses are explored, including widening the curriculum to expose students to other cultures, widening opportunities for international contact, and evaluating organizational structures that help or hinder international activities. Contains approximately 200 references and an index. (GLR)

Published
1992

14. Internationalizing the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Handbook for Campus Leaders.

Author

American Council on Education, Washington, DC., Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, DC., Pickert, Sarah, and Turlington, Barbara

Abstract

This handbook offers practical guidance from implemented programs for making the undergraduate curriculum more international in outlook and content. The handbook is divided into five chapters. In the first chapter, presidents of four colleges and universities describe how they encourage curricular change to internationalize their institutions. The second chapter discusses ways to asses the current state of the curriculum, develop human resources, create effective administrative units, and find support for curriculum change. Chapter Three illustrates how to incorporate international elements across the disciplines (including the professional schools); link cross-cultural experiences to the curriculum; and use technology to bridge campuses, cultures, and countries. Chapter Four describes 10 specific programs that have survived administrative, faculty and student scrutiny. Examples are drawn from a variety of institutions with different missions and diverse student populations. The final chapter discusses hopes for the future. The appendices provide names and addresses of contact people at each of the colleges and universities mentioned and government funding agencies, a bibliography of 49 references, a list of relevant associations and organizations, and a list of funding sources. (Author/JB)

Published
1992

15. Using Simulations to Teach Leadership Roles.

Author

Pickert, Sarah M.

Abstract

Teacher Educators who want to help students become leaders must let them practice the skills in their courses before going out to teach. One successful method is simulating the context in which leaders make policy decisions in groups. The article describes a course that uses simulations to teach leadership roles. (SM)

Published
1992

16. Total Dose Effects (TDE) of heavy ionizing radiation in fungus spores and plant seeds: Preliminary investigations

Author

Kranz, A. R, Zimmermann, M. W, Stadler, R, Gartenbach, K. E, and Pickert, M

Subjects
Life Sciences (General)
Abstract

The opportunity to compare cosmic radiation effects caused during long and short duration exposure flights in biological objects are limited until now, and data obtained so far are very rare and insufficient. Because of the very long exposure of the experiment during the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) mission (approximately 2000 days) structural changes of the hardware material can be expected which will influence its biocompatibility and, thus, will interact with the radiobiological effects. The aim of the experiment flown on LDEF was a detailed investigation of biological effects caused by cosmic radiation especially of particles of high atomic number Z and high energy. The flight hardware consisted of standard BIOSTACK containers; in these containers a special sandwich construction consisted of visual plastic detectors with seed rsp. spore layers interlocked.

Published
1992

17. Communicative Intentions: Effects of Task Variation and Role Designation.

Author

Pickert, Sarah M. and Sgan, Mabel L.

Abstract

Categories such as commanding, requesting, and explaining were used to analyze communicative intentions in conversations of 108 children, aged five through nine, during three sets of play activities varying in task specification and leadership role assignment. Results showed that the frequency and variety of communicative intention categories increased with age, as did differences in category use between tasks. Role designation, socioeconomic status, and sex did not have statistically significant effects. Teachers' ratings of ability to express ideas in a classroom correlated significantly with the frequency and variety of communicative intention categories. The findings suggest that within this age range, language use is increasingly sensitive to task variation but not to leadership designation. (Author/FL)

Published
1977

18. Integrating Bibliographic Research Skills into a Graduate Program in Education.

Author

Pickert, Sarah M. and Chwalek, Adele B.

Abstract

Describes how library component in bibliographic instruction has been incorporated into existing graduate education program at Catholic University of America. Three levels of instruction--introductory (acquaint students with reference materials), seminar (use of library pathfinder on particular topic), dissertation (develop research investigations)--are described. A sample pathfinder is included. (EJS)

Published
1984

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