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Contemporary Sanguines: The Vampire Myth As Manifest In The Works Of Anne Rice
Title
Contemporary Sanguines: The Vampire Myth As Manifest In The Works Of Anne Rice.
Creator
Ayaz, Sandra Marie, Collins, Robert A., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
Mystery. Immortality. Power. These are the qualities of the fictional vampire that make the beast appealing to mortal readers. The reigning queen of contemporary vampire literature is Anne Rice whose novel Interview With the Vampire , the first in a series, was published in 1976. Since then, Rice has produced two additional offerings in the Vampire Chronicles. Each novel deals with the delicate balance between the world of mortals and the existence of the vampires. Rice has created a new...
Show moreMystery. Immortality. Power. These are the qualities of the fictional vampire that make the beast appealing to mortal readers. The reigning queen of contemporary vampire literature is Anne Rice whose novel Interview With the Vampire , the first in a series, was published in 1976. Since then, Rice has produced two additional offerings in the Vampire Chronicles. Each novel deals with the delicate balance between the world of mortals and the existence of the vampires. Rice has created a new generation of vampires who reflect the alienation, isolation, and self-doubt experienced by modern humans. Rice uses her immortals to voice her opinions regarding church, society, and modern philosophy. She changed the rules for the undead, made the vampires into metaphors for the human condition, and accomplished a little psychotherapy at the same time .
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Date Issued
1992
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000890
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The effect of a supplemental multiple modalities learning program on the academic success of student-athletes at Florida Atlantic University
Title
The effect of a supplemental multiple modalities learning program on the academic success of student-athletes at Florida Atlantic University.
Creator
Ayaz, Sandra Marie, Florida Atlantic University, MacKenzie, Donald G.
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this study was to determine if student athletes at an urban university who participated in a supplemental multiple modalities sensitive instructional program experienced greater academic success at the end of their first semester than a control group of student athletes who received traditional instruction in Introduction to Academic Skills (SLS 1501). The subjects were drawn from the 1997 Summer Orientation and Academic review (S.O.A.R.) enrollment at Florida Atlantic...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine if student athletes at an urban university who participated in a supplemental multiple modalities sensitive instructional program experienced greater academic success at the end of their first semester than a control group of student athletes who received traditional instruction in Introduction to Academic Skills (SLS 1501). The subjects were drawn from the 1997 Summer Orientation and Academic review (S.O.A.R.) enrollment at Florida Atlantic University. The researcher randomly assigned 23 at-risk student athletes to the control group and 27 at-risk student athletes to the treatment group. The treatment group received academic skills instruction supplemented with multiple modalities sensitive instructional techniques congruent with the methodologies and philosophies of accelerated learning. All subjects completed a demographic survey on the first day of class. On the second day of class, the treatment group completed the Learning Style Inventory (LSI)/Productivity Environmental Preferences Survey (PEPS), a comprehensive assessment of an individual's learning style. The results of these surveys, in conjunction with the students' daily program evaluations, were used to determine the best, most conducive plan for classroom activities and teaching techniques. A 2 x 2 factorial ANOVA was performed to determine the existence of a main effect for instructional method on retention, GPA, and fall enrollment. ANCOVA was performed to determine the effect of the variables above the extraneous covariates. Neither procedure resulted in any statistical significance. The discriminant analysis of 50 unweighted cases revealed that the model is overall 86% accurate for both the original grouped cases and the cross-validated cases. The model is 90.7% accurate for predicting group membership for retention and 51.7% accurate for predicting group membership for no retention. This is an initial study which provides adult educators with data and reproducible methodology in order to further explore and improve teaching techniques for student athletes.
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Date Issued
1998
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12558, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT12558
Subject Headings
Academic achievement, College athletes--Education, Florida Atlantic University--College athletes
Format
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