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Fostering success in reading: a survey of teaching methods and collaboration practices of high performing elementary schools in Texas
(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)
This study examined reading programs in 68 Texas elementary schools that were
identified as successful by their scores on TAAS assessment results in the 1999-2000
school year. These schools student populations had a high ...
Studies on Hazard Characterization for Performance-based Structural Design
(2010-07-14)
Performance-based engineering (PBE) requires advances in hazard
characterization, structural modeling, and nonlinear analysis techniques to fully and
efficiently develop the fragility expressions and other tools forming ...
A time for reform: the woman suffrage campaign in rural Texas, 1914-1919
(2009-06-02)
This dissertation offers a new narrative for the local woman suffrage movement
in nine rural counties in Texas. I argue that, unlike cities, where women used dense
organizational networks to create a coherent suffrage ...
Geoarchaeological investigations at the McNeill-Gonzales site (41VT141), Victoria County, Texas
(2009-06-02)
The McNeill-Gonzales site is a stratified multi-component prehistoric site in
Victoria County, Texas. The site is located in approximately 2 meters of fine sand that
mantle a fluvial terrace of the Guadalupe River. ...
Effect of variation in freshwater inflow on phytoplankton productivity and community composition in galveston bay, texas
(2009-05-15)
Freshwater inflows are essential to the health of estuaries and minimum discharge levels must be maintained in order to sustain a healthy ecosystem. Due to the predicted 50% increase in urban population growth along the ...
Estimating Rio Grande wild turkey densities in Texas
(2009-06-02)
Rio Grande wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) are a highly mobile, wide ranging, and secretive species located throughout the arid regions of Texas. As a result of declines in turkey abundance within the Edwards ...
Perceived Socioeconomic Impacts of Wind Energy in West Texas
(2010-07-14)
Wind power is a fast growing alternative energy source. Since 2000, wind
energy capacity has increased 24 percent per year with Texas leading the U.S. in
installed wind turbine capacity. Most socioeconomic research in wind ...
A Drop in the Bucket: Ten Years of Government Spending on Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in Texas Colonias
(2011-02-22)
Since 1989, the United States Federal Government and the State of Texas have targeted water and wastewater infrastructure development spending in the colonias to improve access to safe, reliable and adequate water supplies ...
Analysis of the Pass Cavallo shipwreck assemblage, Matagorda Bay, Texas
(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)
A survey conducted in February of 1998 located an anomaly originally believed to be the remains of L'Aimable. L'Aimable was one of four ships utilized by Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, for his voyage to colonize ...
Developing and Testing a Trafficability Index for Planting Corn and Cotton in the Texas Blackland Prairie
(2010-07-14)
The Texas Blackland Prairie is one of the most productive agricultural regions in
Texas. This region provides a long growing season coupled with soils that have a high
water holding capacity. However, the soils also provide ...