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Easy Steps to Sharpen Your Marketing Focus
The marketing approach of grouping customers and prospects by variables such as need, geography, product usage or price sensitivity has been used by larger brand marketers for decades. Brands with smaller marketing budgets have typically discounted segmentation as out of reach, because of limited resources.
But technology has made segmentation more affordable, and it's now possible for smaller marketers to sharpen their marketing focus and do more with less. Online search engines, smarter databases and social marketing make it easier than ever to reach a market niche or motivate your customers to pass the word. Here are some easy do-it-yourself steps for starting out:
Identify Your Highest-Value Niche(s)
As a business owner, you choose which markets and customers to target and how to reach them. This is a big advantage. All markets and customers are not equal in terms of profitability, business health and potential, particularly in a challenging economic environment.
SunTrust Business Owner Research shows that the majority of business owners are not tracking profits by customer, market or product line. It is helpful to use Quickbooks® or other accounting software to easily categorize customers, markets and products so that you can easily track:
- Who are my most and least profitable customers?
- Which are my most and least profitable markets?
- What are my most and least profitable products?
It is important to diligently manage and develop these highest value relationships. To get the most leverage from your customer list and fully identify your top tier, you need answers to these key questions:
- Which customers are "net promoters" of my business?
- Which customers have additional needs or up-sell potential?
- Which customers are most resilient in challenging economic climates?
Answering these questions will help you prioritize your current and prospective customer targets for marketing. SunTrust research shows that customers are the most important growth assets for many businesses. Growing "share of wallet" is better than growing "share of market." Business owners tell us that most (56 percent) of their sales growth comes from the customers they already have. It is more than four times less expensive to sell to existing customers than it is to acquire new ones.
According to SunTrust research, 53 percent of businesses do not measure customer retention, and 40 percent do not track which customers refer them business. Even fewer, only six percent, actively ask existing customers to introduce them to people they know. It is important to remember when developing your marketing plan that your target market includes reaching existing customers for recurring or add-on business, as well as reaching prospects for new business.
Market More for Less
Once you've identified your most important customers and prospects, you can more effectively target the highest value audience. Niche marketing can pay off for years with referrals, customer-driven innovation and stronger brand loyalty. Niche marketing also allows you to use new and less expensive ways to reach your market, such as:
- Word-of-Mouth Referrals. A customer referral is the least expensive marketing tool, and is an effective way to grow your business, but the vast majority of businesses today fail to fully exploit the potential of word-of-mouth. The growth of social media sites like Facebook and LinkedIn make it easier for both consumer products and business-to-business products to motivate recommendations or sharing of special events and new product information.
- Satisfaction Surveys. Rated by business owners as a top free marketing tactic, informal customer polling lets you learn more about your customers' unmet needs, helps you identify the customers most willing to refer you business, reinforces your value in the eyes of your customer and allows you to cross-sell other products.
- E-mail Communications. Requiring only the creativity to come up with something relevant or compelling to say, email newsletters can be a powerful tool for encouraging "Share with a friend discounts or special offers."
- Search Engine Optimization and Blogging. The ability to target niche markets is greatly enhanced with search engine optimization and the use of key words on your website, in news releases or blogs that you post online. Most major online providers offer classes on how to optimize their tools for search and online engagement.
- Marketing Partnerships. By partnering with other businesses that share your "niche" market, you can share advertising expenses, sponsor relevant customer events or bundle products in creative ways.
- Business Development. How you invest your time as an owner is extremely important. Owners are the best salespeople for their companies and are particularly well-suited for prospecting and new business development. SunTrust Business Owner Research shows that companies whose owners spend more time knocking on doors looking for new business grow faster than those who spend more time on customer service or other important activities. If lagging customer demand or a weakened market have become primary issues to you, considering going on more sales calls personally.
About SunTrust Business Owner Research: SunTrust surveys small business owners and advisors as part of its ongoing business seminars and symposiums. The small business owners attending these events include both SunTrust client and non-client business owners and are representative of the broad spectrum of businesses located in the SunTrust markets. The research cited in this report is extracted from these 5,425 small business owner surveys collected between 2007 and 2011.
This content is general in nature and does not constitute legal, tax, accounting, financial or investment advice. You are encouraged to consult with competent legal, tax, accounting, financial or investment professionals based on your specific circumstances. We do not make any warranties as to accuracy or completeness of this information, do not endorse any third-party companies, products, or services described here, and take no liability for your use of this information.
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- Effects of ginger supplementation on cell-cycle biomarkers in the normal-appearing colonic mucosa of patients at increased risk for colorectal cancer: results from a pilot, randomized, and controlled trialJessica Citronberg
Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 6:271-81. 2013....
- Acupressure for persistent cancer-related fatigue in breast cancer survivors (AcuCrft): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trialSuzanna Maria Zick
Department Family Medicine, University of Michigan, 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
BMC Complement Altern Med 12:132. 2012....
- Trends in complementary/alternative medicine use by breast cancer survivors: comparing survey data from 1998 and 2005Heather S Boon
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
BMC Womens Health 7:4. 2007..The purpose of this paper is to compare overall patterns of CAM use, as well as use of specific products and therapies at two different points in time (1998 vs 2005) by women diagnosed with breast cancer...
- Ginger inhibits cell growth and modulates angiogenic factors in ovarian cancer cellsJennifer Rhode
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
BMC Complement Altern Med 7:44. 2007..In the present study, we investigated the effect of ginger on tumor cell growth and modulation of angiogenic factors in ovarian cancer cells in vitro...
- Phase II trial of encapsulated ginger as a treatment for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomitingSuzanna M Zick
Departments of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Support Care Cancer 17:563-72. 2009..Ginger has also been studied for its efficacy for acute chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). However, its efficacy for delayed CINV in a diverse oncology population is unknown...
- Phase II study of the effects of ginger root extract on eicosanoids in colon mucosa in people at normal risk for colorectal cancerSuzanna M Zick
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 4:1929-37. 2011..Ginger also seemed to be tolerable and safe. Further investigation in people at high risk for CRC seems warranted...
- Pharmacokinetics of 6-gingerol, 8-gingerol, 10-gingerol, and 6-shogaol and conjugate metabolites in healthy human subjectsSuzanna M Zick
Deoartment of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:1930-6. 2008..We conducted a clinical trial with 6-gingerol, 8-gingerol, 10-gingerol, and 6-shogaol, examining the pharmacokinetics and tolerability of these analytes and their conjugate metabolites...
- Effect of ginger root on cyclooxygenase-1 and 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase expression in colonic mucosa of humans at normal and increased risk for colorectal cancerYan Jiang
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA
Eur J Cancer Prev 22:455-60. 2013..Further investigation, in larger studies with a longer ginger intervention, is needed to examine the ability of ginger to impact tissue levels of prostaglandin...
- Hawthorn Extract Randomized Blinded Chronic Heart Failure (HERB CHF) trialSuzanna M Zick
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0708, USA
Eur J Heart Fail 11:990-9. 2009..Hawthorn's efficacy when added to contemporary evidence-based heart failure therapy is unknown. We aimed to determine whether hawthorn increases submaximal exercise capacity when added to standard medical therapy...
- Pilot clinical study of the effects of ginger root extract on eicosanoids in colonic mucosa of subjects at increased risk for colorectal cancerSuzanna M Zick
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mol Carcinog 54:908-15. 2015..Ginger did appear to be both tolerable and safe; and could have chemopreventive effects through other mechanisms. Further investigation should focus on other markers of CRC risk in those at increased CRC risk...
- Examination of the association of diet and persistent cancer-related fatigue: a pilot studySuzanna M Zick
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 40:E41-9. 2013..To examine associations between diet and persistent cancer-related fatigue (PCRF) in cancer survivors...
- The effect of Crataegus oxycantha Special Extract WS 1442 on clinical progression in patients with mild to moderate symptoms of heart failureSuzanna M Zick
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
Eur J Heart Fail 10:587-93. 2008..To examine whether hawthorn (Crataegus Special Extract WS 1442 {CSE}) inhibits progression in heart failure (HF) patients...
- Trial of Essiac to ascertain its effect in women with breast cancer (TEA-BC)Suzanna M Zick
Integrative Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 1555, USA
J Altern Complement Med 12:971-80. 2006..rubra]), has become one of the more popular herbal remedies for breast-cancer treatment, secondary prevention, improving quality of life, and controlling negative side-effects of conventional breast-cancer treatment...
- Preliminary examination of the efficacy and safety of a standardized chamomile extract for chronic primary insomnia: a randomized placebo-controlled pilot studySuzanna M Zick
University of Michigan, Department of Family Medicine, 1018 Fuller Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 1213, USA
BMC Complement Altern Med 11:78. 2011..We examined the preliminary efficacy and safety of chamomile for improving subjective sleep and daytime symptoms in patients with chronic insomnia...
- The prevalence and pattern of complementary and alternative supplement use in individuals with chronic heart failureSuzanna M Zick
Department of Family Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
J Card Fail 11:586-9. 2005..The aim of this survey was to characterize the prevalence, pattern, and reasons for use of CAM supplements among those with CHF...
- Unique aspects of herbal whole system researchSuzanna M Zick
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Explore (NY) 5:97-103. 2009..It was our objective to explore various conceptual and methodological issues surrounding whole system herbal research...
- Quercetin blocks airway epithelial cell chemokine expressionSuparna Nanua
University of Michigan, 1150 W Medical Center Drive, Box 0688, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0688, USA
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 35:602-10. 2006..Quercetin significantly reduced lung MCP-1 and methacholine responsiveness. We conclude that quercetin blocks airway cell chemokine expression via transcriptional and post-transcriptional pathways...
- Challenges in herbal research: a randomized clinical trial to assess blinding with gingerSuzanna M Zick
University of Michigan, Department of Family Medicine, 715 East Huron Street, Suite 1W, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
Complement Ther Med 13:101-6. 2005..To assess methods to blind study participants to encapsulated ginger (Zingiber officinale)...
- Bridging CAM practice and research: teaching CAM practitioners about research methodologySuzanna M Zick
University of Michigan, Department of Family Medicine, CAM Research Center, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 10:50-6. 2004..We offer suggestions for developing training opportunities both at the local and national level that would increase the expertise of CAM providers in participating and seeking funded research...


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A computer program that learns and can categorize leaves into large evolutionary categories such as plant families will lead to greatly improved fossil identification and a better understanding of flowering plant evolution, according to an international team of researchers.
Eat a paleo peach: First fossil peaches discovered in southwest China
The sweet, juicy peaches we love today might have been a popular snack long before modern humans arrived on the scene.
Turn back the molecular clock, say Argentina's plant fossils
Molecular clocks -- based on changes in genetic material -- indicate much younger ages for a wide variety of plants found as fossils in southern Argentina than do the solid, geologic dates of those fossils, according to geoscientists who surveyed recent paleobotanical discoveries in Patagonia.
Leaf-mining insects destroyed with the dinosaurs, others quickly appeared
After the asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous period that triggered the dinosaurs' extinction and ushered in the Paleocene, leaf-mining insects in the western United States completely disappeared. Only a million years later, at Mexican Hat, in southeastern Montana, fossil leaves show diverse leaf-mining traces from new insects that were not present during the Cretaceous, according to paleontologists.
Leaf chewing links insect diversity in modern and ancient forests
Observations of insects and their feeding marks on leaves in modern forests confirm indications from fossil leaf deposits that the diversity of chewing damage relates directly to diversity of the insect population that created it, according to an international team of researchers.
Iconic Australasian trees found as fossils in South America
Today in Australia they call it Kauri, in Asia they call it Dammar, and in South America it does not exist at all unless planted there. However, 52 million years ago the giant coniferous evergreen tree known to botanists as Agathis thrived in the Patagonian region of Argentina, according to an international team of paleobotanists who have found numerous fossilized remains there.
Buried leaves reveal precolonial eastern forests and guide stream restoration
Sediment behind milldams in Pennsylvania preserved leaves deposited just before European contact that provide a glimpse of the ancient forests, according to a team of geoscientists, who note that neither the forests nor the streams were what they are today.
Fossil Rainforests of Patagonia: Ancient Biodiversity and Living Legacy
Peter Wilf was the fourth speaker in this season's Research Unplugged conversation series last Wednesday, April 7th at the Penn State Downtown Theatre.
Catching Up with Peter Wilf
How did you first become interested in geosciences?
Though always interested in the natural world, I discovered geology as my discipline rather late, at almost 30 years old. Deciding to go back to school as a graduate student, I wanted to study the evolution of life through time. It quickly became apparent that I really wanted to study fossils, and fossils are in rocks. I jumped in all the way and have never looked back.
What is the most exciting or fascinating aspect of your research?
Heard on Campus: Peter Wilf on Australia and Antarctica
"Although they are vastly different today, millions of years ago, Antarctica and Australia had very similar ecosystems because they used to be connected."
--Peter Wilf, associate professor of geosciences, at the Research Unplugged discussion on Wednesday, April 7. Research Unplugged is an informal lecture series hosted by Penn State's Office of Research Publications and held at noon Wednesdays in Penn State's Downtown Theatre Center. The afternoon begins with a brief introduction of the topic, followed by an open floor for questions, comments and discussion. The event is free to the public. Complimentary coffee and light refreshments are served. For information, visit http://www.rps.psu.edu/unplugged/.
Research Unplugged kicks off 14th season
Research Unplugged, Penn State's town-and-gown discussion series, is back for the spring semester starting Wednesday, March 17, at the Penn State Downtown Theatre on Allen Street in State College. The first event of the season features Penn State musicologist Lisa Jenkins, accompanied by members of local Celtic band Callanish.
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No Leaves Unturned
Manual of Leaf Architecture (Cornell University)
Whether one is a "backyard botanist" or a tropical ecologist, this manual—illustrated with over 300 photographs of prepared stained leaves and dozens of line drawings—comprehensively describes, compares and classifies the leaves of flowering plants, including leaf traits such as organization, shape, venation, and margins.
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Turning Over an Old Leaf
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Most Cited Teaching and Teacher Education Articles
The most cited articles published since 2011, extracted from Scopus.
Teacher professional development in Teaching and Teacher Education over ten yearsBeatrice Avalos
Volume 27, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 10-20
A review of publications in Teaching and Teacher Education over ten years (2000-2010) on teacher professional development is the subject of the paper. The first part synthesises production referred to learning, facilitation and collaboration, factors influencing professional development, effectiveness of professional development and issues around the themes. The second part, selects from the production nine articles for closer examination. The paper concludes by noting how the production brings out the complexities of teacher professional learning and how research and development have taken cognisance of these factors and provided food for optimism about their effects, although not yet about their sustainability in time. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Teacher job satisfaction and motivation to leave the teaching profession: Relations with school context, feeling of belonging, and emotional exhaustionEinar M. Skaalvik | Sidsel Skaalvik
Volume 27, Issue 6, August 2011, Pages 1029-1038
This study examines the relations between school context variables and teachers' feeling of belonging, emotional exhaustion, job satisfaction, and motivation to leave the teaching profession. Six aspects of the school context were measured: value consonance, supervisory support, relations with colleagues, relations with parents, time pressure, and discipline problems. The participants were 2569 Norwegian teachers in elementary school and middle school. The data were analyzed by means of SEM analyses. All six school context variables were related to job satisfaction and motivation to leave the teaching profession. These relations were primarily indirect, mediated through feelings of belonging and emotional exhaustion. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
A dialogical approach to conceptualizing teacher identitySanne F. Akkerman | Paulien C. Meijer
Volume 27, Issue 2, February 2011, Pages 308-319
In recent attempts to address the notion of teacher identity, scholars have stressed how identity is dynamically evolving, intrinsically related to others, and consists of multiple identities. Though these postmodern characterizations represent radically new perceptions of identity, they are not extensively discussed in relation to previous assumptions on singularity or sameness of teacher identity. The emerging theory of dialogical self in psychology offers a more elaborate approach to teacher identity, conceived of as both unitary and multiple, both continuous and discontinuous, and both individual and social. Based on this approach, teacher identity is re-defined and implications for research are identified. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Predicting intraindividual changes in teacher burnout: The role of perceived school environment and motivational factorsClaude Fernet | Frédéric Guay | Caroline Senécal | Stéphanie Austin
Volume 28, Issue 4, May 2012, Pages 514-525
Based on self-determination theory, this study proposes and tests a motivational model of intraindividual changes in teacher burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment). Participants were 806 French-Canadian teachers in public elementary and high schools. Results show that changes in teachers' perceptions of classroom overload and students' disruptive behavior are negatively related to changes in autonomous motivation, which in turn negatively predict changes in emotional exhaustion. Results also indicate that changes in teachers' perceptions of students' disruptive behaviors and school principal's leadership behaviors are related to changes in self-efficacy, which in turn negatively predict changes in three burnout components. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Understanding affordances and challenges of three types of video for teacher professional developmentMeilan Zhang | Mary Lundeberg | Matthew J. Koehler | Jan Eberhardt
Volume 27, Issue 2, February 2011, Pages 454-462
Although researchers have reported positive effects on teacher learning from observing published video, teachers' own video, and their colleagues' video, very few professional development programs have integrated all three types of video to improve teacher learning. In this study, we examined the affordances and challenges of the three types of video when they were used in a Problem-Based Learning professional development program, drawing upon multiple data sources from 26 K-12 science teachers. We present a case study to illustrate how one teacher might learn from each type of video, and conclude with recommendations for using video in professional development. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Motivations for choosing teaching as a career: An international comparison using the FIT-Choice scaleHelen M G Watt | Paul W. Richardson | Uta Klusmann | Mareike Kunter | Beate Beyer | Ulrich Trautwein | Jürgen Baumert
Volume 28, Issue 6, August 2012, Pages 791-805
Motivations for preservice teachers' choice of teaching as a career were investigated using the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice scale (FIT-Choice scale; . Watt & Richardson, 2007). This scale was initially developed and validated in the Australian context; our study applied it across international samples from Australia, the United States, Germany, and Norway. Support for strong factorial invariance implied the scale functioned similarly, and could fruitfully be employed in different contexts. Sample comparisons revealed that motivations for teaching were more similar than they were different across these samples; whereas, perceptions about the teaching profession tended to reflect country differences. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Teacher learning from analysis of videotaped classroom situations: Does it make a difference whether teachers observe their own teaching or that of others?Tina Seidel | Kathleen Stürmer | Geraldine Blomberg | Mareike Kobarg | Katharina Schwindt
Volume 27, Issue 2, February 2011, Pages 259-267
This study uses an experimental approach to investigate effects that analyzing videos of one's own versus others' teaching and experience with video has on teacher learning, particularly on knowledge activation and professional vision (N= 67). Teachers who analyzed their own teaching experienced higher activation, indicated by higher immersion, resonance, and motivation. Contrary to our assumptions differences with regard to professional vision were not straightforward. In tendency, teachers noticed more relevant components of teaching and learning but were less self-reflective with regard to articulating critical incidents. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Understanding new teachers' professional identities through metaphorLynn Thomas | Catherine Beauchamp
Volume 27, Issue 4, May 2011, Pages 762-769
This qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews examines the metaphors new teachers use to describe their professional identities and compares metaphors chosen immediately following graduation with those suggested part way through their first year of teaching. Findings indicate that new teachers make a shift from seeing themselves as ready for the challenge, to adopting a survival mode. The metaphors suggest that new teachers struggle to develop a professional identity during their first year, and that this development process is gradual, complex and often problematic. Implications for teacher education indicate that greater emphasis needs to be placed on exploring professional identity in pre-service programmes. © 2011.
Acting as accountable authors: Creating interactional spaces for agency work in teacher educationLasse Lipponen | Kristiina Kumpulainen
Volume 27, Issue 5, February 2011, Pages 812-819
In this paper, relying on the sociocultural framework of learning, we report on the results of an ethnographically-grounded investigation of agency work among nine pre-service teachers: The main objective is to determine how agency emerges and is constructed in situated discourse practices within the context of a teacher education program embedded in the collective inquiry approach. Our study identifies the forms of agency that emerged in the collective discussions of the classroom community, evidencing pre-service teachers' transformative agency, relational agency and epistemic agency. This study also shows that the negotiation and framing of agency, and acting as accountable authors, involves changes in teacherestudent positions, such as crossing and transforming traditional expert-novice boundaries, as well as recognizing and crediting this crossing of boundaries. The methods and conditions for supporting students' agency work in teacher education are discussed. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
The influence of video analysis on the process of teacher changeTonya R. Tripp | Peter J. Rich
Volume 28, Issue 5, July 2012, Pages 728-739
If the purpose of reflection is to improve teaching, it is essential to understand how video-aided reflection influences teacher change. Yet, there is limited research addressing how video analysis influences the change process. The purpose of this study was to gain an in depth understanding of how video influences the process of teacher change. Teachers in three different teaching environments engaged in semester-long video-reflection groups. Through a descriptive analysis of these meetings, participants' own video-analyses, and individual interviews, six over-arching themes emerged across the different environments that describe the change process. Teachers reported that video encouraged change because it helped them: (a) focus their analysis, (b) see their teaching from a new perspective, (c) trust the feedback they received, (d) feel accountable to change their practice, (e) remember to implement changes, and (f) see their progress. We discuss how these results may help researchers and educators understand how video can be used to encourage teacher improvement. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Professional development across the teaching career: Teachers' uptake of formal and informal learning opportunitiesDirk Richter | Mareike Kunter | Uta Klusmann | Oliver Lüdtke | Jürgen Baumert
Volume 27, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 116-126
This study examined teachers' uptake of formal and informal learning opportunities across the career cycle. Analyses were based on data from 1939 German secondary teachers in 198 schools. Results showed that formal learning opportunities (in-service training) were used most frequently by mid-career teachers, whereas informal learning opportunities showed distinct patterns across the teaching career. Specifically, use of professional literature increased with teacher age, but teacher collaboration decreased. Teachers' work engagement and professional responsibilities were hypothesised to predict changes over the career. However, although these variables partly predicted uptake of learning opportunities, they did not fully explain the age-related differences observed. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Teaming up: Linking collaboration networks, collective efficacy, and student achievementNienke M. Moolenaar | Peter J C Sleegers | Alan J. Daly
Volume 28, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 251-262
Improving student achievement through teacher collaboration networks is a current focus of schools in many countries. Yet, empirical evidence on the relationship between teacher networks and student achievement and mechanisms that may explain this relationship is limited. This study examined the relationship between teacher networks and student achievement and the mediating role of teachers' collective efficacy beliefs. Data were collected from 53 Dutch elementary schools. Using social network analysis and multiple regression we analyzed teacher survey and student achievement data. Findings indicate that well-connected teacher networks were associated with strong teacher collective efficacy, which in turn supported student achievement. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Teacher beliefs and technology integrationChanMin Kim | Min Kyu Kim | ChiaJung Lee | J. Michael Spector | Karen DeMeester
Volume 29, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 76-85
The purpose of this exploratory mixed methods study was to investigate how teacher beliefs were related to technology integration practices. We were interested in how and to what extent teachers' (a) beliefs about the nature of knowledge and learning, (b) beliefs about effective ways of teaching, and (c) technology integration practices were related to each other. The participants were twenty two teachers who have participated in a four-year professional development project funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Specific relations between teachers' beliefs and technology integration practices are presented. The implications for professional development and suggestions for teacher belief change and technology integration are discussed. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Teacher learning in collaborative curriculum designJ. Voogt | H. Westbroek | A. Handelzalts | A. Walraven | S. McKenney | J. Pieters | B. de Vries
Volume 27, Issue 8, November 2011, Pages 1235-1244
The Interconnected Model of Professional Growth (Clarke & Hollingsworth, 2002) was used to identify processes of teacher learning during the collaborative design of curriculum materials in the context of curriculum innovation. Nine published studies from six different countries about teachers' collaborative curriculum design were analyzed to identify the learning processes that collaborative curriculum design fosters. It was concluded that the Interconnected Model of Professional Growth, although initially developed to recognize learning processes in individual teachers, can also be used to identify learning processes that are fostered by collaborative curriculum design in teams of teachers. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Family background, entry selectivity and opportunities to learn: What matters in primary teacher education? An international comparison of fifteen countriesSigrid Blömeke | Ute Suhl | Gabriele Kaiser | Martina Döhrmann
Volume 28, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 44-55
First findings of IEA's " Teacher Education and Development Study in Mathematics (TEDS-M)" had revealed differences in the demographic background, opportunities to learn (OTL), and outcomes of teacher education between student teachers from different countries. Two hypotheses are examined: OTL and teacher background are significant predictors of mathematics content knowledge (MCK) and mathematics pedagogical content knowledge (MPCK) as outcomes. OTL effects are partly mediated by differential student teacher intake. Data from multi-level models support our hypotheses with respect to gender, high-school achievement, motivation, OTL in mathematics and the mediating effect of student teacher intake. Background affects only MCK but not MPCK. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Pedagogical content knowledge: A systematic review of the way in which the concept has pervaded mathematics educational researchFien Depaepe | Lieven Verschaffel | Geert Kelchtermans
Volume 34, Issue , August 2013, Pages 12-25
Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) was introduced by Shulman in 1986 and refers to the knowledge teachers use to translate particular subject matter to students, taking into account possible (mis)conceptions. PCK was - and still is - very influential in research on teaching and teacher education, mainly within the natural sciences. The present study aims at a systematic review of the way PCK was conceptualized and (empirically) studied in mathematics education research. Based on a systematic search in the databases Eric, PsycInfo and Web of Science 60 articles were reviewed. We identified different conceptualizations of PCK that in turn had a differential influence on the methods used in the study of PCK. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
The effects of online professional development on higher education teachers' beliefs and intentions towards learning facilitation and technologyBart Rienties | Natasa Brouwer | Simon Lygo-Baker
Volume 29, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 122-131
An important development in higher education is the increased learning possibilities brought by ICT. Many academics seem reluctant to embrace technology. An online teacher training program was followed by 73 academics from nine higher educational institutions. Data were gathered using the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) model and the Teacher Beliefs and Intentions questionnaire using a pre-post test-design. The results amongst 33 participants who completed both pre- and post-test indicate that TPACK skills increased substantially. Over time academics were less convinced about the merits of knowledge transmission. Disciplines and institutional cultures, time investment and beliefs towards employability influenced training retention. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Teachers' critical incidents: Ethical dilemmas in teaching practiceOrly Shapira-Lishchinsky
Volume 27, Issue 3, April 2011, Pages 648-656
The aim of this study is to explore ethical dilemmas in critical incidents and the emerged responses that these incidents elicit. Most teachers try to suppress these incidences because of the unpleasant feelings they evoke. Fifty teachers participated in the study. A three-stage coding process derived from grounded theory was utilized. A taxonomy of critical incidents by means of the ATLAS.ti 5.0 revealed a multifaceted model of ethical dilemmas, among them clashing with rules, standards, or norms in school, as well as a multitude of derived responses. The results encourage the development of educational programmes based on teachers' critical incidents. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Teacher education, preservice teacher beliefs, and the moral work of teachingMatthew N. Sanger | Richard D. Osguthorpe
Volume 27, Issue 3, April 2011, Pages 569-578
This paper presents a case for attending to preservice teachers' beliefs that are relevant to the moral work of teaching within teacher education research and practice, and examines what it would look like to do so. The case for attending to candidate beliefs is grounded in a learner-centered approach to teacher education and in the literature on the role of beliefs in teacher learning and change. The authors demonstrate how attending to preservice teacher beliefs is particularly critical for the task of preparing candidates for the moral work of teaching, and present a conceptual framework that can guide that task and teacher education research and practice designed to support it. © 2010.
Teachers' workplace well-being: Exploring a process model of goal orientation, coping behavior, engagement, and burnoutPhilip D. Parker | Andrew J. Martin | Susan Colmar | Gregory A. Liem
Volume 28, Issue 4, May 2012, Pages 503-513
The current research integrated components of the transactional model of stress and coping with self-worth and goal theories to examine a model where (a) teachers' goal orientation (as indicated by mastery and failure avoidance) was hypothesized to predict their teaching coping strategies (as indicated by problem- and emotion-focused coping) and (b) teaching coping was hypothesized to predict occupational well-being (as indicated by engagement and burnout). A longitudinal sample of 430 teachers took part in the research. With the structural equation model suggesting an acceptable fit to the data, findings generally supported hypotheses. Implications for theory and practice are discussed. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Preservice teachers' sense of preparedness and self-efficacy to teach in America's urban and suburban schools: Does context matter?Kamau Oginga Siwatu
Volume 27, Issue 2, February 2011, Pages 357-365
The researcher examined the influence that school contextual factors have on American preservice teachers' sense of preparedness to teach and culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy appraisals. The findings suggest that preservice teachers in this study felt more prepared and confident to teach in a suburban school compared to an urban school. Additionally, preservice teachers felt less prepared and confident to teach English Language Learners regardless of their enrolment in an urban or suburban school. This study has implications for the preparation of teachers who are self-efficacious in their ability to teach in both urban and suburban educational settings. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Teacher knowledge: What is it? How do we uncover it? What are its implications for schooling?Miriam Ben-Peretz
Volume 27, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 3-9
This paper follows the ways in which publications in TATE, that focus on teacher knowledge, provide insights into the development and growth of scholarly understanding of teacher knowledge. Relevant questions are: How is teacher knowledge defined? What modes of inquiry are adopted by the researchers? What are conceived as the implications of teacher knowledge for schooling? In order to answer these questions, nine papers were chosen from TATE according to the following criteria:. 1.distributed over a period of 20 years from 1988 to 20092.representing an international group of scholars3.reflecting modes of inquiry4.focusing on a variety of themes related to teacher knowledgeThese papers were analyzed according to the following aspects:. -Definition of teacher knowledge-Mode of inquiry-Emphasis on one or more of the commonplaces of education - subject matter, learner, teacher, milieu (Schwab, 1964)-Emphasis on one or more of the kinds of teacher knowledge suggested by Shulman (1986)The analysis of each paper is presented followed by a discussion.Several tendencies in the development of the concept of teacher knowledge are noted. There is the extension of the term to include societal issues. As well, one finds a growing focus on the personal aspects of knowledge. The role of context in shaping teacher knowledge plays a crucial role in the analyzed papers, reflecting changes in the milieu of schooling. The main mode of inquiry in the analyzed papers is qualitative, interpretative. The authors of the various papers were interested in the concrete experiences and views of student teachers, and teachers, concerning their knowledge and its acquisition. This approach yields important insights but leaves open several questions. First, the curricular question: what concrete opportunities for gaining knowledge are offered to student teachers? Another question concerns the modes of teachers' use of their professional knowledge. This question requires detailed observations and documentation of teachers' actions in classrooms, trying to link their knowledge and practice.The papers analyzed in this review share a common scholarly language and are based in Western culture. It is important to see, as well, studies conducted in other cultures, which might have a different view of teacher knowledge. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Examining the development of a teacher learning community: The case of a video clubElizabeth A. Van Es
Volume 28, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 182-192
Learning communities have become a widespread model for teacher development. However, simply bringing teachers together does not ensure community development. This study offers a framework for the development of a teacher learning community in a video club. Qualitative coding of video data resulted in characterizing the evolution of the video club group as they collaboratively explored issues of teaching and learning that arose in each other's classrooms. The relationship between dimensions of the framework and how development on one feature interacts with development on another is discussed. The results inform the design of video-based learning environments for examining teaching practice. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Authentic and self-directed learning in vocational education: Challenges to vocational educatorsElly De Bruijn | Yvonne Leeman
Volume 27, Issue 4, May 2011, Pages 694-702
This article analyses the dilemmas and practical tensions in implementing competence-based vocational education. Eleven case studies were conducted, including observation of lessons and interviews with teachers and students. The results show that schools meet various fundamental issues in realising this approach. A crucial question is how to stimulate the acquisition and use of a way of knowing and thinking that is based on vocational theory. Reflection, authenticity and coaching are relevant characteristics that are hardly put into practice yet. To understand these results the article reflects on factors that account for the distance between promising concepts and actual teaching practice. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Teacher-working-environment fit as a framework for burnout experienced by Finnish teachersKirsi Pyhältö | Janne Pietarinen | Katariina Salmela-Aro
Volume 27, Issue 7, October 2011, Pages 1101-1110
The purpose of this study was to explore the kinds of episodes that challenge comprehensive school teachers' occupational well-being and cause burnout and how teachers perceive the relationship between themselves and their working environment in these episodes. Altogether, a selected group of 68 primary and secondary school teachers were interviewed. The narratives of burdening episodes were identified and analysed from the qualitative data. The results suggested that teachers' working environment provides multiple contexts for burnout. Sources for teacher burnout varied between the working contexts provided by the single school. Moreover, the results showed that there was heterogeneity in the quality of the teacher-working-environment fit reported by the teachers while facing burdening situations or series of events in their work. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.


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Don't get me wrong, I'm all about "Safety" features, but this is a bit ridiculous.
Headset support would also be a great feature as others have said. I just don't think the wii has really put themselves up there in competition for online gameplay as much as xbox and playstation have yet. I think it's getting there with games like Medal of Honor and MArio Strikers Charged along with the other true "online" games.
The exception to me is the "online" games which only share leaderboards. Those "Wi-fi" advertised games are a BS way to sell us on the idea of online game play, when it's really just a braggin board (which we can do here!). Give us alot more multiplayer games like Mariokart, SSBB, and Strikers Charged. And especially more like Medal of Honor with upto 16 players please.
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Mystic -There appears to be an end in sight for the construction work in downtown Mystic.
Members of the Mystic Cooperative Task Group met Monday morning for updates on the state's Mystic drawbridge repair project and troubled streetscape project.
While most of the streetscape work is done, the town awaits installation of railings, trash receptacles and benches, along with some "punch list items," said project manager Rick Norris.
"We're really trying hard to get the contractor to finish up," Norris said.
The project, undertaken by Pettini Construction, was slated for completion in June 2012 but had hit delays, the most notable being removal of utility poles along the stretch of West Main Street. The project includes new expanded sidewalks, underground utilities, fresh pavement, granite curbing and lighting.
By contract, Pettini is subject to liquidated damages of $500 a day past the scheduled completion date.
Groton Director of Planning Michael Murphy said the town expects the contract to be closed out by May in time for the town to gear up for phase II. He said further delays could also have implications on federal stimulus money involved with the project.
"The work has continued well beyond what we expected," Murphy said. "The town's position has been consistent - we need the few remaining items done."
Work on the less disruptive phase two, which has not yet gone out to bid, is expected to start in the late summer. That project, on Water Street, is a smaller in scale and includes paving, curbing, additional parking and sidewalk work.
Meanwhile, the state Department of Transportation is expected to wrap up repairs to the Mystic drawbridge rehabilitation project by mid-April.
A 54-hour closure of the bridge, one of two expected before April 15, is slated to start March 6.
And despite some recent store closings in downtown, Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce President Tricia Walsh, said "all hope is not lost."
Walsh said with some recent and planned store closings there will be five vacant downtown storefronts formerly occupied by Studio Jeffery P'an, Catherine M, Webster Road, The Cooper Shoppe and Whyevernot. Walsh said most store owners did not directly blame the work, saying "each of the closings were for different reasons."
Walsh said she was eager to hold some type of ribbon-cutting in downtown when work is done, a moral booster for the businesses and locals alike.
A few other projects are coming in the interim. The Town of Stonington has announced plans to repave several roads on the east side of Mystic, including Cottrell and Holmes streets. That work will begin in March, sometime after St. Patrick's Day, according to Joe Bragaw, Stonington's director of public works.
Bragaw said the town would try and be sensitive and "nimble" about getting the work done with little impact on businesses.
Developers who proposed building a multi-story building at the site of a prominent West Main Street structure burned more than a decade ago have yet to announce a timeline for construction.
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Lee Kendall,
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Harrison Memorial Hospital is all about "The Dead," at least for one day.
One of the last remaining community hospitals in the state, HMH is jumping in with both feet for the Aug. 6 The Walking Dead Day in Cynthiana.
In the original The Walking Dead comic book, patrolman Rick Grimes is shot by a criminal and is treated at Harrison Memorial Hospital.
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When plans were just beginning for Cynthiana's The Walking Dead Day, Robert Kirkman promised 2,000 copies of the first TWD graphic novel with an enhanced cover.
As the days turned into weeks and it became obvious that The Walking Dead Day had developed a life of its own, that number was increased to 10,000.
Cynthiana will be welcoming hundreds if not thousands of people on Saturday for the one-day The Walking Dead Day.
Anytime there are that many people, there needs to be emergency plans in place.
All emergency calls for the day should go through 9-1-1. Non-emergency calls should still use 859-234-7100.
The Cynthiana Police Department will be joined by members of other departments who are all part of the Back-UPs program, as well as troopers from the Kentucky State Police.
7 a.m. -- Shuttles begin from Harrison County High School and Flat Run Veterans' Park
10 a.m. -- Limited edition comic release at the Chamber of Commerce office, Pike Street entrance
10 a.m. -- Shuttle tours begin with pickup at the corner of Pleasant and Church streets, directly across from the Cynthiana Baptist Church. Silent auction opens adjacent to Rohs Opera House.
12 p.m.--Costume contest gets underway behind Rohs at TWD mural
In less than three days, The Walking Dead will take over Cynthiana.
The committee and the Chamber of Commerce have spent countless hours within the last two months in preparation for Saturday's events.
We have had numerous meetings with city officials and department heads to make this experience as safe as possible.
Most childhood dreams come crashing down when adulthood comes calling. A boy's dreams of becoming a big league ballplayer, a girl's ambition to become a country music star usually fade and reality sets in.
That boy may become a teacher and that girl may become a nurse. That's life and that's just the way it is for most of us.
But not all.
One might not believe that a man who creates zombies and then has them attack the living, often in bloody fashion, would have a soft spot.
However, that is exactly what The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman has for his hometown.
Kirkman and his wife Sonia, also a Cynthiana girl, have repeatedly shown their love for Cynthiana through philanthropic ventures.
Three downtown businesses have changed, or will be changing, locations.
Shear Magic Salon will be moving this weekend to its new location in the Harrison Square Shopping Center.
According to owner Michelle Gaunce, Shear Magic is shooting for a reopening on Thursday, Aug. 4, pending state inspection.
The family of Donald Lee "Duck" Garrison is looking for commendations that were given posthumously to his mother after his drowning in 1969.
Garrison was one of many victims of the Robinson Dam.
The Harrison County Fiscal Court had a very light agenda at its regular meeting on Tuesday night, July 26.
Scott McCauley was scheduled to present a financial statement for the Harrison County Sanitation District and discuss setting rates for the Cedar Brook Subdivision's sewer service, but was unable to attend.
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Ed Case Speaks on Engagement at Jewish Funders Network Conference
Last month, our Founder and CEO, Ed Case, presented at JFN2014: Jewish Funders Network International Conference in Miami, in a session called "Engaging Interfaith Families Jewishly." It was a first for InterfaithFamily, and we were thrilled to have the opportunity to talk about such a critically important issue to Jewish life.
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Prepressure covers design techniques, PDF, PostScript, fonts, JDF and numerous other prepress topics that have to do with printed communication and graphic arts.
The world's largest cardboard box
Packaging company Smurfit Kappa used 3000 staples, 100 meters of double-sided tape and over 4000 m² of cardboard for the construction of the world's largest box. It measured 40 x 20 x 20 meters and weighted 1400 kg.
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Why print money on polymer
In June the Bank of England introduced its first banknote printed on a polymer substrate. The five pound note is called The New Fiver and features a portrait of Winston Churchill.
All the other UK banknotes are still printed on cotton. These are the advantages offered by polypropylene banknotes:
- Plastic banknotes are more durable since they are more difficult to tear and more resistant to folding.
- The notes repel dirt and moisture so they don't soil as easily. The polymer is also more resistant to micro-organisms.
- Because the bi-axially orientated polypropylene (BOPP) is more rigid, the banknotes work better in ATMs and automated sorting operations.
- Plastic currency is up to twice as expensive to produce but the bank notes last two-and-a-half to four times longer than notes printed on cotton paper. The notes can be recycled so there is also an ecological advantage.
- The new banknotes are more difficult to counterfeit. In Canada, a pioneer in the use of synthetic currency, the number of reported counterfeits dropped by 74%.
The new notes are printed by De La Rue, as can be seen in this 'Making of' video.
How ink is made
It's a bit of surprise when you see offset printing ink for the first time. You expect it to be a colored water-like substance but instead it is more like a paste. This YouTube movie shows how it's manufactured.
Vellum is a parchment that is made from calf skin. It was used for manuscripts in medieval times. Even a quarter of the first Bible for which Johannes Gutenberg used movable type was printed on vellum. Much to my surprise the British House of Lords still record their Acts of Parliament on vellum. They briefly considered a switch to paper in early 2016 but had to reverse that decision due to public outcry. You have to admire the Brits for sticking to age old customs.
Interesting reads
Recently I read two white papers that I really liked, which is rare since so many of these documents nowadays get written by content marketing companies who don't really have any expertise in the subject they are covering.
- 'Do PDF/VT right' is written by Martin Bailey of Global Graphics. This guide is useful for anyone working on or interested in variable data processing.
- 'Differences between the GWG 1v4 and 2015 specifications' sounds boring but this is a very readable overview of how preflight requirements have changed in the past few years. It was written by David van Driessche as part of the documentation for the new Ghent Workgroup preflight specifications.
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The local village idiot, also known as Prepress Pete, has been on Twitter for quite some time now. Since he cannot be relied on for any serious messaging, there is also a prepressure.com Twitter account. If you're serious about prepress and would like to know when new content appears on this site, please follow us. If you are somewhat less serious, consider following Pete.
New terms in the dictionary
DTG – Abbreviation for Direct To Garment, the process of printing directly on T-shirts and other clothing. This is typically done using inkjet technology.
Scratch off printing – The process of applying a foil to specific areas of a document. The foil can be removed with the edge of a coin or a fingernail to reveal the information printed beneath it. The process is often used on giveaway and contest printed materials, such as lottery tickets.
Short grain web press – A web press that uses printing plates whose long dimension is along the cylinders.
Ghost bar – A ghost bar of take-off bar is a rectangular solid line or pattern that is added to a press sheet and trimmed away after printing. It helps equalize ink laydown on the sheet by extending and evening out the printed area, thus avoiding ink starvation in any one place.
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Once again, thank you to all the parents who supported us at the recent Book Fair. Your support has meant that the school has received a bundle of books for the pupils worth £300!


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It seems Lionsgate is making full use of their Instagram account. The studio unveiled the new poster for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire this morning which finds our heroine Katniss Everdeen standing heroically, bow in hand, at the top of a rocky mountain while Instagram filters skew colors around her.
The poster had been hinted at over the past four days with various Instagram pictures from Catching Fire and yesterday, a passage from the book highlighted with the caption, "'Determined to carry on…' Tomorrow."
Does this mean that a full length trailer is days away? We'll just have to wait and read the clues from the various Hunger Games social media pages including their Facebook and Twitter.
For now, check out the new poster below.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire arrives in theaters November 22.


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Del Mar Board of Regents approve $82 million budget and new tax rate
Del Mar College regents approved an $82 million operating budget and a combined tax rate of 25 cents per $100 valuation at their meeting Tuesday.
The budget shows a $3.8 million increase compared with the 2013-14 operating budget. Most of that comes from a $2.4 million increase in salary and benefits costs. The approved combined tax rate of 25 cents per $100 valuation includes the school's maintenance and operations tax rate of about 20 cents per $100 valuation and the proposed debt service rate of 4 cents per $100 taxable value.
It remains virtually unchanged from the past year. The overall tax rate will decrease by two-tenths of a cent because the college will bring in more money through higher property appraisals, Chief Financial Officer Lee Sloan had said.
No one made public comments Tuesday.
The average taxable value of a homestead in the Del Mar College district this year is $131,289, according to information from the college. The tax amount for the average home will be $325.71.
In early July regents voted to place a $157 million bond proposal on the November ballot. If approved, the bond would add about $25 per year to the property tax bill on a $100,000 home.
The funds would be used to upgrade the East and West campuses, including renovations to the Harvin Student Center and a music building along with re-purposing the Heldenfels Administration building as a Student Enrollment Center, among other changes.
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