New Releases by Jay Johnson

Concerns about increasing student persistence through understanding engagement led to a study based on the identification of NSSE socialization clusters that predict private Midwestern college persistence. Looking at engagement in context of social constructivism, supportive literature highlights relationships among engagement, persistence, and demographic variables. Archival data were retrieved from the college under study for this quantitative, pre-experimental, post-post comparison. The dependent variable is engagement measured by two NSSE Benchmarks; 1) Student-Faculty Interaction and 2) Supportive Campus Environment. The independent variables are persistence, gender, athletic status, and legacy status. Covariates for the study are ACT or SAT standardized test scores and high school grade point averages. Descriptive summary analysis, four-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), and discriminant analysis found main and interaction effects of engagement and NSSE variable clusters within the four independent variables. Student interaction with faculty was found to be an indicator of engagement and persistence. The college under study must provide opportunities for faculty to be more socially involved with students.

Typescript, Revision 9/06/06. Unmarked typescript used for the production written and performed by ventriloquist Jay Johnson that opened June 12, 2006, at the Helen Hayes Theatre, 240 West 44th Street, New York, N.Y.

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Introduces various kinds of dinosaurs, and discusses what is known about their habitat, groups, food, communications, defenses, and life cycles; includes a read-along compact disc.

"The image of dancing with God may seem like an odd one for a book on Christian theology," writes Jay Johnson, "More than a few people probably assume dancing and theology have at least one thing in common: Other people do them. The good news of Christian faith suggests something different. Each and everyone of us is invited to dance with God. Each of us can dance. Each of us can do theology." Theology, long seen as the domain of professors, scholars, and clergy, is actually the work of all God''s people. Dancing with God uses the metaphor of dance to help readers--especially those without a theological background--approach the discipline of theology as something we all do, and not only something to believe. And doing theology is the practice of hope. This book explores the way Anglicans approach theology. The good news, according to Johnson, is not about the assurance of "getting things right." It comes, instead, from considering our texts, creeds, and liturgies as invitations to dance with the God of abundant life. Beautifully and accessibly written, Dancing with God makes an excellent book for individual or parish study.

Combine high-interest subjects, challenging puzzles and games, and plenty of stickers -- and what do you get? A Powerhouse of fun and learning! Young dinosaur fans find out about dinosaur anatomy-from teeth and claws to spikes and horns-eating habits, predators and prey, fossils, habitats and more.

Now professional software developers working in highly complex distributed environments can learn how to create agents for client/server environments. This book clearly explains the programming of agents for improving user interfaces, for improving performance and usability of LANS and WANS, for managing mail, and even for assisting in the development of other software.

This book/disk package helps programmers write better code in less time using the latest software development techniques. The authors include tools and code samples in C++ and Ada. Programmers will learn to boost their productivity with less than half the effort required by traditional programming methods.

This illustrated guide to American folk artists and their work spans a century of painters from Grandma Moses to Kathy Jakobsen and covers such media as sculpture, pottery, and textile creations.