"Abbreviated" Table of Contents from the Dissertation

  with Links to Each Sub-section of the "Primary" Text

• Title Page
• Abstract
• Chapter 1.   A Rationale for the Study
• Chapter 2.   Construction and Explication of the Analytic Scheme: A Review of the Literature and Other Background Information
• Chapter 3.   Methodology
  • 3.1.   Introduction
  • 3.2.   Publisher, Textbook, Topic, and Chapter Selections
  • 3.3.   Derivation of the Six Focal Concerns
    • 3.3.1.   Stage One: The Original Methodology
    • 3.3.2.   Stage Two: Causal Claims and Causal Arguments
    • 3.3.3.   Stage Three: A Consideration of Three Perspectives
      • 3.3.3.1.   Why Consider the Three Perspectives?
      • 3.3.3.2.   An "Expert" Scientific Perspective
        • 3.3.3.2.1.   Of Wind
          • 3.3.3.2.1.1.   Defining "Wind" and Delineating Concepts with which Wind Is Causally Related
            • 3.3.3.2.1.1.1.   Explaining Motion
            • 3.3.3.2.1.1.2.   The Ideal Gas Law
              • 3.3.3.2.1.1.2.1.   Ideal Gas: Definition, Model, and Law
              • 3.3.3.2.1.1.2.2.   The Nature of Dependence
            • 3.3.3.2.1.1.3.   Air Pressure and Related Concepts
            • 3.3.3.2.1.1.4.   Effects of Wind
          • 3.3.3.2.1.2.   A Scientific Explanation of Wind
            • 3.3.3.2.1.2.1.   Differences in Air Pressure
              • 3.3.3.2.1.2.1.1.   A Relationship between Pressure and Volume
              • 3.3.3.2.1.2.1.2.   A Relationship between Pressure and Temperature
              • 3.3.3.2.1.2.1.3.   A Relationship between Pressure and Humidity
              • 3.3.3.2.1.2.1.4.   Atmospheric Pressure
            • 3.3.3.2.1.2.2.   Density
              • 3.3.3.2.1.2.2.1.   A Relationship between Density and Pressure
              • 3.3.3.2.1.2.2.2.   A Relationship between Density and Buoyancy
            • 3.3.3.2.1.2.3.   Accounting for Wind
              • 3.3.3.2.1.2.3.1.   A "Local" Convective Scenario for Sea and Land Breezes
              • 3.3.3.2.1.2.3.2.   Wind on a "Global" Scale
              • 3.3.3.2.1.2.3.3.   Coriolis Effect
            • 3.3.3.2.1.2.4.   Summary
        • 3.3.3.2.2.   Of Clouds
      • 3.3.3.3.   A Consideration of Some Typical Children's Conceptualizations Related to Wind and Clouds
      • 3.3.3.4.   Obtaining a Perspective of the Primary Grade Texts
  • 3.4.   Summarization and Critique of the SBG Science Series Story Line for Wind across Grades K-6
  • 3.5.   Application of the Six Focal Concerns
• Chapter 4.   Results
• Chapter 5.   Conclusion
• Appendix
• References