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An analysis of undergraduate heavy-video-gaming students : developing technology-enhanced learning-support areas based on gaming and study practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
, and whether new technology-enhanced academic learning supports may meet their needs. A conceptual framework using study habits and attitudes, academic performance, and activity theory provided a lens to view the research. This exploratory study applied a...
The influence of policy change on organizational structure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Public organizations respond to policy change in varied and unpredictable ways. The democratic control of these implementing agents represents one of the greatest challenges in the field of public administration. The current ...
Time-binding in African American verbal art as a salve for post-traumatic slave syndrome
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In the same vein of their spiritual forbearers, the African griots, African American wordsmiths utilize their time-binding capabilities in oral ...
Outsourcing the public library : a critical discourse analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
While the majority of public libraries operate under a traditional model - they are publicly funded entities, locally controlled, and managed and employed by public employees, some municipalities have taken a different ...
What were we thinking? : an analysis of Department of Defense advanced studies group theses from Operation Desert Storm to Operation Iraqi Freedom I, 1992-2002
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
the research, however, is a concentrated analysis of countless operational-level decisions made by mid-level officers, or the motivations behind these decisions. A mixed-methods study investigating the research produced by the 1,124 graduates of each...
A quantitative content analysis of shifting dependency patterns in U.S. foreign news content
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] As major U.S. newspapers undergo changes due to new revenue streams, delivery formats and business models, it is important to look at the effect that ...
Cross-cutting knowledge organizations as leverages of entrepreneurial activity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
enhances firm performance? This work analyzes firm's performance in an emergent entrepreneurial activity of winery clusters in non-traditional areas such as Michigan, Missouri, New York and Vermont. Research results confirm previous findings (McDermott et...
Three essays on higher education outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
. The study relies on a novel dataset compiled from publicly accessible sources online. Relative to other degree fields, engineering Ph.D. graduates were the most likely to work in occupations for which they were over-educated or outside of their field...
Mizzou, volume 099, number 03 (2011 Spring)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2011)
The effects of experiences with constructivist instruction on attitudes toward democracy among Thai college students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The study draws on Dewey's theory that constructivist instruction embraces the philosophy of democracy with regards to enhancing students' individual and social constructivist learning. As a result, the hypothesis is that ...
It's bigger that hip hop: popular rap music and the politics of the hip hop generation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
A number of authors and supporters of hip hop culture have suggested that rap music has the potential to serve as a vehicle for the next stage of the Civil Rights Movement. However, the extent to which rap music has addressed ...
The criminalization of tattooing in Oklahoma : an application of Clegg's circuits of power
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This research addresses the dynamics involved in the processes of criminalization and decriminalization giving particular attention to issues of power. Through the analysis...
University of Missouri--Columbia, catalog-description of courses, 1974-1975
(University of Missouri-Columbia, 1974)
Cultural cognition : the epistemic function of worldviews
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Cultural worldviews -- shared, symbolic systems of meaning that render life interpretable -- provide a great deal of knowledge about the world. Thus, the validity of one's worldview may affect the need to think. The present ...
University of Missouri--Columbia commencement, 1995 August
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1995)
"Friday, August 4, 1995"
Osher @ Mizzou : spring 2019 course catalog
(University of Missouri. Extension Division, 2019)
"Courses and sessions this year will focus on related topic, including historical trailblazers, literary journeys and strategic planning to find our way forward. We hope the theme inspires you to forge your own path in ...
The monstrous woman : gothic monstrosity and graphic novels
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
I fell in love with a monster once. Although I never knew his name, he still managed to change my life. He came to me through the words of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and I would be remiss if I did not pay some homage to her work (especially...
The shrinking city school: following trajectories of shrinkage across three decades of an urban school desert
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Late on the evening of January 12th, 2021, the Saint Louis Public Schools (SLPS) Board voted to close seven of its schools and transition one of its high schools to a middle school (Clancy, 2021). Sweeping closures are not ...
Anger, efficacy, and identity in activism : public perceptions of threat appraisal, attitudes, and behavioral intention
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
of anger and efficacy. This research extends the contingency theory framework to examine the dynamics of activist organizations, moving beyond the assumptions of two-way symmetrical communication in Grunig's excellence theory. From the standpoint of public...
Captain or colonel : the soldier in Milton's life and art
(University of Missouri Press, 1984)
Fallon examines the roles that warfare and the archetype of the soldier assume in the life and work of John Milton....