Proofs are an essential part of mathematics. Sketchpad is not a tool for proving, rather it is a tool that can generate examples that can help students to reason inductively and make conjectures.

This 48-slide presentation examines the four-mallet marimba repertoire and identifies difficulty levels that expand the current grading system (beginning, intermediate, advanced) with the purpose of creating a pedagogically ...

MU has recently opened the Brain Imaging Center, a research dedicated Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) facility. Research at the center is focused on understanding the nature of basic cognitive and emotional processes as ...

Most of us regard plants as quite different from animals, and many of us think of them as furniture. But plants actually share a very large number of biological functions with the animal kingdom, including mechanisms for ...

Shor-Line has been a part of the animal health industry since the company's founding in 1927. In the early years, Shor-Line's involvement related mainly to large animal applications. Back then the local vet took care of ...

Robert Hanson discussed the application of patent requirements to biotechnology and life science inventions.

This presentation provided an overview of national authority standards and practices. It was presented at the MOBIUS Annual Conference June 8, 2006 at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri.

Degeneration or acute damage of nerve cells in the retina due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma are the major causes of visual loss and blindness in the United States and worldwide. ...

Powerpoint presentation delivered by Curators' Professor in the Department of Animal Science and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia, R. Michael Roberts, as part of the ...

Associate professor in the Department of Soil, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Anthony R. Lupo, delivered this powerpoint presentation on ...

This presentation will highlight successful efforts in working with the UM Office of Patents and Licensing to patent, license and commercialize radiopharmaceuticals for medical applications that emerged from collaborative ...

Next-generation sequencing and high-throughput assaying technologies have dichotomized entire research communities into those individuals who have rapidly evolved in response to the technological selection pressure and ...

Early detection and treatment of cancers continue to be the best line of defense to prevent fatalities as a result of developing cancer. Several tests have been developed, such as mammograms for breast cancer and colonoscopies ...

From 1996 through 1998, the first two-year ASSIST cohort of eight elementary schools, eight middle schools, and nine high schools attended bi-monthly work sessions at the university. The sessions were designed to build ...

This presentation discusses forty years of middle school statistics.

This report discusses the preliminary findings of the NASSP's National Study of Highly Successful Middle Level Schools and Their Leaders. Discussed are the demographics of and statistics about principals.

On July 19 - 20, 2005, approximately 50 researchers and administrators with expert knowledge of soybean genomics participated in a workshop in St.Louis, MO, which was hosted by the Soybean Genetics Executive Committee and ...

This presentation summarizes research on effective principal leadership, focusing on the National Study of Leadership in Highly Successful Middle Level Schools and the traits of an effective principal.

This presentation presents preliminary findings for the question, "Are middle school programs and practices influencing student success academically?"

This presentation discussed the National Study of Highly Successful Schools and Their Leaders, focusing the following six successful schools: Becker Middle School, Lawton Chiles Middle Academy, Freeport Intermediate School, ...