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A study of international baccalaureate science teachers' choices in curriculum and instruction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
in Reston, Virginia or a January, 2008 IB roundtable discussion in Kansas City, Missouri. Surveys solicited the different choices IB science teachers make for options, Internal Assessment (IA) activities, Theory of Knowledge (TOK) emphasis, and demographics...
An analysis of the State
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
by some states with the affairs of other states. The guiding question for the dissertation has been: What features are required for the debates in question to make sense? If a debate requires a feature, then that feature is necessary for statehood...
A study of why a select group of African American students persisted to baccalaureate attainment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Based on Tinto's (1993) theory of student departure, this dissertation presents the findings of original research into the factors that influenced the baccalaureate degree attainment of a group of African American Council on Legal Education...
Radionuclide production for radioisotope micro-power source technologies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
energy density available in radioactive decay versus chemical reactions. While a number of conversion schemes can be employed in RIMS, direct voltaic conversion technologies are compatible with the semiconductor manufacturing processes used in MEMS. A...
The ferroelectric plasma thruster
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
need to be developed. The Ferroelectric Plasma Thruster (FEPT) is a new technology for microspacecraft propulsion. This dissertation is a demonstration of this technology and its characteristics. To produce thrust, the FEPT produces a plasma and a beam...
Effect of colostral administration practices on serum immunoglobulin concentration in dairy calves
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Despite the accumulated understanding of the factors which affect passive transfer of colostral immunoglobulins and its recognized importance in dairy calves, approximately 35-40 % of US dairy calves have inadequate passive ...
Utilization-focused evaluation of the program evaluation process of a Missouri school district
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this study was to provide a utilization-focused evaluation (Patton, 1997) of a Missouri school district program evaluation process. The problem addressed by this study was that The school district had not ...
South Korean parents' goals, knowledge, practices, and needs regarding music education for young children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this study was to explore South Korean parents' understanding of and desires for music education for their children. Following a constructivist paradigm and qualitative research methodology, data collection ...
Applications of fourier analysis to intersection bodies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The concept of an intersection body is central for the dual Brunn-Minkowski theory and has played an important role in the solution of the Busemann-Petty problem. A more general concept of [kappa]-intersection bodies is ...
Explorations of geometric combinatorics in vector spaces over finite fields
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
We study how large a set of points needs to be in a vector space over a finite field in order for the points to determine all of a certain type of geometric structure. In addition we show that there are key differences ...
Characteristics of effective mid-level leaders in higher education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The goal of this research study was to create a competency model that provides institutions of higher education with a set of competencies viewed as highly important for success for those employed in the position of director ...
Visual depictions of gender in parenting magazines
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This study examines gender-behavior modeling in the photographs of parenting magazines. This magazine category has been largely ignored in research on gender depictions in the media, even though the content may have primary ...
Valuable drops of gold: exploring economics in John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative of a five years expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Though John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam is not completely unfamiliar to literary scholars studying eighteenth-century depictions of African chattel slavery, ...
Laramide stress conditions and deformation mechanisms during the formation of Hudson and Dallas Domes, Lander Quadrangle, Wind River Mountains, Lander, Wyoming
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Laramide fold forms along the northeastern flank of the Wind River Mountains in west central Wyoming include a series of doubly plunging folds arranged in a left-stepping en echelon pattern. The fold patterns and geometries ...
Sancti et linguae: the classical world in the eyes of Hibernia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This thesis will examine Irish views of the classical world primarily through texts written in Ireland and on the continent by Irishmen up to the beginning of the Carolingian period (with brief glances to the period ahead), ...
Towards a deconstructive ethics: an economic sacrifice and the logic of the gift
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This thesis argues that deconstruction as a practice has been, from its inception, inherently ethical, focusing in particular on Derrida's reading of the gift. Deconstruction, insofar as it remains committed to interrogating ...
Forced convection in nanofluids over a flat plate
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This work analyzes the characteristics, flow development, and heat transfer coefficient of nanofluids under laminar forced convection over a flat plate. Nanofluids are engineered colloids composed of a base fluid and ...
A policy analysis of Missouri's performance based teacher evaluation pilot
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
this qualitative case study was policy theory. Policy theory is a means to understand the complex web of interactions and processes involved in developing policy (Fowler, 2008). The concepts, which served as the foundation for the study, were policy analysis, human...
MOspace documentation
(2008-08)