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Determinants of legislative staff turnover
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
seeks to understand staff employment and work environments at both the congressional and state level with an emphasis on staff turnover to understand modern legislative capacity for policy development and constituent service. ... By studying what...
Evaluating the perceptions of pre-service teachers' personal and professional readiness to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This study examines preservice teachers from Historically Black Colleges and Universities and non-Historically Black Colleges and Universities and their perceptions of being personal and professional ready to teach culturally ...
Dinners, buffet suppers, and teas : food preparation III
([University of Missouri, College of Agriculture], 1946)
An optimization model for the World Food Programme's "protracted relief and recovery operations" in Chad
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This thesis presents an optimization model for the World Food Programme's policy in Chad-Protracted Relief and Recovery Operations (PRRO). Chad is a landlocked country in Central Africa and around 87 percent of population ...
The Mathematics Emporium: Infusion of Instructional Technology into College Level Mathematics and Psychosocial Factors of Learning
(2016)
This manuscript-based (European style) dissertation consisted of three different, but conceptually related manuscripts. The series of manuscripts examined psychosocial factors of learning including attitude towards ...
Biogeochemistry and inorganic geochemistry as indicators of the paleoenvironment and paleohydrology of the Al-Azraq Basin, Jordan
(2013)
This study investigates the biogeochemical and inorganic geochemical
indicators for past environments and paleohydrology of a high resolution sediment record
from the Al-Azraq Basin, Jordan. The second largest basin in ...
An Examination of the Impact of a First Year Experience Course on STEM Persistence
(2015-08-04)
A review of STEM literature indicates that increased attention is being paid to STEM
initiatives particularly with K-12 teachers and programs designed to foster interest in
STEM fields at the secondary education level, ...
Case study of the impact of professional high school internships on college and career readiness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the impact that professional high school internships have on college and career readiness. Educational systems, both public and private, continue to search for ways ...
Hierarchical nonlinear, multivariate, and spatially-dependent time-frequency functional methods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Notions of time and frequency are important constituents of most scientific inquiries, providing complimentary information. In an era of "big data," methodology for analyzing functional and/or image data is increasingly ...
Factors influencing use of credit in American agriculture (including comparisons with India)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1961)
"Since credit is one of the most important ways of gaining control of agricultural resources, an understanding of the factors affecting its use is essential to the economic development of any country. Funds can be provided by individuals...
A mixed-methods study examining classroom observation scoring and teacher followership in the Network for Educator Effectiveness (NEE) system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Public schools in the United States utilize a variety of teacher evaluation processes, including state-mandated and university-developed systems (Aragon, 2018; Sawchuk, 2015). In 2011, the University of Missouri piloted ...
Annual catalogue of the Missouri University at Columbia, Missouri, 1885-1886
(Printer: Tribune Printing Company, State Printers and Binders, 1886)
Non-STEM-trained employees' creativity in using STEM knowledge or skills
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
and skills more than creativity. While they claim to value creativity, they use it less in work tasks. They use creativity at a lower level by adapting or borrowing from existing ideas rather than at a higher level by synthesizing existing ideas or generating...
Fire risk assessment of the western portion of the central hardwoods forest region
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This study examined how fire risk, a combination of fuels conditions and fire probabilities, varied across a large portion of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. Case studies were conducted to evaluate the fuel loading ...
Small-medium enterprise experiences of financial service in urban and rural settings : a phenomenological study of a changing community finance landscape and the sustainable finance narrative
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Relationships between small-medium size businesses ('SME') and community banks are complex, meaningful, and often described as characteristically "opaque". This study offers a conceptual framework for exploring this ...
Missouri alumnus, volume 026, number 05 (1938 January)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1938)
The inbox as a newsstand : extracting value from email newsletters in journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
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Disruptive soldiers : literary responses to the standing army controversy (1688-1846)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] "The aim of this thesis is to provide a sustained consideration of literary engagements with the Standing Army Controversy in Britain and America from ...