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A qualitative investigation of complex adaptive blended learning systems (CABLS) within rural indigenous communities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
This qualitative bounded case study examined how emergence (of events, ideas, and innovations) occurred from interactions between stakeholders in Kodiak, Alaska's blended learning program. The study examined two research ...
Opposite sides of a hyphen : becoming my Iranian-American identity through autobiographical performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Having one parent from Iran and the other from the US, I learned from an early age that I was wedged between two distinct cultures. As an adolescent, following my parent's divorce, I thought that the words on opposite sides ...
Values concerning disadvantaged pupils in differing organizational climates
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1970)
Educators who have had occasion to visit a variety of different schools and communicate with their respective staffs recognize that each school has its own distinctive characteristics aside from those relating to size, ...
Developing a modern recycled mix design and automatic pavement monitoring system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The main aim of agencies involved in the construction of asphalt roads is to improve the field performance of the asphalt mixtures. The rising use of recycled and novel materials in asphalt mixture has rendered the previous ...
Investigation of genes involved in somatic embryogenesis and plant-Agrobacterium interactions through transcriptional profiling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Plant genetic engineering relies on the ability to transmit and express cloned DNA sequences in plant cells (transformation) as well as the capacity for the cells carrying this DNA to undergo division and differentiation ...
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)
Video-gaming has become a popular extracurricular option for students in higher education. More than 70 percent of undergraduate students reported they played video-games at some level, with heavy-video-gaming students ...
Three essays on innovation, corporate control and household consumption-based asset pricing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Chapter I: Tracking more than 100 billion weekly transactions of two million products at the barcode level from 2007 to 2017, we identify and categorize new products as pioneers, followers and improvers to study corporate ...
Do black men really love black women? : A qualitative study on how mass media shape black men's perception of black women for long-term romantic relationship -- or not
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
When confronted with the presence of a Black man in relationship with a non-Black woman whether in media messages or real life, more often than not Black women are also met with feelings of rejection and inadequacy. It is ...
Teacher collaboration and instructional program coherence across the transition to high school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This study explores to what extent principals perceive instructional program coherence (IPC) and vertical collaboration occur in high schools and their mid-level feeder schools. It also measures IPC and its five components' ...
Black skin matters : the significance of color in early modern England
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This book explores the impact of stereotypical concepts associated with black skin color in representations of black people during the English Renaissance, namely Shakespeare's Othello (Othello), Aaron (Titus Andronicus), ...
Propaganda, masculinity, and the French interwar novel
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
My dissertation centers on literary representations of non-normative gender performances, the struggle around new gender norms, and the lived realities of gender in pre- and post-World War I- (WWI) era France. The novels ...
Interactions between neuroanatomy, cognition, and ecology in Anolis lizards
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The interactions between an organism and its environment are mediated by cognition, the substrates of which are in the brain. Cognition is ubiquitous across vertebrates, yet we still know very little about the factors ...
Authoritatively speaking : a speech pragmatic analysis of authority and power
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
A speaker needs authority to perform some speech acts, such as giving orders. A paradigm example of this is when a manager orders their employee to take out the trash; ordinarily, these words will give the employee a ...
Corridos en la guerra contra el narco : estéticas necropolíticas en México
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Narcoculture has been considered a phenomenon of socialization that exists in territories where drug trafficking has become politically, socially, economically and culturally influential. In Mexico, the phenomenon has an ...
Solidarity infrastructure : gender and race solidarity and cross-class coalitions in the Kansas City general strike of 1918
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation investigates alliances across gender, race, and class in the dynamics of working class solidarity. The analysis examines the geographically bounded organizational networks, community spatial organization, ...
Spatiotemporal variation in Lake Sturgeon movement and habitat selection in Missouri river tributaries : implications for the management and recovery of populations at range margins
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Lake Sturgeon were nearly extirpated from Missouri by the 1970s leading the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) to list the species as endangered within the state. Recovery efforts commenced with the publication of ...
Social innovation skills development in project-based capstone classes in civil engineering : a case study of the civil engineering program at the University of Missouri Kansas City
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Engineering schools play a key role in developing students' skills to appeal to an increasingly socially responsible job market. To do so, engineering educators must teach future professionals "social innovation skills": ...
The relationship between athletic team fiscal expenditures on athletic and academic success for NCAA Division II football and basketball programs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Athletics at National Collegiate Athletic Association schools have played a major role in the educational experience of students, alumni, and surrounding communities since they were first introduced to college campuses. ...
Weight stigma at a university : a study of policy, media, and student experiences with implications for improving weight-inclusivity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Media images of and text concerning people who are overweight or obese frequently perpetuate weight stigma. Additionally, limited literature exists on policy and weight stigma. This qualitative study explored college student ...
The demise of guys : the flight of the American male from STEM
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This mixed methods research investigates the differences between high school males who pursue the PLTW Biomedical Science program and those males who do not. The study examines males in a rural Midwestern high school, ...