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A Mathematical Modelling Approach to Analyze the Dynamics of Math Anxiety
(2022)
The main objective of this study is to develop a mathematical modeling framework for a deeper understanding of dynamics of math anxiety as a contagious process. Borrowing from theories of the spread of infectious disease, ...
"Hollywood and beyond" : an intersectional analysis of how Teen Vogue covered the #MeToo movement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Using Crenshaw's theory of intersectionality as a lens of analysis, this study asks how the teen magazine Teen Vogue reported on the rise of the #MeToo movement and how intersections of race, class and gender were represented ...
For better or worse? : the impact of accounts and attributions following marital infidelity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This research focused on accounts and attributions following marital infidelity using a two-part investigation. In Study One, 250 married or previously married participants responded to a hypothetical scenario which asked ...
Personalist dictators and the choice of military intervention in civil conflicts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Are all personalist dictators equally prone to intervene in civil conflicts? The current bulk of work on authoritarianism and international relations ...
COVID-19 compliance across societies: testing health messaging models in the U.S. and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The purpose of this study is to test the theories of communication about health crises and theories of persuasive health communication that have been applied to COVID-19 in a different cultural context in order to understand ...
Social cognitive predictors of Mexican American college students' academic and life satisfaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This study used Lent's (2004) social cognitive model of well-being to examine the academic and life satisfaction of 460 Mexican American college students. A model demonstrated that positive affect, acculturation, college ...
The effect of student motivation on career and technical education program completion and continuation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] President Obama's Race to the Top initiative encourages college and career readiness among high school students. Career and Technical Education (CTE) ...
Does professional development for teachers impact student behavior utilizing class-wide function-related intervention teams?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Students who disrupt the classroom due to externalizing behaviors can impact all of these, but more importantly, these behaviors interrupt student learning. Due to these stressors, the purpose of this study was to explore ...
Examining an algebra virtual-representational-abstract integrated intervention for students with learning disabilities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
All students, including students with learning disabilities, deserve a mathematics education that successfully prepares them for their future endeavors. This preparation includes effective instruction in algebra, which is ...
A friend that sticks closer than a brother: a hermeneutic phenomenological analysis of resilience in Black bereaved mothers that have lost a child to gun violence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Despite literature considering the impact of child loss on parents, communication scholars have yet to examine the resilience of bereaved Black mothers. Specifically, this present study examined the role of Black sisterhood ...
A descriptive analysis of fees at four-year public universities : differentiating between tuition and fees
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Despite the overabundance of data collected and analyzed about tuition as a primary cost of public higher education, little to no attention has been paid to fees as a portion of that cost. Most of the existing research ...
African American female students' voices : their social experiences and adjustment strategies at a predominately white university
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This phenomenological study explored 14 African American female students' social experiences and adjustment strategies at a predominantly White university. Each woman was interviewed twice, and the data were organized into ...
Let it breathe : social media musicking practices among Black women coping with mental health struggles during transboundary crisis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Wrought with one crisis after another -- the COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide civil unrest in response to police murders of Black people in the U.S., and a highly volatile election season, the year 2020 arose to the level of ...
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 ...
Advocacy and accountability in school counseling : assessing the use of data as related to professional self-efficacy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
School counselors are uniquely trained and positioned within schools to use data for the purpose of addressing opportunity and achievement gaps present in many schools. Even with this position, the literature for school ...
Metabolic alterations in reactive astrocytes and their roles in ischemic stroke
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] Focal ischemic stroke (FIS) is a severe neurological disease that lacks effective remedy. Astrocytes are the predominant glial cell types in the central nervous system (CNS) and exert critical ...
Managing identities during social change
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Protests and social movements are a part of the history of Higher Education in the United States. In this study I use grounded theory to understand the process of identity management for administrators, faculty, and staff ...
Relationships between siblings engaged in music study : an exploratory investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The goal of this research was to investigate interactions between siblings with respect to music study. Data were collected from five two-child families, ...
Urban Mongolia : an integrative culturally-sensitive sustainability-focused design + planning framework for ger districts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Informal settlements, often cast as slums, present remarkably difficult challenges for environmental designers, politicians, civil servants and, of ...
Personal and social factors in masculine identity : examining differential associations with rape myths among athletes and nonathletes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
The purpose of this study was to explore how masculine role norms, peer grouplevel factors, and athletic participation relate to rape myth acceptance. The study was concerned with examining variables that may explain the ...