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Rivalry, revelry, and retention : an exploration into the relationship between the academic progress rate and institution, athletic department, and team characteristics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between Academic Progress Rate and team, athletic department, and institutional characteristics. ...
Former Inmates’ Perceptions and Beliefs About The Value of Earning a High School Diploma
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Previous studies on correctional education have focused on recidivism. There is
limited research from a qualitative perspective on the perceptions of education prior to
incarceration. This constructivist narratological ...
Electric vehicle adoption : how utilities can charge up EV adoption in the US with marketing efforts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Power utilities are hoping to capture additional electricity sales from electric vehicle (EV) charging. While EVs have been on the mainstream car market for about a decade, adoption of these vehicles has been slow. While ...
Teacher induction programs and their effectiveness on the retention of secondary trade and industrial teachers in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the effectiveness of beginning teacher induction methods experienced by high school Trade & Industrial Career and Technical Education teachers in the state of Missouri. All of the ...
Competition or cooperation? : a study of the relationship between import penetration and the operation of the U.S. textile and apparel industries from 2002 to 2008
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
In response to rising imports and globalization, the U.S. textile and apparel industries respectively adopted various restructuring strategies in recent years which fundamentally changed the way the two industries operate ...
Emancipation of education through place
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The purpose of education is to prepare students to address imperative concerns that face our communities and planet. Many ways exist to address these pressing issues we are confronted with. Regardless of what subjects ...
Development of Amino Acid-Modified Drug Delivery Systems for RNA Delivery in Cancer Therapeutics
(2022)
, we developed a novel class of amino acid-modified lipids for siRNA delivery to cancer cells. A series of lipids were developed by headgroup modification using histidine and lysine. The lipids were screened for luciferase silencing and cellular...
The Effects of the Classroom Schedule and Teacher Beliefs on Head Start Teacher-Child Interactions
(2013)
Time can be examined from several viewpoints in the early childhood classroom: wasted wait time; instruction which is undifferentiated or not on the child’s cognitivelevel, missing the child’s target learning needs; the ...
Missouri alumnus, volume 062, number 03 (1974 March-April)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1974)
George Herbert : an annotated bibliography of modern criticism, 1905-1974
(University of Missouri Press, 1978)
The primary purpose of this annotated bibliography is to provide scholars and critics of George Herbert with an aid to research. This study is the first to collect and fully annotate the criticism and scholarship written ...
A qualitative analysis of elementary teachers' perceptions about the impact of the IPI process on classroom practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The Instructional Practices Inventory (IPI) process is a way to collect information to accurately measure student-engaged learning from various instructional practices in order to improve student achievement and direct ...
Resilience, Risk and Protective Factors among Nigerian Youth
(2022)
Poverty or low socioeconomic status has been known to negatively impact the educational achievement of children across the world. However, some children have managed to succeed despite the daily challenges they face because ...
Bayesian spatial models for adjusting nonresponse in small area estimation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] There are two kinds of nonresponse: item nonresponse and unit nonresponse. Inferences made from respondents about the population of interest will be ...
Bury the key : a book of houses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2025] Bury the Key: A Book of Houses is a book-length work of creative nonfiction that engages with implicit cultural beliefs in houses as stable, somewhat permanent, and a clear boundary between the ...
Gender Perceptions: A Narratological, Social Constructivist, Case Study of the Literacy Experiences of Urban African American Male Elementary Students
(2014-09-30)
The purpose of this critical, narratological, social constructivist case study was to
explore the literacy experiences of African American males and their relationships to
masculinity in a third grade public school ...
Determinants of civil wars : a quantitative analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
In this dissertation, I investigate the conditions that facilitate the civil wars incidences and try to provide a deeper understanding of large scale domestic violence by formulating a new and more comprehensive model, ...
The College of Arts and Science of the University of Missouri : announcement 1908-9
(University of Missouri, 1908)
Missouri alumnus, volume 061, number 02 (1972 November-December): News about people
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1972)
The effects of animated agents with verbal audio on mathematics comprehension and attitudes towards mathematics and computers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
This doctoral study investigated the effect of animated agents with verbal audio in WBI on mathematics achievement and attitudes toward mathematics and computers using a pretest-posttest control group design model among ...
Swipe right : college, dating, and the digital world
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2018)
This thesis is about the modern process of “dating” or hooking up, the way technology is at the center of it, the exhaustion it creates, and the sadness for a loss of innocence/loss of simpler times/ loss of a better way ...