Browsing 2007 MU dissertations - Freely available online by Thesis Semester "2007 Spring"
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Effect of problem-based learning on knowledge acquisition, knowledge retention, and critical thinking ability of agriculture students in urban schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)The purpose of this study was three-fold: to determine the effectiveness of instructional strategies on improving the acquisition and retention of leadership content by secondary students in urban agriculture programs; to ... -
Efficient protein tertiary structure retrievals and classifications using content based comparison algorithms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Functionally important sites of proteins are potentially conserved to specific three-dimensional structural folds. To understand the structure-to-function relationship, life sciences researchers and biologists have a great ... -
An empirical approach to exploring the role of selective incentives in mitigating the free rider problem
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)The concept of free riding has been recognized as a challenge facing collective action organizations for centuries. However, the term free riding has been used to describe a range of alternative problematic actions and ... -
Enhancement of adaptive de-correlation filtering separation model for robust speech recognition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)The development of automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology has enabled an increasing number of applications. However, the robustness of ASR under real acoustic environments still remains to be a challenge for practical ... -
Environmental risk factors and risky sexual behavior outcomes : attitudes as a mediating factor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)This study examined environmental risk factors for risky sexual behaviors and examined the possible mediating effects of attitude on these factors. The study is grounded in Bronfenbrenner's (1977, 1979) ecological systems ... -
Essays on security issuance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)When a firm requires funds for financing operations, managers face several alternatives. Managers may raise funds through the public markets or the private sector. They may issue equity, debt, or a mix of equity and debt. ... -
Ethical considerations in the use of commercial agents in international student recruitment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Entrepreneurialism, globalism, and neoliberalism have influenced higher education to adopt a business model. Some critics view the university as having strayed from its public service role; others see this adaptation as ... -
Evaluating distance education : the student perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Distance education can now be considered a viable means of providing higher education for many universities. In the study of Evaluating Distance Education: The Student Perspective, student opinions were sought to assist ... -
An examination of how extended field experiences, integrated coursework, and school partnerships influenced the development of four first year teachers' literacy beliefs and practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)The purpose of this multi-case study was to examine how a field based senior year program that integrated field experience, coursework, and school partnerships influenced the development of four first year teachers' literacy ... -
An examination of learner-centered professional development for reluctant teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)This study focused on professional development practices that empowered reluctant teachers to implement and sustain improved instructional practices. Constructs were viewed through the perspective of learner-centered ... -
Examining the academic performance and retention of first-year students in living-learning communities, freshmen interest groups and first year experience courses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Based on Tinto's (1993) theory of student departure and Astin's (1993) Inputs- Environments-Outputs model, this dissertation presents the findings of a single-institution study into the effect participating in a living-learning ... -
Factors that predict graduation among college students with disabilities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)This exploratory study determined which set of student characteristics and disability-related services explains graduation among college students with disabilities. The records of 1,289 unidentified students with disabilities ... -
Family structure, residential area and housing demand : evidence from micro-data for the U.S.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Existing literatures emphasize the estimates of price and income elasticities for housing demand over the whole population. This dissertation analyzes and quantifies different responses of whole population and subgroups ... -
Firm access to capital markets in Europe
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)This dissertation estimates and compares bank concentration and integration effects on real activities with firm level data under different stances of the capital market structure and different consequences from the creation ... -
La folie, le mal de l'Afrique postcoloniale dans le Baobab fou et la folie et la mort de Ken Bugul
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Cette thèse vise trois objectifs. Le premier consiste à démontrer que les conflits, les guerres et les crises comportementales en Afrique aujourd'hui sont liés à la crise identitaire, conséquence directe des six ... -
Food security, nutrition and health of food pantry participants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)This research examines the relationship between food security and nutrition and health of food pantry participants. In this cross-sectional study, food security and self-reported health information were collected in ... -
Have you seen the new model? : visual design and product newness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Firms must continually innovate to successfully meet both consumer needs and competitive pressures. Previous investigations of innovation have examined this construct solely from the firms' perspective and only minimal ... -
High school principal communication and organizational knwoledge [sic] creation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)The purpose of this study was to determine what impact, if any, does effective communication by high school principals have on the knowledge creation capacity of the school. A mixed research design was utilized. Quantitative ... -
A historical study of the development of the Total Person Program : the evolution of academic support services for student-athletes at the University of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Athletics has been a heavily scrutinized aspect of university life. It is often criticized for its nature of exploiting students for their athletic talents and overlooking the importance of the educational mission of the ... -
How communication impacts network structure and access to community social capital
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)This dissertation utilizes an interactional community perspective that focuses upon the networks of common experience within a place (Colclough and Sitaraman 2005). Little empirical research exists about how information ...