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This dissertation tests if fetal loss can be applied as an extension of prior literature on the weathering hypothesis. To do so, this study extends upon the weathering hypothesis: the observation that blacks experience substantially...
An exploratory study of the effectiveness of computer graphic and simulations in a computer-student interactive environment in illustrating random sampling and the central limit theorem
"The purposes of this study were: (1) to investigate the effectiveness of the computer-student interactive method in presenting statistical concepts and in instructing students in the applications of these concepts, and (2) to develop...
This thesis is about musicians in the city of La Paz, Bolivia, and how they pursue professional careers through the performance of a diverse range of musics in a wide range of settings. The subjects of this research are mostly...
This project updated and improved the Promoting Active Communities Award (PAC), a Web-based assessment that enables communities to scrutinize their programs, policies, and environments related to physical activity, generating ideas and...
Large numbers of military veterans are returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with injuries and mental health issues. In response to this the Department of Veterans Affairs offers many evidenced based treatments, however, these...
This study is about the formation of elite lay Buddhist societies in late 16th-century and early 17th century Hangzhou. In this era, many classically trained Confucian scholars were not only philosophically inclined to Buddhist doctrines...
Homelessness is a complex issue that impacts families in many ways. One pathway of addressing homelessness among families has been the use of transitional housing programs. Previous research demonstrates the importance of social support...
The purpose of this collective case study was to examine the different musical, social, and pedagogical factors that affected how piano repertoire is selected and programmed for the undergraduate degree recital. Additionally, this study...
Aquaponics is an integrated biological system that essentially combines a soil-less garden with an aquarium. It is important because it uses less water than commercial farming, is ecofriendly, and provides a local source of food for its...
My first attempt at a feature-length screenplay, Mycelium is a Lovecraftian horror story set in the darkest recesses of the Amazon Rainforest. When Lucas, Caio and Diego finally get together to do the trip down the Amazon River that they...
This study employed a pretest-posttest control group experimental design to investigate the impact of self-explanation prompts on content learning in the game-based context. Additionally, it explored the effectiveness of different...
This paper centers around an experience a class of twenty-one fifth grade children and their teacher had with puppetry. The art teacher worked cooperatively with the classroom teacher and children throughout the experiment. The purpose...
Land use in Florida has seen many changes since it became an American territory in 1821. But while land use can be a categorical term for classifying property, it can also take on a more valuable meaning. When the land was originally...
“The dislocation of man in the modern age”: The Pilgrim Condition and Mid-Twentieth Century American Catholic Literature highlights the ways in which the major Catholic voices in mid-twentieth century America—Flannery O’Connor, Walker...
During the twentieth century, American literature witnessed a transformation in representations of apocalypticism and nature. The apocalypse changed from a theological, divine force to a secular, manmade crisis and nature was no longer...
Analysts in the United States fear the unprecedented growth and modernization of China's Navy could lead to problems for the U.S. and its allies, upsetting America's political influence and economic interests in the Southeast Asia...
Casualties of Unification?: Understanding the Various Interpretations of the Dissolution of the Nationale Volksarmee and the Integration of Its Members into the Bundeswehr
Over the last few years the military aspect of German unification has received positive media coverage, which has prompted some to apply the term Armee der Einheit (Armed Forces of Unity) to describe the Bundeswehr of today. However, ...
There have been recent pushes for more active learning in mathematics classrooms, especially at the undergraduate level. To incorporate more active learning, there is a need for tasks that explicitly support this type of instruction, ...
This is a report of a study of a new service added to the instructional program in Art in the secondary school system of Duval County, Florida, under the auspices of the County Art Supervisor. The period covered by the study was the...
This dissertation explores the role of food representation and identity in Hispanic cultural production as they participate in establishing resistant agency despite historical contexts of authoritarian oppression. Accordingly, I explore...
Latin America has historically sustained political, economic, and social upheaval, creating a vacuum of patriarchal power dynamics indicative of gender violence. These dynamics are reflected in personal and political trauma narratives....
Every year we join in on the celebration of high school students all over the country graduating and preparing for the next phase of their adult life, whether starting their careers or entering college. Some students who choose to...
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the current interactions between the United States and China in the context of China's increased efforts to become the dominant figure in Asia. China continually attempts to shape the world, ...
The recent reforms in science education envision engaging students in authentic practices of science and habits of mind (NRC, 2012); in other words, engaging students in doing science. Science is a multidimensional endeavor (Davidson, ...
Background: Parks and other forms of green space are among the key environmental supports for recreational physical activity. Measurements of green space access have provided mixed results as to the influence of green space access on...
Incarceration is a major problem in the United States. It is a very complex system influenced by politics, ethnicity, poverty, social justice issues, and collective human experiences. Despite it complexities, its understanding by the...
"As the writer is going to teach English to the Thai students who do not speak a word of English, it is essential for her to be intimately acquainted with the development of reading vocabulary in order to teach Thai students to read...
This project investigates the explicit jazz idioms in Aaron Copland’s first orchestral composition: Grohg a Ballet in One Act. Composed between 1922-1925, and later revised in 1932, Grohg was never published in Copland’s lifetime but it...
The first half of the twentieth century was in many ways a watershed era for women and their role in British society. The world wars ushered in a time of unprecedented change. The wars opened positions for women outside of the home, ...
This work proposes that the biodiversity crisis that has been documented in recent years in the Amazon is directly related to the ideas about the use of nature that the first European explorers, conquerors, and settlers proposed about...
The purpose of this study was to measure the impact of ARCS-based motivational email messages (MVEMs) on student participation in a free online English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) course. The course consisted of 10...
The chief objective of this study is to establish the sources of Gyorgy Kepes's visual theory as expounded in his 1944 book Language of Vision, and examine his synthesis of these sources in a form that was so popular that his theoretic...
When Sherman Dudley's black barber character, Raspberry Snow, took to the stage in 1910, his pre-promoted "shiftless" personality fulfilled American audiences' conditioned, pejorative expectations for blackness. A closer look at the...
"The present investigation was designed to study the effect of two instructional treatments on the achievement of students of different abilities--Verbal and Spatial. This was achieved by studying the interaction between the two...
The three major research questions are: What factors influence ridership for different types of transit systems? Is there a relationship between transit system design and accessibility? Does one type of transit system design provide...
Contributing Factors of Second Language Pronunciation Goals: The Influence of Second Language Testing, Speaking Goals, and Speaking Beliefs of English Language Learners at Intensive English Programs
Before entering American university graduate programs, many international students must attend Intensive English Programs (IEPs) to improve their English proficiency (Redden, 2018). Their English proficiency is tested via the Test of...
This dissertation explores tunebook revisions in the broad Sacred Harp tradition during the period from 1879 through 1936. My work focuses on the split of Sacred Harp singing into three competing sub-traditions during the early twentieth...
The object of education in the United States is development of the human being as a person and as a citizen in a democracy. In high school that person is a youth--one whose needs for development are common to the democratic tradition of...
The population of ethnically diverse older adults in the US is rapidly growing, and reports of cognitive impairments, such as those caused by Alzheimer's disease, are becoming more prevalent. This investigation explored whether art...
It is beneficial for Chinese English-learners to improve their communicative competence through being taught in a communicative-based class (especially with the use of task-based language teaching, Nuevo, 2006). However, previous studies...
The field of art therapy has gained momentum in its collaboration with neuroscience in the quest for greater empirical evidence for the efficacy of the field. While there have been a few studies testing the applicability of salivary...
The importance of the contribution of science to modern civilization is an accepted concept. Science has had an increasingly profound influence upon the society and upon the individuals who compose it. This paper attempts to point out...
Concepts like cultural relativism, tradition, and authenticity warrants a more critical examination in an age where much of the world's population has adopted a digital lifestyle that is always online. As a cultural artifact, the...
"The purpose of this investigation was to explore, in a general way, the relationship between selected work-study skills and certain aspects of creative expression, through drawing and painting, of children in a fourth grade class"-...
This thesis explores the life stories of four Chinese and Taiwanese immigrants in Tallahassee by collecting detailed narratives. There are three aspects that this thesis focused on: 1) motivations for emigration from their home countries...
National recommendations for undergraduate biology education call for orchestrating opportunities for students to "figure out" scientific explanations in the classroom setting by engaging in similar disciplinary practices and discourses...
Understanding and defining nation and identity in diaspora has long characterized the cultural production of Caribbean authors. Notwithstanding, Hispanic Caribbean authors that have emigrated to the United States face this question...
Provision of basic urban services, such as potable water, sanitation and refuse collection is vital and instrumental to health and economic well being of any society. However, the delivery of adequate urban services in the cities of...
The purpose of this research was to investigate the link between gender identity and engagement in three health behaviors—alcohol consumption, marijuana use, and the non-medical use of prescription stimulants. Historically, health...
Italy has a rich history of excellent literature and, perhaps most significantly, excellent poetry. The poetry of Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863-1938) is sensual, evocative, and evokes powerful images. Not surprisingly, his poetry was highly...
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