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Asymmetry of At-Rest Human Frontal Lobe Activity is Related to Perseveration
(2018-03-30)
Electroencephalographic (EEG) data from 21 undergraduate students were obtained and analyzed to assess the relationship between at-rest measures of differential EEG activity in the frontal lobes (frontal EEG asymmetry) and ...
Student Privacy and Confidentiality, Book Censorship, and Intellectual Freedom in the School Library
(2018-03-01)
This thesis investigated three challenges a school library faces related to intellectual
freedom; interpreting student privacy and confidentiality laws, efforts to censor school
library materials, and the lack of a ...
The Global Jihadist Movement: A Deadlier Form of Terrorism?
(2018-03-30)
Counterterrorism is priority for security professionals in the contemporary global security environment. Key government leaders assert that the global jihadist movement is a serious manifestation of global terrorism and ...
A Minimally Invasive Evaluation of an Urban Population of Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) in Western Missouri
(2018-03-29)
Timber rattlesnakes in an urban, fragmented habitat located in Jackson county Missouri were captured and marked as part of a preliminary population assessment. Descriptive aspects of this population were measured for one ...
MANIPULATIVE USE IN FIRST GRADE
(2018-05)
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of using manipulatives in a first grade classroom to assist with the learning and understanding of addition and subtraction. The students took part in the regular ...
THE NEED FOR SECONDARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS: PERCEPTIONS OF ADMINISTRATORS FROM TWO JEFFERSON COUNTY, MISSOURI, SCHOOLS
(2018-05)
Northwest R-I School District (NWRI) and Jefferson College Area Technical School
(JCATS) are two schools in the St. Louis, Missouri, region that currently offer limited
information technology (IT) programs despite IT ...
PROMOTING DATABASES TO TEACHERS
(2018-05)
The purpose of this study was to discover the impact of professional development on
teachers’ attitudes regarding the use of databases. For this particular study, a baseline
survey was administered to six teacher volunteers ...
THE MITIGATING EFFECTS OF MUSIC LISTENING ON THE SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE OF BOREDOM
(2018-05)
The purpose of this study was to determine if listening to music while performing a task designed to elicit boredom would decrease the subjective experience of boredom as measured by self-report on the Multidimensional ...
MATH JOURNALING IN THIRD GRADE
(2018-05)
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of using math journals in a third-grade classroom on the third Mathematical Practice, construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. This ...