Browsing OU - Dissertations by Title
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Use of the Target Language in Beginning Japanese
(2019-05)The purpose of this study was to investigate how two Japanese teachers used the target language (Japanese) and students’ first language (English) in a college-level, beginning Japanese course. Although the ACTFL (American ... -
The use of thermoluminescent dosimeters to study the edge effect of photons in a bounded medium /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1969) -
The use of translations of songs with foreign texts in student recitals /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1967) -
The use of trombone in the Florentine intermedii, 1518-1589 /
(1984)There do exist, however, contemporary accounts of performances in the Renaissance which confirm that instrumental participation was common in virtually all musical contexts. Some of the most detailed of these accounts are ... -
The use of types of information sources by prepurchase and postpurchase home buying consumers /
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The use of verbal statements by college-level communication instructors during classroom interactions with students rated acceptable or unacceptable classroom communicators.
(1980)The purpose of this study was to investigate whether college instructors use verbal statements with students they perceive as acceptable classroom communicators that are different from the verbal statements they use with ... -
USING A LOW-ORDER MODEL TO DETECT AND CHARACTERIZE INTENSE VORTICES IN MULTIPLE-DOPPLER RADAR DATA
(2010)A new multiple-Doppler radar analysis technique is presented for the objective detection and characterization of intense vortices. The technique consists of fitting radial wind data from two or more radars to a simple ... -
Using A Psychodynamic Approach to Leadership in the United States Army
(2008)The US Army is a diverse and rapidly changing organization made up of people from different groups, ethnicities, and geographies. This increases the possibility for relationship uncertainties between the leader and their ... -
Using a Transition Curriculum to Increase Self-Determination in Transition-Aged Private School Students with Disabilities
(2018-12)The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (2004) mandates that students with disabilities who attend public schools should have a well-developed transition plan as part of the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) by ... -
Using Action Research to Determine the Level of Support Needed in Developing Independence in University Housing for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability
(2020-05)The passing of the Higher Education Act of 2008 changed the diversity landscape of universities across the country. The act specifically addressed the inclusion of individuals with an intellectual disability (ID) in college ... -
USING AN ONLINE-BASED MINDFULNESS INTERVENTION TO REDUCE TEST ANXIETY IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
(2020-05-01)This study investigated the theoretical and practical relationship between mindfulness and test anxiety. I explored this relationship with college students enrolled in an Introductory Physics II course at a large university ... -
Using Capacity to Model School Effectiveness
(2014)This study examines concepts and conditions that show promise for creating more accurate indicators of school performance than those currently in use and dominated by student outcome measures. Data were collected from ... -
Using Cognitive Task Analysis to Describe Spatial Reasoning Processes
(2017-12-15)This study is rooted in the idea that the ability to navigate a three-dimensional environment, both in reality and virtually, the ability to imagine and manipulate three-dimensional objects, and the ability to visualize ... -
Using correlated imaging and difference frequency generation to determine the group delay for an unknown ultra short optical pulse: An analytical and numerical simulation calculation
(2022-05-13)A pulse laser emits ultrashort optical pulses with pulse widths on the order of pico-seconds and narrower. A full characterization of these optical pulses requires complete knowledge of their corresponding spectral amplitude ... -
Using Deep Learning to Improve Prediction and Understanding of High-impact Weather
(2020-05)This dissertation describes the application of convolutional neural networks (CNN), a type of deep-learning method, to high-impact weather. CNNs are specially designed to learn directly from spatial grids, which improves ... -
Using ground-based fixed and mobile weather radars and numerical modeling to evaluate hurricane structure and dynamics at landfall
(2021-05-14)Hurricane observations during landfall in the United States have received relatively little attention in the research community compared to hurricanes observed over the open ocean. Aircraft-based observations using in situ ... -
Using growth mindset strategies in gateway composition courses
(2020-05-08)University enrollment rates have continued to decline and increasing retention efforts on campuses has become a central focus for university administration and faculty members. Growth mindset, a theory developed by Dr. ... -
Using hermeneutic phenomenology to investigate pre-service secondary mathematics teachers' beliefs about mathematics and the teaching and learning of mathematics
(2013-11-25)This research used an interpretive paradigm and a hermeneutic phenomenology methodology to investigate matehmatical belief systems of pre-service secondary mathematics teachers enrolled in a small private mid-western ... -
USING INVEST TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF URBAN GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN CONSERVING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE CITY OF CORVALLIS, OREGON
(2016-08-19)The world is undergoing a sustained wave of urbanization and through changing landuse and land cover, urbanization has been posing threats to “eco-environments” at various scales (Wang et al 2002). Urban growth management ...