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Evaluating the effects and interaction of item set size and instructional time on student fluency growth rates with multiplication facts
(2018-05)
The present study evaluated the effects and interaction of item set size and instructional time on students' fluency growth rates with multiplication facts over time when using an Explicit Timing intervention. The first ...
Economic analysis of structural change in feedlot cattle death loss
(2018-05)
Anecdotal evidence suggesting that feedlot cattle death loss is increasing over time has revived a need for further research on death loss in feedlots. Death loss may be related to controllable factors including technology ...
Essays in international macroeconomics
(2018-07)
This dissertation consists of two essays in international macroeconomics. Recent studies have found that once a country achieves a certain minimum level of financial development threshold, foreign direct investment (FDI) ...
First-year Experience of Transfer Students: Onboarding at a Metropolitan University
(2018-12-01)
As students transition from one phase of the education pipeline to the next, support programs are often put in place to make the transition and onboarding process as smooth as possible. While support programs for first-year ...
Effects of Paramagnetic Minerals on Pore-Size Distribution in Shale
(2018-12-01)
In porous media, effects of internal gradient caused by magnetic susceptibility contrast between the matrix and infilling fluid shifts transverse relaxation (T2) to shorter time, resulting in imprecise classification of ...
Data-driven optimization in power systems operations
(2018-06)
Today's power systems are large scale systems consisting of multiple generating stations, load zones (distributors or utilities) and very complex interconnected power transmission networks. One of the major issues for power ...
Determination of the energy spectra of clinical x-ray beams using dose-depth data sets
(2018-05)
A method to determine the energy spectra of clinical x-ray beams based on dose-depth datasets measured in the absorber of known composition and thicknesses was developed, implemented by a computer and tested. An iterative ...
Both Sides of the Interaction: Native Speaker and Nonnative Speaker Tutors Serving Nonnative Speaker Students in a University Writing Center
(2018-07-01)
This dissertation includes three studies that investigate: 1) the interactions of native speaker (NS) tutors and nonnative speaker (NNS) tutors with NNS students in a university writing center (WC), 2) NNS students' ...
Relationship of social media and rapidly evolving technology on approaches to learning in the millennial generation
(2018-05)
The purpose of this study was to identify the approaches to learning of the millennial generation and to describe the student's perspective on the relationship that social media and technology has on individual approaches ...
Social Network Analysis of the New Teacher Center Mentoring Program
(2018-12-01)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the patterns of mentoring relationships embedded in the New Teacher Center (NTC) mentoring program. The NTC program is a centralized mentoring program and the study ...