Browsing OU - Dissertations by Title
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A phenetic assessment of the Ciconiidae (Aves) using skeletal morphology.
(1982)The stability (measured using matrix correlations) of phenetic classifications based on partitions of continuous morphometric data (skeletal measurements from three groups of birds) was compared for analyses involving two ... -
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF A NON-TRADITIONAL INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS COURSE AMONG COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
(2014-12-12)Calls for comprehensive innovative curriculum and pedagogical changes to mathematics courses and introductory statistics courses have been documented within multiple national reports during the last several decades. In ... -
The Phenomenological Exploration of Animated GIF Use in Computer-Mediated Communication
(2018-12-15)The current study seeks to remedy the lack of scholarly investigation into the use of animated GIFs in computer-mediated communication (CMC). Through phenomenological analysis of in-depth 1-on-1 interviews with individuals ... -
A Phenomenological Investigation of Voluntary Exits from the Atmospheric Science Occupation
(2017-05)Data available from several atmospheric science (including meteorology) degree programs suggest that a sizable number of degree-holding atmospheric scientists may work outside of the atmospheric science occupation. In cases ... -
A phenomenological qualitative study investigating the social and ecological determinants that influence military childhood overweight and obesity behaviors
(2020-12-18)This phenomenological qualitative study investigated the social and ecological determinants that influence military child overweight and obesity behaviors. The study identified and examined where the greatest influences ... -
A phenomenological study of how secondary principals perceive their responsibility in sustaining technology.
(2005)The purpose of this study was to document how ten secondary principals perceived, experienced and defined their responsibility in sustaining technology. Based on interviews of ten secondary principals, with phenomenology ... -
A phenomenological study of leadership: Developing a shared school vision.
(2004)Identified principal behaviors supported empowering the vision, modeling support for the vision, building vision coherence, and monitoring vision. This study seeks to examine these behaviors from the perceptions of the ... -
A phenomenological study of middle school and high school students' perceptions of social studies.
(2002)The purpose of this study was to investigate middle and high school students' perceptions of social studies. Haiadyna and Shaughnessy (1982) contend that three factors had a direct correlation with student attitude. It is ... -
A phenomenological study of National Board Certified Teachers use of reflective practice to improve pedagogy.
(2006)Upon completion of the data collection strategies, the interview transcriptions were analyzed and coded into meaning clusters. From the interview transcription the researcher identified formulated meanings of significant ... -
A Phenomenological Study of Rural, High Schools Students' Experiences in Cognitive Apprenticeship Methodology
(2018-05-11)Presently the United States has a deficit of qualified STEM applicants and is relying on foreign students to relieve the shortfall. To relieve this deficit, members of underrepresented populations, such as women and ... -
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY ON HOW BLACK MALES EXPERIENCE WHITE CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS
(2018-05-12)This phenomenological study explored how Black Christian males experience white Christian colleges and universities. The environment at Christian institutions is most often influenced by white religious norms and, as such, ... -
A phenomenology of intercultural communication /
(1997)The present dissertation has two major purposes. The first is to examine the origin of intercultural communication as an independent academic field cultivated in the US. In order to carry out this task, this study employs ... -
Phenomenology of the String Theory Landscape
(2022)In this dissertation, we perform a thorough phenomenological study of the string theory landscape. To this end, we compare and contrast the data collected from particle accelerators and detectors against various models of ... -
Phenotype Operators for Improved Performance of Heuristic Encoding Within Genetic Algorithms
(2016-05)Many approaches to applying Genetic Algorithms (GAs) to Nondeterministic Polynomial time Complete (NPC) problems involve population members encoded directly from the problem solution space. While this technique enables ... -
PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE
(2018-07-18)This dissertation examines the diffusion of performance-based funding policy in higher education based on the conceptual framework of policy innovation and diffusion. After examining the two waves of state adoption of ... -
The philosophical and satirical context of the "Suenos" of Quevedo.
(2000)Quevedo brings together a number of philosophical traditions in the Suenos. One chapter of the thesis examines Quevedo's use of Epicurean dream theory as well as the larger ramifications of the dream setting for the satires. ... -
Philosophical consistency in the works of Oscar Wilde /
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A philosophy of undergraduate collegiate education for business :
(The University of Oklahoma., 1968)