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An exploratory study of potential subgroups among overweight and obese individuals.
(2006)Two hundred and five male and female members of Taking Pounds Off Sensibly (TOPS) participated in this study of potential psychological risk factors associated with being overweight or obese. Participants completed a ... -
An exploratory study of the qualifications of the sales trainer and the characteristics of the sales training task /
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An exploratory study of the social positions of persons serving schools in human relations capacities /
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AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY AT A SCHOOL OF POPULAR MUSIC: A COLLECTIVE CASE STUDY
(2016-05)Music educators today are faced with the challenge of bridging the gap that exists between conventional music curricula and the music with which many students engage on a daily basis. As a result, popular music is being ... -
EXPLORING AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS, ATTITUDES, AND MISCONCEPTIONS OF SCIENTISTS AND THE NATURE OF SCIENCE
(2011)The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the perceptions, attitudes, and misconceptions (PAM) that high school American Indian (AI) students possess about scientists and the nature of science. AI is the least ... -
Exploring cell heterogeneity: applications of single-probe single cell mass spectrometry for subpopulation analysis
(2023-12-15)Mass spectrometry (MS) has become an indispensable tool for transformed metabolomics studies, whereas exploring single-cell metabolomic profiles remains a challenge due to limited techniques and suitable algorithms. This ... -
Exploring children's geometric thinking.
(1998)This study examined seven 4th and 5th graders' geometric thinking, specifically their understanding in the areas of area and volume. Base Ten Blocks, Tangrams, questions on 2-D and 3-D are three categories of geometric ... -
Exploring Cognitive Processes of Teachers in the Open-Ended Learning Environment
(2011)This study explores professional learning of teachers in a web-based Open-Ended Learning Environment (OELE). Adult learning theorists suggest that adults are self-directed, experience-based, personally- and socially-related, ... -
EXPLORING CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN INDIGENOUS EARLY CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAMS: AN INDIGENOUS STORYWORK JOURNEY THROUGH THE KIOWA ENCAMPMENT STORY CIRCLE METHODOLOGY
(2020)Our children represent the future of our people. Each generation has a responsibility to ensure the younger generations have what they need to carry our people forward. With this in mind, I am sharing with you, the reader, ... -
Exploring Direct and Indirect Relationships among Teacher Self-efficacy, Motivations for Teaching, Teacher-child Interactions, and Child Outcomes in Early Head Start Classrooms
(2016-08)More infants and toddlers are in early care and education settings at this time than ever before in history, making the study of these settings of critical importance. In the first three years of life, patterns for health, ... -
Exploring Drug-Use Progression Through Stability Enhanced Clustering
(2022-05)Background and aims: Drug use initiation sequences have been the subject of much research, and theories such as the Gateway Hypothesis have been created to explain patterns of progression from common to dangerous drugs. ... -
Exploring ecological and biogeographic questions using biological databases derived from natural history collections and surveys
(2009)Biogeographic research has benefited from the digitizing of large databases derived from natural history collections and biological surveys. These resources made available via the Internet can be accessed by biogeographers ... -
Exploring Educational Interests and Preferences of Older Adults
(2018-12-14)This qualitative study examines the lived experience of 12 older adults aged 55 – 86, participants in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and living independently in the Midwest of the United States. The primary data ... -
Exploring Entrepreneurial Mindset and Characteristics: Their Influence on Readiness, Success, and Educational Implications
(2024-04-02)Entrepreneurship has historically taken the inadequate and misleading misnomer of starting a business. The concept is far more significant and encompasses much more than the act and its process. Typically, the critical ... -
EXPLORING FACTORS THAT IMPACT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ADULTS WITH AUTISM
(2016-08-12)The purpose of this study was to (a) explore factors that may impact the quality of life for adults with ASD, and (b) based on those results, offer recommendations for interventions designed to improve the quality of ... -
Exploring ParE Toxin Dynamics: from Impact to Quantification in Bacterial Cells
(2024-05-11)The increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pathogenic bacteria has brought significant challenges to global public health. However, it has been decades since the discovery of the last antibiotic, making ... -
Exploring Support for Capital Punishment: Analysis of Authoritarianism, Race, and the Phrasing of Questions
(2012)The death penalty is one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in United States history. There are a variety of ways in which to study capital punishment, but one aspect that has seen much growth over the last ... -
EXPLORING TEACHERS’ AUTONOMY, SELF EFFICACY, MOTIVATION, AND PERCEPTIONS OF STATE MANDATED TESTING IN THE CONTEXT OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
(2015-05-08)This study examined teachers’ autonomy, teachers’ motivation, teachers’ self-efficacy, and teachers’ perceptions of state mandated testing, in the context of NCLB. The research design included an online survey that combined ...