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How Judgments of Learning Can Create Illusions of Episodic Memory
(2014-05-09)Metacognitive judgments made during learning derive from several types of information. These metacognitive cues often reflect intrinsic properties of the to-be-learned material, such as encoding fluency and processing ... -
HOW LEADERSHIP INFLUENCES TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS IN RESPONSE TO EDUCATIONAL REFORMS: A HERMENEUTIC PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
(2016-05-13)In 2009 a rash overhaul of educational reform occurred in our nation’s educational system, specifically preempted by Race to the Top. Administrators and teachers have been in a flux of understanding the importance of these ... -
How long and how strong: An examination of the impact peer pressure has on young adults.
(2005)It is well documented that peer pressure is a major predictor of adolescent substance abuse (Akers 2000, 1985; Aseltine 1995; Becker 1963; Elliott et al 1985; Warr 2005). The current study seeks to bridge the gap between ... -
HOW MEMORABLE SOCIALIZATION MESSAGES FROM WITHIN CULTURAL COMMUNITIES SHAPE ADULT MEANING ATTRIBUTIONS ABOUT WORK: THE CASE OF LEBANESE-AMERICANS
(2013)This dissertation describes the process by which community messaging obligates members to perform work behaviors in order to achieve full membership status--labeled here the Obligation-based Culturing of Work (OCW). The ... -
How mental operations are reflected in children's language through use of the Lavatelli Early Childhood Curriculum /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1972) -
How Meteorologists Learn to Forecast the Weather: Social Dimensions of Complex Learning
(2011)Weather and climate persistently affect individuals, corporations, and governments, sometimes in significant ways: a poor forecast leaves people unprepared to prevent damage or deal with disruptions to their daily routines, ... -
How Outstanding Leaders Lead with Affect: An Examination of Charismatic, Ideological, and Pragmatic Leaders
(2013)The CIP Model of Leadership has received increased attention within the past decade. Research in this area has examined how leaders develop mental models, frame messages, communicate goals, and utilize political tactics ... -
How Outstanding Leaders Lead with Affect: An Examination of Charismatic, Ideological, and Pragmatic Leaders
(2013)The CIP Model of Leadership has received increased attention within the past decade. Research in this area has examined how leaders develop mental models, frame messages, communicate goals, and utilize political tactics ... -
How perceptions of the future influence achievement motivation.
(1998)The research reported here was guided by a theoretical model developed by Miller and Brickman (1997). The model depicts future goals and the plans to reach them as impacting self-regulation for present achievement. To ... -
How physicians do medical records for women battered by intimate male partners.
(1997)The data here results from the literatures and comparative analyses of information collected from field observations; medical health records and mental health records and mental health records of battered and non-battered ... -
How Rural Oklahoma Superintendents Address the Scientifically Based Research Mandate of No Child Left Behind
(2009)This study explores the Scientifically Based Research (SBR) mandate of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) from the perspective of rural Oklahoma school superintendents with the goal of understanding how SBR impacts their practices ... -
HOW TEACHERS AT OKLAHOMA VIRTUAL CHARTER ACADEMY ADDRESS THE FIVE ELEMENTS OF COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT: AN INTERPTRETIVIST CASE STUDY
(2017-05-13)This qualitative case study examines teacher perceptions of how they cognitively engage their students in live online classes to determine the perceptions and practices of ten teachers at Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy. ... -
Howard Ferguson's Contributions to Piano Literature and Pedagogy
(2011)Howard Ferguson's myriad contributions to piano literature and piano pedagogy are the focus of this document. Ferguson actively engaged in the twentieth-century British classical music scene and his influence has reached ... -
Hugh R. Wilson and American relations with the League of Nations, 1927-1937 /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1970) -
HUMAN DETECTION AND TRACKING ENHANCING SECURITY SYSTEMS AT PORTS OF ENTRY
(2011)The dissertation undertakes the critical application of establishing smarter surveillance systems to improve security measures in various environments. Human detection and tracking are two image processing methods that ... -
THE HUMAN GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME: INSIGHTS INTO THE MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTOME
(2017)The human gastrointestinal microbiome consists of approximately 10-100 trillion symbiotic microbial cells. Recent advances of molecular based approaches have enhanced the ease and rapidity with which the microbial community ... -
Human resource development training for the Nigerian Foreign Public Service.
(1981)The findings indicated a need for a change from traditional administration to a scientific management approach and from a passive-reactive foreign service to result-oriented coordinations; and for an increased use of human ... -
Humean models of historical discourse /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1970)