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BIAS, GATEKEEPING, OR AMBITION?: FEMALE CANDIDATES IN STATE LEGISLATURES
(2015)
Women hold only 24.2% of the seats in state legislatures across the United States, despite being 50.8% of the total population. This low figure presents serious concerns about the quality of representation for half of the ...
Transversing Our borders: Decolonizing Communication Theory
(2015-08-14)
This dissertation explores the limitations of western communication models through analyzing the western colonial philosophical assumptions which underlie theories of communication. The themes of knowledge, reality, identity, ...
Pulse Compression Waveforms and Applications for Weather Radar
(2015-12-18)
The progression of phased array weather observations, research, and planning over the past decade has led to significant advances in development efforts for future weather radar technologies. However, numerous challenges ...
PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ THEORY TO PRACTICE OF INCLUSION WITH CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
(2015-08)
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are often included in the general education classroom requiring individualized inclusion strategies. This can result in challenges for both the general education teacher and ...
COMPARISON OF UPPER LIMB MUSCULAR AND VASCULAR RESPONSES FOLLOWING TRADITIONAL HIGH-LOAD AND LOW-LOAD RESISTANCE TRAINING WITH BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTION IN COLLEGE-AGED MALES
(2015-08)
Low-load combined with blood flow restriction (BFR) resistance training has been reported to increase muscle size and muscle strength similar to traditional high-load resistance training. However, the mechanism of muscle ...
Eyewitness Identification: An Investigation of the Feature-Detection Hypothesis
(2015-05)
In eyewitness research, presenting lineup photos sequentially (one at a time) is thought to be superior to presenting lineup photos simultaneously (all at once); however, recent research has identified a robust simultaneous ...
Instructional Decisions of English/ Language Arts Teachers and Their Reflections on Those Decisions
(2015)
In the current climate of national and state level educational reform, teachers navigate an endless barrage of new ideas, mandates, reforms, curriculum, standards, evaluations, and expectations. Regardless of reform efforts ...
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 ...
PLACE-IDENTITY AND THE GEOGRAPHIES OF CONTEMPORARY COUNTY FAIRS IN OKLAHOMA
(2015-08)
A particular kind of allure surrounds agricultural fairs in Oklahoma. Agricultural fairs, which include county, regional, and state fairs in the United States, support emotional connections between fair participants and ...
American Indian Views About Family Cohesion and Flexibility
(2015-08-13)
This qualitative study examined the views American Indian people hold regarding family structure. American Indians who identified as members of traditional southeastern tribes regarding family views and the impact of ...