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School Libraries and Public Libraries Collaborating to Improve Student Academic Success
(2015-07-24)School libraries and public libraries have the common goal of developing the reading skills of their constituents. However, this goal has been often been compromised due to economic pressures. As a result, many libraries ... -
School Libraries as a Resource for the LBGTQ Student Community
(2015-12-15)The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) student community is exponentially becoming more visible within schools. The school library can be a welcoming and helpful place for LGBTQ students. ... -
SECONDARY STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION TO JOIN AND PARTICIPATE IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS (CTSOs)
(2018-08)The purpose of this study was to investigate student intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for joining and participating in Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs). Three research questions focused on factors ... -
Sextet in E Minor
(2013-12-12)The Sextet in E Minor is a four movement work written for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and timpani. Each unique movement of the work provides a fresh avenue for development of ideas through music. The!analysis ... -
The Size Effect of School District on Network Security Management: A Comparative Analysis of Rural vs City Public School District's Network Security in Missouri
(2015-06-09)Technology is being used in most school districts. Every school has at least one computer in it. Those schools who connect to the internet and any other outside facilities need to make sure they have the proper network ... -
Slavery Continued: Peonage in Missouri
(2014-04-07)Peonage is the holding of an individual based on a debt or an alleged debt. It was a tool used by southern whites both to control the labor of blacks and to relegate blacks to a lower social position. Although technically ... -
Social Media and the School Librarian
(2014-04-07)Social media are a popular way for students to communicate with each other. School librarians are starting to use this popular form of communication to interact with their students. This paper will explore the different ... -
Social Reading and the School Library
(2015-12-14)This literature review examines previously published literature that addresses the use of social reading by the school librarian as a tool to promote literacy. This literature review focuses on three types of social reading: ... -
Socialization as a Predictor of Mathematical Abilities of Males and Females
(2013-12-10)The purpose of this study was to predict both interest in mathematics-related careers and measured mathematical abilities of men and women using different types of socialization as the main predictor variables. The study ... -
Spanish Flavor in Con Antonio Machado by Joaquin Rodrigo
(2015-07-27)Joaquín Rodrigo combines nationalistic elements with contemporary compositional techniques to create a twentieth-century Spanish sound. In Con Antonio Machado, Rodrigo composed musical settings for poems by the Spanish ... -
Special Cases of Napoleon Triangles
(2015-02-05)The first chapter of this thesis provides a brief history of Napoleon’s theorem. Napoleon is attributed with proposing a theorem that bears his name is geometry. Since his authorship is often questioned, we examine: Could ... -
The Specificity of the 21-Item Test in Two Elderly Samples
(2012-02-01)The 21-Item Test was administered to 20 healthy elderly individuals dwelling in the community and 53 individuals residing in a nursing home. The 20 healthy elderly individuals had means for age, education, and Short Portable ... -
Sport Website Advertising: The Impact of Congruity and Endorsement on Banner Advertising Effectiveness
(2011-07-01)Sport is a fixture of American culture. The fusion of sport, media, and advertising lends growing importance to managing the attitudes of consumers. Scholars have made a tremendous devotion to researching effective advertising ... -
St. Louis Beacon and the Economy of Online Sharing
(2011-10-19)Newspapers as a medium are declining, but another medium is filling that void. Nonprofit online news sites are gaining momentum at a pivotal time for journalism. The nonprofit model is in the experimental phase and is one ... -
Standing in the Gap: The School Librarian's Role in Providing Access to Print and Digital Resources for all Students Regardless of Socioeconomic Background
(2012-06-05)Today’s students require access to a variety of print and digital resources in order to be successful in the 21st century. However, the socioeconomic level of each student’s family often determines the number of resources ... -
STEM Implementation in the School Library
(2015-12-14)Schools across the United States are placing an increased emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). School librarians, therefore, are working to discover ways of implementing STEM curricula in ... -
Strangers in a Globalized World: Identity and Assimilation among Korean and Nepalese Immigrants
(2011-09-27)This study seeks to understand the ways in which advances in global communication technologies have impacted the social psychological process of assimilation among immigrants. Immigrants have long been viewed in sociology ... -
Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of Pleistocene Deposits Associated with the Giant Ground Sloths Recovered from West Tarkio Creek Beds, Page County, Iowa
(2014-04-07)The recovery of an adult and two juvenile individuals of the giant ground sloth Megalonyx jeffersonii in 2001 from the sloth site along West Tarkio Creek, Page County, Iowa, is unique. Two sediment cores were taken in order ... -
Strengthening the Connection between the School Library and Math and Science
(2014-07-22)There is a need to increase student achievement and career entry in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields in the United States. This paper is a review of the literature regarding the lack of ...