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The benefits children and families gain by involvement in community gardens
(2010)This study will explore the significance of encouraging children and families to participate in outdoor activities such as joining a community garden. Gardening could be a beneficial approach to teaching children to become ... -
Best practices in emergent literacy
(2011)A unique aspect of kindergarten is that it is often a child's first experience with formal education. Because of this, students come to kindergarten with a huge range of experiences and abilities. Teachers of other grade ... -
A bird can not set my agenda : the role of source types on credibility in agenda setting on Twitter
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2017-12)The literature on McCombs and Shaw's 1972 theory of agenda setting has a robust history with over 425 empirical studies as of McCombs and Reynolds 2009 review. The rise of social media has allowed scholarship on agenda ... -
The blending of standard English with African American ebonics : accommodating to each other
(2011)This study investigates the perception of speaking Ebonics in situations in a classroom, at work and at an informal social event. Using communication accommodation theory, this investigation into African American communication ... -
The block schedule : personal perceptions and feelings of success
(2011)Research on the block schedule versus the traditional schedule in high school classrooms suggests that there are benefits and negatives to both schedules, without a majority of conclusive evidence to readily support one ... -
Bring your own device programs within the enterprise : the antecedent effects on bring your own device adoption and use
(University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 2021-12)Traditionally, organizations have provided the necessary task-related devices (e.g., laptops, smartphones, tablets) for employees. However, recent years have seen alternative devices belonging to employees or other sources ... -
Building a diversified portfolio : the impact of diversity on U.S. mutual fund manager performance : an examination of differences in risk and return
(University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 2021-12)Using hand-collected fund manager race data, I examined the current status of minority managers in the mutual fund industry. I investigated manager characteristics and performance differences between minority (Asian, Black, ... -
Building an intuitive and friendly data collection framework to analyze human factors involved in software development
(University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 2021-04-30)Despite the most important aspect of software products being the people who design them, the research literature concerning the people in question is somewhat sparse and limited. The research that currently exists, while ... -
Building classroom community in a first grade classroom
(2015)In today's ever-changing world, teachers come across a variety of different challenges. With so much pressure being put on test scores, being held accountable for what and how skills are to be taught, and documentation of ... -
Calcium's effects on an Arabidopsis thaliana mutant
(2007)Examines the growth of CNGC2 mutant plants affected by calcium levels in environment. -
Casino establishment, effects on income and unemployment : evidence from New York State
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-02)Using New York State Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) data from 2005 through 2011, I estimate the effects of casino establishment, and having casinos in surrounding PUMAs on per capita income and percentage unemployed. ... -
Censoring the Filthy Fifteen : the rise of the music rating system in America
(University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 2021-05)This research paper will analyze lyrics used as examples for justification of a music rating system in the 1985 Record Labeling U.S. Senate Hearing. The study contributes an important component to the field of censorship ... -
Certified public accountants' attitudes towards the public interest and the factors that impact those attitudes
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2019-12)A core professional value of the accounting profession is the dedication to the public interest. The purpose of this study was to examine factors that impact attitudes towards the core professional value of public interest ... -
Changing students' attitudes towards learning through learning instruction on metacognition and growth-mindset intelligence
(2015)Teaching students how to be successful learners is an important part of a teacher's set of skills to use in the classroom. There are many documented methods on how to do this, but few have recorded the experience of the ... -
Characteristics of employee-initiated complaint inspections occurring in Wisconsin
(2009-05-20)To ensure that U.S. employers protect employees from occupational hazards, OSHA is authorized to conduct workplace inspections. Employees have the legal right to initiate an OSHA inspection predicated on occupational ... -
Characterization of circadian gene expression in Xenopus laevis
(2007)Examines when circadian gene expression is first observed in developing Xenopus laevis eyes. -
Characterization of the developmental stage at which the eye develops a mature circadian rhythm
(2010)Real time PCR is used to quantitatively measure the amount of RNA corresponding to our clock and output (clock-controlled) genes present at various times of the day. These amounts tell us the level of expression of specific ... -
City climate disclosures and municipal bond ratings
(University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 2023-12)Do voluntary climate disclosures affect municipal bond ratings? Cities play a critical role in determining the trajectory of climate change. The major rating agencies have affirmed their use of climate information in their ... -
Cognitive dissonance theory and alcohol awareness messages : college student reactions
(2008-09-02)College students spend more money on alcohol than they do on books, coffee, tea, juice and soda, combined (Wechsler & Wuerthrich, 2002). Recent studies have shown that binge drinking rates range from 34 to 44% of college ... -
Cohort racial composition: the impact on student achievement
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-04)I examine the effect racial composition of a classroom has on student achievement. Utilizing a first differencing approach to perform adjacent cohort-to-cohort comparisons, I can allow for randomness of births within a ...