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Theses/Dissertations from 2002
The process of parental choice in choosing a general elementary program or a district magnet program, Nila Jeannette Nielsen
An Analysis of the Impacts of Land Use Change and Greenspace on Runoff Rates in an Urbanized Watershed, Kelly Anne Niemeyer
Student Perceptions of Interactive Television Courses in Rural Northeast Nebraska High Schools, Kevin M. Nolan
The Victim-Offender Relationship: Does It Affect Sentencing?, Denise Olson
Economic Sanctions as Instruments of American Foreign Policy, Win K. Oo
A Correlational Study of Student Self-Image, Academic Performance, School Involvement and Seeking Help in a Crisis, Ralph J. Orsi
Diaspora influence impacting United States' policy in the Caspian Littoral, Daniel S. Parker
The Sustaining Factors of Service-Learning at a National Leader School: A Case Study, Bruce J. Pontbriand
Teachers' Attitudes Towards the Statewide Writing Assessment and the District Assessments Used In Nebraska STARS, Kristi A. Preisman
Fears and the presence of imaginary companions and personified objects in preschool children, Jill R. Ramet
The Impact of Apartment Complexes on Property Values of Single-Family Dwellings West of lnterstate-680 in Omaha, Nebraska, Lesli M. Rawlings
Must Curriculum Based Measurement Reading Probes Be Curriculum Based?, Nicole Riley-Heller
Niobrara National Scenic River, 1985-2000: Old arguments, new compromises, James A. Roeder
Impacts and Effects of Service-Learning on High School Students, Bryan Richard Rossi
Acculturation and geographic mobility: The Sudanese refugees in Omaha, Nebraska, Shelby Lynn Sack
The prairie grass dividing: The history of the Saunders County Farmers' Alliance, 1889-1897, John A. Sautter
Best Practices in Service-Learning at Christian Private Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities, Regan Harwell Schaffer
Service Helix: A Grounded Theory of College Student Development and Outcomes Through Involvement in Community Service, Mary Kay Schneider
A comparison of physical and performance characteristics of NCAA Division I football players: 1987 and 2000, Craig A. Secora
Fear of Victimization in Rural Middle School Students, Benjamin H. Studley
The effects of interdisciplinary team size on student achievement, behavior, attendance, and student perceptions about community, James Vernon Sutfin
Enhancing student development in service-learning with performance-based assessment rubrics, Paula M. Vaughn
Paleoclimate estimates from the Late Cretaceous San Juan Basin using leaf physiognomy., Frederick Vogt
Titus Quinctius Flamininus: Imperialism and the pursuit of auctoritas, Jeffrey Steven Volcheck
Nebraska public high school principals' perceptions of how state standards impact schools, Mark William Weichel
Empowering Students Through Community Action, Natasha Diane Yanez
Antidumping and the business cycle: Filing behavior and ITC decision making, Ke Yang
A Spatial Analysis of Crime for the City of Omaha, Haifeng Zhang
Kindergarten Students' Reading and Writing Engagement at Literacy Centers, Kimberly Ziemann
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Variability in word learning: Phonological sensitivity and phonological memory, Marnie E. Arkenberg
Developing critical literacy with seventh graders., Kasey L. Barr
Stereotypes in African-American television sitcoms: A content analysis., Cornell A. Beck
The Work-Place Experience of Non-Team Special Area Teachers As Affected By Institutional Procedures In Middle Schools Structured For Team-Teaching, Cecelia A. Birckhead
The Missing Link: Democratic Citizenship in Service Learning A Case Study of Undergraduate Course Offerings at a Large Urban University, Michael S. Bittner
Work family policies and perceptions of fairness: Perspectives on supervisor support and work schedule control, Emily R. Blodgett
The effect of teaching techniques on the perception of effort as a causal attribute for success or failure in beginning band., Gail R. Carpenter-Johnson
Software Architecture for Scalable Applications., Sujit Chaubal
Crisis management plan characteristics in elementary schools as perceived by Nebraska public school principals, Linda K. Christensen
The Effects of a Currency Union on Trade: The Case of the Euro-System, Paul M. Clark
Implementation of the Chicago Public Schools Service Learning Initiative: The Role of Teacher Coaches, Elizabeth F. Conlon
Communication and collaboration with educators: The perspective of middle school parents., Michelle M. Cox
Hate speech symbols on the Internet: An ethnology in semiotics., LaTosha Zenee' Dale
Surprise and sense-making: The organizational socialization of first -year teachers in intermediate grades four through six, Kathleen Joanne Daley Peterson
A Three-Dimensional Analysis of Subtalar and Knee Joint Coupling During Running Over Obstacles, Tracy Allan Dierks
The moderating role of trust on the relationship between ingratiatory communication strategies and interactional fairness, Erik Drafsten
Investigating trust in the mentoring relationship: The beginning teacher's perspective, Nancy Ann Edick
Do teacher opinion leaders impact other teachers, Annette Eyman
Support vector machines for classification., Rong Fan
Student Perceptions of Service-Learning in the Community College, Ruben Michael Flores
Cultural differences in self-appraisal of group task: Usage of group vs. individual feedback, Mamiko Fujita
Approximating Eigenvalues for Double Well Potentials., Chad Fulk
Assimilation concerns of immigrant high school students to the United States, Michelle Jeannette Garcia
A Comparison of Selected Physical Fitness and Performance Variables between Division I and Division II Football Players, Marcus Garstecki
Increasing Basic Writers' Thinking About and Understanding of Literacy Through Literacy-based Service-learning, Suzanne Dena Gates
A New Approach to Clustering Biological Data Using Message Passing., Huimin Geng
Comparing Assessment Measures with Spanish and English Speaking Children, Katrina M. Gill-Glover
The effects of television on the social construction of body images by five- and six-year-old girls, Kristine M. Gruidl
A field study examining leader-member exchange (LMX): Challenging the universally positive conceptualization of LMX, Thomas Michael Hepperlen
Characteristics and qualities that are important to middle school-aged students in choosing friends, Kristin R. Honaker-Carter
Adjustment personality trait and the process of grieving among parents who have had children die of SIDS, Agnes Melissa Ibanez
Performance considerations of Libby Larsen's "Corker for Clarinet and Percussion", Daniel James Jacobi
A quantitative analysis of the high school department head role in teacher evaluation, instructional improvement, curriculum development, and student performance standards, John Thomas James
Cultural aspects of preschool education: Ojibwa, Odawa and Potawatomi Indian children's ''ways of knowing and communicating'' in early intervention and Head Start programs, Lois M. Bissell Jircitano
Stories From the Choir: An Exploration of Narrative Voice in N. Scott Momaday's "House Made of Dawn"., Monica Nicole Kershner
The role of small and medium enterprises in the economy of Slovakia, Jaroslav Kling
The role of small and medium enterprises in the economy of Slovakia, Jaroslav Kling
Repercussions of the Dawes Act: Leasing, citizenship and jurisdiction on the Omaha and Winnebago Reservations, 1887-1896, Matthew J. Krezenski
The effects of expertise and information relevance on information search strategy., Jason Lebsack
The Miss America Pageant's Influence on the Self-Construction of its 1985 Contestants, Debra Deitering Maddox
Effects of Smooth Brome (Bromus inermis) Invasion on Tallgrass Prairie., Sarah Jo Mann
Pedagogical effects of service-learning in a human exceptionality course: A comparison of two approaches, John Clinton Mayhew Jr.
Lichens of the ponderosa pine forests of Nebraska., Sara M. Morgan
Extracurricular Activities: (Participation vs. Non-Participation) A Decision for Rural High School Students., Brett A. Nanninga
A comparative study of leadership behaviors of principals from high and low socio-economic elementary public schools in Nebraska, Marilou Niemeyer
Making organizational punishment work: The effects of social accounts and punishment severity, Andrew L. Noon
A study of resources and support needed for families of students receiving special education services., Janis Christine Norgaard
Service Learning: Discovering Effective Communication Strategies by Emphasizing the Community's Perspective, Elizabeth Oppe
A maximal chain approach for scheduling tasks in a multiprocessor system., Sachin Pawaskar
Third-Graders' Motivation, Metacognition, and Transaction As They Learn About Women in History, Joyce Pawlenty
Age Structure, Species Composition and Succession in a Loess Hills Woodland., Peter Christian Phillips
The Single-Sex Classroom and Math Self-Concept in Girls, Gina M. Piraccini
Differences in Value Expectancy and Outcome Expectation Regarding Weight Gain Among Participants in an Air Force Tobacco Cessation Program, James E. Reineke
The Efficacy of Classwide Peer Tutoring on Students with Attentional Difficulties, Todd Reznicek
Arms Trade and Military Expenditures in Eastern Europe, Stephanie Ripp
The effects of fair treatment on customer reactions in a service encounter, Tara Rohde
The women's division of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce 1922-1976, Sharen A. Rotolo
Factors in adults' decisions to enter educational fields, Pamela Anne Schiffbauer
Effects of Limited Offers In Radio Advertising Copy, Andrea R. Schmidt
The Meaning and Value of Service in the Scholarly Work of Education Faculty at Mississippi Public Four-Year Institutions, Thomas Joseph Schnaubelt
The current training practices and perceived training needs of paraprofessionals in special education programs in Nebraska, Enid Ann Schonewise
The current training practices and perceived training needs of paraprofessionals in special education programs in Nebraska, Enid Ann Schonewise
CMM and CMMI: A Comparison and Evaluation Of the Benefits of Integrated Approach., Raghunath Shapkota
E-commerce, its technology, and implementation, Bin Shu
Performance -based assessment: Teacher perceptions of implementation and related potential outcomes, Gary Martin Shudak
Effect of Life Skills Training with Male Youth Who Are Prone to Aggression, Sarah Skradski
The impact of communication medium and outcome severity on the effectiveness of social accounts, Peter D. Timmerman
Gang Affiliation in Adolescence and Attachment in Infancy, Joan E. Unis