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  A constructivist approach to elementary school music learning experiences with reference to the ideas of John Dewey 

  Cohen, Mary L. (University of Kansas, 2000-08-31)

  The term "constructivism" has become increasingly prominent in the field of education. The purpose of this· investigation was to examine some fundamental concepts associated with constructivism in order to determine how ...
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  Positive and negative behavioral approaches used in the treatment of nail-biting : an analogue study 

  Davidson, Anna-Marie (University of Kansas, 1977-05-31)
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  David Maslanka’s Liberation: A Conductor’s Analysis 

  Waldron, Nicholas Power (University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)

  Abstract For more than forty years, David Maslanka (1943–2017) was a prolific composer for every musical medium. With significant contributions to chamber music, solo literature, vocal settings, and symphony orchestras, ...
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  Pipes of the Past: Registration Practices of Selected Composers for the American Centennial Era Organ 

  Classe, Ian (University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)

  American organ music prior to the twentieth century is a somewhat neglected area of organ study due to biases of early-twentieth-century academia. This lecture seeks to better familiarize the audience with a small section ...
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  PIERRE COCHEREAU: A LEGACY OF IMPROVISATION AT NOTRE DAME DE PARIS 

  Gender, Matt (University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)

  Pierre Cochereau (1924–84) was the organist of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and an improviser of organ music in both concert and liturgical settings. He transformed the already established practices of improvising in the ...
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  The Effect of Instruction Differentiation in Preventive Classroom Management Strategies on Early Childhood and Elementary Preservice Teachers' Selected Behaviors in a Music Integration Course 

  Potter, Jennifer (University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)

  The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of instruction differentiation in preventive classroom management strategies on early childhood and elementary preservice teachers’ selected behaviors during assigned ...
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  Snow Angel 

  McLarty, Bonnie Erin (University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)

  Abstract Snow Angel is a song cycle for two singers and instrumental sextet that presents the rediscovery and reclamation of personal identity and agency following trauma through the words of Kansas poet Wyatt Townley. ...
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  Perception of Administrative Support and How it Relates to Professional Growth and Job Satisfaction of Elementary Music Teachers 

  Stoltenberg, Katherine Therese (University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)

  The purpose of this study was to examine the perception of administrative support, at the school and district levels, in order to identify how it related to professional growth and job satisfaction of elementary music ...
• CIVIL LAW AND THE LEGAL EDUCATION CULTURE IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA: ALTERNATIVE ASPECTS 

  ALANZI, AWAD Ali (University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)

  This dissertation is principally devoted to addressing significant aspects of the Saudi Arabian legal education system by comparison with countries who have established strong reputations in the field of legal education. ...
• APPLYING PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION TO ESTIMATE PSYCHOMETRIC MODELS WITH CATEGORICAL RESPONSES 

  Jiang, Zhehan (University of Kansas, 2018-5-31)

  Current psychometrics tend to model response data hypothesized to arise from multiple attributes. As a result, the estimation complexity has been greatly increased so that traditional approaches such as the expected-maximization ...
• Water-Based Drill-In Fluid Optimization Using Polyelectrolyte Complex Nanoparticles as a Fluid Loss Additive 

  Whatley, Lucas Brandon (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)

  It is well known within industry that conventional drilling fluids can damage the well’s producing zone. Damage mechanisms occur due to leakage of drilling fluid into the formation even after the formation of a filter cake. ...
• Investigation of the Phenyl Ring of Imidazoquinolines 

  Hunt, Jordan Robert (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)

  The 1H-Imidazo-[4,5-c]quinolines are a class of compounds that are agonists towards Toll-like receptor 7 and 8 (TLR7/8). For example, Imiquimod and Resiquimod have been shown to act as vaccine adjuvants, enhancing ...
• A New Generation of Isoform Selective Hsp90 Inhibitors: Targeting the Cytosolic Hsp90 Isoforms 

  Mishra, Sanket (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)

  Heat shock protein 90 kDa (Hsp90) is a member of the molecular chaperone family of proteins that processes newly synthesized polypeptides into their three-dimensional and biologically active form. In addition, Hsp90 assists ...
• Anime Fandom in Convergence Culture: A Uses and Gratification Approach to Chinese Fan Producers 

  Yi, Erika Junhui (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)

  In the current media environment known as media convergence, technology has provided fans multiple tools and platforms through which to create and publish their fan works online as well as to draw on fan works and connect ...
• Intersections of Genre and Assessment: Systems, Uptakes, and Ideologies 

  Wood, Shane Alden (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)

  Intersections of Genre and Assessment: Systems, Uptakes, and Ideologies seeks to discover and examine the intersections between rhetorical genre studies and writing assessment. Rhetorical genre studies (RGS) and writing ...
• Like Life: Royal Portraits of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) in Ritual Context 

  Son, Myenghee (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)

  This dissertation examines the functions and meanings of Joseon royal portraits by investigating them in light of the material culture and the ritual practices of royal ancestor worship in royal portrait halls, where ...
• Performing Invisibilities: Conjuring the Ghosts of the Forgotten and Ignored on the Stage 

  Soll, Katherine (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)

  The dictatorial tendency to define society through absolute binaries often continues into the discourse of remembrance; the work of transition, then, is the struggle to overcome these reductive dichotomies and capture the ...
• Skeletal Muscle Cytokines following Repeated Bouts of Exercise and Orange Juice 

  Landes, Evan (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)

  The primary aim of this study is to determine if orange juice (OJ) supplementation can attenuate cytokine (IL-6 and TNF-α) levels in human skeletal muscle following exercise in the heat. We hypothesized that exercise in a ...
• The Thun-Hohenstein Album: Constructing and Commemorating the Armored Body in the Holy Roman Empire 

  Kirchhoff, Chassica Felese (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)

  Through the lens of the Thun-Hohenstein album, this dissertation explores the ways that late medieval constructions of martial identity continued to inflect how the armored body was represented and perceived in the early ...
• Kinetic and Spectroscopic Investigation of Structural Influences on Hydrogen-atom Transfer Reactivity of N5-Ligated Oxomanganese(IV) Complexes 

  Massie, Allyssa A (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)

  High valent iron- and manganese-oxo intermediates perform important hydrogenatom transfer (HAT) reactions in both biological and synthetic systems. There has been extensive characterization of HAT reactivity of enzymatic ...

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