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Tafoni caves in quaternary carbonate eolianites: examples from the Bahamas
(Mississippi State UniversityDepartment of Geosciences., 2007-05-14)Tafoni have been confusingly defined in many ways: variations in size, rock type, and forming mechanisms. This study addresses tafoni in Quaternary eolian carbonates to help better define the term. Large tafoni were ... -
Tailoring Math Curricula for Community Colleges: A Process Approach
Community college instructors continue to search for effective instructional methods that promote student success in developmental mathematics courses such as intermediate algebra. According to research, mathematics is a ... -
Tall fescue in Mississippi
(Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment StationMississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, 1978-12) -
Tall, Cross-Laminated and Massive Timber Buildings: A United States Perspective
This research was conducted to discover how the U.S. building construction and forest products sectors could benefit from the development of tall, cross-laminated (CLT) and mass timber buildings. Barriers that may restrict ... -
Taphonomy of a Late Cretaceous mosasaur specimen from Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
The taphonomy and paleoecology of a well-preserved mosasaur (DSM 10716) are reported from Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. The mosasaur was recovered from the Prairie Bluff Chalk, the exact stratigraphic position and age ... -
Tasteless, Cheap, and Southern?: The Rise and Decline of the Farm-Raised Catfish Industry
This dissertation traces the rise and recent decline of the farm-raised catfish industry. From the 1960s to the 2000s, farmers and scientists reengineered the river catfish into an agro-industrial food crop. Through extensive ... -
Taylor (William) collection
MSS. 81. 0.33 cubic feet. Research material, consisting chiefly of correspondence and clippings for Taylor's M.A. thesis about the "Hell Ships", the Japanese ships that carried American POW's, including many from Bataan ... -
TCB Minimizing Model of Computation (TMMC)
The integrity of information systems is predicated on the integrity of processes that manipulate data. Processes are conventionally executed using the conventional von Neumann (VN) architecture. The VN computation model ... -
Tea As An Alternative Crop for Mississippi
Farmers in Mississippi have begun planting tea (Camellia sinensis) to diversify their crops. Camellia sinensis is an evergreen shrub whose leaves are used to make commonly consumed tea beverages. Tea has the potential to ... -
Teacher Perceptions of the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence: Central Gulf of Mexico Program
The 12 Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) are funded by the National Science Foundation and are designed to promote creative ways of disseminating marine science research and its importance to the ... -
Teacher perceptions of the Mississippi teacher evaluation system: Insight for school administrators
A strong focus has been placed on accountability for the educational process and the achievement of all students. This has put tremendous pressure on teachers, as well as school administrators, superintendents, and school ... -
Teacher Ratings of a Daily Behavior Report Card with or without a Treatment Integrity Measure
This study examined teacher perceptions of an intervention including a daily behavior report (DBRC) with a measure of treatment integrity present (Experimental Group) and without a measure of treatment integrity present ... -
Teacher stress in rural middle schools:teachers' perceptions of three contributing factors
(Mississippi State UniversityDepartment of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education., 2009-04-01)The purpose of this research was to examine rural middle school teacher’s perceptions of stressful factors present in their current position. Data was gathered from 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade teachers in the city and ... -
Teacher support and intrinsic motivation: The mediating roles of enjoyment, anxiety, and self-efficacy
Little is known about the mechanisms underlying the relation between perceived teacher emotional support and intrinsic motivation to learn English. The primary purpose of this quantitative, cross-sectional correlation study ... -
Teachers' Experiences with Literacy Coaching: Instructional Spaces to Teach Third and Fourth Grade Reading Comprehension
The purpose of the study was to understand teachers’ knowledge and experiences associated with teachers’ sense-making of their literacy coaching experiences. The researcher used qualitative research methods in the form of ... -
Teachers' perception of elementary school principals' leadership styles in "under-performing" level 2 schools and "superior" level 5 schools in Mississipp
(Mississippi State UniversityDepartment of Leadership and Foundations., 2009-03-28)The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine how participants perceived their principal's leadership style and whether differences existed in their perceptions based on the demographic variables of age, gender, ... -
Teachers' perceptions of the roles of principals as instructional leaders in "distinguished" (high performing) and "needs improvement" (low performing) middle schools in urban metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia
(Mississippi State UniversityDepartment of Leadership and Foundations., 2009-03-27) -
Teachers' Perspectives on Alternative School Strategies in One School
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand teachers’ perceptions of dropout prevention strategies used in one alternative school and describe how the teachers perceived the dropout prevention strategies ... -
Teachers' Understandings and Attitudes about Argument and the Effects of an Extended Professional Development
In this dissertation, the researcher examined teachers' understandings and attitudes about the teaching of argument and how professional development (PD) affected those understandings and attitudes. The teaching of argument ... -
Teaching a Synchronous Distance Education Course for Elementary Teachers: One Professor's Perceptions
This study examined the perceptions of the professor who taught a synchronous graduate distance learning course for elementary educators. The host site students were taught in the presence of the professor and the remote ...