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The Four-Day versus the Five-Day School Week: A Comparative Study of South Dakota Schools
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The purpose of this study was to determine what impact the four-day school week had on the Dakota STEP test by comparing four-day schools to themselves three years before their switch to their Dakota STEP test scores in ...
Identification of the Root Causes of Construction Accidents: Method-Related Causes
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Safety in construction is a problem that has been gaining increased attention in recent years. Although lots of research is being done to address different aspects of improving safety, the challenge remains in narrowing ...
Implementing Building Information Modeling (Bim) at AEC Firms in India
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The Indian Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is still at the very infancy stage with the adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to improve the design, construction, and facility management ...
Sexual Assault Cases and the Funnel of Justice: An Examination of Police and Prosecutorial Decision-Making
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
In order to improve responses to sexual assaults so that fewer cases drop out of the criminal justice funnel, it is important to understand the decision-making processes of the police and prosecutors in these cases. The ...
Effectiveness of Restorative Justice Programs in the Prevention of Juvenile Crime
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
This study examined how restorative justice programs impact the probability of recidivism among juvenile offenders. It compared juveniles who completed restorative justice programs versus juveniles who were released with ...
Examination of the Psychometric Properties of an Instrument Measuring Treatment Fidelity of Offenders Participating in Moral Reconation Therapy
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The availability of quality treatment assessments for offender correctional programs in the United States is limited (Polaschek & Ross, 2010; Singh, Grann & Fazel, 2011). Therefore, a greater focus on the evaluation of ...
The Associations Between Student Perceptions of the Classroom Psycho-Social Learning Environment and Motivation to Learn Chinese
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations between students’
perception of their classroom psychosocial learning environment and motivation to learn
Mandarin Chinese, which can support teachers in ...
Mainstreaming Critical Disability Studies Towards Undoing the Last Prejudice
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
According to critical disability studies scholars, disablism may be the fundamental system of unearned advantaging and disadvantaging upon which all other notions of difference-as-deviance are constructed. If so, a deeply ...
Study of Assessment Data Usage in Student Affairs-Related Strategic Planning and Student Learning
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
This qualitative, multiple site case study addressed five key areas (a) accountability; (b) student affairs assessment; (c) student affairs strategic planning; (d) student learning in student affairs; and (e) linkages: ...
Instructors' Attitudes Toward Online Visual Art Courses: Impact of Technology Experience and Incentives
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The general purpose of this quantitative study was to review university visual art instructor attitudes toward online visual art courses, instructor perspectives toward online education instructor incentives, and instructor ...