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An Evaluation of a Student Response System Used at Brigham Young University
… of the student response system (SRS) used at Brigham Young University (BYU) and (b) to evaluate which instructional methods being used with the SRS students' feel are most helpful. In the past, the student response systems supported by BYU have not fully met the needs of professors and …
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Longitudinal Course of Body Dissatisfaction in Undergraduate Females at Brigham Young University
… dissatisfaction among undergraduate females at Brigham Young University (BYU) using the Body Satisfaction Questionnaire (BSQ).The research also examined what percentage of undergraduate females have BSQ ratings in the clinically significant range and whether body dissatisfaction ratings varied …
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From Womanhood to Sisterhood: The Evolution of the Brigham Young University Women's Conference
<p>For over twenty-five years the Brigham Young University Women's Conference has given women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon) the opportunity to go beyond womanhood and share sisterhood. Spurred by the women's movement of the 1970s, LDS women were pressed to …
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Longitudinal Course of Eating Disorder Risk Among Undergraduate Females at Brigham Young University
This research study examined the prevalence rates and longitudinal course of eating disorder risk among undergraduate females at BYU, and compared the identified prevalence rates at BYU with identified rates at other colleges and universities. Almost 2,000 undergraduate females, in three cohort …
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Life Data Analysis of Repairable Systems: A Case Study on Brigham Young University Media Rooms
… activities in some designated rooms at the Brigham Young University (BYU) under the auspices of the Office of Information Technology (OIT) and help to detect the failure rate of such systems, predict the optimal replacement time for the parts with the view of maximizing the reliability of …
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Dramaturging Education and Educating Dramaturgs: Developing and Establishing an Undergraduate Dramaturgy Emphasis for Brigham Young University
… in basic dramaturgical theory and practice. Brigham Young University (BYU) is an ideal setting for the development of such a program. There is a close community within and surrounding the university; the Theatre and Media Arts Department has high pedagogical expectations; and the Theatre …
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Advanced Structured Query Language Instruction for Engineers of the Office of Information Technology at Brigham Young University
This report describes the purpose, design, development and analysis of SQLTips, an online instructional delivery framework and set of instructional modules relating to advanced features and performance tuning of Oracle's Structured Query Language (SQL). SQLTips was developed using Wiki, server-side …
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Creation of a Training and Development Program for Teachers of Less Commonly Taught Languages at Brigham Young University: A Development Project
… in the Center for Language Studies (CLS) at Brigham Young University. Teachers hired to teach beginning language classes in the CLS are typically very proficient in the target languages, but are not trained in language teaching. Because proficiency in a language alone does not sufficiently …
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An Evaluation of Compatibility, Effectiveness, Utility, and Implementation of Plagiarism-Detection Software Operating in the Honor Code Environment at Brigham Young University
… for Teaching and Learning in Winter 2007 on the Brigham Young University (BYU) campus. A sample of 6 instructors and 79 student users participated in this evaluation. The evaluation findings show that Turnitin is compatible with the academic honesty environment created by BYU's Honor Code. …
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Patterns of User Activity in the Blackboard Course Management System Across All Courses in the 2004-2005 Academic Year at Brigham Young University
… activity database across the whole campus of Brigham Young University during the 2004-2005 academic year. The report contains a set of data represented by tables and graphs that summarize activity, or clicks, in the Blackboard system performed by students, professors, and assistants. The …
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The Correlation Between the Eating Attitudes Test and Body Shape Questionnaire
… of almost 2,000 undergraduate females from Brigham Young University were given the EAT and BSQ twice a year for two to four years, depending upon their year of entrance to BYU. The data collected were analyzed using correlational statistics. Results indicated that a high positive correlation …
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The Impact of a University Wellness Requirement on Student Nutrition and Physical Activity Behavior
<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> The Brigham Young University General Education Wellness Program has three options available to students to fulfill the programs requirement. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of these three wellness options. Specifically we wanted to know; does the …
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Predictors of General Medical Use Among Individuals Seeking Therapy for Marital and Family Problems
… from the marriage and family therapy services at Brigham Young University Comprehensive Clinic was investigated to determine the best predictors of general medical use. Best subsets multiple linear regression showed that the best overall predictors of general medical use were anxiety and hostility.
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Ordinal Regression to Evaluate Student Ratings Data
… evaluations using the teacher ratings data of Brigham Young University from Fall 2001 to Fall 2006. This project uses ordinal regression to model the probability of an instructor receiving a good, average, or poor rating. Student grade, instructor status, class level, student gender, total …
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Hardware Support for a Configurable Architecture for Real-Time Embedded Systems on a Programmable Chip
… The Real Time Processor (RTP) project at Brigham Young University leverages the advances in FPGA technology with a system architecture that is customizable to specific applications. A simple real-time processor has been designed to provide support for a hardware-assisted real-time …
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Preparing a Surpassing Moral Force: The Dynamics of the Brigham University Singers
… close look at an exemplary performing group, the Brigham Young University Singers. Using the methods of phenomenology and naturalistic inquiry, the author presents a rich, thick description of the daily activities and unique culture of the choir. Both strengths and weaknesses of the group are …
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The Acropolis at Kaminaljuyu: A Study of Late Classic Occupation
… from these excavations have been lost. In 2003, Brigham Young University and colleagues from the Universidad Del Valle in Guatemala City conducted excavations near the Acropolis and Palangana in order to collect additional artifacts and create a chronology of the structures found at the park. The …
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A Team-based Approach to the Design and Development of a Customer Service Training Program for Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators
… Psychology and Technology graduate students from Brigham Young University (the BYU design team). This paper reviews both the product and the process of developing the product. It also contains a formative evaluation of the product and provides a summative evaluation plan to be utilized by DMBA …
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An Investigation of Methods to Homogeneously Entrain and Suspend Abrasive Particles in a Low Pressure Dental Water Jet
… of different pressures. Research performed at Brigham Young University has revealed that low pressure water jets have the ability to cut human teeth. Experiments have shown that when abrasive particles are added to the water jet stream, an greater amount of tooth material can be removed at …
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Understanding the Feelings, Perceptions, and Attitudes of Students Who Participate in a Service Study Abroad Program
… and attitudes that developed as students from Brigham Young University participated in a service-centered study abroad program to Guadalajara, Mexico. The study enumerates participants' initial, developing, and final impressions during service study abroad and shows that students go through an …
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