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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Medal of honor"”.
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Awards and public perception: exploring the relationship between the evolution of American military awards and the changing American public
The use of awards by the United States military is a tradition dating back to the American Revolutionary War. Since their inception, awards have been either adapted or created to suit the needs of the military of the time. Common among these needs are attempts to influence the American people’s …
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Barbara Buehlman: a study of her career in music education and as a pioneer of the female band director movement
The purpose of this study was to document the music education career of Barbara Buehlman, one among the first female band directors to receive national recognition. Her grade school and junior high school bands in Round Lake, Illinois were known for their excellence and were invited to perform at …
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Global gamers, transnational play, imaginary battlefield: encountering the gameplay experience in the war-themed first-person-shooter, Call of Duty
… the post-9/11 era we have witnessed the rise of war-themed digital games, which are increasingly produced and distributed on a massive global scale. This new form of 'militainment' re-formulates ‘the military-entertainment complex’ industrial model, and by repeatedly simulating …
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A data-driven, player-centric approach to designing spatial skill training video games
"Spatial skills are a subset of cognitive skills essential to success in many different STEM fields, including engineering, chemistry, geology, and computer science [1, 2]. Those with low spatial skill often struggle in introductory college-level STEM coursework and drop out of STEM majors. …