This collection contains scholarly articles, reports and other publications authored by faculty and staff members from various departments and units at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

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Submissions from 2015

The Effects of Using A Weighted or Pressure Vest for a Child with Autism, Aaron R. Deris and Cynthia DiCarlo

Deepening Understanding of DEC's Recommended Practices by Using Case Method of Instruction, Aaron R. Deris, Kellie Krick-Oborn, and Cynthia DiCarlo

Job Search (Panel Discussion), Aaron R. Deris and S. Nagaro

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Reference Weeding: Ideas and Challenges, Casey Duevel and Rachel Wightman

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Literacy and Its Thresholds: Review of Thresholds of Iliteracy: Theory, Latin America, and the Crisis of Resistance by Abraham Acosta, Alfredo Duplat

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The Importance of Trust for Satisfaction, Motivation, and Academic Performance in Student Learning Groups, Nicole L. Ennen, Emily Stark, and Andrea L. Lassiter

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The Outdoors as a Learning Environment: Fostering Postive Inclusive Interactions, Linda L. Flynn, Maria Ruiz, Aaron R. Deris, and Cynthia DiCarlo

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Shifting Facilitator Roles: The Challenges and Experiences of Tutors within Aalborg and Maastricht PBL Settings, Lilian Furquim, Elizabeth Pluskwik, and Sally Wiggins

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Beyond Intersectionality to Total Liberation, Carol L. Glasser

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Faculty Experiences from Teaching and Learning Online, Kelly Heckaman, Aaron R. Deris, and Cathie Koss

The Power of Playful Learning, Joyce Hemphill and Laura Scheinholtz

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Assessing NCAA Division II Student Athlete Perceptions of Gender Bias and Cultural Competence in Health Care, Emily J. Houghton, Carrie Meyer, and Missy Thompson

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Resisting "Homo-Hegemony": Bears, Homonormativity, and the Cultural Politics of Sameness and Difference, Aaron Hoy

Teaching Communication Studies Online, Laura Jacobi

Case Study: What Gets Students in an Online Program to Flip Out Over Learning?, Sujatha Jagdeep, Quincy Conley, and Carrie Lewis Miller

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Teaching Mathematical Word Problem Solving: The Quality of Evidence for Strategy Instruction Priming the Problem Structure, Asha K. Jitendra, Shawna Petersen-Brown, Amy E. Lein, Anne F. Zaslofsky, Amy K. Kunkel, Pyung-Gang Jung, and Andrea M. Egan

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Direct Instruction: A Tool, Not an Approach to Reading Instruction, Andrew P. Johnson

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Professional Competency Development in a PBL Curriculum, Bart Johnson and Ron Ulseth

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The Impacts of Project Based Learning on Self-Directed Learning and Professional Skill Attainment: A Comparison of Project Based Learning to Traditional Engineering Education, Bart Johnson, Ron Ulseth, Crystal Smith, and Derek Fox

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A Model of Our Contemplative Nature, Jason A. Kaufman

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Factors Associated with Pressure Ulcers in Individuals with Spina Bifida, Sunkyung Kim, Elizabeth Ward, Brad Dicianno, Gerald H. Clayton, Kathleen J. Sawin, Patricia Beierwaltes, and Judy Thibadeau

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A Brief Overview of Amblyaudia, RaeLynn Lamminen and Daniel Houlihan

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Degradation of the cancer genomic DNA deaminase APOBEC3B by SIV Vif, Allison M. Land, Jiayi Wang, Emily K. Law, Ryan Aberle, Andrea Kirmaier, Annabel Krupp, Welkin E. Johnson, and Reuben S. Harris

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A Murder in Mundelein, Michael Larson

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Linear Algebra, Sang-Gu Lee, Jon-Lark Kim, In-Jae Kim, Namyong Lee, Ajit Kumar, Quoc Phong Vu, Victoria Lang, and Jae Hwa Lee

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Alienation Among College Students and Attitudes Toward Face-to-Face and Online Counseling: Implications for Student Learning, Jacqueine Lewis, Diane H. Coursol, Karin Lindstrom Bremer, and Oleksandr Komarenko

The Wanderer, JP Mackey

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Assessing Student Learning: Growing the Culture, Cultivating Buy-In, Improving Quality, Paul Force-Emery Mackie

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Behavioral Health Workforce Policy Issues: A Rural Perspective, Paul Force-Emery Mackie

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Technology in Rural Behavioral Health Care Practice: Policy Concerns and Solution Suggestions, Paul Force-Emery Mackie

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To Be or Not To Be Out in the Classroom: Exploring Communication Privacy Management Strategies of Lesbian, Gay, and Queer College Teachers, Tim McKenna-Buchanan, Stevie Munz, and Justin J. Rudnick

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Predicting the Redshift Hα Luminosity Function Using [OIII] Emission Line Galaxies, Vihang Mehta, Claudia Scarlata, James Colbert, Y. Dai, Alan Dressler, Alaina Henry, Matt Malkan, Marc Rafelski, Brian Siana, Harry Teplitz, Micaela Bagley, Melanie Beck, Nathaniel Ross, Michael J. Rutkowski, and Yun Wang

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Preservice Teachers’ Ability to Identify Technology Standards: Does Curriculum Matter?, Carrie Lewis Miller

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Intracellular Storage and Metabolic Activation of Retinoids, Joseph Napoli and Charles Krois

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Insulin Regulates Retinol Dehydrogenase Expression and all-trans-Retinoic Acid Biosynthesis through FoxO1, Kristin Obrochta, Charles Krois, Benito Campos, and Joseph Napoli

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Neon and Helium in the Surfact of Stardust Cell C2028, Russel L. Palma, Robert O. Pepin, D. J. Schlutter, D. R. Frank, R. Bastien, and M. Rodriguez

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Radiation History of Giant Cluster Particle U2-20GCA, a Probable Cometary IDP, Robert O. Pepin, D. E. Brownlee, Russel L. Palma, D. Joswiak, and D. J. Schlutter

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Jump Start Faculty and PDS in edTPA Practice, Lori Piowlski, Beth Beschorner, and Lisa Vasquez

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Plunging Beneath the Surface: Uncovering Internal Dispositions, Lori Piowlski and Karen Colum

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The edTPA and PDS Collide in a Culture of Care (COC) Model, Lori Piowlski and Elizabeth Finsness

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Comparison of Transformational Leadership Practices: Implications for School Districts and Principal Preparation Programs, Jeff L. Quin, Aaron R. Deris, Greg Bischoff, and James T. Johnson

The Correlation Between Leadership, Culture, and Student Achievement, Jeff L. Quin, Aaron R. Deris, Greg Bischoff, and James T. Johnson

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The Correlation Between Leadership, Culture, and Student Achievement, Jeff L. Quin, Aaron R. Deris, Greg Bischoff, and James T. Johnson

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Incidental Vocabulary Learning in Second Language Acquisition: A Literature Review, Falcon Restrepo-Ramos

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The Effect of the Spanish Diminutive in Gender Processing of Opaque Nouns, Falcon Restrepo-Ramos and Jorge Valdés-Kroff

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Measured Bremsstrahlung Photonuclear Production of 99Mo (99mTc) with 34 MeV to 1.7 GeV Electrons, Andrew D. Roberts, C.G.R. Geddes, N. Matlis, K. Nakamura, J. P. O'Neil, B. H. Shaw, S. Steinke, J. van Tilborg, and W. P. Leemans

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Waves of Contention: Relations Among Radical, Moderate, and Conservative Movement Organizations, Belinda Robnett, Carol L. Glasser, and Rebecca Trammell

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Treatment and Prevention of Injuries: Content Analysis Running Magazines, Haley C. Russell and Emily J. Houghton

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Where Cultural Competency Begins: Changes in Undergraduate Students' Intercultural Competency, Elizabeth J. Sandell and Samantha J. Tupy

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Online Bibliographies for Shared Discovery, Jessica Schomberg

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Two Repositories, One Strategy: Marketing Digital Collections, Daardi Sizemore and Heidi J. Southworth

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Naturalistic Driving Study: Development of the Roadway Information Database, Omar Smadi, Neal Hawkins, Zachary Hans, Başak Aldemir Bektaş, Skylar Knickerbocker, Inya Nlenanya, Reginald Souleyrette, and Shauna Hallmark

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Establishing the Cornerstone: Implementation and Development of an Institutional Repository at Minnesota State University, Mankato, Heidi J. Southworth

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Setting the Cornerstone: Creation of an Institutional Repository for Minnesota State University, Mankato, Heidi J. Southworth

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Minnesota State University, Mankato Launches Scholarly Communication Initiatives with Immediate Campus Impact, Heidi J. Southworth and Dave Stout

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Pyschosexual Functioning and Adjustment, Eric L. Sprankle

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I Want ALL THE WORDS! How Gestalt Principles and Plain Language Can Help You Become an Effective Document Designer, Jennifer M. Turner and Jessica Schomberg

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Iron Range Engineering PBL Experience, Ron Ulseth and Bart Johnson

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Self-Directed Learning Development in PBL, Ron Ulseth and Bart Johnson

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Popular Culture as Everyday Life, Phillip Vannini and Dennis D. Waskul

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Development of Culturally Proficient Practice Across a Teacher Preparation Program, Lisa Vasquez, Elizabeth J. Sandell, Beth Beschorner, and Lori Piowlski

Teacher Selected versus BEA Selected Early Reading Interventions, Dana Wagner, Melissa Coolong-Chaffin, and Aaron R. Deris

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Teacher Selected versus BEA Selected Early Reading Interventions, Dana Wagner, Aaron R. Deris, and Melissa Coolong-Chaffin

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Going to the Bathroom, Dennis D. Waskul

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Sex and the Internet, Dennis D. Waskul

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Integrated Academic Planning: Developing an Intentional Path Forward, Marilyn J. Wells and Lynn D. Akey

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Differences in Self-Efficacy among Women and Minorities in STEM, Denise Wilson, Rebecca Bates, Elaine P. Scott, Sarah Marie Painter, and Jamie Shaffer

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Belonging and Engagement Among Undergraduate STEM Students: A Multi-Institutional Study, Denise Wilson, Diane Jones, Fraser Bocell, Joy Crawford, Mee Joo Kim, Nanette Veilleux, Tamara Floyd-Smith, Rebecca Bates, and Melani Plett

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Family Involvement in the Schools of Belize, Rachel Youngblom and Daniel Houlihan

Submissions from 2014

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Reaching Across the Aisle: The Benefits of Interdisciplinary Work in Graduate School, Shelby Marie Afflerbach, Chelsea Chatham, Brittany Davis, Tracy M. Grimme, Kristie L. Campana, and Jeffrey Buchanan

Assessing General Education Curriculum: Developing Effective Strategies, Plans, and Approaches, Lynn D. Akey

Balancing Priorities: Sharing Responsibility for the Assessment of Student Learning, Lynn D. Akey

Building Degree Maps: Observations and Insights, Lynn D. Akey

Reporting Program Level Student Success, Lynn D. Akey

MavCLASS: Real-World Analystics to Power Student Success, Lynn D. Akey, Jeffrey Henline, and Jude Higdon

MavCLASS: Deep, Real-World Learning Analytics to Enhance Student Success, Lynn D. Akey and Jude Higdon

Leading Large-Scale Change in an Engineering Program, Cheryl Allendoerfer, Rebecca Bates, Jennifer Karlin, Ron Ulseth, and Dan Ewert

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Design of Geogrid Reinforced Earth Walls: Transition of Limits and Critical Surfaces, Izzaldin Almohd, Osama Nusier, Ahmed Ashteyat, and Mohammad M. Yamin

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A Review of Absenteeism and Truancy: Interventions and Universal Procedures, Emily Marie Bartholomay and Daniel Houlihan

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Analyzing Mix Parameters in ASR Concrete using Response Surface Methodology, Fatih Bektas and Başak Aldemir Bektaş

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The Video Lifecycle: Selection and Processing of Video Collections, Barbara J. Bergman, Jessica Schomberg, and Dorie Kurtz

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Do doggies go to heaven = ¿Los perritos van al cielo?- A story in English and Spanish, Luz Carime Bersh

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Exploring the "Place" of Sport: The Community Center as a Catalyst for Friendship of African American Female Athletes, Jennifer Bhalla and Emily J. Houghton

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Coaching Education Needs in Youth Sport: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Nicole D. Bolter, Laura J. Petranek, Shelley M. Lucas, and Emily J. Houghton

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Man-Made Vacuum, Roy C. Booth and Nicholas Johnson

Bubbles, Roses, and Rump, Marilyn Janice Bos

An Adjunct Professor's Perspectives on the Skills LIS Students Need and How Practitioners and Educators can Collaborate to Provide Them, Robert L. Bothmann

Cataloging Media with RDA Session, Robert L. Bothmann

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Cataloging Moving Images with RDA, Robert L. Bothmann

Cataloging Non-Musical Audio Recordings with RDA, Robert L. Bothmann

CAVM 5.5: An RDA Companion, Robert L. Bothmann

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Hitting a Moving Target: Cataloging in the Age of Emerging Technologies, Robert L. Bothmann

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We Go Together: LGBT Users' Needs and Librarians' Support, Robert L. Bothmann, Heather Tompkins, and Rachel Wexelbaum

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Screening for Early Reading Skills: Using Data to Guide Resources and Instruction, Matthew W. Burns, Katherine M. Haegele, and Shawna Petersen-Brown

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology and Community Service Involvement: Students Helping Locally, Kristie L. Campana

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Feminist Challenges or Feminist Rhetorics?: Locations, Scholarship, Discourse, Kirsti Cole

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Golden Arches & White Spaces: Race in Early Fast Food Places, Angela Jill Cooley

Sensory Integration for Children with Autism: A Review of the Literature, Aaron R. Deris and Cynthia DiCarlo

Effects of Using a Weighted or Pressure Vest for a Child with Autism, Aaron R. Deris, Cynthia DiCarlo, and Cathie Koss

Yes, I am Still a Special Education Teacher: Voices from the Field, Aaron R. Deris and Cathie Koss