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Russ 494.01: Seminar - Dostoevsky And World Culture, Clint Walker

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Latn 202.01: Intermediate Latin Ii, Barbara Weinlich

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Grmn 102.01: Elementary German Ii, Karoline Fuchs

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Frch 102.01: Elementary French Ii, Seth A. Barnes-Smith

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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February 2017 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

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Montana Kaimin, February 1-7, 2017, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Dietz V. Bouldin: Testing The Limits Of A District Court's Limited Inherent Power, Erik Anderson

Montana Law Review Online

The power of our courts to wield certain implied powers “must necessarily result to our [c]ourts of justice from the nature of their institution.” Dietz v. Bouldin is the story of how a common Montana traffic accident reached the highest court in the land by questioning the extent of this necessary power. The case specifically raised the question of whether a federal district court could recall and re-empanel an already excused and discharged jury. In a 6–2 decision, the United States Supreme Court chose efficiency over prudence and modernity over convention by holding a federal judge does wield such power.

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The University Of Montana: Institutional Mythology And Historical Reality, George M. Dennison

The University of Montana: Institutional Mythology and Historical Reality

This unedited draft manuscript is Volume 1 of University of Montana President and Professor Emeritus George M. Dennison’s history of The University of Montana.

Dennison's tenure as President of the University of Montana was the longest in the institution's history. In office from 1990 until 2010, his connection to UM began well before he served in any executive capacity. As a student he earned both his B.A. and M.A. degrees in history from the university in 1962 and 1963 respectively. After retiring, Dennison returned to his roots as a historian. Focusing on the institution that played such a pivotal role …

James Lind And The Disclosure Of Failure, Stewart Justman

Global Humanities and Religions Faculty Publications

The James Lind Library, an online repository of documents pertaining to the history and design of the clinical trial, records a number of cases in which a critic of the institution of medicine challenges the profession to a test of rival treatments. It was in this spirit that Bishop Berkeley (1685-1753) dared physicians to test their treatments for smallpox against his favored remedy, tar-water, under similar conditions. Like several other proposed trials of which we have a record, the tournament envisioned by Berkeley never took place. In the year of Berkeley’s death, however, the world learned of an actual test …

Mansfield Library Annual Report, 2015-2016, University Of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library

Mansfield Library Annual Reports

This Annual Report shares the efforts and activities of the Mansfield Library and its employees during the 2016 Fiscal Year. It highlights the ways in which the library furthered and supported the strategic goals outlined in Building the Future: The Mansfield Library Strategic Plan 2014-2017 and also the University of Montana’s UM 2020: Building a University for the Global Century.

Studying “Moments” Of The Central Limit Theorem, Benjamin A. Stark

The Mathematics Enthusiast

The central limit theorem ranks high amongst the most important discoveries in the field of mathematics over the last three hundred years. This theorem provided a basis for approximation that turned the question of reaction into the art of prediction. This paper aims to map a course for the history and evolution of the famed theorem from its’ initial origins in 1733, from Abraham de Moivre’s inquiries to the most recent expressions of the theorem. The journey encompassing central limit theorem includes reformations of definition, relaxing of important associated conditions, and numerous types of rigorous proofs.

Critical Examination Of Ways Students Mirror The Teacher’S Classroom Practice: What Does It Mean To Be Successful At Mathematics?, Paula Guerra, Woong Lim

The Mathematics Enthusiast

In this paper, the authors report the mathematical learning experiences of “successful” female students in secondary mathematics classrooms taught by a “successful” teacher with the traditional mathematics’ behaviorist approach. The authors’ claim that the traditional view of mathematics held by the teacher and supported by the school system could not promote rigorous mathematics for girls to understand the importance of mathematical thinking as a foundation for success in mathematics-related professions. The authors recommend future studies creating opportunities for discussion in the field about the teacher’s view on mathematics, classroom practice, and how these resonate with girls’ experiences of learning mathematics.

Storm Clouds: The “Warning Signs” Fallacy, Stewart Justman

Global Humanities and Religions Faculty Publications

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Soon after Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shot to death 13 and injured many more at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009, reporters and commentators began to wonder aloud whether warning signs of the homicidal outburst had been ignored. “Officials may not have heeded warning signs,” declared a headline in the Washington Post of Nov. 7. According to an article in the New York Times on Nov. 9, the FBI and the Army may be guilty of “missing possible warning signs that might have stopped a mass killing.” Whether or not such a massacre was predictable, the retrospective …

A Symbolical Approach To Negative Numbers, Paul M.E. Shutler

The Mathematics Enthusiast

Recent Early Algebra research indicates that it is better to teach negative numbers symbolically, as uncompleted subtractions or “difference pairs”, an idea due to Hamilton, rather than abstractly as they are currently taught, since all the properties of negative numbers then follow from properties of the subtraction operation with which children are already familiar. Symbolical algebra peaked in the 19th Century, but was superseded by abstract algebra in the 20th Century, because Peacock’s permanence principle, which asserted that solutions obtained symbolically would actually be correct, remained unproven. The main aim of this paper is to provide this missing proof, in …

Teacher Development And Seventh Graders’ Achievement On Representing And Solving Equations, Sheree T. Sharpe, Analucia D. Schliemann

The Mathematics Enthusiast

We analyze the impact of a teacher development program based on a functions approach to algebra on 7th graders understanding of equations and examine how students’ score gains during the academic year relate to their teachers’ initial level of mathematical knowledge of algebra, functions, and graphs. Students from participating teachers’ and their control peers completed a mathematics assessment at the start and at the end of the school year the teachers were taking the program. We determined teachers’ initial levels of mathematics knowledge through a written assessment given at the start of the program. Although both groups of students improved …

A Vision To Serve The Community: A Grounded Theory Approach Examining Educational Persistence Among American Indian Graduate Students, Karla D. Bird

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

The purpose of this qualitative research study was to examine the process of educational persistence among American Indian graduate students attending non-Native colleges and universities in Montana. Specifically, a grounded theory approach was used to generate a theory to describe persistence, using the concepts derived from participant interviews. Participants were American Indian graduate students currently enrolled at the following Montana institutions: University of Montana-Missoula, Montana State University-Bozeman, Montana Tech-Butte, Montana State University-Billings, and Montana State Northern-Havre. This study explored the following central research questions: What is persistence in the context of the American Indian graduate student experience? Why and how …

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A Place To Call Home, Ian Strahn, Kurt Nickolas Secrest, Mckennah Andrews, Jessie Seiler, Emily Eaton, Erika Hidem

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Individuals across the globe do not relate historic migration patterns with current conflicts, which is a problem that encompasses both historic and current migrations. Ironically, individuals who likely descend from immigrants themselves may highlight differences rather than similarities among newcomers while perceiving them as outsiders, and perhaps even exhibiting discrimination toward them. Our group sought to provide an international and historic perspective about migration by paralleling the issues that immigrants --specifically refugees-- face while encouraging individuals to look inward at their own family’s migratory roots. This was accomplished through a three-pronged approach: (1) obtaining profiles of historic and modern ‘refugees’; …

Cultural Considerations For Teaching American Indian Students, Corlin P. Reed

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

When working in American Indian communities, educators must be aware of the concerns unique to the populations of students they will serve. The diversity among American Indian tribes and other communities is such that few generalizations will be of much help for real interactions in the classroom and community. Each group or individual must be approached on their own terms, with respect and willingness to learn on the part of the educator. However, some aspects of social and communicational modalities, historical and cultural factors, and spiritual beliefs are common to many American Indian groups. Familiarity with these can help prevent …

A Reflection On My Writing Process, Madison R. Hinrichs

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

For my honors research project, I investigated the techniques of established contemporary writers, took a specific look at their different ways of framing a story through the guise of recollected memory, and used their conventions and mechanisms to develop my own original work. I also studied the elements of noir, speculative, and realistic fiction, as those are the genres that I am primarily interested in. In the process, I examined my old workshop material, with revision in mind, and selected the pieces with the most potential for improvement. I then developed and polished these into two short works of fiction …

Satirical Perspectives: A Cross-Cultural Comparison, Mariah Johnson

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

This paper proposes a cross-cultural examination of the societal satire of the countries of America and Soviet Russia by way of comparison of two satiric novels. Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt satirizes the business values of capitalist America and the materialism perceived in an economic system based on the mass production and mass consumption of goods. Yurii Olesha’s Envy uses Babbitt in intertextual conversation to perform a similar critique of the Soviet Russian society and values of the same time period. Satiric theory provides a framework for understanding and relaying how each novel performs its parody of the respective society, while historical …

Raising Cultural Awareness In Undergraduate Students Through An Online Pen Pal Program, Jenny-Lin Smith, Mackenzie Lombardi, Rehana Asmi, Madison Hinrichs, Kayla Robertson, Lindsey Buck, Anna Reid

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

International written communication networks, such as pen pal programs, help spread cultural awareness by connecting people from around the world. Competent intercultural communication is the foundation for strong global partnerships. It encourages diversity, increases academic achievement, and gives individuals a competitive edge in the global workforce. This study examines changes in the cultural awareness of 50 U.S. undergraduate participants enrolled in an intercultural communication course at a northwestern university after they exchange private, online pen pal letters with 50 international partners from across the globe. The U.S. participants were divided into Group A (test-group) and Group B (control-group) and then …

Linguistic Imperialism And Volunteer English Teaching: A Neo-Colonial Practice?, Sarah K. Hamburg

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Colonial era tactics of oppression may seem obsolete; however, the United States continues to exploit the same peripheral nations that it, and other world superpowers, have dominated for centuries. In Latin America, the influence of the American hegemony penetrates every aspect of life. Unable to escape the grip of the capitalist system, Latin America has become culturally subservient to the United States, whose supremacy has, over time, led to the extinction and endangerment of hundreds of indigenous languages and cultures. Through years of exposure to American mass culture (i.e. television, music, media, and consumer products), and an unyielding economically dependent …

Atlassian: Analysis And Strategic Recommendation, Ryann M. Carlson

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

This research consists of an external and internal analysis of, as well as a strategic recommendation for Atlassian, an Australian software company. The external analysis will use various frameworks to analyze the following: changes and trends in the environment, Porter’s Five Forces industry analysis, competitor analysis, industry segmentation and demand issues and opportunities in the industry. The internal analysis will use various frameworks to perform an internal resource assessment, financial resources assessment and assessment of opportunities for the company. The analyses are used to identify the competitive dynamics in the external environment and the strategic factors that make the company …

Editing: The Value Of Quality Content In An Online-First Industry, Megan Giddings

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

As the journalism industry shifts away from the traditional print newspaper model and toward a faster-paced, online standard, the commitment to editing content is steadily diminishing. This research project aims to examine the current state of editing within this industry and to determine whether this reduced emphasis on revision and correction is detrimental to news organizations and similar journalistic publications. Through an investigative assessment of recent studies, relevant publications and materials, and interviews with industry professionals, I attempt to define the editorial profession and what it means to be a “good editor.” I also observe employment trends and assess alternative …

Thtr 120a.90: Introduction To Acting, Matthew T. Mcdaniel

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Psci 320.01: Politics Of The Middle East, Eva Maggi

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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A Generation Of Katnisses: The New Power Of Female Protagonists In Young Adult Dystopian Literature, Mckenzie K. Watterson

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Considering emerging heroines in young adult dystopian fiction, this project first examines them in a literary review. Using feminist ethics of care as a baseline, the review considers their unique worlds, agency, and motivation