BEARdocs at Baylor University: Recent submissions
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The Gospel Arc : a preaching model to help preachers experience a living encounter with Jesus Christ and his salvation with all of Scripture while preparing and proclaiming the sermon.
(2017)Those who preach with him in view, encounter him anew. This project will introduce the Gospel Arc preaching model to address the need for preachers to experience a living encounter with Jesus Christ and his salvation with ... -
Lithostratigraphic and depositional framework, near-surface Upper Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian strata, southern Brazos Valley, North-central Texas.
(1965)The purpose of this study was to interpret the depositional framework of the original Cisco Group, Upper Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian, in the shallow subsurface of North-central Texas, Stratigraphic interpretation was ... -
Land acquisition in Coryell County, Texas, for the formation of Camp Hood, 1942-45 : a civilian perspective.
(1988-05)This thesis examines the acquisition of land in Coryell County, Texas, for the formation of Camp Hood during the years 1942 through 1945. It focuses on the effects that event produced on property owners who surrendered ... -
Journalism in the curriculum of Southern Baptist colleges and universities.
(1960-08)In 1959 newspaper readership reached an all-time high in the United States. N. W. Ayer & Son's Directory of Newspapers and Periodicals has reported that the combined circulation of English language dailies in this country ... -
Protection of the self, compassion toward the other : Thomas Hardy examined through folk theory of mind.
(2020-03-06)In this dissertation I am using a conceptual framework known as Folk Theory of Mind to shed new insights on Thomas Hardy’s five most well‐known novels: Far From the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of ... -
Raymond Aron and his dialogues in an age of ideologies.
(2020-01-10)This dissertation examines the thought and rhetoric of scholar and editorialist Raymond Aron by exploring his conversations on politics during the Cold War with several of his more well-known interlocutors, including ... -
Media literacy education in Texas high schools : a multiple case study.
(2020-04-13)Media literacy is an expansion of literacy where one has a proficient capacity to read, write, listen, and speak with the skills to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and participate across arenas of life using all forms ... -
An examination of designing and planning for the teaching of secondary mathematics methods courses through the lens of mathematics teaching practices : a multiple case study.
(2020-01-29)A growing body of research related to mathematics teacher education has been built around preservice teachers. Understanding how mathematics teacher educators (MTEs) who work with preservice teachers make decisions about ... -
X-wire investigation of turbulent flow in simulated additively manufactured turbine blade cooling channels.
(2020-02-03)Gas turbine blades may be additively manufactured (AM) using processes such as direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) to create more complex shapes and produce more effective cooling than otherwise feasible with traditional ... -
Effective middle school practices to reduce the frequency with which students share sexually explicit content.
(2020-01-16)The Central Independent School District (CISD) has experienced an uptick in student sexting incidents at the middle school level. It is the opinion of Central ISD and the researcher that additional efforts are required ... -
Polynomial preconditioning with the minimum residual polynomial.
(2019-12-17)Krylov subspace methods are often used to solve large, sparse systems of linear equations Ax=b. Preconditioning can help accelerate the Krylov iteration and reduce costs for solving the problem. We study a polynomial ... -
Revivalism and restorationism : the Brownsville Revival and its leaders’ paradoxical defense.
(2019-12-17)This study examines the Brownsville Revival, a Pentecostal revival of religion that took place at the end of the twentieth century at Brownsville Assembly of God in Pensacola, Florida. The church belonged to the Pentecostal ... -
The nature of global contest : will-to-power and Nietzsche's international politics.
(2020-01-13)Though known for its sweeping and encompassing character, Nietzsche’s thought has had little influence in the field of international politics. This is striking given the frequency with which Nietzsche writes not only of ... -
The blind guide : the principle of individual autonomy.
(2020-02-06)In this dissertation I examine jurisprudence that applies the principle of individual autonomy in the areas of law that connect to the human life cycle: birth, marriage, child-rearing, and death. I focus on the human life ... -
Investigating the McNair Program and alumni outcomes.
(2020-01-28)The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program is a federal program designed to support students from first-generation, low-income, and racial or ethnic minority households. However, little research has been ... -
Lehmann ROC regression and spatial classification.
(2019-12-17)Receiver Operating Curves (ROC) are a widely used measure of accuracy in diagnostic tests. Recently, there has been an increased interest in the effect that covariates have on the accuracy of the tests. As a result, several ... -
An examination of leadership development strategies of fast-growth public-school districts in Texas.
(2020-02-05)The Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (LCISD) hires over a dozen campus administrators annually. This has created a repetitive struggle to find internal candidates who are effectively prepared to fill these ... -
The search for a new order : a historical evaluation of community-based accountability in Texas public education.
(2020-02-20)The purpose of this study was to advance understanding of the perceptions of educational leaders promoting community-based accountability systems in Texas. Specifically, this study analyzed the educational intents of ... -
An exploration of media literacy education programming in undergraduate teacher preparation institutions in the United States : presence and practice.
(2020-03-19)Media literacy education (MLE) helps students to foster critical thinking skills and build their capacity to navigate media use based on well-rounded media literacy (ML) principles. Media literacy education functions as ... -
The great communion of scholars : the American South, Germany, and the creation of modernity in the nineteenth century.
(2020-03-10)This study examines how influential intellectuals from the American South’s four major Protestant denominations came to embrace a form of historicism, the vocation of scholarship, and the idea of the modern university all ...