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Assessment for learning in Design and Technology: An ethnographic study in Mauritius state secondary schools
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Research advocates that it is the teacher’s role to support learners to take the next steps in their learning. ‘Assessment for learning’, considered as a bridge between teaching and learning, not only provides teachers ... -
Typographic Emphasis of Headings: Methods of typographic emphasis to assist with search of unfamiliar and familiar text
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Readers use headings to understand the structure and content of a text, and to locate information. Readers understand the structure of a text by building an understanding of the structure of the content through developing ... -
Communication challenges of web development SMEs: The benefits and challenges of organizational tensions
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis examines the communicative constitution of organisations (CCO) through the communication challenges faced by web development small and medium enterprises (Cooren, Kuhn, Cornelissen, & Clark, 2011; Putnam & ... -
The Development of a Whole School Approach to Education for Sustainabiliy
(The University of Waikato, 2018)To address environmental and sustainability problems we need a new way of educating our young people; one that provides them with the capabilities and skills to find and examine their own frameworks for solving these ... -
Biopolymer foams from Novatein thermoplastic protein and poly(lactic acid)
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Novatein is the only commercial thermoplastic protein made from bloodmeal, a highly denatured protein and a readily available by-product of the meat processing industry. One of the major limitations of Novatein is its ... -
Liability for pollution damage from offshore oil spills: The CLC and fund conventions, the EU's Environmental Liability Directive and their implications for New Zealand law
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis will apply conventional methods of legal analysis to ask how New Zealand’s offshore petroleum liability regime came to be created from a pair of international shipping liability and fund conventions, and ... -
Quantifying the trade impact of non-tariff measures: Econometric and CGE Analysis
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis focuses on the impact of non-tariff measures (NTMs) on merchandise trade. NTMs are broadly defined as policy measures, other than tariffs, which may have an impact on international trade in goods and services. ... -
Characterisation of an acute anorexigenic action of l-tryptophan: a link with neural mechanisms regulating appetite
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Recent evidence suggests that individual amino acids may promote hypophagia, however, our understanding of processes underlying their anorexigenic action is extremely limited. The few human and laboratory animal studies ... -
Three essays on stated choice experiments for nonmarket valuation of landslide protection
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis consists of three essays that improve the general understanding of the public demand for safety programmes in the context of natural hazards. With the growing importance of this topic around the world, this ... -
Understanding the beliefs and behaviours of low-skilled adults as they re-engage with mathematics
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis explored low-skilled adult learners’ beliefs about mathematics and how they engaged with mathematical content delivered as part of foundation-level vocational programmes in New Zealand. It also examined how ... -
Sleeping to Perform: Examining Sleep and Exercise in Elite Female Athletes
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Sleep plays an essential role in biological functions, and is fundamental for human health and wellbeing. Sleep is also widely recognised as playing an important role in the sporting environment, with an increasing awareness ... -
Sites of value? Discourses of religion and spirituality in the production of a New Zealand film and television series
(The University of Waikato, 2003)This interdisciplinary study examines the nature of the discourses of religion and spirituality circulating in and around the production of a feature film, Saving Grace and a television mini-series, The Chosen, made and ... -
Adaptive user interfaces for the Semantic Web
(The University of Waikato, 2018)The Semantic Web aims to democratise data by making data open, shareable and recombinable (Berners-Lee, Hendler, & Lassila, 2001). To achieve these characteristics, Semantic Web data, different to data on the web, is ... -
Baristas: The artisan precariat
(The University of Waikato, 2018)My research on the work identit(ies) of baristas demonstrates that different workplaces, in conjunction with individual biographies, produce different kinds of work identities. Connected to these differences are the actual ... -
Evaluation of environmental literacy of pre-service teachers in New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Environmental education (EE) has been recognized as a vital tool that could help to alleviate the prevailing environmental and sustainability issues facing our world today. One of the goals of environmental education (EE) ... -
Investigation of host cell wall degrading strategies of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa)
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa and Actinidia chinensis) is cultivated in several countries including Italy, France, Chile, China, Japan, Korea and New Zealand and is an important income earner for a majority of these ... -
Coming home through football: A geographic exploration of long-distance fandom
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis focuses on the relationship between long-distance football fandom and home. It examines how the act of supporting non-domestic football clubs is a symbolic and material connection to multiple scales of home for ... -
"Trigger warnings" are trivially effective at reducing distress
(The University of Waikato, 2018)University students are requesting, and many of their professors are issuing, “trigger warnings.” Trigger warnings are a kind of content warning; they give a précis of the material to follow and caution that it may cause ... -
Culture and Collaborative Conservation? Inter-cultural Difference and the Maungatautari Project
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis situates and examines the role of sociocultural difference and biculturalism in the Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain project, a multi-stakeholder community-based biodiversity conservation project in the Waikato ... -
Investigating the use of wearable technology to support safety in the workplace
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Many workplaces in New Zealand can be described as hazardous. That is, the nature of the work and/or workplace, or the combination of the two, can lead to situations where workers may be at risk of workplace accidents. One ...
