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American Literatures After 1865
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This work was created as part of the University Libraries’ Open Educational Resources Initiative at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

A web version of this text can be found at https://umsystem.pressbooks.pub/ala1865/.

This book is an anthology of American Literatures After 1865, a new revision of the open educational resource entitled Writing the Nation: A Concise Introduction to American Literature 1865 to Present. It contains works that have been newly introduced to the public domain and provides direct links to reading materials that can be borrowed for free from Archive.org.

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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University of Missouri St. Louis
Author:
Amy Berke
Doug Davis
Jordan Cofer
Robert Blei
Scott D. Peterson
Date Added:
02/04/2023
American Literatures Prior to 1865
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This work was created as part of the University Libraries’ Open Educational Resources Initiative at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

A web version of this text can be found at https://umsystem.pressbooks.pub/alpt1865/.

This anthology of American Literatures Prior to 1865, is organized chronologically into four units, focusing on Colonial Literature, Literature of Native American Perspectives and Discovery, Literature of Nineteenth Century Reform, and Literature of the New Nation. It includes introductions to the many authors included to enhance the reader's contextual understanding of the chosen texts. This anthology is essential reading for any student or scholar of Early American literature.

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Reading
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University of Missouri St. Louis
Author:
Scott D. Peterson
Date Added:
08/30/2022
General Psychology for Honors Students
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What are the most effective methods to study for a test? What are the meanings of dreams? How do illusions work? With whom are you most likely to fall in love? These are just a few of the questions that have been asked by psychologists since the birth of the field as an area of scientific research in the 1870’s. This text surveys the basic concepts, theories, and pivotal findings over the past 100 years in the science of Psychology, with special emphasis on contemporary concepts and findings focused on the relation of the brain to normal and pathological behaviors. Psychology has long evolved past the psychodynamic influence to include biological, social, learning, motivational, and developmental perspectives, to name a few. Contemporary psychologists go beyond philosophical or anecdotal speculation and rely on empirical evidence to inform their conclusions. Similarly, readers will push beyond pre-existing schemas and misconceptions of the field of psychology to an understanding of contemporary quantitative research methods as they are used to predict and test human behavior.

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Psychology
Social Science
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Textbook
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University of Missouri St. Louis
Author:
Kate Votaw
Date Added:
09/25/2020
Intercultural Communication
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Intercultural Communication examines culture as a variable in interpersonal and collective communication. It explores the opportunities and problems arising from similarities and differences in communication patterns, processes, and codes among various cultural groups. It explores cultural universals, social categorization, stereotyping and discrimination, with a focus on topics including race, ethnicity, social class, religion, gender and sexuality as they relate to communication.

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Business and Communication
Communication
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Textbook
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University of Missouri St. Louis
Author:
Shannon Ahrndt
Date Added:
12/07/2020
An Introduction to Psychological Statistics
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This work has been superseded by Introduction to Statistics in the Psychological Sciences available from https://irl.umsl.edu/oer/25/.

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We are constantly bombarded by information, and finding a way to filter that information in an objective way is crucial to surviving this onslaught with your sanity intact. This is what statistics, and logic we use in it, enables us to do. Through the lens of statistics, we learn to find the signal hidden in the noise when it is there and to know when an apparent trend or pattern is really just randomness. The study of statistics involves math and relies upon calculations of numbers. But it also relies heavily on how the numbers are chosen and how the statistics are interpreted.

This work was created as part of the University of Missouri’s Affordable and Open Access Educational Resources Initiative (https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/aa/oer). The contents of this work have been adapted from the following Open Access Resources: Online Statistics Education: A Multimedia Course of Study (http://onlinestatbook.com/). Project Leader: David M. Lane, Rice University. Changes to the original works were made by Dr. Garett C. Foster in the Department of Psychological Sciences to tailor the text to fit the needs of the introductory statistics course for psychology majors at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. Materials from the original sources have been combined, reorganized, and added to by the current author, and any conceptual, mathematical, or typographical errors are the responsibility of the current author.

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Mathematics
Psychology
Social Science
Statistics and Probability
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University of Missouri St. Louis
Author:
Dan Osherson
Foster Garett C
Garett C Foster
Hebl Mikki
Mikki Hebl
Rice University
Rudy Guerra
Scott David
University Of Missouri-st Louis
Zimmer Heidi
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11/13/2018
Introduction to Statistics in the Psychological Sciences
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Psychology students often find statistics courses to be different from their other psychology classes. There are some distinct differences, especially involving study strategies for class success. The first difference is learning a new vocabulary—it is similar to learning a new language. Knowing the meaning of certain words will help as you are reading the material and working through the problems. Secondly, practice is critical for success; reading over the material is not enough. Statistics is a subject learned by doing, so make sure you work through any homework questions, chapter questions, and practice problems available. Lastly, we recommend that you ask questions and get help from your instructor when needed. Struggling with the course material can be frustrating, and frustration is your enemy. Often your instructor can get you back on track quickly.

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Mathematics
Psychology
Social Science
Statistics and Probability
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Textbook
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University of Missouri St. Louis
Author:
Chrislyn E. Randell
Helena Marvin
Judy Schmitt
Linda R. Cote
Rupa Gordon
Date Added:
12/20/2021
Languages and Worldview
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Asking and answering questions about what culture entails and examines the fundamental properties and intertwining nature of language and culture. This text explores linguistic relativity, lexical differences among languages and intercultural communication, including high and low contexts.

Changes to a variety of OER works were made by Manon Allard-Kropp in the Department of Language and Cultural Studies to tailor the text to fit the needs of the Languages and World View course at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Materials from the original sources have been combined, reorganized, and added to by the current author, and any conceptual or typographical errors are the responsibility of the current author.

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Linguistics
Social Science
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Textbook
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University of Missouri St. Louis
Author:
Manon Allard-Kropp
Date Added:
02/10/2020
Legal Contexts of Education
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Acollection of readings relevant to local Saint Louis, Missouri state and United States federal, laws and cases as they relate to education policies. The readings are organized by topic, as shown below.

The First Amendment

Tinker v. Des Moines School Dist.
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Bethel School Dist. No. 403 v. Fraser
What Does Free Speech Mean?
The Fourth Amendment

New Jersey v. T. L. O.
What Does the Fourth Amendment Mean?
The Eighth Amendment

Ingraham v. Wright
The Fourteenth Amendment

Goss v. Lopez
Honig v. Doe
Missouri Laws

Stewart v. Board of Ed. of Ritenour
Smith v. Normandy School Dist.
IDEA and IDEIA

Cedar Rapids Community School Dist. v. Garret F.
Burlington School Comm. v. Mass. Dept. of Ed.
Stuart v. Nappi
Link: MODESE Policy
Segregation and the Fourteenth Amendment

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Link: Missouri Revised Statutes 168.104-168.129

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Primary Source
Provider:
University of Missouri St. Louis
Author:
Vanessa Garry
Date Added:
03/25/2020