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Item The student-artist based tour: determining gallery teaching practice beneficial for an art museum tour centered on students as artists(2010-05) Smith, Lindsey Scott; Mayer, Melinda M.; Bolin, Paul E.The purpose of this study is to provide the fields of art education and museum education with gallery teaching practice that uses students’ prior knowledge of art making as the means to guide interpretation of art in the museum. This study develops touring methods that maintain the identity of the student artists in the context of adult artists’ works in the museum. This investigation is an action-based research study of how a museum educator can develop touring practice to use art objects to enable students to think reflectively on their art making. The results of this study identify the characteristics of an art museum tour that is centered on students and art making. This study demonstrates a framework for teaching in the museum that incorporates constructivist learning theory, social and active learning, a concepts-based approach to art learning, and develops student cognition.Item Supervisor/subordinate disconnect: An analysis of URT organizational research regarding employee information acquisition(2007-05) Christensen, Kyle M.; Williams, David E.; Scholl, Juliann C.; Stewart, Robert A.The current literature related to Uncertainty Reduction Theory provides accurate insight in understanding motivation to seek information, for employees within organizations. In discovering how to create a more accurate and available communication medium, organizations will benefit considerably in a number of areas. Previous studies have provided a framework to better understand the theoretical concepts related to this problem, however, research needs to be expanded in order to further our knowledge of these growing concerns in a constantly changing global organization. By analyzing existing literature, informational and research gaps are realized, along with four critical emergent themes: Channel Selection, Employee Evaluation Feedback, Employee Expectations, and Employee Reflective Decision Making. These are four areas, in which, employee uncertainty effects performance and organizational success. Discussion related to extended research and informational gaps helps provide direction for assistance in alleviating these critical concerns within an organizational context.