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Avian Species Attracted To And Utilizing The Minor E. Clark Fish Hatchery, Fred M. Busroe

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A report by Fred M. Busroe to the Faculty Research Committee in December of 1983 on the avian species attracted and utilizing the Minor E. Clark Fish Hatchery.

Illinois Science Academy: A Proposal To The State Of Illinois, Corridor Partnership For Excellence In Education, Friends Of Fermilab

IMSA History

There is a widely recognized perception that the nation facing a crisis in fulfilling its needs for citizens trained in the fields of science, mathematics and technology. In particular, the State of Illinois has an obligation toward this national issue and to .its own need to develop these human resources that are so intimately coupled to economic leadership in a post-industrial society. This is a very broad challenge; here we propose to address only one important aspect: the nurturing of creative excellence in students of science and mathematics. We are concerned with the extraordinarily gifted person--the upper few tenths of …

Acer Newsletter No. 49 November 1983, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive

No abstract provided.

Fact Book 1983, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Fact Book

This second issue of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Fact Book has been designed to present a variety of information and data about the University in a concise, easily-used format. I hope this provides a profile of UNO that will expand your understanding of our institution.

Extrusion And Wet-Spinning Of Sawdust Solutions, Wade Cain

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A report submitted by Wade Cain submitted to the Faculty Research Committee in September of 1983 on the wet-spinning of sawdust solutions.

The Use Of Feuerstein’S Instrumental Enrichment With Underprepared College Students: A Pilot Study, Michael Kieta

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This pilot study investigated the usage of Feuerstein’s (1980) Instrumental Enrichment with underprepared college students. Open admissions policies in colleges and universities have resulted in the enrollment of many students who are underprepared to meet the academic task demands. Courses have been developed by the colleges and universities to remediate the academic deficits of underprepared students. Remedial courses using traditional educational methods have been largely ineffective. Cognitive process instruction (CPI) is an area of educational research that recently began to receive increased attention in the field of remedial education. The goal of CPI has been to develop the cognitive/thought processes …

A Study Of Current Organizational Structures & The Perceived Impact Of Selected Problems Of Student Personnel Services In Selected Colleges & Universities, Johnny Wolfe

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Administrators of programs of student personnel services are being called upon to be more effective in their planning, to redefine and modify organizational structures, and to find ways to bring more control and flexibility to the budgeting process and staffing patterns. Further, student personnel administrators need to be more effective in assessing student needs, in evaluating programs, in determining problematic areas, and in providing proactive leadership within a more democratic and legalistic framework.

The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) to report on the current organizational structures of divisions of student personnel services in selected colleges and universities and …

Social Change In Appalachia: Prohibition Repeal In A Small Town, David R. Rudy

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A paper presented by David R. Rudy at the Conference on Appalachian Children and Families in June of 1983 on prohibition repeal in an Appalachian town.

Acer Newsletter No. 48 July 1983, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive

No abstract provided.

Business Opportunities Within Appalachian Kentucky, Robert Justice

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

This report's methodology involves comparing the average local population per store for a particular business with state averages for that business to determine whether sufficient population exists to support a new business. By using this methodology, 382 prospective business opportunities have been identified out of a possible 1,416. The potential opportunities are divided into the retail , service, and construction sectors and are targeted for 12 market areas within Appalachian Kentucky.

Comparison Of Educably Mentally Retarded Students' Brigance, Piat, And Wrat Achievement Scores, Jimmy D. Lindsey

Research, Publications & Creative Work

Educable mentally retarded (N=220) elementary and secondary students were administered Inventory of Basic Skills or the Inventory of Essential Skills (Brigance), The Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT), and the Wide Range Achieve Test (WRAT). Results suggested that the Brigance measures do not replace the PIAT and WRAT. (CL)

Effects Of A Content Area Reading Course On Teacher Attitudes And Practices, Ezra L. Stieglitz

Faculty Publications

Efforts have been made during the past 10 years to develop the teaching skills of secondary teachers In the area of reading. Not just those designated as reading specialists but other secondary teachers have been called upon to devote more attention to reading skill development in their classes.

Acer Newsletter No. 47 March 1983, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive

No abstract provided.

The Quality Of Public Education In Boston: An Assessment And Some Recommendations, Karen Seashore Louis

Center for Survey Research Publications

Motivation, self-esteem, achievement and the development of tolerance and acceptance of others -- these are the goals that most, like Crain, et al., have come to accept as legitimate objectives of public schooling. Yet, there is substantial opinion that the public schools of Boston have been unable to achieve standards in these areas that are acceptable to the public, the students who occupy the schools, and the professionals who run them. For example, a recent survey of Boston residents' attitudes toward the schools indicates that approximately 3/4 of all respondents -- irrespective of race, or whether there were any school …

Finance 1983-84, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Finance

IPEDS Finance annual report contains the following information: • Revenues by source (e.g., tuition and fees, government, private gifts) • Expenses by function (e.g., instruction, research, plant maintenance and operation) • Scholarships, physical plant assets and indebtedness • Assets, liabilities and net assets • Different formats are used based on the institution’s accounting standards

Human Resources 1983-84, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Human Resources

IPEDS Human Resources annual report contains the following information: • Employees by primary occupational activity, faculty status, full and part time (collected separately for medical schools) • Full-time instructional staff by academic rank, gender and function • Total salary outlay and number of months covered by academic rank and gender

Fall Enrollment 1983-84, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Fall Enrollment

IPEDS Fall Enrollment annual report contains the following information: • Full- and part-time fall enrollments by level, by race/ethnicity and gender of student • Number of students engaged in distance education, by level and location • Age distributions by student level (odd-numbered years) • State of residence of first-time first-year students (even-numbered years) • Total number of students in the entering class • Fall-to-fall retention rates of full-time and part-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (less than 4-year institutions), and first-time bachelor’s degree-seeking students (4-year institutions)

A New Approach To Relief Etching, Robert Franzini

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

An article written by Robert Franzini and published in the Print News in the 1983 January/February issue, pages 7-10.

An Investigation Into Techniques Of Salt Glazing Ceramics Employing Non-Toxic Environmentally Safe Substances, Stephen Tirone

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A report submitted by Stephen Tirone to the Faculty Research Committee in 1983 on salt glazing ceramics.

Stated And Preferred Sources Of Adolescents' Sex Information: 1964-1979, George E. Dickinson

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A report submitted by George E. Dickinson to the Faculty Research Committee in 1983 on the sources of adolescents' sex information from 1964 to 1979.

Cholinergic Involvement In The Behavior Effects Of Septal Lesions, Bruce A. Mattingly

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A report submitted by Bruce A. Mattingly to the Faculty Research Committee in 1983 on septal lesions and their effects on the performance of rats.

Characterization Of Steroid Hormone Binding And Induction In Estrogen Dependent Mammary Carcinomas, David Magrane

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A report submitted by David Magrane to the Faculty Research Committee in 1983 on steroid hormone receptors and estrogen dependent mammary carcinomas.

Career Development Needs Of Re-Entry Women In Appalachian Kentucky, Jean Wilson, Connie Christian

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A survey submitted by Jean Wilson and Connie Christian to the Faculty Research Committee in 1983 on re-entry women in Appalachian Kentucky.

Conversion To The World View Of Alcoholics Anonymous: A Refinement Of Conversion Theory, David R. Rudy, Arthur L. Greil

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

Most empirical studies of the conversion process have focused on individuals who have come to espouse the world view of a deviant religious denomination or sect. Using observational data our research analyzes the conversion process by which individuals come to identify with the ideology propounded by Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.). A.A. provides prospective "alcoholics" with both a solution to drinking problems and an overarching world view with which to reinterpret their past experience. The A.A. conversion process can be divided into six phases: hitting bottom, first stepping, making a commitment, accepting your problem, telling your story, and doing Twelfth Step work. …

Macroinvertebrates Of The Big Sandy River Basin With Special Emphasis On The Levisa Fork, Gerald Demoss

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

This distributional study of the aquatic macroinvertebrates of the Big Sandy River Basin was based on a review of published literatu re and utilized other professional sources. Data generated include 493 taxa of aquatic macroinvertebrates from the Big Sandy River and its tributaries and from adjacent drainages within the counties of the Big Sandy River Basin. Taxa represented in the study, including the 360 taxa occurring within the Levisa Fork Drainage, are generally distributed fauna in the eastern United States and none of t hese representatives are considered as rare, th reatened or endangered.

Manual For Use With Logo-Ii, James A. Eison, Howard R. Pollio, Ohmer Milton

Theory and Practice in Teacher Education Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.

Estudo Dos Currículos Do Curso De Engenharia Civil Da Escola Politécnica Do Rio De Janeiro: Introdução A Um Método De Analise Quantitativa [A Study Of The Curricula Of The Civil Engineering Program Of The Polytechnic School Of Rio De Janeiro: Introduction To A Quantitative Method Of Analysis], Karl M. Lorenz, Elisabeth Genehr, Elisabeth Drechsel

Education Faculty Publications

O trabalho aplica o Sistema de Analise Quantitativa do Currículo para descrever um conjunto de currículos do Curso de Engenharia Civil da Escola Politécnica do Rio de Janeiro, para os anos de 1810 a 1931.

The work applies a System of Quantitative Analysis of the Curriculum to describe a set of curricula of the Civil Engineering Program of the Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro, for the years 1810 to 1931.

Enrollment Report - Fall 1983, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Enrollment Reports

The Enrollment Report provides administrative and delivery-site information on enrollment headcount and student credit hours, as well as the demographic characteristics of enrolled students. The purpose of this profile is to provide the undergraduate and graduate enrollments and student credit hour information by college or equivalent academic unit, class, gender and ethnicity.

An Evaluation Of The Guidance & Counseling Program Of The Bishop David Memorial High School, Richard Staples

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the guidance and counseling program of the Bishop David Memorial High School. Methods and procedures included the use of the Evaluative Criteria utilized by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in evaluating secondary schools, an analysis of the needs of students, a review of guidance information reported on a Supplementary Data Form, and a review of guidance practices reported in literature.

This study provides information that could be used by administrative personnel, instructors, counselors, and persons performing counselor-related functions in an effort to utilize the guidance and counseling services at the …

Rating Your Individualized Program, James Shymansky

Educator Preparation & Leadership Faculty Works

No abstract provided.