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Holistic Fitness Programs For Older Adults As A Means Towards Optimal Aging, Ellen Jean Sherman

Theses

Three objectives were focused upon regarding the potential of holistically designed fitness programs to facilitate optimal aging. The first objective involved a review of the pertinent literature, revealing a small body of research concerning fitness programs which incorporate physical, psychological, and social components. However, very little documentation of measured effects of these programs was discovered within the literature.

The second objective was description of a current study which involved older persons who participated in two varieties of fitness programs, conventional and holistic. A small group of older persons who did not participate in any fitness program was used as a …

Implementing Aespiritic Education: Inservice Program And Option School Design Using Arts Techniques And Devices, Kayleen Pritchard

All Graduate Projects

I put forth for those compelled by committee obligation or those interest~ in my "viewings": 1) what I imagine Aespiritic Education to be; 2) what, why, and how Everett (my community) can benefit from my imaginings; 3) my proselytization (oops! I said I didn't need that) or Inservice for Aespiritic Education; and 4) my formal educational design for Aespiritic Education. I will include a list of definitions, some diagrams, and various devices (particularly in my file) to help clarify my verbage.

An Instructional Packet Of Teacher Activities Designed To Teach Elementary Students K-3 About Exceptional Children, Lori J. Hanson

All Graduate Projects

The need for and delivery of programs in our public schools to educate elementary students K-3 about Exceptional children was studied. An Instructional packet of ideas, resources, and activities was presented that could be used in an elementary classroom K-3, to help children overcome negative attitudes toward the handicapped and to recognize the rights of the handicapped individual to pursue a normal life.

A Simulated Diet Interview For Use In Home Economics 306, Methods Of Home Economics Education, Patricia G. Shevac

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The necessity for nutrition education of the patient is becoming increasingly important in the health care system. This kind of education can aid the patient to select and practice a more desirable nutritional behavior in order to produce a favorable change in his health status. The dietitian's role in health care education is the application of nutritional knowledge to the individual situation of the patient. A dietitian must first establish rapport with the patient through verbal and non-verbal communication. He or she must be able to understand others' feelings and be warm, friendly, and put the patient at ease. The …

Efficacy Of Gaming Verses Video Viewing In Hospital Annual Mandatory Training, W. Lawrence Daniels

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

This study was designed to investigate an alternative method of instruction for Maryview Medical Center in providing annual training to all of its employees in subjects required by outside agencies. The goal of this research will be to determine the more effective method for the employees of Maryview Medical Center to immediately retain cognitive material.

Proceedings Of The Seventh Annual Science Education Conference: Theme: Science Education In The Eighties, Denis Goodrum (Ed.)

Research outputs pre 2011

No abstract provided.

Using Children's Literature To Stimulate Children's Writing, Lois Jane Auliff

Graduate Research Papers

Writing helps children use language in new ways. The process of writing brings order to unorganized thinking. It brings o a conscious level vague realizations. Because writing can make ideas more concrete, it helps learning take place. As Cook relates, "It is only by putting pencil to paper, by sorting out what we have written, that we come to grips with what we know and believe."

Development Of Instructional Materials To Accompany A Course Of Educational Methods For Dietitians, Laura Frances Crouch

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Nutrition education has become an integral part of the dietitian's responsibilities. By definition, this involves the method by which beliefs, attitudes, environmental influences, and understandings about food lead to practices that are scientifically sound, practical, and consistent with individual needs. Nutrition education should be available to individuals and families regardless of income, location, or cultural, social, or economic practices or level of education.

The Development Of An Assessment Form To Screen Preschool Children For Nutritional Referral, Donna Bond Phillips

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The Ten State Nutrition Survey (1968-1972) included West Virginia as a participant and provided data on the nutritional status of various age groups including preschool children. Information from biochemical tests, anthropometric measurements and a 24-hour dietary recall indicated that a significant number of children in West Virginia and the United States are malnourished or at nutritional risk. For this reason it is essential that nutritional evaluation of children be carried out during physical examinations. However, it may not be necessary for the evaluation to be completed by a nutritionist.

Behavioral Treatment Approaches To Obesity: Successes With The Nonretarded And Retarded, Anthony F. Rotatori, Harvey Switzky, Robert A. Fox

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

This article discusses the successful use of behavioral approaches, which have been adopted from research with non-retarded individuals, to the treatment of obese retarded individuals. The first section delineates a variety of approaches with non-retarded obese individuals whereas the second section summarizes the efficacy of these approaches with the obese retarded. The last section discusses practical and future research implications.

A Field Study Experience With A High School Business Administrator, William A. Murray

Masters Theses

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The purpose of this field study is to gain experience and knowledge of the duties of a business administrator of a school district.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The specialist candidate will be working with the business administrator of Centralia High School during the second semester of the 1980-1981 school year. Centralia High School is a secondary school district with an enrollment of 1500. The person will aid the business administrator with the following duties:

1. Working with the school budget
2. Updating the inventory of property and equipment.
3. Supervision of non-certified staff
4. Scheduling of rental of school facilities and equipment …

Illinois Principals’ Conference, Daniel J. Mash

Masters Theses

The purpose of this Field Experience document is to chronologically record all of the work necessary to plan for and successfully carry out the first-ever Statewide Principals' Conference on Instructional Leadership. In fact, that was the exact title of the Conference, "THE PRINCIPAL AS THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER."

The proposal request for the funds for this conference was made to the Illinois State Board of Education through the federal government's Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title IV, Part C Division. It was that group, after having submitted our request to a Committee of Readers, who approved the request and agreed to …

Progressive Development And Implementation Of An Enrichment Program For Sixth Grade Students At Forsyth Grade School, Robert Ritter

Masters Theses

Objectives

The purpose of this field study was to develop an enrichment program for the sixth grade students at Forsyth Grade School. The major areas of concern addressed in this study were:

1. to arrive at a working definition of the gifted student.
2. to analyze why the 1980-81 6th grade class, and Forsyth students in general, appear to score higher than average on achievement and I.Q. tests.
3. to develop a means of identifying gifted students in the areas of math, science, and language arts.
4. to assure an enrichment program that would meet the needs of these "gifted" students.

Procedures

Students were …

The Development Of A Proposed Policy And Procedures Manual For The South Eastern Special Education District, Paul Thomas Homan

Masters Theses

The purpose of this field study was to develop a coherent, comprehensive, and codified policy and procedures manual to propose for adoption by the South Eastern Special Education Joint Agreement District. Prior to completion of this field study there existed no single source of reference for policies established by the Governing Council of South Eastern Special Education. Also, procedures meant to govern operation of the district, administrative directives, and forms affecting students and personnel were neither organized nor available in one convenient place.

The problem was to compose a useful working document to serve as a guide for future activities …

A Practice-Teaching Program Model For Teacher Training Centers In Iran, Jalil Baharestan-Hanzaei

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem. It is the researcher's opinion that most of the educational administrators in Iran have not fully realized the significance of practice teaching programs in developing and providing competent teachers. As a result, there is no planned design, no guidelines, no model to perform and fulfill the practice-teaching experience, i.e., the absence of a consistent program that includes a practice-teaching component.

Purpose. The main purpose of this study is to develop a viable practice-teaching program appropriate for teacher preparation in Iran. Procedure. This study is descriptive research that typically employs observation, interview, and survey methods. Observation and tentative design were …

Reflector, Georgia Southern University

Reflector Yearbook (1926-1989)

University yearbook

A Post-Hoc Analysis Of Factors Contributing To The Preponderance Of Males In Learning Disabilities, Roger Joseph Piwowarski

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The present study assessed the efficacy of specific classes of variables (Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Extrapersonal) for the explanation of the preponderance of males in learning disabilities placements (LO). Factors were selected which represented a cross-section of variable classes and included behavioral, genetic, and physiological factors. A large number of variables were included to facilitate a relationship between the present study and the many mutually exclusive theories of LO. A significant purpose of the present study was to examine the applicability of specific theories of LO to an actual population. An examination was made of the case histories of a complete population …

Application Of Piaget’S Theory Of Cognitive Growth To The Development Of An Interview Protocol And Validation Of A Task To Assess Reasoning Abilities Of College Students, Bruce Edward Perry

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The developmental theory of Jean Piaget provides a paradigm for evaluation of the reasoning abilities of an individual. The overall aim of Piaget's work was to delineate the sequence of the development of intelligence, particularly the ability of a subject to interact successfully with complex problems or to deal with simple problems in more efficient ways. To this end, this study investigated the validation of a new interview task as an instrument for assessing the formal reasoning abilities of college students. The new task, patterned after a game called MasterMind, requires the subject to deduce the color and location of …

Placing A Parent In A Nursing Home: Factors Related To Adult Children's Decisions, Ruth Cordle Hatch

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to identify alternatives and factors considered in the decision to place parents in nursing homes and to Identify feelings, relationships, needs, and satisfaction levels of the adult children involved in the decision. The researcher also sought suggestions of ways adult children's needs might be met.

Procedure. Adult children who were listed as next-of-kin of parents residing in Black Hawk County, Iowa intermediate care nursing homes were sent questionnaires developed by the researcher. Structured interviews were conducted with 12 of the 106 respondents to obtain information of greater depth. Instruments included multiple …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding Board of International Food & Agricultural Development proposal, sabbaticals, development planning committee, promotion guidelines, telecommunications, final exams and non-degree credits.

The Quill -- December 11, 1980, Roger Williams University

The Quill

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 56, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Collins, Mike & Nathan Johnson. Times for Finals Can be Changed
• About 8,000 Pre-Register for Spring
• Pillow, Robert. Hanukkah: Teachers, Students Celebrate Jewish Holiday
• Kirtley, Marian. Interhall Council Calls Hall Monitors Outdated
• Judd, Alan. He was a Dreamer, but not the Only One – John Lennon
• Gibbons, Roland. Editorial Cartoon: Graduation
• Wright, Chris. Anniversary of University of Evansville Plane Crash
• Galloway, Amy. Editor Breathes 341- Word Sigh of Relief
• Holiday Schedule Set
• Herald Editors Named – Margaret Shirley, Diane Comer
• Employee Group not Active Now …

Ke Alakai, Vol. 26, No. 12 (1980-12-05), Brigham Young University Hawaii

Ke Alaka'i

No abstract provided.

The Grizzly, December 5, 1980, Thomas A. Reilly, Diane Niemy, Pat Keenan, Lisa Lepone, Alan Miller, Elizabeth P. Harp, Susan Colaiezzi, Carl Buck, Jean Morrison, John Fuller, Clint Speers, Kevin Readman

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Work Study Pay Increased To Minimum Wage • Chemistry Department Victimized by Malicious Pranks • Holiday Vacation Marred By Campus Break-ins • Richter Outlines Campus Concerns • Petition Shows Strong Support for Greaseband Return • Alumni Committee for Pre-Med Consultation • Wismer Corner • 1980 at Ursinus: The Year in Review • Southern Bands 'Rock' Spectrum • Handel's 'Messiah' to Be Presented Tomorrow • Songfest Tradition Revived • Women's Basketball Lookin' Good • Basketball Off to Slow Start • Football Ends Victorious

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 005, Number 12, December 1, 1980, Grand Valley State University

1980-1981, Volume 5

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Marshall News Release: December 1980, Marshall University

Marshall University News Releases

No abstract provided.

Pacific Review December 1980, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

The Grizzly, November 21, 1980, Thomas A. Reilly, Barbara Foley, Leah Whitman, Pat Keenan, Melissa Hanlon, Kevin O'Neill, Kay Buckwalter, Elizabeth P. Harp, Lisa Lepone, Christine Battle, John Fuller, Brian Ballard, Kevin Readman, Stephanie Kane

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Dean of Students' Office Releases Vandalism Figures • Maintenance Working To Conserve Energy • Weight Room Relocated In Helfferich • College Union Attempts World's Largest Molecule • Ursinus News In Brief: Espadas to speak today in Illinois; Maintenance planting new trees; Placement interviews coming soon • Rassias Method Explored for Languages • Journalism To Be Added To Curriculum • Medical Ethics Course Offered • Phil. & Rel. Dept. Lecture On Judaism • College To Host 43rd "Messiah" Performance • Foghat and Outlaws Perform for 'Serious Rockers' • Forum On Radiation Draws Mixed Views • Art Exhibit On Display In Wismer …

The Quill -- November 20, 1980, Roger Williams University

The Quill

No abstract provided.

Ke Alakai, Vol. 26, No. 11 (1980-11-20), Brigham Young University Hawaii

Ke Alaka'i

No abstract provided.