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Daily Eastern News: March 07, 2007, Eastern Illinois University

March

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Research And Review, Number 8, Eastern Illinois University

Research and Review Series

Women's Studies at Eastern Illinois University:

a special issue celebrating the history of women's studies and women's advocacy on campus and the work of women's studies students and faculty, with contributions by Linda Coleman and Ruth Hoberman, Debra A. Reid, Rachael Jones, Katherine Maasen, Susan Woods, Robin Murray and Joseph Heumann.

Daily Eastern News: February 21, 2007, Eastern Illinois University

February

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February 15, 2007, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

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Daily Eastern News: February 14, 2007, Eastern Illinois University

February

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Daily Eastern News: February 09, 2007, Eastern Illinois University

February

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February 8, 2007, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

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February 1, 2007, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

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Daily Eastern News: January 29, 2007, Eastern Illinois University

January

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January 26, 2007, College Of Science Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee

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Daily Eastern News: January 25, 2007, Eastern Illinois University

January

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Daily Eastern News: January 23, 2007, Eastern Illinois University

January

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January 12, 2007, College Of Science Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee

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Daily Eastern News: January 12, 2007, Eastern Illinois University

January

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Daily Eastern News: January 11, 2007, Eastern Illinois University

January

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Daily Eastern News: January 09, 2007, Eastern Illinois University

January

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Eiu Graduate Catalog 2005-2007, Eastern Illinois University

EIU Graduate Catalogs

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Program Booklet, Allen K. Lanham, Marlene Slough, Peggy Manley

Farm Life: Booklet and Audio Files

Eastern Illinois University Undergraduate Catalog 2007 - 2008, Eastern Illinois University

Eastern Illinois Catalog Bulletins

This Catalog lists available courses for the 2007-2008 term.

Farm Life, Booth Library

Booth Library Programs

Further information about this program can be found on the Booth Library FARM LIFE exhibit page.

Exhibit Dates
This exhibit was displayed at Booth Library February 5 - March 7, 2007

Fathers' And Young Sons' Everyday Talk: A Conversation Analytic Study Of Topic Initiation And Development, Stacia Jayne Ozier

Masters Theses

As Floyd and Morman (1999) argue, "there are few male-male relationships that may be more socially significant than that between father and son"(p. 310). This study is an introduction to the exploration of topic in father-young son interaction. Using the method of conversation analysis we have identified how three father-young son groups initiate topic in actual everyday conversation. Both fathers and sons used aspects of the physical environment and social activities as resources for topic initiation. In addition, one father used other-focused questions to initiate topics with his young sons. In the examination of the practices used by the fathers …

Presenting Problems And Treatment Outcome Of College Counseling Center Clients: The Role Of Gender And Academic Major, Erik Lennart Timothy Fister

Masters Theses

The current study examined whether gender and/or academic specialization had any relationship to students presenting issues, symptom severity, and treatment outcome at a university counseling center. The participants were 484 clients and the data were collected at an East Coast university counseling center. Clients were included for the analyses if they were a new intake, clearly fit into one of six categories for academic major, and attended more than one session. Each client filled out both the Personal Information Form (PIF) and Behavioral Health Questionnaire (BHQ) at intake, and was administered the BHQ prior to each subsequent session. Based on …

Science And Application: A Comparison Of Graduate Training In Counseling And Clinical Psychology, Nupur Jain

Masters Theses

Often times, when considering training and careers in psychology, students have difficulty deciding whether to pursue clinical psychology or counseling psychology as a career. The decision made might be a result of limited or biased information. Additionally, students often fail to make important distinctions between counseling psychology and the professional field of counseling, which has implications for the career path they pursue. The purpose of the current literature review is to provide readers with the range of knowledge and ideas, including contrasting perspectives and viewpoints that have been established in this area.

Students also often fail to make important distinctions …

Evaluation Of Year Round Education: Does It Increase Isat Reading Scores In Third And Eighth Grade Students?, Kristy Marlett

Masters Theses

Little is known about how a modified school calendar influences student achievement in reading. The present study investigated how students performed on the ISAT reading test after the district switched to a year-round calendar when compared to scores when the district was using a traditional school calendar. In other words, this longitudinal study attempted to answer if performance on the ISAT is related to the type of calendar, gender, grade level, and receiving special education services. Participants were 900 students in the third and eighth grades of one Illinois school district that transitioned from traditional school calendar to Year Round …

Perceptions Of Sororities Among Sorority Women, Deborah Denise Appleby

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine sorority women's perception ons on certain aspects of sororities and how they believe sororities are perceived by non-sorority women and faculty. The benefits of the study include awareness of the perceptions that sorority women hold of sororities, improvements can be made in areas that haveе negative perceptions, and the positive aspects of sororities can be promoted more.

A survey was used to collect data and SPSS statistical software wavas used to analyze data. Eight of the nine Panhellenic sororities at Eastern Illinois Universi versity were surveyed, providing 395 respondents. Their ages ranged …

Media's Portrayal Of Women: Impact On Aggressive Attitudes And Beliefs, Danielle Trezek

Masters Theses

The purpose of this quasi-experimental quantitative study was to examine images in magazine advertisements and the impact of these images on aggressive attitudes and beliefs towards women. The three research objectives were: 1) to explore the appeal of the portrayals of women in magazine advertisements to males and females, 2) to examind the attitudes and acceptances of violence, gender-roles, and gender stereotypes of the participants after viewing the different portrayals, and 3) to compare the results of males and females to explore the differences in aggression between genders. The participants consisted of 71 college males and females from a Midwestern …

A Formative Evaluation Of The 2005-2006 Eastern Illinois University Resident Assistant Selection Process, Brian O'Neal Johnson

Masters Theses

The present study was conducted as a formative evaluation of the 2005-2006 Eastern Illinois University Resident Assistant Selection Process. The purpose of the present project was two-fold: 1) to assess participates' perceptions, candidates and instructors, of the five-week Resident Assistant workshop course; and, 2) to generate potential recommendations from research participants for future resident assistant selection processes.

Factors Influencing Early Literacy Skill Acquisition Among At-Risk Kindergarten Children, Jill E. Feller

Masters Theses

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 placed federal mandates on education in which all children will be expected to read grade-level text by the 3rd grade in the academic year of 2013-2014. Risk factors that can be linked to interventions in order to reach the goals of NCLB were investigated. In this study, the risk factors of parental involvement (Reading Minute Index), parental literacy interaction style (Home Questionnaire), and Overactive and Underactive problem behaviors (ASCA composite scores) were analyzed in relation to the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills kindergarten spring benchmarks.

This study was conducted in …

Soc 4555 : Honors Research, Sociology And Anthropology

Approved Course Proposals

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Soc 2820 : Sociology Of Education, Sociology And Anthropology

Approved Course Proposals

No abstract provided.