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Effects Of Subtitled Video During Transactional Task Practice On Oral Communicative Performance Of Fifth Semester College Students Of French Learning With Multimedia Courseware., Isabel Borras Jan 1993

Effects Of Subtitled Video During Transactional Task Practice On Oral Communicative Performance Of Fifth Semester College Students Of French Learning With Multimedia Courseware., Isabel Borras

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of subtitled video during transactional task practice on oral communicative performance of fifth semester college students of French learning with multimedia courseware. Task practice was provided by the multimedia package, "Practicing Spoken French" (PSF) specifically designed by the researcher for this study. The package, which integrates HyperCard and videodisc technologies, allows for individually customized practice of two video-based oral tasks, description and narration. Drawing on Salomon's theories about the effects of media coding elements and perception of task on cognition and learning, the study used a 2 x 2 factorial …

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The Songs Of Elsa Respighi Olivieri Sangiacomo., Mary Lenn Buchanan Jan 1993

The Songs Of Elsa Respighi Olivieri Sangiacomo., Mary Lenn Buchanan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This monograph includes limited biographical and historical data intended to show Elsa Respighi's chronological and technical relationship within the sphere of twentieth-century vocal music. The poets who provided text for her music are reviewed, and a discussion of her treatment of the text is summarized. This study deals with twelve solo songs of Elsa Respighi. Each song was inspected for the following: melody, harmony, form, and piano accompaniment. These elements were discussed from the viewpoint of the performer. The survey yielded the following information about each song. Seven songs list the name of a poet, five songs do not. Six …

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The Comparative Effects Of A Cognitive Learning Strategy And Movement Sequence Feedback During Motor Skill Acquisition., David Michael Cutton Jan 1993

The Comparative Effects Of A Cognitive Learning Strategy And Movement Sequence Feedback During Motor Skill Acquisition., David Michael Cutton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of an active, cognitive learning strategy and movement sequence feedback on learning the tennis forehand. Three experiments were conducted which involved manipulations of cognitive learning strategies and/or augmented, movement sequence feedback (AMSF). In Experiment 1 four groups of subjects (Advance Organizer (AO) strategy, Performer Self-Cueing (PSC) strategy, and two Control groups (differentiated by background)) performed 50 trials on 5 separate days in a pretest, posttest design, separated by 3 acquisition days. Subjects who used either strategy had significantly better outcome scores than the two Control groups. The PSC group's movement …

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Specificity Of Chaperonin Groel Binding To The Precursor Of The Small Subunit Of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase., Carmen Wheelock Dessauer Jan 1993

Specificity Of Chaperonin Groel Binding To The Precursor Of The Small Subunit Of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase., Carmen Wheelock Dessauer

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Although chaperonin-assisted protein folding has been studied in vitro by a number of investigators, the features of an unfolded or partially folded polypeptide that are recognized and bound by chaperonins are not known. I addressed this question using the precursor of the small subunit (pS) of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase as a model substrate for GroEL, the bacterial chaperonin. The precursor protein was expressed in E. coli as a C-terminal fusion to protein A. Protein A-pS (and any associated cellular proteins) was isolated by affinity chromatography. GroEL could be eluted from the fusion protein by ATP and either GroES or casein, consistent …

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Autobiography As Repetition In The Works Of Walker Percy., Edward Joseph Dupuy Jan 1993

Autobiography As Repetition In The Works Of Walker Percy., Edward Joseph Dupuy

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

While many critics have explored some connections between Walker Percy's work and the philosophies of Soren Kierkegaard and Martin Heidegger, none has examined that link in terms of autobiography and autobiographical theory. This study looks at both Percy's fiction and nonfiction in light of the category of repetition and its relation to autobiography. Following largely the work of William Spanos, the first chapter establishes a reading of autobiography as repetition--understood as inter esse, "being between" and concerned in time. It then discloses a link between such a view of autobiography and Percy's diagnostic use of the novel. The remainder of …

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2,2',6,6'-Tetrasubstituted Diarylethynes: Models To Test Proximity And Position In Catalysis., Kevin Levon Evans Jan 1993

2,2',6,6'-Tetrasubstituted Diarylethynes: Models To Test Proximity And Position In Catalysis., Kevin Levon Evans

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Enzymes exhibit extraordinary efficiency and specificity in catalysis. A source of the catalytic power observed in enzymes has been attributed to the ability of the enzyme-substrate complex to bring the substrate into close proximity to the catalytic groups with proper orientation for reaction. However, the contributions of proximity and of orientation to the origin of catalytic power have not been quantified. A series of tethered and untethered 2,2$\sp\prime,$6,6$\sp\prime$-tetrasubstituted diarylethynes have been proposed to study the effect of proximity of the catalytic group to the substrate on catalysis. The syntheses of the diarylethyne models require efficient procedures for the synthesis of …

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Woven Words: A Semiology Of Clothing In Medieval Texts., Fernando Luis Figueroa Jan 1993

Woven Words: A Semiology Of Clothing In Medieval Texts., Fernando Luis Figueroa

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Much criticism in medieval studies has focused on Chrisitan allegory and its dissemination through Middle English poetry. Using recent insights into the nature of allegory in its medieval context, this study offers a new means of understanding allegory as it appears in the work of Chaucer and the Pearl-poet. Which ideas of figurality actually informed the works of these poets? The investigation into the influence of medieval "textuality" on Chaucer and the Pearl-poet has overlooked the image of the "veil" in the Middle Ages. This study asserts that instead of being a "flat" image, the veil provides us with a …

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Discourses Of Maternity And The Postmodern Narrative: A Study Of Lessing, Walker, And Atwood., Janet J. Montelaro Jan 1993

Discourses Of Maternity And The Postmodern Narrative: A Study Of Lessing, Walker, And Atwood., Janet J. Montelaro

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook, Alice Walker's The Color Purple, and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale are narrated by women whose social identities are partially constructed through activities traditionally associated with mothering. In each text, maternity signifies a biological event as well as the social, sexual, and material relations involved with pregnancy, childbirth, and the nurturing and rearing of children, activities which become grounds for investigating the politics of the body, of sexuality, and consequently, of gender relations. Maternity becomes politicized within the cultural contexts of each novel as maternal experience functions to produce both feminist and postmodernist critiques. In …

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Windows To Critical Thinking: Perspectives On Pedagogy In Henry James's "The Bostonians", Carson Mccullers's "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter", And Frederick Douglass's "Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave"., James Thomas Mullane Jan 1993

Windows To Critical Thinking: Perspectives On Pedagogy In Henry James's "The Bostonians", Carson Mccullers's "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter", And Frederick Douglass's "Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave"., James Thomas Mullane

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Many times teachers restrict students to viewing literature through a single "preferred" window or from a rather small set of tiny windows, thus hindering their ability to think critically and make choices for themselves. It is my contention that our pedagogy should facilitate a "school of windows" in which students are offered many different vantage points from which to "see" literature--an environment which, instead of monologically conditioning them to accept content without criticism or question, dialogically allows them their own place and importance in active discourse. This study delineates the power that literature has to enable students to acquire these …

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Attitude Formation And Development: An Investigation Of The Interrelationships Among Attitudinal Constructs And Their Resistance To Counterpersuasion., Melodie Ree Phillips Jan 1993

Attitude Formation And Development: An Investigation Of The Interrelationships Among Attitudinal Constructs And Their Resistance To Counterpersuasion., Melodie Ree Phillips

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The study examined the resistance of attitudes to counterpersuasion using the Elaboration Likelihood Model as a framework for analysis. The ELM postulated the centrally formed attitudes are more resistant to counterpersuasion than peripherally formed attitudes. A negative publicity setting was used to introduce respondents to a longitudinal study of attitude formation and change. A model was developed hypothesizing the role of company and brand cognitions would be significant in the formation of attitudes and intentions in central processors. It was hypothesized that A$\sb{\rm Ad}$ would be the primary influence on company and brand attitudes for peripheral processors. A sample of …

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Contributions Of Monoclonal Antibodies With Anti-Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Like Activity To Peripheral Nerve Regeneration., Laura G. Remsen Jan 1993

Contributions Of Monoclonal Antibodies With Anti-Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Like Activity To Peripheral Nerve Regeneration., Laura G. Remsen

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Tubes containing monoclonal antibodies with anti-neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM)-like activity were applied to transected sciatic nerves to attempt to perturb the recovery of muscle function. Physiological recordings were used to estimate the return of function. The decline of implanted antibody over 28 days was estimated. No significant immune responses were detected in response to the implanted material. Electron microscopic and immunohistological analyses evaluated particular cellular disruptions in nerves due to the presence of these antibodies with anti-N-CAM like activity. Histological sections of fixed experimental nerves consistently revealed abnormal gaps between Schwann cells of regenerating nerves. This specific Schwann cell …

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Christianity And Social Power In The Works Of John Arden, British Dramatist., Donald Travis Sandley Jan 1993

Christianity And Social Power In The Works Of John Arden, British Dramatist., Donald Travis Sandley

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation examines the subject of political and social power in the plays and prose of John Arden and selected works co-authored by Arden and his wife, Margaretta D'Arcy. Particular focus is given to the institution of Christianity and how it may either be used as a tool for the maintenance of established authority or as a vehicle for rebellion. Arden's collected essays, along with a personal interview conducted in August of 1990, provide the starting point for a discussion of four specific works, pieces in which Arden most closely explores the political involvement of Christianity. These four works, The …

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Reliability Analysis Of The Hypercube Architecture., Sieteng Soh Jan 1993

Reliability Analysis Of The Hypercube Architecture., Sieteng Soh

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation presents improved techniques for analyzing network-connected (NCF), 2-connected (2CF), task-based (TBF), and subcube (SF) functionality measures in a hypercube multiprocessor with faulty processing elements (PE) and/or communication elements (CE). These measures help study system-level fault tolerance issues and relate to various application modes in the hypercube. Solutions discussed in the text fall into probabilistic and deterministic models. The probabilistic measure assumes a stochastic graph of the hypercube where PE's and/or CE's may fail with certain probabilities, while the deterministic model considers that some system components are already failed and aims to determine the system functionality. For probabilistic model, …

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The Southern Baptist Convention Reformation, 1979-1990: A Social Drama., William Stanley Stone Jr Jan 1993

The Southern Baptist Convention Reformation, 1979-1990: A Social Drama., William Stanley Stone Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

From Michael Thompson, Richard Ellis, and Aaron Wildavsky's cultural theory perspective, the authoritarian and the individualistic ways of life have coexisted in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) for more than a century. In 1979, Southern Baptist fundamentalists began a concerted movement to reform the SBC according to authoritarian beliefs and social practices. From Victor Turner's dramaturgical perspective, the 1979-1990 Southern Baptist controversy was a social drama that transferred power and reshaped Southern Baptists' perception of the past, present, and future. Rhetorical strategies facilitated each stage of the fundamentalists' reformation movement and the moderate counter movement. The present study symbolically explicates …

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Predicting Performance On The National Dietetic Registration Exam., Rachel Martin Fournet Jan 1993

Predicting Performance On The National Dietetic Registration Exam., Rachel Martin Fournet

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine if relationships exist between student demographic or personal data, academic achievement and student perceptions of factors relative to predicting performance on the Registration Dietetic (R.D.) Exam. Perceptions of factors relative to predicting performance on the R.D. exam was also determined from undergraduate dietetic program directors, to explore the extent of agreement between students and educators. This information was used to develop a predictive model explaining a significant proportion of the variance in R.D. exam scores. A researcher designed questionnaire was administered to a nationwide random sample of first time eligible candidates for …

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New Approaches And Techniques For Drawing Lines On Raster Devices., Philip Arthur Graham Jan 1993

New Approaches And Techniques For Drawing Lines On Raster Devices., Philip Arthur Graham

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Two basic approaches to drawing lines on raster devices are discussed and improved upon. The first is the recursive bisection algorithm, a method recently proposed by John Rankin, which uses a fractal approach to draw lines. The second is the double-step algorithm, a method proposed by Xiaolin Wu and Jon Rokne, which is based on the traditional Bresenham approach to drawing lines. Although a number of line drawing algorithms exist, the algorithms presented are of interest because the double-step algorithm is one of the fastest line drawing algorithms. Furthermore, since lines are self-similar and fractals have been found to be …

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The Literacy Characteristics Of Navajo Readers And Writers., Diane Clarite Greene Jan 1993

The Literacy Characteristics Of Navajo Readers And Writers., Diane Clarite Greene

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this ethnographic research was to begin the process of identifying the literacy characteristics of Navajo readers and writers. The study replicates aspects of the research project, Home Environmental Characteristics of Successful Navajo Readers, by Dr. David Hartle-Schutte (1988). Home and school discontinuities were investigated in a traditional Navajo environment to determine literacy development (Cazden, Courtney, 1982). Ethnographic data collection consisted of six months of participant observations in two sixth grade classrooms. Structured interviews were used to gather information from teachers, students and parents about the school and community literacy characteristics. A researcher designed instrument was used to …

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The Role Of Pre-Response And Post-Response Augmented Learning Variables In Motor Skill Acquisition., M. Jerome Hand Jan 1993

The Role Of Pre-Response And Post-Response Augmented Learning Variables In Motor Skill Acquisition., M. Jerome Hand

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Verbal instructions, modeling, videotaped replay (VTR), and knowledge of performance (KP) are augmented learning variables that practitioners commonly present to learners to facilitate the acquisition of motor skill. Two experiments are reported that sought to determine how each of these variables affect skill acquisition and the cognitive representations responsible for producing such skill. Learning variables were classified as pre-response (verbal instructions and modeling) or post-response (VTR and KP), depending whether the information given pertained to the subsequent trial or the previous trial, respectively. Experiment 1 investigated the effects of each variable separately, while Experiment 2 examined whether a combination of …

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Learning Styles And Selected Demographic Characteristics Of Dislocated Workers., Samuel Lewis Harvill Sr Jan 1993

Learning Styles And Selected Demographic Characteristics Of Dislocated Workers., Samuel Lewis Harvill Sr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to: (1) describe dislocated workers in Louisiana by learning styles and demographics; (2) compare learning style by demographics; and, (3) determine if learning style is independent of occupational area. A simple random sample of 235 dislocated worker participants was drawn from participants served in the Louisiana Job Link Center at Louisiana State University during FY89 through FY91. Data were collected using two instruments. The researcher designed recording form was used to enter the demographic variables gender, ethnicity, age, educational level, and occupational areas (DOT) codes. The Gregorc Style Delineator identified the preferred learning style …

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High Performance Software Reconfiguration In The Context Of Distributed Systems And Interconnection Networks., Vinayak Gajanan Hegde Jan 1993

High Performance Software Reconfiguration In The Context Of Distributed Systems And Interconnection Networks., Vinayak Gajanan Hegde

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Designed algorithms that are useful for developing protocols and supporting tools for fault tolerance, dynamic load balancing, and distributing monitoring in loosely coupled multi-processor systems. Four efficient algorithms are developed to learn network topology and reconfigure distributed application programs in execution using the available tools for replication and process migration. The first algorithm provides techniques for transparent software reconfiguration based on process migration in the context of quadtree embeddings in Hypercubes. Our novel approach provides efficient reconfiguration for some classes of faults that may be identified easily. We provide a theoretical characterization to use graph matching, quadratic assignment, and a …

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A Performance-Centered Approach To Leslie Marmon Silko's "Ceremony"., Randall Thomas Hill Jan 1993

A Performance-Centered Approach To Leslie Marmon Silko's "Ceremony"., Randall Thomas Hill

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study argues that in Ceremony Leslie Marmon Silko rehearses her Laguna-Keres culture and her culture's interactions with others. She accomplishes this rehearsal by employing representations of performances from the Laguna people as well as other cultures. To establish the context of my argument, first I offer a brief exploration of the current critical interest in Native American arts and cultures, review questions involved in defining the parameters for a study of Native American novels, examine the significance of Native novels for performance scholarship, and review performance studies scholars' responses to Native texts. Second, I review methodologies from a variety …

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Calibration Chamber Studies Of Miniature Piezocone Penetration Tests In Cohesive Soil Specimens., Pradeep Unnikrishnan Kurup Jan 1993

Calibration Chamber Studies Of Miniature Piezocone Penetration Tests In Cohesive Soil Specimens., Pradeep Unnikrishnan Kurup

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The electronic piezocone penetrometer is potentially a very powerful in-situ testing device used for soil profiling and in the determination of engineering soil properties. The focus of this research is on the laboratory calibration of a miniature piezocone penetrometer in cohesive soil specimens instrumented to monitor the spatial pore pressure distribution. Two automated slurry consolidometers were developed for this research that were successful in preparing homogeneous and reproducible cohesive soil specimens. The results of eight miniature piezocone penetration tests (PCPT) and three miniature quasi-static friction cone penetration tests (QCPT) performed in a flexible double wall calibration chamber system are presented. …

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Investigations Into Methods For The Extraction And Detection Of Chlorinated Pesticides In Aquatic Animals., Heidi Marie Lott Jan 1993

Investigations Into Methods For The Extraction And Detection Of Chlorinated Pesticides In Aquatic Animals., Heidi Marie Lott

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Methodologies for the extraction and analysis of chlorinated pesticides from aquatic species are reviewed and compared. New multiresidue isolation techniques using Matrix Solid Phase Dispersion (MSPD) are presented for the extraction and subsequent gas chromatographic, electron capture detector determination of 14 chlorinated pesticides ($\alpha$-BHC, $\beta$-BHC, lindane, heptachlor, aldrin, heptachlor epoxide, p,p$\sp\prime$-DDE, dieldrin, endrin, 4,4$\sp\prime$-DDD, endrin aldehyde, p,p$\sp\prime$-DDT, endosulfan sulfate, and methoxychlor) from crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) hepatopancreas, oysters (Crassostrea virginica) and fish muscle tissues. Pureed crayfish hepatopancreata or oysters or fish muscle fillets (0.5-g aliquots) were fortified with the 14 pesticides, plus $\delta$-BHC as an internal standard, before being blended with …

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Recognition And Production Of Facial Emotion By Autistic Children., Steven R. Love Jan 1993

Recognition And Production Of Facial Emotion By Autistic Children., Steven R. Love

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Autistic males ages 8 to 16 made significantly more errors than did chronologically and intellectually age-matched nonautistic normal and mentally retarded males on emotion recognition tasks using audiotaped and videotaped emotion sequences. The audiotape and videotape included "happy" "sad," "scared," "angry," and "no emotion" sequences. Emotional sequences included emotionally relevant verbal content and the length of verbalized material in the emotional sequences was limited to between 4 and 10 words. Videotaped sequences showed actors portraying facial expressions and verbal content consistent with the five emotion states. Both tapes were rated by normal adults and children as containing "socially valid" representations …

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Optical Character Recognition Using Morphological Attributes., Gili Mendel Jan 1993

Optical Character Recognition Using Morphological Attributes., Gili Mendel

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation addresses a fundamental computational strategy in image processing hand written English characters using traditional parallel computers. Image acquisition and processing is becoming a thriving industry because of the frequent availability of fax machines, video digitizers, flat-bed scanners, hand scanners, color scanners, and other image input devices that are now accessible to everyone. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) research increased as the technology for a robust OCR system became realistic. There is no commercial effective recognition system that is able to translate raw digital images of hand written text into pure ASCII. The reason is that a digital image comprises …

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An Economic Analysis Of Waterfowl Hunting In Louisiana, Christopher E. C. Gan Jan 1993

An Economic Analysis Of Waterfowl Hunting In Louisiana, Christopher E. C. Gan

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

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Bengal: A Medium-Grain Rice Variety, S D. Linscombe Jan 1993

Bengal: A Medium-Grain Rice Variety, S D. Linscombe

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

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Foliar Fungicides For Use In The Management Of Rice Diseases, D E. Groth Jan 1993

Foliar Fungicides For Use In The Management Of Rice Diseases, D E. Groth

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

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Comparisons Of Spontaneous Mutation Rates And Estimates Of Numbers Of Cell Divisions In The Germlines Of Three Metazoans., Joni Boncille Drost Jan 1993

Comparisons Of Spontaneous Mutation Rates And Estimates Of Numbers Of Cell Divisions In The Germlines Of Three Metazoans., Joni Boncille Drost

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Germline mutation rates measured per generation per locus in three species of Metazoa are used to address questions of the constancy of mutation rates per generation, per year and per germcell division. Null mutation rates per generation are: 3.6 $\times$ 10$\sp{-6}$ for human X-linked disease, 8.9 $\times$ 10$\sp{-6}$ for Specific Locus Test (SLT) in male mice, 3.2 $\times$ 10$\sp{-6}$ for SLT in female mice, 8.0 $\times$ 10$\sp{-6}$ for SLT in male Drosophila melanogaster (D.m.), 1.6 $\times$ 10$\sp{-6}$ for SLRL test in male D.m. and 2.0 $\times$ 10$\sp{-6}$ for SLRL test in female D.m. They were found to be very similar …

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A Qualitative And Quantitative Study Of Behavioral Characteristics And Instructional Patterns Of Selected Elementary Music Teachers., Catherine E. Hendel Jan 1993

A Qualitative And Quantitative Study Of Behavioral Characteristics And Instructional Patterns Of Selected Elementary Music Teachers., Catherine E. Hendel

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to identify what good elementary music teachers do by: (a) identifying primary factors that contribute to effective music teaching as defined by exemplary behaviors of recognized music specialists; (b) examining the relationship of teacher-defined instructional values, which emerge through qualitative study to operationally defined characteristics of effective music instruction resulting from quantitative research; and (c) exploring the possibility that qualitative and quantitative methods of research might be complementary. Nine experienced, elementary music specialists from three regions of the country were observed, audio- and videotaped, and interviewed. Interviews with selected students and instructional documents supplemented …

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