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A Systematic Study Of The Colombian Species Of The Genus Calea (Compositae), John Francis Fruski Aug 1982

A Systematic Study Of The Colombian Species Of The Genus Calea (Compositae), John Francis Fruski

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Calea is a shrubby genus of Compositae (Heliantheae), which contains approximately one hundred species. The genus commonly occurs throughout the Neotropics in open, disturbed montane regions. A treatment has never been provided for the Colombian species of the genus. As a result of this study, seventeen species are recognized from over forty names of Calea attributed to Colombia. In addition, a key to species, descriptions, photographs, geographic distribution maps, and discussion of related species are provided. Also, floral illustrations are given for 13 species. New chromosome counts are given for six taxa of Calea, three of which occur in Colombia. …

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Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Summer 1982, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station Jul 1982

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Summer 1982, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

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An Analysis Of The Psycho-Social Adjustment Patterns Of The Haitian "Boat People" In New Orleans, In 1981, Elisabeth Babette Wainwright May 1982

An Analysis Of The Psycho-Social Adjustment Patterns Of The Haitian "Boat People" In New Orleans, In 1981, Elisabeth Babette Wainwright

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was designed to analyze the psycho-social adjustment of the recent Haitian refugees in the United States. Emphasis was placed on their social, political and economic attitudes, and on relevant cultural and socio demographic characteristics. For comparative purposes the study included a sample of Haitian refugees living in the Unites States and a matched sample of Haitians living in Haiti. In-depth, face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted in New Orleans, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and various provinces in Haiti. In addition, a creole translation of the Middletown Alienation Scale was administered to subjects in New Orleans and in Haiti. Findings indicate …

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Lumières, April 1982, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College Apr 1982

Lumières, April 1982, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

Friends of the LSU Libraries

The bi-annual newsletters from the Friends of the Library contain information about upcoming and recent events, descriptions of new collections, a list of members, and occasional obituaries, which inform members of the news and needs of the LSU Libraries.

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Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Spring 1982, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station Apr 1982

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Spring 1982, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

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Robert Bridges: An Annotated Bibliography., Lee Templin Hamilton Jan 1982

Robert Bridges: An Annotated Bibliography., Lee Templin Hamilton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This bibliography contains primary and secondary bibliographical material relating to Robert Bridges (1844-1930), Poet Laureate of England from 1913 until his death in 1930. The first chapter contains all known editions of Bridges' poems and plays, and includes his editions of hymns. The second chapter is devoted to Bridges' prose writings, and the third chapter collects for the first time the reviews, articles, essays, books, and other scholarly notes about Bridges. The third chapter also incorporates anthologies which include Bridge's poetry. In the life, work, and critical reception of Robert Bridges there seem always to be two opposite influences or …

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Standardization Of The Dreger Dyadic Family Interacting Scale., Somsri Reem Kongprasirtpong Khalid Jan 1982

Standardization Of The Dreger Dyadic Family Interacting Scale., Somsri Reem Kongprasirtpong Khalid

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Triads consisting of father, mother, and an offspring from 122 intact families responded to the Dreger Dyadic Family Interaction Scale (DDFIS) and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. The sample was made up of mostly white, middle-class, non-clinic families. Two offspring age-groups were included, 12-14 and 18-21. Factor analysis on the DDFIS yielded ten factors. Analyses of variance comparing subgroups within the samples indicated many findings consistent with existing literature or in the expected direction. There were also unexpected findings. Another two independent groups of college students were asked to rate the wholesomeness and the social desirability of the DDFIS items. …

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Solubility Studies In Pure And Mixed Solvents (Pyridine, Thiophene, Benzene, Cyclohexane)., Peter Byonghyock Choi Jan 1982

Solubility Studies In Pure And Mixed Solvents (Pyridine, Thiophene, Benzene, Cyclohexane)., Peter Byonghyock Choi

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The research presented in this dissertation consists of two parts; part 1 for solubility of aromatic hydrocarbon solids in pure and mixed solvents and part 2 for solubility of pure gases in water at high pressures. In the research of part 1, eight aromatic hydrocarbon solids biphenyl, naphthalene, fluorene, phenanthrene, acenaphthene, fluoranthene, pyrene and o-terphenyl are employed to measure their solubilities in pure solvents pyridine and thiophene and in mixed solvents of benzene and cyclohexane at three different concentrations. Solubilities of phenanthrene, which undergoes a lambda point transition, are predicted by a new solubility equation derived in this research. The …

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Self-Talk And Exposure In The Reduction Of Avoidance In Aquaphobic Children., Johanna Wolfson Jan 1982

Self-Talk And Exposure In The Reduction Of Avoidance In Aquaphobic Children., Johanna Wolfson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Efficacy of verbal self-regulation and in vivo exposure, as compared to placebo treatments, was tested in reduction of water avoidance in aquaphobic children. Forty-seven aquaphobic subjects were assigned to one of five conditions: (1) Self-talk with imaginal exposure (ST); (2) Self-talk with in vivo exposure (ST/E); (3) Attention Control with imaginal exposure (AC); (4) Attention Control with in vivo exposure (AC/E); (5) No Treatment Control (NTC). Children in the ST/E and AC/E groups demonstrated the greatest gains in reduction of avoidance, while those in the ST and ST/E groups showed greater gains in swim proficiency. As compared to the NTC, …

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A Comparison Of Student Achievement In A Traditional Approach To Reading Readiness Instruction In Kindergarten Versus A Multimedia Approach., Henry Newton Denham Jr Jan 1982

A Comparison Of Student Achievement In A Traditional Approach To Reading Readiness Instruction In Kindergarten Versus A Multimedia Approach., Henry Newton Denham Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was designed to determine (1) if there are significant differences in kindergarten reading readiness scores among children taught by traditional means versus those exposed to multimedia methods, and (2) to determine if children in one socio-economic group benefit more than others from multimedia methods of instruction. Three treatment groups were utilized in the study. The first group received traditional instruction. The second treatment group received instruction utilizing multimedia materials. The third treatment group included multimedia materials with instructional television. Each treatment group consisted of three classes, one socio-economic class, a class from a middle socio-economic area, and a …

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A Curriculum For Training Extension Professionals In Energy Conservation Education., Daniel Fontenot Jr Jan 1982

A Curriculum For Training Extension Professionals In Energy Conservation Education., Daniel Fontenot Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Energy conservation is a relatively new educational program for the Cooperative Extension Service (CES). The shortage of training programs available to CES in energy education makes it difficult to properly prepare agents for energy conservation work. The purpose of this study was to develop a curriculum for in-service training of agents engaged in energy education. The procedure for achieving this purpose was used to identify the following: (1) Fundamental concepts necessary for energy conservation education. (2) Agents' knowledge level of these concepts. (3) Agents' perceived need for these concepts. (4) Agents' training requirements. Through a mail questionnaire selected agents from …

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Grambling State University: A History, 1901 - 1977., Mildred Bernice Gallot Jan 1982

Grambling State University: A History, 1901 - 1977., Mildred Bernice Gallot

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the study was to discover how Grambling State University developed as a black institution in rural North Louisiana given the key problems it faced from 1899 to 1977. Specific details highlighted: structural and operational changes between 1899 and 1977; administrative philosophies; the transformation of Grambling State University into a modern multifacted university; its unique role in educating blacks; and the manner in which the administrative philosophy of its two presidents fulfilled the role, purpose and institutional goals. Data for the study were secured through personal interviews; from minutes of the official proceedings, Louisiana State Board of Education, …

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Nonprint Media Production In Secondary Schools., Rebecca N. Lawrence Jan 1982

Nonprint Media Production In Secondary Schools., Rebecca N. Lawrence

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the study was to determine the current status of nonprint media production in the public secondary schools. A questionnaire was administered to the media specialists/librarians at all Louisiana schools containing grades seven through twelve including schools listed as junior highs containing the sixth grade. A 90.909 percent response rate was achieved. Findings included the following: (1) In the order of occurrence, nonprint media produced in the public secondary schools of Louisiana were: overhead transparencies; cassette and/or reel to reel audio tapes; video tapes, photographic slides and photographic film development; slide/tape programs; computer programs; and 8mm films; (2) …

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From Boom To Bust: Post Gold Rush Patterns Of Adjustment In A California Mining Region. (Volumes I And Ii)., Lary Michael Dilsaver Jan 1982

From Boom To Bust: Post Gold Rush Patterns Of Adjustment In A California Mining Region. (Volumes I And Ii)., Lary Michael Dilsaver

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Mining in Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, and Amador counties in California began with the discovery of gold at Coloma in 1848. Thousands of people flocked to the region, built towns, roads, and an economy dependent on placer gold mining. Declining placer resources, coupled with strikes outside California, signalled the end of the boom period in the region. A long adjustment in the man-land system culminated with the end of mining as a significant economic function during World War I. Three major processes operated to alter the region from one with a mono-functional economy, a mobile population, and spatial homogeneity to …

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A Study Of Cognitive And Attitude Change In Teacher Education Students Toward The Minority Child., Gisele Iren Pesti Friedrichs Jan 1982

A Study Of Cognitive And Attitude Change In Teacher Education Students Toward The Minority Child., Gisele Iren Pesti Friedrichs

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between knowledge change and attitude change in prospective teachers when presented information about minorities, in the form of a Multicultural Instructional Unit. The treatment text, Kleg and Rice: Race, Caste and Prejudice (1970), was accompanied by its achievement test, the Kleg-Puglisi: Cognitive Measuring Instrument which was used to measure cognitive change. A modified Bogardus Social Distance Scale, and a modified Kelly, Ferson, and Holtzman Desegregation Scale were the attitude change measuring instruments. Statistically significant differences were sought between experimental and control groups in cognition and attitudes, and attitude and cognition …

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An Empirical Study Of Usefulness And Communicative Ability Of Segment Disclosures Among Sophisticated Users Of Corporate Financial Statements., James Harold Honea Jan 1982

An Empirical Study Of Usefulness And Communicative Ability Of Segment Disclosures Among Sophisticated Users Of Corporate Financial Statements., James Harold Honea

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This research was designed to provide empirical evidence concerning the effects disclosing different levels of segment data has on the decision making performance of sophisticated users (Chartered Financial Analysts) of published corporate financial statements. The primary surrogate for influence on decision making was the existence of statistically different net earnings projections. To accomplish the research objective CFAs were supplied with financial statements of a hypothetical company disclosing varying levels (six) of segment disclosures and were asked to predict corporate earnings for 1981 and to indicate the range in which they were 95% confident true corporate earnings would fall. Five hypotheses …

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Measuring The Impacts Of Fasb Statement No. 8 And The Fluctuations In Foreign Currency Values On Multinational Corporation Security Prices., Abdelsalam Ali Kablan Jan 1982

Measuring The Impacts Of Fasb Statement No. 8 And The Fluctuations In Foreign Currency Values On Multinational Corporation Security Prices., Abdelsalam Ali Kablan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study is twofold. The first is to measure the impact of FASB 8 on multinational corporation (MNC) security prices. The second is to investigate the association between currency fluctuations and MNC security prices. Two types of empirical studies have been conducted to measure FASB 8's impact. The first were questionnaire studies measuring corporate managements' reactions toward the Statement. Their findings showed that corporate managers took certain costly decisions to alter the Statement's effects on reported earnings. The second type of study was conducted to measure the Statement's effect on security prices. Due to methodological problems, these …

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Political Imagemaking: An Analysis Of The Television Commercials Aired During Louis Lambert's 1979 Gubernatorial Campaign., Thomas Joseph Karam Jan 1982

Political Imagemaking: An Analysis Of The Television Commercials Aired During Louis Lambert's 1979 Gubernatorial Campaign., Thomas Joseph Karam

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examines the televised political image-making of Louis Lambert during his unsuccessful 1979 Louisiana gubernatorial campaign. During the campaign, over $20 million was spent by the six major candidates for the office of governor. Lambert spent approximately $3.5 million, with the majority of this money being spent on televised advertisement. The study includes an overview of Lambert's campaign followed by an analysis of his campaign. The three different phases of the campaign and the three media consultants Lambert employed is analyzed. The study also examines the verbal and non-verbal aspects of Lambert's political commercials. The study revealed that political …

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New Deal Archaeology In The Southeast: Wpa, Tva, Nps, 1934-1942., Edwin Austin Lyon Ii Jan 1982

New Deal Archaeology In The Southeast: Wpa, Tva, Nps, 1934-1942., Edwin Austin Lyon Ii

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study is a history of New Deal archaeology in the Southeastern United States from the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) archaeological projects in the winter of 1933-1934 to the end of federal relief archaeology in 1942. The federal government selected archaeology as one of its relief programs to put to work some of the many unemployed Americans during the depression of the 1930s. This study focuses on the large Works Progress Administration (WPA) archaeological programs in Louisiana and Kentucky, the combined WPA and TVA programs in Alabama and Tennessee, and the WPA and National …

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Transient Inelastic Thermal Stresses In A Solid Cylinder With Temperature Dependent Properties., Habib Pour-Mohamadian Jan 1982

Transient Inelastic Thermal Stresses In A Solid Cylinder With Temperature Dependent Properties., Habib Pour-Mohamadian

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Transient temperature distribution in an infinitely long solid cylinder initially at uniform temperature T(,0), subjected to an axisymmetric thermal boundary condition, (immersed in an infinite medium of zero temperature) has been obtained. The mechanical properties of the material are considered to be temperature dependent. Using the available experimental data, an equation for each mechanical property as a function of temperature is obtained. Then, using a numerical method the corresponding transient and residual thermal stresses in a long solid cooling cylinder subjected to a transient axisymmetric temperature distributions are calculated. The residual stresses obtained indicate the same pattern with good agreement …

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Math Attitude In Terms Of Various Factors., Jerry Elizabeth Pinsel Jan 1982

Math Attitude In Terms Of Various Factors., Jerry Elizabeth Pinsel

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examined the degree to which math attitude relates to the mathematical training, major field of study and career choices of undergraduate males and females. The study took place in the Mathematics Department of Southeastern Louisiana University. Statement of the Problem. The following null hypothesis was tested using the .05 level of significance: no significant degree of relationship exists between math attitude and either the mathematical training, major field of study, or career choices of undergraduate male and female students. Procedure. Students who participated in the study were undergraduate students enrolled in mathematics during the Fall Semester of 1981. …

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Financing Intercollegiate Athletics In The Southeastern Conference 1970-1979., Samuel Joseph Nader Jan 1982

Financing Intercollegiate Athletics In The Southeastern Conference 1970-1979., Samuel Joseph Nader

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Financing intercollegiate athletics has become an ever present issue with the colleges and universities of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Inflation and other factors have driven the cost of running a college sports program to alarmingly high levels. The literature is full of expressions of concern about the financial future of intercollegiate athletic competition. This study investigated trends in financing intercollegiate athletics among the 10 Southeastern Conference Universities. A two-part survey questionnaire was completed, one part by the athletic director and one by the business manager at each of these institutions. Revenues and expenditures for the fiscal years 1969-1970 through …

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The Effects Of Dividend Changes On Bond Prices: An Empirical Study Of Market Efficiency., Ahmed Mohamed Aweidat Jan 1982

The Effects Of Dividend Changes On Bond Prices: An Empirical Study Of Market Efficiency., Ahmed Mohamed Aweidat

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The main objectives of this study were: to find out what theoretical hypothesis explains the behavior of security prices with response to dividend changes, and to test the bond market efficiency. To detect what theoretical hypothesis better predicts the behavior of security prices, the behavior of bond prices was compared to the behavior of stock prices. The comparison period mean returns method is the method of analysis which was applied to measure the abnormal performance. The research sample contained 128 events of stock splits and dividend increase announcements, 38 dividend increase announcements (following stock split announcements), and 23 dividend decrease …

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Adaptive Feedforward Control Of Wastewater Neutralization., Richard Albert Balhoff Jan 1982

Adaptive Feedforward Control Of Wastewater Neutralization., Richard Albert Balhoff

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this dissertation is to show the development and testing of an adaptive feedforward control of a wastewater neutralization process. The adaptive controller is compared to a nonlinear proportional-integral-derivative (NPID) controller developed by Shinskey (1970). The process and controllers were simulated digitally. The adaptive controller utilizes two pH probes, a feedforward probe and a feedback probe (this measurement is used in the adaptive gain calculation). The feedback measurement provides the adaptive controller with a form of reset action. Probe noise and lag, valve hysteresis and lag, and dead time were included in the simulation. The process simulated for …

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The Usefulness And Predictability Of Net Realizable Values: An Empirical Study., Jerry Joseph Baudin Jan 1982

The Usefulness And Predictability Of Net Realizable Values: An Empirical Study., Jerry Joseph Baudin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The general objective of financial reporting is to provide useful information for making economic decisions. Net realizable value has been recommended and advocated as a valuation method that would improve the usefulness of reported fnancial information. One shortcoming of the net realizable value method is that there are no established used market prices for certain fixed assets, such as buildings. At present, there is no evidence indicating that a solution to this shortcoming has been found. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to empirically test the reliability of using specific price indexes in predicting net realizable values for certain …

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Numerical Gas Dynamics Of Internal And External Flows In Gun Barrels., Oktay Baysal Jan 1982

Numerical Gas Dynamics Of Internal And External Flows In Gun Barrels., Oktay Baysal

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A computational combined solution to the internal and external flows in gun barrels is devised. A computer code, IEFLOW, is constructed to carry out all the calculations and present a complete package of tables and graphs of the physical property histories. With the input of the initial conditions at the threshold of the barrel, the internal and external flow fields and the simulation of blast is made possible. The flow inside the barrel, which is unsteady, compressible and one dimensional, is solved by a predictor-corrector technique using the method of characteristics. A two step, explicit, finite difference scheme is used …

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Development Of Louisiana Public School Guidance Services, 1942-1972., Alice Hunter Chilton Jan 1982

Development Of Louisiana Public School Guidance Services, 1942-1972., Alice Hunter Chilton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine how guidance services developed in the public schools of Louisiana between 1942 and 1972. In order to understand the events of these years, it was necessary to examine the period preceding them. In the beginning of the guidance movement, social workers pioneered in assisting youth with problems associated with industrialization. Louisiana was unique in that its guidance program started within the school system. An experimental program began in the Orleans Parish Schools in 1921. It was considered effective and continued. In the 1920s vocational guidance was offered for the first time at …

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The Yongnam-Ro: An Historical Geography Of A Korean Royal Road. (Volumes I And Ii)., Young-Joon Choe Jan 1982

The Yongnam-Ro: An Historical Geography Of A Korean Royal Road. (Volumes I And Ii)., Young-Joon Choe

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Yongnam-ro, the main communication artery between Seoul and Pusan, was the shortest and the most important route running through the central part of southern Korea. This road evolved as a military campaign route in ancient times and finally as an administrative communication artery in the Yi Dynasty. Although spanning some rugged areas in its course, the Yongnam-ro had some advantages: first, it avoided the troublesome communication system connected by river crossings because its path followed longitudinal valleys of the Han and Naktong rivers; second, it connected the waterways of the Han and Naktong; third, it formed the pivot belt …

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Reducing Shoplifting Incidents Through The Use Of Signs., Jeffrey Allan Gottlieb Jan 1982

Reducing Shoplifting Incidents Through The Use Of Signs., Jeffrey Allan Gottlieb

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study consisted of three experiments designed to reduce the shoplifting rate of targeted merchandise in retail establishments without adversely affecting sales. In the first two experiments, attempts were made to replicate earlier findings suggesting that identifying frequently stolen merchandise would reduce its theft rate. In addition, signs were posted in locations where shoppers contemplated or carried out the act of shoplifting in order to achieve generalized reductions in shoplifting. Neither the signs identifying frequently stolen merchandise nor the signs identifying locations used by shoplifters had a consistent impact on any of the target merchandise. The third experiment was designed …

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The Effect Of Dalcroze Eurhythmics On The Melodic Musical Growth Of First Grade Students., Sue E. Crumpler Jan 1982

The Effect Of Dalcroze Eurhythmics On The Melodic Musical Growth Of First Grade Students., Sue E. Crumpler

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The primary purpose of the study was to determine the effect of Dalcroze Eurhythmics on the melodic musical growth of first grade students. The secondary purposes of the study were to determine the differences between boys and girls in the ability to discriminate pitch register and melodic contour and to determine the differences created by the interaction of method, sex, and time. Seventy-six first grade students in four intact classes participated in the study. Two classes, control group, used the melodic units of the 1978 Silver Burdett Music (SBM). Two classes, experimental group, used Silver Burdett Music and Dalcroze Eurhythmic …

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