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Task Accomplishment Ability Of Children In Small Groups., Nancy Larson Gennuso Jan 1981

Task Accomplishment Ability Of Children In Small Groups., Nancy Larson Gennuso

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The primary purpose of this study was the investigation and analysis of the behavior of small groups of children in a task accomplishment situation. The secondary purpose was to ascertain the effects of a group discussion generated by questions adapted from creative problem solving techniques. A review of literature revealed a lack of research on small groups of children in these areas. Thirty-six small groups of fourth and fifth grade children worked in groups of four on two construction-type tasks, one for pretest and one for posttest. Eighteen of the groups served as experimental groups and participated in the group …

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Shifts In Narrative Voices In Four Novels Of Emilia Pardo Bazan., Kizzie Anita Gowin Jan 1981

Shifts In Narrative Voices In Four Novels Of Emilia Pardo Bazan., Kizzie Anita Gowin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The narrative voices in Los pazos de Ulloa (1886), La madre Naturaleza (1887), La Quimera (1905), and La sirena negra (1908) by Emilia Pardo Bazan were studied. The analysis revealed that the author primarily employed omniscient narration in Los pazos de Ulloa and La madre Naturaleza. She used the relatively new narrative techniques of free indirect style and interior monologue when she wished to present the innermost thoughts of the characters in these two naturalistic novels. Pardo Bazan continued using the narrative techniques of the two earlier novels in La Quimera. However, she employed first-person narration more frequently and extensively …

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Catalytic Generation Of Hydrogen From The Hydrolysis Of Sodium-Borohydride. Application In A Hydrogen/Oxygen Fuel Cell., Clifford Mark Kaufman Jan 1981

Catalytic Generation Of Hydrogen From The Hydrolysis Of Sodium-Borohydride. Application In A Hydrogen/Oxygen Fuel Cell., Clifford Mark Kaufman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Hydrogen has been promoted as the energy alternative of the future. Fuel cell utilization of hydrogen minimizes pollution while optimizing energy conversion efficiencies. Sodium borohydride has been investigated as a possible hydrogen storage and transport medium. Within the proper catalytic environment, one gram of sodium borohydride liberates almost 2.4 liters of hydrogen at a controllable rate. The effects of acids, transition metal salts, and transition metals on the hydrolysis of sodium borohydride have been mathematically quantified. Least squares analyses have reduced the data to simple combinations of algebraic expressions. Specifically, acid acceleration is subject to pseudo-first-order kinetics; equivalent acid concentrations …

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Effects Of Pine Reproduction Cutting Systems On Soils And Understory Vegetation In Southeast Louisiana., Henry Walter Langston Jr Jan 1981

Effects Of Pine Reproduction Cutting Systems On Soils And Understory Vegetation In Southeast Louisiana., Henry Walter Langston Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Soil erosion, soil chemistry, and understory vegetation were studied after four regeneration cutting methods--clearcut, seed-tree, shelterwood, and selection--were applied to mature loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) stands at two locations in southeastern Louisiana. Treatment plots were 8 ha in size, and each treatment was replicated twice at each location. Soil erosion on slopes was measured from permanent stakes located at the top, middle, and bottom on each of six slopes within each plot. Soil erosion off the slopes was determined from a small trap built across one individual drainage on each plot. Vegetation was sampled four times before and after …

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Genetic And Molecular Genetic Studies In The Cytoplasmic Incompatibility System In The Mosquito Culex Pipiens., David Ray Mcgee Jan 1981

Genetic And Molecular Genetic Studies In The Cytoplasmic Incompatibility System In The Mosquito Culex Pipiens., David Ray Mcgee

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

An analysis of the cytoplasmic incompatibility system in Culex pipiens has been made. Both normal and antibiotic-resistant strains have been established using erythromycin, chloramphenicol and tetracycline. A complete genetic analysis has been made using all possible reciprocal crosses. Crosses between the normal strains show unidirectional compatibility. The genetic crosses involving the tetracycline-resistant strain show a reversal of the direction of compatibility when compared with those involving the untreated parental strain. Erythromycin and chloramphenicol-resistant strains exhibited no such change in direction of compatibility when compared with their respective untreated parental strains. Exceptional crossing relationships between chloramphenicol and tetracycline-resistant strains were found. …

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An Evaluation Of The Louisiana State University School Of Music Doctoral Degree Program: A Follow-Up Study Of Its Doctoral Graduates., Donzell Lee Jan 1981

An Evaluation Of The Louisiana State University School Of Music Doctoral Degree Program: A Follow-Up Study Of Its Doctoral Graduates., Donzell Lee

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In August 1967, the first doctoral degree in music at Louisiana State University was conferred. Between August 1967 and May 1981, the doctoral degree program in the School of Music at LSU has shown considerable growth, in both number of degrees awarded and curricular offerings. The focus of this study was the evaluation, in terms of quality and effectiveness, of the doctoral music degree program at LSU through an analysis of the responses of its doctoral graduates. A questionnaire was mailed to all sixty-four doctoral degree recipients. Fifty-eight (90.6%) returned usable questionnaires for the study. Items included in the questionnaire …

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An Economic Analysis Of Feed Grain And Soybean Marketing And Transportation Systems In Louisiana., David Santamaria Jan 1981

An Economic Analysis Of Feed Grain And Soybean Marketing And Transportation Systems In Louisiana., David Santamaria

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine, via linear programming, an optimum number, size, and location of grain elevators, and feed mills, and modes of transportation for handling specific grains in each of the two regions (North and South) within Louisiana; to determine where inefficiencies exist by comparing the existing marketing system with the basic solution obtained from the linear programming model; and to determine the sensitivity of the optimal market system in each of the two regions to changes in various coefficients, constraints and parameters. The 1977 basic solution indicated that there exists a significant amount of excess …

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Theoretical Studies Of Nucleophilic Additions To Alkynes And Stabilities Of Anions., Robert William Strozier Jan 1981

Theoretical Studies Of Nucleophilic Additions To Alkynes And Stabilities Of Anions., Robert William Strozier

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Nucleophilic additions to alkynes were investigated using ab initio molecular orbital theory. Analyses of the energetic consequences of certain molecule distortions showed that the anti selectivity of nucleophilic additions to simple alkyl, aryl, and halogenated alkynes was consistent with trans bending of acetylene. This premise was verified by considering the addition of the hydride ion to acetylene which gave a single transition state resulting from anti addition. Comparing the activation energies for hydride addition to ethylene and acetylene showed that addition to acetylene improves relative to addition to ethylene with increasing basis set sophistication. Nucleophilic addition of ammonia to cyanoacetylene …

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The Effect Of Retention Upon Student Performance., Mary Alice Giglio Turner Jan 1981

The Effect Of Retention Upon Student Performance., Mary Alice Giglio Turner

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

To investigate the effect of retention upon student performance, this study focused on analyses of reading and mathematics scores from SRA Achievement Tests for three years--1978, 1979, and 1980. The population was all students retained for 1979-1980 in grades first through eighth in public schools of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. From sixteen schools in twelve towns the 711 involved students included 435 boys and 276 girls. Evaluation for retention effect was by compared differences between gains for year of repetition and those for previous year. Mean gains for these years were obtained by subtraction of relative scores and analyzed by subject, …

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Anthropocentrism: Construct Validity And Measurement., Edward W. Chandler Jan 1981

Anthropocentrism: Construct Validity And Measurement., Edward W. Chandler

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The values, attitudes, and beliefs which humans hold regarding mankind's role in the universe must be understood if the natural environment is to be preserved. In this study, the utility of the construct "anthropocentrism" as an organizing principle for understanding consistencies among individuals' attitudes regarding man's role in nature was explored. Anthropocentrism was defined as a doctrine which posits humanity as the center of the universe and sees the well being of mankind as the ultimate purpose of things. The various attitudinal manifestations and historical roots of anthropocentrism were explored, and the sparse empirical literature relevant to this construct was …

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Vestibular Responsiveness In Normal- And In Impaired-Hearing Children., Nancy Mixon Hillman Jan 1981

Vestibular Responsiveness In Normal- And In Impaired-Hearing Children., Nancy Mixon Hillman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Vestibular responsiveness of 90 normal- and of 31 impaired-hearing children from 4 through 16 years of age was investigated using a modified Barany-chair test to provide horizontal angular acceleratory stimuli to the semi-circular canals and a parallel swing to provide alternating horizontal linear acceleratory stimuli to the otolithic end organs. Children's eye movements behind a sleep mask in response to vestibulo-ocular reflexes initiated by the angular and linear accelerations were recorded via electronystagmography and telemetry. Mean frequency, amplitude, and slow phase velocity of primary postrotatory nystagmus and presence or absence and latency of secondary per- and postrotatory nystagmus were obtained …

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Energy Bands In Some Transition Metals., Duane Giles Laurent Jan 1981

Energy Bands In Some Transition Metals., Duane Giles Laurent

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Self-consistent linear-combination-of-Gaussian-orbitals energy band calculations were performed for the two paramagnetic 3d transition metals, chromium and vanadium. The energy bands, densities of states and Fermi surfaces were obtained using the two most popular local-exchange-correlation potentials (Kohn-Sham-Gaspar and von Barth-Hedin) for chromium and the Kohn-Sham-Gaspar potential alone for vanadium. A comparison was made with the available experimental data. New interpretations for some of the neutron scattering data are made in the chromium case. Results are also presented for the Compton profiles and optical conductivities. These correlate well with the experiments if appropriate angular averages (for the Compton profile) and lifetime effects …

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Ethics In Music Therapy: A Programmed Text., Cheryl Dileo Maranto Jan 1981

Ethics In Music Therapy: A Programmed Text., Cheryl Dileo Maranto

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to develop a programmed text to teach the subject of professional ethics to music therapy students and professional music therapists. This study was undertaken in response to a mandate from the National Association for Music Therapy requiring the inclusion of professional ethics in the undergraduate music therapy curriculum. Data from four surveys were utilized in the development of the text. For the first survey, a questionnaire was sent to all university music therapy directors in the United States. Questionnaire items concerned how the subject of ethics is taught, materials used, and course titles. Analysis …

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Developing Theological Patterns In John Milton's Poetry., Terri Rae Mckinney Jan 1981

Developing Theological Patterns In John Milton's Poetry., Terri Rae Mckinney

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A study of John Milton's poetry reveals a pattern of developing theological concepts which in his later years result in unorthodox theological positions: ex Deo creation, mortalism, antitrinitarianism. This theology exists within the structure of free will and rests on the concept of God as Logos. Such theological conclusions as are voiced in Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained reflect Milton's vision of man's relationship to God, the nature of God and God's creation, the nature of Sin, and the means whereby man may be saved. Although unorthodox in the mainstream of seventeenth century English Protestantism on a number of doctrinal …

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Homosexualities: A Study Of Types., D'Lane Sally Miller Jan 1981

Homosexualities: A Study Of Types., D'Lane Sally Miller

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

With 102 male homosexual and 12 male heterosexual Ss, this study explored the possibility that a typology of homosexuality could be developed using an expanded definition of homosexuality. Proposed dimensions were the variables: gender identity, social sex role, sexual orientation, overt sexual behaviors, current psychological status, and parent-child relations. Ss were recruited by a variety of methods and demographic characteristics suggest a fairly heterogeneous sample was obtained. Scores obtained from a battery of six tests were factor analyzed using an oblique (promax) rotation. Eight factors were obtained and factor pattern scores were used in two hierarchical cluster analysis methods (Johnson, …

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The Forgiving Landscape: The Poetry Of William Stafford., Malovika Mukerji Jan 1981

The Forgiving Landscape: The Poetry Of William Stafford., Malovika Mukerji

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

There is a wholeness and a sanity in William Stafford's vision that arises out of his allegiance to the authentic elements of our experience. These elements include the vital but continually imperiled wilderness, the human landscape of the past comprised of family, friends, and lovers, and the eternal and inescapable rhythms of time, death, mutability, and terror. In his own words, Stafford is seeking to embody in his work "the unanalyzed impressions of holiness" that the world thrusts at him. By temperament and by choice, Stafford is alienated from the so-called confessional school of poetry. Instead, he writes in the …

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Origen Y Desarrollo De La Oda En La Literatura Peninsular E Hispanoamericana. (Spanish Text)., Jose Ramon Miranda Jan 1981

Origen Y Desarrollo De La Oda En La Literatura Peninsular E Hispanoamericana. (Spanish Text)., Jose Ramon Miranda

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

El proposito de este trabajo ha sido el de dar una vision de conjunto de la oda, desde que aparece en la literatura espanola hasta el Modernismo. Para ello se investigo el termino extensamente en discursos, cartas, artes poeticas y diccionarios. Se ha llegado a la conclusion de que ha sido imposible para los eruditos el redactar una definicion que comprenda todos los tipos de odas, por la distinta tematica de las anacreonticas. En lo que respecta a las clasificaciones, desde que aparecio la primera a fines del siglo XVIII, se han registrado pocas diferencias en ellas. El uso estrofico …

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Status And Prestige As A Factor In Brazilian Foreign Policy, 1905-1908., William Neal Nelson Jan 1981

Status And Prestige As A Factor In Brazilian Foreign Policy, 1905-1908., William Neal Nelson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study traces the two traditional Brazilian foreign policy objectives of securing recognition as an important member of the international community, and friendship with the United States, during the period 1905-1908. These two objectives are examined in the light of Brazilian concern for status and prestige at the personal, national, and international levels. The themes of gaining international recognition, and Brazilian-American friendship are interwoven with the interpersonal relations that developed on the occasion of the Second Hague Peace Conference. The Second Hague Conference (1907) was the first global meeting in which Brazil was represented. It was an opportunity for Brazil …

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A Followup Study Of The Socioeconomic Status Of Mildly Retarded Individuals In Selected Public School Systems In Louisiana., Daniel Roy Rawls Jan 1981

A Followup Study Of The Socioeconomic Status Of Mildly Retarded Individuals In Selected Public School Systems In Louisiana., Daniel Roy Rawls

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to conduct a follow up survey of the socioeconomic status of mildy mentally retarded individuals no longer participating in selected parish vocational programs in Louisiana. It was important to ascertain the socioeconomic status of these mildly mentally retarded adults for the following reasons. There were expressions of concern about the perceived low poverty-level status, high unemployment rates, and menial type jobs for the mildly mentally retarded. These concerns may be inaccurate or subject to change over time. Therefore, this study was designed to provide comparative data between those individuals that completed their vocational training …

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Indigenism And Feminism In The Prose Fiction Of Rosario Castellanos., George Alexander St. John Robinson Jan 1981

Indigenism And Feminism In The Prose Fiction Of Rosario Castellanos., George Alexander St. John Robinson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The novel of Indian concern has had a long vogue in Latin America, where it is known alternately as novela indianista or novela indigenista. This tradition in the novel has produced such well known works as Lopez y Fuentes' El indio, Alcides Arguedas' Raza de bronce, Jorge Icaza's Huasipungo and Ciro Alegr(')ia's El mundo es ancho y ajeno, all published between 1919 and 1941. These novels seek to illustrate the deplorable conditions of life in Indian communities from Mexico to Bolivia. In so doing, however, the Indian characters of these novels are generally reduced to single dimensional characters devoid of …

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Professional Competencies Needed, Levels Attained And Training Sources As Perceived By Louisiana Vocational Agriculture Teachers., Fe Saavedra Saladaga Jan 1981

Professional Competencies Needed, Levels Attained And Training Sources As Perceived By Louisiana Vocational Agriculture Teachers., Fe Saavedra Saladaga

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The professional competencies (from among those that have been previously identified by Atherton in 1976) that should be included in the pre-service curriculum for vocational agriculture/agribusiness teachers in Louisiana were studied with emphasis on levels of need and attainment of competencies as perceived by teachers, and the one main training source. Differences among teachers responses on levels of need and attainment, relationships between responses on relative need for competencies and attainment levels, and differences among responses on attainment levels by selected demographic variables were investigated. The descriptive method of research was used with opinionnaires utilized for data collection. Data were …

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The Effects Of Rehearsal On Information Processing Efficiency Of Severely/Profoundly Retarded And Normal Individuals., Robin Karen Schroeder Jan 1981

The Effects Of Rehearsal On Information Processing Efficiency Of Severely/Profoundly Retarded And Normal Individuals., Robin Karen Schroeder

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Whether or not information processing differences between severely profoundly retarded (SPR) and normal individuals may be attributed to the inability of severely/profoundly retarded individuals to utilize rehearsal strategies was investigated in this study. The representative ages were chosen based on developmental trends in the utilization of processing strategies. The selected ages were 5-, 7-, 11-, and 15-year-olds for the normal group, and 7-, 11-, and 15-year-olds for the SPR group. A sample of 140 male (60 SPR and 80 normal) were randomly selected from a criteria-selected population. Subjects were randomly assigned within age by intelligence level into experimental (E) and …

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Evaluation Of Structured Interpersonal Communication In The Achievement Of Business-Writing Principles., William Lee Wohlgamuth Jan 1981

Evaluation Of Structured Interpersonal Communication In The Achievement Of Business-Writing Principles., William Lee Wohlgamuth

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to provide information that might lead to a more efficient way to teach business communication. By investigating the use of structured interpersonal communication, a decision might be made as to whether or not structured interpersonal communication should be stressed, and if so, how business-writing principles might be taught more efficiently. The problem was to determine what effect structured interpersonal communication has on student achievement of the principles of business writing in a business communication course. The study was conducted at the University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana and all students in the sample …

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An Empirical Study Of The Characteristics Of The Governmental Budgetary Process In Rich And Uncertain Environments: The Case Of Saudi Arabia., Abdulrhman I. Alhumaid Jan 1981

An Empirical Study Of The Characteristics Of The Governmental Budgetary Process In Rich And Uncertain Environments: The Case Of Saudi Arabia., Abdulrhman I. Alhumaid

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

As reflected by the literature, the environment of each country influences the characteristics of the budgetary process in that country. Often-cited factors which shape this environment are: economic wealth, financial predictability, political institutions, elite values, and size. Economic wea.

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A History Of Jefferson Barracks, 1826-1860., Byron Bertrand Banta Jr Jan 1981

A History Of Jefferson Barracks, 1826-1860., Byron Bertrand Banta Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Jefferson Barracks was established in 1826 and was one of the army's major posts until 1860. Located twenty-six miles below the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, the Barracks served as a concentration point for supplies for the various army installations in the Missouri River valley and along the upper Mississippi and its tributaries. When Jefferson Barracks was established, the army intended for the post to act as the Infantry School of Instruction, but the School was never formally organized. The first soldiers stationed at the post were required to construct their own barracks and other auxillary buildings, and …

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The Development Of A Rating Scale For Assessing Teaching Competencies Of Health Occupations Educators In The State Of Louisiana., Constance Lirette Casente Jan 1981

The Development Of A Rating Scale For Assessing Teaching Competencies Of Health Occupations Educators In The State Of Louisiana., Constance Lirette Casente

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The development of a rating scale suitable for assessing teaching competencies of health occupations educators in the State of Louisiana was accomplished by: the development and validation of a questionnaire composed of 155 competency statements within ten components--(planning, teaching, evaluation, management, guidance and placement, school-community relations, student-vocational organization, professional role, coordination of cooperative education and health care environment)--relating to health occupations education programs; ascertaining the level of importance as perceived by incumbent teachers and supervisors of public, secondary and post-secondary health occupations education programs in Louisiana, who were employed during the months of March through May, 1981; ranking these competency …

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A Study On Teacher Morale At A Selected Secondary School., Mark Fickie Jan 1981

A Study On Teacher Morale At A Selected Secondary School., Mark Fickie

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The intent of the study was to investigate the morale of teachers in a selected south Louisiana secondary school. Four null hypotheses were proposed and tested to identify the effect of a change of facility upon the entire group of teachers; male and female teachers; teachers under the age of thirty-seven and those who were thirty-seven years of age or older; and teachers having bachelors degrees and teachers with higher degrees that moved to a new school plant. All forty-three teachers (N = 43) employed at a selected secondary school participated in the experiment. Of that total, nineteen teachers moved …

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Patterns Of Development Of Independent Oil Companies In Louisiana: An Exploratory Study Into The Strategic Changes Of Growing Companies., David Lester Duhon Jan 1981

Patterns Of Development Of Independent Oil Companies In Louisiana: An Exploratory Study Into The Strategic Changes Of Growing Companies., David Lester Duhon

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was conducted to gain additional knowledge about the process of change as entrepreneurships in the oil industry grow and develop. Thirty independent operators comprised the sample. The owner/manager of each firm was questioned at length about the growth of his company. Particular attention was given to identifying the relative stage of development of each firm. This was determined by analyzing the strategic characteristics identified in the literature as descriptive of stages of development. The evidence seriously questions the applicability of the stages of development model for these companies. The data strongly suggests that growth is a more gradual …

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A Comparison Of Two Approaches In Teaching Mathematics To Special Education Students., Herman Brooks Fullen Jr Jan 1981

A Comparison Of Two Approaches In Teaching Mathematics To Special Education Students., Herman Brooks Fullen Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study had the purpose of comparing the effects of two approaches in teaching mathematics to secondary special education students. The study attempted to answer the following questions: (1) Were there significant differences between group means of mathematics achievement test scores for students in a diagnostic-prescriptive mathematics program compared to students using programmed mathematics? and (2) Were there significant differences between group means of self-concept scores for students in a diagnostic-prescriptive program compared to students using programmed mathematics? Twenty-four secondary special education students enrolled at the East Baton Rouge Evaluation and Vocational Center were the subjects in this study. The …

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A Status Study Of Educational Media Services In Selected Institutions Of Higher Education In The United States., Joseph Allan Hutchinson Jan 1981

A Status Study Of Educational Media Services In Selected Institutions Of Higher Education In The United States., Joseph Allan Hutchinson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purposes of this study were (1) to determine the present status of educational media services in institutions of higher education offering doctoral programs in instructional technology; (2) to compare levels of adequacy of educational media services as perceived by educational media directors; and (3) to identify innovative practices, concepts, and emerging trends of educational media services in higher education. A descriptive survey instrument was developed to solicit data concerning staff, budget, educational media services, physical facilities, non-print materials collections, and audiovisual equipment inventories. Survey instruments were sent to the educational media directors of the forty-two universities offering doctoral programs …

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