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Personalized System of Instruction (PSI), or Keller Plan, Materials

PSI (Personalized System of Instruction) can help students learn!

If the lecture-taught course has you meeting the students as adversaries, continually answering redundant questions, haggling over half credit for half correct answers, and generally finding your students being inhibited by the lock-step timing of a lecture course, then PSI is an alternative.

It is also the title of a film, PSI: An Alternative, that imaginatively and graphically outlines an intriguing and dynamic system for learning.

PSI (also known as the Keller Plan) is self-paced, mastery oriented, student tutored for junior college and college level instruction with classes of all sizes …

Nebraska's Corroboration Rule, Alan G. Gless

Nebraska Law Review

This Comment attempts to analyze and justify the Nebraska Supreme Court's retention of the corroboration rule in cases of rape and assault with intent to commit rape. The analysis is based on two broad principles. First, the state's burden of proof in all criminal cases is proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Second, because legal doctrines "derive meaning and content from the circumstances that gave rise to them and from the purposes they were designed to serve," we should not be anxious to change an established legal doctrine, unless experience has shown that the pertinent causative circumstances no longer prevail or …

A Holistic Jurisprudential View Of The Drug Victim, John R. Snowden

Nebraska Law Review

This article suggests that a reorganization of thoughts is in order as an approach to the recalcitrant dope experience and its victimization of core concepts of American law. It is the function of those concepts to support a reasoned defense of freedom in the face of fear.

I. Introduction

II. The Perspective

III. The Cases: The Infection … A. Proof of Illegal Possession … B. Probable Cause … C. Speedy Trial … D. Sentencing … E. Forfeiture of Vehicles … F. Prosecutorial Misconduct … G. Drugs and Legal Order

IV. How Did It Happen Here?

Appendix (an annotated bibliography of …

The Farm Corporation From An Income Tax Viewpoint: Friend Or Foe?, C. William Eastwood

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Incorporation … A. Initial Transfer of Assets … B. Establishment of a Section 1244 Plan … C. Selection of Assets and Liabilities for Transfer and Allocation of Income and Expenses … D. Use of Multiple Entities

III. Operation … A. General Considerations … B. Subchapter S Taxation … C. Corporate Tax Elections … D. Fringe Benefits … 1. Individual Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans … 2. Corporate Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans

IV. Sale, Liquidation, and Redemption … A. Sale of Stock … B. Purchase of Stock and Subsequent Distribution … C. Liquidation and Distribution … 1. Section 331 …

Socialization Of Children, Linda Davis

Nebraska Anthropologist

The children of a culture represent its greatest asset and responsibility. They insure the survival of a culture if its members can accomplish the formidable task of socialization. Americans are acutely aware of this responsibility. This concern is reflected in the tremendous amount of literature about children. For this reason, I used a familiar type of American literature, the comic strip, for an analysis of socialization in the United States. I chose to study "Dennis the Menace" and "Peanuts" because they deal specifically with children from a white, middle class neighborhood.

Socialization, as defined by Hartley and Hartley (In HSU …

Propositional And Nonpropositional Perceiving, Dan D. Crawford

Department of Philosophy: Faculty Publications

The general theory of perception proposed by Roderick Chisholm in his book Perceiving: A Philosophical Study¹ has gained considerable acceptance among contemporary philosophers of perception. In this paper, I will review and evaluate one part of this theory and show where I believe an important modification is necessary.

Chisholm distinguishes what he thinks are two importantly different senses of “perceive,” a propositional and a nonpropositional sense, and then proposes a definition of each. The propositional sense of “perceive” is expressed in contexts in which what is perceived is referred to by a propositional clause, as in

1. George perceives …

Repeatable Testing-A Tool For Learning Physics, David E. Golden, Robert Fuller, Donald D. Jensen

Robert G. Fuller Publications

Physics courses have traditionally used one-chance-only examinations as a probe to tell the professor how much physics each student has learned, with the result that physics examinations have been a common cause of anxiety among undergraduates.

Repeatable equivalent examinations, on the other hand, offer an alternative testing procedure which underscores material not mastered on the first examination and then allows remedial study of this material for the next examination. Furthermore, the thought that it will be possible to have another try at the examination greatly decreases the anxiety associated with examinations. While repeatable examinations are routinely used in Keller-plan courses, …

The Scientific Analogies Of Paul Valery, Reino Virtanen

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

When Valery was about twenty, he showed few signs of a deep interest in the sciences. Weakness in mathematics had made him give up a boyish ambition to be a naval officer.l As for other sciences, here is an excerpt from a letter to his friend Andre Gide, expressing

Ce monde est ridicule comme une pendule; ces astres virent sottement, tres peu nombreux (trois mille cinq cents), pas beaux en somme, ni curieux .... La nature, laide comme si un mediocre l'avait faite .••• Le mystere n'ex:iste pas helas! •.. Lea savants empestent Ie parvenu. Les causes, les efIets n'ex:istent …

The Emergence Of An Acoustical Art Form: An Analysis Of The German Experimental Horspiel Of The 1960s, Mark Ensign Cory

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

The Era of the Traditional Horspiel has passed. Although they have an important and welcome place in the repertory of every German broadcaster, the radio plays of Gunter Eich, the lyrical fantasies of Ingeborg Bachmann, the suspenseful stories of Friedrich Durrenmatt, the interior monologues of Heinrich Boll, Dieter Wellershoff, and Peter Hirche no longer influence the creative energies at work in the genre as they did throughout the 1950s. They are in a sense museum pieces to which the term "classic" has already been widely applied. What has followed the mature classic period possesses the vigor of youth and the …

An Observation Of The Adult Education Program In The Strategic Air Command As A Social Change Facilitator, Raymond Earl Tinsley

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This study, prepared by Colonel Raymond E. Tinsley, USAF, deviates somewhat from the_ standard doctoral dissertation format. The writer was personally involved in many of the events and activities which preceded the study, and, therefore, became the prime documentation source. Due to the national objective to abolish the military draft and create an all-volunteer force, the United States Air Force, in 1970, initiated Project Volunteer--a program to determine those-factors influencing retention rate. In its report, Project Volunteer Considerations, 88 irritants to Air Force life were disclosed. In an effort to remove these irritants, the Air Force embarked on an adult …

A Survey Of The Perceptions Of Pre-Retired Older Workers In Selected Businesses Toward Various Aspects Of Retirement With Implications For Pre-Retirement Education, Donald W. Swoboda

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This study was designed to determine how older workers in Nebraska perceived their own retirement situation, specifically as related to financial issues and pre-retirement planning. Twelve questions were developed as guides: for use in conducting this study. These questions were designed to determine older worker perceptions of: Personal retirement income adequacy, proportion of pre-retirement income necessary for retirement, responsibility for retiree finances, the role of children in the retirement finances of older persons, the responsibility of the government, present retiree income situation, willingness to make increased social security payments In order to increase the income of present retirees and themselves, …

Muskrat Control And Damage Prevention, James E. Miller

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 6th (1974)

Although the muskrat, Ondatra zibethica, is native throughout most of the United States and has been a mainstay of the fur business, in recent years it has become a serious pest causing extensive damage to some specific crops, as well as to earthen water-holding structures. Damage caused by muskrats to rice crops, food fish, and bait fish reservoirs in Arkansas was estimated in 1967 to be almost $900,000. A control program begun in October, 1967, directed principally at muskrat control, proved a significant aid in reducing damage. This program provided Arkansas farmers and landowners with practical, effective methods and …

Experiments With Sounds In Repelling Mammals, John L. Stewart

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 6th (1974)

Since its introduction for use in repelling birds , a number of people have found that Av-Alarm is effective for control of certain mammals. This includes not only those familiar to North Americans (deer, elk , coyotes), but also various less familiar species, even anthropoids (baboons) and bats. A number of example cases are described. A concept theory is presented in order to explain why certain sounds are more effective than others, and why sounds originally meant for bird control are also effective with mammals. The theory helps to predict untested situations , and also suggests when complex repelling sounds …

An Ok Science Teacher, Robert Fuller

Robert G. Fuller Publications

Many elementary school teachers feel insecure and unsure in their teaching of science, i.e., they have NOT OK feelings about themselves and science. These feelings are based on the teachers' previous science experiences and on their interactions with other persons in science courses. The improvement of elementary school science programs depends upon the teacher's ability to deal effectively with his feelings about science. A complete science education program for an elementary teacher includes three components: (1) science content, (2) science methods that take into consideration the intellectual development of children, and (3) a practical psychology for developing positive human attitudes …

The Future: Create Or Inherit, Charles W. Case, Paul A. Olson

Department of English: Faculty Publications

This training document was prepared by the Deans Committee of the Study Commission on Undergraduate Education and the Education of Teachers and does not represent an official position of the Study Commission. The book is a study document for distribution to those associated with the work of the Commission.

Introduction, Paul A. Olson

The Educational Significance of the Future, Harold G. Shane

Educational Research and Development Priorities to Create the Future, Charles W. Case

Riding the Apocalypse: Education and the Future of Humanity, Robert Bundy

DIALOGUE: Futures Planning and its Methodology

Teacher Education: A Future of Declining Need—Toward the Redefmition …

Towards Principles For The Control Of Squatter Settlements In Bangkok, Thailand, Nirmal Brito Mutunayagam

Community and Regional Planning Program: Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity

The squatter problem is one of complexity and diversity, and lasting solutions to the problem have been elusive, despite the numerous techniques and approaches that have been tried out. This is primarily because the squatter problem has. not been comprehensively understood or defined.

The objective of this study is therefore to find a comprehensive definition of the squatter problem, with specific reference to Bangkok, in Thailand, and to recommend workable principles as a basis for their control and progressive elimination.

Proper reorganization of squatter control mechanisms can contribute to the orderly spatial growth in the city; and will promote the …

The Effect Of Correlated Linguistic Dimensions On Speeded Classification Of Visually Presented Trigrams, John H. Flowers

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

The influence of two types of linguistic dimensions, word-nonword and consonant pronunciation, on classification speed of trigrams in card-sorting tasks of two levels of complexity was examined. In complex grouping tasks, which required the evaluation of more than one letter to classify each stimulus, sorting times were faster when the linguistic dimension was correlated with, rather than orthogonal to, the response categories. For tasks in which each stimulus could be classified on the basis of a single letter, no effect of the correlated vs orthogonal linguistic dimension was observed, even when performance was degraded by visual noise. These results provide …

Graduate Education And New Jobs In Education, Paul A. Olson

Department of English: Faculty Publications

Teacher education has too largely concerned itself with a study of schooling rather than a study of education. In the next generation, given the concerns that I’ve talked about, we’re going to have to look much more intensively, on the one hand, at how much human beings learn as biological creatures and, on the other hand, at all the cultural and legal constraints on learning that exist. We will look at education in industry, in the community, in community action programs, in the tribal council, education through ritual, and through play, as well as through public schooling. The job of …

Ec74-2033 Structural Lighting In The Home, Mary Dale Christensen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 74-2033 talks about installing lighting in homes.

Comparative Studies Of Socialization, Patricia Draper

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

This paper will not attempt a comprehensive review of the recent literature on socialization. Rather, it will deal with four areas of the comparative study of childhood which have particular interest to this writer: systematic ethnographic reports on child life in non-Western societies; education and anthropology; cognitive style and socialization; and socialization for sex role. As a further means of narrowing the potential range of this review, the author will exclude most reports of infant, adolescent, and adult socialization.

Recollections, George W. Beadle

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

In these exciting times when elementary and high schools teach modern biology, including many of the intricacies of biochemical genetics, the long slow process by which our present knowledge in this area was gained is not often fully appreciated. A third of a century elapsed before Mendel’s work was "rediscovered" and properly appreciated. Archibald E. Garrod’s (1) prophetic appreciation of the relation genetics and biochemistry, beginning soon after the so-called rediscovery of Mendel, lay fallow for more than forty years despite the fact that he published widely and relatively voluminously. As late as a quarter of a century after the …

The Effect Of Simultaneous And Sequential Presentation Of Stimulus Dimensions On Absolute Judgment Accuracy, John H. Flowers

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

The effects of spatial stimulus repetition, sequential stimulus repetition, spatially separated dimensional redundancy, and sequentially presented dimensional redundancy on absolute judgment accuracy of hue and brightness were compared. Two exposure durations, 0.1 and 2.0 sec, were used. While spatial repetition did not improve accuracy for either dimension, the sequential repetition of brightness produced a small increase in accuracy. The spatial presentation of correlated values of both dimensions increased accuracy only at the 2.0-sec duration. The sequential presentation of both dimensions increased accuracy, but only at the 2.0-sec duration was this gain substantial and greater than that provided by the sequential …

Alimony Awards Under No Fault Divorce Statutes: Magruder V. Magruder, 190 Neb. 573, 209 N.W.2d 585 (1973), Penny Berger

Nebraska Law Review

Passage of Nebraska's new no fault divorce law in April 1972 aroused speculation over its future application and interpretation by the courts. The alimony provisions, for example, while providing a skeletal framework for attorneys, need judicial fleshing out before their impact will be understood. There is some question as to whether the new law by implication eliminates marital fault as a consideration from alimony proceedings in the same way it has eliminated fault as a ground for granting the decree of dissolution. In Magruder v. Magruder, the first case to interpret the alimony section of the new law, the …

Fitting Principles Within A Positivistic Model Of Law, Bruce Dennis Sales

Nebraska Law Review

Throughout this article, it is contended that a theory of law must include both principles and rules if the theory is to describe accurately the legal process in its day-to-day workings. This position is admittedly antithetical to most legal philosophers who see rules and principles as mutually exclusive and unincorporable. Violation of the usual position is necessitated since a model of law should transcend philosophy and become a useful tool for all lawyers, judges, and legislators in guiding their day-to-day legal decisions.

I. Introduction

II. Hart’s Model of Rules

III. Analysis of Open-Texturism

IV. Principles and Judicial Decision-Making

V. Conclusion

A Cross-Cultural Analysis Of Sex Differences In The Behavior Of Children Aged Three Through 11, Beatrice Whiting, Carolyn P. Edwards

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

This paper uses the cross-cultural, systematic child observations of the Six Culture Study, led by John and Beatrice Whiting of Harvard University, to investigate the validity of the stereotypes of sex differences about nurturance, aggression, compliance, dependency, and other behaviors. The children aged 3 – 11 years, were observed in natural settings in seven different parts of the world. The analysis indicates that there are universal sex differences in the children’s behavior, but the differences are not consistent nor as great as the studies of American and Western European children would suggest. Furthermore, socialization pressure in the form of task …

Radiotelemetry For Studying Problem Birds, Olin E. Bray

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Bird problems are much easier to solve if information is available on the behavior of the birds involved. Banding, color-marking, and visual observations have provided only general information on the behavior of problem birds. In order to continuously monitor the activities of birds causing problems, personnel in our Bioelectronics Unit and I developed a radiotelemetry system. A. Lawrence Kolz, George W. Corner, Erwin W. Pearson, and Richard E. Johnson of the Bioelectronics Unit provided the knowledge of electronics and many days of tedious work necessary to develop this system.

Crowding Among Hunter-Gatherers: The !Kung Bushmen, Patricia Draper

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

Highly crowded living conditions exist among the !Kung Bushmen, hunter-gatherers who live on the edges of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South-West Africa. The !Kung appear to be crowded by choice, and biological indicators of stress are absent. Data indicate that residential crowding alone does not produce symptoms of pathological stress.

Tool-Making And Tool-Using In The Northern Blue Jay, Thony B. Jones, Alan Kamil

Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences

Laboratory-raised Northern blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata) have been observed tearing pieces from pages of newspaper and utilizing them as tools to rake in food pellets which were otherwise out of reach. The frequency of this behavior was dependent upon the motivational state of the jay and the presence of food pellets.

The Culture Of Poverty Debate: Some Additional Data, Barbara E. Coward, Joe R. Feagin, J. Allen Williams Jr.

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

In this paper we briefly review relevant research on the culture of poverty and set our findings within the general context of culture of poverty arguments. Data from a community survey in a Southwestern city are analyzed using Oscar Lewis’ four major culture of poverty dimensions: 1) the individual, 2) the family, 3) the slum community, and 4) the community’s relation to society. In our study a sample of 271 black respondents was divided into two groups, here termed the “poor” and the “non-poor.” In noting all the broad traits studied in all dimensions taken together, some support for Lewis’ …

Black Family Structures And Functions: An Empirical Examination Of Some Suggestions Made By Billingsley, J. Allen Williams Jr., Robert Stockton

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Andrew Billingsley in Black Families in White America has criticized much of the previous research on the black family, saying that social scientists have ignored the structural variation among families and have focused on a very limited number of family functions. To correct what he believes to be a distorted picture of the black family, he has suggested a typology of family structures and a large number of family functions which should be taken into consideration. This paper, based upon data collected from 321 black households, uses Billingsley’s typology to examine the association between family structures and functions. It is …