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Child Day Care Policy Issues In Nebraska, Christine M. Reed

Center for Public Affairs Research (UNO): Publications

This chapter looks at the Nebraska child day care market. A review of the day care arrangements made by working parents for their preschoolers indicates that the majority use home day care - in the home of a relative, friend, neighbor, or family day care home proprietor. This predominance, together with evidence that sixty percent of all day care is informal, unregulated care, suggests three policy strategies for improving the quality of home day care in Nebraska: strengthening and expanding family day care rules; subsidizing quality home day care for the working poor; and expanding specialized training for home day …

The Spatial Memory Of Clark’S Nutcrackers (Nucifraga Columbiana) In An Analogue Of The Radial Arm Maze, Russel P. Balda, Alan Kamil

Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences

Clark’s nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) use spatial memory to recover stored food in the field. In the present experiments, an open-field analogue of the radial arm maze was developed and used to test the ability of nutcrackers to remember spatial locations. The nutcrackers showed high levels of retention after 6 h, but were close to chance levels after a 24-h retention interval. These results suggest that nutcrackers may use different spatial memory systems under different conditions. After long retention intervals, nutcrackers performed more accurately than pigeons tested by other experimenters using similar procedures. This raises the possibility of species …

Diet Choices Of Blue Jays (Cyanocitta Cristata) As A Function Of Time Spent Foraging, Sonja I. Yoerg, Alan C. Kamil

Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences

Optimal diet theory predicts choices among prey types. With sequential prey encounters, less profitable prey types may be rejected immediately because rejecting the prey item at hand increases the probability of encountering more profitable types. However, Lucas (1985) argued that at the end of a foraging bout, all encountered prey types should be accepted because the opportunity to encounter more profitable types is limited. We tested Lucas’s prediction in a simulation, allowing blue jays to hunt for two moth types differing in profitability. During the last min of both 10- and 20-min foraging bouts, the less profitable type was attacked …

Maggie's Sisters: Feminist Readings Of The Mill On The Floss, Oliver Lovesey

The George Eliot Review Online, ISSN: 2831-5375

The view that Eliot presented her female characters with only very limited possibilities for self-realization in either marriage or martyrdom, and that Eliot herself '1ived" but did not "write" the "revolution" is one that has dominated the feminist assessment of George Eliot. This tradition regards Eliot as an author who served unintentionally to bolster a reactionary, phallocentric ethos. Further, Eliot is suspect as she has been, particularly since F. R. Leavis gave her prominence in The Great Tradition a part of the accepted literary canon. Nevertheless, as Elaine Showalter, for example, has pointed out in "The Greening of Sister George," …

"There Is Some Splendid Scenery" Womens Responses To The Great Plains Landscape, Julie Roy Jeffrey

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

During the decades of exploration and settlement of the trans-Mississippi West, travelers and emigrants encountered a new kind of landscape on the Great Plains. Aside from dramatic geological formations like Courthouse Rock, this landscape lacked many of the visual qualities conventionally associated with natural beauty in the nineteenth century. "It may enchant the imagination for a moment to look over the prairies and plains as far as the eye can reach," Sarah Raymond wrote in her diary in 1865, "still such a view is tedious and monotonous. It can in no wise produce that rapturing delight, that pleasing variety of …

Divorce Settlement Agreements: The Problem Of Merger Or Incorporation And The Status Of The Agreement In Relation To The Decree, Doris Deltosto Brogan

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction ... A. Sources of Problems ... B. General Principles

II. The Agreement As It Relates to the Divorce Decree ... A. Intention of the Parties ... 1. Terms of Art ... 2. Discerning Actual Intent ... B. Application of a Presumption ... C. Stipulation or Independent Contract ... D. Statutory Solutions ... 1. Status of the Agreement ... a. UMDA Approach ... b. Other Statutory Approaches ... 2. Court Modification of "Hybrid" Decrees ... a. UMDA Approach ... b. Other Approaches

III. Conclusion ... A. A Clear Standard ... B. A Workable Model

Helping Faculty Meet New Pressures For Scholarly Writing, Robert Boice

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Methods

Subjects

Enlisting Participants

Self-Report Forms

Tracking Participants

Results and Discussion

Practicality and Reliability of the Methodology

Do Librarians Have Less Time for Scholarly Writing?

Complexities in the Search for Sufficient Time

The Initial Attempt at Facilitating Writing in the Midst of Busy Schedules

Short-Term Results: Did Faculty and Librarians Make Use of Available Time?

Why Most Faculty Members and Librarians Didn't Write Productively in the Short Run

Signs of Success in the Longer Run

References

Undergraduate Students' Use Of Time: A Classroom Investigation, Barbara E. Brittingham

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Questions of the Study

Method

Results and Discussion

Conclusion

References

Author Notes

Topics In Question: Active Learning Through Inquiry, Susan Lundvall Brodie

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Why are so many students poor questioners -- why do they lack habits and skills in so fundamental a human activity as inquiry? And why, if it is true that the best teaching capitalizes on students' natural curiosity, do so many students appear to lack the very gift we wish to tap?

Improving Teaching By Reflecting On Practice, Ronald Smith, Fred Schwartz

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Step 1. Identifying a Difficult Situation

Step 2. Generating Data

Step 3. Building the Diagnosis

Step 3a. Making Reasoning Explicit

Step 3b. Organizing the Reasoning

Step 4. Developing and Expanding the Diagnosis with K.

Step 5. Moving from Diagnosis to Action

Step 6. Surfacing Underlying Values

Step 7. Reframing the Situation

Our Reflections on Our Actions

Notes

Bibliography

Evaluating Structured Group Activities For The Large Class, John Stevenson

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

I teach a 500-student introductory course in a large lecture hall with a microphone and an overhead projector. For many students this is a first semester course; often it is taken to fulfill a requirement although there is usually some interest in the subject matter (psychology). I am not a particularly charismatic speaker. From the back of the classroom I look antsize, and my voice rattles, disembodied, from the loudspeakers. Despite this, I want to use class time effectively to give students not only exposure to concepts but practice in using them. I believe memorized factual material will be of …

Practices Used By Excellent Department Chairs To Enhance The Growth And Development Of Faculty, Myra Wilhite, Anita Leininger

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Research Questions

Method

Participants

Instrument

Procedure

Results

Preliminary Information about Chairpersons

Job Satisfaction

Reported Preparation for Chair Role

Conditions Influencing Chairperson Behaviors

Behaviors and Practices Used for Faculty Development

Implications and Recommendations

Bibliography

Using Field Methods As An Instructional Tool, Donald H. Wulff, Jody D. Nyquist

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Defining Field Methods as an Instructional Tool

Using Field Methods in a Speech Communication Course

Advantages of Using Field Methods as an Instructional Strategy

Guidelines

Objectives

Course Content

Other Instructional Strategies

Logistics

Methodology

Student Roles

Teacher Role

Summary

References

Additional Sources on Field Methods

Table Of Contents, Vol. 67, No. 2

Nebraska Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Allocation Of Parental Care Among The Ye'kwana, Raymond B. Hames

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

It is well known that human children require more care or parental investment than any other primate species (Lancaster and Lancaster 1983). While this dimension of human behavior is well documented in the psychological literature for Euroamerican populations (Babchuck et al. 1985), it has received scant, quantitative attention by anthropologists working among tribal populations (for exceptions see Whiting and Whiting 1975, Katz and Konner 1981, Hurtado et al. 1985, Hewlett, this volume (Chapter 16), Turke, this volume (Chapter 10)). The role of alloparental care (care of non-offspring children) has received even less quantitative attention by social scientists (for a review …

4-H 295 Working With Disabled Persons In 4-H

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

4-H 295: Working with Disabled Persons in 4-H. This extension is about being able to identify, assist, and tend the needs of the disabled; including physical impairment, mental retardation, or emotional disorders.

Heg88-231 Carpet Selection: General, Shirley Niemeyer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Carpet cost, installation and measuring are discussed here, along with labels and special considerations for carpet buyers.

Carpet can be one of the largest furnishing expenses you have, so carefully examine the possibilities before making a purchasing decision. Considerations in purchasing carpet include cost, installation, measurements, labeling, color, traffic or activity level, acoustics and energy.

Department Of Entomology Newsletter - No. 5, Part 2, 1988

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

Activities of the Department

Extension News, Fred Baxendale

Teaching News, Ack Jones

Research News, Z. B. Mayo

Museum News, Brett C. Ratcliffe

Lawrence Bruner Entomology Club News, Wes Watson

South Central Research and Extension News, Leroy L. Peters

Panhandle Research and Extension News, Gary L. Hein

West Central Research and Extension News, John B. Campbell

Bortbeast Research and Extension News, John F. Witkowski

Linnaean Games Team News, Larry Godfrey

Roger Gold Moves Up

Recent Retirements

FACULTY / Wayne Kramer Bob Wright Jack Campbell Cliff Walstrom Tony Joern Larry Godfrey Leroy Peters Gary Hein Mark Harrell Art Hagen

TECHNICAL AID, CLERICAL …

Prescribed Passivity: The Language Of Sexism, Julia Penelope

Department of English: Faculty Publications

The recent controversy concerning the use and reference of so-called "generics" in the English language reveals the extent, if not the nature, of the political investment at stake in preserving the myth of generalized reference. Before I offer my data and observations regarding this myth, I wou1d like to emphasize that the arguments supporting generics, especially man, men and mankind, are not substantive, but political, and those who would like to maintain the use of masculine nouns as general references are relying on popular misconceptions, not linguistic data. Of course, if linguistic history provides clues to the outcome of this …

Ec88-423 Color Expression In The Home, Shirley Niemeyer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 88-423 is about color expression in the home.

The Validity Of The Social Avoidance And Distress Scale And The Fear Of Negative Evaluation Scale With Social Phobic Patients, Richard G. Heimberg, Debra A. Hope, Ronald M. Rapee, Monroe A. Bruch

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Turner, McCanna and Beidel’s (1987) recent evaluation of the Social Avoidance and Distress Scale (SADS) and the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (FNE) with anxiety disordered patients concluded that the SADS and FNE lacked discriminant validity and may be inappropriate for subject selection or outcome evaluation in studies of social phobia . This paper raises some concerns with the interpretation of the data presented by Turner et al. (1987) and presents additional data from studies in our laboratories that may qualify their conclusions. It is asserted that (a) the SADS and FNE are not appropriate for diagnostic screening of social …

Leadership And Nonverbal Behaviors Of Hispanic Females Across School Equity Environments, Helen A. Moore, Natalie K. Porter

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Nonverbal behaviors of Hispanic elementary school students and their peers were examined in a small-group cooperative task with a total of 202 subjects. Thirty-five randomly selected groups were videotaped in ten desegregated schools, each group was gender-homogeneous, with three Hispanic and three Anglo students. Analysis of the videotapes revealed that Hispanic females used less vertical and horizontal space than Anglo females, and were also less likely to verbally interrupt or physically intrude on other group members They had similar rates of handling the group resource cards and were given similar leadership scores by multi-ethnic trained observers. Among males, Hispanics are …

Framing ‘Bomb Talk’: The Macro Consequences Of The Microfoundations Of Social Interaction In A Goffmanian Nuclear World, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

This paper, originating with issues generated in Professor Deegan’s seminar on contemporary sociological theory at the University of Nebraska, explores the “frames” or microfoundations of everyday interaction and their consequences for the ultimate macrosociological threat: global nuclear annihilation. The theoretical basis of this study is Erving Goffman’s Frame Analysis: An Essay on the Organization of Experience. The adequacy and comprehensiveness of Goffman’s major constructs are substantiated by data from the everyday world of newspapers and popular culture. “Keys” (or transformational conventions) are pivotal in this analysis. The central thesis of this paper holds that the keys used to transformationally …

We’Re Partners – Not Husband And Wife, Mary Jo Deegan, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

On May I, 1982- International Workers' Day-we celebrated and consecrated our relationship with friends and family. Our partnership ceremony included blessings by a Presbyterian minister, piano music played by a close friend, and readings by Frederick Engels on marriage as slavery for women and by Jane Addams on the right of all people to live in societies they created. We did not obtain a marriage license, we did not exchange "marriage vows," and we specifically chose to not be married. Our celebration cake was covered with white frosting and in red letters the slogan "Workers Should Unite-Not Marry" merrily conveyed …

National Profile Of Agricultural Teacher Educators And State Supervisors Of Vocational Agriculture By Mbti Preference Type, Richard M. Foster, James T. Horner

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

The primary purpose of this study was to provide a national preference type profile of professionals employed in teacher education and state supervision an effort to explain similarities and differences, and to promote increased understanding and communication between these groups and their clientele. Specific objectives were to:

1. Determine preference type and temperament type of teacher educators and state supervisors in agricultural education.
2. Compare preference type and temperament type of teacher educators and state supervisors with that expected from the general population.
3. Compare temperament type of teacher educators and state supervisors by AATEA region.
4. Compare temperament type of teacher educators and …

Transactions Of The Nebraska Academy Of Sciences Volume Xvi (1988): Table Of Contents

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Officers, Policy committee ............. ii

Editorial Board ............. iv

Membership Objectives and Friends of the Academy ............. vi

Biological and Medical Sciences

The vascular flora of the Niobrara Valley Preserve and adjacent areas in Nebraska (Churchill, Freeman, and Kantak) ............. 1-15

Butterflies of the Niobrara Valley Preserve (Neil E. Dankert and Harold G. Nagel) ............. 17-30

An annotated list of the vascular plants of Fontenelle Forest and Neale Woods in eastern Nebraska (Marjorie Mueller Garabrandt) ............. 31-49

Interpreting modem and paleo-environments by analysis of water-stress in xylem: examples from Nebraska and Arkansas (James Landon) ............. 51-61 …

Table Of Contents, Vol. 67, No. 1

Nebraska Law Review

No abstract provided.

Indexes To Volume 67

Nebraska Law Review

No abstract provided.

Performing "Competency To Be Executed" Evaluations: A Psycholegal Analysis For Preventing The Execution Of The Insane, Mark A. Small

Nebraska Law Review

The Supreme Court's decision in Ford v. Wainwright held that the eighth amendment prohibits execution of the insane. As a result, prisoners awaiting execution now have a constitutional right not to be executed if they are found incompetent. By constitutionalizing what had been largely a common law or statutory right, the Court also instructed states to establish procedures to insure that execution of the insane did not in fact occur. Historically, those procedures that governed the determination of competency to suffer execution centered around "competency to be executed examinations" performed by mental health professionals. Many of these procedures failed to …

Preface To The Special Issue, Mary Jo Deegan

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Nebraska was a tumultuous new state in 1869, the year its major University was founded. The early sociologists at Nebraska reflected this bumptious and daring spirit This special issue of the Mid-American Review of Sociology explores several facets of the intellectual heritage and institutional foundations of sociology at the University of Nebraska.