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The Use Of Instructional Modules As An Effective Rural Inservice Delivery System, Kent Page Gerlach

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Effective inservice training for regular educators is now and shall continue to be a critical need for teacher training programs, state educational agencies, local school districts and teacher organizations. Given the mandates of P.L. 94-142, all teachers must eventually receive meaningful special education-relevant inservice training; In rural and remote sparsely populated school districts, however, it is neither economically feasible nor, perhaps, even possible to provide both direct instructional and supportive practica activities without employment of some type of printed supplementary material. This material must necessarily extend instruction in such aras, for their very remoteness often precludes the more extensive instructional …

The Kinetic Family Drawings As An Indicator Of Marital Instability And Family Stress, Edward Henry Schacker

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Problem. Because of the implementation of public laws regarding the right of all handicapped children to a free and appropriate public education, school psychologists have experienced an increasing demand to provide accurate and timely psychoeducational assessment. In particular there is increased focus on the diagnosis of emotional disturbance and the need for the development and/or validation of instruments which can reliably measure this handicapping condition. It is also extremely advantageous to be able to determine whether the emotional disturbance is chronic or transitory so that appropriate educational programming can be developed. This study investigated one aspect of the Kinetic Family …

The Effectiveness Of Expanded-Field Reflective Optics When Utilized In Environmental Applications With Subjects Having Cervical Spinal Dysfunctions, Kevin Derryl Crowe

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The Wink Fullview Mirror (WFM) is a commercially available automotive mirror designed primarily for use with non-handicapped populations. Manufactured by the Wink Corporation, 29630 56th Avenue West, Lynwood, Washington, it is designed to replace the standard equipment rearview mirror in automobiles in order to provide an expanded field of vision. Efficacy of the mirror with subjects having selected cervical spinal dysfunctions was investigated. A review of the literature suggested that there were no previous works which studied the effectiveness of any similar devices. Using a stratified random sampling procedure, the study involved a total sample of 32 individuals divided into …

Potential Use Of Hydroelectric Facilities For Manipulating The Fertility Of Lake Mead, Larry J. Paulson, John R. Baker, James E. Deacon

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Analysis of historical nutrient data for Lake Mead indicates that the fertility of the reservoir has decreased which may be the cause for a corresponding decline in the largemouth bass population. However, it appears that fertility can be manipulated by altering the operation of the dam. The depletion of nutrients in the euphotic zone by phytoplankton and subsequent accumulation in the hypolimnion during summer and fall provide a natural nutrient gradient from which water of varying fertility can be drawn for discharge. This combined with alterations in the depth or seasonal pattern of discharge can possibly be used to enhance …

Unlv "Rebels" Vs University Of Maryland "Terrapins", University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

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The Genesis Of Social Interactionism And Differentiation Of Macro- And Microsociological Paradigms, Dmitri N. Shalin

Sociology Faculty Research

This paper presents an historical outlook on the macro-micro distinction in modern sociology. It links the genesis of social interactionism and microsociology to the rise of Romantic philosophy and attempts to elaborate methodological principles dividing macro- and microscopic perspectives in sociology. Six ideal-typical distinctions are considered: natural vs. social universality, emergent properties vs. emergent processes, morphological structuralism vs. genetical interactionism, choice among socially structured alternatives vs. structuring appearance into reality, structural vs. emergent directionality, operational vs. hermeneutical analysis. The complementarity of the languages of macro- and microsociological theories is advocated as a foundation for the further elaboration of conceptual links …

Unlv 1978-79 Rebel Basketball Guide, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

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A guide for Rebel Basketball from 1978-1979.

Unlv Lady Rebels 1978-1979, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Student Rights And The Disciplinary Process In Constitutional Law, Edward Ehud Goldman

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study established the extent to which the state statutes of all 50 states provided for a legal description of the constitutional rights of students and the disciplinary process; The study was descriptive in nature and provided for a systematic analysis of statutory enactment in the area of student rights and the disciplinary process; From an analysis of the local Clark County School District Rules and Regulations on student rights and the disciplinary process, the study progressed to an analysis of the statutes of all 50 states to determine if statutory language contained in the codes conformed to the decisions …

An Analysis Of Attitudes Toward Fine Arts Education Among Nevada State Legislators, Lobbyists, School Board Trustees, Superintendents, Curriculum Coordinators, Principals, Fine Arts Educators, And Other Educators In Nevada Public Schools, Jocelyn Kaye Jensen

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Because of current prevailing educational and negative financial trends, a concern for the place of the fine arts in the curricula of the nation's public schools has been evidenced among various writers and curriculum experts. Music, visual arts, drama, and dance classes were being indiscriminately eliminated from educational instructional programs throughout the country. Remedial courses were taking the place of electives. Fine arts educators, among others, were also being assigned to teach in areas outside their major subject expertise. Many of these happenings came about because of newly mandated competency testing and back-to-basics instruction. Competency-based testing and instruction were mandated …

The Evolution Of Dixie College As A Public Institution Of Higher Education In Utah From 1871 To 1935, Edna Jensen Gregerson

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study has attempted to determine the forces which influenced the development of Dixie College from its inception as a church oriented Academy in 1871 to its becoming a state supported institution under the Utah Public School System in 1935. Included are a series, of events, crises, people, and historical forces which became a part of a neighborhood, of societal groups, of community development and led to the emergence of the institution and its growth in a small isolated Latter-Day Saint community; Beginning with the organizing of the LDS Church in 1830, the educational endeavors of the Mormon people--dedicated to …

An Initial Investigation Of The Handwriting Ability And Spelling Competency Of College Freshmen, Jean Alice Serum

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not a relationship existed between the cursive handwriting ability and spelling competency of college freshmen and to determine whether a significant difference existed in the handwriting ability, and spelling competency, between male and female college freshmen; Subjects. Subjects were eighteen and nineteen year old students enrolled in six representative sections of English 101 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, during the 1981-82 Fall Semester. Eighty-eight subjects participated in the study--forty-eight females and forty males; Procedures; Hypotheses. The hypotheses stated that there was no relationship between the handwriting ability …

Developing A Model Inservice Program For Preparing Secondary Administrators To Be Effective Instructional Supervisors, George Ann Rice

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The intent of this study was to provide an answer to the following question: "What are the necessary experiences, proficiencies, and skills that an instructional supervisor should have in order to become the teacher educator his position, as currently perceived by educational leaders in the areas of supervision, educational research, and teaching requires?"; On the basis of conclusions drawn through research in the professional literature, a detailed training model was developed to help prepare secondary administrators to be effective instructional supervisors. These conclusions included: (1) A meaningful inservice experience must include an opportunity for each building administrator to examine his …

Fish Of Lake Mead And Lake Mohave, Robert C. Allan, Dennis L. Roden

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This publication offers an in-depth study of the fish and other organisms that live in Lakes Mead and Mohave. The history and background of the two lakes is offered, as well as information about diseases, parasites, and unusual fish occurrences. Food sources, predation and competition are also discussed.

Unlv "Rebels" Vs San Diego State "Aztecs", University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Final Report: Lake Mead Monitoring Program, James E. Deacon

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The Lake Mead Monitoring Program has continued to develop information on the limnological condition of Lake Mead. We have significantly increased our analytical capabilities this year by developing a cooperative project with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and continuing our cooperative program with E.P.A. We also were able to derive significant benefit from the reviews of the Pollution Abatement Project written by Clair Sawyer and Charles Goldman. Partially as a result of these reviews we have had the opportunity to interpret and more fully explain the significance of our work to a wider public audience than would otherwise have been …

Final Environmental Statement, Southern Nevada Water Project, Second Stage, U.S. Bureau Of Reclamation

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The Southern Nevada Water Project, a water supply system for the Las Vegas area, was authorized by the Acts of October 22, 1965, and July 19, 1966 (Public Laws 89-292 and 89-510). These acts authorized staged development. The first stage, completed in 1971, consists of intake facilities at Lake Mead, eight pumping plants, a main aqueduct 2-1/2-miles long, a 4-mile-long tunnel, and 30 miles of pipelines and laterals. The State of Nevada constructed the Alfred Merritt Smith Water Treatment Facility in conjunction with the first stage. The first stage system has the capacity to deliver 132,200 acre-feet per year.

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Limnological Aspects Of Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona, John R. Baker, James E. Deacon, Thomas A. Burke, Samuel S. Egdorf, Larry J. Paulson, Richard W. Tew, Bureau Of Reclamation

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Lake Mead is a deep, subtropical, moderately productive, desert impoundment with a negative heterograde oxygen profile occurring during; the summer stratification. investigations of the Boulder Basin of Lake Mead by the University of Nevada were initiated in November 1971. The primary objective of the study was to determine what effects industrial and sewage effluent from the Las Vegas metropolitan area, discharged into Las Vegas Bay, have had on the water quality and limnological conditions of Boulder Basin. Data from the 1975-76 period are presented in detail, with earlier data included in the summaries and discussions. Measurements of water temperature, dissolved …

The Limnetic Zooplankton Community Of Boulder Basin, Lake Mead In Relation To The Metalimnetic Oxygen Minimum, Thomas A. Burke

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The limnetic zooplankton community of Boulder Basin, Lake Mead, was examined to determine the role of this community in the development of a metalimnetic oxygen minimum which regularly occurs in the lake. Analysis of the community from May 1975 to April 1976 revealed that zooplankton maintain high populations within the metalimnion during summer stratification. The species composition of the community changes noticeably during the summer, but due to advanced stages excysting from resting forms, a complete assemblage of individuals are found throughout the 74 day period studied. Thermal stratification was weak, covering a 30 meter metalimnion. Eddy currents powered by …

Biota Of Lake Mead: Annotated Checklist And Bibliography, Wesley E. Niles, Charles L. Douglas, National Park Service

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In 1935 construction was completed on the Bureau of Reclamation's Hoover Dam, located near the bend of the historic Colorado River. Rising 726 feet within the rugged walls of Black Canyon, the structure is still recognized today as the highest concrete dam in the western hemisphere. Impoundment of water above Hoover Dam created Lake Mead, some 110 miles long, having a shoreline of 84 miles when the lake is at its maximum elevation of 1229 feet - this country's largest man-made reservoir. Below the dam, in Black Canyon and southward, the wild aspect of the Colorado River was altered by …

Unlv "Rebels" Vs Pepperdine University "Waves", University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Unlv 1977-78 Rebel Basketball Guide, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

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A guide for Rebel Basketball from 1977-1978.

Unlv Lady Rebels 1977-1978, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Chasing a Championship

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1978 Tournament Champions

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19677-1978 Schedule

A Study To Examine The Effect Of Curriculum Materials On The Ability Of General Mathematics Students To Solve Verbal Problems, Paul Raymond Goodwin

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The Statement of the Problem. What is the effect of the type of instructional materials on the acquisition of verbal problem-solving skills of general mathematics students?;The Assumptions of the Study. The necessary assumptions for the study were: (1) Verbal problem-solving skills can be learned by the general mathematics students; (2) all students need to learn to solve verbal problems; (3) students in general mathematics classes have not been provided with adequate instruction and thus, have not been acquiring verbal problem-solving skills; (4) the experimental mathematics curriculum materials used to teach verbal problem-solving skills for this study will improve the students' …

Effects Of A Group Intake Procedure On Productivity And Delivery Of Services In A Community Mental Health Setting, Virginia Lee Douglas

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

A modified institutional cycle design was used for the evaluation of the impact on productivity and client services of a change from a waiting list to a group intake procedure. Subjects were 837 callers requesting outpatient services including individual, group and family or marital counseling in a decentralized, state-funded community mental health center; Key contrasts comparing cross-sectional and longitudinal differences between two sites, which began group intake at different times, and a third site which continued a waiting list, were observed for three indices of agency productivity and two indices of client service. A comparison was also made between the …

An Analysis Of Two Strategies For Implementing A Parent Self-Administered Advice Procedure For Training And Maintaining Responsibilities Among Family Members, Michael Paul Mcmanmon

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

An attempt was made to investigate two strategies for implementing a self-administered parental advice procedure for training and maintaining responsibilities among family members. The population included 14 families from Las Vegas, Nevada who were seeking to solve common child-rearing problems. Families were divided into two groups: Contact approach and No-Contact approach. Contact approach parents received one hour of professional assistance per week. The No-Contact approach parents self-administered the Children's Activity Planner in their homes. No significant pretest differences existed between groups. Research indicates that few self-administered programs exist for in-home resolution of common child-rearing problems. The Children's Activity Planner was …

Developing A Small School District Organizational Profile Utilizing A Theoretical Model, Edward Leon Hensley

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study developed an evaluation instrument profiling selected components identified in the Getzels-Guba Theoretical Model of a Social System. The instrument targeted public school districts with enrollments of 5000 students or less applying the components of the Model. These components were often not included in the assessment procedures or programs of school districts, but were the phenomena of an informal and highly neglected area of evaluation with respect to school organization. The study surveyed teacher attitudes toward their organization using the components of identity, loyality, communication, teamwork, security and purpose; The research of the literature was unsuccessful in revealing a …

Unlv "Rebels" Vs Iowa State "Cyclones", University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Unlv Lady Rebels Tournament Of Champions, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Poster for Las Vegas Junior League Tournament of Champions The Best in Women's Basketball: Delta State, Immaculata, Long Beach State, UNLV

A Review Of The Limnology Of And Water Quality Standards For Lake Mead, Charles R. Goldman

Publications (WR)

1. The waters of Las Vegas Bay, a heavily utilized recreational resource, receive discharges from a variety of municipal and industrial waste sources. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined, on the basis of numerous studies, that the present water quality violates state and federal standards and constitutes a public nuisance. Consultants have advised the Sewage and Wastewater Advisory Committee that rapid abatement of the alleged pollution conditions can be achieved by an advanced wastewater treatment (AWT) plant.

2. The major problems in Las Vegas Bay are an objectionable water color, excessive turbidity, noxious odors, and oxygen depletion in certain …