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A Study Of Nonverbal Communication And Leadership Emergence In Task-Oriented And Informal Small Groups, Arline F. Schubert

Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to investigate the nonverbal cues exhibited by participants in informal and task-oriented groups. The following hypotheses were examined: 1) Leaders exhibit significantly more nonverbal cues than do nonleaders in task-oriented and informal small groups; 2) Members of a task-oriented small group will exhibit significantly more nonverbal cues than members of the informal small group; 3) An interaction effect will occur with leaders of the task- oriented groups exhibiting significantly more nonverbal cues than leaders of the informal groups.

Subjects for this study were fifty undergraduate students enrolled in Speech Pathology and Audio! jgy 232 at the …

November 1, 1973, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the November 1, 1973, meeting of the University Senate. 20 pages

October 4, 1973, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the October 4, 1973, meeting of the University Senate. 10 pages

October 1973, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

October 1973 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 8 pages

Volume 56, Number 3

A Study Of Pupil Achievement In Differentiated And Traditionally Staffed Elementary Classrooms, Gordon Leigh York

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Systems Approach To Accounting And Internal Control, John K. Flaagan

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Summer Commencement: August 11, 1973, University Of North Dakota

UND Commencement Programs

UND Summer Commencement program from August 11, 1973.

Human Resource Accounting, Charles William Morgan

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Is This Good Talking: A Syntax Screening Test Using No Picture Stimuli, Rhonda I. Hilden

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to assess a new screening test of syntax involving no picture stimuli and to compare it to a commonly used syntax screening instrument involving picture stimuli. A subsidiary aim was the determination of the relationship between auditory memory and both tests of syntax. Tests used to measure syntactic ability included the Is This Good Talking? (ITGT) test, which includes no picture stimuli and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test (MSST), which involves picture stimuli. The Auditory Sequential Memory subtest of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) was selected to measure the auditory memory of …

A Comparison Of The Performance Of High School Bookkeeping/Accounting Students Taught In A Structured Classroom And Those Taught By An Individualized Study Method, Alvin L. Kelling

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Of Selected Personal And Curricular Variables To Achievement In Cobol, Robert N. Sando

Theses and Dissertations

Statement of the Problem

The problem of this study was to determine the relationship of secondary school, personal, and collegiate factors to student achievement in COBOL computer programming.

Purpose of the Study

The primary purpose of this study was to identify those personal and curricular characteristics of students which could be used to predict performance in COBOL programming classes. A prediction equation was developed which could be used to predict performance in COBOL.

A secondary purpose of this study was to determine if there is a relationship b e tween certain student characteristics and the high dropout rate of students …

A Comparative Study Utilizing Carpet For Machine Noise Reduction In An Industrial Technology Woodworking Laboratory, Eugene A. Schlomer

Theses and Dissertations

The nature and scope of this study was an experimental research project designed to determine what effect the installation of carpet would have on the redu·ction of potentially harmful airborne and structure-borne noise levels emitted from standard industrial woodworking machines commonly used in school instructional programs

The specific objectives formulated for the study were to (1) determine the feasibility of using carpet as a sound absorbent floor covering material to control the airborne and structure-borne noise emissions from selected woodworking machines, (2) determine the potentially harmful noise levels produced by various woodworking machines, (3) determine what effect the carpet installed …

Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts Adapted For The Arena Theatre, William Frank Mellien

Theses and Dissertations

The premise of this production thesis is that Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts, written specifically for the proscenium theatre, can be suitably adapted for presentation in the arena theatre, both directorially and technically. The thesis consists of an historical examination of the arena theatre, Henrik Ibsen, and Ghosts; analyses of the script and characters; adaptations necessary to direct a play in the arena and the director's philosophy in relation to the production; the technical problems encountered in the production; and critiques concerning the successes and failures of the production.

The conclusions of this study are: (1) Ghosts, a realistic play written for …

Behavioral Objectives For Selected Units In Ninth Grade General Business Class, Margie A. Kelling

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of The Responses Of Adults On Two Competing Message Tasks, Jacque I. Schmidt

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to compare scores obtained on the Staggered Spondaic Word Test (SSW) with scores obtained on. the speech- in-noise subtest of the Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test of Auditory Discrimination (GFW). Another purpose was to determine test-retest reliability and internal reliability of the GFW. Thirty subjects between the ages of twenty to twenty-four years, eleven months with normal hearing and speech were administered the SSW and the speech-in-noise subtest of the GFW. The GFW was re-administered twenty-four to thirty-six hours following the initial administration. Data were treated with the use of mean, standard deviation and correlation coefficient. Statistical …

An Analysis Of Self Concept In Two Elementary Schools In Relationship To Sex, Grade Level, And Teacher, Carl E. Edeburn

Theses and Dissertations

Problem: This study investigated selected aspects of self concept in elementary school students and their teachers as measured by self report instruments in an initial and retesting situation. Attention was given to determining whether changes in the children's levels of self concept had taken place during the school year, whether differences in self concept were evidenced xvdien compared by sex and grade level, and whether a relationship existed between the self concept of the students and the self concept of their teachers.

Procedure: The research was conducted in two Grand Forks Public Schools during the 1971-72 school year, and the …

Freedom And Self-Becoming In Karl Jaspers' Existential Philosophy, Clayton B. Ries

Theses and Dissertations

One of the primary concerns of contemporary counseling literature appears to be the self, to what extent it owes its being to freedom on the one hand, and to environmental influences on the other. This paper does not pretend to resolve so complex an issue. It seeks rather to view the problem x

The Relationship Between Self Actualization And Selected Learning Experiences Of Elementary Education Majors Enrolled In The University Of North Dakota's Center For Teaching And Learning, John A. Eiden

Theses and Dissertations

The Problem: The purpose of this investigation was an analysis of the relationship between self actualization and selected aspects of the undergraduate elementary education program of senior students in the Center for Teaching and Learning.

The Procedure: The subjects (N=85) for this investigation were randomly selected from the total group of fulltime undergraduate Center for Teaching and Learning elementary education seniors officially registered as of August 28, 1972. The study was conducted during the fall and spring semesters 1972-73, and had a duration of six and one-half months. Other than preassessment and post-assessment, no special program of activity was required …

A Study To Test The Effectiveness Of Time-Out In The Decrease Of Moderate Stuttering, Judy E. Clausen

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of time-out from speaking on the frequency of moderate stuttering.

Two parallel single subject studies were carried out concurrently. Two adult moderate stutterers were selected as subjects.

Two sessions of baserate measurement were followed by nine sessions in which 10 seconds of time-out from speaking was made contingent upon the stuttering of Subject A. Subject B was the control subject for the first nine sessions and he received no consequences for stuttering. With session twelve, Subject A became the control and Subject B was required to stop speaking for 10 …

An Investigation Of The Components Of Platonic And Romantic Heterosexual Relationships, Philip F. Guinsburg

Theses and Dissertations

During the past twenty years, heterosexual relationships have been studied extensively by researchers in the field of interpersonal attraction without the attainment of consistent results (Wright, 1968). Wright (1968) stated that there were two methodological problems with this past research which are the treatment of variables used to explain attraction as both the independent and dependent variables in the same study and the use of dyadic indices. Also, Wright (1969) noted that past research has generally not examined heterosexual relationships separately for each sex. Finally, Guinsburg (1970a) found that most research dealing with heterosexual relationships has only examined the "romantic" …

The Effects Of Word Context And Meaning Upon Second Grade Students' Word Recognition Ability, L. Duane Melling

Theses and Dissertations

Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this investigation was to study children's ability to read words presented in isolation or in a meaningful context. Furthermore, this investigation attempted to determine whether differences exist in children's ability to read polysemous words in two settings: (1) when they are used in their most common meaning in a sentence, and (2) when they are used in a less common meaning in a sentence.

Summary of the Procedures: The sample for this investigation was comprised of second grade students drawn from five elementary schools in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Students from seven classrooms …

A Performance Evaluation Of 1970-72 Secretarial And Clerical Graduates Of The Canby Area Vocational Institute, Canby, Minnesota, Robert B. Hessling

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

In Support Of The Entity Theory, Francis O'Keefe

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

June 1973, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

June 1973 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 8 pages

Volume 55, Number 9

May 3, 1973, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the May 3, 1973, meeting of the University Senate. 29 pages

May 1973, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

May 1973 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 8 pages

Volume 55, Number 8

The Effects Of Proper Machine On The Noise Emissions Produced By Power Tool And Machine Operations In The Industrial Woodworking Laboratory, Dwight C. Collins

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the maximum reduction of A-weighted noise produced by operations of woodworking power tools and machines on various materials by stringent implementation of proper machine maintenance practices within the woodworking laboratory.

Literature was surveyed to determine the depth and scope of the problem of hearing loss resulting from exposure to excessive noise produced by woodworking power tools and machines. An overview of studies in the areas of physiological and psychological effects of noise on humans and the control of machine noise were included.

The data were gathered and analyzed from operations of machines …

Psychogenic Factors In Menstrual Symptomology, Glen Gruba

Theses and Dissertations

In this study correlations were obtained between personality characteristics and menstrual manifestations in order to test the following psychogenic hypotheses regarding the etiology of menstrual symptomatology: (1) dependence, as a personality characteristic, is basic to the elaboration of moderate or severe menstrual symptoms, (2) a psychosomatic process, involving psychic control over somatic functions, underlies certain forms of menstrual symptomatology, and (3) menstrual symptoms, particularly as they are more pronounced, represent exacerbations of prevailing personality patterns.

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MDQ, which contains eight menstrual symptom scales) were administered to 60 female university students …

A College Level Helicopter Curriculum, Eugene B. Krueger

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Length Of Observation Necessary To Obtain A Representative Sample Of Clinician-Client Interaction, Beverly A. Laird

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the length of time necessary to obtain a representative sample of clinician-client interaction during a therapy session when using the Analysis of Behaviors of Clinicians (ABC) System to record clinical behavior. Subjects used were ten children receiving articulation and/or language therapy and their student clinicians. All clients were seen on an individual basis. A total of ten fifteen-minute clinician-client sessions were studied. It was concluded that a three-minute period was sufficient to obtain a representative sample of clinician-client interaction during an articulation and/or language therapy session involving student clinicians and children.