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Relationships Among Teacher And Pupil Self-Concept And Pupil Reading Achievement At The First Grade Level, Verna L. Brantley

Theses and Dissertations

Problem: The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among teacher and pupil self-concept and pupil reading achievement at the first grade level. To accomplish this purpose pupil self-concept and pupil reading achievement were measured on a pre and post basis. Teacher data comprised of scores of teacher self-concept, teacher's views of the teaching profession, and teacher's views of children as students were also obtained. Attention was given to determining whether changes in the pupils' levels of self-concept had taken place during the school year, whether any exhibited changes in pupil self- concept correlated to changes in pupil reading …

An Investigation Of The Vocabulary Recognition And Syntactic Performance Of Normally-Developing And Educable Mentally Handicapped Children, Myrna Fladeland Moore

Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to investigate the relationship between the performance of normally-developing subjects and educable mentally handicapped (EMH) subjects on standardized measures of vocabulary recognition and syntax.

Nine male and nine female normally-developing subjects, with a mean age of five years seven months, and ten male and seven female educable mentally handicapped subjects, with a mean age of nine years six months, participated in this study. All of the subjects were administered the Full Range Picture Vocabulary Test (FRPVT) (Ammons and Ammons, 1948) and Developmental Sentence Scoring (DSS) (Lee, 1974) in the present study and were administered the Peabody …

Effects Of Emotional Inoculation And Supportive Therapy On Stress Incurred From Nursing Home Placement, Mary B. Carman

Theses and Dissertations

Research indicates that relocation of an elderly person to a nursing home constitutes a major stress to the individual which can be life threatening. The present study was designed to assess the efficacy of two different treatment approaches in attenuating that stress.

Thirty-six elderly persons being placed in nursing homes for the first time were randomly assigned to one of three groups. Subjects in the Emotional Inoculation (El) Group x;ere seen for three consecutive days in the hospital, prior to entering a nursing home, for purposes of giving them information about the facility and preparing them for some of the …

Source And Setting Credibility As Determinants Of Self-Referring Attitude Change, Charles D. Sullivan

Theses and Dissertations

The present study was designed to demonstrate the possible applicability of the concepts and findings from attitude change research to a counseling or psychotherapy situation. Expanding and elaborating on a study by Bergin (1963), the effects of source credibility and setting credibility were investigated with respect to their independent and combined effects upon changes in the self- referring attitude of masculinity following a male subject's reception of communication indicating a discrepancy between his own and the communicator's judgment. Changes in anxiety as a result of receiving the discrepant communication were also measured.

Each of 60 male college student volunteers was …

The Effect Of The Presence Of An Unfamiliar Peer On Stranger Preference And Separation From The Mother In 15-Month-Olds, Robert Arlyn Harms

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the responses of 15-month-old toddlers to unfamiliar peers in the context of toddler-mother attachment. The subjects were twenty-two 15-month-old toddlers, who were observed singly and in pairs under mother-present and mother-absent conditions. Each toddler was involved in a sequence of six 3-minute episodes in an experimental room with toys. Using a counter-balanced procedure, three of the episodes for one toddler overlapped with three of the episodes for the other toddler so that one experimental session consisted of nine episodes. In both the one- toddler and the two-toddler halves of the six-episode …

An Investigation Of The Effects Of Imagination Enhancement Materiials On The Creative Abilities Of Fifth Grade Students, Michael William Radis

Theses and Dissertations

Problem: The purpose of this study was to determine if enhancement of children's imaginations by activities in a school classroom could improve their creative abilities.

The study was divided into two parts. Part one dealt with the effect of the imagination enhancement materials on the figural and verbal creativity of children as measured by the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Part two looked at the effect of the imaginative materials on children's choice of reading materials and on the fantasy content of their creative writing.

Procedure: The research population for this study was one fifth grade classroom consisting of 25 …

Financial Reporting Of Environmental Information, Richard Peters

Theses and Dissertations

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Futures Research: A New Approach To Long-Range Corporate Planning, Conley A. Byrnes

Theses and Dissertations

This study is an attempt to illustrate the potential use of futures research in long-range corporate planning. The basic purpose of futures research is to involve the corporate concern with an active role in creating future conditions. Outcomes and even the seemingly inevitable can be changed.

The paper will study the development of futures research, discuss various techniques and approaches, apply these to the corporation and discuss problems of forecasting. The paper will show that futures research concentrates on the development and application of systematic processes and procedures which are intended to unveil alternatives available to companies over the long-run. …

Reflections In The Glass : A Collage Of Women, Carol E. Johnson

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Leaf Abscission In Larix Sp., Richard A. Schmidt

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Education, Evaluation, And The Metrics Of Learning, Barbara Heyns

Journal of Teaching and Learning

No abstract provided.

The Feasibility Of Providing Family Planning Services To Minors In North Dakota, Andre Marie Ivanoff

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

March 1976, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

March 1976 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 12 pages

Volume 58, Number 2

History Of The University Of North Dakota Honors Program, David Crane

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

There are several reasons for conducting historical research about the University of North Dakota Honors Program. First of all, a historical perspective is needed to lay the groundwork for any evaluative effort to be undertaken later on. Secondly, the Honors Program has an interesting history worthy of study by itself as well as for the light it sheds on current events on campus. Finally, this author considers the Program to be valuable and feels something of value should be studied and improved.

Are Non-Graded Options "Making The Grade?" - Another Look, Sheldon L. Schmidt

Journal of Teaching and Learning

No abstract provided.

January 1976, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

January 1976 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 8 pages

Volume 58, Number 5

The Journal Of Teaching And Learning: In This Issue, Vito Perrone

Journal of Teaching and Learning

No abstract provided.

An Informal Interview With Barbel Inhelder On Planning A Research Study, Beverly Brekke

Journal of Teaching and Learning

No abstract provided.

Capturing Hiring Policies Of School Personnel, Samuel L. Houston, William L. Duff Jr

Journal of Teaching and Learning

No abstract provided.

Child Abuse And Neglect In North Dakota, William N. Friedrich, Jerry A. Boriskin

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Some Social Consequences Of Boom Towns, Ronald L. Little

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Human Relations Training On Group Leaders' Decisions And Members' Satisfaction, F. Mel Madden

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The German Effect On D. H. Lawrence And His Works, 1885-1912, Mitzi Mallarian Brunsdale

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Survey Of General Obligations Debt In Incorporated Cities In North Dakota, Gary J. Oos

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Public Responsiveness : A Comparative Study Of Elected And Appointed Officials, Steven W. Jasperson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Disfluency And Stuttering In Stutterers, C Nealon Nicholas

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Differential Effectiveness Of Meichenbaum's Cognitive Self-Instructional Therapy For Internal And External Test Anxious Subjects, Nicki Pokowitz

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Memory Change As A Product Of Improved Schematic Conceptualization, Craig D. Stevens

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Career Maturity Of The 1976 Graduating Class Of Stuttgart American High School, Ludwigsburg, West Germany, Mary Frances Anthony

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Receptive Vocabulary And Syntactic Performance Of Normally-Developing And Educable Mentally Handicapped Children, Susan F. Groth

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.