Digital Commons Network^™

The Effects Of Reading Out Loud On Students' Attitudes Toward Reading, Rose Marie Klosterboer Evans

Graduate Research Papers

"The educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and as a people" (A Nation at Risk, April, 1983, p. 5). Trelease (1985) reported on statistics from Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (1984) and Ley (1979) that 44% of U.S. adults do not read even one book in a year and that 80% of the books read are being read by 10% of the people. Additionally, Neuman and Prowada (1982) (cited in Harris & Sipay, 1985) found that most students spend less than 5 hours …

A Comparison Of The Effects Of The Blocking-In And Sketching Methods Of Teaching Drawing On The Proportionality Of Human Figure Drawings By Community College Students, John Carol Rider

Graduate Research Papers

Over the years, the primary method of teaching human figure drawing has involved instruction in free-hand sketching. Students using this method are usually instructed to stand at an easel at a right angle to the model to gain the best vantage point, and to study the model while squinting their eyes before beginning to draw. The squinting of the eyes allows the students to lessen the distracting visual detail and see the body as an undifferentiated mass. This enables them to achieve better-proportioned drawings. Although such claims are commonly made by teachers of figure drawing, many artists and art critics …

Child Care Options: Impact On Child Development, Jane Frances Biga Wilson

Graduate Research Papers

The desire to establish learning environments that are both stimulating and responsive and which will contribute to the cognitive, emotional, language, physical, and social development of the preschool child is the goal of parents and educators alike. Piaget proposed that children pass through a series of successive stages and that they develop intellectually by acting and reacting with their world (Travers, 1982). This particular learning theory implies that an enriched environment would encourage intellectual development and has provided a rationale for early child care and education.

A Creative Dramatics Program Across The Curriculum For Kindergarten Children, Ruth Yoder

Graduate Research Papers

The major purpose of the language arts program in the elementary school is to provide opportunity for children to create meaning. Through language experiences, children in collaboration with supportive teachers can develop understandings of themselves, others, and the world around and can extend their abilities to express their thinking and to interact with others.

Interactive Video: A New Technology In The Field Of Training Development, Joe Willie Anderson Jr.

Graduate Research Papers

This research paper will examine interactive video and its uses and compare interactive video instruction with teacher-based instruction. The relationship between interactive video instruction and teacher-based instruction will be discussed in terms of cost, efficiency and effectiveness. Several case studies and experiments involving interactive video will be reviewed to determine if interactive video is capable of reconstructing the delivery system that involves training development.

1986 Once In A Lifetime, Northern University High School

Malcolm Price Laboratory School Yearbooks

The student yearbook of the Northern University High School, part of the Malcolm Price Laboratory School of the University of Northern Iowa.

Extending Visual Language In The First Grade Classroom, Carol W. Shaw

Graduate Research Papers

The myth "children are not able to write unless they can read" has been generally accepted. Yet, the studies of Calkins (1983) and Graves (1983) conclude that ninety percent of all children come to school believing they can write. They have some concept of writing and can write from the first day of school. This ability to write is no accident, for children have been copying the writers in their home environment.

A Comparison Of Teaching Methods With Achievement Scores In The Home Economics Classroom, Denise Schares

Graduate Research Papers

Teaching methods and their relationship to learner achievement have long been an area of concern to educators. Experienced classroom teachers know that some instructional methods are more effective than others for presenting specific types of information to students. Teachers in all curriculum areas and at all grade levels are constantly evaluating methods of instruction in order to determine the methods that will result in the highest level of achievement for their students as the outcome of their instruction. Student achievement received added attention in recent years with the release of the report by the National Commission on Excellence in Education …

Utilizing The Reading-Writing Connection With First Grade Students In A Chapter I Reading Program, Ruth A. Marrs

Graduate Research Papers

Extending reading ability is one of the major goals of primary grades in the elementary school. All children do not progress in their efforts to gain literacy at the same rate. Because the American culture places such importance on literacy, children who gain reading ability slowly cause much concern for the school and their families. Parents want schools to provide programs that will help their children learn to read.

A Study Of The Relationship Of Three Different Oral Revision Activities And Expository Rewriting, Terryl Friberg Anderson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

As theorists and instructors of written composition come to understand writing as more than a product of putting thoughts on slate, paper, or screen, oral revision techniques such as student-teacher conferences and peer editing groups are increasingly being used during the process of composing. Recent reports indicate use of these and other speaking activities in the writing classroom, as pre-writing procedures and as revision techniques, for example. Yet, the call continues for more research in both the teaching of written composition and in speaking/writing relationships. This research was designed to determine the effects of using three different oral revision techniques--peer …

An Analysis Of Factors Affecting The Status Of Evolution As A Topic In Iowa High School Biology Classrooms, Heidi Ann Andre

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study was designed to determine the status of evolution as a topic in Iowa high school biology classrooms. The extent of its coverage, as well as the type of understanding exhibited by the teacher, was viewed in light of the teachers' religious background, community opinion and college training. Two survey instruments were utilized to gather data. Instrument One was designed to quantitatively examine the structure of Iowa high school biology classes, textbooks used and the educational background of the teachers. Instrument Two was constructed to analyze Iowa biology teachers' self-perceived religious and scientific backgrounds relative to their treatment of …

The Relationship Between The Wisc-R Digit Span And The K-Abc Sequential Processing Scale, And Specific Reading Retardation, Joseph A. Bernard

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Evidence exists that children retarded in reading achievement perform poorly on sequential tasks (Jorm, 1983) like the WISC-R Digit Span subtest. Success on the WISC-R Digit Span depends on maintaining the order of the digits presented. An additional task in the Digit Span subtest is repeating the digits backwards but still maintaining the order. The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) has a subscale called the Sequential Processing Scale consisting of three subtests that all measure sequential processing (Kaufman & Kaufman, 1983). The subtests are: Hand Movements, Number Recall, and Word Order. Hand Movements consists of a series of hand …

Violin Recital, Therese K. Fetter

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Mozart's violin sonatas demonstrate the evolution from the customary eighteenth century style of keyboard sonata with violin accompaniment to the nineteenth century sonata in which both instruments are equal partners. Of his later sonatas, K454(1784), K481(1785) and K526(1787) are perhaps his masterpieces. The perfection of balance between the instruments, the expanded form, the technical brilliance and expressive richness of these compositions set the standard for the modern sonata. The Sonata in B flat, K454, was written for the Italian violinist, Regina Strinasacchi. The first performance took place in Vienna in 1784 in the presence of Emperor Joseph II. The first …

The Alumnus, V70n3, October 1985, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
Honor thy faculty--10
First "crop" of Presidential Scholars--14
The Museum finds a home--16
Tenth birthday for the UNI-Dome--18
Art creates "one out of many"--22
Ex libris Don Rod--26

Ballast Quarterly Review, V01n1, Autumn 1985, Roy R. Behrens

Ballast Quarterly Review

A journal devoted to wit, the contents of which are intended to be insightful, amusing, or thought provoking.

The Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science April 26-27, 1985 [Program, 97th Meeting], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Program Contents:

Program Summary --- 4
Symposia Programs --- 10
Video Film Festival --- 15
Poster Papers --- 16
Campus Map --- Centerfold
Section Programs --- 18
Agricultural Sciences --- 18
Anthropology --- 21
Biotechnology --- 22
Botany --- 23
Chemical Education --- 28
Chemistry Inorganic --- 29
Chemistry, Organic --- 30
Conservation --- 32
Engineering --- 33
Geology --- 37
Linguistics --- 37
Nursing --- 38
Physics --- 39
Physiology --- 40
Psychology --- 41
Science Teaching --- 43
Zoology --- 44

Program Abstracts, 97th Session, Iowa Academy Of Science, April 26-27, 1985, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Presentation abstracts from the annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science

Identification Of Technical Skills Required Of Industrial Robot Maintenance Technicians In Manufacturing, David James Goetz

Graduate Research Papers

The primary purpose of this study was to identify those technical skills required of industrial robot maintenance technicians in manufacturing.

Specifically, the study:

1) obtained the work/training background of industrial robot maintenance technicians active in the field,

2) identified the technical skills required of industrial robot maintenance technicians, and

3) identified the desired technical skills of industrial robot maintenance technicians.

A secondary purpose of the study was to provide manufacturing engineers/supervisors with a baseline for detailing a training program for robot maintenance personnel.

Use Of Computers In The Early Elementary Classroom, Susan Barbara Freet

Graduate Research Papers

Microcomputers are becoming increasingly more common in today's society. The cost of the unit Is decreasing, more software is available, and the quality has improved. As computer usage becomes more common in society, schools must respond through educational preparation and utilization. The number of pub I le school computers more than tripled between 1980 and 1982, increasing to nearly 100,000 by the spring of 1982 (Magarrel I, 1982). Between 1980 and 1982 the number of home computers l n use grew more than seven-fold and the number of educational programs available for these micros increased more than ten-fold (Zlajku, 1983). …

A Meta Analysis Of National Child Abuse And Neglect Studies, Jonetta M. Cameron

Graduate Research Papers

The relationship of physical and psychosocial human behavior to child abuse is an issue that has always faced civilized societies. At one time it was believed that developmental needs came into play in a hierarchical sequence, the most basic being those necessary for survival, such as the need for food and water; and that only when these have been satisfied do the higher needs emerge, such as the need for a loving relationship. Now it is felt that all human needs are interrelated and interdependent in a subtle, complex and continuous way (Smith, 1978). These needs must be addressed from …

Enlightened By Shadow, Nancy Frazier

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In the golden age of radio, listeners were told that "only The Shadow knows." 1.,amont Cranston, better known as The Shadow, was the enlightened character with all of the answers to solve repeated mysteries. The Shadow is no longer with us, but the use of shadow puppetry in the elementary classroom can help solve mysteries and bring "life" to the study of light and shadow. Toe use of shadow puppets should allow students to achieve the following objectives: to create shadows by putting objects between a light source and a screen or surface; to recognize objects by their shape; to …

Iowa Meteorites, Larry A. Kelsey

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Every day, the earth is bombarded by an estimated 100 tons of interplanetary debris. Most of this is produced by micrometeorites that vaporize high in the atmosphere and slowly settle to earth as a fine dust. Only a rare once-a-day small meteorite survives its passage through the atmosphere to impact the earth. Unfortunately, the vast majority of these go undetected or undiscovered. As a result, it is an important event when a sizable meteorite fall occurs which is well observed and documented. Interestingly, Iowa appears to have been blessed with an inordinate number of these falls within recorded history. In …

Major Themes In Economics, V.1, 1985, Jack P. Nevius, Mark Willard, Phillip G. Kapler, Richard Wurtz, Ellen Mcbride, James Shindelar

Major Themes in Economics (Original Series, 1985-1986)

Table of Contents:

• Taxation and Its Effect on Personal Saving - Jack P. Nevius ... p.1
• The Economic and Social Desirability of the American Family Farm System as Compared to the Alternative of Corporate Agriculture - Mark Willard ... p.11
• Marx: The Philosopher within the Economist - Phillip G. Kapler ... p.17
• Price Discrimination: A Case Study - Richard Wurtz ... p.29
• Ireland: Industry, Agriculture, and Balance of Payments - Ellen McBride and James Schindelar ... p.34

A Comparison Of Three Readability Tests: Fry Readability Graph, Fog Index, Flesch Readability Test, Sherry Krantz

Graduate Research Papers

This research was done to see how the three readability tests, the FOG Index, the Fry Readability Graph, and the Flesch Readability Test, compare on fiction books. The fiction books tested were the ones checked out of the Riceville Community High School Library by students in grades nine through twelve.

There were one hundred and seventy-seven (177) books checked out. They had a. FOG Index grade level range from 4.1 to 29.3, a Fry Readability Graph grade level range from 2 to 13, and a Flesch Readability Test grade level range from 5 to 15. The means (X1), medians (X2), …

Administrative Decision: Half-Day Everyday Or All-Day Alternate Day Kindergarten Programs, Dean Weldon Flaws Jr.

Graduate Research Papers

Just over one hundred years ago, the first public kindergarten was established in the United States. Historically kindergarten began as an all-day program. Half-day-kindergartens were developed because of the increase in the number of children and the shortages of teachers and classroom space (Oelrich, 1979). Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827) was a Swiss educator who believed education should develop a child morally, physically, and intellectually. He felt that children learned best by using their own senses and by discovering things for themselves . His methods and theories were so successful that· educators from all parts of the world came to study …

Annual Report Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, 1984-85, James G. Macmillan

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

This year, 1985, marks the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Iowa Academy of Science. In 1975, when the Academy celebrated its centennial, a history of the Academy was written. Since that time the Annual Report has served as a running history of the Academy. This year's report encompasses the year beginning July 1, 1984 to June 30, 1985, and is based on committee reports, Board minutes and the recollections of the author.

Science Notes - New Course In Natural History At Iowa Lakeside Laboratory

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

During the summer of 1986, a course in natural history, developed and first taught at the 1985 summer session, will be offered at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory. The course focuses upon the major habitat types in Iowa: prairies, woodlands and wetlands. The objective of the course is to familiarize students with important species, community structure and function, and sampling techniques in each habitat. An experimental component asks students to carry out a research project. The course is taught by Dr. Paul Christiansen, Cornell College, and Dr. Richard Lampe, Buena Vista College, with help from Jean Prior from the Iowa Geological Survey.

Class Size And Its Implications For Academic Achievement, John P. Hornug

Graduate Research Papers

Faced with a variety of funding pressures, school officials have sought evidence that smaller classes and a lower pupil-teacher ratio are as essential to the quality of education as educators have maintained. Responding to budgetary concerns, administrators, boards, consultants, and business managers have posed the alternative of increasing class sizes as a means of lessening the drain on financial resources. Obviously, school officials must utilize available funding to provide the greatest benefit to most people.

The Alumnus, V69n4, January 1985, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- Director's MedLee
-- Alumni-Foundation News
-- Campus News
-- "We're going to have an exciting time"
-- Politics and the Media
-- Wrestling keeps its hold on Northern Iowa
-- Evolution of a curriculum
-- "As good as most and better than some"
-- Making beautiful music together

Bibliography To Upper Mississippi River Aquatic And Wetland Plant Literature, James H. Peck, Miles M. Smart

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

A comprehensive bibliography of 308 references by 270 authors was prepared to provide access to the literature on aquatic and wetland plants of the Upper Mississippi River. The references treated the taxonomy, floristics, ecology, wildlife biology, limnological role, and management programs on macrophytes present in the navigation channel, backwater, and floodplain of the Upper Mississippi River, which stretches from Minneapolis, MN, southward some 1,380 km to Cairo, IL. Articles, serials, books, agency reports, agency contracted studies, theses, and dissertations were included.