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Learning Styles: Assessing Our Student Needs, Joanna Oppenheimer Morgan

Graduate Research Papers

The research of learning styles and their importance in education has been investigated for several decades. Educators and researchers know that all children can learn, and know that all students learn in different ways. Recent research has substantiated and validated much of what we knew about learning. These investigations have also produced new information about how the effects of sociological, environmental, emotional, physiological, and cognitive preferences affect the achievement of individual students (Dunn, Beaudry and Klanas, 1989).

Intergenerational Education, Ellen Johnson

Graduate Research Papers

Jane Addams. famous social reformer. stated in Democracy and Social Ethics: The Democratic ideal demands of the school that it gives a child's own experience a social value: that it shall teach him to direct his own activities and adjust them to those of other people's . . . . We are impatient with the schools which lay stress on reading and writing. expecting them to rest upon the assumption that all knowledge and interest must be brought to the children through the medium of books. Such an assumption fails to give the child any clue to the life about …

Integrating Writing Into A Chapter One Reading Program In Grades Seven And Eight, Avis C. Grundman

Graduate Research Papers

The Chapter One reading program has traditionally consisted of teaching and re-teaching of isolated skills and has included much segmented reading. The small amount of writing that has taken place has been in the form of short answer or fill-in-the blanks activities.

Nurturing Student Responses Through Read Aloud Experiences, Linda A. Pitt

Graduate Research Papers

The public is concerned about the decline of reading scores. National reports label the United States a nation at risk educationally. Further complicating matters, many students who can read are choosing not to read, either for information or pleasure.

What Planning Methods Should Be Incorporated When Using A Computer Aided Medium For Training: A Practical Paper, Chuck Sengstock

Graduate Research Papers

In today's ever-changing, highly technological world, it can be a difficult task for the instructional designer to correctly design effective computer-based courseware for instructional purposes. Considerations regarding hardware must be examined in ways of compatibility and cost. Courseware design and implementation must also be evaluated using methods specifically designed for the delivery system or platform being used.

A Comparison Of Student Time On Task Between Self Selected And Teacher Assigned Writing Topics, Janeen M. Jackson

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to examine the amount of time on task by students who chose their own writing topics as compared to the amount of time on task by students who wrote on teacher assigned topics. Thirtyeight 7th graders from two intact language arts classes were the subjects in this study. The time on task was logged daily and measured in minutes spent prewriting, writing, revising and conferencing. At-test indicated that there was a significant difference in time on task (p < .001) between paragraphs in which students were allowed to self select topics and those in which the topic was teacher assigned. The students spent more time on self selected topics. The results of this study are significant to teachers of writing. When maximum writing time or practice in writing are desired outcomes, students should be allowed to self select topics.

Distance Education: The Re-Emergence Of The Telecourse, Sarah Hanuske

Graduate Research Papers

The year 2000 is expected to have a fifty percent increase in total world population over 1970 (Clarke, 1974). Most of the growth is occurring in developing nations. Even though the rate of growth is less dramatic in developed countries, the social implications are just as important. The expanding numbers of school children, university and vocational-technical students, and others seeking additional training and education are straining the resources of existing traditional educational structures everywhere.

The Relationship Of Attitudes Between Advisors In Advisory Roles And Advisees Of These Advisors, Kathy J. Dvorak

Graduate Research Papers

An advisor-advisee program ls one of many fundamental concepts operating in an effective middle school. To develop a successful advisor-advisee program, schools must seriously train teachers for their role as an advisor. The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a relationship between staff and students' attitudes towards an advisor-advisee program. This study included twenty-six staff members and three hundred and twenty students. Staff and students were surveyed through the use of separate survey instruments. The surveys were used to communicate their level of satisfaction toward the advisor-advisee program. Attitudes of staff as well as students were …

Abbe Center For Community Mental Health Adult Day Treatment Program Evaluation, Kathryn Ann Johnson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of the present study was to determine if psychiatric clients admitted to the Adult Day Treatment Program at the Abbe Center for Community Mental Health made progress on individualized treatment goals developed using a GAS (Goal Attainment Scaling) system . Research subjects were 41 clients admitted to either the Intensive or Supportive Programs at the Abbe Center during a 1 year time period. Individualized treatment goals were developed for each client and measures of these goals took place upon admission to the program, at monthly intervals, at discharge from the program, and at 3 months post-discharge. Statistical analyses …

The Problem With Political Correctness, Benita J. Dilley

Iowa Journal of Communication

Randall Schluter may be right that recent authors like Dinesh D'Souza, David Reiff, and John Searle have overstated the condition of the control of political correctness on college and university campuses in this country. Yet, current attempts to create politically correct education, which fosters leftist ideological agendas, appears to repress many student's desire to sincerely participate in their education. Schluter's presentation of the politically correct classroom and syllabi is sanitized and palatable. Often, reality is different. Schluter even admits that politically correct instructors, such as himself, "champion one's own insight" and criticizes the instruction of oppressive courses, such as the …

Figures To Teach: Tropology And Public Speaking, Monica C. Johnstone

Iowa Journal of Communication

Historically, both oratory and tropology have been major areas of concern for rhetoric. Public speaking still gets its share of attention. But why isn't figuration a major concern in speech today? Though no teacher or text of speech would undervalue the role of language in persuasion, we have neglected the vocabulary which affords us an indispensable looking-glass for scrutiny of language and its effects. This paper is my attempt to regain some of the original wide conception of the place of tropes in our speech pedagogy. Fearing that the loss of this once and future generative means has gone almost …

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Iowa Journal of Communication

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Beyond The Manuscript: Barbara Bush's Spontaneous Words At Wellesley College, Marvin D. Jensen

Iowa Journal of Communication

The observations which follow evolved from a study of speeches given by contemporary American women leaders. In conducting this study, the author was supported by a grant from the University of Northern Iowa. The speakers' selection of language was a primary focus of this study, and some important differences were found when comparing speakers' prepared texts with their spontaneous insertions and omissions. The differences are particularly noticeable in the language of Barbara Bush.

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Iowa Journal of Communication

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Personality Type And Classroom Dynamics: Resources For Designing And Responding To Speaking And Writing Assignments, Carol Severino

Iowa Journal of Communication

Observation and common sense tell us that all classes and students are different from one another; some students are outgoing and like groups, and others are shy and don't; in other words personality differences affect students' interactions and their reactions to us as teachers and the activities and assignments we design. Familiarity with personality types and how they might affect communication styles and ease of adjustment to various classroom practices can help prevent frustration and disappointment on the part of both teacher and student. A deeper knowledge of personality differences will also prevent teachers from inadvertently privileging some personality types, …

Plato And The Philosophic Dialogue, Janet Davis

Iowa Journal of Communication

The form in which Plato chose to inscribe his thought presents teachers with a problem. Its starkness, its self-imposed restrictions on descriptive and narrative content, and what is sometimes perceived as its manipulative commitment of dramatic convention to a didactic purpose all prompt students new to Plato to ask why he wrote the sort of dialogues he did.

Skepticism And Science In A Creation Science Textbook, James B. Mcomber

Iowa Journal of Communication

At one time, the logical positivists sought to erect firm boundaries between verifiable and unverifiable statements. The former were the proper concern of the sciences and, indeed, of any endeavor claiming the status of truth or knowledge. Unverifiable or untestable statements, including those about values, had no place in science and were deemed, as Ayer once put it, "literally senseless.” In spite of its prohibition against meaningful statements of value, the verificationist principle obviously harbors its own values, namely that the verifiable is good and the unverifiable bad. Implicit in positivist reasoning is the promotion of a scientific ethos that …

Iowa Journal Of Speech Communication, Volume 24, Number 2, Fall 1992 [Download Entire Issue]

Iowa Journal of Communication

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"Talk To The Class About The Class": Response To "Personality Type And Classroom Dynamics", Nancy Barry

Iowa Journal of Communication

I once attended a writing group in which one participant announced on the first day: "I'm an 'INFJ,' and there are very few of us." I was surprised by two things in this pronouncement: her assumption that other people would find this information about her useful (or interesting), and the seriousness with which she took the categories as a judgment. No matter how much we tell people that a test like this is simply a "measuring instrument," with no attendant hierarchies or evaluation attached to a specific label or category, few people (especially those who are still forming their identities) …

Dance As A Cultural Element In Spain And Spanish America, Amy Lynn Wall

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

Two years ago I had the opportunity to live and travel in Spain. Because I participate in and enjoy international dance, I sought to identify the Spanish culture through dance. Throughout my literature review I continued this identification process by looking at the history of Spain, the functions of dance in the society, the regional variations in dance and traditional costume, the dance of the Roman Catholic Church of Spain, and finally the influence Spain has had on dance in Spanish America.

The Effects Of Spacing A Science Unit On Sound On The Conceptual Understanding Of Eighth Grade Students As Evaluated Through Concept Maps, Lyn Le Countryman

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In 1989, the National Science Teachers Association proposed a new "Scope, Sequence, and Coordination (SS & C)" for grade 7-12 science. Instead of studying science in one-year packages of physics, chemistry, biology, and earth/space science, proponents of SS & C proposed that students study each of these disciplines every year. The idea that students can learn and retain new material better if they study it in spaced intervals rather than all at once provided the focus for this study.

There is a base of psychological research demonstrating the positive effects of "spaced" practice on recall and recognition, but few of …

Annual Report Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, 1991-92, Paul E. Rider

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Starting in 1976, annual reports have served as a continuing record of the activities of the Iowa Academy of Science. These augment a 100 year history of the Academy which was written in the centennial year of 1975.

This report covers the period from July 1, 1991 to June 30, 1992. It is based on the official records of the Academy (committee reports, Board minutes, correspondence) as well as the recollections, impressions and thoughts of the author.

Charles Rueben Keyes And The History Of Iowa Archaeology, William Green

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Charles Reuben Keyes (1871-1951) achieved recognition during his lifetime as the "founding father" of Iowa archaeology, and later assessments confirmed and reemphasized Keyes' stature as Iowa's pioneer archaeologist. The collections and documents Keyes compiled, his interpretive publications, and the records of field work he coordinated have proven more valuable to Midwest and Plains archaeology every year. This article emphasizes Keyes' involvement in the development of professionalism in American archaeology and Iowa’s position in the growth of the discipline from 1920 to 1950. Keyes' contacts with the principal archaeologists of his era ensured Iowa’s involvement in the development of survey methods …

The Effects Of Two Teaching Methods On Students’ Aids-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, And Behaviors, Connie M. Ryan

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of two different teaching methodologies on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of a selected group of undergraduate students at the University of Northern Iowa. The two methods used were a lecture on AIDS for one group of students and the same lecture followed by a panel discussion with individuals upon whom AIDS has had a direct effect on their lives for a second group of students.

Subjects consisted of three sections of students enrolled in an undergraduate personal wellness course at the university. One section of …

The Effects Of Ingested Carbonation On Oxygen Transport And Ventilation In Trained Distance Runners, Stacy Jean Ingraham

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of consumption of carbonated beverages on maximal aerobic capacity, as measured by maximal oxygen consumption (VO2MAX), and respiratory physiology, as measured by ventilation frequency (f), ventilatory equivalent for oxygen and carbon dioxide (O2VE, co2VE), expired minute ventilation (VE), carbon dioxide output (VCO2), respiratory exchange ratio (RER), and tidal volume (VT).

Thirteen male high school, collegiate and post collegiate distance runners from the local community performed two maximal treadmill tests exactly one week apart, following two different fluid ingestion treatments. The subjects were randomly assigned to a carbonated beverage or noncarbonated …

Factors Affecting The Development Of Unassigned Patents In Iowa, Diane Darlene Wheeler Schou

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Inventors granted patents from 1975 to 1990 in Iowa identified, via a questionnaire, where they perceived their invention on Bright's scale of eight stages of development. Stages were: idea, rationalization (has merit), experimentation, demonstration of prototypes, working model, commercial (market entry), commercial acceptance (sales), and commercial proliferation (other markets). The questions identified factors affecting development. The factors included: resources assisting development, events influencing start-up, sources of money for development, method of manufacturing, experiences with manufacturers, marketing techniques, sales, profit/loss, concerns, patent renewals, and age of patents. Open-ended questions allowed for additional comments.

Commercial acceptance or commercial proliferation was achieved by …

Teacher Classroom Strategies For Working With Attention Deficit Students, Susan Lee Schulz

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to gather data to describe (a) teacher ability to recognize the characteristics used to identify students with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), (b) teacher familiarity with intervention strategies effective for ADD students, and (c) teacher perceptions of their own knowledge and capability to work with ADD students. The subjects were 277 teachers from Keystone Area Education Agency that completed a 42 item self-report questionnaire. Results of the questionnaire were analyzed using frequency distributions by composite population, by school (four districts participated), setting (regular education or special education), and by sex (males and females). Data was …

An Investigation Into The Factors Affecting Successful Quality Circle Commitments In Literature And In Reality, Guang Jin

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to:

1. Identify the ways to get successful commitments from QC members.

2. Provide a collection of current research results about QCs and these results in reality.

3. Determine the appropriate ways to involve more people in QCs, improve people's quality of work life, and improve overall quality of society.

The Portrayal Of Characters With Behavior Disorders In Fiction Books For Upper Elementary Children, Sue Pedersen

Graduate Research Papers

Our society perceives childhood as a time when children are happy and carefree, learning and growing. For many children, however, childhood is not carefree. In the national school population, 1.2 to 2.0 percent of the students are behavior disordered (Haring, 1987). "Behavior disorders" is used as a term rather than "emotional disabilities" because the State of Iowa has mandated the use of the former term.

This research focuses on the ways in which children's literature portrays the behavior-disordered child. Books with accurate descriptions of the behavior-disordered condition in children help adults and other children understand the disorders.

Learning Achievement Related To The Use Of Microcomputers, Yolanda Anderson

Graduate Research Papers

This research paper will examine variables regarding the relationship of microcomputers and learning achievement It will examine view points from the businessperson and academic perspective. It also explains serious problems relating to the use of microcomputers in school settings. It will detail experiments evaluating intentional learning, word processing, and mathematics programs associated with learning achievement aided by microcomputers. The paper concludes with theories that support learning achievement in association with microcomputers.