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First Record Of Freckled Madtom (Noturus Nocturnus) In Iowa, Vaughn L. Paragamian Jan 1986

First Record Of Freckled Madtom (Noturus Nocturnus) In Iowa, Vaughn L. Paragamian

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

This is the first record of freckled madtom in Iowa and is one of the northern most records. On 30 August 1984, five freckled madtoms were collected from the English River, Washington County. The specimens ranged from 46 to 95mm in total length and mean weight of 3.3g. Estimate of standing stock was 0.807 Kg/ha with a density of 44 fish/ha.

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The Male Abuser: Guidelines For Counselors Of Small Groups, Beverly Jane Fleshner Jan 1986

The Male Abuser: Guidelines For Counselors Of Small Groups, Beverly Jane Fleshner

Graduate Research Papers

The literature has demonstrated acknowledgement of and facilitative services for the female victims of abuse. Today, most metropolitan areas have, at the least, telephone hotlines and, at the most, safe shelters for women and their children, individual and group counseling, _and services which help them_ with legal, medical, and employment questions. By not focusing as much attention on the male abuser similar services for these men have been slighted. By ignoring men, only half of the violence problem has been addressed. To break the pattern of abuse, treatment and services for men who batter are essential (Feazell, Mayers- & Deschner, …

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A Literature Review Of Adolescent Suicide Prevention In American Secondary Schools, Myrna Sandvik Jan 1986

A Literature Review Of Adolescent Suicide Prevention In American Secondary Schools, Myrna Sandvik

Graduate Research Papers

Adolescent suicide is a problem experienced more and more frequently in American families. Death statistics remove any doubt that there is a desperate need for a program for prevention of adolescent suicide. Mercy, Talsma, Smith, and Conn (1984) found that the suicide rate in the United States among 15- to 24-year-olds more than tripled from 1950 to 1980, moving from the fifth leading cause of death for this age group in 1960 to become the third leading cause of death in 1980. Between 1970 and 1980, 49,496 American youth aged from 15 to 24 killed themselves, increasing the suicide rate …

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A Second-Grade Student Creates Meaning Through The Composition Process, Allene A. Byroad Jan 1986

A Second-Grade Student Creates Meaning Through The Composition Process, Allene A. Byroad

Graduate Research Papers

Language arts programs in the schools traditionally have been subdivided into the categories of reading and language arts. Most language arts textbooks stress the mechanics of the language and provide limited instruction in the processes of speaking, listening, and writing. Fisher and Terry (1982) state that the goal of a language arts program should be to help students become flexible users of all aspects of language (p. 12).

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Trends In The Competencies Desired By The Corporate Sector In Training Roles, William Cashman Jan 1986

Trends In The Competencies Desired By The Corporate Sector In Training Roles, William Cashman

Graduate Research Papers

In Megatrends, Naisbitt (1983) declared that America has become a nation of clerks. Once, 70% of the job force was involved in manufacturing; now that same percentage is working in the information processing field. Over the years the national economy has progressed from an agricultural base to an industrial base, and recently from an industrial base to an information base. High technology not only continues to reshape many traditional work functions, it profoundly impacts how America trains and develops its work force.

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Implementing A Total Communication Program For Language-Delayed Children, Kathy Gumm Jan 1986

Implementing A Total Communication Program For Language-Delayed Children, Kathy Gumm

Graduate Research Papers

Communication begins at birth. As a child grows older needs and desires expand and new language skills are needed for expression and refined communication. As children approach school age and move into the larger community, development of communication becomes imperative. The public school system offers education to a wide variety of students. This includes those children who are delayed in language development. Language problems can be due to genetic defects at birth, such as Down Syndrome, lack of stimulation in home environment, and physical handicaps, such as cerebral palsy. Such problems hinder children from verbally expressing their needs, thoughts, and …

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Classroom Writing: Incorporating It Into The Total Curriculum, Curt S. Howard Jan 1986

Classroom Writing: Incorporating It Into The Total Curriculum, Curt S. Howard

Graduate Research Papers

In the last few years, writing has become a major subject of discussion. Students who are not able to read I and write make headlines in newspapers and magazines. Letters to the newspaper editors reflect the concerns of both parents and teachers about the lack of writing skills. Reports on education have made laymen more aware of writing problems. Educators are feeling pressure from legislators who are responding to pressure from constituents.

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An Investigation Of Metacomprehension Strategies For Gifted Adolescent Readers, Frances P. Mauldin Jan 1986

An Investigation Of Metacomprehension Strategies For Gifted Adolescent Readers, Frances P. Mauldin

Graduate Research Papers

The current information explosion brings two separate concerns to educators of the gifted. There ls renewed interest in describing the gifted as readers and in designing appropriate curriculum for them. Many new ideas are being explored which define intelligence and thinking skills, and there is much research into the reading process. There has been little effort, however, to correlate these two areas to formulate a program suitable for the gifted reader. Since today's students find themselves living in a critical period, classroom skills must become more than a veneer to education. They must become functional by helping the student to …

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A Creative Dramatics Program Across The Curriculum For Kindergarten Children, Ruth Yoder Jan 1986

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.

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Interactive Video: A New Technology In The Field Of Training Development, Joe Willie Anderson Jr. Jan 1986

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.

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Induction Programs For Beginning Teachers, James Bennett Hamilton Jan 1986

Induction Programs For Beginning Teachers, James Bennett Hamilton

Graduate Research Papers

The first year of teaching has been described as a sink or swim experience. The beginning of a teaching career for some may be filled with excitement, challenge, and success. For others, the first year of teaching may seem to be a confusing, frustrating time, filled with feelings of defeat and failure (Ryan, 1970; Ryan et al., 1980; Gaede, 1979; Grant and Zeichner, 1981).

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Extending Visual Language In The First Grade Classroom, Carol W. Shaw Jan 1986

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.

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Key Understandings In Teacher Evaluation For The Beginning Principal, Robert Marc Cue Jan 1986

Key Understandings In Teacher Evaluation For The Beginning Principal, Robert Marc Cue

Graduate Research Papers

The role of the principal is demanding and complex, with many of the activities requiring significant expenditures of time. Among these are supervising both the support and professional staffs, disciplining students, developing the master class schedule, directing activities, hiring and firing staff, serving as instructional leader, and evaluating teacher performance. Supervising and evaluating teacher performance may be the most important of all these responsibilities however, because it gives the principal an opportunity to help teachers improve teaching performance. A principal should be able to help the teacher develop more productive teaching techniques. A school is eventually only as good as …

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Instructional Leadership: The Challenge Changing The Face Of The Principalship, Karen Nord Murtinger Jan 1986

Instructional Leadership: The Challenge Changing The Face Of The Principalship, Karen Nord Murtinger

Graduate Research Papers

Historically, the role of the principal in the elementary school has been one of management, discipline, supervision and the coordination of these three elements. The principal managed the physical plant, the budget and supplies, and support personnel. She/he disciplined students and staff when necessary and generally supervised all of these elements with a smooth-running operation being the primary goal. For the first half of the Twentieth Century the principal operated successfully in this authoritarian manner (Giammatteo 1981). Increasingly, however, this historical role has been challenged.

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The Consequence Of Inequity In Computer Education And Access And Blacks In The 21st Century, Mary I. Jaycox Jan 1986

The Consequence Of Inequity In Computer Education And Access And Blacks In The 21st Century, Mary I. Jaycox

Graduate Research Papers

In today's world of rapidly advancing computer technology, computer literacy is fast becoming an educational necessity for the future. As this advance is being made, by the majority of our society, it is becoming apparent that the problem of inequity in computer access and education may be closing the door to computer literacy on the minority populations of our society.

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Propaganda In The German Cinema, Lorraine Slover Jan 1986

Propaganda In The German Cinema, Lorraine Slover

Graduate Research Papers

Propaganda, the transmission of ideas and/or values from one person or group to another, played an important role in Adolph Hitler's schemes for the Third Reich (Taylor, 1979). One of the most effective media for propaganda was the German cinema. This popular form of entertainment and mass communication enabled the Nazis to indoctrinate the Germans with National Socialist ideals and form a separate reality for the German people.

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Children's Reading Success And Parental Involvement, Karol J. Breffle Jan 1986

Children's Reading Success And Parental Involvement, Karol J. Breffle

Graduate Research Papers

The influence of parents is an important factor in 2 children's success in reading instruction. Many parents want to facilitate their children's reading growth but do not know how to instruct them and therefore turn to the educator for guidance. "Schools need to continually remind parents that the best way to prepare for their children's success in school is to involve themselves in their children's language experiences," relates Harms (1982, p. 3). The attention given to the beginnings of literacy has drawn attention to the role parents play in teaching children to read prior to school enrollment. Parents are the …

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Possible Reasons For The Growth Of Peace Studies In The 1980s, Joan Marie Phelan Haack Jan 1986

Possible Reasons For The Growth Of Peace Studies In The 1980s, Joan Marie Phelan Haack

Graduate Research Papers

Peace movements in many different forms and degrees have been present throughout history. But advocacy of peace studies in educational institutions is quite a recent phenomenon. While a few groups have advocated peace studies since the 1950s, a preponderance of curricular materials and literature did not appear until the 1980s (Scott, 1984).

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Utilizing The Reading-Writing Connection With First Grade Students In A Chapter I Reading Program, Ruth A. Marrs Jan 1986

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.

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A Study Of The Relationship Of Three Different Oral Revision Activities And Expository Rewriting, Terryl Friberg Anderson Jan 1986

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 …

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The Opinions Of Superintendents In Small Iowa School Districts Toward The Four-Day School Week, Sharon Kay Kersenbrock Jan 1986

The Opinions Of Superintendents In Small Iowa School Districts Toward The Four-Day School Week, Sharon Kay Kersenbrock

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to review the four-day school week experiment as it had been employed in a number of schools outside the state of Iowa and to survey the superintendents in small Iowa school districts to determine their attitudes toward the four-day alternative schedule. The opinionnaire used in this study was designed to include the areas reviewed in the related literature. The review of the related literature revealed the first four-day experiment began in Unity, Maine in 1971. Basically the four-day school week was structured to include as much instructional time as the traditional five-day week. The …

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The Dance Of The School Psychologist, Steven John Iverson Jan 1986

The Dance Of The School Psychologist, Steven John Iverson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This is a historical/philosophical critique thesis. Its content and organization differ substantially from the typical research-oriented thesis in school psychology. This paper explores several primary themes in the ongoing development of school psychology as a profession and the issue of the philosophical base for measurement processes used by school psychologists. Chapter 1 reviews societal trends and actions which have facilitated the profession's development, and major role definitions that have come from within the profession. The chapter culminates in a review of surveys which studied the percentage of time spent on various functions performed by school psychologists. Assessment-related activities (testing, report …

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Using Interactive Video To Teach Selected Construction Concepts To Industrial Technology Students, Robert Allen Brus Jan 1986

Using Interactive Video To Teach Selected Construction Concepts To Industrial Technology Students, Robert Allen Brus

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

With the assistance of new technology, teachers are becoming more efficient at passing more information on to groups of students. Interactive video is a relatively new teaching tool currently being used by industry, government and education to teach large numbers of employees and students. Statement of the Problem Is interactive video an effective means to teach selected construction concepts to industrial technology students? Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study was to determine if interactive video was an appropriate tool for teaching selected construction concepts to industrial technology students at the University of Northern Iowa. The study compared …

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The Ability Of First-Grade Students To Demonstrate An Understanding Of Linear Measurement Concepts, Sherri Muhlenbruck Delp Jan 1986

The Ability Of First-Grade Students To Demonstrate An Understanding Of Linear Measurement Concepts, Sherri Muhlenbruck Delp

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study investigated the ability of first-grade students to demonstrate an understanding of linear measurement concepts using the "Additive Measurement Groups" task. It also examined the relationship between that ability and sex, and between that ability and age. The subjects were 67 white children attending first grade in a small, rural cornmuni ty in south-central Iowa. All were between the ages of 6 years, 6 months and 8 years, 6 months, and wer·e members of regular, self-contained classrooms. Thirty-six were boys and 31 were girls. The subjects had completed the measurement unit as presented in their mathematicr. textbook. The students …

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We Will Survive: An Ethnography Of The Grateful Dead Following, Ray Eldridge Jan 1986

We Will Survive: An Ethnography Of The Grateful Dead Following, Ray Eldridge

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Experiencing continual re-creation during each of the twenty-one years preceding 1986, this study's core may continue to unfold indefinitely. Although discovered to encapsulate elements grounded elsewhere, this culture centers upon an experimental musical group known as the Grateful Dead. First encountering the Grateful Dead in the summer of 1981, their ageless repertoire failed to capture me, but an unusual audience filled my senses. Flowing print skirts and other bright but tired attire suggested San Francisco of a time then fifteen years past. Subdued excitement replaced the alcohol inhibition of many rock shows. As the band finally appeared, a peacefully elated …

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Speech-Language Clinicians’ Responses To Client Progress, Cheryl Lynn Ferguson Jan 1986

Speech-Language Clinicians’ Responses To Client Progress, Cheryl Lynn Ferguson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Training institutions for speech-language pathologists endeavor to provide student clinicians with a wide variety of academic and clinical experiences. To that end, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) also requires that students receive sufficient exposure to a wide variety of speech-language disorders in order to meet certification requirements. However, the notion that student clinicians should experience successful dismissal is not addressed by training institutions or the literature. The purpose of this investigation was to determine under what conditions students at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) Speech and Hearing Clinic dismiss clients and to find out how many of them experience …

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The Relationship Between Paternal Characteristics And Sons' Achievement In Reading, M. Christine Bruder Jan 1986

The Relationship Between Paternal Characteristics And Sons' Achievement In Reading, M. Christine Bruder

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study was an exploration of paternal variables which may be related to sons' achievement in reading. Of a total possible population of 123 father-son dyads, 47 participated. The sons were fourth and fifth graders in a Catholic school system in a small midwestern metropolitan area. The instruments used were the Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI), the Child-Rearing Practices Report (CRPR) and the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) "Reading Comprehension" and "Vocabulary" subtests. There was no significant relationship between paternal gender role identity and child-rearing practices, nor was there any relationship between paternal gender-role identity and sons' achievement in reading. …

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Response, Frank Cordaro Jan 1986

Response, Frank Cordaro

Iowa Journal of Communication

My acts of civil disobedience between the years 1977 and 1982 were rooted in a living tradition of love based/faith centered non-violent direct action. I see myself as part of a growing Resistance Church in this country. Non-violent direct action is the use of power to change a given situation without the use of violence. History is filled with examples of people using non-violent tactics to force social change. Strikes, boycotts and different forms of non-cooperation are examples of nonviolent tactics used to bring about change.

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Iowa Journal Of Speech Communication, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 1986 [Download Entire Issue] Jan 1986

Iowa Journal Of Speech Communication, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 1986 [Download Entire Issue]

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

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Teaching Values Through Drama, Gretta Berghammer Jan 1986

Teaching Values Through Drama, Gretta Berghammer

Iowa Journal of Communication

Teaching values through the use of drama is not a radically new idea. In 1966 Melvin Bogin wrote a thesis entitled: "Values Transmitted to Children's Theatre Audiences by Children's Theatre.'' Since then, artists and educators have continued to probe the connection between pedagogy and dramatic art forms. Unfortunately, when parents, teachers, and administrators are approached about examining values through drama, they are often reluctant, in fear that social or political positions will be advocated to students. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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