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A Proposal For The Secondary Reading Instruction Unit To Be Incorporated Into Teacher Education At The University Of Fort Hare, South Africa, Chamberlain Zamuxolo Gebeda

Graduate Research Papers

It has been observed over a number of years that college students in South Africa, especially the blacks, experience problems in their academic performance. Approximately 20 percent of all the students who enroll for junior degree studies in black universities complete their studies in the minimum expected period of three years. About 70 to 80 percent of all freshmen at these universities fail to obtain sufficient credits to pass on to the second year course studies.

Behavioral Tendencies Of Known Catalog Buyers, Sandra J. Hendrickson

Graduate Research Papers

According to the Direct Mail/Marketing Association, more than five billion catalogs were mailed in 1982 and mail orders generated approximately 40 billion dollars in consumer sales mostly from catalogs. This is a very large increase compared to earlier years (Time, 1982). The increase in catalog consumers is due to several factors, one being the sophistication of computer systems. Computers have provided catalog films with a method of targeting their mailings to specific groups or types of individuals.

Writing The Screenplay: An Investigation Into The Craft, Thomas E. Leonard

Graduate Research Papers

The lure of the motion picture is one that touches millions of people worldwide. It transcends political, religious, cultural, and national boundaries. The basic component of this lure is the actual experience of viewing a motion picture. People go to the cinema for many reasons, mainly for entertainment, but watching a motion picture also satisfies certain psychological needs such as belonging, participation, and fantasy role playing. For the majority of people the role of viewer is their only involvement with motion pictures. There is, however, a select group of people for whom the act of viewing is merely a catalyst …

Self-Image Psychology And Its Effects On Human Potential, Lila Porter Staff

Graduate Research Papers

All human beings have a wealth of talent and ability lying dormant within them. This hidden wealth has been labeled human potential. People have not yet determined an accurate way to measure or predict human potential. But, if they were to look back over history, they could clearly see hills and valleys of human achievement. The intent of this paper is to share insights and concepts that will allow people to develop more of their own potential. Then, with this understanding of concepts, instructional designers can more intelligently and successfully develop instruction that is consistent with the way their students …

Exploring Children's Attitudes Toward The Elderly, Beverly Moore Smith

Graduate Research Papers

The number of persons in the United States over the age of 65 has grown faster than the population as a whole. Projections for the years 2000 and 2020 show 13% and 18% of the population over 65, respectively. This growth is attributed to a static birth rate and an upsurge in life expectancy. The fact that 25% of the American voters are elderly has captured attention in the political arena. Despite the growing recognition of the unique problems and needs of the aged, social policies fall short of meeting their requirements for a secure and dignified life.

Personality Differences And Computer Assisted Instruction, Jack Wolgamuth

Graduate Research Papers

The introduction of computers into the field of education has spanned more than two decades. The use of computers and information about them has been growing at a very phenomenal rate. One of the biggest areas of discussion and study has been that of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI). Most software in educational use today is based on instructional applications of the computer. Intuition tells us, and studies generally concur, that some CAI designs will work well with some students, while others do not. It is the design of CAI software that is the focus of this paper.

Differences In Gifted And Nongifted Students And Their Birth Order, Linda Meyer

Graduate Research Papers

In recent years research has been conducted to determine the effects of birth-order on a child. A child's sex, physical attributes, size of family, presence or absence of parents, and order of birth, all have effects on a child's development. Birth-order places a child into a special arrangement with the other members of the family. A child's birth-order in his family is both a structural and a processional variable (Albert, 1980). Family structure determines which family member will have the greatest effect on the child. As a process, birth order helps determine the length and intensity of family influences on …

A Plan For Improving The Curriculum And Instruction For The Lower Secondary Schools Of Thailand, Pusaporn Phongboon

Graduate Research Papers

"Prior to the 20th century, education was for royalty or for monks" (The Office of Prime Minister, 1978:263). Thailand had no formal school system. Education generally was undertaken as a family task. "The first formal schools were opened only about one hundred years ago" (Bennett, 1975 :26). However, as society became more complex, special institutions were developed to promote desired educational activities. Such developments have been gradual, and in large measure in reference to national interests.

A Study Of Kindergarten Attendance Patterns, Clark William Goltz

Graduate Research Papers

In 1956 the first kindergarten was established in the city of Watertown, Wisconsin by Margarethe Meyer Schurz, a disciple of Friedrich Froebel. (Cutright, 1981) The kindergarten and kindergarten curriculum were designed by Froebel in Germany in the 1830's and 1840's. The original kindergarten concept was established for preschoolers three to seven years old. Smith (1971) states that the kindergarten was a system of intellectual, moral and physical education, which reflected pedagogical principles considered foolish and extreme in the middle of the 19th century, namely the significance of play and the need to base the curriculum on the child's interest and …

Investigation Of The Effect Of Television On Student Achievement, Charlotte A. Fiser

Graduate Research Papers

It has been observed by the researcher that during "sharing time" (activity where children bring things to show and tell about or share their experiences) many of the low achievers tell about television shows with much more frequency than high achievers. These accounts consistently deal with noneducational or commercial television. This led to the hypothesis that a negative correlation existed between noneducational television and student achievement. Concerning noneducational television, Schramm states that major studies show that television viewing tends to be associated with lower-than-average achievement. Television reduces reading time, social interaction time, and the opportunity to practice certain skills necessary …

Developing And Managing A Media Design And Production Facility, Clark Walter Petersen

Graduate Research Papers

Although there is a difference of opinion in the number of educational institutions offering graduate and undergraduate programs in media, in the United States there are between 120 and 160 graduate and undergraduate degree programs in media according to Richard Nibeck (1982) Deputy Executive Director, Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Less than 50% of these 2 schools require more than two courses in management with less than 25% requiring additional course work in business management or other business relate

A Proposed Course Of Instruction In Resources For Communications For Saint Ambrose College, Stephen Thomas Fehring

Graduate Research Papers

To effectively convey a message can present a difficult task. Communicating means more than merely getting a message from a sender to a receiver. To be effective, the message must be understood by the receiver on the sender's terms. The instrument used to convey the message is the medium, and the medium is often as important as the content of the message. Today, someone with a message to convey can select from a wide variety of media to aid in the effective delivery of their particular message. Media have been employed as communications aids since the time of Moses. When …

Teaching The Written Subtraction Algorithm: Emphasizing Language As The Connecting Link Between Manipulatives And Processes, Carole Wilkinson

Graduate Research Papers

The second National Assessment of Education Progress (Carpenter, et al., 1981) mathematics assessment covered content areas at four levels: lmowledge, skill, understanding, and application. The report suggested that educators had directed their instruction toward the knowledge and skills level but that instruction for understanding received less emphasis. Students at best had only a superficial understanding of mathematical concepts and processes. Evidence of this was apparent. As long as students were able to remember an algorithm they were successful. However, if part of the algorithm was forgotten or diversity in other ways was present they were not successful. Further, it was …

Kindergarten Scheduling Study: Results For Administrators; Results For Teachers; Midwestern State Survey; Midwest University Professors Study. Volume I; Numbers 1-4, Judith M. Finkelstein

Faculty Publications

A comparison of full-day; alternate-day (FDAD) and half-day; every-day (HDED) kindergartens in Iowa assessed instructional time; congruence between goals and outcomes; and principal; teacher; and pupil attitudes. Findings were gathered from surveys of school administrators and teachers; as well as from questionnaires sent to directors of early childhood education programs at the Department of Public Instruction in 13 states and to professors of early childhood education at 92 state-supported institutions in those same 13 states. The survey of administrators and teachers was made to determine whether (1) goals were set for both FDAD and HDED programs; (2) the same curricular …

Values Of Loyalists During The American Revolution: A Symbol-Oriented Social Movements Approach, Rolayne Destephen

Iowa Journal of Communication

Despite nearly thirty years of development, social movement theory in the field of communication is not significantly different than it is in other fields. Communication, or rhetoric, borrows theory primarily from two other areas: history and structural sociology. A traditional historical approach results in a description of the situation and sees the situation as determinant of human action. The structural sociological approach creates an examination of the hierarchical development of the movement and its response to felt needs as determining human behavior. Some sociologists also look at a movement's developmental stages in an attempt to trace a movement's growth.

A Study Of Gifted Students: Relationship Of Intelligence And Self-Concept, Leah H. Lorber

Graduate Research Papers

As a result of current statistics and studies offering contradictory views of the self-concept of mentally gifted children, this study has been designed to add to the descriptive literature investigating the relationship between self-concept and intelligence in this area. Specifically, this study examines the hypotheses that (a) no relationship exists between self-concept and intelligence in a total population of students and (b) no difference exists in self-concept scores between students who obtain high intelligence test scores and those who do not. The test instruments used to measure the constructs of self-concept and intelligence were the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale and …

Nonverbal Communication In The Elementary Classroom, Jacqueline J. Smith

Graduate Research Papers

The focus of this paper will be upon the various aspects of nonverbal communication and their effects upon students and the educational process in the elementary- school. Large sums of money and much research have been concentrated on educational technology, instructional media, and their effects on the learner. While this is important, success in the classroom depends on the face-to-face interaction between students and teachers-communication (Hurt, 1978).

Positive Social Learning Through Television, Erin Lonergan

Graduate Research Papers

Social learning theory, especially Bandura's (1969) observational learning provides a theoretical framework for the research on television's effects on children. Observational learning involves changes in the observer's behavior after viewing others directly or through films, television, books and other media. Bandura (1969) states that performance is not necessary for learning of a behavior, nor is obvious reinforcement to the model observed or to the person doing the observing. It has been well established that observational learning does take place (Bandura, 1969).

Abstract Paintings: A Presentation Of Visual Essence, Kimble A. Bromley

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

My thesis has consisted of searching out the visual essence of the representational world and presenting it in abstract paintings. When I began my thesis, I had been painting in a representational mode and found that I was drawn to certain components of interior and exterior environments that excited me: geometrical structure, space, color, light, and mood. My work became more abstract because I made a decision to leave out extraneous detail and focused in on these important visual elements. I felt that painting this way freed me to concentrate on and communicate to the viewer, what was most important …

The Effects Of Locus Of Control And Agent Delivering Reinforcement On Performance Rates Of Junior High Emotionally Disabled Students, Mary Jean Blaisdell

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

A single subject treatment comparison study was made with 2 junior high boys in a classroom for the emotionally disabled to determine the effects of their perceived locus of control on their response to different agents of reinforcement. Out of 7 students from a middle class background, the most internally and externally oriented students were chosen. Student orientation was determined by the results of the Modified Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire, an instrument designed to assess the degree to which students perceive themselves to be responsible for the events in their lives. The study consisted of data collection under teacher reinforcement, …

The Effects Of Sustained Silent Reading On Low Achieving Second-Grade Readers' Interaction With Reading Material, Margaret Rose Bartell

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study investigated the effects of sustained silent reading (SSR) (Hunt, 1967) on low achieving, rural Midwestern second-grade readers' interaction with reading material. The purpose of this study was to determine if daily 10-minute periods of SSR significantly affected low achieving second-grade readers' choice of activities during daily free-time periods. It was expected that these subjects would choose to read more during free time as a result of exposure to daily periods of SSR. Additionally, the study examined the effect of SSR on their oral sharing after each daily SSR period. A multiple baseline design across individuals was employed to …

Attitudes Of Secondary Teachers Toward Mainstreaming Mildly Educationally Handicapped Students, Joan D. Barringer

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

With the enactment of Public Law 94-142, the Education For All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, while most educators have been influenced by the requirement to meet the needs of youngsters in the "least restrictive environment," onus of responsibility generally filters down to the classroom teachers. It was the purpose of this study to determine just what are the attitudes of secondary teachers toward integrating the mildly educationally handicapped student into the regular class. The primary question was whether exposure to the concept of mainstreaming positively influences attitudes.

The investigation involved 501 secondary teachers selected by a stratified random sampling …

Communication Competence And Varying Communication Experiences, Mark Redmond

Iowa Journal of Communication

Communication competence is becoming a topic of increased interest. Much of this interest stems from a desire to delineate those skills that should be emphasized in speech communication education of children that will benefit them the most. The constellation of skills is often lumped into the category called communication competence. This interest is justified when one considers the importance that communication is playing in today's society. The United States is known as a melting pot of cultures, and it is likely that the average American will meet and interact with a variety of people. The greater the likelihood of having …

Quartiling As A Method Of Scheduling Debate Tournaments, Clark Olson

Iowa Journal of Communication

In most texts on scheduling debate tournaments, there seems to be a general agreement on two accepted methods. The only options presented are a preset randomly paired schematic, or the imposition of power matching in rounds after the first. Recently, another method has been developed, one which has not gained wide acceptance, yet which meets many of the same equalizing objectives sought in power matching, plus offering several distinct advantages. This method is quartiling . The purpose of this article will be to explain the method of quartiling and discuss its advantages and disadvantages as compared to current methods.

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Role-Playing In The Language Arts Classroom, Mary Bozik

Iowa Journal of Communication

When observing secondary classroom activities and working with student teachers one technique that does not seem to be used to its potential is that of role-playing. The purpose of this paper is to define role-playing, offer suggestions for its implementation and suggest advantages of its use in the high school language arts classroom.

Role-playing can be defined as an exercise in which the student takes on the identity of another for the purpose of better understanding some literary, grammatical or communication concept. It is an activity which requires advance planning by the teacher but not necessarily by the student.

The Role Of Rhetoric In The "Renaissance Of The Twelfth Century", John Bliese

Iowa Journal of Communication

In many ways the Renaissance of the Twelfth Century in Europe was a critical formative period for the west. Centuries, of course, are purely arbitrary units, but if we look at the period of some 200 years from about 1050 to 1250 we see a series of remarkable developments which changed the whole face of Europe. It was a period of tremendous expansion territorially, marked by the clearing of vast tracts of forests, by the settlements in the eastern marches, by the conquest of the Holy Land by the Crusades. Towns and commerce grew rapidly and central administrations, both secular …

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Iowa Journal of Communication

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Career Status Of Baccalaureate Social Work Graduates: An Appraisal Of A Professional Program, James G. Mccullagh, Donald E. Maypole

Faculty Publications

A followup survey was conducted of baccalaureate-level graduates of the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) Department of Social Work to develop a database on graduates' career activities and to determine the market for the Masters of Social Work (MSW) program as well as graduates' view of the efficacy of the social work major. Of 538 graduates mailed a questionnaire; 172 responded. Findings include the following: 65 percent were either working full-time; part-time; or were enrolled full-time in a graduate social work program; 11 percent had not obtained a social work position; most graduates were employed by agencies in urban areas …

Abstracts Of Papers, 95th Session, Iowa Academy Of Science, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, April 22-23, 1983

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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A Well-Preserved Ground Sloth (Megalonyx) Cranium From Turin, Monona County, Iowa, H. Gregory Mcdonald, Duane C. Anderson

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

A well-preserved cranium of a large Pleistocene ground sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii) is described in detail and compared with six other North American Megalonyx crania. Although the morphology of the Iowa specimen compares favorably with all others, the descending flange of the zygomatic arch is unusual in that it is sharply deflected to the posterior. This suggests a more horizontal component to the masseter. Two new and six previous Iowa records of Megalonyx in Iowa are reported or reexamined.