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Iowa Journal of Communication

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The Credibility Problem In The Field Of Speech, Janis Myers

Iowa Journal of Communication

All through high school and college the hidden truth that "speech lacks credibility as an intrinsically valuable discipline" escaped me. Only after I graduated with a speech major, public speaking emphasis, and found my first teaching job did reality hit. I overheard my new colleague, who, incidentally, coaches oral interpretation, say, "Why did they hire someone with a nothing major like that?" In the seven years of teaching that followed, I realized "speech" lacks credibility throughout the state of Iowa. Here, as elsewhere, administrators can't be convinced to incorporate speech as a requirement in addition to the standard writing and …

Junior High Speech And Drama Activities, Larry Brandstetter

Iowa Journal of Communication

Students anticipate moving on to junior high. On their first day of "secondary school", they are told about the athletic program, the music program, and the candy and magazine sales for the new band uniforms. This is the beginning of their introduction into the extra-curricular life of every school di strict. Where are those people who represent our field of interest? Where are those teachers who direct school plays, teach drama courses, coach the debate teams, get students ready for speech contest, train students in mime, direct readers' theater? The people who were trained to be secondary school teachers of …

Editor's Forward, Dan Destephen

Iowa Journal of Communication

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Oral Communication Instruction For Special Education Students, David G. Hach

Iowa Journal of Communication

Students placed in a special education class labeled multi-categorical, self-contained with integration (MC-SCI) possess a wide variety of educationally handicapping conditions. The term multi-categorical means that in the class at any one time you may find students diagnosed as being learning disabled, emotionally disturbed or mentally disabled-educable. The term self-contained with integration legally defines the amount of service the students placed in the class may receive. As opposed to a resource program, in which a student may receive no more than two hours of special programming per day, in the SCI class, the teacher may be responsible for nearly total …

A Review Of The Literature On Peer Counseling Programs, Claude Bartley Snead Iii

Graduate Research Papers

The field of counseling has rapidly expanded during the past two decades while seeking more effective and more efficient means of helping people meet individual and collective needs. Concurrently, American society has witnessed an intense increase in personal and social problems. Educational institutions have been plagued with acts of disruption and violence. The family system has been jolted by an unprecedented rise in the divorce rate which was recently projected at a ratio of one divorce for each two marriages (U. S. Dept. of Justice, 1975). The emotional well-being of the citizenry has often been questioned in light of the …

Attitudes Of Faculty And Administrators Toward The Library At Hawkeye Institute Of Technology, Sharon Gatewood

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to analyze the attitudes of the faculty and administrators toward the Library at Hawkeye Institute of Technology (HIT) in Waterloo, Iowa. Three years prior to this study the library collection at this vocational-technical school had been centralized in new facilities. By surveying library services used, the importance of materials and equipment to classroom teaching, student assignments and administrative duties and the responsibility for selecting and housing those materials and equipment, this researcher hoped 1) to determine if the faculty and administrators were accepting the new organizational pattern, and 2) to discover where those services …

Man To Man: Counseling Males Through Gender-Roles Expansion, Dennis Duane Feltz

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this paper is to first examine some specific psychological and physiological concerns of men as these concerns relate to masculine socialization in this culture. Secondly, alternative behaviors to traditional masculine socialization,. and specifically androgyny, will be delineated. Finally, the role of the helping professions in helping men resolve the issues of gender-role conflict will be explored.

Tasks Performed By Nonprofessionals In Elementary School Media Centers In Four Area Education Agencies In Iowa, Barbara J. Beebe

Graduate Research Papers

Nonprofessionals or aides in the media centers are an im­portant part of an effective educational media program. They are essential as support staff to strengthen and complement the services that can be provided.

This study was conducted to determine (1) what tasks are media nonprofessionals performing? (2) what tasks , if any, are media nonprofessionals performing which are usually considered to be tasks which are the responsibility of certificated media professionals and (3) how many, if any, appear to be supervising and instructing students without themselves being supervised by a media professional?

A questionnaire was sent to the media center …

An Engineer Looks At The Creationist Movement, John W. Patterson

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

This paper is based on a presentation given in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to the Iowa Academy of Sciences on Saturday, April 25, 1981. The observations are derived from the extensive interactions I've had with creationists and anti-creationists over the past 3 to 4 years. These interactions include written correspondence, careful evaluation of manuscripts and published papers, many conversations, attendance at hearings and debates on creationism, and participation in two creation/evolution debates. The opinions expressed are my own, not those of my university or department.

A Measurement Of Improved Self-Esteem In Third Grade Students With Elementary Counselor Intervention, Ann Margaret Jamason

Graduate Research Papers

In recent years, school counselors have become an important and essential part of the educational team. As educators become more aware of the needs of individual children, educators have worked more closely with school counselors in both identifying the problems of individual children and developing programs to help individual children. At the elementary level, counselors have been working in the affective domain of children's lives to emphasize the importance of communication (Getz, Morrill, 1978). By developing skills in communication, counselors have learned the concerns that children have about themselves. Realizing that children begin to develop their self-esteem at an early …

University Catalog 1982-1984, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Programs and Courses Catalogs

This catalog is published for students and other persons who want to know more about the University of Northern Iowa. Its purpose is to communicate as objectively and completely as possible what the university is and what it does. The catalog is presented in sections to give a general view of the university as well as the detailed information required for informed decision making.

Plant-Parasitic Nematodes In Iowa: Longidoridae And Trichodoriadae, Don C. Norton, Dennis Dunlap, Dennis D. Williams

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Plant-parasitic nematodes, although common, are little known in Iowa. Many are important plant pathogens. This paper documents the nine species of Longidoridae and Trichodoridae known in Iowa. These are Longidorus breviannulatus, L. crassus, L. macromucronatus, L. sylphus, Xiphinema americanum, X. bakeri, X. chambersi, Paratrichodorus minor, and Trichodorus proximus.

1983 Accent On, 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.

Enrollments, Persistence, And Academic Performances Of University Of Northern Iowa Students Who Participated In On-Campus Educational Opportunity Programs, Summer Term 1971 Through Fall Semester 1981, Paul C. Kelso

History of Education Book Gallery

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The Role Of The School Counselor In Helping Chronically Ill Students, Nancy Camp Warren

Graduate Research Papers

Statistics kept since the passage of the National Cancer Act in 1971 indicate that slow but significant gains in lengthening the life span among many cancer patients have been made. The five-year survival rate for seven of the fourteen cancers in children and adolescents including all leukemias, Wilm's tumor, Hodgkin's disease, and neuroblastomas has increased dramatically. Dr. Edward Beattie Jr., Director of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in New York City, estimates that half of all cancer patients could now be cured, meaning to live their lives without a recurrence of their cancer, if all the available diagnostic and treatment techniques were …

Unusual Beach Deposits In Oolite Carbonate Environments Mississippian And Recent, A. J. Gerk, C. O. Levorson

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Thousands of small fossils were collected from unusual lenses within the Cyathophyllum Zone, Gilmore City Limestone (Mississippian) in a large quarry near Humboldt, Iowa. These rare lenses occur in an interval 1-2.5m thick that shows an extreme variability of facies. An intensive search of other Gilmore City outcrops revealed no similar lenses. The rest of the interval, outside the lenses, contained larger fossils and fossil fragments. The small fossils in the lenses are remarkably well preserved, the gastropods particularly so. Comparison of the Gilmore City Limestone with Recent oolitic deposits at Paradise Island in the Bahamas leads to the conclusion …

Blind Clients Perceptions Of Sighted Counselor's Empathy In The Counseling Relationships, Mae Porter

Graduate Research Papers

The research paper was designed to study the ability of sighted counselors to counsel blind clients with empathy. While blindness should not pose a difficulty, many sighted counselors do have difficulties working with blind clients. Based on the research done for the study, this problem occurs mainly because of their difficulties in distinguishing empathy from sympathy. A major problem is the counselor's understanding of his/her own feelings about the blind client. Many counselors cannot get beyond the label "blind" and view the total person, not simply the handicap.

The Motion Picture Patents Company: A Monopoly, Rhonda A. Abbott

Graduate Research Papers

My interest in the subject of motion pictures extends far past the development and the significance of the Motion Picture Patents Company. It does so because the history and changes in the film industry appear to both directly and indirectly reflect the history of the cultural, social, and economic trends of the period.

Parental Perception Of Nursery School Education, Ömür Bozkurt

Graduate Research Papers

Early childhood education has been a part of man's history for many years. Psychologists have pointed out that the first four or five years of a child's life is the period of most rapid growth and greatest susceptibility to environmental influences. Early childhood educators have been equally outspoken regarding the need for early childhood programs to supplement the home experience of children between the ages of three and six years. Evidence suggests that early childhood programs have positive effects on the child (Moore, 1978). Parents enroll their children into early childhood programs for different reasons such as socialization, education or …

An Explication Of Nine Current Central Contentions Regarding Writing Instruction, Dianne W. Hickerson

Graduate Research Papers

The ability to express thoughts through written symbols has traditionally been considered basic to the profile of the educated person. Written expression is valuable for communicating thoughts to others and as a means of self expression. Writing affords the opportunity to make one's best thoughts permanent.

The Changing Role Of The Black Woman In Media, Ursula J. Joyner

Graduate Research Papers

My topic for my research paper is "The Changing Role of the Black Woman in Media." My information will come from various sources including books, magazines, and informal conversations with Black women in media. Because information on Black women in media is scarce I will explore print journalism, including newspapers and magazines and broadcast journalism, encompassing radio and television.

A Study Of The Teaching Of Literature And The Place Of The Literature Of Iowa In The Secondary English Curriculum, Carol B. Mcmullen

Graduate Research Papers

To a teacher of English in an Iowa high school, it is amazing to find the literature of Iowa is not included in the English curriculum. Anthologies may include a short story by Hamlin Garland or one by Ruth Suckow, but often students are unaware these are Iowa authors. Even the history of Iowa is mandated in the Iowa curriculum. The omission of Iowa literature is disturbing, especially when a wide variety of other literary works are used.

The Medical Laboratory Technician Program, Joyce Timson

Graduate Research Papers

In light of a decision by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists to discontinue national certification of laboratory assistants, Hawkeye Institute of Technology must determine the future of its Medical Laboratory Assistant program. Available options include the following: a) continue the one-year program b) replace the one-year program with a two year Medical Laboratory Technician program c) discontinue the one-year program with no replacement. This report examines each option within the context of the current state of medical laboratory education, manpower needs, and employability of program graduates. Development of a Medical Laboratory Technician program is proposed as the most practical …

The Use Of The Learning Contract As A Method For Managing Individualized Instruction, Janice Sayler Petheram

Graduate Research Papers

In the area of education, much research has been done in the field of reading. Reading is a fundamental, basic skill area. Continued public outcry for a return "to the basics" of reading, writing, and mathematics constituted continuous emphasis of research in the area of reading.

Esmerelda Griselda And The Captive Rocks, Janis Lea Strohbehn

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this research project was to write a fantasy story for children and illustrate the story using origami figures, The book attempted to provide children aged six to eight years old with good literature which they could experience both visually and tactually. It also tried to provide an interesting, entertaining and learning experience, for children, through literature. Through the illustrations, children would be exposed to and become acquainted with the art of origami. This research project was accomplished through writing a story of literary worth, creating illustrations which assisted in relating the story, and designing a book format …

The Influence Of Spelling Instruction Of Basal Vocabulary Words On The Comprehension Performances Of Third Graders, Dawn M. Williams

Graduate Research Papers

Two successive intact third grade classes were involved in a study to test the hypothesis: If spelling instruction is coordinated with the basal reader by teaching the spelling of the basal vocabulary words, then reading comprehension performance will be greater than when an uncoordinated spelling-reading program is used. To determine comparability, the control and experimental groups were analyzed using the Otis-Lennon Mental Ability Test and the reading subtest of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills resulting in no significant differences between groups concerning IQ and prior reading achievement. The control group used Spelling: Words and Skills for its uncoordinated spelling-reading …

Basic Social Studies Skills, James Hantula

Faculty Publications

Twenty successfully field tested learning activities are designed to help junior high school students develop skills in reading social studies materials; critical thinking; geography; and history. Each self-contained activity includes background information; examples; and student exercises. Activities for improving content readings focus on key words; sexist words; social studies terms; important facts; and who; what; where; when; how; and why questions. To develop critical thinking skills; students complete exercises using flow charts; objective questions to ask for specific information; ratings; and sources of information concerning the achievements of significant persons. Activities to develop skills in interpreting maps and globes focus …

Archetypes And The Large Organization: A Comparison Of Family And Management Roles, Ann Lowry Goodell

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Economic realities, divorce, and the feminist movement have forced or encouraged women to retain their ties with the labor force. Unfortunately, these ties have been strained by accusations of incompetence, negative attitudes concerning affirmative action policies and concern over role conflicts. The issue which emerges is an issue concerning the role performances of women: are women competent in the labor force? Are women more subject to and influenced by role conflict than men? Are women's performances being accurately perceived by their superiors, colleagues, and subordinates? Before any of the questions can be addressed, an in depth analysis of the roles …

Communication Rules And Negotiation Strategies: A Case Study, Ruth A. Brenner Hunt

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This case study examined negotiation tactics and strategies by challenging the theoretical basis for and actual use of William Donahue's negotiation interaction coding system. Three subproblems investigated the coding categories' construct validity, the negotiators' coordination and co-orientation, and their constitutive and regulative rules.

The method involved naturalistic observation in a quasi-experimental simulation of a civil suit, out-of-court proceeding. Twenty subjects role-played as attorneys for the plaintiff and defendant. Five pairs were students in a college course on negotiation, and five pairs were professionals whose work required bargaining skills.

The negotiators were given hypothetical case "facts" and encouraged to role play …