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Intelligent Zinc

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Recently, Professor Adon A. Gordus of the University of Michigan has been directing a study of more than 800 well-documented hair samples. Using atomic absorption spectroscopy and neutron activation, his study has uncovered some interesting correlations between academic performance and trace metal content of hair.

Stereotyped Portrayal Of The Elderly In Picture Books, Deborah J. Jackson

Graduate Research Papers

Studies have found that minorities have been portrayed in a stereotyped image in children's picture books. Since the elderly have been considered a minority group, this study examined the portrayal of the elderly in picture books to determine if a stereotyped image is present. Content analysis was performed on thirty-three books. A worksheet was devised which contained the four main categories main character, function or role, physical appearance, and personality descriptors. Sub-categories for each main category were also provided on the worksheet. Frequency of occurrence for each category or sub-category was then recorded on the worksheet. After the analysis was …

University Of Northern Iowa Fact Book, 1977-1978, University Of Northern Iowa

University of Northern Iowa Fact Book

Contents:

-- Type of Institution
-- Accreditation
-- Location and Size of Campus
-- Athletic and Physical Education Facilities
-- President
-- Fall Enrollment Through the Years
-- Number of Buildings
-- Appropriations and Budget
-- Valuation of Investment in Plant
-- Tuition and Fees
-- Board and Room
-- Administrative Organization
-- University Employees
-- Number of Graduates
-- Who to Call: Administrative Divisions, Services and Information
-- Types of Education Offered
-- Special Services
-- Instructional Buildings
-- Administrative & Plant Facilities
-- Student Housing and Food Services
-- Family (Married Student) Housing
-- Miscellaneous & Other Buildings …

Batrachospermum Roth. (Rhodophyta), A Genus Of Red Algae New To Iowa, Donald R. Roeder, James H. Peck

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Batrachospermum, a floridean red alga, is formally reported from Iowa. Populations have been observed by several workers at nine localities in eight counties: Black Hawk, Bremer, Des Moines, Dickinson, Dubuque, Emmet, Hancock, and Webster. The habitats include permanent and intermittent streams, a distrophic lake, and prairie marshes. To date, the species include B. ectocarpum Sir. from a stream in Webster County , and an undescribed species from a prairie marsh in Black Hawk County. A discussion of the taxonomy and occurrence of Batrachospermum in Iowa in presented. With this …

Characterization Of Asian Americans In Children’S Literature, June S. Talbott

Graduate Research Papers

This study was designed to determine how Asian Americans have been characterized in children's fiction. The questions investigated were: (1) what are the identifiable physical, social and personality stereotypes attributed to Asian Americans, (2) how have characterizations of Asian Americans changed between the periods 1945-1965 and 1966-1976, and (3) how have Asian American authors and illustrators characterized Asian Americans as compared with non-Asian American authors and illustrators. The time periods were chosen to test the impact of the Civil Rights Movement and the growing consciousness of the importance of ethnicity.

A total of 34 books and 219 characters were analyzed. …

Readability Estimates Of "Books For Young Adults 1974 Honor Listing" And The "1975 Bya Book Poll", Linda Fischer

Graduate Research Papers

The "Books for Young Adults 1974 Honor Listing" and the "1975 BYA Book Poll" are reading lists compiled by students participating in the University of Iowa's Books for Young Adults Program. There are no readability levels included. Three readability formulas, Dale-Chall, Flesch, and Fry formulas, were applied to the books on these lists. Each formula is based upon a 100 word sample The number of samples varies according to the formula that was used. Using the three formulas, the results showed that sixty-nine percent of the books fell within the readability levels of grades five through twelve. Forty-one percent of …

Front Matter - Table Of Contents

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

William Dean Howells: Realist With A Purpose, Mary O'Brien Apple

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

William Dean Howells {1837-1920), the designer, defender, and promoter of American Realistic literature, developed his theory of realism from his experiences with literature and life. When Howells was a young man, his view of life was fashioned from his reading of romantic literature. As he matured, he became convinced that literature which idealized life left its readers with illusions about life which distorted their perceptions of life and themselves. He came to believe that the function of literature must be societal in nature and must serve the moral and social purpose of providing its readers with an insight into their …

Iowa Communications Journal, Volume 9, Number 1, Spring 1977 [Download Entire Issue]

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

Chaim Perelman's View Of Rhetorical Act, Ray D. Dearin

Iowa Journal of Communication

The concept of the "rhetorical act" has been used by contemporary theorists and critics to generate new insights into rhetoric. This paper considers how Chaim Perelman's "new rhetoric" employs the concept of act to illuminate speaker-speech-audience relationships, and, in turn, how Perelman's theory is clarified by reference to this paradigm.

Uni Symposium

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The University of Northern Iowa will host its fifteenth annual Science and Mathematics Symposium on November 10-11, 1977.

Back Cover

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

Extemp, Extemporaneous Speaking, Extempore: "They're All The Same To Me", Jerry Hall

Iowa Journal of Communication

According to "The Merriam-Webster 'Funky' Pocket Dictionary" the definition of the word Extemporaneous is "not planned beforehand while the word Speaking is defined as "making known one's thoughts, feelings, or opinions in words." By practical definition, an extemp speech consists of three points of analysis encompassed by an introduction and conclusion. There are several requisites that are necessary before a speech is considered an individual events extemporaneous speech. In their book, Coaching and Directing Forensics, Kloff and Lahman give the first requisite of an extemporaneous speech, that it must be a speech prepared in advance but neither written out nor …

Creative Dramatics: A Philosophy And A Method, Chris Furman

Iowa Journal of Communication

Life today tends to smother this love of activity and initiative that children have. Television programs require little thinking, elaborate toys offer no chance for ingenuity, and elementary schools offer few chances for the child to participate in activities that challenge his deepest interest and highest powers.

Melodrama In The Secondary Schools, Louis Becker

Iowa Journal of Communication

Unfortunately an all too common situation will be repeated this fall in our schools, a situation which has been the bane of many a beginning English teacher in the past. When the time comes to designate extra duties and assignments, the principal has only to look to his first-year English teacher to find the director of the SCHOOL PLAYS! Limited perhaps more by a lack of training and background than imagination and talent, the teacher frantically searches for that "cheap, easy play" as a first go. And so we see the teacher - soon-to-become-director poised at the brink of plunging …

Eighteen Years Of The Hawkeye Science Fair, Dean Stroud

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Pre-planning for the first Hawkeye Science Fair began in 1958 when representatives of the Iowa Medical Society, the Des Moines Register and Tribune Co., and Drake University met to discuss the feasibility of organizing to sponsor a science fair. Later, the Scanlon Medical Foundation was added to the list of sponsors. The first fair was held in the spring of 1959.

The Graduate Program 1977-1979, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Programs and Courses Catalogs

Table of Contents

University Calendar ... 4
The Graduate Program ... 7
University Facilities and Educational Services ... 9
Financial Assistance ... 18
Admission to Graduate Study ... 20
Master's Degree Programs ... 24
Master of Arts in Education Degree ... 30
Master of Arts Degree ... 36
Master of Business Administration Degree ... 52
Master of Music Degree ... 53
Specialist in Education Degree ... 56
Specialist Degree ... 65
Cooperative Doctoral Program ... 66
Courses of Instruction (by departments) ... 67
State Board of Regents ... 130
Officers of Administration ... 131
Graduate Council ... 133
Graduate Faculty …

Iowa High School Principals’ Perceptions Of The Effect Of Collective Bargaining On Selected Teacher Behaviors, Dennis L. Webner

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The primary purpose of this study was to determine if Iowa high school principals, in the early months of the 1976-1977 contract implementation and after the negotiations of the preceding year, believed that the collective bargaining process or results affected teacher behavior. The responses of 73 randomly selected principals in Iowa indicated that, in fact, they believed collective bargaining had affected the behavior of teachers in at least nine areas. Although individual differences existed, the following behaviors, affected in the indicated manner, were generally regarded as having a positive influence on the operation of the school: 1. Aids in planning …

The Effects Of Two-Channel Communication And Style On Receivers’ Perceptions Of Source Credibility And Verbal Content Of A Speech, Kenneth M. Johnson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Communication researchers have studied the effects of two-channel communication on perceptions of a source's affective state and a source's personality. These studies have produced inconsistent results. This study investigated the effects of two-channel communication and style on perceptions of a source's credibility and verbal content of a speech. Five hypotheses were tested. (1) A speaker using a dynamic style of delivery would be perceived as a more dynamic source than when using a conversational style. (2) A speaker using a dynamic style of delivery would be perceived as a more competent source than when using a conversational style. (3) A …

Look To The Forms: An Analysis Of Norman Mailer’S Non-Fiction, Roger Hancock

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

"Look to the Forms" examines and establishes the common themes of four of Norman Mailer's non-fiction books: Advertisements for Myself, The Presidential Papers, Cannibals and Christians and The Armies of the Night. In these books Mailer writes of phenomena following World War II and evolves a system of metaphysics, philosophy and sociology which is existential. The whole system rests on an existential metaphysics which finally requires an existential view of life, society and art. The heart of Mailer's metaphysics is an existential God who may succeed in establishing his Vision over the universe. This God cannot act on his own; …

An Innovative Instructional Unit On Manufacturing Concepts And Terminology For Junior High Industrial Arts, James K. Martin

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Although educators recognize the need for educational experiences that provide students with a basic understanding of the industrial technologies, too often students are not receiving the "hands-on" experiences related to industry. Numerous curriculum programs have been developed to provide the teacher with the necessary instructional materials and also provide students with educational-occupational guidance for the world of work. Yet, many of these programs are not being utilized by industrial arts educators.

Research has shown that most manufacturing curricula range from one to two semesters in length. In order for the teacher to wholly adopt one of these programs, considerable organizational …

The Use, Function And Importance Of Kilgore Trout In The Novels Of Kurt Vonnegut, Junior, Rodney Drake

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

An essential trademark of Kurt Vonnegut's fiction is the constant cross-over of characters and settings. Both reappear again and again in the mythical universe Vonnegut has created. But it is Kilgore Trout that emerges as the most important and functional cross-over character that Vonnegut utilizes. He has attained this status because of his demonstrated significance in the three novels he appears in. First, as a supporting character in the novels God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater and Slaughterhouse-Five Trout becomes the central figure in Breakfast of Champions. He also is used as the key linking agent between the characters, plots and …

Classroom And Private Environmental Behavior Of Iowa Vocational Home Economics Teachers, Ella S. Jedlicka

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study, which combines aspects of both descriptive and correlational research, has four purposes. The purposes were to 1) discover which of a selected group of environmental concepts are being regularly included in the Iowa Vocational Home Economics curriculum, 2) describe possible differences in personal and classroom environmental attitudes and behavior and 3) describe possible differences between home economics teachers who include environmental concepts in their curricula and those who do not. From the fourth purpose four null hypotheses were developed concerning the relationship between number of concepts included in the curricula and 1) personal variables , 2) self-rating on …

The Alumnus, V61n4, December 1976, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:

-- Completed library gives university comfortable reader services
-- Davis donates Dome entrance funds
-- Excellebrate 100 - Homecoming '76
-- Evergreen Transformations
-- Leaders from teaching tradition affect national education scene
-- News Notes
-- Alumni Association Trips

The Li’L Paws, V1n2, December 1976, Malcolm Price Laboratory School

The Li'l Paws Newsletter

In this issue:

-- Elementary Christmas Program
-- New Families
-- Unit V
-- Unit IV
-- Units IV and V
-- "Notes From the Nurse's Desk"
-- Elementary Art
-- Unit III
-- Unit I
-- Unit II
-- Yes, I Work
-- News From the Elementary Office
-- Library
-- Unit VI
-- Calendar of Events
-- Safety Patrol

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Fall 1976, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

The Alumnus, V61n3, September 1976, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:

-- Iowa broadcasters herald UNI's 'First Man of Radio'
-- Alumni Achievement Awards
-- 1976 reunion draws record crowd
-- 1876 - 1976 UNI Centennial
-- News Notes
-- Alumni Profiles
-- Homecoming Ad

Summer Commencement [Program], July 30, 1976, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Commencement Programs

The program of the commencement ceremonies, including a list of institutional leadership, a list of the departments by college, awards given at the ceremonies, and a list of undergraduate and graduate degree candidates.

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Summer 1976, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Spring Commencement [Program], May 15, 1976, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Commencement Programs

The program of the commencement ceremonies, including a list of institutional leadership, a list of the departments by college, awards given at the ceremonies, and a list of undergraduate and graduate degree candidates.