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Hayburgers

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Imagine driving into a parking lot of your favorite drive-in and ordering a hayburger.

Notes From Nsta District Viii Director, Robert L. Fisher

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The NST A regional conventions in Cleveland and Orlando were a success! Participants included several teachers from District VIII (Illinois, Iowa and Missouri). Remember that the 1981 Convention sites are New York (April 3-6), Denver (November 5-7), Nashville (November 19-21), and Vancouver (December 3-5). Plan now to attend.

A Use For A Throwaway, Dennis Kingery

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A small vial or test tube plugged with cotton makes a very satisfactory watering device for caged insects. A significant drawback, however, is the difficulty in preventing the tube from rolling whenever the cage is moved. Setting the tube in a lump of clay is often suggested, but the clay soon becomes quite soiled.

A Flannelboard Substitute, Dennis Kingery

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A flannelboard is probably not among the audio-visual equipment available in most schools today, but there are times when this old standby is quite useful.

Glassware Safety And Care

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Corning Glass Works has recently published a 14-page brochure entitled Care and Handling of Laboratory Glassware.

Cover - Front Matter - Table Of Contents

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Disposal Of Hazardous Chemicals

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A cadre of 10 chemists has been identified and trained to assist science teachers in Iowa's secondary schools in the redistribution and/or disposal of hazardous chemicals.

Catalog Of Curriculum Resources

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A catalog of 116 curriculum units for elementary through secondary science levels is available free from The Science Resource Centre.

Spotlighting Excellence, David Mccalley

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Six Iowa teachers were honored by the Iowa Academy of Science during the annual meeting held at Coe College in Cedar Rapids last spring. They had been nominated by either administrators or by fellow teachers and selected by committees working with the director of the Academy's Excellence in Science Teaching Awards program. This issue will spotlight the biology and chemistry recipients. In subsequent issues, the earth science and elementary science recipients and the junior high science and physics recipients will be spotlighted.

Save Yourself, James Hungerford

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

While arms race political talk is very effective in getting public support for increased military expenditures, such comparisons between Russian and United States educational systems go unheeded by the general public. Science education cannot afford to sit on the sidelines apathetically waiting for another Sputnik to give it a shot in the arm.

Exploring Iowa's Past

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Exploring Iowa's Past by Lynn Marie Alex is a layman's guide to the archeology of Iowa. The book explains the major periods of prehistoric culture in Iowa, the development of the state's archeological program, and how artifacts reflect the ideas, knowledge and traditions of the society that produces them.

Science And Societal Issues

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Science and Societal Issues, a book co-authored by Timothy Cooney, Charles Barman and John Rusch, is a newly published guide to help science teachers integrate science and societal issues in the science classroom.

Editorial Board

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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Quick Crystals, Sil Crespo

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

When teaching about minerals, there is no way that you can omit the topic of crystals. Usually, we either go to our mineral cases and take out examples of crystals to pass around, or we grow our own. The only problem with these methods is that both take time. With the former, we are looking at crystals "after the fact." With the latter, we lost the interest of some students because it takes too long to grow crystals from a solution.

Bad Breath

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Why do garlic, onions and other pungent foods impart a lingering odor to breath?

Identification Of Learning Disabled Children And Effects Of Resource Room Programs: A Descriptive Study, Michael Edwin Brown

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze the process involved in identifying who is eligible for special education programs under the learning disabilities label, and the effects of one type of special education program, the resource room, on the educational development of children identified as learning disabled (LD). The identification process was found, in general, to be guided by a theoretical definition and accompanying operational criteria, which were developed as a result of a need for a compromise definition of a learning disability. Because of the broad scope of the definition and operational criteria, a degree of …

Evaluation Of The Cedar Falls, Iowa Title I Reading Program In Grades Two, Three, Four: With An Emphasis On Comprehension Instruction, Katherine Dyke Beebe

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 initiated federal aid to education on a large scale. Since Title I's inception, evaluative data have been attempting to demonstrate conclusively the value of the program in reducing reading failure. This study investigated the effectiveness of the Cedar Falls Title I reading program within the evaluation models established by the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS). In addition, this study investigated the effectiveness of the Diagnostic and Instructional Materials and Procedures for Improved Instruction in the Area of Reading Comprehension (DMPRC) in improving reading instruction in Title I. …

Application Of Piaget’S Theory Of Cognitive Growth To The Development Of An Interview Protocol And Validation Of A Task To Assess Reasoning Abilities Of College Students, Bruce Edward Perry

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The developmental theory of Jean Piaget provides a paradigm for evaluation of the reasoning abilities of an individual. The overall aim of Piaget's work was to delineate the sequence of the development of intelligence, particularly the ability of a subject to interact successfully with complex problems or to deal with simple problems in more efficient ways. To this end, this study investigated the validation of a new interview task as an instrument for assessing the formal reasoning abilities of college students. The new task, patterned after a game called MasterMind, requires the subject to deduce the color and location of …

A Study Of The Administrative And Instructional Usage Of Electronic Data Processing In The Iowa Public Schools During 1979-1980, Gary B. Shontz

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The major purposes of this study were: (1) to determine electronic data processing usage in the Iowa public school districts during the 1979-1980 fiscal year, including administrative and instructional uses of electronic data processing services and their sources; and (2) to determine the planned use of statewide computer software for administrative and instructional applications.

Questionnaires were mailed to all 443 Iowa school districts in existence as of July 1, 1980. A total of 384 districts (86.7 percent) participated in the study. For analysis purposes, the school districts were divided into seven size codes as defined by the State of Iowa …

Factors Which Contribute To Tumbling Height In College Gymnasts, Mark Douglas Ball

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Tumbling is one of the major components in a floor exercise routine. One of the basic tumbling sequences in a routine is a roundoff back handspring tuck back salto. This sequence is the building block for more difficult back tumbling such as the double back salto. By increasing the height of the back salto, more amplitude, aesthetic impression, and difficulty may possibly be performed. These improvements should lead to a higher score. This study was an analysis of a tuck back salto to determine those factors which contribute to tumbling height, and to establish their relative contribution to the action. …

A Qualitative Analysis Of Bilalian Children's Error Pattern On The Ppvt-R, Carole Redfield Coffey

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to analyze the errors made by four year old Bilalian (Black) children to the stimuli which comprise the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - Revised (PPVT-R) in order to generate possible explanations for the.children's preferred ("incorrect") responses in terms of language patterns and reasoning processes. Standardized administration procedures were disregarded; testing with each of the 21 children began with Plate 10 and proceeded until six "misses" occurred within eight consecutive responses. Each error, along with the test publishers' stipulated ("correct") response and a distractor, was queried in an attempt to ascertain the reason for the …

The Relationship Of Leisure Reading And Television Viewing Time To Reading And General Achievement Among Fourth Grade Students, Diane Goodrich

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship that exists between the amount of time spent reading in the home and achievement scores; and, the relationship that exists between the amount of time spent viewing television and achievement scores among fourth grade pupils in an Iowa community. More precisely, the questions that were asked are: Is there a significant relationship between the amount of time spent on reading in the home and the reading and comprehensive scores as measured by the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) among fourth grade boys and girls? Likewise, is there a significant …

A Study Of Industrial Arts Teachers' Opinions Of Gifted And Talented Students In Black Hawk County, Iowa, James Robert Wrona

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

While the handicapped and disadvantaged have enjoyed the benefit of some unique industrial arts educational programming, relatively little has been done to provide for the special educational needs of gifted and talented students. This may be partially a result of little research completed associating the gifted and talented student with industrial arts. Additionally, legislative support for gifted and talented students has been lacking. It was not until 1978, with the passage of Public Law 95-561, that programs for gifted and talented students have been granted some funding on the federal level. Although this public law can authorize up to $35 …

Children, Television, And School Achievement, Gerald Bluhm

Graduate Research Papers

Nearly thirty years have elapsed since television came of age in the United States. A generation of Americans have grown to adulthood who do not recall a time without television in their homes. This first television generation now has families.

Overtly-Reinforced Cloze Procedure Versus Conventional Instruction In The Teaching Of Selected Science Facts In The Fourth Grade, Mary Janis Johnson

Graduate Research Papers

"They just can't read the material" is an expression which can be heard in almost any teacher's lounge. Often it is a science, social studies, or mathematics teacher who is complaining about the inability of students to comprehend what is read in textbooks. Media coverage suggests that children are experiencing difficulty with all the basic skills (Howe, 1979).

A Review Of Special Class Placement Vs. Regular Class Placement And Its Relationship To Academic Achievement Of The Low Iq Student, Aleta Mary Leavens

Graduate Research Papers

Since the inception of special education in this country, many educators have elected to serve those children described as mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, etc., ..• This investigation was aimed at those who are low functioning intellectually. Numerous such students have been identified, labeled, and placed in special programs outside of the regular classroom setting. The problem lies in the fact that the majority of special educators have blindly accepted specialized programs as a panacea to an ever-present dilemma. In the face of educators' suggested inability to deal effectively with "low IQ" students, they have been frequently segregated from …

Informs Users And Subject Requests, 1974-1978, Millicent M. Williams

Graduate Research Papers

This study assesses the use of INFORMS from 1974-1978. The number of requests, the types of users, and the variety of data bases used for searches were all recorded during this time period. Sixteen microfilmed rolls of INFORMS negotiation and ledger forms were used. The following conclusions were reached: 1) the number of requests did increase during the time periods when schools were in session; 2) teachers were the number one users of INFORMS; 3) curriculum and teaching techniques were the subject categories most requested; and 4) ERIC was the data base searched most often for all requests.

Hemispheric Research And Its Implications For Education, Christine Carolyn Thoren

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this paper is to describe hemispheric research and its implications for education. The paper has been divided into six sections: 1) Neuroanatomical Research on the Hemispheres of the Brain, 2) Research on the Duality of the Hemispheres and Learning, J) Left Hemispheric Research Related to Learning, 4) Right Hemispheric Research Related to Learning, 5) Hemispheric Research and Piagetian Development, and 6) Learning Style and Hemispheric Research.

Cai: The Way To Computer Literacy Through Story Problem Solving On The Microcomputer, Michael Clyde Merchant

Graduate Research Papers

This paper is a review of available studies and literature publi5hed over the past ten years. Its purpose is to suggest the need to use the microcomputer CAI in story problem solving in the elementary school. The literature was reviewed on 1: the cost effectiveness of ii CAI and microcomputers, 2: the need for an instructional format which makes individualization a feasible teaching technique for most teachers in solving story problems, 3: the need for computer literacy as a goal of our educational system, and 4: the effectiveness of CAI in elementary reading, mathematics drill-and-practice, and story problem solving. A …

A Survey Of Science Instruction In Elementary Learning Disability Resource Rooms In Iowa Area Education Agency # 1, Kevin M. Anderson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Since the initiation of special resource rooms for learning disabled youngsters several years ago, many special educators have concentrated their instructional routine on the skills of reading and mathematics. A subject area such as science has been viewed as a topic suited more for the regular classroom than the resource room. When science has been moved into the resource room, research shows it has generally been on a tutorial basis, helping the child catch up to other students. This study investigated the amount and quality of science instruction present in elementary learning disability resource rooms. It involved the 53 public …