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Measures For Predicting Calculus Achievement, Orlando C. Kreider

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Once a student has entered college algebra and indicated a curriculum that requires calculus, educators are concerned about both his probable academic mortality prior to calculus and his probable scholastic achievement if he perseveres through calculus. It is the purpose of this paper to discuss first, measures to predict mortality prior to calculus, and second, measures to predict scholastic achievement in first-quarter calculus.

An Empirical Study Of Scoring Methods For The Conover Driving Attitude Inventory, T. E. Hannum, Gerald C. Helmstadter, A. R. Lauer, David H. Soule

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The measurement of driving attitudes has followed in the wake of various studies and statistical data indicating that improper attitudes are responsible for an unduly high percentage of accidents. Certain of these tests have limitations, one of which is an economical method of scoring. Conover (Conover, 1947) used a scoring method such that the values 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, are assigned respectively to the responses designated as; most displeasing, displeasing, indifferent, pleasing, and most pleasing, for the positive items, and to avoid negative scores the values 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, are assigned respectively to the same responses; most …

The Effectiveness Of Experienced And Inexperienced Teachers As Shown By Student Achievement, Orlando C. Kreider

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The large number of students who enrolled in the colleges of the United States after World War II brought many unusual problems to college administrators. The influx of students was so great that the teaching personnel had to be rapidly increased. Many inexperienced teachers had to be employed. It is probable that temporary staff members included many whose training and other traits would have barred them from teaching except during such an emergency. This condition provided an excellent opportunity for testing many hypotheses that could not have been tested under prevailing college conditions in normal times. One of the important …

Relation Of The Fritz-Neidt Practical Policy Test To Freshman: Entrance Tests, Martin F. Fritz

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Previous investigations, reported to the Psychology Section of the Iowa Academy of Science, have been concerned with the development of a test designed to measure cynicism and idealism. Since the nature of the items used, the theory of the construction, the manner of administration, and the method of scoring have already been described (see references), no attempt will be made to consider these details in this paper.

The Alumnus, V33n4, October 1949, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- Alumni Officers
-- The Campus Today
-- Fall and Winter Activities
-- Bureau of Publications...Changes Name and Function
-- Announce 83 New Appointments
-- State Fair Exhibit Tells...."What Makes a Good Teacher?"
-- Fuller Assumes Emeritus Status
-- Panther Sports Parade
-- Keeping Up with Alumni
-- Marriages
-- Dateline: Maracaibo, Venezuela
-- Births
-- Deaths
-- Summer Graduates Get Awards
-- Nearly 1,000 Alumni Give to Chapel Fund

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Fall 1949, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the Iowa State Teachers College.

Summer Commencement [Program], August 18, 1949, Iowa State Teachers College

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.

The Alumnus, V33n3, July 1949, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- Summer and Fall Activities
-- The Campus Today
-- 406 Attend 66th Annual Reunion
-- 1000 Students, Faculty Make...."Operation Library" Successful
-- Panthers Sweep Titles
-- '49 Homecoming at - The Home of Champions - October 21-23
-- 900 Give $6768 to Chapel Fund
-- Keeping Up with Alumni
-- Marriages
-- Births
-- Deaths
-- Campanile Clock Chimes Again...

Spring Baccalaureate And Commencement, May 23, 1949, Iowa State Teachers College

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.

The Sixty-First Session Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, April 15 And 16, 1949, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

No abstract provided.

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Spring 1949, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the Iowa State Teachers College.

The Alumnus, V33n2, April 1949, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- 1949 Reunion-Commencement Calendar
-- Minnesingers to be Honored at Reunion
-- The Campus Today
-- The Sky's the Limit for Dr. Thompson's Graphs
-- Dramatists Rotate Duties
-- Relays to be held April 23
-- Cagers Repeat as Champions
-- Wrestlers have Undefeated Season
-- Spring Baseball Prospects Not Gloomy
-- Recovers "Lost" Oil by New Invention
-- Keeping Up with Alumni
-- Marriages
-- Births
-- Deaths

In Memoriam - William A. Anderson; Norval Baker; Jacob Corwin Blumer; William Harold Davis; E. W. Lindstrom; W. H. Mcfarland; Thomas C. Stephens; Charles S. Trachsel; Emery Ernest Watson

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Homogeneity Of Behavior Indicated From The Spearman-Brown Prophecy Formula, Charles O. Neidt

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The reliability of a test is usually defined as the consistency with which a test measures whatever it measures, the consistency being indicated by the correlation between two administrations of the same test or between equivalent forms. Whenever it has not been feasible to administer the test twice, or whenever full-length equivalent forms have not been available, the procedure usually followed has been that of making two synthetic tests by scoring the odd- and even-numbered items separately, or by scoring two randomly-drawn lists of items. Dividing the test in this manner results in obtaining a correlation between two forms which …

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Winter 1948-1949, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the Iowa State Teachers College.

On Generalized Means, H. P. Thielman

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Every student of elementary mathematics is acquainted with the concepts of the arithmetic mean, the harmonic mean, and the geometric mean of sets of numbers. These concepts are also common mathematical tools used in the analysis of data in many applied sciences. It may not be so well known that there exist various types of means of which those mentioned above are very special cases. It is the object of this paper to give postulational definitions of the concept of means in general, and to derive certain relations between different kinds of means. In this connection it will also be …

Officers, Committees, Past Presidents, And Members, Iowa Academy Of Science

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

1949 Old Gold, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Yearbooks

The student yearbook of the Iowa State Teachers College, later known as the University of Northern Iowa.

Proceedings Of The Sixty-First Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science Held At Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, April 15 And 16, 1949: Minutes Of The 1949 Meeting

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Minutes & Reports - Executive Committee; Business Meeting; Secretary; Treasurer; Staff Reports; Committee Reports

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Science Changes Its Mind, W. H. Kadesch

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

In an interesting book bearing the title "Architects of Ideas" Trattner tells us that "in every age previous to our own there was supposed to exist a body of knowledge final and infallible. Frequently people thought of this knowledge as having been revealed directly from heaven. Embodied in rigid tradition and held sacred by all authorities, it was considered heresy to question any time-honored belief." The great development in human culture that Mees has called the Helix of History began somewhere in the eastern hemisphere five or six millennia ago. For many centuries advancement was slow. Succeeding turns of the …

Some Factors In The Academic Superiority Of Veteran Students, William A. Owens, William A. Owens Jr.

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Veterans of World War II in considerable numbers have now been back on college campuses for several years. Concern over their proper academic and vocational disposition has prompted a substantial number of studies of their differential characteristics as compared with non-veterans. It has, for example, been rather well established through such investigations as those of Clark (1), Gowan (2), Taylor (5), et al, that veterans tend to be superior to non-veterans in academic achievement at the college level. Gowan has, in addition, pointed out that this state of affairs still obtains if scholastic aptitude be held constant. Owens (4), in …

College Catalog 1948-1949, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Programs and Courses Catalogs

Table of Contents:

College Calendar for the year 1949-1950 ... 7
State Board of Education ... 9
Officers of Administration ... 11
Officers of Instruction ... 13
Other Officers and Assistants ... 25
Faculty Committees ... 31
General Information ...
Foreword ... 34
Buildings and Grounds ... 35
Enrollment and Registration ... 40
Fees ... 41
The Residence of Women Students ... 42
The Residence of Men Students ... 44
Food Service ... 46
The Commons ... 39, 46
Resume of a Student's Expenses Per Year ... 46
Employment ... 47
Partial Fee Exemptions ... 47
Student Loan Funds ... …

The Alumnus, V32n4, October 1948, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- Fall Activities Calendar
-- The Campus Today
-- Honor Memory of Dean Reed, Prof. Watson
-- Long-Term Faculty Members Retire
-- Teachers College Has Changes In Faculty
-- Leeman Wins Silver Medal in Olympics
-- The Panther Parade
-- College Announces Plans for New Campus School
-- Concert Season Opens October 9
-- Mobile Unit Brings Industrial Arts to Rural Schools
-- Newest Contributors to Chapel Fund
-- Keeping Up with Alumni
-- Marriages
-- Births
-- Deaths

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Fall 1948, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the Iowa State Teachers College.

Summer Commencement [Program], August 19, 1948, Iowa State Teachers College

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.

The Alumnus, V32n3, July 1948, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue;
-- Summer and Fall Activities
-- The Campus Today
-- "Alums" from 1898 to 1948...
-- Exchange Old and New Memories
-- Hart and Cable Retire from Their Posts
-- Iowans Win Farm Bureau Scholarships
-- Three Panthers Sail for Olympics
-- Panthers Will Play Night Football
-- Remember the Dates, October 8-10...It's the Big 1948 Homecoming
-- Newest Contributors to Chapel Fund
-- Keeping Up with Alumni
-- Marriages
-- Births
-- Deaths

Spring Commencement [Program], May 25, 1948, Iowa State Teachers College

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.

The College Eye And Pen, May 1948 [Download Entire Issue]

Purple Pen

No abstract provided.

Shadows On The Sun, Frederick G. White

Purple Pen

No abstract provided.