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Understanding Learning Styles And Their Implications For Education, Linda Jones

Graduate Research Papers

Today, more than ever, a main concern of educators is how students attain a given piece of information or acquire a skill (Posey, 1984). This concern over how students learn has led to research in the area of learning styles. Learning styles are defined as "personally preferred ways of dealing with information and experience of learning that crosses content areas" (Della-Dora and Blanchard, 1979, p.22).

Analysis And Design Of Child Care Curricular Courses At Iowa Lakes Community College, Marsha Swanson

Graduate Research Papers

The early childhood profession has changed over the years in response to various social, economic, and political forces. These changes have led to concerns regarding how to best educate early childhood teachers.

Promoting Emergent Literacy Skills In Developmental Preschool, Angela Lickhart

Graduate Research Papers

The perception of what it means to be literate has long defined the type of reading instruction presented to children. Our society has valued the ability to read and write, although different eras have had emphasis placed on different aspects of these skills. As a result, we have followed different methodologies in teaching literacy thoughout [sic] our history (Shannon, 1989).

The Role Of Science In The Elementary Curriculum, Eileen Kay Nation

Graduate Research Papers

In recent years, instructional time for elementary science has taken a back seat to the teaching of reading in the Spirit Lake School District. Because of the emphasis placed on ITBS (Iowa Tests of Basic Skills) scores, the administration advocated teaching reading twice a day, therefore, promoting the idea that students need to be able to read well to do other subjects. It was implied that students would "pick up" science incidentally and there would be time to study the subject m depth after mastering reading in the early grades. Teachers were eager to accept this new philosophy because of …

Factors Influencing The Frequency And Thoroughness Of Breast Self-Examination, Loralee Klinger Torkelson

Graduate Research Papers

The purposes of this research study were to describe (1) how frequently and thoroughly women in a selected population practiced BSE, (2) how those women learned about BSE and the perceived effect this educational method had on the frequency and thoroughness of BSE practice, and (3) what other factors influenced the frequency and thoroughness of their BSE behaviors.

The Incidence And Selected Characteristics Of Childhood Sexual Abuse Among Adult Women With Eating Disorders, Linda A. Moyna-Thompson

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and selected characteristics of childhood sexual abuse among adult women with eating disorders.

Honoring Diversity In Teacher Education: Infusing Learning Styles; Cooperative Learning And Multicultural Nonsexist Education Into The Student Teaching Semester, Janey L. Montgomery, Joyce Simpson, Judy Lindholm

Faculty Publications

This paper demonstrates how teacher educators can empower preservice teachers to develop a rationale for honoring diversity in their classrooms by building upon an awareness of learning style preference; cooperative learning; and multicultural nonsexist education. A human relations course at the University of Northern Iowa that is taught concurrently with the student teaching experience demonstrates how student teachers become involved in collaborative relationships with their peers by sharing weekly seminars; planning presentations; doing action research; and engaging in classroom instruction. The model involves personalization of concepts through experiential learning in which group building and team teaching are key strategies. Learning …

Essential Learner Characteristics In Instructional Design, Fong-Chin Fan

Graduate Research Papers

"The role of the professional educator is to be familiar with those factors affecting learning and to design educational experiences that maximize the learning that occurs" (Armstrong, 1987, p. 157). If professional educators want learners to gain the most from education, they must consider those factors affecting learners' learning. For example, as noted by Kemp (1985), suppose that you had never known the design of instruction, and you begin your lecture at the first class meeting of your course. You have put a lot of work into developing the beginning unit in order to influence students with the value of …

Reasons Classroom Teachers Become Library Media Specialists And The Resulting Degree Of Job Satisfaction, Constance L. Simmons

Graduate Research Papers

Seventy-two Iowa public school library media specialists completed a questionnaire which determined their overall degree of job satisfaction and elicited their reasons for switching from their former positions as classroom teachers to school library services.

An analysis of the data indicated that classroom teachers were more likely to be motivated intrinsically than extrinsically to switch to school library media services and that, although the overall job satisfaction of the school library media specialists was lower than expected, the respondents, having experienced career satisfaction as classroom teachers wanted to continue their careers in education but as school library media specialists rather …

Predicting Adolescent Aids-Related Risk Behavior From Psychosocial Factors: A Replication, Erika Lea Kumerow

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to replicate Hays's (1992) methodology and extend her sample size. Replication of Hays's (1992) results would allow for generalization and would lend support to the path model of sexual activity she proposed.

Subjects for the study were 529 ninth grade students attending four schools in a rural midwestern state. Of the four schools, three were public schools and one was a parochial school. The parochial school was made up of two separate buildings, one located in a metropolitan area and the other in a rural area. Although the buildings were considered to be combined …

Undecided College Students: An Integrative Review, Lori A. Clark-Vanhooreweghe

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This integrative review studied the research related to undecided college students. The purposes of this paper were to examine the literature on undecided students, clarify common findings, reveal problematic areas, and suggest future areas of research. In order to accomplish this, the literature was divided into three main categories: differences and similarities between undecided and decided students, types of undecided students, and programs for undecided students. The studies relating to differences and similarities between undecided and decided students were organized according to the types of results they achieved, either evidence of differences or evidence of similarities. This body of literature …

The Relationship Between Middle School Students' Knowledge Of The Concept Of Variable And The Use Of Concrete Manipulatives, Maureen E. Busta

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Algebra is a difficult subject for a number of high school students. One of the major concepts involved in the learning of algebra is the use of variables. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the use of concrete manipulatives on middle school students' knowledge of the concept of variable and attitudes toward mathematics.

An experimental study was conducted involving 335 students and 13 teachers. Teachers volunteered to be in the treatment or comparison group. Teachers in the treatment group were trained in the use of Hands-On Equations and used the materials in their classrooms for …

Verbal Rehearsal Methods And Their Effects On Expressive Music Performance: A Comparison Of Verbal Explanation And Transformational Verbal Imagery, Leonard M. Upham

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to determine if use of transformational verbal imagery rehearsal methods, when compared to use of methods based on verbal explanation, resulted in (a) higher levels of expressive performance by wind quintets and (b) greater appreciation of the composition by quintet members.

The study used a posttest-only control-group design. Thirty high school brass and/or woodwind quintets were randomly assigned to experimental groups (n = 15) or control groups (n = 15). A composition rich in expressive aspects of music was used. Each quintet had three rehearsals. The first rehearsal dealt with the technical aspects of …

A Meeting Of Cultures: Faculty And Part-Time Doctoral Students In An Edd Program, Paul R. Smith

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to examine the cultural perspectives of the part-time doctoral students in educational administration and of selected faculty in the college of education at a medium sized middle western university. More specifically, the intent was to determine what types of cultures existed within these groups, the factors contributing to the development of these cultures, and what affect these factors had on the Ed.D. degree itself. A qualitative research approach was taken and included individual interviews, classroom observations, and university documents. Non-participant observations included five doctoral classes and related formal and informal conversations. The data gathering …

An Investigation Of The Practices And Perceptions Of Three Regular Elementary Teachers Regarding The Integration Of Students With Severe Disabilities, Beth L. Wright

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Regular classrooms have been increasingly identified as the placement of choice for special-needs children, including those diagnosed to have severe disabilities. Undergirding this movement has been an increase in research unfavorable to segregated, homogeneous and favorable to integrated, heterogeneous instructional arrangements. The knowledge base regarding how to facilitate the regular-class integration of severely disabled students, however, is in its infancy.

The purpose of this inquiry was to examine regular elementary teachers' practices and perceptions concerning their instruction of students with severe disabilities who had been integrated into their classrooms. Participant observation, interviewing, and constant comparative methods were employed to render …

A Study Of Science Teacher Perceptions And The Implementation Of Science-Technology-Society Education In Iowa Senior High Schools, David L. Johnson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which Science-Technology Society (STS) education has been implemented into the science curriculum and if teachers perceptions and personal assessment of STS education in Iowa senior high schools vary with the teacher's STS background or educational degree. Consisting of 190 senior high school science teachers (grades 9-12) in forty-nine schools distributed throughout the state of Iowa, the sample was obtained by a systematic, stratified sampling of school districts by enrollment size and Area Education Agency districts. Teachers were asked to complete questionnaires designed to collect data concerning: STS background, level …

Student Teachers' Perceptions Of Classroom Management: Importance And Preparedness, Lisa Opheim Nelson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

In this study, student teachers who had completed 8 weeks of student teaching experience used a 5-point Likert scale to rate the importance of 30 specific classroom management skills. The student teachers' descriptions of their preparedness to utilize each of these skills in their classrooms were also measured using a similar Likert format. The student teachers also completed a demographic information page which gathered information such as age, gender, major, and number of semesters at the University of Northern Iowa. A correlational analysis revealed modest similarity between the student teachers' ratings of importance and their feelings of preparedness, indicting that …

Exploring The Relationship Between People And The Environment In The English Classroom, Annette Worm

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

The power of literature may help bring the status of the environment into the minds of readers while providing the basis for people to find ways to heal themselves and their world. The English classroom can integrate critical thinking skills with nature literature to help the teenagers learn decision-making techniques and construct their own values and attitudes toward the environment

Fall Commencement [Program], December 19, 1992, 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.

An Investigation Of Performance Appraisal With Recommendations For White Collar And Blue Collar Workers, Mark W. Alberts

Graduate Research Papers

The accurate evaluation of an employee's performance, whether it be a salary or wage worker, is one of the most challenging problems confronting any organization. According to Lazer (1977), which is still true today, performance appraisal is absolutely necessary if an organization is to prosper in the highly competitive world of modern business.

Regardless of all that has been written about the how and why of performance appraisal, there still seems to be constant problems and areas of clear disagreement. Published writings about performance appraisal cover approximately the past 30 years and deal mostly with private corporations. Before that, performance …

Ballast Quarterly Review, V08n1, Autumn 1992, Roy R. Behrens

Ballast Quarterly Review

A journal devoted to wit, the contents of which are intended to be insightful, amusing, or thought provoking.

Pls Newsletter, V3n2, October 1992, University Of Northern Iowa. Malcolm Price Laboratory School

Malcolm Price Laboratory School Newsletter

Inside this issue:
-- Library Line on "Reading Aloud"
-- PLS Hosts NALS Midwest Conference
-- C. David Christensen Selected for a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching
-- New Faculty
-- 1992-93 School Year Calendar Overview
-- Homeroom List 1992-93
-- NUHS Booster, Inc.
-- PLS Faculty/Staff Directory 1992-93

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Fall 1992, 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.

A Profile Of Students Enrolled At The University Of Northern Iowa, Fall Semester 1992, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Contents:

--- PREFACE
--- PROFILE SUMMARY
--- SECTION I: TOTAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT FOR FALL SEMESTER 1992
--- SECTION II: NEW STUDENTS ENTERING UNI FALL SEMESTER 1992
--- SECTION III: MISCELLANEOUS

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, September 14, 1992, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting minutes from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

University Catalog 1992-1994, 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.

Ballast Quarterly Review, V07n4, Summer 1992, Roy R. Behrens

Ballast Quarterly Review

A journal devoted to wit, the contents of which are intended to be insightful, amusing, or thought provoking.

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Summer 1992, 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 9, 1992, 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.

The Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science April 24-25, 1992 [Program, 104th Meeting], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Program Summary --- 5
General Session Speakers --- 9
Awards --- 12
Distinguished Fellow --- 12
Distinguished Service --- 13
Symposia Programs --- 14
Poster Session --- 16
Campus Map --- Centerfold
Section Programs --- 18
Agricultural Sciences --- 18
Anthropology --- 20
Botany --- 21
Cellular & Molecular Biology --- 22
Chemical Education --- 26
Chemistry, Inorganic --- 26
Chemistry, Organic --- 27
Conservation --- 29
Earth Science Teaching --- 30
Elementary Science Teaching --- 30
Engineering --- 32
Geology --- 34
Linguistics --- 35
Nursing --- 36
Physics --- 37
Physiology --- 39
Psychology --- 40
Science …