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Developing A Leadership Style Using The Situational Leadership Model, Jon Nordaas

Graduate Research Papers

Leadership is a key component in organizations. Successful organizations have one major attribute that sets them apart from unsuccessful organizations: dynamic and effective leadership (Hambleton & Gumpert, 1982). This paper will explore situational leadership as a way for principals to manage their personnel in an effective and successful manner.

1988-89 Northern Iowa Basketball, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--1988-89 Schedule
--1987-88 Results
--Cover/Contents
--Memorandum to Press
--Editorial Staff
--Credits
--UNI Facts --1
--Basketball Facts --1
--The UNI Community --1
--Panther Outlook --2
--1988-89 Northern Iowa Roster --3
--Numerical Roster --3
--Personnel Analysis --3
--Head Coach Eldon Miller --4
--Miller's Coaching Record --4
--Assistant Coaches --5
--The Players --6
--UNI's Little Big Man - Nick Nurse --6
--Nick Nurse - Captain --7
--Jonathan Cox --8
--Troy Muilenburg --9
--Maurice Newby --10
--Steve Phyfe --11
--Kent Pollpeter --12
--Jason Reese --13
--Scott Socha --14
--Jeff Williams --15
--Steve Deerling --16
--Cedrick McCullough --16
--Christopher Nuss --16-17
--Nick Pace --17 …

Eating Disorders: A Growing Problem In American Society, Barry A. Thompson

Graduate Research Papers

One of the newest and most difficult medical problems facing American society today is that of eating disorders. This paper will focus on two of the most common types of eating disorders: anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Physical, psychological, and behavioral changes which occur in individuals afflicted with either of these disorders will be developed, as well as the diagnostic characteristics of each disorder.

Victim Or Villain? The Mother In The Incestuous Family, Jenean C. Wolterman

Graduate Research Papers

"To call incest an epidemic is to understate the case" (Crewdson, p.83). The National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect estimates that 100,000 or more children are victims of incest each year. Other estimates run as high as 360,000 children per year (Ledray, 1984). Susan Forward (1978) believes that 30% of the general population, 10-20 million female Americans, are incest victims. Seventy-five to eighty-five percent of these victims were involved in father-daughter incest. Other authorities guess that 7.4-40% of all families with daughters are involved in incest (Forward, 1978). As shocking as these statistics sound, it is estimated that 50-90% …

Administrative Stress, Jerry Lee Hartwell

Graduate Research Papers

Selye (1976) defines stress as "the nonspecific response of the body to any demand". The phrase "administrative stress" is often used to describe the hazard of being an administrator in an educational environment. There has been a very significant increase in the pressures that people in all levels of administration have to face and it is leading to administrative stress. A review of the literature indicates that the phrases "administrative stress" and "administrative burnout" are used interchangeable to describe this condition. What causes stress, what are the physical and mental symptoms of stress; and what can be done about administrative …

Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country Of The Pointed Firs: A Search For The Archetypal Female, Jason Bennett

Draftings In

I personally find most Realistic literature lacking whatever mysterious element it is that evokes from me an emotional response. Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories is a definite exception. In fact I was so emotionally challenged by the work that I was compelled to reread it almost immediately. I really had no idea why I found Jewett's story so powerful. The elements which touched me so deeply were unseen by my conscious mind, but were nonetheless felt by a deeper part of my being. My task was to identify, as clearly as possible, the …

The Learning Disabled Student In Postsecondary Institutions: An Overview, Gail Ellen West

Graduate Research Papers

Historically, the focus on the learning disabled has been at the elementary and, more recently, the secondary school level. However, since the influx of so many students into postsecondary institutions, the emphasis is changing. Vogel (1982) stated that the number of programs for the learning disabled in higher education has grown significantly during the '80s as a response to concerns from learning disabled students, their parents, and professionals, and from the passage of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. However, the number of postsecondary schools offering adequate educational and support programs to learning disabled students is still small.

Multiple Roles In Women's Career Decisions, Marilyn J. Purlee Smith

Graduate Research Papers

From the fairly rigid sex roles of the 1950s, women now face changing, varied and often contradictory role expectations (Evans, 1985). Not only is the mix of family and work roles greater than in the past, but tasks once considered exclusively men's are now open to women; therefore, women have more options than men. The problem is not whether women are to combine marriage and motherhood with work or career, but how they are to do so (Chickering, 1981).

Adolescent Suicide: The Secondary School's Response, Stephen K. Bomgaars

Graduate Research Papers

The number of adolescent suicides has risen steadily over the past thirty years. The United States Department of Health and Human Services reported that from 1950-1982, the suicide rate for adolescents increased by 300% (McGinnis, 1987). About 6,000 young people murder themselves each year (Keasey & Keasey, 1988). According to Johnson and Maile (1987) the problem of adolescent suicide is not confined to the United States as both Canada and Western European countries have experienced an increase in suicide rates in the past ten years. Neither is the problem confined to a particular area of the United States. The overall …

Iowa Journal Of Speech Communication, Volume 21, Number 1, Spring 1989 [Download Entire Issue]

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Student Perceptions Of Teacher Communication Competency, Stephen A. Bobek

Iowa Journal of Communication

Teachers must always be aware of the importance of their verbal and non-verbal communication in the classroom. "The importance of effective communication in the classroom cannot be overstated. Communication is central to the teaching process. Some even argue that communication is the teaching process." (McCroskey and Richmond, 3) Rubin and Feezel have noted that "impressions formed about teachers' communicative competence are largely based on teachers' oral communication abilities." (1986, 254)

Many colleges and universities in the United States have teacher education programs which frequently require courses is methodology, human relations, educational psychology, pedagogical theory and other related subjects. In the …

Motivation In The Introductory Public Speaking Classroom, Sharon M. Rossi, Richard A. Katula, Edmund C. Forst

Iowa Journal of Communication

In a recent issue of Change: The Magazine of Higher Education, Carnegie Foundation President Ernest L. Boyer, commenting on the foundation's study of undergraduate education at American universities and colleges, noted that, "Students are eager to get a good grade, but they're not caught up in the excitement of learning." Boyer's assertion represents a commonly held assumption, particularly among teachers of basic or required courses such as speech communication. In the public speaking classroom, despite the typical introductory pep talk on the value of effective communication for personal satisfaction, active citizenship and professional success and despite fundamentals texts that posit …

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Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

Issues In The Education Of Four-Year-Olds, Allyn R. Stocks

Graduate Research Papers

In an attempt to examine the recent movement toward enrolling four-year-old children in academic programs, the need arises to consider the research base for early intervention. There have also been significant social, economic, and political forces that have guided this movement.

Computer-Assisted Career Exploration: The Maturing Of A Technological Infant, Robert L. Wharram

Graduate Research Papers

This review of the literature presents information about the history and the current use of computers in career and vocational counseling in high schools. Additionally, the strengths and limitations of computer utilization in the secondary school counseling process are discussed.

Characteristics And Treatment Of Bulimia, Cindy Becker

Graduate Research Papers

Bulimia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by the episodic ingestion of large quantities of food in a relatively short period of time and, in most cases, these •binges• are followed by self-induced vomiting, laxative abuse or fasting (Ordman & Kirschenbaum, 1986). The vast majority of bulimic cases are women (only 10% are male) and it is estimated that as much as 20% of high school and collegiate-aged females are actively engaged in bulimic behaviors on a regular basis (Hale & Ware, 1984). More specifically, these behaviors include various aspects of the following according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual …

Anorexia Nervosa And Bulimia At The Secondary School Level, Blair T. Thielen

Graduate Research Papers

The eating disorders of anorexia nervosa and bulimia have not been just recently documented; in fact, anorexia nervosa has been recognized in medical literature for centuries, as references were made by Morton (1694), Gull (1874) and Laseque (1873), and bulimia has been recognized 1 by that term for the last few decades (Peters, Butterfield, Swassing, & McKay, 1984). It has been in recent years, however, that these eating disorders have received considerable attention in literature and research. Partially responsible for this relatively new-found prominence is the large number of young adolescents who are involved.

Alcoholism Among Black Americans, Karen Norris-Henderson

Graduate Research Papers

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), alcohol abuse is the leading health and social problem in Black America today (Hacker, Collins, 1 & Jacobson, 1987). Data analysis from the Secretary's Task Force on Blacks and Minority Health (Ronan, 1986/87) indicated that Blacks suffer disproportionately from health consequences of alcohol abuse and appear to be at disproportionately high risk for certain alcohol related problems. Upton and Jallah (1986) cited another early study, released in 1979 by Dr. Lewis King, which found that alcoholism was the number one social problem in Black America. They further cited how …

Anger In Children, Judith L. Phillips

Graduate Research Papers

In working with a variety of children, in blended families, with relationship problems, with grief issues, from dysfunctional families, and others, this writer recognized that many of these children were angry or were dealing with anger in some way. Omizo, Hershberger and Omizo (1988) confirm this awareness when they stated: "Children are seldom provided with a means of coping with angry feelings" (p. 241).

The Relationship Between Juvenile Delinquents' Behaviors And Irrational Beliefs, Jimmy Susan Binns Ramsey

Graduate Research Papers

The use of adolescent aggression has been documented as being increasingly problematic (Faretra, 1981; Marohn, 1982; Short & Simeonsson, 1986). Violence in the schools has increased at a rate of sixty per cent in a five year period from 1971 to 1975 (Short & Simeonsson, 1986). A relationship has been found to exist between juvenile delinquents' use of aggressive behaviors and their use of irrational beliefs and emotional reasoning (Bandura, 1977; Ellis, 1977a, 1983; Burns, 1981). Irrational beliefs are idealized concepts or beliefs to which the user subscribes, and are based on the individual's emotional state rather than on factual …

The Right To Be Childfree, Mary Fraune-Winter

Graduate Research Papers

The number of couples who have voluntarily chosen not to have children has doubled in the last few decades, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, Census Bureau, (Kantrowitz, 1985). In 1960 the number of married women between the ages of twenty-five and twenty-nine who were childless totalled [sic] thirteen percent, which averaged one out of ten women (Kantrowitz, 1985). In 1985 the number of married women in the same age group who chose not to have children was twenty-nine percent, which averaged one out of every four women (Kantrowitz, 1985). The only option for married women, in the …

Teacher Decisionmaking: The Role And The Process, Loretta R. Ryan

Graduate Research Papers

The decisionmaking task of the teacher, often referred to as the teacher's hidden agenda, has only in the last fifteen years been a specific topic of educational research. One prominent researcher in this field goes so far as to say that decisionmaking is "the basic teaching skill" (Shavelson, 1973). Teachers must wrestle daily with a myriad of demands and mandates while simultaneously being expected to provide the best possible instruction for students in their classrooms. It is not news to practitioners in the field that there are countless decisionmaking points in their day, but the current level of research in …

An Annotated Bibliography Of Fiction Books On Hospital Related Fears Kindergarten Through Sixth Grade, Cinda Searles

Graduate Research Papers

This study focused on the development of an annotated bibliography of fiction books exploring the theme of hospitalization to be used as a tool by media specialists, teachers and adults doing reading guidance for children in grades kindergarten through six (ages five through twelve).

Information from the data gathering instrument identifying bibliographic citation, grade levels, story contents and pre-admission and in-hospital fears reflected from the thirteen books read was complied identifying those fears, their frequency rates and their location in the titles in the bibliography. A subject index alphabetically listing those hospital fears and location sites follows the annotated bibliography.

Staff Development: Methods Of Increasing Student Involvement Through Active Participation, David Allen Swick Jr.

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this paper is to provide administrators with the knowledge of certain effective active learning techniques and strategies in order that they may help improve the quality of the instruction delivered in the classrooms. Knowledge of such techniques is pertinent in order for administrators to recognize and reinforce such practices when they observe them being employed by classroom teachers. When such techniques are identified and praised by the administrator, there is greater likelihood that the classroom teacher will continue to employ such strategies (Browne and Keeley, 1985). More importantly, it is crucial that administrators have a strong knowledge …

Cultural Linkages And Goal Consensus: The Principal's Role In School Improvement, Andrew Hook Ward

Graduate Research Papers

Significant interest in educational reform has been accelerated in the past decade by many factors. A combination of national commission reports and various research findings has created, what has been popularly termed, the effective schools movement. The growing occurences of school improvement programs, aimed at improving the effectiveness of schools, has helped to reinforce several key factors that have become accepted as necessary ingredients for effective schools.

The Need For Multicultural Training In Counselor Education Programs, Matlhogonolo S. Maboe

Graduate Research Papers

Multicultural counseling is a one-on-one helping relationship between the counselor and the client when the 1 two are of dissimilar culture and/or ethnic backgrounds (Dillard, 1983). For the past two decades, increased attention has been given to the issues involved in multicultural counseling. During this period the counseling profession recognized that mental health needs of the various racial and ethnic groups in the United States had not been adequately met (Jones & Korchin, 1982; Pedersen, 1985; Sue, 1981).

Collectivism And Individualism In A Professionalism Study Of Public Relations Practitioners And Journalists, Steven L. Jones

Graduate Research Papers

The adversarial relationship between journalists and public relations practitioners is nothing new. No matter in what era or in what context, there has always been friction between those who mind the media gates and those whose livelihoods depend upon getting information disseminated. It is inherent, it is argued here, for cultural discourse of public relations practitioners and journalists. Several studies examined the adversarial relationship, and most had consistent findings -- the two occupations view each other quite differently. Stegall and Sanders (1986) indicated that journalists see their roles and the roles of public relations practitioners as distinctly different. They wrote …

Creative Drama As A Complementary Methodology To Cooperative Learning, Susan Lauree Willms Cantine

Graduate Research Papers

This study will examine the theories of cooperative learning and creative drama to determine if the use of creative drama can be an effective strategy to establish an enhanced environment for positive interdependence and to introduce students to the fundamental collaborative skills necessary to use cooperative learning.

Analysis Of Corporate Culture And Community Relations: A Case Study Of Ibm, Lisa V. Sukovaty-Gordon

Graduate Research Papers

The basis for study of corporate culture grew from prior sociological and anthropological research. Etzioni (1964) found organizations which incorporate human resource technique in establishing goals were least likely to alienate their employees and were likely to produce desired responses. Etzioni's method for determining an organization's goals was through "inspection of interviews, minutes from board meetings, organization documents, division of labor, and allocation of resources (1964, p.6)." The purpose of cultures as defined by Etzioni should be to "provide a supportive setting for developing modern organizations and theme worldliness (1964, p.108-109)."

Distribution Of On-Campus Grades For Spring Semester 1989, Gerald D. Bisbey

History of Education Book Gallery

This report is the next in the sequence of such reports being sent each semester to give the University community information concerning grade distributions. These grade distributions are by instructional areas and/or programs rather than departments only. Thus areas such as Educational Media Center, Individual Studies, and Human Relations are also identified. By request, the Humanities and General Sciences areas have been retained with the appropriate departments.