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Computer Assisted Instruction In The Elementary School, John William Stevens

Graduate Research Papers

Computers as we know them today had their infancy in the late 1940's. Since that time computer technology and its concomitant applications in everyday life have expanded at nearly geometric proportions. Today the technology is advanced to about the same state that black and white television had reached in the late 1950's. Concurrent to the early development of the computer were two major trends in education: an awareness among educators for the need of individualized instruction and renewed interest in programmed learning. Thus a natural confluence of a budding technology and educational objectives occurred, resulting in computer assisted instruction. Introduction …

Some Attitudes Of Minority College Students With Some Attitudes Of Selected Educational Opportunity Staff Toward Instruction And Student Personnel Services, Michael Gordon Thomas

Graduate Research Papers

Student affairs professionals, in collaboration with teachers and students, can effectively improve the quality of college life; in fact, it is their responsibility to do so. Unfortunately, however, the profession has tended to react instead of take positive action. If student affairs workers are to influence what is to come, they must anticipate change, not merely adjust to it. An essential element in attitude toward professional development is that educators feel professional; that they are regarded as such, and have a direct and guiding influence on programs and activities which have an impact upon them (Holly & Blackman, 1981).

The Newly Unemployed And The Role Of The Comprehensive Employment And Training Program Manpower Specialist I (Msi), Kathleen Cohea Harper

Graduate Research Papers

Unemployment has become an increasing national and local concern. Many people are having to face the prospect of never returning to their old jobs. What employment means and the extent and effects of unemployment were researched in the literature. This research focused on the "newly unemployed"--e.g. white, older (45 years or more of age), married males who have never before experienced the problems and frustrations of long-term unemployment. This specific group was chosen for research because they are a departure from those traditionally seen in the Black Hawk County Comprehensive Employment and Training Program (CETP). The problems relating to their …

Trends In Major Field Of Study For Women In Higher Education: A Comparison Of Iowa And National Data From 1972 To 1981, Rena Gayle Daly

Graduate Research Papers

In the last decade, significant changes have occurred in the makeup of the college student population. Prior to the 19701s middle to upper class white males predominated and the student population tended to be academically homogeneous because colleges determined and limited their enrollments on the basis of academic records and test scores. During the 19701s there was an influx of student admissions from all races and socioeconomic groupings. College student populations changed along sexual parameters, too, with women constituting an increasingly larger percentage of the enrollment in higher education. Indeed, women account for most of the enrollment growth in recent …

The Future Role Of The Vocational Counselor, David M. Goswick

Graduate Research Papers

Future society may demand flexibility in many aspects of a person's life. One certainty is that there will be change throughout life, and proliferation of choices will likely characterize many aspects of a person's life space. Walz, {1975) emphasizes that an individual will continually be required to make critical life decisions under short time limits with little information.

The Nuclear Arms Race And The Science Curriculum, James Cottingham

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This paper proposes some ideas about the appropriateness and value of the study of nuclear weapons in the school curriculum in general and the science curriculum in particular. I will discuss some ideas that have been tried in this area by me and by others as well as some proposals that could be tried in the future. In addition, I will reflect on things we should be doing as science teachers in regard to nuclear weapons issues.

A Model Of Transcendence For Counselors And Clients In The Process Of Counseling, Neal R. Mcmann

Graduate Research Papers

Developing a model of transcendence for clients in counseling involves a number of necessary organizational steps. Without a solid foundation in counseling theory, there can be no basis upon which to build. Establishing a theoretical background in counseling provides a structure for the process. This structure aids in the development of a model of transcendence which utilizes counseling theory to help clients deal more effectively with their problems.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder And The Vietnam Veteran, Doran Butschi

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of the paper was to review the literature regarding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Vietnam veterans for a clearer understanding of the continuing readjustment problems that are affecting thousands of men and women in the United States. Because the Vietnam War was unique in so many aspects, it created unique postwar problems for its veterans.

Employee Fitness Programs: A Study Of The Benefits For Corporate Industry, Jeanne Carlson Duffy

Graduate Research Papers

Historically great amounts of energy have been channeled into the education of minds to perform with maximum effort and efficiency. Often these energy expenditures concentrated on singular cognitive processes in order to develop the intellect, and, in doing so, neglected other parts of the whole self. As the concept of the whole or total self became more accepted, educational programs expanded to include a wider variety of curricula: humanities, arts, career education, psychological education, and physical education as well as the traditional "3 r's". Perhaps because of American society's emphasis on graduation (regardless of level) as an end (rather than …

Effectiveness Characteristics And Skills For Elementary Principals: A Literature Review, Beth Haring-Lee

Graduate Research Papers

The elementary principal's job is becoming more complex and demanding. The job involves such tasks as: community, staff and student relationships; financial decisions, organization; problem-solving; management, communication, program evaluation, negotiation and others. 1 Researchers cite certain characteristics and skills as important when striving toward effectiveness in elementary school administration.

Research On The Effects Of Grade Retention And Its Implications For Educators, Richard Allen Krone

Graduate Research Papers

Grade retention in the United States is an issue that has been with us since the 1840 1 s, It is an issue that deals with the concepts of liberal student promotion standards vs. promotion based on the competency of strong minimum standards of achievement, Today after one hundred and fourty-five years of discussion and debate the issue remains highly contested and emotional, Many research articles have appeared as well as reports supporting an opinion or describing local practices. The issue remains unresolved and volatile.

Issues In Remarriage: Integration And Treatment Of Steprelationships, Sandra Uthoff Murphy

Graduate Research Papers

Traditionally the Nuclear family has provided the primary socializing, learning, and nurturing functions to individuals. With an increase of casual mating and divorce habits, increases in fatal accidents, suicides, parental abandonment, and women opting to stay single while bearing children, another form of family is gaining prevalence--the Stepfamily (Rosenbaum & Rosenbaum, 1977). In 1979 there were 1,181,000 divorces in the U.S. (Bureau of Census, 1981). Visher and Visher (1982) report that 80% of the men and 75% of the women who divorce remarry. Each year in the United States one-half million adults become stepparents of one or more children (Visher …

Editorial Board

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Deliberate Psychological Education On The Attitudes Of Fifth Graders Toward The Physically Disabled, June Brackney Stoskopf

Graduate Research Papers

There has been an increased interest in how school children accept the disabled since the passage of Public Law 94-142 (The Education for All Handicapped Children Act), in 1975. This law created a situation where, for the first time, handicapped children might be placed in a regular classroom. In order for this mainstreaming to be successful, the handicapped children must not be subjected to the ridicule and/or rejection of the non-disabled children in the classroom. According to Westervelt and McKinney (1980), one factor that may affect the success of mainstreaming children with physical disabilities is whether or not classmates receive, …

How Alcohol Influences A Representative Group Of Rural Ninth Grade Students In Iowa, Steven Taylor Brem

Graduate Research Papers

Abuse of alcohol is one of the biggest health and social problems in the United States today. It is estimated that there are more than fifteen million persons whose drinking is associated with serious personal and social problems, including about ten million who are alcoholics. Alcohol use is often associated with crime, poverty, and other social problems. Alcohol also contributes to physical illness, mental illness, and family conflicts. More than fifty percent of the fatal accidents and a high proportion of the injuries occurring on the nation's highways involve drivers or pedestrians who have had too much to drink. (Nusbrunner, …

The Nature And Extent Of Sexuality Counseling For Spinal Cord Injured Persons Within The Regional Rehabilitation Centers, Anne Elizabeth Gallagher

Graduate Research Papers

There are sixteen regional Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Centers serving the United States. The centers were designated by the National Spinal Cord Injury Association, formerly the National Paraplegia Foundation, founded by the paralyzed veterans of America in 1948. The purpose of rehabilitation of this group of patients is "to provide spinal cord injured individuals with the opportunity to resume 1 a lifestyle as similar to their preinjury state as is possible" (Lawson, 1978, p. 573). Rehabilitation centers utilize the efforts of many professionals working as a team to help their patients maximize their potential for independence.

Incidence Of Burnout In The Student Personnel Services Of A University, Susan C. Spencer

Graduate Research Papers

The topic of burnout has created its own little brushfire in professional publications. Since 1974, when the term "burnout" began to appear, it has stirred the interest of an increasing number of authors each year according to Savicki and Cooney (1982). Unfortunately, actual research on the topic has not been plentiful. Perlman and Hartman (1982) and Maslach (1978b) observed that burnout has been primarily a descriptive term and knowledge of the causes, preventions, and cures is still in the embryonic stage.

Retention Versus Promotion: A Study Of Local Policy, Karol Rae Boike

Graduate Research Papers

An elementary student in today's schools who is failing has two alternatives open to him, either be retained in the same grade for another year, or be socially promoted to the next grade in spite of apparent academic failure. Educators and parents have to make this decision and in most cases, both the process and effect of the decision have prompted considerable controversy. Proponents of retention argue that students who do not know the material at one grade level will be hopelessly frustrated if promoted to a higher grade level. Retention allows such students a year to catch up. Such …

1983-84 Men's And Women's Swimming Guide, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Men's team photo
--Women's team photo
--UNI Quick Facts
--About the University
--Academics
--1983-84 Women's Schedule
--Women's Roster
--1983-84 Men's Schedule
--Men's Roster
--1983-84 Men's Outlook
--1983-84 Women's Outlook
--The Coaching Staff
--A Look at the Panthers
--Men's Team Profiles
--Women's Team Profiles
--The Facilities
--Division 1 Status
--1982-83 Men's Results
--Men's School Records
--1982-83 Women's Results
--Women's School Records

The Relationship Between Field Dependence/Field Independence And Health Behaviors Of High School Students, John William Preston

Graduate Research Papers

The United States is in the midst of a second public health revolution (Califano, 1979). The success of the first revolution during the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century lead to the control or eradication of major acute diseases such as; influenza, pneumonia, diphtheria, tuberculosis and gastrointestinal infections. While the death rates from these major diseases fell sharply, from 580 for every 100,000 people in 1900 to less than 30 people per 100,000 in 1970, the proportion of mortality from major chronic and degenerative diseases, such as cancer, stroke and heart disease, increased more than …

In Search Of Intimacy, Mark A. Dix

Graduate Research Papers

The traditional means to attain intimacy through dictated marriage were historically fulfilled by society and parents who betrothed their children. Societal and parental dictated norms usurped the individual's freedom and required living up to externally mandated expectations of behavior. Today's system of intimacy departs dramatically from the traditional model. Today's model is formed by the individual who freely meets his/her own needs regardless of age or historically based, societal or cultural standards of expected conduct. Today's mode of living gives an individual the freedom to pursue, court and marry based solely upon his/her own needs, expectations and love.

Effectiveness Of Reality Therapy And Assertive Discipline In Controlling Discipline Disturbances, Steven R. Callison

Graduate Research Papers

Today's general public is scrutinizing its governmental bodies and asking why they are being run in the fashion they are. Attacks against the system seem to come from every direction. Part of the criticism may be generalized hostility towards the government body closest to home, the public school. New school systems incorporating back to basics, humanism, Bible-based curriculums, and home teaching address some of the problems the public perceive.

Identification Of College Student Dropout Characteristics And Retention Strategies, Debra J. Albrecht

Graduate Research Papers

During the 1960s and 1970s there were two primary reasons why an institution had limited concern with the retention of its students: (1) there were more students than its faculty or facilities could handle. If a number of students did not continue to enroll, it was not a problem since many other students were waiting to take their place. (2) This time period involved a philosophical interpretation of equal education opportunity and the maintenance of academic standards. Many felt they fulfilled obligations for equal educational opportunity if students had easy access to institutions. There was also an assumption that academic …

Barriers Of Cross-Cultural Counseling, Charles L. Davenport Jr.

Graduate Research Papers

In the past two decades, attention has been focused on the topic of cross-cultural counseling. Cross-cultural counseling is defined by Sue (1981), as a counseling relationship in which the participants are different in terms of values, norms, roles, lifestyles, verbal, and nonverbal methods of communicating. Literature in the area of cross-cultural counseling has been a recent occurance in the counseling profession, with professional articles beginning to appear in the journals around the mid 196O 1 s. Before the mid 196O's the counseling profession showed little interest or concern toward the racial, ethnic or minority groups. However, as the journals point …

The Alumnus, V66n4 [V67n4], January 1983, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:

-- Director's MedLee
-- Alumni Happenings
-- Homecoming/Reunion revisited
-- Campus News
-- "Famous" faculty honored
-- Regents' legislative priorities
-- Can business be ethical
-- Invisible Area Studies
-- Alumnus Michael Pint
-- Class Notes

1983 Northern Iowa Women's Track & Field, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Head Coach Sharon Huddleston
--Assistant Coach M. Karen Ruder
--1983 Outlook
--1982 in Review
--Sprints
--Hurdles
--Middle Distances
--Distances
--High Jump
--Shot and Discus
--Long Jump
--Javelin
--1983 Track and Field Roster
--Indoor Record Book
--Outdoor Record Book
--UNI-Dome - One of America's Premier Indoor Facilities
--The University of Northern Iowa
--Directory
--University Quick Facts
--Track and Field Schedule

Iowa Journal Of Speech Communication, Volume 15, Number 1, Spring 1983 [Download Entire Issue]

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

Media Center Book Losses Due To Student Mobility In Waterloo, Iowa, Darlene Peterson

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of the study was to determine what percentage of all missing elementary media centers books were not returned by students who had moved either within or outside the Waterloo Community School District, and what retrieval methods had been most frequently and most successfully used. Survey instruments were mailed to all elementary media specialists in Waterloo in September, 1983. The first section of the survey instrument asked how many books were lost in 1982-1983, and of these how many were not checked out but were missing, were checked out but not returned by students who had moved, were checked …

Divorce Mediation: An Alternative Approach To Marital Dissolution, Suzanne Diers Strever

Graduate Research Papers

Divorce has become a common phenomena in American life. According to The World Almanac Book of Facts, 1983, in 1981 there were approximately 1,219,000 divorces in the United States. Historically, divorce has been viewed in terms of social deviance and as pathological behavior. This negative conceptualization of divorce was considered necessary to maintain familial stability and societal equilibrium. Until modern times, divorce was granted infrequently and was perceived as a punishment for marital misconduct, not as an escape from an unhappy or unsatisfactory marriage.

Annual Report Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, 1982-83, Robert W. Hanson

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The year 1983 marks the 108th anniversary of the founding of the Academy in 1875. The first 100 years was reviewed in a special centennial issue of the Proceedings in March, 1975 in an article by this writer. Since that time, a running history of the organization has been published as the "Annual Report." This is then the eighth annual chapter in the history of the Academy since the centennial, and it is the last report of Academy affairs to be written by this author. Whether this format and practice will continue in future years depends on the choice of …