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The Development Of Criteria For Evaluating Junior Premarital Pregnancy Novels, Connie Jo Barto

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to develop criteria that could be used by classroom teachers and media specialists to judge the quality of junior premarital pregnancy novels. A secondary purpose was to demonstrate by means of model critiques how the criteria could be applied. The professional literature reflected five categories of conern relating to junior premarital pregnancy novels: adolescent sexuality, didacticism, sexism, pat solutions, and stereotyped adults. The researcher selected a panel of six experts to comment on the categories of concern and to identify the ten most widely read titles in the genre. The panel included practicing media …

An Examination Of Myth And Archetype In The Earthsea Trilogy By Ursula Kroeber Le Guin, Susan Oster Robinson

Graduate Research Papers

This study was an attempt to apply the principles and methods of one type of criticism, archetypal, to certain science fiction/fantasy writings. The study used these methods to answer the question: How do archetypes function in the Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula Kroeber Le Guin? The trilogy comprised A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, and The Farthest Shore.

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Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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Sponsorship Biasing Effects On A School Library Censorship Survey, Andris E. Kaupins

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of the study was to determine what relationship exists between two survey sponsoring organizations and the responses of a randomly selected group of Iowa public high school librarians (n = 200) to a revised version of a library censorship questionnaire developed by Charles H. Busha. One hundred of these librarians received the mailed questionnaires with the stated sponsorship of the Department of Library Science, at the University of Northern Iowa (85% response). The other 100 librarians received the same questionnaire but with the stated sponsorship of the fictitious "Society for Decency in Literature" (55% response). One section of …

A Study In Moral Development In Children's Literature, Judith A. Casey

Graduate Research Papers

This study was undertaken for the purpose of analyzing children's picture books to determine if specific moral conflict episodes could be identified, according to Lawrence Kohlberg's cognitive theory of moral development. The identification of conflict dilemmas was made by examining selected books for young readers to identify and isolate problems encountered by one or more characters. If conflict story incidents could be identified and described, it seemed probable that teachers could use them as a primary source for stimulating discussions about moral problem solving behaviors. Thus, a second purpose was to determine if a process of questioning could be used …

Multiplicative And Additive Processes In The Subjective Evaluation Of Travel Expense, Valerie S. Hensley, Irwin P. Levin

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Subjects were asked to make absolute judgments and relative ratings of travel expense for a series of hypothetical trips described by varying levels of distance to be travelled, gasoline price, and expected gas mileage. In Experiment 1, intuitive estimates of cost in dollars followed a multiplicative model analogous to the "rational" model but allowing individual differences in evaluating and weighting stimulus factors. In Experiment 2, subjective ratings of relative expense followed an additive model. An additive model implies that an extreme value of one factor will be balanced by more neutral values of other factors, whereas a multiplicative model implies …

The Case Of The Mysterious Lizard, Patrick D. Murphy

Graduate Research Papers

The Council Bluffs Community Schools does not have media specialists in most of its elementary buildings. This means that there is not a qualified professional available to teach library skills to a majority of the students. The prospects of an improvement in this situation in the near future are not good because of budgetary pressures, Because of this, responsibility for instruction in library skills must be assumed by district level personnel. As there are only two professionals on the district level, some means of reaching many students in a limited amount of time must be used, A television production meets …

Marital Adjustment And Self-Concept In Married College Students, James Russell Moneypenny

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

In light of the widespread dissatisfaction with marital relationships currently being expressed by couples in the United States, a research study concerning marital adjustment and self-concept was undertaken. Self-concept was chosen to be examined in relation to marital adjustment because of its generally agreed upon importance in interpersonal behavior. A positive relationship between self-concept and marital adjustment would provide a conceptual framework from which to view marital adjustment and would suggest therapeutic approaches for dealing with the problem. The research problem, then, was to examine the relationship between marital adjustment and self-concept.

A review of the literature showed marital adjustment …

The Effects Of Teacher Reinforcement On Student Attitudes And Achievement, Ray Douglas Mccollum

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study examined the effects of teacher reinforcement on both reading achievement and students' attitudes toward school. It was hypothesized that students of high reinforcing teachers would achieve greater reading gains and would exhibit more positive attitudes toward school than students of lower reinforcing teachers.

Eight classrooms of second and third-grade students (N=139) and their teachers from a rural school district were involved in this study. The students were administered the reading section of the Metropolitan Achievement Test and the "Describe Your School" questionnaire during the fall of 1975. subsequent to this pre-assessment, the eight teachers were observed by independent …

Long-Term Effects Of Home-Based Preschool Enrichment, Mark Vincent Cunningham

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study was designed to measure the effect of the Home Start Project upon school achievement as measured by the third grade scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. The non-randomized posttest-only control group design was utilized in this research project. Subject selection consisted of those forty-four subjects for whom prior comparisons had been drawn concerning Horne Start subjects. However, it was possible to locate only 31 Home Start subjects (22 black and 9 white) and 31 of their older and Non-Home Start siblings (22 black and 9 white). The ITBS September scores of Home Start children were compared …

An Analysis Of The Major Functions Of The Directors Of Special Education In Iowa, Thomas E. Twait

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The functions that special education directors in Iowa perform are broad in nature and specific in detail, Directors need to accomplish their tasks successfully if exceptional children are to receive quality education programs and services. The Review of Literature is concerned with the administration of special education programs and services, this is outlined in three areas. The three areas include: 1) the development of a philosophy establishing the need for increased and improved special education programs and services with qualified directors; 2) the establishment of the roles or functions to be performed by special education directors; and 3) the recognition …

Construction And Evaluation Of A Small Solar-Heated Building, D. H. Schuster

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

A small (16' X 18') solar-heated building has been built in Ames and data have been collected to evaluate it in several ways. The first objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of solar heating in maintaining specified building temperatures. The second objective was to compare the cost of adding solar heating to the building with the cost of heating it electrically over many years to a break-even point. The plan of the evaluation used the building as its own control in a time series design. For one week, the building was operated with electrical nighttime heating. For the next alternate …

Editorial Board

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Editorial Board

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

There's Nothing New Under The Sun, Geraldine E. Larocque

Faculty Publications

The attempt to unite theory and practice in the education of English teachers has taken many forms: courses in which theoreticians attempt to illuminate the practice of professional teachers or student teachers; situations in which teacher-education faculty cooperate with teachers; student teachers; and the community; in order to make programs more responsive to community needs; and instruction in which school-based apprenticeship is stressed. Until research can provide a firm base for the structure and content of methods courses; professionals must rely on their own judgment as to the placement of emphasis. An adaptation of Lee J. Cronbach's research paradigm; used …

Iowa Academy Of Science Leadership Directory, 1976-77, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Officers and Directors ... 2
Section Chairpersons ... 3
Standing Committees ... 6
Special Committee ... 14

Signature, Volume 1, Issue 1, Winter 1976 [Download Entire Issue]

Signature

No abstract provided.

The O.P. [Cartoon], Sue Bliss

Signature

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The 'Visual World' Program At The University Of Northern Iowa, U.S.A., Roy R. Behrens, Kenneth Lash

Faculty Work

Since the 1950's several psychologists have studied the subject of human selective attention [1, 2]. It has been called the 'cocktail party problem' because a good example of the exercise of selective attention occurs when a large convivial group of people come together and it is still possible for an individual to isolate from the high noise level of conversation what a particular speaker says. Thus, the psychological question is: How do humans select what they consider significant information from the vast amount of information provided to the senses by the external environment? It is known that the amount of …

Counseling From The Use Of Existential Principles, Otelia Kay Kraft Stensrud

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Existentialism offers principles which establish a basis for formulating an understanding of man. This philosophy presents perceptions of man which, if considered by counselors, could expand and enrich the counselors' understanding of human existence. The intent of this study was to show that as a result of insight into existential principles and the implementation of these principles in counseling practice, counselors could be better able to facilitate client growth.

The first chapter of this study discussed principles of existential philosophy which established a basis for understanding human existence. Significant principles included the importance of each individual and his experienced world, …

Man And His Technology, Clifford G. Mccollum

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

(Presented as a part of the Symposium on Man at the Centennial Program of the Iowa Academy of Science, Ames, Iowa April 18, 1975.)

Alexis Carrel, a Nobel laureate of 1912, published a book in 1935 that he titled Man the Unknown. This might have been an appropriate theme for this paper. As Carrel pointed out 40 years ago, although there is much that is known about man, there is need of a much more profound knowledge of ourselves. And not only a knowledge of man as an isolated fragment in the cosmos, but, perhaps even more importantly, …

Editorial Board

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

University Of Northern Iowa Fact Book, 1976-1977, University Of Northern Iowa

University of Northern Iowa Fact Book

Contents:

-- Type of Institution
-- Accreditation
-- Location and Size of Campus
-- Athletic and Physical Education Facilities
-- President
-- Fall Enrollment through the Years
-- Number of Buildings
-- Appropriations and Budget
-- Valuation of Investment in Plant
-- Tuition and Fees
-- Board and Room
-- Administrative Organization
-- University Employees
-- Number of Graduates
-- Who to Call -- Administrative Divisions, Services and Information
-- Types of Education Offered
-- Special Services
-- Instructional Buildings
-- Administrative & Plant Facilities
-- Student Housing and Food Services
-- Married Student Housing
-- Miscellaneous & Other Buildings …

The Predictive Relationship Of Tutorial Teaching Competencies On Group Instruction Performance For Prospective Special Education Teachers, Sarah Jane Frudden

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of the study was to determine if the skills acquired by trainees in the tutorial experience of the University of Northern Iowa competency-based program act as predictors in the group instruction experience.

This end was accomplished by comparing the scores obtained in the Phase I individual performance criteria against the composite score received in Phase II. A Pearson product moment correlation coefficient analysis was used to determine which individual Phase I criteria correlated significantly with the Phase II composite score. A multiple linear regression analysis was utilized to determine which criteria most highly contributed to the variance of …

An Investigation Of Competencies Needed By Teachers Of The Mildly Handicapped As Perceived By A Consortium Of Iowa Special Educators, Harriet M. Healy

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

A major purpose of this study was to subject the University of Northern Iowa's special education competencies to a consortium rating for determination of the relative importance of each competency for teachers of the mildly handicapped. A secondary purpose of this study was to determine the generic nature of these competencies.

The subjects involved in the study included Iowa special education teacher trainers; Area Education Agency directors and consultants for multi-disability programs; and special education teachers in multi-disability settings.

A questionnaire employing a forced ranking procedure was mailed to each subject. The results of the ranking were used to determine …

Separate Factor Analyses Of The Iowa Test Of Preschool Development For Groups Of Black And White Children, Stephen Wayne Blake

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

In the present study the factor structure of the Iowa Test of Preschool Development (ITPD) was examined separately for black and white children to assess the construct validity of the ITPD scales for each racial group and the degree to which factor structures of the black and white groups were congruent. Since the ITPD is intended to be used as a basis for programs involving individual assessment and remediation of the problem areas identified, it is advantageous that its construct validity be established. Intercorrelations of the scaled scores on the eight level I skill area achievement indexes (ages 2 to …

The Alumnus, V60n4, December 1975, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:

-- Ma Commons Recalls the '50s
-- UNI-Dome Policy Board Meets
-- Homecoming '75 Review
-- Speech-Art Complex Bids Approved
-- Reading Clinic Director Retires
-- Frontier Women in Iowa
-- We Hear From Alumni

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Fall 1975, 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.

The Alumnus, V60n3, September 1975, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:

-- Latta Funds UNI-Dome Entrance
-- Alumni Achievement Awards
-- Alumni Service Awards
-- Class Reunions
-- Milo Lawton Memorial Grove
-- A Decade of Art Completed
-- We Hear From Alumni

Summer Commencement [Program], August 1, 1975, 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.