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Editorial Office & Staff; Officers, Iowa Academy Of Science; Executive Board & Regional Directors, Iowa Science Teachers Section

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

1993 Looking Forward To Looking Back, Northern University High School

Malcolm Price Laboratory School Yearbooks

The student yearbook of the Northern University High School, part of the Malcolm Price Laboratory School of the University of Northern Iowa.

International Perspectives On Science Education, Mark A. Grey

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Since the 1983 publication of A Nation at Risk (National Commission on Excellence in Education), comparisons of the American education system with those of other countries have become commonplace. Hundreds of articles on the subject have appeared in the popular, professional and academic literature, as well as in a number of books. Comparisons have also been driven by the "America 2000" campaign. The challenge to science educators in this campaign is explicit: "By the year 2000, United States students will be first in the world in science and mathematics achievement."

Northern Iowa Swimming & Diving 1992-93, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Coaches
--Panther Record Book
--The Panthers
--Sarah Graham
--Katy Lamb
--Mary McCusky
--Shannon Bunger
--Kim Kadlec
--Emily O'Toole
--Nadine Ellis
--Phil Luebke
--Steve Oaks
--John Stivers
--Jay Atwood
--Ian Barnhouse
--Jon Havenstrite
--Tim Perkins
--Ryan Person
--1992-93 Schedule
--1992-93 Outlooks
--1992-93 Rosters
--UNI Quick Facts

Northern Iowa Wrestling 1992-93, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--1992-93 Schedule
--1992-93 Media Information --1
--Contents --1
--UNI Quick Facts --1
--To the Media --1
--Primary UNI Media Outlets --1
--1992-93 Outlook --2-3
--Personnel Capsule --3
--Coaching Staff --4-5
--Head Coach Don Briggs --4
--The Briggs Records --4
--Don Briggs' Athletes in the Coaching Ranks --4
--Assistant Coach Joel Greenlee --5
--Assistant Coach Tim Krieger --5
--University Administration --5
--1992-93 Roster --6
--Panther Profiles --7
--118: Brad Bruhl --7
--Burke Tyree --7
--Scott Murray --7
--Brent Paulson --7
--126: Andy Showalter --8
--Doug Black --8
--Troy Bennett --8
--Dan Beerman --8
--Darren Hankins --8
--Chad Budden --8
--Dusty …

Iowa Academy Of Science Directory, 1993-94, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Board of Directors ... 5
Program Directors ... 6
Editors ... 6
Committees ... 8
Sections ... 22
Awards of Merit ... 28
Excellence in Science Teaching Awards ... 29
Past Presidents ... 30
Membership Roster ... 31

Implications For Counselors When Working With Gay And Lesbian Adolescents, Lois Groth

Graduate Research Papers

Living as a member of the gay and lesbian community has become increasingly accepted by the general public. However, some people continue to view the homosexual population with fear and hatred (Thomas, 1992). Although statistics vary, the Federation of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc. (1987), estimated that 10% of the population is homosexual. Of that 1 0%, as many as 34% have attempted suicide

Editorial Office & Staff; Officers, Iowa Academy Of Science; Executive Board & Regional Directors, Iowa Science Teachers Section

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

An Examination Of Within-Class Grouping Arrangements To Replace Traditional Grouping Practices In Elementary Classrooms, Rhonda R. Bonk

Graduate Research Papers

The dilemma of deciding the most effective means of grouping students for learning activities has been a controversial issue in education for many decades (Manning & Lucking, 1990). Traditionally schools have grouped students by achievement levels and/or perceived ability. Recently, however, ability grouping has been questioned in regard to its ability to provide quality and equitable education for all students, especially those placed in Iowa and middle-ability groups (French & Rothman, 1990).

Flexible Grouping As A Means Of Nurturing Children's Language Abilities, Brenda M. Clark

Graduate Research Papers

This paper will review the professional literature on ability grouping patterns in traditional reading instruction and their effects on learners. Then elements of flexible grouping will be proposed for implementation into a reading program that nurtures children's language abilities.

Grouping In Reading Instruction To Extend The Whole Language Concept, Linda S. Schneider

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of the paper is to examine ability grouping and then to offer flexible grouping as one means of extending the whole language concept into the reading instructional program of the elementary school.

Values Education: Empowering Teachers, Mary J. Trousdale

Graduate Research Papers

The complexity of American society has left schools reeling from new roles and re-examination of the old ones. Dramatic social changes have burdened the schools with responsibilities traditionally left to the family and its support systems. Among the revisited roles comes the task of determining whether values should be taught in our schools. There appears to be a strong belief that schools and families no longer teach a common set of values or ethical principles that appear necessary for a society to sustain a common universally accepted system of governance. What, then, is the role of schools in preparing individuals …

Key Academic And Affective Components In A Community College Developmental Reading Program, Terry Neary

Graduate Research Papers

The open-door policy of community colleges, has resulted in a large number of students enrolling with skill deficiencies. One-third of all entering college freshmen are skill-deficient in reading, writing, and mathematics (Plisko & Stern, 1985). These are students who would otherwise not be admitted to a major university or college because of academic deficiencies. They are students characterized as high-risk students. To serve this population can be a difficult task in that a wide diversity exists both in ability and other attributes. Community colleges need to guarantee quality education comparable to other accredited colleges, and at the same time, provide …

International Volunteer Exchange: An Attitudinal Study Among Iowa And Tijuana, Mexico Environmental Organizations, Rosa M. Bustamante

Graduate Research Papers

Exchanging ideas stimulates people's imagination, facilitating creativity and productivity. Three world issues have the opportunity to be linked through this stimulus: international cooperation, environmentalism, and volunteerism.

The link could be manifested in the form of an international volunteer exchange program (IVE), where interested volunteers from Iowa (a state in a developed country), would go to Tijuana (a city in a developing country) to work in an environmental organization, and volunteers from Tijuana would come to Iowa to work in environmental organizations. Through the use of volunteers, nations would be able to work together and learn about environmental protection from one …

An Evaluation Of 15 Studies Concerning The Effectiveness Of Tutorial Cai, Chin-Kau Tung

Graduate Research Papers

Increased use of the computer in business, in the classroom, and in the home has become apparent in recent years. Especially, the amount of computers in classrooms has been increasing rapidly in the last several years. According to Tolman and Allred (1991), the number of microcomputers and terminals in U.S. schools was estimated to be between 200,000 and 300,000 in 1982. In 1989, the number had increased to approximately 2.4 million. According to U.S. government statistics, the number of computers in homes is elevating. At the beginning of the 1980s, there were fewer than one million, but by the end …

Gender-Related Differences In Adolescents In The Study Of Heat Transfer, Linda L. Norris

Graduate Research Papers

As we approach the year 2000, males and females in the United States differ markedly in their representation in science -related careers. Although women comprise nearly 48% of the pool of professional workers, they represent only 25% of all scientists (Martinez, 1992). The influences and direct causes of gender differences in scientific aspiration and achievement are many, they are varied, and they are interactive. But students' attitudes toward and interest in science should not be overlooked. There is evidence that attitudes and interests might be shaped or influenced in some measure by experiences in the classroom.

Class Size And Its Considerations For At-Risk Student Academic Achievement, Debra Ann Morrow

Graduate Research Papers

Class size has been an ongoing educational issue that has ebbed and flowed. School officials are faced with a variety of funding pressures and often class size is considered to meet fiscal constructs. Is there evidence that smaller classes have benefits over larger classes and that small class sizes are cost effective? Crucial to this issue of class size is the question: What are tie findings of research studies on class size and student learning?

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 …

The Part-Time Employment Of High School Students: Relationship To School-Related Variables, Larry G. Eggink

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The majority of high school students, as many as 80%, have school-year employment prior to graduation (Steinberg, 1988). Many students who work at part-time jobs during the school year are putting in increasingly more hours, some in excess of 20 hours per week (D'Amico, 1984; Steinberg & Dornbusch, 1990). The purpose of this study was to examine the nature of the part-time employment of high school students as it relates to the following measures of academic involvement: GPA, time spent on homework, time spent in extracurricular activities, attitude toward school, classroom engagement, enrollment in math and science courses, and future …

Third World Development And Korean Society: A Case Study Of The Automobile Industry, Jaephil Cho

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The objective of this research is to analyze the development of the Korean industrialization process. The question posed herein specifically involves the industrialization process in Korean society with regard to dependent development in the Third World. This research will elucidate major reasons for Korean economic development process by illustrating several different theoretical perspectives which center on Third World industrialization process. The review of literature is presented to outline the complex process of Third World industrialization by using seven different perspectives which try to explain the pattern of the uneven development of industry in the Third World. The methods used to …

Communication In The 21st Century: A Charge To Sam Becker, James A. Anderson

Iowa Journal of Communication

Twenty-eight years ago, nearly to the day, I stood in Sam Becker's office as a callow youth in dire need of some research funds to prepare the stimulus materials--now there's a phrase I haven't written for 15 years--for my dissertation. Sam listened, picked up the phone and negotiated $300 out of the University's research chair as I stood there. Admittedly, those were simpler times--nowadays he would have reached voice mail. Nonetheless, I was impressed. It was a lesson in finding ways to say "Yes, now" to people trying to do their job.

Iowa Journal Of Communication, Volume 25, Number 1, Spring 1993 [Download Entire Issue]

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

On Making A Difference: Samuel L. Becker's Communication Criticsm, Leah R. Vande Berg

Iowa Journal of Communication

Provocative, substantive criticism stimulates us to think. It creates a critical climate in which better informed, analytical, perspicacious scholars, administrators, and citizens are encouraged to seriously confront the "assorted phenomena of their own lives, their own worlds, and their own relationships ... to analyze them, to manage them dialectically, and to discover in the dialectic creative new possibilities for human dignity and mutuality (Shayon, 1971, p. ix). This is precisely Sam Becker's legacy and continuing challenge for us: that such a critical climate flourishes today in the area of media studies, in the discipline of communication studies, in the academy, …

Samuel Leo Becker, Iowa Icon: An Interpretive Professional Biography, John Waite Bowers

Iowa Journal of Communication

The recurring dream was prophetic for me (circa 1961), as it might have been for the other 55 doctoral students whose work Samuel Leo Becker has directed in communication, mass communication, film, American studies, and even theatre. We all knew that he would help us earn the Ph.D. if we had the necessary talent and did the necessary work. We all knew that if we did not finish the degree, he would help us explore the alternatives and find an appropriate life.

For George Fitzhugh, Richard Adams

Iowa Journal of Communication

Abraham Lincoln must take part of the responsibility for obscuring George Fitzhugh's role in the creation of the rhetoric of the Civil War. Responding in 1859 to charges of dishonesty levelled by Senator Stephen A. Douglas, the future President denied having originated the incendiary phrase "A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand," attributing the idea instead to Roger A. Pryor, editor of the Richmond Enquirer. Lincoln had subscribed to the paper since his days as a circuit lawyer; by poring over its pages he hoped to stay close to Southern opinion on the crucial questions of slavery and commercial …

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.

Having It All - Fact Of Fiction?: The Effects Of Marriage And Motherhood On The Career Patterns And Earnings Of Women Accountants, Holly R. Mahan

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

This study evaluates the effects of marriage and children on the earnings and career patterns of women accountants. Data was obtained from 116 questionnaires completed by women accountants who were employees of a large public accounting firm. The analysis suggests that neither marriage nor children have an effect on current salary levels while having children appears to have a negative effect on average annual salary growth. Having tenure with the firm and possessing a master's degree are positively related to earnings levels. The data also indicate that more rapid promotions within the firm lead to higher average salary growth rates …

Infusing Global Education Into The Foreign Language Classroom: A Look At The Iowa Global Education Standard, Darcie J. Novotny

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

This study is designed to focus on the various aspects of infusing global education, as mandated by the Iowa Department of Education, into the high school foreign language classroom. Included in the study is an assessment of the approaches infusion of global education and a sample lesson plan meeting the guidelines as established by the mandate. A survey of 52 Iowa foreign language teachers was conducted to assess attitudes toward global education and to assess the implementation of global education. Further areas for research will also be discussed.

Whole Language: A Delivery System For Facilitating Literacy Behaviors In Kindergarten, Carol Feddern

Graduate Research Papers

The move to all-day every-day kindergarten programs has given rise to concerns about the nature of developmentally appropriate curricula and instruction in these programs. It is feared by some early childhood specialists that all-day every-day kindergarten classrooms will become, and are becoming, inundated with paper and pencil worksheets which are dictated by academic skill curricula. In addition, it has been determined that children are entering school with a substantial understanding of reading and writing which has created a call for an examination of the literacy experiences being offered to kindergarten children (Schickendanz, 1986; Strickland, 1990). As a result, kindergarten programs …

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).