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A Follow-Up Study Of The Graduates And Drop-Outs Of The Traer Public High School From 1946 Through 1954, William Calvin Freese

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The primary purpose of this study was to ascertain, through the opinions of the graduates and students who had dropped out of the Traer Public High School, how effectively this school had prepared them to meet the problems that confronted them after leaving high school. This purpose included the following further purposes:

1. To determine to what degree the ne s of the graduates and the others had been met.

2. To evaluate the educational program in the school.

3. To recommend changes which might enable the school to meet student needs more effectively.

A Tentative Curriculum Guide For Nursery School Teachers In The City Of Manila, Felicitas Angeles Garcia

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was twofold: {l) to present an over-all view of Primary Education in the Philippines and develop the background for an understanding of current educational problems and social situations which the writer assumes can partly be solved by setting up nursery schools; (2) to formulate a tentative curriculum plan as a guide for future teachers desiring to organize private nursery schools of their own.

A Study Of The Administration Of Off-Campus Student Teaching Programs Of State Teachers Colleges In Certain Midwestern States, Willard G. Hatfield

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Individuals differ widely in their ability to associate classroom theory with actual practice. Because of these differences, teacher educating institutions have found it necessary to provide their prospective teachers with a series of developmental experiences which will increase their effectiveness as public school teachers. Th series of developmental experiences must be well planned and based upon a sound educational philosophy.

An Evaluative Study Of Seventh Grade Homeroom Activities At Nathan Weeks Junior High School, Des Moines, Iowa, Harold Eugene Dilts

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Several years ago the Des Moines Public School System provided time in their secondary school schedule for a homeroom period. The purpose of this period was to enable the classroom teacher to handle pupil administrative details, gather personal information, and offer both personal and group guidance to the members of the homeroom. Since that time, conflicting opinions as to the value of this homeroom period have arisen. The opinions expressed have been varied and have been based on limited observation. No experimental evidence has been presented to indicate whether or not the homerooms were meeting the needs for which they …

An Evaluation Of College Days Based Upon Opinions Of Iowa State Teachers College Freshmen, Norbert K. Baumgart

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Each year more and more of our high school graduates continue their education at institutions of higher learning. In 1920 only 597,880 students were enrolled in college. By 1960, however, 3,221,0001 of our secondary school graduates are expected to find their way to one of America's 1,100 degree granting campuses. 2 The ever-increasing number of students going to college makes it evident that colleges will soon be bulging at the seams. This increase in college enrollment makes some sort of college information program appear more important than ever before.

A Survey Of Religion In Education In The Public Schools Of Iowa: Practices And Legal Regulations, William Thomas Jochumsen

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Since World War II, there has been a new surge of interest on the part of American citizens concerning religion in education in the public schools. The numerous books published on this subject; the frequency with which articles concerning the pros and cons appeared in newspapers and periodicals; the extensive utilization of panel and group discussions on the subject among the clergy, educators, and parents; and the recent court rulings will all substantiate this statement. It is necessary that research be conducted in order to discover present practices and to lessen the great confusion that now exists. With this information, …

The Alumnus, V41n4, December 1957, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- I.S.T.C. Gets Quarter Million Dollar Science Grant
-- Three Achievement Awards to Alumni
-- "Teaching With TV" Experimental Courses Start With 2nd Semester
-- On Campus
-- Four Wrestling Lettermen Return
-- News
-- T.C. Building Program at a Standstill
-- Births
-- Deaths
-- Marriages

"Teaching With Tv" Experimental Courses Start With 2nd Semester, Alumnus, December 1957

Noteworthy People of UNI Documents

Herbert V. Hake attended graduate school at the University of Iowa, where he earned his master's degree in scenic design in 1933. In the summer of 1936, he began his career at the Iowa State Teachers College (ISTC) with the Theater Department. From 1938 to 1942 he served as technical director, scenic designer, and instructor of speech courses. He was a pioneer in radio and television.

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Fall 1957, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the Iowa State Teachers College.

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Summer 1957, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the Iowa State Teachers College.

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Spring 1957, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the Iowa State Teachers College.

The Alumnus, V41n1, February 1957, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- Eight Week Summer Session
-- College Courts Open
-- On Campus
-- Alumni Reunion Set For June 2
-- Research Studies Completed
-- I.S.T.C. Science Institute This Summer
-- Foreign Teaching Positions Open
-- Placement Bureau Summation
-- Teaching IS a Professions
-- News
-- Deaths
-- Marriages
-- Births

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Winter 1956-57, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the Iowa State Teachers College.

Introductory Botany In State Supported Institutions, M. A. Adansi

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

One of the largest responsibilities of botanists to their science should be in the field of teaching. If the importance of botany in the curricula of colleges and universities is to be maintained then it is obligatory to study teaching problems critically, and to undertake periodic objective evaluations of teaching methods, practices, and procedures. Graduate students are prospective teachers who will assume responsibility for providing basic training in plant science. Since many gain their first teaching experience as assistants, introductory botany should be well taught in order to imbue them with the proper attitudes and skills requisite to their profession. …

Right-Left Discrimination And Finger Localization In Schizophrenic Subjects, Leonard D. Goodstein

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Much interest has been evidenced recently in right-left discrimination and finger localization tasks as techniques for demonstrating behavioral impairment in patients with known cerebral disease or injury. Defective performance by brain injured patients on both types of tasks has been described in numerous case reports (cf. 3) and has· been demonstrated in experimentally-produced cerebral dysfunction (1). In a systematic study of the incidence of defective performance in brain-injured and control patients, Benton and Cohen (2) found that the brain-injured patients, who did not suffer from serious general intellectual deficit, showed significant impairment in finger-localization performance when compared to the matched …

A Test Of "Tendency To Analyze" For Use With College Men, Barbara P. Behrens, Guy H. Miles

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The present study has two purposes: (a) to determine the consistency with which two trained observers independently classify Ss as analyzers or non-analyzers on the basis of their verbal statements concerning their approach to block design problems, and (b) to devise a block design test for college males, the time scores on which will discriminate between analyzers and non-analyzers.

1957 Old Gold, Iowa State Teachers College

UNI Yearbooks

The student yearbook of the Iowa State Teachers College, later known as the University of Northern Iowa.

The Multipoint Two-Hand Coordinator: Apparatus For Studying The Acquisition And Tran Sf Er Of Skill In Performing Subject-Paced Tasks, Don Lewis

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The Multipoint Two-Hand Coordinator 1 retains the control mechanism of the Two-Hand Coordinator described elsewhere by Shephard and Lewis ( 1). Both devices require the turning of two lathe-like cranks to effect changes in the position of a target follower. The essential difference between them is that the Multipoint utilizes a stationary hard-rubber plate bearing an irregular "pathway" of small circular brass buttons instead of a revolving disk and a single moving target. Consequently, the Multipoint provides subject-paced (unpaced) tasks while the more familiar Two-Hand Coordinator provides paced tasks.

The Implications Of Animal Research For Problems In Mental Health, Leon S. Otis

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The title of this talk is stated in a much too positive way for one to feel fully comfortable about it. Perhaps it should end with a question mark rather than a period. That is, it appears legitimate to ask: what sorts of implications, if any, does animal research have for mental health? The simplest and most honest answer (assuming that we all know what the term mental health means, in the first place) is that we don't know.

Transfer From Verbal To Lviotor Responses Of Different Degrees Of Concordance, Albert J. Macek

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not performance on a complex perceptual-motor task (available on the Star Discrimeter) is differentially affected by the previous learning of verbal responses which are differentially concordant with the required motor responses.

Verbal Discrimination Learning As A Function Of Anxiety And Task Difficulty, James T. Freeman, Richard I. Moren

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Several studies have reported data bearing on the relationship between anxiety and various measures of discriminative behavior. Work by Spence and his associates (3, 4) seems uniformly to suggest that higher anxiety levels are associated with superior performance in differential eye-lid conditioning while the work of Hilgard et al (2) demonstrates impaired performance of high-anxiety Ss in the differential eyelid-conditioning situation. It must be noted that these studies involved relatively simple tasks. There is, however, some suggestion from perceptual studies involving somewhat more complex response measures (and where notably competing response tendencies were more prevalent) that discriminative performance is also …

A Test Of Learning With Responses Minimized By The Use Of A Movable Maze, Charles F. Haner, Richard Peterson

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Several experiments have investigated the possibility of learning when their subjects have been either restricted in their movements or proprioceptive cues have been reduced. A number, as Harlow and Stagner (1), have restricted movement by the use of drugs (as curare). Thorndike (2) suggests a series of "experiments which aim to provide opportunities to acquire expectations with a minimum of helpful association of accompanying impulses." Typical of these suggested studies was the following: A rat might be placed in a cage which was mounted on wheels. The cage would then be pushed through a simple maze and the animal rewarded …

Discussion Of "Psychological Research And Mental Health", Leonard Worell

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Although the papers in the symposium deal with quite diverse topics, there are at least two points of similarity. First, it is apparent that all the participants felt somewhat uncomfortable about and restricted by the concept of mental health. This is, of course, understandably related to the absence of a clear definition of the term. Now, it seems to me that there are at least three ways in which the concept may be employed, two of which have been used by varying participants.

An Investigation Of The Reading Skills Being Taught In Selected Iowa Junior High Schools, Rodrick Bickert

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Teachers in the Junior high and high schools have long been aware of the reading problems that exist at their particular grade level. They are rapidly becoming disturbed by the fact that many of their students are unable to read sufficiently well to make normal and satisfactory progress in school. Realizing that skill in reading is a prerequisite to learning 1n any academic field, they have come to the conclusion that the improvement of learning may, best be achieved through the continued improvement of reading skills in junior high school. Educators also recognize that the improvement of reading is more …

An Analysis And Evaluation Of “Heart Of Darkness”, Robert James Dalziel

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Al though a major part of this thesis is devoted to the analysis and evaluation of a particular work of narrative literature, it is obvious that such an analysis presupposes the existence of a general theory of literature. A critic's theory of literature determines, to some extent, the kind of criteria he may use to evaluate a particular work. In addition, the theory of literature held by the critic may have a direct influence upon his system of analysis. For these reasons, Chapter II has been given over to an elucidation of this writer's views about the nature and function …

A Study Based On The Responses To A Questionnaire About The Drinking Habits Of The High School Students Of Floyd County, Iowa, Charles William Edwards

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this inquiry is to determine what a random sample of public high school students of Floyd County, Iowa say about their use of alcohol. These data can then be compared with the results from the other two studies cited since they used substantially the same techniques as were used here. From this examination and comparison possible solutions to some of the problems presented may be found. Its purpose is also to make this information available in the hope that it will prompt others to make further inquiry.

A Study Of The Relationship Between Twelfth-Grade Performance On The Iowa Tests Of Educational Development And Freshman-In-College Grade Point Index, Thomas William Hansmeier

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Objective measures of individual ability have been established as valuable sources of information in the admission and guidance of students at the Iowa State Teachers College. All entering students have been administered a number of objective tests which constitute a part of the college Placement Test Battery:· the American Council on Education (A.C.E.) Psychological Examination, the Nelson-Denny Reading Test, and the Cooperative English Test.1 The scores on these tests, together with the high school record, are the chief indicators of individual ability upon which the counseling program at I.S.T.C. is based. A good many prospective students whose high school academic …

A Study In Predicting Success In Algebra, Leslie Milton Graham

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Students of Manson High School at Manson, Iowa, select either algebra or general mathematics, subject to the approval of the principal. Some of the students' achievement records are incomplete, thus handicapping the principal in guiding the students to make their choices. As a result, several students have chosen to try algebra and have failed, and sometimes they have become discouraged and have left high school. It occurred to the writer that, if a predicting device could be established to show the student his chances in mathematics, it possibly could spare the pupil's failing in algebra.

Proceedings Of The Sixty-Ninth Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science Held At Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa, April 26 And 27, 1957: Minutes Of The 1957 Meeting

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Officers, Past Presidents, And Members, Iowa Academy Of Science

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.