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Factors Associated With The Decision Of College Freshman To Prepare For Teaching And To Attend Iowa State Teachers College, Don Dahlke Jan 1955

Factors Associated With The Decision Of College Freshman To Prepare For Teaching And To Attend Iowa State Teachers College, Don Dahlke

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The teaching personnel constitutes one of the most important elements in the educational system of any country. This fact is especially meaningful to the people of a democratic society, since the people in such a society are responsible for the educational system. The quality of living in a democratic society is significantly dependent upon those persons engaged in teaching.

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A Pre-Elementary Method For Cornet And Clarinet, James Croft Jan 1955

A Pre-Elementary Method For Cornet And Clarinet, James Croft

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Instrumental music teachers are always searching for a published instructional method that satisfies all the criteria they seek to find in the perfect method. However, no one method can satisfy everyone. Each teacher supplements, with his own ideas, the method which he has found to be the most satisfactory. The author's experience indicated that the greatest amount of supplementing had to be done with the beginning pupils in the elementary grades.

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Table Of Contents Jan 1955

Table Of Contents

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

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The Generality Of Level Of Aspiration In Three Areas Of Endeavor, Mary Catherine Hampton, Charles F. Haner Jan 1955

The Generality Of Level Of Aspiration In Three Areas Of Endeavor, Mary Catherine Hampton, Charles F. Haner

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

A number of studies, Frank (2), Gardner (3) and Gould (4), have been concerned with the generality of level of aspiration. In these investigations the subject's level of aspiration on several tasks was measured and various indicies of generality computed. Correlations of aspiration scores ranged from .04 to 70. The primary considerations involved in selecting the tasks the subject performed in these investigations were that they be relatively independent of each other and provide for reliable measurement. Most of them were motor or speed of reaction tasks as card sorting, throwing quoits, cancellation, and digit symbols. Different response measures were …

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A Re-Evaluation Of The Auditory "Dead Time Constant", Charles D. Parker, Earl D. Schubert Jan 1955

A Re-Evaluation Of The Auditory "Dead Time Constant", Charles D. Parker, Earl D. Schubert

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Cherry (1953) and Cherry and Taylor (1954) reported that a message fed alternately to the two ears can become unintelligible at certain switching rates even though all the speech is physically present at either one ear or the other. Particularly interesting was the reported relation between "recognition time," switching rate and intelligibility. Cherry and Taylor state that there is a time interval, τ, which has the nature of a "dead time constant" during which nothing of the signal is perceived at either ear. Minimum intelligibility occurred for them at a switching rate of three per second, consequently τ is calculated …

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Is Academic Survival In Engineering Related To Freshman Speed And Comprehension In Reading?, James E. Mccoy, Martin F. Fritz Jan 1955

Is Academic Survival In Engineering Related To Freshman Speed And Comprehension In Reading?, James E. Mccoy, Martin F. Fritz

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not a relationship exists between Freshman speed and comprehension in reading and fourth year engineering matriculation over and above the contribution to be expected from the American Council on Education Psychological Examination (ACE). In other words, does a reading test contribute something to the prediction of engineering success not already found in the ACE?

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The Relative Permanence Of The Decrement In Motor Performance After Practice Under Massed Conditions, Robert Seibel Jan 1955

The Relative Permanence Of The Decrement In Motor Performance After Practice Under Massed Conditions, Robert Seibel

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Several studies have shown that on a motor task the performance of a group practicing under relatively massed conditions is poorer than the performance of a group practicing under distributed conditions. Subsequent to rest, the performance of the massed-practice group is nearer the level of the distributed-practice group, but a residual difference remains (hereinafter referred to as residual difference) no matter how long the rest period is. However, a study by Bilodeau (3) obtained results which are interpreted as indicating the lack of such residual difference. After overnight rests the initial rate of responding on each of ten days was …

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Socio-Economic Status Of A Sample Of Rural Future Teachers Compared With Status Of Rural Pupils In School, William H. Dreier Jan 1955

Socio-Economic Status Of A Sample Of Rural Future Teachers Compared With Status Of Rural Pupils In School, William H. Dreier

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Within the past ten years p5ychologists have seen more and more evidence from their research that the influence of social class of the school pupil may be as important in determining the success of the individual child as is his mental age, his chronological age, his physical development and his emotional stability. Eells, Davis, Havighurst, Herrick and Tyler (1) have presented this kind of information. Of special importance to the teacher as she considers the problem of classroom motivation is the wide differences which have been found between the social class of the teacher and the majority of her pupils. …

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A Historical Study Of Forensics At Iowa State Teachers College, 1876-1955, Kenneth E. Andersen Jan 1955

A Historical Study Of Forensics At Iowa State Teachers College, 1876-1955, Kenneth E. Andersen

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

It was the purpose of this study to collect the available materials concerning forensics and other significantly related speech work from the primary sources now existing at the Iowa State Teachers College, to synthesize this material into a unified narrative, and to present this historical record of forensics within the organismic setting of the growth and evolution of the college and of forensics nationally.

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The Status And Role Of The Principal In Selected Iowa High Schools With Enrollments Of 100 To 200 Students, Eugene Hiskey Jan 1955

The Status And Role Of The Principal In Selected Iowa High Schools With Enrollments Of 100 To 200 Students, Eugene Hiskey

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Within the next ten years, high schools in Iowa and throughout the United States will have the largest enrollments in history. There will, however, be fewer high schools because of school district reorganization. The present school district reorganization law of Iowa is a definite factor in the increase in number of high schools with enrollments of one hundred and over.

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Curricular Inadequacies Of The Two-Year Plan At Iowa State Teachers College, Hitoshi Ikeda Jan 1955

Curricular Inadequacies Of The Two-Year Plan At Iowa State Teachers College, Hitoshi Ikeda

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

It is the purpose of this study (1) to determine the nature and scope of difficulties encountered by beginning teachers who completed the two- year plan at Iowa State Teachers College; (2) to determine in which course of the two-year plan the teachers felt that each difficulty could have been more adequately covered; (3) to obtain opinions of the desirable characteristics of the two-year plan and (4) to derive conclusions , as warranted by the findings , which will serve as a basis for improvement and evaluations of the two-year program at Iowa State Teachers College .

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The Effect Upon Academic Achievement Of The Rapid Learners In A Fifth And Sixth Grade Group When Specific Enriching Activities Are Provided, Nina L. Jensen Jan 1955

The Effect Upon Academic Achievement Of The Rapid Learners In A Fifth And Sixth Grade Group When Specific Enriching Activities Are Provided, Nina L. Jensen

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Educators have long been aware of the varied needs, abilities, and interests of the children in our schools. They have sought to employ appropriate curricula, materials, and methods, to meet the wide range of abilities that prevails in every classroom. Despite our attempts to bring the greatest good to the greatest number, our schools sometimes fail to meet the particular needs of the individuals and the groups they serve. Gifted children constitute one such neglected group.

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In Memoriam: Joseph Hall Bodine; Harold Burr Bryant; Dio Lewis Hall; John Milton Lindly; Herbert Osborn; Oscar Wallace Park; Harold Stiles; A. Milton Weidman; Frank Gary Brooks; Philip Greeley Clapp; William Henry Kadesch; Bradford Kuhns Macgraw; Jessie A. Parish; Ralph M. Robinson; Reuel Hull Sylvester; Otis R. Wolfe Jan 1955

In Memoriam: Joseph Hall Bodine; Harold Burr Bryant; Dio Lewis Hall; John Milton Lindly; Herbert Osborn; Oscar Wallace Park; Harold Stiles; A. Milton Weidman; Frank Gary Brooks; Philip Greeley Clapp; William Henry Kadesch; Bradford Kuhns Macgraw; Jessie A. Parish; Ralph M. Robinson; Reuel Hull Sylvester; Otis R. Wolfe

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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Officers, Past Presidents, And Members, Iowa Academy Of Science Jan 1955

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

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

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The Role Of Different Sets Of Verbal Cues In Six-Choice Reaction Time, William Lowe Jan 1955

The Role Of Different Sets Of Verbal Cues In Six-Choice Reaction Time, William Lowe

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

McAllister (2) recently offered an explanation for the subsequent superior performance on the Star Discrimeter of Ss given relevant-S-R pretraining over Ss given relevant-S pretraining. She further proposed that because of previous learning, different relevantS-R pretraining would lead to differential facilitation. This differential facilitation would occur for two reasons. First, verbal responses serve as cues, which, through past learning (plus instructions), elicit responses which furnish information concerning the correct motor responses. Since the past learning would, presumably, be different for various types of verbal responses this variation would lead to differential facilitation. Second, if in previous learning situations response strength …

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The Effects Of Frequency Of Usage On Pre-Recognition Responses And Recognition Thresholds Of Words, Charles D. Smock Jan 1955

The Effects Of Frequency Of Usage On Pre-Recognition Responses And Recognition Thresholds Of Words, Charles D. Smock

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Tachistoscopic presentation of words has been widely used in the study of the relationship between personality variables and perception. The procedure is to present words drawn from relevant meaning classes, such as needs or values, for· increasing periods of exposure until the S is able to correctly identify the stimulus words. The results of several such experiments (3, 4, 8, 10) lend support to the view that personality factors are important determiners of an individual’s sensitivity to visually presented stimuli. However, since most of these studies have used verbal report as the index of perceptual sensitivity, many investigators have become …

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A Comparison Of Methods For Handling Extreme Values In Experimental Procedure, Virtus W. Suhr Jan 1955

A Comparison Of Methods For Handling Extreme Values In Experimental Procedure, Virtus W. Suhr

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

In dealing with certain types of psychological measures, particularly those involving perception and attention, one is sometimes confronted with excessive values which are probably due to lapse of one type or another. Occasionally these extreme values may be numerous enough to spuriously influence the results. This is particularly true when the mean value of a series of scores is taken as a basis for comparing performance of two or more individuals or groups under different experimental conditions. Several rule-of-thumb methods have been used to secure a valid index for comparison of such measures. Among them are: 1. Use of the …

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Response Strength As A Function Of Delay Of Reward And Physical Confinement, Peter Lynn Carlton Jan 1955

Response Strength As A Function Of Delay Of Reward And Physical Confinement, Peter Lynn Carlton

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

A number of recent investigations have been concerned with the study of the effect of varying the length of delay of reward and of shifting this delay period on level of performance in instrumental conditioning (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11) . In general, these studies have found level of performance at the asymptote to be some inverse function of the time of delay and that the length of delay that will still provide for learning appears to be a function of the effectiveness of secondary reinforcement in the situation (1, 6, 7, 10).

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The Role Of The Hitler Youth In Nazi Education, Richard Andrew Dugstad Jan 1955

The Role Of The Hitler Youth In Nazi Education, Richard Andrew Dugstad

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The Third Reich was promised by Hitler to last a thousand years; because of him, it was destroyed in twelve years. In the brief time the Nazi State occupied history's stage, the utter and ruthless control of all German youth was effected through the implementation of the National Socialist Youth Organization, the Hitler Youth. The National Socialist State did not immediately come into being; rather, the group of men responsible for its creation began early to lay the Nazi foundation by systematically indoctrinating many of the German people long before the 1933 assumption of power. After 1933, the National Socialist …

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Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Fall 1954, Iowa State Teachers College Oct 1954

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Fall 1954, 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.

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The Alumnus, V38n3, September 1954, Iowa State Teachers College Sep 1954

The Alumnus, V38n3, September 1954, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- Lecture-Concert Series Leads With Broadway Stage Team
-- Committee Announces 1954 Homecoming Plans
-- Faculty Notes
-- News Briefs
-- "It's Time to Know Your Schools"
-- Panthers Hope for Even Better '54 Season
-- Seventy-First Annual Reunion
-- Dr. Victor Peterson to Head Los Angeles Alumni
-- Keeping up With Alumni
-- Marriages
-- Births
-- Deaths
-- Mail Box

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Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Summer 1954, Iowa State Teachers College Jul 1954

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Summer 1954, 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.

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The Sixty-Sixth Session Of The Iowa Academy Of Science And The Twenty-First Convention Of The Junior Academy Of Science Of Iowa, April 30 And May 1, 1954, Iowa Academy Of Science Apr 1954

The Sixty-Sixth Session Of The Iowa Academy Of Science And The Twenty-First Convention Of The Junior Academy Of Science Of Iowa, April 30 And May 1, 1954, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

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Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Spring 1954, Iowa State Teachers College Apr 1954

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Spring 1954, 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.

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The Relationship Of Peer Acceptance, Acceptance Of Others And Self Acceptance, Seymour L. Zelen Jan 1954

The Relationship Of Peer Acceptance, Acceptance Of Others And Self Acceptance, Seymour L. Zelen

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

In recent clinical psychology there has been an increasing tendency to link self-acceptance with the capacity to accept other individuals. Much of this movement has been led by Rogers (1949) and his students (Sheerer, 1949; Stock, 1949) using the phenomenological approach. It has been pointed out by Raimy (1948) that individuals who have been successfully counseled tend to shift markedly from a preponderance of self-disapproval to self- approval. Sheerer (1949) following this approach established that a substantial correlation exists between acceptance and respect for the self and acceptance and respect for others. Berger (1952) and Stock (1949) working within the …

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Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Winter 1953-54, Iowa State Teachers College Jan 1954

Iowa State Teachers College Schedule Of Classes, Winter 1953-54, 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.

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Wonderlic, Wesman P.C.T., And A.C.E.: A Comparison Of Three Group Intelligence Tests, Charles F. Haner Jan 1954

Wonderlic, Wesman P.C.T., And A.C.E.: A Comparison Of Three Group Intelligence Tests, Charles F. Haner

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

There are many tests on the market purporting to measure general intelligence. They are used for a variety of purposes with many differing groups. Examination of them reveals so much diversity in the sorts of items they contain that one wonders how the tests can be measuring the same thing, i.e. general intelligence. Several tests have purported to break general intelligence into a verbal and a numerical factor. The ACE has long yielded such scores. More recently the Wesman PCT has found use in industry as a short intelligence test giving both a verbal and numerical score. Gerken (3), noting …

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Table Of Contents Jan 1954

Table Of Contents

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

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Increasing The Objectivity Of Final Marks In Multiple-Section Courses, Charles O. Neidt Jan 1954

Increasing The Objectivity Of Final Marks In Multiple-Section Courses, Charles O. Neidt

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

During the past forty years the reliability of course marks assigned by teachers has received considerable research attention and much speculation from investigators. A review of the literature relating to this topic reveals that researchers have long recognized the importance of evaluating this characteristic of course marks, but have been restricted in their research endeavor by lack of appropriate methodological techniques.

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Round-Table Group Therapy With Psychotic Patients, Matthew D. Mermelstein, Albert C. Voth Jan 1954

Round-Table Group Therapy With Psychotic Patients, Matthew D. Mermelstein, Albert C. Voth

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Although the use of group procedures for dealing with emotionally disturbed individuals goes back centuries, it is only within comparatively recent years that it has been used extensively and intensively in our mental hospitals with an awareness of group mechanisms and the forces that make up for restoring the desirable state of psychic equilibrium. As applied today group psychotherapy is initially a concession to the fact that there are too few therapists for the many patients in our mental hospitals and that, in order to reach as many patients as possible, group techniques must be applied.

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