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The Problems And Interests Of High School And College Students, Owen Haffner, Donald Schild Jan 1939

The Problems And Interests Of High School And College Students, Owen Haffner, Donald Schild

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The purpose of this study was to determine the concerns of interest and the personal problems of high school and college students. The problem was conducted in connection with a course in the psychology of motivation, at Iowa State College. The functional approach in education is receiving much emphasis at the present. If the work of the school can relate itself to the needs and interests of the students, its effectiveness can be greatly increased. Studies such as the present one are thought to be of value in considering curricular offerings of high schools and colleges. The procedure for the …

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A Comparison Of Personality Adjustment Scores Of Rural And Urban Children In Ninth Grade, A. Elizabeth Beal Jan 1939

A Comparison Of Personality Adjustment Scores Of Rural And Urban Children In Ninth Grade, A. Elizabeth Beal

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

A large number of studies of differences between urban and rural groups have been made. Many have studied the intelligence and achievement of town and rural pupils. (1) However, relatively few have used modern standardized tests of personality and social attitudes. (2) Teachers have often been conscious of the fact that many rural pupils seem more retiring, shy, and ill-at-ease, especially during their early days in the new school. Others have said that they noticed no such differences, or that with all the 4-H work, better transportation and schools, and frequent contacts with town conditions, for rural people, differences such …

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Analysis Of Difficulties In Reading And Learning To Read, Bena K. Hansen Jan 1939

Analysis Of Difficulties In Reading And Learning To Read, Bena K. Hansen

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Probably one of the most difficult of mental tasks undertaken by human beings is one that must be begun by the child at five to "even years of age. If the tools with which he works at this task, namely, learning to read, are not up to par, his reading will be carried on in a defective manner or may not even be achieved at all. Bad habits of attacking this task may also handicap the child in learning to read. Inability to read with some degree of efficiency is the cause of failure in school and conflicts in both …

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A New Eye-Hand Coordination Test, William Seidler Jan 1939

A New Eye-Hand Coordination Test, William Seidler

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The purpose of this study is to devise an apparatus which will measure the type of eye-hand coordination found in automobile driving. The apparatus is of the serial reaction type, the total performance time being measured in hundredths of a second.

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The Reliability Of An Abbreviated Test Of Alertness, Charles R. Rostron, A. R. Lauer Jan 1939

The Reliability Of An Abbreviated Test Of Alertness, Charles R. Rostron, A. R. Lauer

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

In certain types of work a short test of mental alertness is quite important: (1) because of the lack of time and means required to administer a full length test, and (2) because of the motivation of the examinees. The Otis Self-Administering Test has met this demand to some extent but it implies a certain amount of education and takes at least 20 minutes. A survey of test materials indicated some coml1ination of the Army Alpha and Beta tests had possibilities for this type of measuring instrument. A research was undertaken to adapt some of these types of materials to …

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The Iowa State Student Adjustment Inventory: A Filial Relations Scale For Personal Procedures, Earle E. Emme, Lyle K. Henry Jan 1939

The Iowa State Student Adjustment Inventory: A Filial Relations Scale For Personal Procedures, Earle E. Emme, Lyle K. Henry

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

This is the third of a series of papers on the Filial Affection Inventory to be presented to the Iowa Academy of Science. Two years ago the reader (Dr. Emme) reported how the scale was constructed and how it could be used as a tool in personnel work. 1 Last year, Henry made a validation study in which he compared the scale to the home adjustment section of the Bell Adjustment Inventory. 2 The purpose of the present paper is to present the type of data which may he obtained when the inventory is administered to groups of students. Further …

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Fifty-Second Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science And The Seventh Annual Convention Of The Junior Academy Of Science Of Iowa, April 15 And 16, 1938, Iowa Academy Of Science Apr 1938

Fifty-Second Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science And The Seventh Annual Convention Of The Junior Academy Of Science Of Iowa, April 15 And 16, 1938, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

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Iowa State Teachers College Program Of Recitations, Fall/Winter/Spring 1937-38, Iowa State Teachers College Apr 1938

Iowa State Teachers College Program Of Recitations, Fall/Winter/Spring 1937-38, 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, V22n2, April 1938, Iowa State Teachers College Apr 1938

The Alumnus, V22n2, April 1938, Iowa State Teachers College

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:
-- Teachers College Travels the Road to Mandalay
-- He That Runs May Read
-- Choric Speaking Comes to Teachers College
-- from the Bureau of Alumni Affairs
-- Men, Did He Say? There Were Bedbugs, too!
-- Trackmen to Challenge Reign of the Nodaks
-- Crack of Bats, Smack of Baseballs - It's Spring
-- Surest Signs of Spring
-- Spring Football Practice Awaits Only Firm Sod
-- Here's Your Ballot!
-- Faculty Scholarship
-- Alumni News, Marriages, Births, Deaths
-- A Schedule of Coming Events

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Use Of The Laboratory In Science Teaching, F. G. Brooks Jan 1938

Use Of The Laboratory In Science Teaching, F. G. Brooks

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The most distinctive contribution that the sciences have made to educational practice is the laboratory method of instruction. We can safely attribute much of the progress made in the various scientific fields and a large share of credit for the fine tradition of scholarship that has pervaded the sciences during the past century to this method of teaching. The science of human anatomy received its greatest acceleration when the young Vesalius pushed aside the clumsy barbers who had been brought into the amphitheater to demonstrate dissection and showed the gowned professor that a student could dissect. When Louis Pasteur introduced …

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1938 Old Gold, Iowa State Teachers College Jan 1938

1938 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.

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The Content Of The Beginning Course In Psychology, Earle E. Emme Jan 1938

The Content Of The Beginning Course In Psychology, Earle E. Emme

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Gordon W. Allport (1) in his recent volume on "Personality" makes it very clear that psychologists are at work upon many factors, conditions, and uniformity of events related' to individuals; so that sometimes "science regards the individual as a mere bothersome accident" and is usually at work upon a "somewhat shadowy portrait." He goes on to point out that such psychological studies are not very satisfying when compared with the "living individual models" from which the data is taken. Thoroughgoing psychology cannot omit the individual at work with his intellect, motives, emotions, and his desires for personal security and efficiency.

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Index Jan 1938

Index

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

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Psychic And Hypnotic Effects On Gastric Motility In Man, R. E. Scantlebury Jan 1938

Psychic And Hypnotic Effects On Gastric Motility In Man, R. E. Scantlebury

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The multiplicity of psychic phenomena which inhibit the hunger contractions in man led to an attempt to analyze their effect and to determine what influence hypnotic suggestion might have on the movement of the empty stomach and to determine a possible route by which these effects might occur.

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Predicting Success In Teaching, Wm. H. Batson Jan 1938

Predicting Success In Teaching, Wm. H. Batson

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

During the school year 1929-30 the writer administered the Moss Teaching Aptitude Test to 91 students taking the first year work in Education. The majority of students at that time were in their sophomore year. These results were laid aside and several years later a check-up was made on the number of this group that were teaching and a rating scale was submitted to the administrative officers in the schools where these people were teaching. After the superintendents' reports were received several series of correlations were made including relationships between the aptitude test scores and superintendents' reports ; between aptitude …

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In Memoriam: Charles L. Robbins; Percy Edgar Brown; Richard Philip Baker; Erwin Oliver Finkenbinder; Charlotte M. King, B. J. Firkins Jan 1938

In Memoriam: Charles L. Robbins; Percy Edgar Brown; Richard Philip Baker; Erwin Oliver Finkenbinder; Charlotte M. King, B. J. Firkins

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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Proceedings Of The Fifty-Second Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, Held At Sioux City, April 15 And 16, 1938: Minutes Of The 1938 Meeting; Staff & Committee Reports Jan 1938

Proceedings Of The Fifty-Second Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, Held At Sioux City, April 15 And 16, 1938: Minutes Of The 1938 Meeting; Staff & Committee Reports

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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Psycho-Physical Analysis Of The Betts Visual Acuity Test, H. C. Schepler Jan 1938

Psycho-Physical Analysis Of The Betts Visual Acuity Test, H. C. Schepler

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Although visual acuity is of chief concern to the optometrist from the professional standpoint, the physicist should be no less concerned from the standpoint of its applications to work in optics and illumination. Visual acuity is indeed difficult to measure and many types of acuity tests have been devised. The Clason acuity meter and the Snellen chart are the accepted standards used by optometrists. Another test for measuring acuity, which is administered on the stereoscope, is one of many visual tests that has been developed by Betts, Director of Teacher Education, State Normal School, Oswego, N. Y., who worked jointly …

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An Analysis Of The Implications And Reference Of The Word "Intelligence", C. E. Tuthill Jan 1938

An Analysis Of The Implications And Reference Of The Word "Intelligence", C. E. Tuthill

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The meaning of the word "intelligence'' is seen to vary from one context to another. The term "multiordinal" has been applied by Korzybski to refer to words the meaning of which is indicated by the context and depends upon the order of abstraction involved. That the meaning of the word "intelligence" is many-valued or multiordinal may be seen from some of the following quotations taken from the writings of leading men in the field.

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Visual Acuity Measurements With The Betts Test Cards, H. C. Schepler Jan 1938

Visual Acuity Measurements With The Betts Test Cards, H. C. Schepler

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Three commonly accepted notations for visual acuity are: (1) the Snellen System, which follows an arithmetic progression, (2) the Clason Decimal System, which bears a constant relationship to the Snellen System, and (3) the Snell and Sterling System, which follows a geometrical progression and is commonly referred to as the system of the American Medical Association. Visual acuity is indeed difficult to measure and many types of acuity tests have been devised. One such test, which is administered on the stereoscope, has been devised by Betts, Director of Teacher Education, State Normal School, Oswego, N. Y., who worked jointly with …

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Interests And Personaloty Traits Of Undergraduate Students In Relation To Their Success Or Failure In The Study Of Psychology, Leigh C. Douglass, Janet Day Jan 1938

Interests And Personaloty Traits Of Undergraduate Students In Relation To Their Success Or Failure In The Study Of Psychology, Leigh C. Douglass, Janet Day

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Several different personality inventories and the Strong Vocational Interest Blank were studied, item by item, for evidences of any common patterns of interests or personality traits of students in the highest and lowest thirds of a beginning course in psychology. The aim was to find what personality qualities might be associated with ability to succeed in the elementary study of psychology. Some significant differences were discovered, showing distinct personality qualities of the two groups. In general it was found that the high group is certain of its opinions, is radical, is introvert, is emotionally stable, has intellectual interests, is characterized …

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Officers, Committees, Past Presidents, And Members, Iowa Academy Of Science Jan 1938

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

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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Table Of Contents Jan 1938

Table Of Contents

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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An Objective Experiment With A Clairvoyant (Mind-Readers), E. Emme Jan 1938

An Objective Experiment With A Clairvoyant (Mind-Readers), E. Emme

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The assumption is that the clairvoyant (fortune-teller) can guess accurately personality facts concerning an individual. Readings are given in devious ways. The most common forms are crystal gazing. use of cards, use of tea leaves. and sometimes a combination with palmistry. Individuals are usually so curious, or in such an excitable or careless state of mind that reported findings from such persons are very inaccurate. In order to get at an analysis of the whole procedure as objectively as possible a plan was devised.

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A Preliminary Investigation Of The Validity Of The Emme Home Adjustment Scale, Lyle K. Henry Jan 1938

A Preliminary Investigation Of The Validity Of The Emme Home Adjustment Scale, Lyle K. Henry

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

There is a great deal of interest at present in personality and adjustment inventories. They are looked upon by educators as a very promising technique both in counseling and in vocational guidance. Probably the present interest in personality tests has been stimulated by the comparatively recent appearance and use of two particular tests, namely the Bernreuter Personality Inventory and the Bell Adjustment Inventory. Each of these tests measures four attributes of the individual and provides weighted scoring of the items. There are several difficulties, however, in regard to the use and interpretation of personality tests. For one thing there is …

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The Effects Of Using A Syllabus On Grade Averages In Elementary Psychology, L. K. Henry, A. R. Lauer Jan 1938

The Effects Of Using A Syllabus On Grade Averages In Elementary Psychology, L. K. Henry, A. R. Lauer

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Numerous factors enter into any teaching situation; such as, the number of periods devoted to instruction, methods of carrying on the class, training and personality of the instructor, motivation and ultimate objectives of the student, presence or absence of one or more "spark-plugs" in the class to keep daydreamers on the subject, previous training of the students, difficulty of the textbook and so on. The latter item alone is a matter of major consideration, particularly if it is not fitted to the group. Further, the proper use of textbooks and references, work-books, classnotes, models, charts, demonstrations, motion pictures and other …

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Techniques In Studying The Effect Of Self-Support Upon The Grades Of College Students, Dwane R. Collins Jan 1938

Techniques In Studying The Effect Of Self-Support Upon The Grades Of College Students, Dwane R. Collins

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Self-support has become a major interest on today's campus, and there are many conflicting opinions regarding its advantages and disadvantages. Regardless of whether it has more advantages than disadvantages or vice versa, self-support is a living problem and must be faced. Hence we must be concerned with its relationships to the many aspects of the life of the student. The disagreements are chiefly concerned with the health, extra-curricular-activity participation, social life, happiness, schedule load, and scholastic standing of the students engaged in self-support. We shall confine our discussion to the relationship of self-support and the academic grades of college students.

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Concerning The Establishment Of A Criterion And Certain Incidental Points Relations To Validity Coefficients, A. R. Lauer Jan 1938

Concerning The Establishment Of A Criterion And Certain Incidental Points Relations To Validity Coefficients, A. R. Lauer

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

There is a persistent demand for validity coefficients of some sort in the field of applied psychology. The simplest criterion is often chosen. The Binet-Simon test has been validated almost entirely against an academic criterion. This may or may not be justified as there are many who believe that intelligence is more than mere scholastic aptitude. With more recent explorations, by factor analysis and other techniques, this belief has considerable experimental support. We have thus sought for a criterion and too often have been content with that which gives the highest validity coefficients.

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A New Attitude Scale On Religion And Ethics, Leigh C. Douglass, Fred Eisen Jan 1938

A New Attitude Scale On Religion And Ethics, Leigh C. Douglass, Fred Eisen

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

This is a new attitude scale constructed in part after the procedure of Thurstone and Chave, but adapted so that two supposedly related attitudes can be measured and studied to see the extent to which both attitudes may be found in the same subject. The test allows for a measurement of attitudes towards both religion and ethics, and for an estimate of the degree of conservatism or radicalism of each of these attitudes. Suggestions for the use of the scale are also given.

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Fifty-First Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science And The Sixth Annual Convention Of The Junior Academy Of Science Of Iowa, April 16 And 17, 1937, Iowa Academy Of Science Apr 1937

Fifty-First Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science And The Sixth Annual Convention Of The Junior Academy Of Science Of Iowa, April 16 And 17, 1937, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

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