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Women's Softball 1978, University Of Northern Iowa

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Contents:

--1978 Roster
--1977 in Review
--UNI's Athletic Program
--Quick Facts
--Panther Outlook
--Head Coach Jane Mertesdorf
--1978 Schedule

On Visual Art And Camouflage, Roy R. Behrens

Faculty Work

In a number of books on visual fine art and design [1, 2], there is mention of the kinship between camouflage and painting, but no one has, to my knowledge, pursued it. I have intermittently researched this relationship for several years, and my initial observations have recently been published [3]. Now I have been awarded a faculty research grant from the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to pursue this subject in depth. I am, therefore, collecting documents and personal accounts pertaining to historical and theoretical connections of the kind that are listed below.

A Study Of In-School Suspension Programs In Area 7 Of Iowa, Stephen Darryl Glass

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Suspension has increasingly become one of the foremost problems confronting educational administrators in American public schools. The controversy over the advantages and disadvantages of out-of-school suspension has been on stage in the current educational scene. This conflict has evoked public skepticism and some intervention on the part of courts.

Educators have begun to develop in-school suspension programs as an alternative to out-of-school suspension. The major objective of in-school suspension is to have suspended students remain in the educational setting. This change in practice enables the school and community resources to be more readily used in remediating and facilitating the improvement …

Administrative Accountability In Special Education: A Survey Of Area Middle-Management Personnel In Iowa, Arnold Ernie Lang

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The past decade has recorded increased demands by parents and legislators for leadership accountability in special education. However, contemporary research on special education leadership accountability has been largely directed at instructional or support professional personnel. Literature on accountability concerns at supervisory, middle-management, and top management positions is noticeably sparse. This study centered on the collection and comparison of survey data concerning middle-management accountability attitudes and practices utilized in Iowa's fifteen area education agencies (AEAs). The major concern of this study was how middle-management/supervisory functions in special education were viewed and held accountable by both top management and middle-management/supervisory personnel.

Participants …

A Survey Of The Selection Procedures And Practices Used In The Employment Of Superintendents In Iowa Public Schools, Joseph Hrecz

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of the study was to determine the selection practices used in the employment of public school superintendents in the State of Iowa. The study was centered on how closely and how extensively Iowa public school boards followed recommended selection procedures.

The method used was a survey instrument mailed to the president of the board of directors of the sixty-five Iowa public schools in which a vacancy for the superintendency occured during 1977. Forty-five replies were received for a response of 69.2 percent. Data was tabulated according to school enrollment and for all schools.

The prominent findings were (1) …

A Survey Of Selected Iowa Colleges And Universities And Their Elementary Teacher Education Programs For Ige Training Of Preservice Teachers, Leotis D. Swopes

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of the study was to survey the Elementary Teacher Education Programs (ETEPs) of Iowa's three public institutions of higher learning and Iowa's three largest non-public institutions of higher learning. Using a questionnaire and interview method, the survey was to answer two questions: 1. Do (ETEPs) at Iowa's six sample institutions of higher learning prepare preservice teachers through an IGE Teacher Education Program for IGE elementary schools in the state? 2. Do ETEPs of Iowa's six sample institutions of higher learning prepare preservice teachers for IGE elementary school programs in the state?

A 10-item questionnaire with subdivisions was used …

Iowa Environmental Education Needs Assessment: An Evaluation By Teachers And Administrators In Grades K-12, Debra Elaine Mcrae

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

An environmental education needs assessment of the Iowa public schools (K-12) was conducted during the spring of 1976. The assessment was conducted via mailed questionnaire to a randomly selected sample of 2128 teachers, principals and superintendents. The proportionately stratified sample was divided into eight sub-groups1 elementary teachers, elementary principals, secondary science teachers, secondary social science teachers, secondary other teachers (all other types of secondary teachers), secondary principals, superintendents and other administrators. The response rate was 53.8 percent. Responses were made on modified Likert scales. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences was used for data recording and computer analysis. Information obtained …

Temporal And Depth Stress Dynamics Of Lake Diatom Communities On Glass Substrates, Gregg A. Cunningham

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Diatom communities were studied that became attached to glass slides suspended at 1 m and 7 m depths in Lake West Okoboji, Iowa during an eight week period in the summer of 1974. Each community was analyzed at two week intervals for colonization, succession, and alternating depth stress manipulation (transfer) responses, Colonization communities were obtained from a series of slides exposed at each depth for each two week interval. Succession communities consisted of a slide series acquired from each depth with exposure times of from two to eight weeks, Diatom communities on a series of slides from each level were …

A Study Of Environmental Education In Iowa High School Home Economics Programs, Susan Rebecca Sherman Differding

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This descriptive study indicates Iowa public high school vocational home economics teachers' responses regarding 1) proposed programs in environmental education directly related to the respondent's specific school, 2) their school system's proposed home economics programs incorporating environmental education, 3) environmental concepts presently being taught in home economics, 4) program suggestions in environmental education, 5) desirable home economics related subject matter areas for incorporating environmental education, 6) environmental education concepts needed in the home economics curriculum, 7) their formal training in environmentally oriented subjects, and 8) interest in participating in environmentally oriented courses or workshops. The questionnaire covered these response areas …

A Comparative Study Of The One-Handed And Two-Handed Backhand Strokes In Tennis, Deborah Kathleen Stetson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the one-handed and the two-handed backhand strokes in tennis skill performance of beginning junior high students. Skill in the two backhand strokes was measured by performance on the Revised Breer-Miller Backhand Drive Test with Ball-Boy Modification. Fifty-four female seventh- and eighth-grade students from Malcolm Price Laboratory School were selected as subjects. Each class was randomly assigned to either Group A or Group Band administered the Revised Dyer Backboard Tennis Test used to classify students as beginners. The seventh-grade class was given instruction in the twohanded backhand stroke and the …

How Do I Get There From Here? Attitudes Toward Different Modes Of Transportation, Molaan K. Mosell, Connie M. Lamka, Morris J. Gray, Irwin P. Levin

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The acceptance of multiple-occupant modes of transportation such as buses and carpools is an important factor in energy conservation. Two experiments are reported which show how attitudes toward different modes of transportation are influenced by interpersonal factors. Experiment 1 showed that individuals perceive differences in the characteristics of people who use different modes and that these differences are related to their own transportation preferences. Experiment 2 showed that the sex of each potential rider and whether or not each rider is an acquaintance of the respondent are important factors in carpooling. The implications of such results to policy makers are …

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Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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The Vascular Flora Of Navigation Pool 8 Of The Upper Mississippi River, S. D. Swanson, S. H. Sohmer

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

As a result of comprehensive field work performed during 1975 and 1976 followed by herbarium activities, a complete picture of the composition of the vascular flora of Navigation Pool 8 of the Upper Mississippi River has been obtained. The area includes a 47.5 km (23.3 mile) section of the Mississippi River between Dresbach, Minnesota and Genoa, Wisconsin. A total of 482 species in 88 families were collected. The Gramineae was the largest family with 33 genera and 63 species, while Carex (Cyperaceae) was the largest genus with 26 species. The flora comprises communities here defined as alluvial forest, willow forest, …

Iowa Lichens: An Annotated Listing, Carl Malone, Lois H. Tiffany

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The previous listings of Iowa lichens were compiled in the l890's and early 1900's and represented collections primarily from three Iowa counties. In the intervening years, several listings of local lichens have been published. The lichen flora of Iowa as presented here consists of 74 genera with 263 species and is a compilation of previously reported species, of herbarium specimens, and of observations made by the authors. A notation of habitat follows each entry in addition to the general listing of lichens found in similar habits summarized in the discussion.

Editorial Board

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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Back Cover - Iowa Academy Of Science Officers And Directors

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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Cover - Table Of Contents

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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Front Matter

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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From Manuscript To Publication: The History Of A Proceedings Article, Robert W. Hanson

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Most Academy members are unfamiliar with how a manuscript eventually becomes a printed article. Because of recent changes in the reviewing and editorial procedure, and because of profound changes in the production of the PROCEEDINGS, an account of both aspects seems appropriate.

Editorial Board

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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El Desarrollo De La Figura De Don Juan En Algunos Autores De La Generacion Del '98, Diógenes Fajardo

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

One of the most attractive figures in Spanish literature is that of Don Juan, whose legendary role is to satisfy his carnal appetites, to deceive women and to mock the dead. Beginning with the Burlador de Sevilla, in which Tirso de Molina makes a universal myth of Don Juan, this thesis attempts to trace his evolution through select works of the Generation of '98. The Romantic Jose Zorrilla, in his Don Juan Tenorio, begins a process of humanization, with the consequent demythifying of the character, when his Don Juan falls in love with Ines. This somewhat humanized universal myth, the …

Dyarchy: An Unavoidable Transitional Stage In The Constitutional Development Of India, N. Chiranjeevi

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Dyarchy was the outcome of a long struggle between 1909 and 1919. The nationalists. and the imperialists all have contributed to its shaping. This is what I propose here. Specifically, my focus is upon the events in India, and more specifically, on how World War I changed the imperialists' and the nationalists' attitudes, and precipitated a process of change in the administrative system of India. What happened to the reforms of 1909, and what was happening throughout India during 1909 and 1919, particularly at a time when a new concept of "self-determination" began to prevail over the older notion of …

Sculptural Constructions In Fabric, Judith Keipp Johnson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The title of this artist's thesis exhibition was "Fibre Works," but this abstract title is more appropriately "Sculptural Constructions in Fabric. It has been her experience that "fibres" is often associated . . with the weaving process and it is important to note that she works with fabrics--the end product of weaving. The artist's objectives are three-fold: 1) to take advantage of various fabric properties and utilize those qualities in a three-dimensional form, 2) to show clothing influence in the constructions, and 3) to suggest how particular clothing pieces might reflect broader restrictions in people and their environments. Of paramount …

Minerals In Vugs At Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Iowa, Feng-Chih Lin

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Dolomitic limestones of the Middle Devonian Cedar Valley Formation are exposed at Pint's Quarry. The mineralized vugs contain well developed crystals of barite, calcite, fluorite, galena, marcasite, quartz, pyrite, and sphalerite.

Changing The Role Of The Media Specialist In Curriculum Planning At Decorah Senior High School, Richard J. Valley

Graduate Research Papers

This research project was conducted in the fall of 1977 at Decorah Senior High School, Decorah, Iowa, where the media specialist had an inactive role in curriculum planning and implementation. The media specialist recognized the need to change his role in curriculum planning to an active role, involved at the planning stage rather than reacting during implementation.

The Status Of School Media Personnel In Iowa For The School Year 1977-1978 In Terms Of Age, Sex, Race, Level Of Education, And Salary, Barbara E. Jones

Graduate Research Papers

The study on the status of school media personnel in Iowa for the school year 1977-1978 yielded data concerning age, race, sex, level of education, and salary. The researcher used the information found on school media personnel from the Basic Educational Data Survey for the population of the study. The data gathered was tabulated and statistically analyzed. The mean age of school media personnel was found to be 42.6 years and the median age was found to be 40.0 years. For all levels, 88 percent of the school media personnel were females and 12 percent were males. At the building …

Perceptual Aspects Of Color, Douglas Brown Gillespie

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The work in the thesis show, a series of colored grids on a gray ground began in the fall of 1977. An exploration of color and perception is of primary importance to the series. The grid is of secondary importance and was chosen to eliminate any design elements which might hinder the intended perceptual experience.

The Future Of Man, The Great Disperser, Elmer Rosauer

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

We are living in a world which, depending on personal attitude, may to some degree be materialistic in its value orientation, but most certainly is materials-oriented. (Materials are defined here as substances that become useful to society after some form of processing, e.g., mining, harvesting, refining, or fabrication. This excludes foods, drugs, water, and fossil fuels). There are strong indications that the rate and degree of change in the use of materials by our children -and theirs- will reach a point beyond what we can presently envision. In fact, the current emphasis on precarious supplies of fossil fuels has tended …

Consumer Science: A Viewpoint, Donald J. Schmidt

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

As a member of the Iowa Academy of Science and a former Iowa teacher, I know that science teachers in Iowa are constantly striving to make their classes more interesting and meaningful to students. I would like to share with you some ideas generated by a group of twenty-three secondary school science teachers at Fitchburg State College in a summer workshop dealing with consumer science education.

Spotlighting Excellence, Dave Mccalley

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This is the third in a series of articles spotlighting the 1977 recipients of the Iowa Academy of Science Excellence in Science Teaching Awards (ESTA). Featured in this issue are the recipients of the junior high school and physics awards.