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An Analysis Of Weather-Related Factors & Non-Productive Learning Behaviors Of Fourth-Fifth & Sixth Grade Students, Donald Cheser

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This project is a study of the relationships of weather variables and non-productive classroom behaviors. Four observers recorded behaviors of over one hundred elementary students for a period of fifty days.

The weather variables used in this study may be divided into two major categories; visible and invisible atmospheric conditions. Visible atmospheric conditions included classifying the atmosphere as sunny, fair, cloudy, stormy, rainy, and phases of the moon. Invisible conditions recorded were temperature and barometric pressure.

The non-productive behavior variables included were aggression, arguing, attitude, annoying, bathroom abuse, cheating, destructive, clowning, disobedient, disruptive, ill-mannered, inattentive, lying, name calling, playing, rule …

A Kentucky Dressmaker, Mrs. A.H. (Carrie) Taylor: An Examination Of Her Role In Fashion At The Turn Of The Century, Janice Centers

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

One dressmaker, Mrs. A. H. Taylor of Bowling Green, Kentucky, was studied in order to draw attention to the role of the dressmaker in American fashion. A biography of Mrs. A. H. Taylor and the business history were compiled; available designs were analyzed in relation to current fashion; and an investigation of the business organization was made. It was found that the dressmaking establishment played an important role in the lives of women of that time period. Fashionable custom fit clothing was made available to local residents and to mail-order customers. The establishment was one of the few businesses which …

The Effects Of Multiple Fin Amputations On Rates Of Fin Regeneration In Goldfish, Carassius Auratus (Linnaeus), Thomas Kozicki

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Goldfish, Carassius auratus (Linnaeus), were used in the study of rates of regeneration in all possible combinations of caudal, dorsal, left pectoral, and right pectoral fin amputations. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the effects of multiple injuries on rates of regeneration, to determine rates of regeneration in different fins, to test the hypothesis that rates of regeneration decrease from the proximal to the distal areas of a fin, and to determine the presence or absence of morphogenetic gradients in fin regeneration.

In almost all cases, no significant differences in total regeneration were found to occur when the …

The Effect Of Parent Education Upon Parental Attitudes Toward Authority, Ruth Meredith

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study attempted to develop and evaluate the content, format and effectiveness of a parent training course which emphasized democratic child rearing methods. The course was conducted by a school counselor in an elementary school. The content was a combination of Dreikur's child-raising techniques and Gordon's communication skills embodied into a commercial program called Systematic Training for Effective Parenting. The format for each of the nine suggested group sessions began with a leader-introduced topic, followed by large and small group discussions, simulated role play, use of worksheets, handouts, audio-visuals, and homework assignments. Objective evidence of program effectiveness was determined by …

Ua68/14/3 Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 4, Wku Folk Studies Society

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by the WKU Folk Studies Society regarding upcoming events and student activities.

Gospel Reaching Out Volume 5, Number 7, Department Of Library Special Collections

Gospel Reaching Out

The Gospel Reaching Out newsletter was produced by the Hart County Gospel Music Association which was headquartered in Munfordville, Kentucky. The newsletter contained information and calendars related to “singings” and singing conventions in south central Kentucky, area singing groups, musical trends, and features about collectors, churches and enthusiasts as well as advertisements from sponsors. Library Special Collections does not own originals or copies of this title.

Traces Volume 5, Number 2, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Traces, the Southern Central Kentucky, Barren County Genealogical Newsletter

Traces, the South Central Kentucky Genealogical Society's quarterly newsletter, was first published in 1973. The Society changed its name in 2016 to the Barren County Historical Society. The publication features compiled genealogies, articles on local history, single-family studies and unpublished source materials related to this area.

Laterality: Motor Learning & The Non-Dominant Hand, Rella Nase

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The cultural design of the United States of America has caught up its left-handed individuals in a righthander's world. Daily the left-hander or sinistral is forced to cope with problems which present themselves only to sinistrals, posing no difficulty to right-handers or dextrals. It was the intention of this investigation to determine whether, as a result of this emphasis on dextrality training, sinistrals could more quickly learn motor tasks with the non -dominant hand than could dextrals.

The hypothesis upon which the investigation was founded was stated in null form: no significant difference exists between motor learning displayed by sinistrals …

Age As A Variable Affecting The Protestant Ethic Effect, Roger Laird

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Fourteen female rats divided into three age groups of 110, 160 and 240 days old were compared for amount of barpressing in the Protestant Ethic Effect choice situation. All subjects were maintained on a 23 hour water deprivation schedule and trained to barpress for a 10% sucrose solution. Training consisted of one 12 hour massed practice session then 15 daily training sessions followed by 5 days of testing. During testing the rats were placed in the center of the cage and allowed to obtain the reinforcer from either the drinking tube attached to the barpress mechanism or from an identical …

A Study Of Photoperiodic Time Measurement Of Samples From A Michigan Population Of Orconectes Immuni (Hagen), E. Lynn Talton

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Experiments were conducted to determine if an hourglass model is the mechanism whereby photoperiodic time is measured by the crayfish, Orconectes immunis. Two experiments were conducted in which there were three series of treatments. Series I and II were T experiments in which T was the total length of the light-dark cycle. In Series I the light phase of the cycle was held at 16 hours with varied lengths of darkness (LD 16:2, T 18; LD 16:8, T 24; LD 16:20, T 36; LD 16:32, T 48). In Series II the dark phase was 8 hours in length and …

Ua51/1/4 All About Us, Vol. 1, No. 14, Wku Libraries

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by WKU Libraries as a communication device to relay information to faculty and staff in the Division of Library Services.

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 48, No. 1, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

WKU alumni magazine. Features the following articles:

• Downing, Dero. Western and the Role and Mission Statement
• McConnell, Winnie. Latin American Studies Program
• Conway, Sheila. Who is Sylvia? - Sylvia Kersenbaum
• Harvey, Debbie. Gourmet Cooking
• WKU Hosts Ohio Valley Conference Track and Tennis
• Oakes, John. WKU Fine Arts Festival
• Eblen, Tom. In a Chord - Frank Pittman
• Highland, Jim. Cabin Fever - Al Peterson
• Wolfe, Bill. Presto - New Synthesized Compounds! - Norma Holy
• Wayne Scherr - Photography
• Letter from Black Jack Pershing Comes to WKU
• Work Begun on Agriculture Exposition Center at WKU
• Omicron Delta Kappa Taps Seven for Honor …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 52, No. 59, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Frederick, Elise. Dero Downing Still Seriously Objects to Tuition Waiver for Murray State University
• Poet William Matthews to Speak Tomorrow
• Galloway, Amy. Air-Conditioning Failure Alters Campus Activities
• Frederick, Elise. Enriching: Workshoppers’ Talent Developed Through Study – Dance
• Ward, Lesa. Blue Sphere Whirls, Floats Quivers with Inner Energy – Charles Forrester
• Harned, Ginny. Music Department Buys Harpsichord
• Padgett, Don. Dr. Carlton Jackson Outstanding in Research
• Hancock, Mary Beth. Dr. William McMahon Gets Citation for Teaching
• Reeves, Robin. Renovation of College Inn to Begin Next Month
• WKU …

Ua68/8/2 Kelly Thompson Oral History, Carlton Jackson

WKU Administration Documents

An interview on June 27, 1977 with WKU president Kelly Thompson conducted by Carlton Jackson.

Ua3/4 Informational Notes, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the president's office regarding events and announcements.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting to discuss official senate communications and parking.

Agenda & Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding 60 hour course requirements, academic program report and budget.

Ua35/2/4 Meeting Minutes, Wku Committee Of Staff Deans

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting regarding upper level coursework, administrative calendar and summer session.

Executive Committee, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of the WKU Board of Regents Executive Committee meeting regarding personnel matters.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding registration, summer session, budget and faculty regent.

Memo - Summer Meeting Of The Faculty Senate, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Memo regarding summer meeting and agenda items.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman 77: Flashback & Update, Vol. 54, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1977 Talisman yearbook.

• Student Life Pictorial
• Buckles, Donna. Why Did You Come to WKU?
• Eblen, Tom. Back to the Grind
• Gibson, Debbie. What’s All the Rush About?
• Holman, Connie. Back Home Again – Sherry Musgrave
• Buckles, Donna. The Rising Cost of College
• E.S.T.B. – Environmental Science & Technology Building
• Blair, Becky. A week Effort
• Pace, Mary. The Ghost Town That Wasn’t – Special Olympics
• Holman, Connie, Janice Howard & Jeff Howerton. Time to Blow Out 200 Candles – Bicentennial
• Bruce, Don. The Slowest Race in the World – Parking
• Eblen, Tom & Mark Godbey. Spaceage Ideas Amidst Traditional Mums & …

Traditional Elements In The Selected Columns Of Allan M. Trout, J. Vaughn Webb

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The first and last three months of Allan M. Trout's newspaper column "Greetings" were analyzed to show Trout's use of traditional material in that feature. An overview of previous scholarship concerning folklore in literature revealed a lack of study of the modern newspaper as a transmitter of folk items. The type of feature which Trout wrote was shown to have developed from pre-Civil War journalism. Trout's conception of folklore as a rural, kinetic process was presented through quotations from his books and columns, and "Greetings" was defined as a part of that process rather than as a static literary work. …

Moral Reasoning Structures & Character Structures: A Review & Extension Of Relationships Between Moral Judgment Stages & Personality Organization, Gregory Wilmoth

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The theoretical and empirical relationships of moral behavior and moral judgment to personality were reviewed. Kohlberg's moral development theory and Fromm's character development theory provided the integrating organization for the review of nineteen personality variables examined with six moral judgment instruments.

The Moral Judgment Scale, the Sexual Moral Judgment Scale, the Objective Moral Judgment Scale, and the Measure of Moral Values were administered to eighty adult students. Four problems were tested: (1) psychometric comparisons of the four moral reasoning instruments, (2) a test of a trait theory of moral character, (3) a test of increased self-actualization with moral development, and …

Ua51/1/4 All About Us, Vol. 1, No. 13, Wku Libraries

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by WKU Libraries as a communication device to relay information to faculty and staff in the Division of Library Services.

Gospel Reaching Out Volume 5, Number 6, Department Of Library Special Collections

Gospel Reaching Out

The Gospel Reaching Out newsletter was produced by the Hart County Gospel Music Association which was headquartered in Munfordville, Kentucky. The newsletter contained information and calendars related to “singings” and singing conventions in south central Kentucky, area singing groups, musical trends, and features about collectors, churches and enthusiasts as well as advertisements from sponsors. Library Special Collections does not own originals or copies of this title.

The Colonelette (7june 1977), Department Of Library Special Collections

The Colonelette

On September 22, 1949, Shirley Cupp, Irma Beisel, Frances Stuckey and Mr. Hilary Bufton Jr. met in a coffee shop in downtown Kansas City to incorporate the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA). Jean Fulkerson helped start The Kentucky Colonels Chapter on 3 June 1964 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Twenty-six women met at Western Hills Restaurant and elected Linda Sidebottom as the first president. Besides providing professional development opportunities for local businesswomen, the Chapter gave scholarships to women furthering their education, and held social and recognition events throughout the year. Their newsletter, “The Colonelette,” was started in June 1964. Also included …

The Assessment Of Competence In Elderly Geriatric Subjects, Bernard Schut

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of the present research was two-fold- (1) to investigate competence, using the Protestant Ethic Effect (PEE) paradigm, in institutionalized, elderly subjects and (2) to determine the viability of an alternative task such as problem solving to motor tasks in the PEE situation. Two groups of patients, who differed in functioning level, performed a cognitive and a motor task in a situation with four response/reinforcement alternatives. Three dependent variables were used to evaluate subject's performance Analysis of tokens obtained in experimental situations indicated tow functioning patients, carrying out the cognitive task, preferred position-, where tokens were available without responding, …

A Recent History Of Subject Philosophy And Pedagogical Style In Physical Education: A Case Study In Curriculum Change, Kenneth Atkins

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The Journal of Health, Physical Education and Recreation was subjected to a content analysis for the period 1963-1973 using subject philosophy, pedagogical style, and contributors as the content indicators. The study examines how curriculum change and subject content reflect change and ideology in the wider society. Justifications for teaching physical education have shifted from a traditional emphasis on fitness and character training to education for leisure and lifetime sports and the desirability of self-actualization via movement education. The study argues that those changes parallel a move in the requirements of the social and economic structure, from mass wage labor to …

The Effect Of Cv-1 Cell Geometry On The Ultraviolet Radiation Sensitivity Of Mammalian Cells In Vitro, Daniel J. Knauer

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The effect of cell geometry on the radiosensitivity to ultraviolet (UV) light has been studied in the CV-1 host cell-capacity system. In this system the macromolecular damage incurred by monolayers of cells cultures as the result of exposure to UV radiation is monitored by testing the ability of irradiated cells to support the replication of Herpes simplex virus. The target molecule has been shown to be DNA and is centrally located

Mammalian cells have an absolute requirement for Mg⁺⁺ and Ca⁺⁺ in order to remain attached to artificial substrata. To test the effect of cell geometry on UV …