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The Effects Of Prior Success Or Failure And Subsequent Deviant Verbal Behavior On Group Puzzle Completion, James L. Bowditch

Masters Theses

First paragraph:

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of experimentally controlled working conditions upon task performance and attitudes of small work groups. In one condition, initial group experience in the form of success or failure is manipulated in order to study its effects upon subsequent group task performance and attitude. In another condition, the effects of disruption on group performance and attitude is investigated using stooges as the disrupters.

The Effect Of Interlist Similarities On Verbal Transfer In Paired-Associate Learning, Marylyn Morrell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Interests, Attitudes And Personality Patterns Of Undergraduate Students In Speech Pathology And Audiology, Sandra Mary Henderson

Masters Theses

Chapter I

The Problem and Its Background

Introduction

Over the past several decades there has been increasing interest in the occupational choices of men and women, and the interests and attitudes associated with various professional groups. Since occupations are becoming increasingly more specialized, employers and educators have found that those people who perform best in the position of their choice are those who exhibit certain interests and attitudes with regard to their occupation. Colleges emphasize the necessity of counseling in order to enable students to effectively choose general areas of concentration. The fields of study chosen by students are a …

Banesism And Molinism In Theory And Practice, Burns K. Seeley

Masters Theses

Last paragraph of Introduction:

The purpose of this paper is to acquire a better understanding of the relationship between grace and tree will, that is, the paradox between the omnipotence of God and human free will. More specifically speaking, this paper will deal with two historical approaches to the problem, namely, Baneziem and Molinism. At the onset we shall learn something about Domingo Banez, O.P. and Luis de Molina, S.J. who were largely responsible for the systems which bear their names. We shall then learn something or the historical circumstances which produced Banezism and Molinism and also some or the …

Great Britain And The Balkan Crisis Of 1875-1878, Carol Zainfeld Becker

Masters Theses

Introduction

For years Great Britain had followed the time-honored doctrine in foreign affairs of maintaining the balance of power which meant

to resist by diplomacy or arms the growth of any European State at once so formidable and so potentially hostile as to threaten our national liberties, the security of our shores, the safety of our commerce or the integrity of our foreign possessions.

With the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 and the establishment of the Metternichian concept of the concert of Europe, Britain's historic determination to preserve the balance of power gave way to a new attitude in foreign …

U.S. Foreign Aid Policy: Its Impact On Public Opinion, Jane L. Olson

Masters Theses

Introduction

An analysis of the relationships between public policy and public opinion is vital to gaining an understanding and appreciation of the political process in the United States. According to democratic theory, citizens are to be free to express their views on issues and policy decisions. In a representative democracy the elected officials are supposed to carry out the wishes of their constituents. This study is directed toward analyzing the relationships between foreign aid policy and public opinion toward ten selected policy changes which have taken place since World War II. It focuses on the formal foreign aid program; and, …

Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation And Diffusion In Paraffin Oil, David E. Parker

Masters Theses

Introduction

Since the introduction of the spin echoes technique by E. L. Hahn¹ many studies have been made in the determination of the spin relaxation T₂, spin-lattice relaxation T₁, and the diffusion rates in gases, liquids^2-5, and solids^6-10. Hahn's methods were later improved by Carr and Purcell¹¹. The Carr-Purcell method serves as the basic technique for this study.

Several studies have been published on the relaxation and diffusion rates in hydrocarbons¹². These studies have shown:

1. The spin relaxation time T₂, is independent of the …

A Study Of The Ferric-Tartrate Complex In Alkaline Solution, Wade J. Adams

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

Introduction

For a number of years, the study of hydrodynamic behavior of cellulose has been limited by the lack of a solvent capable of dissolving this high polymer without degrading its degree of polymerization. The consequence of the degradation is the marked change in the properties of the cellulose molecule in solution. Investigations to improve this problem have generally taken two directions.

The first involves the substitution of derivatives on the reactive alcoholic sites of the molecule (substitution method). This allows the molecule to be dissolved, in appropriate solvents, without degradation during dissolution.

The second involved the search for compounds …

Increasing Sheet Strength By Partial Carboxymethylation, Curt Thies

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

The objective of this thesis was to increase sheet strength by partial carboxymethylation of cellulose fibers. A survey of literature disclosed the fact this had been done

in an alcoholic solution. An experimental procedure of partially carboxymethylating individual fibers in an aqueous solution was developed. It did not increase sheet strength and a second procedure was developed. In this method formed sheets were subjected to a carboxymethylation treatment. An evaluation of test data led to the following conclusions:

1. Dry and wet strength increases were obtained by treating a sheet with caustic.
2. The carboxymethylation procedure did not increase sheet strength, but …

Negligence In The Operation Of Business Aircraft, Daniel J. Garber

Masters Theses

Introduction

Basis for Business Aircraft

The use of airplanes as a production tool for executives and supervisory personnel by business firms in practically all fields of endeavor is ever increasing. This is true even though the airlines have largely substituted pure jet aircraft for piston powered airplanes and turbo-propelled ships on the trunk routes. This makes it more difficult for the business aircraft to save the executives of a company time and money by cutting down transportation waste in obtaining more hours of usefulness from those persons using business aircraft transportation and less expense for employee's hotel, meals and other …

Social Distance Attitudes Of College Students Toward Three Minority Groups, Dennison W. Nichols

Masters Theses

Introduction

This study is an endeavor to add to the already existing scientific information in regard to man's social relations with his fellow men. More exactly, the purposes of this research are: (1) to gain a better understanding of prejudice among college students toward both stereotype images and "real" described persons belonging to the Jewish minority, the Negro minority and the homosexual minority, (2) to explore the possibility of their being a relationship between social-distance attitudes of these students toward these minorities and the personal, economic and certain other factors influencing these students, and (3) to consider the significance of …

Helianthus Annuus - The Separation And Identification Of A New Fatty Acid, Donald C. Gruber

Masters Theses

Introduction

The term "fatty acids" was first applied principally to saturated, monobasic carboxylic acids and especially to long chain acids derived from animal and vegetable oils. As time passed and the knowledge of natural fats increased, polyunsaturated, hydroxy, keto and branched chain acids were also found as constituents of these fats and oils and these also came under the heading of fatty acids. Even acids containing alicyclic substituents were found.

More recently the term 11 fatty acid" has been applied to include saturated and unsaturated monobasic carboxylic acids and several other series of substituted acids having carbon skeletons similar to …

Brown And Gold - 1965, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Yearbooks (1906-1985)

• Contents • Introduction • Administration and Faculty • Features • Organizations • Residence Halls • Greeks • Athletics • Graduates • Faculty and Staff Index • Organization Index • Student Index

United States Dollar Diplomacy In China During The Taft Administration, In Suk Ro

Masters Theses

I. Introduction

The fundamental aims of a nation's foreign policies are national security and the achievement of national objectives through diplomacy. At different periods in American history, the foreign policy of the United States has been designed to advance a variety of aims. It is possible, for example, to speak of missionary diplomacy, moral diplomacy, military diplomacy and dollar diplomacy. The latter characterizes one phase of economic foreign policy in which the administration of President William Howard Taft represents a dramatic turning point. The foreign aid programs of the period after World War II, such as the Marshall plan and …

Reading Horizons Vol. 5, No. 3

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 5, issue 3.

The Drama Of Teaching Reading Through Creative Writing, Eleanor Buelke

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Creative guidance and teaching in the classroom can lend a sense of drama to any part of the teaching-learning process. They can activate living relationships between teachers and pupils which vitalize both teaching and learning.

A Nose In A Book By Hook Or By Crook, Pearl Sarno

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

In any community, the children are like the sand dunes of Lake Michigan, blown about by the lake winds. During a winter, the dunes may move to a different location and the face of the shore line appears different each spring. A bit of beauty may have been buried or destroyed, roots of trees may be exposed to threaten its life but green, tough grass does appear each year, saplings spring up and survive a few years, even here and there a few forest-edge flowers and vines grow and spread. However, to be productive and produce more than chance beauty …

Bulletin - Western Michigan University: The Graduate Catalog 1965-1966 , Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• Section I: Procedures and Regulations • Section II: Graduate Fields and Programs • Section III: Summer Session Course Offerings • Section IV: Description of Courses

University High Highlights 2/19/1965, University High School

Western's high school newspaper

This is the student newspaper from University High School, the high school that was on the campus of Western Michigan University, then called University High Highlights, in 1965.

Faculty Publications 1961-63, Western Michigan University

Faculty Contributions (1950-1981)

Faculty Publications 1961-63 is the second major compilation of the publications of the Faculty of Western Michigan University. The first dealt with materials that appeared in print from July 1, 1957 - June 30, 1961. This bibliography covers the period July 1, 1961 - June 30, 1963. As with the previous compilation, the aim is to apprise the Faculty of the University of the breadth of writing of their colleagues.

University High Highlights 1/22/1965, University High School

Western's high school newspaper

This is the student newspaper from University High School, the high school that was on the campus of Western Michigan University, then called University High Highlights, in 1965.

Calliope Fall 1965

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Calliope Spring 1965

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

The Highlander 1965, University High School

Highlander Yearbook

This is the yearbook for University High School 1965

• Administration
• Organizations
• Sports
• Classes
• Advertisements

Untitled Story, Karen Feldkamp

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

The Untitled Story, Fidelia Echezona

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Parents, School And Reading, Sandra Sloan

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Much has been written about reading. Hundreds of research projects have been carried out to determine just what can be done to improve the teaching of reading in the nation's schools. From all sides come advice, suggestions, panaceas and gimmicks to make all children accomplished readers. School mail is filled with advertisements extolling new books, workbooks, programs, and what-have-you that will greatly improve the school reading program. Millions of dollars have been spent purchasing these materials and yet reading is still a major problem in every school.

Fundamental Principles Underlying Good Teaching Of Reading, Gwen Horsman

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Today we are teaching all of the children of all of the people. The less selective the school enrollment, the greater the number of deficiencies found among the student body. The enriched curriculum requires a knowledge of reading skills far greater in difficulty than those required to master the "reader" of twenty years ago. Social promotion sends into the secondary schools many students who have failed in one field or another. In a surprisingly large number of school systems, guidance in the teaching of reading ceases at the completion of the sixth grade; in all too many systems it is …

The Science Of Linguistic Laisser-Aller, Louis Foley

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Those of us who are unapologetically devoted to the cause of correct English are not necessarily so hopelessly oldfogyish as some of the "scientific" popularizers of linguistics take us to be. We are not harking back to any imaginary "good old days." Some of us would say unhesitatingly that the best English of today, all things considered, is the best there ever was. We are not disposed, how ever, to accept blithely on the ground of "usage" just any sort of careless confusion or ignorant corruption merely because it has considerable currency. Indeed, one may well contend that there is …

Reading Horizons Vol. 5, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 5, issue 2.