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Self-Protective Behavior: Acquisition And Generalization Of Preschool Children's Responses To Strangers, Pamela K. Kies

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Creating Deviance: The Collective Stigmatization Of Cigarette Smoking, Ronald Jay Troyer

Dissertations

This study focused on the changing norms regarding cigarette smoking. Banned by a number of states in the early 1930s, the behavior was socially and legally accepted during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s only to once again become the object of public approbation and official sanctions in the 1970s. Examining events in both time periods, this research attempted to determine how and why this behavior came to be defined as deviant.

In explaining the negative public attitudes toward and official restrictions of the habit some commentators had cited the medical evidence that smoking has deleterious health consequences while others had …

Teaching Health-Related Behaviors To Young Children Through Social Skills Training, Mary Louise Stevens

Dissertations

Part I consisted of training four kindergarten subjects to make eye contact, assertive comments and assertive actions in reference to social and health-related situations. Training occurred on a one-to-one basis with an adult female and results were assessed with a multiple baseline design. Skill acquisition and maintenance were assessed by measuring ratio of eye contact to speech duration, assertive content and assertive actions on training scenes. Generalization of social skills was assessed by means of: (1) similar, but untrained scenes, (2) choice tests between products with and without sugar, (3) in vivo tests in the school and home environment, (4) …

The Influence Of Same-Sex And Cross-Sex Mentors On The Professional Development And Personality Characteristics Of Women In Human Services, Barbara Jean Charlesworth Quinn

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate mentoring relationships and to compare women's relationships with male and female mentors. Data were collected from 20 women (10 with male mentors and 10 with female mentors) with master's degrees or higher in social work, psychology, or counseling and working a minimum of 20 hours per week providing psychological services. Two instruments were administered to all of the subjects: the Standard Adjective Q Sort (SAQS), and the short form of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI). These instruments provided measures of the amount of agreement between actual and ideal professional self-perceptions and personality …

Relationship Of Educational Values And Attitudes Toward "Double Sessions" In A Rural Community, Patrick Clayton Harrington

Dissertations

The Purpose. The purpose of the study was to examine a community currently experiencing a double-sessions school organization. The citizens, students, graduates, and staff of the Yale School District, Yale, Michigan, were surveyed to determine their attitudes toward double sessions and their opinions on selected educational values. The data were examined to determine if there was a direct relationship between the opinions held on these selected values and agreement-disagreement with double sessions and to determine differences among participants regarding their opinions.

An additional purpose was to determine if there were any differences among eligible voters regarding their attitudes toward eliminating …

Accountability And University Teaching: Toward The Systematic Mediation Of Professional Power, Paul Alan Dorsey

Dissertations

Between 1965 and 1980 American higher education has witnessed the emergence of several related developments which challenge traditional conceptions of the autonomy of higher education: affirmative action, the managerial revolution in higher education, the student consumer movement, the strengthening of statewide coordination of higher education, the accelerated movement to collective bargaining, and the increasing involvement of the courts in college and university affairs. This study identifies and articulates the nature and significance of emergent qualitative dimensions of structural change, for which these developments are structural indicators, and argues that they constitute a new, emergent form of occupational control over university …

A Strategy For Inservice Education Of Junior-High/Middle-School Science Teachers In The Grand Rapids Public School System, David Andrew Degraaf

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Interrelationship Of Leader Self-Actualization And Life Stressors To The Resultant Incidence Of Reported Medical Problems Of Middle Management Educators, John S. Thatcher

Dissertations

Schools, being a part of the larger social system, have not escaped the increasing pressures evident in our society. The principalship as an important component of the educational process has not enjoyed immunity from this same problem.

Because school principals are individuals, they react differently to life stressors. Some appear to have the ability to handle all stressors without suffering any onset of medical problems. Others appear not to have this immunity and as a result have medical difficulties. Because of this seeming difference and because of a lack of research of this type in education, the relationships between life …

An Examination Of Potential Problems That May Be Encountered In The Administration Of An Educational Corporation In The Management Of Medical Doctors, Kathy Anne Hulst House

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine various management problems that may exist in the administrative setting when the group being managed has as much or more education and/or experience than the manager. Specifically, the nature of medical training and education in medical schools was proposed to affect the groups of medical doctors, both salaried by the corporation and volunteers, in the managerial setting when the manager was required to operate the educational facility as a business in the profit-making sense as opposed to the hospital setting where the doctors may be less concerned about cost factors. The congruence …

A Field Test Of A Reading Program Needs Assessment Strategy, Linda Jane Howard Vingelen

Dissertations

This dissertation described a needs assessment model for a reading program and described the field testing of that model. The needs assessment model was a strategy for conducting a comprehensive and systematic assessment of reading program needs in kindergarten through Grade 12. The model could be used as a basis for educational program planning by a director of reading and a school superintendent. A model for conducting a reading program needs assessment was conceived and field tested because there were few available needs assessment models in reading which have been field tested. Field testing was particularly vital because only after …

A Comparative Study Of The Trust Territory Students’ Perceptions Of Factors Affecting Satisfaction Of College Life At Selected Institutions Of Higher Learning, Vicente-Roman Leon Guerrero Perez

Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to investigate Trust Territory student perceptions of cultural differences, financial assistance, academic performance, and housing facilities which were hypothesized to affect satisfaction with college life. Comparisons of perceptions were made among the six administrative districts in the Trust Territory and the four undergraduate grade levels.

The population for the study consisted of 468 students from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands who attended three institutions of higher learning which were selected for the study. The total Trust Territory student population from these institutions was utilized.

A 45-item questionnaire was constructed using a Likert …

The Development Of A Special Education Procedures Manual, Duane H. Greenwold

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to provide a special education procedural manual which: (1) Has been validated and field tested. (2) Informs special education administrators through the use of sequential procedures of the statutory and regulatory requirements for implementing Public Law 94-142 and Public Law 198. (3) Provides a model for procedural implementation which ensures legal compliance to Public Law 94-142 and Public Law 198. (4) Assists special education administrators as a resource in examining the decision-making process as it relates to special education program implementation.

The procedural manual was developed by special education professionals responsible for program implementation …

A Method For Community Education Directors To Identify Activities Which Are Potential Time Wasters, Frank Glenn Cookingham

Dissertations

This study was designed for three purposes. First, an instrument, called the Time Allocation Inventory (TAI), was developed for community education directors to use in estimating the effects of allocating time to activities often classified as time wasters. Second, the reliability and types of information produced by two methods of scoring responses to the instrument were compared. Third, the effects of two different sets of conditions on responses to the instrument were investigated.

A time waster was defined as an activity which, in relation to another activity, is less effective in accomplishing desired goals or objectives within a specified time …

An Assessment Of An Urban School District's Compliance With Its Equal Employment Opportunity Affirmative Action Program, Patsy Ann Fox

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Admission Characteristics As Predictors Of Alcohol Outpatient Treatment Contacts, William Charles Marshall

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Salt Eating In Birds, Kathryn Julia Herson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Management Of Type A (Coronary-Prone) Behavior, Janel K. Harris

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Prostaglandin Synthesis Inhibition On The Regulation Of Blood Pressure In The Rat, David J. Pollock

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Differential Effects Of Three Relaxation Training Components Versus The Effects Of A Combined Training Approach For Inducing Physiologic Low Arousal, Jeffrey D. Pingel

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Mand Training Upon Early Language Intervention, Thomas M. Bell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Importance Of Sixteen Competency Dimensions For Therapy: A Comparison Between Therapist Ratings, Mark A. Barnhouse

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Variables Related To The Effectiveness Of Instructions: A Theoretical Analysis Of Experimental Results, Stephen Paul Enge

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Fixed-Interval And Random-Interval Escape Paradigms On Presession And Postsession Levels Of Corticosterone In The Rat, Duane Dregits

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Impact Of Federal Legislation On Coaches' Salaries For High School Athletic Teams, Frank Joseph Wisniewski

Dissertations

The study has three major purposes: (a) to focus on the issue of parity of coaches' salaries for male and female athletic teams, (b) to clarify the existence of supplemental salary schedule differences, and (c) to determine the criteria that are most important in describing differences in coaching salaries.

The study was conducted to seek: (a) information on salary schedule compensation for selected comparable male and female athletic teams during the 1974-1975 and 1979-1980 school years in Macomb County, Michigan public school districts, (b) information about differences in salaries between coaches of boys' and girls' athletic teams between those same …

An Analysis Of Teacher Morale And Absenteeism In A Declining Enrollment School District, Terry M. Booth

Dissertations

The major purposes of this 3-year ex post facto case study were to ascertain if a relationship exists between the rate of teacher absenteeism and program curtailments, necessitated by financial problems resulting from declining enrollments, and the morale of teachers. Specifically, this study analyzed the absence pattern of those teachers affected by building closings, academic reassignment, and notification of layoff, over a 3-year period, to determine their relationship to absenteeism.

The study was conducted in the East Detroit Public Schools, East Detroit, Michigan. The 476 full-time professional teachers employed during the 3 years of the study comprised the total sample …

Administrative Preparedness: Perceptions Of Problems And Qualifications, William Joseph Banach

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to provide information which will stimulate a forecasting of educational problems and encourage a review of administrative training programs.

The purpose of the study was operationalized through three objectives: (1) to determine whether incongruencies existed between qualifications administrators perceived themselves having and educational problems they identified; (2) to investigate whether administrators and the public perceived the same educational problems; and, (3) to determine if the training needs administrators expressed were related to the educational problems they identified.

The study focused on administrative perceptions of problems and qualifications for the periods 1978-79, 1979-80 and 1980-85. …

A Limnological Investigation Of A Tropical Fresh-Water Ecosystem: The Belize River, Belize, Central America, Victor J. Gonzalez

Dissertations

The limnology of the Belize River, from the region of Spanish Lookout to the region of Belize City, was investigated from 1977 through 1979. The investigation was done primarily during the months of May through August, covering the two seasonal changes--wet and dry--that occur in this tropical region. The investigation sought to describe various parameters of the Belize River so as to gain an understanding of this tropical fresh-water ecosystem and to provide basic information needed for the development of management programs.

Water samples were collected from eight stations and analyzed for acidity, alkalinity, carbon dioxide, chloride, sodium chromate, hexavalent …

Western News, July 31, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Dickason wins Fulbright Award, Degree program begins in Battle Creek, 'The Westerner' makes its debut, Announce distribution of caps/gowns, Sports medicine clinic inaugurated, Petroleum Distribution courses give students a preview of jobs, Soccer schedule features top U.S. teams

Western News, July 24, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Computer Science enrollment up, California "Fanfairs" coming Aug. 1, AAUP elects two faculty to top offices, Yelsma will appear on WUHQ-TV programs, Biology department offers new service, Open press box window helps officers put end to campus thefts, Hockey broadcasts will resume this year

Western News, July 21, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Approve appointment of Luscombe as dean of College of Fine Arts, Kaarlela appointed department head, Gordon named acting assistant to VP, June grants total $2 million, Board okays comprehensive plan for student financial aid office, Nisbet to retire; given emeritus status, O.K. lease of Health Center kitchen