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A Descriptive Study Of The Beliefs And Practices Of Head Start Teachers Regarding Early Literacy Development, Nancy Lessel Lind

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Nursing Faculty Perceptions Of Critical Thinking, Cynthia N. Sander

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Lateralization Of Asynchronous Stimuli, Mark A. Stellmack

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Multinuclear Magnetic Resonance Study Of Chlorine And Cesium Ion Distribution In Human Erythrocyte Suspensions, Lisa Wittenkeller

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Constructing And Testing Practical Procedures For Describing A Corporate Culture: The Electric Troublemen, Timothy S. Vonder Edd

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During the 1980s much attention was focused on trying to understand and apply the concept of corporate culture. Scholars and practitioners worked on clarifying the definition of culture as it applies to workplace settings. Scholars adapted the anthropological concepts of culture to fit within the framework of a business organization. Both scholars and practitioners attempted to investigate the cultures of many organizations throughout the business world. Scholars conducted lengthy case studies and used a mixture of qualitative and quantitative techniques. Business world practitioners conducted short studies and used mostly quantitative survey techniques. What was found was that the scholarly approach …

An Evaluation Of Student Perceptions Of Academic Advising In A Rn/Bsn Distance Educational Nursing Program, Barbara A. Trent Edd

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Over the past decade, RN/BSN programs have gained popularity across the nation with an emphasis upon structural flexibility and/or adult student learning principles. Research has shown a positive association between advisement and decreased attrition rates for this unique student body. The purpose of this research was to determine from the perception of students enrolled in a RN/BSN educational program, the importance of advisement in relation to three elements: functions, outcomes and advisor style. It was also the purpose to determine if these three elements had either been provided, achieved or employed, respectively, by their advisors. An evaluative design was used …

Reconsidering Psycholinguistics' Project : Language As Praxis In Lacan And Kristeva, Suzanne Barnard

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An Organizational Model For A Coordinated Program Of Music Ministry For The Seventh-Day Adventist Church In North American And Europe, Raimo J. Lehtinen

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Problem. Initiating work in the coordination of church music activities has been undertaken in the North American and European portions of the world-wide organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. There was a need to develop a comprehensive model of music ministry which the Church could utilize when further steps in the advancement of organized music programs will be taken.

Method. In the process of creating the philosophical rationale for the model a descriptive method was used. Adventist literature on music ministry was reviewed, analyzed, and compared with the basic themes of Johansson's contrapuntal design (1984). In thedevelopment of the rest …

A Cross-Cultural Study Of The Collectivism-Individualism Paradigm: The Influence Of Confucian Values On The Conflict-Handling Behavior Of Male Graduate Business Students In Hong Kong And The United States, Randy Ki-Kwan Chiu

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Problem. The Collectivism-Individualism literature argues that there is a difference in the way that Americans and the Chinese handle conflict based on differences in culture. It is also speculated that these differences have been influenced by Confucian values. However, these positions have not been conclusively supported by empirical findings.

Method. Both the Chinese Value Survey and Thomas and Kilmann's Management-of-Differences Exercise were administered to 124 U.S. White American graduate business students and 142 Hong Kong Chinese graduate business students. Three null hypotheses were formulated. These hypotheses stated that there is no linear combination of Integration, Human-heartedness, Confucian work dynamism, and …

The Eschatological Judgment In Job 19:21-29 : An Exegetical Study, Gordon E. Christo

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Practically all scholars today acknowledge the juridical features of the book of Job. The purpose of this study is to identify the legal event that Job is understood to believe would take place in the eschaton.

Chapter 1 first analyzes the significance of the place of our passage in the structure of the book. Job 19 is found to be the center of a structurally balanced composition. Further study of structure reveals that v s s . 25-27b can be viewed as: (1) the heart of the chiasm in 19:21-29, (2) the node of that speech, and (3) a pivot …

Historical/Analytical Study Of The Contributions Of Alma E. Mckibbin To The Seventh-Day Adventist Church School System, Marie Louise Myers

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"If we don’t understand our roots, we lose sight of our mission" (G. Ralph Thompson). Alma E. McKibbin, the first Seventh-day Adventist church school teacher in California, is little known among Seventh-day Adventists outside that state, where she began teaching in 1896. She developed a Bible curriculum that was used for over half a century in the Seventh-day Adventist church school educational system—a private, religious, parochial organization of over four thousand schools all around the world.

The purpose of this study is to document the contributions she made to that system, with a special emphasis given to the analysis and …

One-Room Schoolhouses In Jasper County, Illinois From 1925-1947, Sharon Earnest Linden

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The Development Of Aids Education (K-12) In The United States Through 1989, Judith A. Jennrich

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The News Media Coverage Of The Tet Offensive (1968): Historical Evaluation As And Educational Tool, Edmund J. Rooney

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Aristotle And Sophocles On The Elements Of Moral Virtue, Lloyd W. J. Aultman-Moore

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John Locke On The Naturalness Of Rights, Peter C. Myers

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An Investigation Of Gender Differences In Factors Associated With Low Sexual Desire, Karen Mangen Donahey

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The Reconstruction Of The Public Schools After The Great Fire, 1871-1881, Richard F. Murphy

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An Analysis Of The Catholic School Principal's Role As Perceived By The Pastors, Principals, And Teachers As Identified By Eight Major Administrative Functions In The Archdiocese Of Chicago, George R. Kokaska

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A Comparison Of Teacher-Principal Perceptions And Their Relationship To Teacher Self-Esteem, Christopher Benedict Dransoff

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College Shock Ii: Improving Student Adjustment: The Effects Of Reference Groups And Behavioral Standards On The University Experience, David George Guon

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Using Iva As A Predictor Of Instructional Performance In A Graduate Management Program, Donald R. Carter

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A Study Of The Women Of Daniel Defoe And Samuel Richardson: A Teiresian Vision, Nancy F. Krippel

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A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study Of Two Groups Of Primiparous African-American Adolescent Mothers, Dianne F. Stone

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The Relationship Of Self Esteem And Personal Problems To The Academic Success Of Adult Juniors And Seniors At And Upper Division, Commuter University, Peggy G. Woodard

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A Comparative Investigation Of The Differential Effects Of American Sign Language And Total Communication On Story Comprehension And Memory In Deaf Children, James F. Altenbach

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The Relationship Of The Frisian Mennonites To The Public Schools Of Elkhart County, Indiana, 1853-1885, Judith K. Bailey

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Catholic Elementary Schools In Chicago's Black Inner City: Mission And Organizational Effectiveness Volume 2, Sheila Nelson

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John Locke On The Naturalness Of Rights, Peter C. Myers

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The Use Of The Leadership Strategies Of Vision, Communication Of Culture, Trust, And Deployment Of Self By School Superintendents In Selected Elementary Districts Of Cook And Dupage Counties Of Illinois, Edward F. Aksamit

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