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The Effects Of Fading And Rule-Stating On The Instructed Reacquisition Of A Five-Link Behavioral Chain, Okechukwu S. Ozuzu

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Although instructions tend to generate rapid and near errorless responding during acquisition, this efficiency in performance is not necessarily maintained in reacquisition. The present study addressed this issue of performance maintenance by utilizing procedures designed to strengthen the control function of instruction stimuli.

Five 6 to 10 year-old children, two females and three males, were trained in the repeated acquisition of a behavioral chain using monetary reinforcement. The operanda for the five-component behavioral chain consisted of fifteen plastic discs displayed on an intelligence pad. For each session the subjects’ task was to leam or relearn a new sequential order by …

The Facilitative Teacher-Student Relationship And Selected Educational Outcomes, Richard Roy Benedict

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It has been proposed that there are three "facilitative" characteristics of the helpful relationship--genuineness, empathy, and positive regard--which, if offered to students by teachers, would result in desirable educational outcomes. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between teacher facilitative functioning and desirable outcomes of the educational process in secondary schools. Four desirable outcomes were identified: (a) enhanced student self-concepts, (b) student course achievements, (c) more "in-depth" involvement with course content, and (d) more frequent class attendance.

Sixty-eight classrooms (containing over 1,500 senior high school students from four school districts) qualified for study because required subjects were taught within …

The Problem Of Learning Disabilities Students Of Limited English Speaking Background: A Descriptive Study, Raymond Rodriguez

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The Effects Of Repeated Reading Practice On Reading Strategies Of First Grade Readers, John Rowan

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The Non-Teleological Progression From Hell To Purgatory In The Poetry Of T.S. Eliot, Dianne R. Costanzo

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Agesilaos Ii And The Politics Of Sparta, 404-377 B.C., James G.. Devoto

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An Investigation Of The Administrator's Role In The Reading Programs Of The Secondary (9-12) Public Schools In Dupage County, Illinois, Robert Keith Wilhite

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Elastin Content Of The Aorta From The Quantitation Of The Desmosines, H. Patrick Covault

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The Uptake And Release Of Label From Endocytosed 35so4-Labeled Proteins In Cultured Mouse Peritoneal Macrophages, Susan Patterson Buktenica

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Assessing A Management Change In Mental Health Screening Using A Switching Replications Time-Series Design, Susan Ann Borkowski Lueger

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A History Of The Due Process Procedure In Special Education, Nancy Hablutzel

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The Leadership Role Of The Principal In The Selection Of Staff For Implementation Of Educational Programs, Raymond T. Kelly

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An Investigation Of A Slosson Intelligence Test Classification Schema As An Aid In Diagnostic-Educational Hypothesis Formulation, Andrea Rolsky

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Information Processing Of The Cerebral Hemispheres In Schizophrenia And Mania, Aurelio Prifitera

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Goodloe Harper Bell, Pioneer Seventh-Day Adventist Christian Educator, Allan G. Lindsay

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The Seventh-day Adventist church operates a worldwide system of Christian education. The pioneer educator who played a most significant part in laying its foundations was Goodloe Harper Bell (1832-1899).

Bell was a public school teacher in central Michigan from 1851 through 1866. He became a Seventh-day Adventist in 1867 and was subsequently invited to open a small private school in Battle Creek, Michigan. The success attending this school encouraged the church to employ Bell as the first teacher to operate a denominationally sponsored school in 1872. The school became Battle Creek College in 1875. Until 1882, Bell taught a variety …

Relationships Among Dream Content, Tat Stories And Self-Reports And Effects Of Pre-Sleep Instructions On Home Dreams, Ross E. Keiser

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An Application Of Information Theory In The Development Of A Reliability Coefficient For Criterion-Referenced Mastery Tests, Richard E. Sherman

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The San Patricios And The United States-Mexican War Of 1846-1848, Dennis J. Wynn

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William Warren Prescott, Seventh-Day Adventist Educator, Gilbert M. Valentine

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Problem. William Warren Prescott, 1855-1944, was one of the most influential educators of the Seventh-day Adventist church. As a religious educator he also served the church as preacher, writer, editor, and administrator. His influence on the church was extensive but until now there has been no comprehensive investigation of his life or evaluation of his contribution to the church.

Method. This study investigated Prescott's life from the perspective of his work as a religious educator. It has used the documentary-historical method of research. Major sources included the extensive official correspondence in the Archives of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists …

The Empirical Development Of A Preparation For Marriage Curriculum For Twelfth-Grade Students, Kevin John Howse

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Problem. The purpose of this project was to develop an instructional product that would enrich the student's knowledge about dating and marriage, and teach specific relational skills.

Method. A systematic procedure was undertaken in the development and validation of the product. First, the content of a pre-marriage course was identified through an examination of a large sample of family-life texts, a survey of teacher criticisms and recommendations pertaining to the text Marriage (Christensen, 1980), and an analysis of a group of 317 youth using the Search Institute instrument, Youth Research Survey (Strommen, 1977; see appendix E). Second, the proposed content …

A Study Of Parental Attitudes Regarding Secondary Boarding Schools Of The Mid-America Union Of Seventh-Day Adventists, Lawrence Gilbert Kromann

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Problem. One of the challenging problems of SDA education in North America is the possible trend of declining enrollment of boarding academies, which have been the mainstay of the SDA secondary school system. It was the purpose of this study to determine if a relationship existed between the declining enrollment and parental attitudes concerning the boarding academies.

Method. A five-page Likert-type scale survey was used to gather information from randomly selected parents of high-school-age students in the Mid-America Union. Seven sub-hypotheses were used to test the major hypothesis which stated there would be a significant relationship between declining boarding school …

A Study Of Social Adjustment Education In Chicago, 1929-1981, Mary Ann Pollett

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A Study Of The Influence Of A Mobile Home Community On Suburban High School Students: Anthropological And Educational Implications, Beverly Evko

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The Importance Of The Item Difficulty Model In Adjusting The Observed Scores In Relationship To The Cut-Score For Mastery Tests, William Ernest Nordbrock

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Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Usn: A Decade Of Educational Criticism, 1955-64, William J. Haran

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Gavin Stevens, Faulkner's "Good Man", Carl Singleton

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Effects Of Rewards On Quality And Interest In Initially High Or Low Interest Preschoolers, Naomi Sobel Eisenstein

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An Analysis Of Program Plans For Staff Development In The Unit School Districts Of Dupage County, Illinois, Richard B. Olson

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Iodothyronine 5'-Deiodinase: Solubilization, Partial Purification, And Characterization Of A Thyroxine Deiodinase Extracted From Rat Liver Membranes, Samuel C. Powell

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The Role Of Hypoglycemia In The Development Of Cardiovascular Failure Following Escherichia Coli Endotoxin Administration In The Dog, Philip M. Kober

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