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An Evaluation Of Perspective-Taking Ability: Its Effects On Television-Mediated Prosocial Behaviors, Mary Doheny Feczko

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Three Techniques For Measuring Student Achievement Of Guidance Objectives, William Roche Watts

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The Psychodiagnostic Test Battery: The Effects Of Sequence Of Administration On Rorschach Variables, Dale Anthony Bespalec

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The Relationship Of Selected Perceptual, Cognitive, And Personality Variables To Moral Judgment, Simcha Goldman

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Desegregation In Catholic Schools In The Archdiocese Of Chicago, 1964-1974, Including A Case Study Of A Catholic High School, James Charles Moses

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The Irish Army Mutiny Of 1924, Maryann Gialanella Valiulis

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A Measurement Study Of Assertive Behavior In Elementary School Boys, Richard Crawford Reardon

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A New Role For Linguistic Philosophy In Education With An Application To The Field Of Learning Disability, Robert Clinkert

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An Examination Of Client-Therapist Matching On Locus Of Control And Its Effect In Therapy, Carol Dubnicki

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Three Techniques For Measuring Student Achievement Of Guidance Objectives, William Roche Watts

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Lipid And Ultrastructural Changes In Brain After Induction Of Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency During Development, Bruce D. Trapp

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A Descriptive Exploratory Analysis Of Some Issues In Criterion-Referenced Measurement With Possible Application To A Diagnostic-Prescriptive System For Developing Measurement Competency For Prospective Teachers, Allen Norton Shub

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Factors Associated With Intellectual Development: Birth Order And Family Size Effects For A Select Population, William Maurice Schaefer

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Student Characteristics Predictive Of Performance In Self-Directed Study In An Introductory Psychology Course, Joseph Anthony Gutenson

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A Descriptive Study Of The Personality, Attitudes, And Overseas Experience Of Seventh-Day Adventist College Students Who Served As Short-Term Volunteer Missionaries, Donna Habenicht

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Problem. During the last ten years there has been a surge of Interest among college students in short-term volunteer missionary service. It was the purpose of the present study to describe the personality, attitudes, and overseas experience of a group of 150 Seventh-day Adventist college students who served as short-term volunteer missionaries (student missionaries) during the 1975-76 school year. Method The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (Form A), a series of semantic differential rating scales for selected religious, mission, cultural, and personal concepts, and a two-part questlonnaire were used to describe the personality, attitudes, and overseas experience of the student missionaries. …

Is There A Significant Gain In Language Development For Children Attending Summer Head Start Programs Beyond The Ten Month Session?, Evelyn A. Green

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Word Identification Processes For Children And Adults: The Role Syllables And Phonemic Recoding, Christopher Gude

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Developmental Logic, Harvey Jack Schiller

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The Relationship Between Maternal Reinforcement Behavior For High And Low Achieving Children, Constance Anita Fullilove

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Factors Important To The Vocational Development Of Women Police Officers, Carol Ann Martin

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Problem

The contributions policewomen have made in the relatively short period of their existence have led many police departments to regard women as an indispensable part of the American police force. During the last nine years a large variety of opportunities have become available to women police officers. Women have been added as sworn police officers not only in the small departments but in large departments and federal agencies as well. For the female interested in becoming a policewoman, as far as the administrator concerned with staffing his department with qualified females, there is a paucity of information available on …

Selected Characteristics Of Children Referred For Psychiatric Evaluation, Rebecca Louise Pigott

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Problem

Behavior-problem children constitute a main concern in the field of education today. The ability to recognize when the needs of the individual student call for procedures beyond the scope of the school is a professional necessity. The purpose of this research was to investigate whether students with school-related problems referred for psychiatric evaluation can be distinguished by a set of selected characteristics.

Method

Using multiple-discriminant analysis, students who had been referred for psychiatric evaluation were compared with students not referred for psychiatric evaluation on such criteria as teacher-pupil rating, as measured by Burks' Behavior Rating Scales; self-concept as …

A Study Of Curricular And Spatial Characteristics Of Selected Public And Private Secondary School Facilities Constructed From 1967 Through 1976 In Puerto Rico, Manuel Velazquez Jr.

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Problem. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the spatial allocation for curricular purposes and the special features of each of the twenty-seven public and private secondary schools built in Puerto Rico during the years 1967-1976. The problem was: Were these schools being constructed in accordance with the desired curriculum; was the curriculum an outgrowth of the resulting physical structures, or were the curriculum and the planning of the structures unrelated? -- Method. The spaces within the building were grouped into three major categories: (a) classrooms and laboratories; (b) special facilities; and (c) operation and services facilities. In order …

Selected Variables Related To Alienation From Religion As Perceived By Students Attending Seventh-Day Adventist Academies In The United States, Roger L. Dudley

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Problem. Some young people who are reared in religious homes reject the religion of their parents upon reaching adolescence. This is a matter of crucial concern to church youth leaders as well as to parents. It was the purpose of the present study to discover relationships that may exist between alienation from religion and other selected variables. It was hypothesized that religious alienation is related to the quality of the relationships— especially as those relationships concern religious values— chat the young people have with parents and other authority figures. Independent variables were chosen in accordance with that hypothesis which was …

The Concept Of Character Development In The Writings Of Ellen G. White, John M. Fowler

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Problem. Character development is a fundamental objective of the Seventh-day Adventist educational system. The purpose of this study was to define the concept of character development in the writings of Ellen G. White whose thought is foundational to the philosophy of the worldwide system of Seventh-day Adventist schools. The investigation focused on four subproblems: (1) the meaning and significance of character; (2) the nature of character development; (3) factors affecting character development; and (4) responsibility for character development.

Method. The problem was approached by (1) carefully perusing White's published writings and noting every statement related to the study; (2) inductively …

Self-Concept Patterns Of Inadequate And Adequate Adult Readers, Anna Homenchuk Klimes

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Problem

Many of the difficulties which people experience are to a large extent the consequences of faulty perception of themselves. Academic success or failure appears to be deeply rooted in the person’s self-concept. The purpose of the study was to analyze the components of self-concept of inadequate and adequate adult readers to determine what patterns of self-concept emerge in various groups. Inadequate and adequate readers were grouped according to sex, race, age, and type of educational institution.

Method

The Tennessee Self Concept Scale was selected for the study. Measuring positive self-concept, it is composed of five self-concept components—physical, moral-ethical, personal, …

Moral And Religious Problems And Attitudes As Expressed By Students In Seventh-Day Adventist Academies In The United States And Canada, Ingram Frank Du Preez

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Problem. Adolescence is characterized by many problems of adjustment. Seventh-day Adventist youth cannot be expected to be immune to these problems. The purpose of the study was to ascertain the moral and religious problems and attitudes as perceived by students in Adventist academies. An attempt was also made to evaluate, from the students' viewpoint, the effectiveness of the provisions made by the academies to help meet these problems. Method Nineteen hundred and twenty students were chosen by a stratified random method from all enrollees in Seventh-day Adventist academies In the United States and Canada. Students were asked to respond to …

Japanese American Experiene Of Misei Parents And Their Sansei Children And Implications For Education, Seiichi Michael Yasutake

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Education Of Ethnic Leadership: A Case Study Of The Ukranian Ethnic Group In The United States (1970-1974), Daria Markus

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Aristotle's Attitude Towards Homer, Donald J. Mcguire

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A Comparative Study Of The Stances Of Selected Urban Principals, Superintendents, And Local School Council Leaders On Community Participation In Local School Affairs, Mary Mikros

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