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A Study Of The Organizational Effectiveness Of The Academic Senate For California Community Colleges, Gail Prentiss Edd

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The purpose of this research was to study the effectiveness of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. The four major objectives were: describe the historical development of the Senate; determine the effectiveness of the methods by which the Senate provides for community college faculty to participate in academic and professional governance; determine the effectiveness of the Senate, as understood by the membership and others with whom it interacts, in meeting the purpose and goals which the organization and relevant others have established for it; and, interpret the impact of the Senate on its environment. The method of study was …

The Transition Process In Office Automation And Its Impact On Clerical Workers: A Case Study, Judith Turnbull Green Edd

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The purpose of this research was to study the transition process of office automation and its impact on clerical workers. The objective was to provide computer-naive managers with recommendations on factors to consider when managing the office automation change process. The topic was investigated using a case study approach. The setting was a large, multi-function, research-oriented, urban university on the west coast. Data were gathered through interviews, observations and examination of documents. Twenty-five clerical workers (representing different segments of the campus and having experience using different types of computer-assisted office equipment), who had experienced the transition process of office automation, …

Attitudes Of Teachers And Administrators Toward The Handicapped In Malaysia And Implications For Teacher Training And Program Development, Rachel Mathews Edd

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The primary purposes of this study were to investigate the attitudes of teachers and principals based on demographic and experiential variables and to make recommendations for teacher training and program development based on the results of the study. Subjects were (N = 450) elementary schoolteachers and (N = 30) principals from the state of Selangor in Malaysia. The Attitude Toward Handicapped Individuals Scale (ATHI) and a personal data questionnaire including two open-ended questions related to the treatment of the handicapped and categorical preferences for exceptionalities were used in this survey research. Ninety-two percent of the questionnaires were returned with 87% …

An Assessment Of The Perceived Inservice Needs Of K-12 Teachers Of The Lake Union Conference Of Seventh-Day Adventists, Hazel R. Wright

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Problem

While an active and costly inservice program exists for teachers of the Lake Union Conference, there appears to be no data on the perceived inservice needs of these teachers. Consequently, there is a need to identify their perceived inservice educational needs for purpose of enhancement and strengthening the existing program. The present study attempts to identify the perceived inservice needs of the K-12 teachers of the Lake Union Conference currently employed within its educational system.

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Data was gathered by using the "Lake Union Conference Inservice Assessment" which was a modified version of Ingersoll's Teacher Needs Assessment Survey modified …

An Analysis Of The Profile, Roles, Functions, And Behavior Of Women On Boards Of Education In Dupage County, Illinois, Stephanie Anne Pace Marshall

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An Anatomical, Electrophysiological, And Behavioral Analysis Of Cortical Efferent Plasticity In The Rat, Gwendolyn Kartje-Tillotson

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An Analysis Of The Role Of Secondary School Supervisors In Bangkok, Thailand, Suganda Tapaneeyangkul

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The Relationships Among Occupational Stress, Life Stress, Social Support And The Burnout Experienced By Staff Nurses Working In Diverse Hospital-Based Specialty Areas, Diane Cronin-Stubbs

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Inhibition Of Rna Synthesis By Anthracycline Analogs, Daniel Meng

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Sex-Role Stereotyping As A Factor Influencing Counselors' Advising Of Black Male Students To Investigate Selected Allied Health Professions, Patricia Wade Walker

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The Construction And Evaluation Of A Workbook To Facilitate Productive Self-Understanding, Allan H. Schnarr

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The Relationship Of Perceptual-Cognitive, Affective And Bio-Social Factors To Artistic Success, Michael D. Kovar

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Assessment Of Parenting Attitudes Of Spanish Surnamed Adolescents, Their Perception Of Their Parents' Attitudes, And Four Constructs Found In Abusive Parents, Olga. Meza-Lehman

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Christina Stead's Fiction And The Changing Sense Of Decorum, Kate Macomber Stern

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From Realism To Rapprochement: The Autobiographical Interpretation Of Collingwood's Philosophy, Glenn C. Shipley

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An Analysis Of Evaluation Techniques And Procedures Implemented In Chicago Area Schools, Blondean Y. Day

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An Investigation Of The Effectiveness Of Amplification As A Viable Method For Improvement Of Language And Academic Achievement In A Noisy Environment, Renee Z. Lewin

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A Meta-Analytic Review Of Therapeutic Intervention Methods For The Treatment Of Child Abusing Parents, Denise Cafaro Noell

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The Long-Term Impact Of School Closings Due To Declining Enrollment On Elementary School Districts In Illinois, Ann Elledge Shortt

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An Analysis Of Local Ongoing Inservice Programs And Practices Of Pennsylvania School Board Members, Antonia Rose Neubauer

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Occupational Stereotypes Among Haitian High School Seniors : Their Relative Importance To Career Aspirations In Relation To Selected Variables And The Implications For Educational Leadership, Michel Lamartine Porcena

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One of the more important decisions confronting all young people across all cultures is the choice of an occupation. In recognition of this condition, researchers have suggested many factors as being influential in the career aspirations of students. Among these factors, occupational stereotypes have received a great deal of attention. Since no study was found in the literature either to determine the nature of occupational stereotypes among Haitian students or to compare their relative importance in relation to selected variables, it was the purpose of this study to determine the nature of occupational stereotypes and their relative importance to …

A Statistical Model For Seventh-Day Adventist White English-Speaking Church Growth In The United States, Des Cummings

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Problem. Until 1983 there was no statistical model for projecting church growth among white English-speaking Seventh-day Adventist churches in the United States. The purpose of this study was to identify a forecasting model based on the variables that were gathered from pastor and local church reports. Thegeneral hypothesis was that a significant predictive relationship existed between some combination of report variable/factors and the rate of church growth or decline. This hypothesis was subdivided into four specific hypotheses.

Method. One hundred forty-five churches were randomly selected from the white English-speaking churches in the United States. The financial, membership, pastor, and Sabbath …

The Relationship Between Need Trait And Temperament Type, Gertrude Elizabeth Jordan

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Problem. Need trait -- as motivation for behavior -- and temperament type -- as emotional disposition and affective mood -- are understood to be interacting major components of the structure of personality. Past observation, speculation, and study of these constructs have lacked the psychometric and analytic refinements possible, through test development and statistical methodology, to researcher in the 1980s. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the relationship of need and temperament emerged in as consistent a manner as had been observed and tested in the past.

Method. Two standardized instruments, the Personality Research Form - AA and …

Toward A Criticism Of Theological Reason : Time And Timelessness As Primordial Presuppositions, Fernando Luis Canale

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This investigation studies the possibility of developing a theological criticism of Christian theological reason. The investigation proceeds by developing a phenomenological analysis of three major contexts within which reason has been interpreted and utilized by Christian theology for the constitution of its exegetical and systematic formulations: the philosophical, theological, and Biblical contexts. The philosophical context shows that the structure of reason requires the interpretation of Being's dimensionality which determines its basic meaning and functioning. Moreover, it shows that Being's dimensionality has been interpreted in two ways: as timeless and as temporal.

The theological context, through the analysis of reason's procedures …

A Study Of The Perceived Influence Of Collective Bargaining On The Functional Role Of The Michigan High School Principal, David R. Clark

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Problem. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceived impact of collective bargaining on the functional role of the public high-school principal in Michigan. The study focused on the perceptions of practicing educators in Michigan. Perceptions were sought from superintendents, principals, and teachers in K-12 public school-districts.

Data Collection, Methods, and Procedures. Data were collected by means of a mailed questionnaire from a sample of the 529 K-12 public-school districts in Michigan. Power analysis helped determine that 106 school districts were needed to have a significant study. Replies were received from 100 of the 106 districts for a …

The Identification Of The Operating Personality Construct Of Learning Disability Teachers, Patricia A. Atherton

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An Analysis Of The Decisions By The American Arbitration Association Of Grievances Between Community College District No. 508, State Of Illinois And The Cook County College Teachers Union, Local 1600, Aft, Afl-Cio, Paul E. Rupprecht

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Responsibilities Of Staff Development Directors In Nursing Service As Perceived By Staff Development Directors In Illinois Hospitals: Evolution Of Role, Maria Christina Pilola RedoñA Couper

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Interpersonal Attraction As A Function Of Belief Similarity And Caste, Pramod Raikar

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Self-Esteem And Purpose In Life: A Comparative Study Of Women Alcoholics, Susana Jimenez Schlesinger

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