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

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

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Soviet Immigrant Jewry In The Chicago Area (1960-1980): Enculturation And Education, Sharon Rae Bender

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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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The Physiology And Morphology Of Canine Intracardiac Ganglion Cells, Xiaohe Xi

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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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A Qualitative Study Of The Effectiveness Of Administrative Educational Placement Policy Of Special Education Students With Special Attention To Social Reference Theory, Sharon Clousing

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An Analysis Of The Chicago Board Of Education’S Teacher Evaluation System As Implemented In A Selected Sub-District, Marcus M. Ahmed

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Mechanisms Mediating Sympathoadrenal Activation During Endotoxicosis In The Rat, Zhengzheng Zhou

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A Study Of The School Climate Of Iowa Schools, Robert L. Pilcher

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An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Participation In The Odyssey Of The Mind Program And Mathematical Problem Solving Achievement, Terri Spreckman Carman

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Church-State Relations In Ante-Bellum Illinois, John Herbert Zimmermann

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The Development Of The Field Of Sociology Of Education In Europe And The United States, With Special Emphasis On The Contributions Of Dr. Wilbur B. Brookover, William P. Fegan

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A Descriptive And Comparative Analysis Of Elementary School Principals' Leadership Styles In Implementing The Effective Schools Correlates In A Sub-District Of The Chicago Public Schools, Velma R. Wilson

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Gerry Fitt: Ulster Politician, Michael A. Murphy

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Elizabeth Harrison And Her Contribution To The Kindergarten Movement In Chicago, 1880-1920, Sandra F. Branch

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An Analysis Of The New Teacher Orientation Programs At Selected Large High Schools, Rochelle Kroan Singer

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Factors Contributing To Job Satisfaction And Job Dissatisfaction Among Teachers In Lutheran Schools, William V. Hinz

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Battle Over The Chicago Schools: The Superintendency Of William Mcandrew, Arthur Norman Tarvardian

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William Harvey Wells: His Superintendency And Contributions To The Chicago Public Schools, Cynthia Felton

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An Examination Of The Principal's Role In The Implementation Of The Concept Of Shared Decision-Making And The Extent Of Implementation Of The Concept At Selected Junior High/Middle Level Schools In Illinois, Kenneth D. Stellon

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A Comparison Of Motivating Factors, Pupil Control Ideology, And Teacher Effectiveness Among High School Teachers, Letita Ann Kirk

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Organizational Development Through The Implementation Of Strategic Plans, Susan M. Eickhoff

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Organizations today need effective and efficient total organizational change strategies in order to ensure both short- and long-term organizational health. As a result of an organization being a multi-dimensional entity, the ingredients for its change strategy must necessarily be representative of all its dimensions such as business management, information system, behavior analysis, behavioral systems analysis, total quality management and statistical process control techniques. Those ingredients of a comprehensive change strategy exist but have not been put together into a totally integrated package so far. In the present study, a fully-integrated organizational change strategy was systematically employed with the goal of …

“The Mirror Crack'd": Women As Mothers And Wives In Paternally Incestuous Families, Mary Deyoung

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Women often are blamed for paternal incest. Although the notion of women's culpability is repeated so often in the literature that it has all the tranquility of an axiom, few studies have even used these women as subjects. This study sought to remedy that flaw by using as its subjects 20 women from paternally incestuous families. Each participated in an in-depth interview comprised of life history questions, and in a shorter follow-up interview.

The women reported a moderate degree of conflict between their roles as mother and wife. Their strategies for coping with that conflict were categorized according to the …

Biblical Self-Esteem And Psychopathology: A Psychological/ Theological Integration, Allan Warren Crummett

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With the plethora of definitions for and the vague and confused understanding of self-esteem/worth/image/love/value, the mental health professional is hard-pressed to define it accurately. To the Christian therapist, an area of concern is a Christian versus secular definition.

This study explored this issue in two ways. First, it addressed two hypotheses: (1) Is there a Biblical definition of self-esteem/worth?; (2) Does the Shepherd Scale (Bassett, 1981), an established measure of levels of Christianity, adequately assess self-esteem and Biblical self-esteem? These hypotheses are answered through a search of current literature and correlational analysis.

The second part of the study tested two …

Frequency Of Job Skills Deemed Critical By Employers Appearing On The Individualized Education Plans (Ieps) Of Moderately Retarded Students, Linda Dagen Mccrea

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The successful employment of moderately retarded students is dependent upon an educational program which is focused upon employment as an expected outcome. The purpose of this study was to examine the relative frequency that work-related skills deemed critical by employers appear on the exiting Individualized Education Plans (lEPs) of moderately retarded students (i.e., those labeled trainable mentally impaired students [TMI] in the state of Michigan).

An extensive literature review was conducted and found 49 job skills and/or work behaviors that employers view as critical for job success. An expert group sorted these critical job skills into three work-related behavior categories. …

The Effects Of Methylphenidate On The Repeated Acquisition Performance Of Children With Attention Deficit Disorder, Christopher P. Giuliano

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The effects of methylphenidate on the repeated acquisition performance of three children between the ages of 9 and 13 were examined. The repeated acquisition task was programmed on a micro computer and daily doses of 0.6 mg/kg and 1.0 mg/kg of methylphenidate were compared with an active placebo (caffeine). There was no discernible effect for two of the subjects. One subject showed only a very slight facilitative effect at the 1.0 mg/kg dose, using trials-to-criterion as the dependent measure. Methylphenidate had no effect on errors or rate of responding for any of the subjects. Teacher ratings of behavior indicated improvement …

Effects Of Interactive And Linear Video On Patient Understanding Of Risks In Medical Procedures, Christopher P. Giuliano

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Three methods of providing information relevant to informed consent where a vaginal birth after cesarean section was being considered were evaluated; (1) the traditional and common method (physician presentation), (2) Linear Video Tape (LVT), and (3) Interactive Video Disc (IVD). The traditional and common method of presenting information led to only limited acquisition of knowledge resulting in patients making less than fully-informed decisions. Both the linear video tape and the interactive video disc led to significantly greater understanding of the risks and benefits of the procedure than did the physician presentation. The interactive disc and the linear video tape were …

Ease Of Learning And The Emergence Of Equivalence Class Formation: A Comparison Of Topography-Based And Selection-Based Paradigms, Riad M. Wraikat

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Michael (1985) identified two types of verbal behavior, topography-based (i.e., speaking or using sign language) and selection-based (i.e., symbol board). Sundberg & Sundberg (1990) and Wraikat (1991) compared these systems in terms of the ease of learning object naming (tact) and giving the correct sign or pointing to the correct symbol on hearing the object name (intraverbal). Sundberg & Sundberg (1990) also compared them for the spontaneous development of a new relation, identifying the object when hearing its name (stimulus class formation or equivalence). The results of both studies favored the topography-based system, but in each case some subjects were …

The Impact Of An Integrated Study Skills Program On University Of La Verne Adult Undergraduates At Vandenberg Air Force Base And Naval Air Station North Island, Pamela Priest Edd

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The Problem: There have been a number of recent attempts to provide unique educational opportunities in learning strategies and study skills for adult students. A difficulty in removing the student from the classroom to provide this specialized training is that many students are unable to transfer the acquired skills back into a variety of different contexts. A second problem is removing faculty from the ongoing class and educating them in workshops that address learning strategies and study skills. Many faculty find it difficult to incorporate these skills while meeting the demands of fulfilling course content objectives. The Research: The purpose …