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High Blood Pressure And Interpersonal "Disengagement": A Study Of Maladaptive Coping Styles And Ameliorative Treatments, Paul J. Minsky

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Hawthorne's Ontological Models: Daguerreotype And Diorama, John Dolis

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Factors Affecting Mobility Rates Of Principals And Teachers In Canadian Seventh-Day Adventist Schools : 1970-78, Leroy Raymond Kuhn

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Problem. Statistics Canada (1977) reported that the national mobility rate of the teaching force in Canadian public elementary and secondary schools in 1975-76 was 11 percent, compared with 15 percent in 1970-71. During the 1970-78 period, Seventh-day Adventist church schools (elementary/secondary day schools) in Canada reported a 38 percent teacher/principal mobility rate. It was the purpose of this study to identify factors that cause high mobility of teachers and principals in SDA church schools of Canada by investigating the relationship of opinions between the school board members and the school faculty members of these schools on the topics of: principal …

Developing A Model For Organizing And Administering Instructional Media Centers For Teacher Education In Iran, Mohammed Hossein Morovati

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Problem. The purpose of this study was to develop a model for organizing, administering, and providing physical facilities for instructional media centers for institutions of teacher education in Iran. The major problem is that the institutions for teacher education in Iran currently do not have guidelines for management of instructional media centers. However, it is a recognized fact that in order to provide quality training for teachers of tomorrow such provisions must be made.

Procedure. This is a descriptive study covering the philosophy, the role, major administrative structures, and needed personnel for institutional media centers in Iran's educational institutions. In …

An Analysis Of The Planning Process In Secondary Education In Trinidad And Tobago: 1962-1976, Vernon E. Andrews

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Problem. During the period 1962-1976, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago directed very specific attention to the development of education in general and secondary education in particular. Three major documents related to educational planning were prepared. A survey of the literature revealed that a detailed analysis of educational planning in Trinidad and Tobago had not yet been undertaken. The purpose of the study was to analyze the planning process in secondary education in Trinidad and Tobago during the period 1962-1976.

Method. The design of the study conforms to the pattern of descriptive research. The nalysis was based on seven points …

An Assessment Of The Organizational Climate For Creativity In The Canadian Union Conference Of Seventh-Day Adventists : Recommendations For Change Based On The Perceptions Of Leading Church Members, Donald Douglas Devnich

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Problem. In a changing society, organizations must innovate. To achieve productive change it is necessary that the organizational climate and its effect upon organizational personnel be understood. In the field of human resource management there is always a need for insights into psychological climate in order for organizational initiative and creativity to operate. It was the purpose of the present study to construct a patterned profile of how Seventh-day Adventist leading church members in Canada perceive the organizational climate, and to analyze the findings in relationship to creativity.

Method. The Litwin-Stringer Improved Climate Questionnaire was used to assess the perceived …

Competitiveness, Cooperativeness, And Assigning Grades In The High School Classroom, Nelson Edward Evans

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Problem. Currently, educators and psychologists have been rejecting the generally favorable position competition has held as a motivator and value within education. This study focused on teacher and student orientations varying as cooperative or competitive and the effect that they can have on student grades. That the interaction among students and teachers varying by orientation may prove counter-productive in the classroom is a crucial concern for both educators and students. It was hypothesized that dissimilarly oriented teachers and students would result in lowered grades for students. Independent variables were chosen in accordance with this major hypothesis which was divided into …

The Presidential Years Of Sister Ann Ida Gannon, Bvm, Mundelein College, 1957-1975, Carole Zucco Chambers

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The Metabolism Of Linolenic Acid In Developing Rat Brain, Barney E. Dwyer

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Sex Differences In Reactance And Learned Helplessness, Dale Susan Gody

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A Comparison Of Two Models Of Stimulus Set And Response Set In Selective Attention, James Keith Habinek

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A History Of The Reorganization And Extension Of Thai Public Elementary Education 1946-1975, Ladtongbai Bhuapirom

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Cytology And Physiology Of Arthrospore Formation In The Dermatophyte Trichophyton Mentagrophytes, Ruth Gail Emyanitoff

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An Analysis Of Specific Content Areas In Professional Negotiations Agreements In Selected School Districts In Northeastern Illinois, William Charles Hitzeman

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Perceived Self-Presentation Of Institutionalized Adolescents As Evaluated By Significant Others, Larry Wayne Mccauley

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Implications Of The Transcendental Meditation Program For Counseling: The Possibility Of A Paradigm Shift, Peter Vincent Lourdes

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Review Of The Literature On The Treatment Of Sexual Dysfunction And A Study Of Couples Who Received Treatment At Loyola University Hospital, Catherine Green

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Selected Results Of Participation In A Human Sexuality Course At An Urban University, Rena Krizmis

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Educational Legislation In Illinois: An Analysis Of The Activities Of School Superintendents In Cook County, Lloyd W. Lehman

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A Study Of The Nature Of The Relationship Of Selected Administrative Policies Of The State Board Of Trustee's Of Indiana Vocational Technical College On Regional Administration Practices, Alois Leo Lewandoski

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A Study Of The Relationship Of Perceptual And Judgmental Preferences With Academic Predictors In Medical School Success, Madhavi Mehta

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Evaluation Of A Questionnaire Designed To Measure Trait Differences Of Students In Lecture, Individualized And Independent Learning Modes, Ronald Svara

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Similarity Of Trainer And Group Participants Self-Concept In Relation To Group And Individual Change In Congruence, Haia B. Friedwald

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The Effect Of Interpersonal Skills Training On The Levels Of Accurate Empathy And Self Esteem In Preadolescents, Thomas Schevers

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Effects Of Race Of Examiner On A Projective Test, Oliver W. Slaughter

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Self-Esteem As It Relates To Reading Facility And Bilingual Schooling Of Puerto Rican Students, Alice Perez Peters

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The Relationship Between Factors Which Influence Adolescent Sexual Decisions, Locus Of Control, And Selected Personality Dimensions, Mary Frances Sonnenshein-Schneider

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The Desmond Rebellions, 1569-1573 And 1579-1583, Claude Ronald Sasso

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Relationships Of Screening And Diagnostic Preschool Measures To Later School Adjustment And Achievement Measures, Dorothea S. Goldenberg

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Perceived Velocity Of Apparent Movement: Evidence For A Distance/Time Rule, Kathleen Ann Carlson

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