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An Analysis Of Student Teaching Factors That Contribute To Effective Teaching, Nell Land Williams
An Analysis Of Student Teaching Factors That Contribute To Effective Teaching, Nell Land Williams
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A Comparison Of The Five-Year-Old Child’S Perception Of The Father Role And The Father’S Self-Role Perception, Carole W. Mandly
A Comparison Of The Five-Year-Old Child’S Perception Of The Father Role And The Father’S Self-Role Perception, Carole W. Mandly
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The Effects Of Varying Training Time Periods On The Development Of Cardiovascular Efficiency In College Women, Susan Anne Yeager
The Effects Of Varying Training Time Periods On The Development Of Cardiovascular Efficiency In College Women, Susan Anne Yeager
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Eighteen volunteers were randomly divided into three groups, and the treatments were then randomly assigned. The study involved a six week conditioning period followed by a three-week deconditioning period. The subjects were tested before and after the conditioning period to determine the effects of the conditioning programs on cardiovascular efficiency. A third test was administered three weeks after the second test to measure the level of retention of fitness of all subjects. The two tests administered each testing period were the Astrand Test of Predicted Maximal Oxygen Uptake and a test of physical work capacity. During the conditioning program all …
The Scientific Authenticity Of The Dvorak Subjective Test Of Fundamental Locomotor Movement For Beginners In Modern Dance, Sherri Lea Jones Wurster
The Scientific Authenticity Of The Dvorak Subjective Test Of Fundamental Locomotor Movement For Beginners In Modern Dance, Sherri Lea Jones Wurster
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The purpose of the study was to establish the scientific authenticity of the Dvorak evaluation test of fundamental locomotor movement for beginners in modern dance. Since Dvorak accepted content validity, reliability and objectivity of the evaluation device were investigated and norms developed. The following procedures were employed. In addition to reviewing the literature, the investigator wrote to 22 college and university instructors to obtain information as to the availability of locomotor skills tests for modern dance. From the 12 responses received, no valid test was found. Seventeen colleges and universities were contacted asking for their participation in the study. From …
Attitudinal Differences Among Youth Related To Community Structure And Growth Status, Wendell Duane Wessman
Attitudinal Differences Among Youth Related To Community Structure And Growth Status, Wendell Duane Wessman
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Determining Criteria For The Appraisal Of Home Economics Instructional Materials For The Educable Mentally Retarded, Irene Kathlyn Winterfield
Determining Criteria For The Appraisal Of Home Economics Instructional Materials For The Educable Mentally Retarded, Irene Kathlyn Winterfield
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This study was primarily concerned with formulating criteria believed to be appropriate for the appraisal of instructional materials for use with educable mentally retarded students in a junior high school home economics class. To be effective instructional materials should exhibit characteristics which are consistent with the appraisal criteria. Consequently, a second part of the study was concerned with the actual appraisal of home economics instructional materials for use with educable mentally retarded students enrolled in a junior high school home economics foods class by applying the criteria formulated. As an instructor of educable mentally retarded girls enrolled in her junior …
Leg Strength And Vertical Jump Of Basketball Players As Affected By Two Select Exercise Programs Conducted Throughout The Competitive Season, Larry L. Luitjens
Leg Strength And Vertical Jump Of Basketball Players As Affected By Two Select Exercise Programs Conducted Throughout The Competitive Season, Larry L. Luitjens
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of two varying training programs, weight training and Exer-Genie training. Upon the leg strength and explosive power of high school basketball players. The training programs were carried on during the competitive basketball season. The twenty-two members of the De Smet High School basketball squad for the year 1967-1968 were selected for this study. The subjects were divided into two equated groups, according to results in the Sargent Jump Test. Groups were randomly designated. Group A participated in a 12 week weight-training program, consisting of three circuits of two exercises, three …
The Eagle Grove, Iowa, Nongraded Middle School Intrinsic And Extrinsic Changes Cause A Shifting Of Student Attitudes, James W. Tausz
The Eagle Grove, Iowa, Nongraded Middle School Intrinsic And Extrinsic Changes Cause A Shifting Of Student Attitudes, James W. Tausz
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Eagle Grove's non-graded middle school had begun operation in September of 196 7. The student population was approximately 600, 1968 - 1969 school year, within gr��des 6 through 9. The school also had drawn enrollment from the nearby communities of Woolstock, Vincent, and Thor. Belmond 1 s traditional school system had grade 6 in the elementary school, grades 7 - 8 in the junior high school, and grade 9 in the high school. The system also had drawn enrollment from the surrounding rural territory. Richard Miller* (14:1) stated the nongraded movement is one of the ten most topical and important …
South Dakota Farm Boys Planning Farm And Nonfarm Occupations: A Comparative Analysis, Alan L. Loya
South Dakota Farm Boys Planning Farm And Nonfarm Occupations: A Comparative Analysis, Alan L. Loya
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Farm youth are finding it increasingly difficult to enter farming as a life occupation, and are therefore faced with a difficult situation when it comes to choosing an occupation. The farm-reared boys must decide whether or not to continue the family tradition in farming, and if they decide not to follow this tradition, they must decide on a nonfarm occupation which they would like to enter. The future welfare of these farm youth is associated with the occupational choices they make at this time. Therefore, a comparison of the characteristics of farm boys who plan farm occupations with those who …
The Effects Of Selected Drills Upon The Improvement Of Agility, Richard Charles Smith
The Effects Of Selected Drills Upon The Improvement Of Agility, Richard Charles Smith
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The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of selected drills upon the improvement of agility as measured by the McCauliff-Agility Components Test. Forty-nine male volunteer freshman students selected from five basic physical education classes at South Dakota State University were placed into five groups for this study. Four of the groups were randomly assigned experimental treatments consisting of recommended agility drills, while the fifth group was randomly selected to serve as the control group for the study, which required no experimental treatment. Subjects of the four groups that were administered experimental treatments participated in a seven-week training …
Phosphate Derivatives Of 5-Fluorouracil As Anticancer Compounds, Ho-Chih Lin
Phosphate Derivatives Of 5-Fluorouracil As Anticancer Compounds, Ho-Chih Lin
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Cancer is a disease which has been recognized since ancient times and which in every generation has killed many victims of all ages and of all stations in life. The disease has been fought against from generation to generation with whatever ideas and tools available at that time. Today, although cures for many diseases have been found, cancer is still under investigation and more efforts are demanded to overcome the disease. In cancer chemotherapy, it is hoped that drugs can be found which will have a selectively toxic effect on neoplastic cells. 5-Fluorouracil was synthesized in 1957 by Duochinky, Pleven, …
A Follow-Up Study Of The 1962-66 Graduates Augustana Academy, S. Luther Simonson
A Follow-Up Study Of The 1962-66 Graduates Augustana Academy, S. Luther Simonson
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The functions of the guidance program in today's schools usually consist of five main services. They are: inventory, information, counseling, placement, and follow-up. This paper will center about the last of these services, namely, follow-up. The follow-up service is to education what the customer relations department is to merchandising by means of a continuing follow-up of former students, the educator learns of their .failures, problems, successes, and--most important--obtains their suggestions for improvement. The purpose of this investigation was to conduct a follow-up study of the 1962-66 graduates of Augustana Academy, Canton, South Dakota. Information concerning their evaluations of their former …
Some Field And Laboratory Observations On Morchella, Reed Sanderson
Some Field And Laboratory Observations On Morchella, Reed Sanderson
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The morel, Morchella, of which there are several species, abounds throughout the United States. Several common names have been applied to this organism depending upon the area. Names include sponge, sponge on a stalk, honeycomb (because of its appearance), common more, delicious morel, hickory chicken (it is found among hickory leaves), and mushroom (the most common name in South Dakota). Although this organism ranks near the top of any fungus collector's list as a food, little is actually known or at least recorded of the environment associated with its appearance. The purpose of this study was to gather as much …
Themes Of Isolation And Relationship In Selected Novels Of Frederick Manfred, Joan Hilmoe
Themes Of Isolation And Relationship In Selected Novels Of Frederick Manfred, Joan Hilmoe
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The initial appeal of the novelist Frederick Manfred for this student of American literature grew from the fact that he is a contemporary writer and that he lives in the Midwest, more precisely, in Siouxland. At first his novels seemed primarily entertaining, but interest in his work developed with an awareness of a parallel between Manfred's concepts of the isolation of man and relationship to his fellow man and modern psychological ideas. Throughout the research and study of several novels, insights have crystallized to form a clearer idea of man's search for identity and the results of that search in …
The Married High School Athlete In South Dakota:His Status And Information For Formulating A Fair Policy, Donald J. Hanson
The Married High School Athlete In South Dakota:His Status And Information For Formulating A Fair Policy, Donald J. Hanson
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The purpose of this study was to determine the status of the married athlete as it pertains to his participation in interscholastic athletics on the secondary level in South Dakota and to offer meaningful information for formulating a fair policy concerning the married student-athlete. The survey method utilizing the questionnaire was employed in determining status. Ninety-nine percent of the administrators of secondary schools in South Dakota returned a questionnaire supplying information concerning the status of the married athlete in their respective schools. Results of the survey indicated that forty-three percent of the secondary schools in South Dakota have a policy …
The Effects Of Three Selected Weight Training Programs On Muscular Strength, Endurance Girth, And Cardiovascular Endurance, Leslie Curtis Hansen
The Effects Of Three Selected Weight Training Programs On Muscular Strength, Endurance Girth, And Cardiovascular Endurance, Leslie Curtis Hansen
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The purpose of this investigation was to compare the effects of three different weight training programs on the development of muscular strength, muscular endurance, muscular girth, and cardiovascular endurance. Thirty freshman and varsity football players from the 1968 South Dakota State University football teams were used as subjects. The subjects were randomly divided into three different groups. One group trained using a modification of the DeLorme-Watkins method of training; the second group followed the traditional strength training method, while the third followed a circuit training program. The conditioning programs for the three groups consisted of ten exercises: bench press, military …
The Velocity Of A Pitched Baseball As Affected By Two Varying Training Programs, Anthony Joseph Porter
The Velocity Of A Pitched Baseball As Affected By Two Varying Training Programs, Anthony Joseph Porter
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By employing a running program versus leg weight exercises, an analysis of the significance of the two training methods and their effect on the throwing endurance of the pitcher and on the velocity of the pitched ball was conducted in an attempt to assist in determining future coaching practices. The test measuring the velocity of the pitched ball and the test measuring leg strength were administered prior to and after the six-week training program. The data collected and recorded were statistically treated to determine the effects of the two types of training upon the throwing endurance of the pitcher and …
The Effects Of Cryotherapy On The Velocity Of A Pitched Baseball, John D. Pierson
The Effects Of Cryotherapy On The Velocity Of A Pitched Baseball, John D. Pierson
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of a cold water application of 35 ° to 40°F, between innings, and its effect on the pitching arm through the course of a designated series of throws. Eight male students from the basic physical education classes at South Dakota State University participated in the study conducted over a period of three weeks. All of the individuals involved were administered each of three selected treatments. The data in this study were analyzed in three ways. A t ratio was used to interpret the changes in the average velocity of the …
The Current Attitudes Of South Dakota State University Full-Time Undergraduate Students Toward Basic Course Requirements, Jay E. Dirksen
The Current Attitudes Of South Dakota State University Full-Time Undergraduate Students Toward Basic Course Requirements, Jay E. Dirksen
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The survey method utilizing the questionnaire was employed in determining current attitudes toward basic course requirements for graduation. Basic courses required for graduation, for all undergraduate degrees at South Dakota State University, are English,, physical education, and speech. Four hundred eighty-six students were selected according to sex, college and class by using the stratified random sample method. Four hundred and three, or 82.92 percent, of those students who received questionnaires returned completed questionnaires. Results of the survey showed that 84.86 percent of the students returning questionnaires felt that there are subject areas where there should be basic course requirements for …
Effects Of Rest, Abdominal Ice Packs And Ice Water Foot Baths In Improving The Recovery Process, James Mckinley Booher
Effects Of Rest, Abdominal Ice Packs And Ice Water Foot Baths In Improving The Recovery Process, James Mckinley Booher
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The purpose of this study was to compare three methods of improving the recovery process between bouts of strenuous exercises (1) rest with the application of an abdominal ice pack, (2) rest with the application of an ice water foot bath, and (3) rest. Fifteen volunteer ma.le subjects from the student body at South Dakota State University participated in the study conducted for a three-week period during the 1969 spring semester. Each subject was tested three times during this period. The order in which the subjects participated in the treatments was randomly assigned. The testing period consisted of riding a …
Instant Feedback Via Video-Tape And Its Effect On The Learning Of A Selected Side Horse Routine, Lloyd Charles Olson
Instant Feedback Via Video-Tape And Its Effect On The Learning Of A Selected Side Horse Routine, Lloyd Charles Olson
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It was the purpose of this study to determine if the use of video-tape with instant knowledge of results in the teaching of a selected side horse routine causes significant change in the learning process -as compared to teaching the routine by the traditional teaching-method. The traditional method employed in this study consisted of verbal cues and demonstrations by the writer. The following procedure was employed: Twenty-four male volunteer freshman students at South Dakota State University were placed into two groups equated by their motor educability and shoulder girdle strength scores. The subjects in the two groups were novice gymnasts …
Selected Social And Personal Factors Associated With The Educational And Occupational Aspirations Of Rural South Dakota Youth, Jean D. Pederson
Selected Social And Personal Factors Associated With The Educational And Occupational Aspirations Of Rural South Dakota Youth, Jean D. Pederson
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Recognizing the urgent need of higher educational and occupational attainment among rural youth in South Dakota, a research design was devised which would reveal the social and personal factors associated with educational and occupational aspiration levels. If a relationship between these factors and high and low levels of aspiration exists, this information should be of interest to educators, parents, and adult s concerned with the youth potential of South Dakota. This study is a part of a research project conducted by the Rural Sociology Department at South Dakota State University in the spring of 1967. The general aims of the …
The Effects Of A Weight-Training Program Upon Selected Pole Vaulting Skills, Gary A. Busch
The Effects Of A Weight-Training Program Upon Selected Pole Vaulting Skills, Gary A. Busch
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a weight-training program upon selected aspects of pole vaulting. Thirty volunteer male freshman at South Dakota State University enrolled in the basic physical education instruction programs were equated into two groups using the converted scores of the free running speed test, pole carry speed test, and pole carry speed and plant accuracy test. The experimental groups participated in and eight-week weight-training program. The weight-training program consisted of five lifts: arm curls, military presses, heels raisers, leg presses, and dead lifts. Initial and final tests were administered to both groups …
Motivation And Incentive Employment In The United States Army Officer Corps, Lee Martin Jones
Motivation And Incentive Employment In The United States Army Officer Corps, Lee Martin Jones
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The Love Ethic Of Ernest Hemingway / By Jo Harriet Strickler, Jo Harriet Strickler
The Love Ethic Of Ernest Hemingway / By Jo Harriet Strickler, Jo Harriet Strickler
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The Status Of Journalism In North Dakota High Schools, Neil Rae Mcfadgen
The Status Of Journalism In North Dakota High Schools, Neil Rae Mcfadgen
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With the mass media exerting a tremendous influence on our day-to- day living, scholastic journalism with its emphasis on mass communication becomes a vital part of any high school curriculum. Career literature written about opportunities in journalism strives to motivate the high school student to consider professional journalism as his life' s work. Even though the percentage of high school students who have been active in journalism functions and then elect professional journalism as a career has been small in the past, there has been a decided increase in the college journalism enrollments since the year 1951. According to the …
On A Generalized Inverse On A Matrix / By Sammy Jay Tinsley, Sammy Jay Tinsley
On A Generalized Inverse On A Matrix / By Sammy Jay Tinsley, Sammy Jay Tinsley
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The Integration Of Family Life Education In An Innovative Elementary School In Watertown, South Dakota, Sharon Lohr Devaney
The Integration Of Family Life Education In An Innovative Elementary School In Watertown, South Dakota, Sharon Lohr Devaney
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With the help of a home economics consultant, teachers at Lincoln Learning Laboratory, Watertown, South Dakota, attempted to integrate Family Life Education into the curriculum in the second semester of the school year, 1967-68. . . . It was felt that the following objectives could be accomplished. (1) To enrich the curriculum of Lincoln Learning Laboratory through the integration of Family Life Education. (2) To give the participating teachers some in-service training. (3) To create an awareness of -the possibilities for integration of Family Life Education in teachers in the area since Lincoln was being promoted through communications and observations …
Protestant Church Members' Attitudes Toward Community In Seven South Dakota Counties, Don Martin
Protestant Church Members' Attitudes Toward Community In Seven South Dakota Counties, Don Martin
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This study was developed as a result of an effort by the Aberdeen Area Ministry to assess the attitudes of members of its congregations toward their churches and their communities. It was felt the ministry could better serve if any disparity between their role and the perception of this role by parishioners was alleviated. As a result of striving to find means to improve services it was decided that a survey would be conducted. The result would be the determination of church members attitudes toward their churches and their communities. From this emanate two studies, one of which deals extensively …
A Critical Evaluation Of Stephen Crane's "The Monster", James M. Schubert
A Critical Evaluation Of Stephen Crane's "The Monster", James M. Schubert
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Stephen Crane is an American writer whose works appear more popular now than they were in his own day. Most critics believe that his honesty, originality, and artistry are responsible for his current popularity. His most popular works, including The Red Badge .Of Courage (1894) and "The Open Boat" (1897), were very successful when they were first published and are still widely read. The fact that Crane led such· an exciting and original life makes him an especially interesting author, but he has received increasing critical recognition as an important figure in American literary history. Crane is associated with various …