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A Curriculum Guide For After-School Gifted And Talented Third Graders, Sally Ann Wisner Hampshire Jan 1983

A Curriculum Guide For After-School Gifted And Talented Third Graders, Sally Ann Wisner Hampshire

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The Relationship Between Early Walking, Pre-School Sensory Integration And First Grade Reading Scores, Patricia M. Hart Jan 1983

The Relationship Between Early Walking, Pre-School Sensory Integration And First Grade Reading Scores, Patricia M. Hart

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Life Styles And Psychographic Characteristics Of Elderly Consumers As Determinants Of Perceptions On Health Care, John Thanopoulos Jan 1983

Life Styles And Psychographic Characteristics Of Elderly Consumers As Determinants Of Perceptions On Health Care, John Thanopoulos

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It appears that in today’s United States, the burden of disease prevention is assigned to the consumer. This study examines perceptions, health related information, and demographic data of a sample of elderly Arkansas consumers, with respect to preventive health care. The 226 respondents of the survey are members of the Arkansas Household Research Panel and over fifty-five years of age.

The data gathered were subjected to standard parametric and nonparametric statistical tests, factor analysis, cluster analysis, and discriminant analysis. The analysis identified two major segments. One, with seventy percent of the total, consists of respondents having a predominantly positive attitude …


An Empirical Investigation Of The Characteristics Of Publicly-Held Corporations That Change To Private Ownership, Alan Kent Ortegren May 1982

An Empirical Investigation Of The Characteristics Of Publicly-Held Corporations That Change To Private Ownership, Alan Kent Ortegren

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Disenchantment with public ownership during the decade of the 1970's contributed to the emergence of a trend for publicly owned corporations to change to private ownership by deregistering under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The primary purpose of the study was to investigate whether firms which changed to private ownership possessed attributes during the time leading to the change that differentiated them from selected firms which remained publicly held. The attributes included in the study contained financial data from published corporate financial statements, stock distribution information, and stock market data. The study included firms which changed o private ownership …


A Study Of Standard Setting And Productivity Measurements Using Learning Curves, Don William Finn May 1982

A Study Of Standard Setting And Productivity Measurements Using Learning Curves, Don William Finn

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Performance standards encompass information characteristics which decay over time. Consequently, it is worthwhile to identify factors affecting information decay. In Chapter I, the objectives of this study were discussed. They are restated: (1) determine if production worker performance has changed over time, (2) provide broad guidelines and recommendations for production type industries concerning performance evaluation of employees during training, (3) find evidence that standards and environmental factors for production workers can be linked and provide information to the firm for budgeting and planning purposes, and (4) provide a basis for further research associated with identifying variables related to improving worker …


An Analysis Of Reading Instruction In Seventh And Eighth Grade Content Area Classrooms: In A Suburban Junior High School, Judith Hare Blair Jan 1982

An Analysis Of Reading Instruction In Seventh And Eighth Grade Content Area Classrooms: In A Suburban Junior High School, Judith Hare Blair

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Examiner Bias On Intelligence Test Scores, Miren Elorriaga Barrientos Jan 1982

Examiner Bias On Intelligence Test Scores, Miren Elorriaga Barrientos

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A Comparison Of Silent And Oral Reading Among First Grade Students, Dorothy Gaines Gregory Jan 1982

A Comparison Of Silent And Oral Reading Among First Grade Students, Dorothy Gaines Gregory

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The Effects Of A Listening Skill Program On Reading Comprehension At The Sixth Grade Level, Marian Ebersole Grossman Jan 1982

The Effects Of A Listening Skill Program On Reading Comprehension At The Sixth Grade Level, Marian Ebersole Grossman

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A Study Of Two Methods Of Teaching Spelling To A Third-Grade Class, Lillianne Annette Gurette Ulrich Jan 1982

A Study Of Two Methods Of Teaching Spelling To A Third-Grade Class, Lillianne Annette Gurette Ulrich

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Cooperative Parenting In The Postdivorce Family, Marilyn Cabrini Selinger Baumer Jan 1982

Cooperative Parenting In The Postdivorce Family, Marilyn Cabrini Selinger Baumer

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Relation Between Asociality And Both Interpersonal Understanding And Field-Independence, Linda Marie Walsh Jan 1982

Relation Between Asociality And Both Interpersonal Understanding And Field-Independence, Linda Marie Walsh

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A Design For Teaching Vocabulary Development To Urban Junior High Students, Patricia Ann Ghee Walters Jan 1982

A Design For Teaching Vocabulary Development To Urban Junior High Students, Patricia Ann Ghee Walters

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A Comparison Of Academic Achievement Of High School Athletes And Non-Athletes, Harold Jay Mitchell Jan 1982

A Comparison Of Academic Achievement Of High School Athletes And Non-Athletes, Harold Jay Mitchell

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The Effect Of Nutrition Education On Plate Waste, Reeta Ann Moore Jan 1982

The Effect Of Nutrition Education On Plate Waste, Reeta Ann Moore

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A Study Of Class Placement And Self-Concept Of Handicapped Children, Susan Kaye Morris Jan 1982

A Study Of Class Placement And Self-Concept Of Handicapped Children, Susan Kaye Morris

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Christianity And The Knowledge Of God Among The Yoruba, Michael Aremu Bamgbose Jan 1982

Christianity And The Knowledge Of God Among The Yoruba, Michael Aremu Bamgbose

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A Holistic Approach To Rehabilitation, Trina Louise Brander Jan 1982

A Holistic Approach To Rehabilitation, Trina Louise Brander

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A Study Of The Effects Of Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading On The Reading Interest Of Second Graders, Mary Virginia Doucas Capizzi Jan 1982

A Study Of The Effects Of Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading On The Reading Interest Of Second Graders, Mary Virginia Doucas Capizzi

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Teaching Auditory Discrimination Skills In Reading, Debra R. Cataldo Jan 1982

Teaching Auditory Discrimination Skills In Reading, Debra R. Cataldo

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Attitudes Toward Learning Science: Before And After Use Of A Laboratory Program In Middle School, Karen Lee Nyman Caviness Jan 1982

Attitudes Toward Learning Science: Before And After Use Of A Laboratory Program In Middle School, Karen Lee Nyman Caviness

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A Comparative Study Of English Grades And Iowa Tests Of Basic Skills English Scores Received By Students In Fourth And Fifth Grades, Vivian Rhoda Thornton Cook Jan 1982

A Comparative Study Of English Grades And Iowa Tests Of Basic Skills English Scores Received By Students In Fourth And Fifth Grades, Vivian Rhoda Thornton Cook

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Language Experience Approach: A Supplement To The Basal Reader, Alice Christine Schroth Beeman Jan 1982

Language Experience Approach: A Supplement To The Basal Reader, Alice Christine Schroth Beeman

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An Evaluation Of The Neurological Impress Remedial Reading Technique, Shirley Ann Gavit Berger Jan 1982

An Evaluation Of The Neurological Impress Remedial Reading Technique, Shirley Ann Gavit Berger

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A Socioeconomic Analysis Of Children's Trust Levels, Maria Colette Denardis Jan 1982

A Socioeconomic Analysis Of Children's Trust Levels, Maria Colette Denardis

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Improving Critical Thinking Within Fifth Grade Language And Social Studies Framework, Jean Marilyn Schleicher Shugert Jan 1982

Improving Critical Thinking Within Fifth Grade Language And Social Studies Framework, Jean Marilyn Schleicher Shugert

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Crystallization And Glass Formation In The Cafb2sa1fb3spb25s Ssystem, James Douglas Wolf Jan 1982

Crystallization And Glass Formation In The Cafb2sa1fb3spb25s Ssystem, James Douglas Wolf

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Currents Of Opposition And Control: A Dramatic Investigation Of The Movements Of The Conservancy-Conflict From 1913 To 1916, Karen Marie York Jan 1982

Currents Of Opposition And Control: A Dramatic Investigation Of The Movements Of The Conservancy-Conflict From 1913 To 1916, Karen Marie York

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The Effects Of Two Different Adaptive Behavior Instruments And Three Different Raters On The Diagnosis Of Mental Retardation, Diane Mary Zihal Jan 1982

The Effects Of Two Different Adaptive Behavior Instruments And Three Different Raters On The Diagnosis Of Mental Retardation, Diane Mary Zihal

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An Evaluation Of Selected Research Papers Related To Personalized Systems Of Instruction In Higher Education, Norman Stanley Phillips Jan 1982

An Evaluation Of Selected Research Papers Related To Personalized Systems Of Instruction In Higher Education, Norman Stanley Phillips

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