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The Effectiveness Of The Educational Game As A Method Of Skill Building In The Junior High School Language Arts Area, Mary E. Quinlan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Children As Eyewitnesses, Barbara Vanoss Marin

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Dopamine And Dietary Sodium Deficiency On In Vitro Renin Release And Cyclic 3 ́5 ́-Adenosine Monophosphate Content In Male Rat Kidney Slices: Modification By Dopaminergic-Receptor Agonistic And Antagonistic Agents, Victor Allyn Aletich

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Interorganizational Influences: A Multi-Dimensional Approach, James Lucas

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Obesity And Restraint In Relationship To Externality And Food Consumption, Donna Munic

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Susceptibility Of Different Embryonic Stages Of The Fathead Minnow, Pimephales Promelas (Rafinnesque), To Linear Alkyl Sulfonate Toxicity, Don L. Thompson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Saturation Patrol As A Deterrent To Crime, Erasmo J. Compatore

Master's Theses

In the United States, the rendering of police service is carried out by some of the world's finest forces which operate immediately adjacent to other agencies which have made no earnest move toward improving their methods in field operations since World War II. These deficient agencies seem to cling to tradition and oppose change even when innovations exist which have been shown to be more effective than present methods or when present methods are shown to be ineffective.

It is not surprising, therefore, that only in the last few years has the academician been considered of importance to law enforcement. …

The Use Of A Repeated Carbohydrate Loading Diet Upon The Swimming Performance Of Male Albino Rats, Charles A. Patton

Master's Theses

Introduction

This thesis was designed to study the effects of a repeated carbohydrate loading diet upon the swimming performances in male albino rats.

Statement of the Problem

The problem was to study the effect, if any, on the repeated utilization of a carbohydrate loading diet and the swimming performances of untrained adult male albino rats.

Definitions

For use in this Thesis, the following terms have been defined:

Efficacy, Contrast Effect And Differential Effectiveness Of Two Time-Out Durations In The Treatment Of Two Autistic Children, Susan Adell Blankenbaker

Master's Theses

A single subject simultaneous treatment design, within a multiple baseline framework, was used to test the efficacy, contrast effect and differential effectiveness of two durations of time-out (TO). With two children on the autistic ward of a residential mental hospital serving as subjects, the TO procedure was demonstrated to be effective in reducing target behavior. No statistically significant difference was found between the 2 minute and 5 minute TOs and limited support for the existence of a contrast effect was revealed. It was concluded that strategies for the facilitation of the use of the shortest TO interval possible should be …

Methodist Circuit-Riders In America, 1766-1844, William A. Powell Jr.

Master's Theses

The Methodist Episcopal Church became the largest religious denomination in the United States during the 1820's. Local expressions of the national body were established in nearly every American community. Methodist expansion was largely a result of the activity of circuitriders. These itinerants traveled and proclaimed the gospel to citizens, many of whom joined the Church and became part of a religious movement which influenced the l development of culture in the United States.

The traveling minister in the Methodist Church was noted for his self-sacrificing spirit. He endured hardships in the ministry which few men of the present age can …

Relationship Of State-Trait Anxiety And Type Of Practice To Reading Comprehension Of College Students, Lewis R. Waid

Master's Theses

Sixty male and female college students of average scholastic aptitude, 30 with high A-trait and 30 with low A-trait, were tested for reading comprehension following either massed (MP) or distributed practice (DP) with narrative reading material. Twice during the experiment the students' A-state was assessed through Spielberger's STAI A-state scale. The findings demonstrated; (a) high A-trait students responded to the experimental situation with greater elevations in A-state; (b) performance on the reading comprehension task was related to A-trait level with low A-trait students performing significantly better; (c) the A-state level of the students immediately prior to the reading comprehension test …

The Leader's Method And The Follower's Outcome: Predictors Of Future Interaction, Geoffrey J. Nimich

Master's Theses

In attempting to explain the degree of cooperation in the leader-follower dyad, leadership style and situational outcome, in a mixed motive game, were controlled. 120 business employees, both male and female, were paired with a leader who was projected as a Prisoner's Dilemma game expert. The subject, with the help of the leader who was either democratic or autocratic, then played a round of the game against a confederate subject. The win/lose outcome of the first game was controlled. The subject was then given the opportunity to play a second game against the leader, and the number of competitive choices …

Factor Analysis : A Method For Determining Mexican-American Cultural Preservation, Philip Spencer Camilleri

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Two Exercise Programs On Positional Kinesthetic Awareness In College Varsity Swimmers, Brenda Dianne Glascock

Master's Theses

The following study was undertaken to determine if Standard and Kinesthetic swimming training would produce an effect on positional kinesthetic awareness of male competitive swimmers at the college level. It was hoped both methods would produce a positive effect, but that Kinesthetic training would prove superior.

The Relationship Of The Protestant Episcopal Church In Virginia With The Negro Slaves 1830 To 1860: Success Or Failure?, Elisabeth Evans Wray

Master's Theses

Some conclusions may be drawn as to the success—or failure--of the Church's relationship with the slaves in nineteenth-century Virginia by constructing a narrative of the general attitudes held by the Episcopal Church (the bishops and other clergy and the laity) and the actions resulting from them. The years from 1830 to 1860 are the most fruitful period of the century in revealing through sermons, letters, newspapers, and books the Church's ideas concerning the institution of religious instruction for the slaves and their place in the life of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia. Because many of the attitudes …

Justices Of The Peace And Magistrates In Virginia And West Virginia, Krista Unterzuber

Master's Theses

The justice of the peace system has long been a part of the judicial process in the United States. The system originated in Great Britain and was transferred to the British colonies in the seventeenth century. Through the years the duties of the justice of the peace increased in number and importance. In recent years the powers of the office have declined and criticism of the system has mounted. As a result sane state governments have eliminated the justice of the peace system entirely and instituted the magistrate system. Two states which have taken such action are Virginia and West …

The Influence Of Pre-Loading On Stress Relaxation Of Orthodontic Elastic Polymers, James Young

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Labeling Arousal As Depression According To Internal And Situational Cues, Letitia Paula Owens

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Number Conservation As Related To Type Of Transformation, Marsha Taliaferro Will

Master's Theses

In order to assess the negative effects of color, size, shape, and spacing (length) transformations on conservation judgements sixty-four 3, 4, 5, and 6 year old children were tested on four Piagetian type conservation of number tasks each containing one reversible color, size, shape or spacing transformation. Order of transformation presentation was counterbalanced and number of objects used per transformation were varied from 3 to 5 to 7 to 9. Results show that spacing (when compared to color, size and shape) is a prepotent cue for non-conserving 3, 4, and 5 year olds but not for 6 year olds. Results …

Correlating Locus Of Control With The Motive To Avoid Success, Gary W. Embrey

Master's Theses

Expectancy seems to operate as described in J.B. Rotter' s Social Learning Theory (1954). His work , although seemingly related to that of other notables (Riesman, 1954, in particular), is distinguished through one vital concept-­ perception. According to Rotter, any reinforcement or reward will gain or lose effectiveness in insuring the recurrence of a preceding behavior or event only if it is perceived to have a casual relationship. One must believe the reward to be contingent upon his behavior or independent of it in order for an expectancy to be established (Rotter, 1954, 1960). It follows then that the reward …

Histopathologic Comparison Of Two Commonly Used Root Canal Sealers, Henry Bruce Feinberg

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Making Rewards Work: Refining The Overjustification Hypothesis, Naomi Eisenstein

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Blood Pressure Of Children In The Dental Situation, Busabakorn Vattasingh

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Westward To The Mountains: Preliminary Hudson's Bay Company Exploration Of The Northern Rocky Mountains, 1789-1824, Theodore J. Karamanski

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Illinois' Changing Electorate, 1880-1972, Andrew E. Van Esso

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Incidence Of Dirofilaria Immitis And Dipetalonema Reconditum In Illinois And A Study Of Potential Mosquito Vectors Of Dirofilaria Immitis, Bolaji Nelson Akande

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Crevicular Fluid In Children, Rafik Ferdinand Hakim

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Fluorescence Microscopic Study Of The Infection Of Saccharomyces Cerevisae (Yeast) Protoplasts With Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Madhubhai. Patel

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

From Panoche To The Bolsa Health Care In A Rural County, Julia Bauder-Nishita

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Influence Of Pre-Induction Instructions, Induction Format, Sex Of Experimenter, And Sex Of Subject Upon Hypnotizability, Cheryl R. Rampage

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.