Digital Commons Network^™

The Occurrence Of Phonological Processes In The Speech Of Aphasics, Carolyn Smith

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Participation In A Collegiate Sport Season On Body Composition, William A. Siders

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Lettering Design Of Overhead Transparency Maps, Scott A. Williams

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Progressive Stages Of Alzheimer's Disease On Speaking Fundamental Frequency, Frequency Range And Perturbation, Nadine Pearl Sahulka

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Leadership And Community Development In Northeastern Minnesota, Richard D. Olson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Novalis' And Tieck's Use Of Mountain, Stone, Ore, And Gem Imagery As Poetic Expression, Bennett P. Olson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Stephen Joseph Doyle And Wartime Democracy In North Dakota During The 1918 Gubernatorial Election, Richard W. Whaley

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Isolation, Culture, And Partial Identification Of Extracellular Matrix Products Of Bovine Epididymal Epithelial Cells, Mildred E. Voss-Mcgowan

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Teacher Perceptions Of The Programs And Policies In The East Grand Forks, Public School System, Terry Syvertson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Final Design Project Paper On English Coulee Beautification On The Und Campus, Dale A. Grove

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Descriptive Study Of The Full-Time Teaching Elementary School Principal In North Dakota, Gayle Jean Lee

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

José Emilio Pacheco's El Viento Distante : Translation And Critical Analysis = The Distant Wind, Janet M. Livesey-Mccauley

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Turn-Taking Behaviors Of A Child With Down Syndrome And A Non-Language Delayed Peer, Leanne Golding-Guest

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Location Of Syllable Stress Within Words And The Presence Of Initial Consonant Clusters In The Words Chosen By Persons Who Stutter When Formulating Speech, Patricia Louise Fortin

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Freshman Football Players' Preceptions Of Factors Influencing Their Choice Of College, Ross Fortier

Theses and Dissertations

"

The purpose of the. study wtt'js to exai^.ne the question of why graduating high school football players make the college selection they do. The study sought to determine what factors influence athletes' decisions at three types of colleges and whether these factors are different for students from different academic, athletic, or socioeconomic backgrounds. An instrument was developed by the writer and administered to freshman football players at six selected small colleges in the upper midvestern United States.

The results of this study were intended to be used by college officials and coaches to gain information about the recruitment process. …

Impediments To Teaching Science In Elementary Schools In South-Central Minnesota With Comparisons To Findings Of The National Science Foundation, Edward R. Borchardt

Theses and Dissertations

This study identified and ranked impediments to teaching elementary school science perceived by elementary teachers in south-central Minnesota, examined impediments for common roots, compared current impediments to findings of a 1977 National Science Foundation study, and investigated if the survey device used affected the results obtained in a study.

Public and private elementary school teachers in southcentral Minnesota were surveyed using one of two forms. Survey 1 was a list of impediments generated by 34 teachers and ranked by 104 teachers. Survey 2, administered to 218 teachers, was a revised questionnaire developed by consultation of teachers and other knowledgeable professionals …

John C. Freemont's Expeditions Into Utah: An Historical Analysis Of The Explorer's Contributions And Significance To The Region, Alexander L. Baugh

Theses and Dissertations

John Charles Fremont conducted five expeditions to the West during a period of twelve years (1842-1854). On four occasions, during three of these expeditions (1843-1844, 1845, and 1854), the explorer entered the Utah region. His explorations in northern Utah in 1843 focused primarily on the scientific analysis and survey of the Great Salt Lake. In 1844, Fremont again entered the Utah area and made scientific observations and calculations about the region, including accurately defining the geographic region known as the Great Basin, the name given it by Fremont. In 1845, Fremont proceeded through Utah while enroute to California and spent …

Major Field Change Of College Students: Academic And Sociological Correlates, Dawn R. Rorvig

Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to identify academic and sociological correlates which may determine speci f ic student populations showing tendencies to change major f ields.

Procedure: The research sample (N = 59 7) consisted of University of North Dakota students who were f i rs t - t ime, full- time students in the 1982 fall semester and who continued enrollment through or graduated by the 198 6 spring semester. These students also had an ACT composite score on record.

Selected information was obtained from the Student Profile Section of the American College Test (ACT) Assessment , …

The Theory Of Market Efficiency: Implications For External Financial Reporting, Nancy L. Belknap

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Model For Outdoor Education, Larry L. Lang

Theses and Dissertations

"

The primary purpose of this study was to develop an interdisciplinary curriculum model which would improve the conceptualization, of outdoor education by providing a theoretical framework for curriculum development, evaluation, and further research.

In order to create the proposed model, it was necessary to address several related issues. The first phase of the study involved an investigation of current perspectives on outdoor education. Key characteristics and guiding principles were determined to provide a clarification of the substantive structure of this field of study. An analysis and synthesis of the contributions of John Dewey,.L.. B. Sharp, Julian Smith, and other …

Effective Rural School Music Teachers: Three Profiles, Michael D. Wohlfeil

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of Return On Investment As A Technique For Plannings And Control, Brenda L. Todd

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Computer Aided Drafting, Lou Shi-Jer

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Preschool Behavioral Precursors Of The Delinquency Of Juvenile Offenders: A Retrospective Study, Kay A. Halverson

Theses and Dissertations

Early behaviors of juvenile offenders and nonoffenders were studied to assess differences between the two groups. Experimental subjects were 50 youth residing in three northeastern counties of North Dakota who had committed two or more offenses. Control subjects were 50 non-offenders matched for birthdate, sex, and school. Data were collected retrospectively from both groups on Form 1 of the Louisville Behavior Checklist (LBC)» an inventory designed to detect psychopathological behaviors among preschool children. The responses were analyzed in terms of hypotheses that were designed to address (a) which scales of the LBC would show a significant difference between the offender …

A Comparison Of Homosexuals' And Heterosexuals' Love And Friend Relationships, Nanette M. Gorman

Theses and Dissertations

The present investigation employed Wright's self-referent model of relationships in the examination of homosexual relationships. It was hypothesized that the voluntary interdependence and person-qua-person scales would be higher for female homosexuals than for female heterosexuals. For both male and female homosexual relationships, it was hypothesized that ego support value, self-affirmation value, security value, and maintenance difficulty would be higher for homosexuals, with maintenance difficulty being higher for male homosexual love relationships than lesbian love relationships. In terms of love relationships, it was expected that homosexual males would provide lower scores than homosexual females for exclusivity and emotional salience.

Research materials …

The Relationship Between Leadership Styles And Conflict Management Techniques As Reported By Hospital Middle Management Personnel In Eight Of The Largest Hospitals In North Dakota, Todette Laprairie Holt

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine possible relationships between the self-reported leadership styles and conflict management techniques of a selected group of hospital middle management personnel. The major question studied was: Are there relationships between the self-reported leadership styles as measured by the Hersey and Blanchard LEAD-Self Instrument and the self-reported conflict management techniques as measured by the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument among supervisors in selected health care institutions in North Dakota as reported by sex, age, level of education, years in current supervisory position, total years in supervisory positions, number of subordinates supervised, and hours of management …

A Comparative Study Of Successful Female And Male Educational Administrators, Loretta M. Delong

Theses and Dissertations

Women who seek careers in educational administration find that, in practice, equality of the sexes is an illusion. There is an apparent need to better understand the variables which have had an impact on the success of female educational administrators in comparison to male educational administrators. As a result, this study was undertaken for the purpose of examining what the differences and similarities are between female and male educational administrators. A questionnaire was constructed and administered to 200 administrators deemed to be successful by the Executive Educator. The data obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed utilizing the t-test and Chi …

Coaching Social Skills With A Third Grade Student, Dawn M. Stave

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Learning Styles And Student Attitudes Towards Social Studies, Joyce S. Fox

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Attitudes Of Normal Hearing And Hearing-Impaired Parents Towards Mainstreaming Of Their Hearing-Impaired Children, Melody A. Vachal

Theses and Dissertations

The present study was designed to determine the differences in attitudes of normal hearing and hearing-impaired parents toward mainstreaming of their hearing-impaired children. In addition to lattitudinal information, subjects were also questioned regarding their educational background, their child's education, and factors determining school placement.

Analysis of the responses revealed:

1. The majority (75 percent) of hearing parents agreed with mainstreaming, while the hearing-impaired parents tended to be neutral (60 percent) or disagreed with mainstreaming (40 percent)

2. Seventy-five percent of the hearing parents mainstreamed their child into public schools and 100 percent of the hearing-impaired parents did not mainstream their …