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Computer Abuse -- Controls And Cases, Robert J. Thibedeau

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Differences In Generally Accepted Accounting Practices Between The United States And South Africa, Corill E. Ramsey

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The Interpretation Of Dostoevsky's Crime And Punishment As It Applies To A Philosophy Of Leadership For The Educator/Administrator, Fereshteh Nazerzadeh Kermani Gransar

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The present study has aimed to explore and uncover educational leadership insights which exist in Feodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. This study involves four major parts: a relatively comprehensive literature review, important aspects of the study areas, main disciplinary concepts, and the general status of the knowledge in this area.

Dostoevsky was fascinated by man. He once wrote: "Man is mystery. This mystery must be solved, and even if you pass your entire life solving it, do not say you have wasted your time. I occupy myself with this mystery, because I want to be a man."1

His master work, …

Use Of Indirect Services By Speech/Language Pathologists In Manitoba Public Schools, Deborah Elaine Partridge

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Speech/language pathologists in Manitoba public schools have expressed concern about their large caseloads and their frustrations in dealing with time restrictions. Indirect services have been suggested as a means of coping with these concerns. Research has shown that indirect services such as home programs and use of paraprofessionals, volunteers, and classroom and resource teachers have proven to be especially effective.

The purpose of this study was to compile information from speech/language pathologists in Manitoba public schools concerning use of indirect services and to use this information to compare service models used by subjects working in urban and rural areas of …

Arts Education In A Teacher Education Curriculum: A Model Based On Comparative Analysis Of Arts Education Theories, Jean A. L. Olson

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In this study the historical role of the arts in America was briefly traced as well as the history of federal interest in the arts and arts education. The importance of arts education for the individual, the school, and society was stated. Four basic tenets of arts education were derived from research and literature which provided criteria for effective arts activities and strategies. These tenets suggest that arts education (1) should be based on experiential, discovery-based, process-oriented approaches; (2) should be viewed as a developmental activity; (3) should focus on the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains of learning; and (4) …

Teacher Attitudes Toward The Gifted: A Survey Of Grand Forks Elementary Schools, Carol Senger Korynta

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This research was designed to explore the perceptions of educators in regard to the gifted. Research indicates that there are often misconceptions toward the gifted and a fear of elitism. There is an attitude that a specially gifted child can succeed without special services. However, research shows that one out of five high school dropouts are gifted indicating that the gifted do not succeed on their own. These children's needs can be nurtured through accurate identification and the provision of proper environments organized by knowledgeable educators.

A survey, Teacher Attitude Toward Gifted Education, was constructed specifically for use in this …

Otto Von Essen's GrundzüGe Der Hochdeutschen Satzintonation (Fundamentals Of High German Sentence Intonation) : A Translation, Kathleen E. RüPpel

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A Case Study : Towner, North Dakota, James Frederick Diehl

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Perceived Inservice Needs Of Secondary School Business And Office Educators For Educating Disadvantaged/Handicapped Students., James Hugh Nelson Jr.

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The purpose of this study was to identify inservice needs as perceived by secondary business and office educators for effectively educating disadvantaged and/or handicapped students.A total of 500 participants were contacted by mail and asked to respond to a questionnaire survey. The response was 57.2 percent, or 286, of the 500 business and office educators.Nationally, business and office educators perceived all twenty inservice need items as being immediate in the mentally handicapped section. Nationally, the three most important items for educating mentally handicapped students were: (1) Determining mentally handicapped students' capabilities. (2) Identifying mentally handicapped students. (3) Developing positive attitudes …

The Barriers To Effective Intercultural Communication In A Study Abroad Program, Colette Renee Strehlow

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A Comparative Study Of Empathic And Comprehensive Listening Skills And Act Assessment Composite Score, Kris M. Neumann Koester

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A Comparison Of Listening Skills At The Beginning And End Of A College Fundamentals Of Public Speaking Course, Anne M. Gravesen

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A Survey Study Of Computer Literacy Instruction Requirements For The Industrial Technology Undergraduate, Kenneth R. Campbell

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History Of Theatre And Theatre Curriculum At Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho, Through 1981, John Thomas Bidwell

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This history of theatre at Ricks College provides the only comprehensive written work available on the subject. Whenever available, the thesis provides the reader with concise information concerning plays performed, their authors, the directors, performance dates, and performance locations. Changes and growth in course curriculum offerings, physical facilities, and faculty have been recorded as well. The work reveals that Ricks College theatre has been a vital contribution to theatre in the Upper Snake River valley of Southeastern Idaho.

This comprehensive history will serve as a resource for future departmental planning in the Department of Theatre at Ricks College, and for …

The Scouting Difference: Development, Direction, And Evaluation Of A Documentary Film, Kirk E. Strickland

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There is a need for supplemental reference material of an in-depth, specific nature to suggest methods of general application to the novice film director. Because film production is such a highly collaborative art, craft, and business with limited opportunities open to beginners, the novice director can benefit a great deal from the documented experiences of another. This study will provide insight into the practical role of the film director in motion picture production. In this way, this study can influence directorial practice in a positive manner by offering a forewarning of potential production challenges and help the novice to avoid …

A Survey Of The Offensive Formations Employed By 1981 State Champion High School Football Teams, Michael C. Berg

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Written Communications' Criteria Identified By Accounting Supervisors For Evaluating Accounting Reports In Public Accounting Firms, Gail Bjelverud Brostrom

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The problem of this study was to determine the written communication criteria job-entry level accountants need to enable them to write accounting memorandums and reports that are acceptable to their supervisors and the accounting firm they work for.A list of writing criteria and definitions was developed with the assistance of accounting educators and a jury of accountants. Lists of criteria and definitions were sent to 43 senior accountants employed by the five CPA firms participating in this study. These senior accountants were direct supervisors of job-entry level accountants and critiqued the writing of job-entry level accountants. Of the 43 senior …

A Comparison Of Educational Goals Between Parents And Educators At Valley Elementary School, East Grand Forks, Minnesota, Lyle R. Clausen

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Mary And Simon: A Novel., Harry Edwin Eiss

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Mary and Simon: A Novel chronicles a period in the lives of three generations of two families in the Mid-western United States during a period of roughly thirty years, 1880-1910. In an early scene Simon fishes, apparently unconcerned that some twenty yards away Mary hangs from a tree, dead. The novel then moves back and forth through their lives, enriching the meaning and significance of this initial scene.Both the structure and the poetic truth of the novel are based on the principle of Theme-and-Variation, an important principle of art, particularly in music, the principle by which the main idea or …

6 Cubicles (Original Drama)., Daniel Warren Landes

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6 Cubicles is a three act drama that is best labeled a "tragicomedy." The plot revolves around the life of Hilda Stag, an elderly English professor whose obsessive behavior is best typified by her kleptomania and her mania for watching soap operas. Eventually Hilda's bad habits are chosen by her colleagues as the "sins" of the faculty office for which "atonement" must be made. Hilda thus becomes a scapegoat who is "sacrificed" by her officemates by means of a seemingly harmless prank. Suffering a mental breakdown, Hilda fantasizes herself in a religious soap opera but is victimized here as well, …

The Planning, Evaluation And Reporting Process: A Study Of Compliance With Accountability Legislation In Selected School Districts Of Minnesota., Robert Anthony Stepaniak

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Eight randomly selected school districts in Minnesota were studied to evaluate the impact of the 1976 "Planning, Evaluation and Reporting" (PER) accountability law. Four districts each from two sizes of school districts (size was based on the number of central office administrators) allowed a comparison of the results from the two groups.Two major sources of data were used--written information and on site interviews with the PER coordinators of the sample districts. Two questions were answered. (1) What is the nature of the compliance and changes in the districts studied as a result of the efforts to comply with the PER …

The History And Analysis Of The Grand Forks Teachers' Center, Virginia L. Bollman

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A Survey Of North Dakota And Manitoba Speech/Language Clinicians Regarding Their Services To Neurologically-Impaired Adults, Fiona M. Walton

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The Interactions Between Speech-Language Pathologists And Learning Disability Specialists With Regard To The Elementary School-Age Child With Reading Difficulties, Karen Jean Wischow

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An Investigation Of Participation And Cooperation Of School Principals In The Development Of Speech-Language Programs In The Public Schools, Debra Ann Nelson Johnson

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The Interpretation Of Metaphor In Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, Joan Livingston-Webber

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Is There A Significant Relationship Between Teacher Credibility And Teacher Effectiveness?, Blake D. Madsen

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This thesis was designed to determine if a significant relationship exists between credibility and effectiveness in seminary teachers.
Teacher credibility was determined by an adaptation of McCroskey's semantic differential scales used for measuring teacher credibility. Teacher effectiveness was determined by a matching scripture test.
Chi square tests produced significant relationships between teacher credibility and the following: student religiosity, teacher influence and class attitude. The tests also produced significant relationships between teacher effectiveness and these variables: sex, student religiosity, teacher influence and class attitude. These relationships largely were what one would expect. The chi square test also produced a significant relationship …

Four Utah Mormon Artists As Authors, Roxie Dale Trimble

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In researching the literary and visual art forms of four Utah Mormon artists/authors, considerable evidence supports the prognosis that natural parallels do exist between the written and visual works of artists/authors. Recent as well as past historical data also confirms this hypothesis.

To implement research personal interviews and written questionnaires were submitted. The resultant data compiled supports the prognosis that this parallelism does exist.

Lds Language Teaching And Learning: Highlights From 1830 To 1982, Cynthia L. Hallen

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Since the establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, its leaders and members have been commanded and encouraged to learn foreign languages. With the gift of tongues and diligent effort Latter-day Saints have made great progress in the last 152 years in meeting the challenge of learning and teaching languages. This paper is an attempt to compile what has been done by Church members, programs, and organizations to promote language in a world where international communication is increasingly important. It will also be a resource for the LDS Church, the Missionary Training Center, Brigham Young University, and …

The Influence Of Assertiveness Characteristics Of Raters On Perceived Assertiveness In Others, Elise Heffelfinger Labe Sloan

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The present study examined the perceptions of assertiveness, limited to the situation of ability to refuse requests, by assertive and nonassertive subjects as they rated assertive and nonassertive encoders. Gender differences were also assessed. Subjects were 40 Caucasion male and female undergraduate General Psychology students at a large urban university. Within each gender group there were 10 high-assertive and 10 low-assertive subjects as determined by their scores on the second part of the Conflict Resolution Inventory. The subjects rated videotaped assertive and unassertive encoders on an attractiveness scale, assertiveness scale, and on the Impact Message Inventory, (an interpersonal assessment instrument). …