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Effects Of Interaction And Of Instruction In Changing The Perceptions Of Children And Elderly People About Each Other, John H. Andrus

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This study examined children's perceptions of elderly people, elderly people's perceptions of children, and changes in perceptions following either a six-week program of interaction between a children's group and a nursing home population or a six-week unit of instruction about elderly people presented to a second children's group.

Fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade children completed a 15-item pretest/posttest dealing with perceptions of "aging," personality of elderly people," "attraction to elderly people," and "stereotypes of elderly people." Selected nursing home residents completed a ten-item pretest/posttest asking them to compare personality characteristics of today's young people with characteristics the residents themselves had possessed …

The Effect Of Special Education On The Internalization Of Locus Of Control In Learning Disabled Children, Rae L. Offutt

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An external locus of control has been determined to be detrimental to personal development in the dominant American culture. This study examines what effect participation in learning disability programs over extended time periods has on the internalization of locus of control.

Design of the Study: The subjects of this study were 165 students, 83 learning disabled and 82 normal, from five school districts located in two states in the Upper Midwest. The students were distributed in sixth, ninth, and twelfth grades. The learning disabled students needed to have experienced a minimum number of years (two years for sixth graders, four …

A Description Of Secondary School Principals In Minnesota And Their Job Satisfaction, Nicholas J. Miller

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The purpose of this study was to describe the secondary principals of Minnesota and co measure their job satisfaction and the relationship of this satisfaction to selected background variables.

Questionnaires were mailed to 402 principals of schools with grades 7-12, 2, or '0 '2. Usable responses were received from 366 (91 percent; n± , r tincipals. The f irst part of the questionnaire was the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) which measured the respondents’ perceptions of their job satisfaction and yielded an intrinsic, extrinsic, and overall satisfaction score. The second part of the questionnaire collected responses to selected background variables.

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Regulation Of The Insurance Industry By State Insurance Departments, Mark V. Larson

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Evaluating The Food Coupon Habits And Ideas Of Bismarck-Mandan, North Dakota, Mary M. Dill

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The North Dakota Property And Casualty Insurance Underwriting Cycle, Karen G. Knutson

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Job Descriptions For North Dakota Elementary Principals In Various Job Situations, Dennis J. Throndset

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Attitudes Of School District Administrators And School Board Presidents Toward The Establishment Of Area Service Agencies In North Dakota, Charles Dunlop

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Job Descriptions For North Dakota Elementary Principals In Various Job Situationns, Dennis J. Throndsey

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An Investigation Into The Factors That Influence The Desired Outcomes Of Upward Bound Projects Comprised Primarily Of Native American Youth, Bette Mcgugin Haskins

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The purpose of this study was to assess whether a relationship existed between certain resource characteristics and designated outcomes within Upward Bound programs whose student enrollments were predominately American Indian. Positive outcomes included achievement test gains in both comprehension and reading, high school retention, the number of high school graduates, and enrollment in post-secondary education. Ten Upward Bound projects from an eight-state area were involved in the study.

Data were collected from directors and staff using a questionnaire, the Bogardus Social Distance Scale, and Hersey and Blanchard's LEAD Self and LEAD Other.

Factor analysis, stepwise multiple linear regression, and Pearson …

Identity And Language: Roxy In Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson, Mary Frances Johnson

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The literary dialect of Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson goes relatively unnoticed by scholars since it does not seem as interesting as the literary dialect of his masterpiece Huckleberry Finn, There seem to be only two distinct dialects in Pudd ' nhead W1.1 son (as compared to Huckleberry Finn's seven to nine); one spoken by the whites and one spoken by the blacks. Almost all of the black dialect is spoken by one character, Roxy, the slave woman who is legally black but white in appearance. A closer look at Roxy's dialect can determine language characteristics, along with important matters of …

An Examination Of The Use Of The Dial Preschool Screening Instrument In A Rural Multi-District Special Education Services Unit, Anita I. Sapp

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Job Descriptions For North Dakota Elementary Principals In Various Job Situations, Dennis J. Throndset

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An Analysis Of Selected Data Concerning Students Of Two-Parent And One-Parent Homes, Douglas E. Berg

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Value Screens And Welfare Policy, Brad P. Gibbens

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A Study Of Property Tax Circuit Breakers, Holly E. Gilbert

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Perceptions Of Selected Elementary School Principal' Leadership Behavior By Selected Experienced, Effective Elementary School Teachers In Minnesota, Elizabeth Reimer Myers

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The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of selected elementary school principals' leadership behavior held by selected experienced, effective elementary school teachers in Minnesota. Understanding the views and needs of these teachers should help principals increase their leadership effectiveness and thus positively affect the performance and morale of such teachers.

Thirty-three experienced, effective teachers were asked to respond to the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire-Form XII (LBDQ-12) by rating their principals' actual leadership behavior and their perceptions of ideal leadership behavior of principals. Resulting data were statistically treated by the jt-test for repeated measures for significant differences at …

Selection And Communication Of Key Ratios For Monitoring Performance Of Small Business, Marcia L. Devault

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The first chapter of this study introduces the study and defines the methodology used in completing the study. The purpose of this study is to provide a model whereby financial analysis can be completed which will be relevant to managers of small businesses. A literature survey was done to review ratios currently used in financial analysis and to determine availability of information for purposes of comparison of a business' information with industry averages. Then, a model was built which will provide a simple, yet informative analysis. Finally, the model was applied to a small business to illustrate its use and …

The Effects Of Religious Affiliation And Attendance On Illicit Sexual Behavior And Substance Abuse, Thomas W. Zane

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A sample of 7724 college students in Washington and Utah was selected to study the relationships of religious activity and religious affiliation to illicit sexual behaviors, use of marijuana, and getting drunk. For all religious affiliations (except for the Jews), there were significant correlations between church activity and the measured illicit behaviors. LDS rates of behavior were significantly lower at <.001 for the five illicit behaviors. Two factor analyses were calculated to determine which sexual behaviors would load on a single factor and which substances would load on another factor. Extramarital coitus, heavy petting, and passionate kissing formed the first "sexual" factor. The use of beer, liquor, and marijuana combined with the behavior getting drunk to form the "substance-abuse" factor. A canonical analysis reported a moderate relationship with a canonical coefficient of .534 between the two factors. A discriminant analysis based on each subjects' religious affiliation and activity level yielded a 70-80 percent correct classification percentage.

Gentrification And Displacement: A Review, Lucy B. Hoover

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The Influences Of Selected Government Legislation On The Development Of The Community Colleges In Manitoba (Canada, History)., Agnes Marie Glenn

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Statement of the Problem. The problem of this study was to determine the influences of selected federal legislation on the development of community colleges in Manitoba.Purpose of the Study. The purposes of this study were to identify and describe specific federal legislation and federal-provincial agreements which influenced the development of community colleges in Manitoba, and to determine specific and perceived outcomes in the community colleges in Manitoba resulting from the legislative acts and agreements.Procedures. The historical research method was used. Documents studied were federal legislation and federal-provincial agreements related to technical/vocational education; annual reports of the federal Departments of Agriculture …

Qualitative And Quantitative Morphology Of Lateral Rectus Motoneurons Of The Principal Abducens Nucleus, Helen Russell-Mergenthal

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Nine lateral rectus motoneurons of the principal abducens nucleus, intracellularly stained with HRP, were morphometrically analyzed by light microscopy using a new method for determining motoneuron size. Particular emphasis was placed on devising a method of estimating total dendrite size from the proximal dendritic diameter alone.

The dendrites of these cells were divided into three types. One type, the microdendrites, had a consistent diameter of l micrometer, variable but short lengths, and added very little to the overall cell size. The majority of the dendrites on these cells (83) were standard in appearance but they could be separated into two …

Perceptions Of Standards For Undergraduate Business Teacher Education Programs In Nigeria., John Funso Oyedele

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Problem. The problem of this study was that no standards were available which could be used to judge the effectiveness of undergraduate business teacher education programs in Nigeria. Therefore, a questionnaire was designed to measure perceptions of standards for these programs.Procedures. The questionnaire covered five program areas: General Studies, Foundational Business Studies, Specialized Business Studies, Professional Studies, and Research. Ten experts across six states in the United States were appointed to review the questionnaire. The final questionnaire was sent to three groups of Nigeria: department heads of business teacher education, business teacher educators, and chief education officers. Twenty-four higher institutions …

The Relationship Between Self-Concept And Perceptions About Placement Of Eighth-Grade Students At Wahpeton Indian School, Joyce Burr

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Evaluation Of Analytical, Pharmacokinetic And Pharmacodynamic Methods For The Study Of Digoxin, Santosh John Vetticaden

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The primary objective of the research was to investigate the pharmacodynamics of digoxin in dogs. Initially an assay specific for digoxin in the presence of its major metabolites, viz., digoxigenin, digoxigenin mono-digitoxoside, digoxigenin bis-digitoxoside and dihydrodigoxin was developed using HPLC-RIA. Methodology for non-invasive measurement of left ventricular ejection time (LVET) and other systolic time intervals (STI) in beagle dogs were developed. This involved surgery for exteriorization of the carotid artery in the dogs and subsequent measurements of LVET and STI after recovery. STI, heart rate (HR) and digoxin levels were monitored in normal beagle dogs administered 0.05 mg/kg or 0.025 …

A Qualitative Study Of Beliefs, Values, And Practice In Literacy Education: Portraits Of Three High School Teaching & Learning Teachers, Karla Smart

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This study is a description of teachers and teaching. The lived-in experience, including memory, beliefs and values, and teaching practice, of three high school teachers of Teaching & Learning is its concern. Literacy is the study's entry point, the concept that drew me to seek conversation and classroom observation with Teaching & Learning teachers. Observation, in-depth interview, conversation, and my own journal writing as researcher are its processes of information gathering.The meanings individual Teaching & Learning teachers ascribe to literacy in their own lives and in their teaching practices are described in this study. Teachers' personal recollections clustered around the …

Impacts Of Exurban Settlement On A Host Community : Case Study Of Tache And Ritchot Municipalities, Southern Manitoba, Patricia Ann Ellison

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The Effects Of Weightlifting On The Vocal Quality Of Male Athletes, Deborah Heidi Schoenhofer

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Personality Types Of Students And Faculty Members Of Speech-Language Pathology, Leane M. Wilson

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Reactions To Personality Test Feedback As A Function Of Attribution (Weiner, Locus, Stability, Controllability)., Daniel Eric Rubanowitz

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The literature on Weiner's (1979) model of attribution, attribution tendencies of therapists and clients, and the Barnum effect was discussed and integrated. An experiment was conducted in which the Barnum effect was investigated as a function of attribution. Subjects took a battery of personality tests that was composed of measures which previous research has related to the Barnum effect or to attributional styles. Later, subjects received handwritten personality interpretations, purportedly based on their test results and supposedly derived by a clinical psychologist. The feedback contained "Barnum" statements which indicated that the subject had decision making difficulties. In the feedback, subjects …