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An Historical Approach To The Study Of The English Language : A Six Week Educational Unit In The Secondary English Curriculum, Peggy L. Johnson

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English For Specific Purposes : Breakdown In Aircraft Radio Communication, Emerson Dale Case

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Test Development : A Case Study Of The Language Instrument For Preschool Screening, Helen M. Sommer

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Interpersonal Communication In The Elderly, Stephannie R. Motuz

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Basic Concepts And Number Conservation, Heather M. Clark

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The Development Of A Screening Test For Preschool Children At Risk For Language Disorders, Sheri Lynn Cook

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The Multi-Voiced Narrator Of Kate Chopin's The Awakening, Linda M. Ferderer

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An Assessment Of Measured Learning In Selected Classes Of An Interactive Television Network In Six Northwestern Minnesota High Schools., Virginia T. Anderson

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The intention of the researcher was to study the effect of interactive television (ITV) in selected high school classes, using both quantitative and qualitative research techniques. The ITV network chosen for study was the Northwest Educational Technology Cooperative (NETC) operated by seven school districts in northwestern Minnesota (Argyle, Hallock, Kennedy, Stephen, Valley North (Alvarado and Oslo), and Warren). This system uses two-way interactive video and audio technology networked by fiber optics. Classes selected included Spanish I, Spanish II, and probability and statistics. Data collection was done during the fall semester, 1990.Quantitative methods compared means of scores achieved on pre-tests and …

The Relationship Of Female Students In Electronics Course Work To Bsri, Recruitment, And Academic Support, Lillian MartíNez Mack

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A Study Of Virginia Public-School Affiliated Ged Instructors Who Teach Writing Skills For The Essay Component Of The Ged Writing Skills Test, Rodger Leonard Doss

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The purpose of this study was to determine the demographic characteristics, instructional approach, perceptions toward inservice training, and awareness and use of adult education theory/principles of public-school affiliated GED instructors in Virginia who teach writing skills for the essay component of the GED Writing Skills Test. An additional purpose of the study was to compare student performance on a sample of GED essays to determine the relationship of student performance with teacher demographic characteristics and teacher instructional approach as identified by the product and process scale scores.

The GED teachers who participated in the study were identified through the cooperation …

Music As Communication: A Rhetorical Perspective Based On Susanne Langer's Theory Of Aesthetic Symbolism, Deanna D. Sellnow

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The purpose of this dissertation is to create a rhetorical perspective by which to understand and analyze music as aesthetic communication. Specifically, this study extends Susanne Langer's theory of aesthetic symbolism as it relates to music as a mode of communication. Once the rhetorical perspective for analyzing music as communication has been depicted, the perspective is operationalized to analyze music from two contemporary social movements in the United States. The music analyzed in this dissertation comes from the Neo-Nazi Skinhead movement and the New Age movement. By approaching music as aesthetic communication in this way, the reader is able to …

Mathematical Writing: A Descriptive Study To Explore The Relationship Between Analytical / Creative Writing And The Understanding Of Mathematical Problem Solving In A Seventh-Grade Classroom, Shiela Ann Puffe

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This naturalistic inquiry explored the relationship between writing and mathematical problem solving. The use of analytical writing and creative writing was examined to see if it was a beneficial heuristic for teaching understanding of mathematical problem solving in a seventh-grade class. The teacher acted as the principal researcher.

The treatment consisted of two distinct segments. Students wrote narrative, analytical accounts of their problem-solving process. They used a teacher-constructed study guide based on Polya's problem-solving framework (Understand the Problem, Devise a Plan, Carry Out the Plan, and Look Back / Evaluate) with metacognitive questioning as a guide for this writing. Students …

The Tone System Of Foodo Nouns, Gray C. Plunkett

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This thesis presents an autosegmental analysis of the tone system of the nouns of Foodo, a Guang language of Benin. The goal is to give an analysis of the tone system of nouns that will account for all the surface tonal phenomena by positing two underlying tones. Foodo nouns consist of a stem together with its class prefix and/or suffix; while tonal alternations in prefixes are easily explained by two tone rules, the suffixes exhibit rather complex alternations. Many of the theoretical assumptions of lexical phonology, (especially the view that most lexical rules are cyclic and Kiparsky's Elsewhere Condition) allow …

Speech Recognition Using Multiple Features And Multiple Recognizers, Thomas F. Rathbun

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The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate the feasibility of using multiple features and multiple recognizers to perform isolated word recognition. This is accomplished by performing multiple independent recognition tests and fusing the results together to get a single recognition result. The speech data is recorded and each word is extracted into a separate file. Eight features are calculated for each word. The features are calculated on 512 sample time slices and produce 16 component vector output. The three recognizers use the eight features to produce a total of 24 error distance lists. These lists are then fused together …

A Comparison Of The Development And Importance Of Play In Handicapped And Nonhandicapped Preschoolers, Lynn Ann Moen

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The Impact Of Early Intervention On Subsequent Classroom Placement, Amy Jo Sanner

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The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of an Early Childhood Special Education program in a small city in northeastern North Dakota. The study examined the classroom placements and supportive services required by two hundred seventy two (272) preschool aged handicapped children prior to, during, and subsequent to their participation in the early intervention program. Children included in the study had attended the preschool program some time between the 1984-1985 school year and the 1990-1991 school year.

The following research questions were posed: 1) What types of children, based on primary handicapping condition, require a less restrictive …

Operations Research In A New Spanish Air Force Planning System, Antonio Valderrabano

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The focus of this research effort was to determine a new Spanish Air Force Planning System. Today's highly technological weapon systems are very expensive, and resources are very scarce. So its selection has to be done very carefully. This process can allow high flexibility, be helpful facing the budgetary problems for all the Air Forces, and also can be easily integrated in a joint defense system. The path defined in this thesis is able to be adapted for different situations. It can be useful for other Services or countries, when their own peculiarities have been set up on the defined …

A Study Of General Education Curricula In Selected Small Colleges, Lavonne Fay Larson

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Given the distinctiveness of small colleges, the primary purpose of this study was to gain a more complete understanding of general education curricula of selected small colleges in terms of the colleges' stated goals, their process of developing and modifying, and the stucture and content of their present general education curricula. A second purpose was to propose a model for developing general education curricula.

Three research methods were employed: a review of related literature, an analysis of written institutional documents, and campus interviews. Two groups of small colleges, with enrollments of less than 2000, participated. Data from the first group …

Families Perceptions Of Early Intervention, Cheri J. Benter-Collette

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This study was designed to survey and interview the following four groups of people: (1) Families who currently have children birth to five years of age and are receiving Early Childhood Special Education services; (2) Families who currently have children aged seven to eleven who did not receive Early Childhood Special Education services: (3) Professionals currently working with students aged seven to eleven who did not receive Early Childhood Special Education services; and (4) Professionals currently working with young children who are receiving Early Childhood Special Education services.

A survey form and interview format were developed to address the following …

Speech Behavior In Othello: The Conversations Of Roderigo And Iago, Mary Margaret Dahlberg

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The character Roderigo in William Shakespeare's play Othello is often ignored by critics. Discussion of his role, both in scholarly study and stage portrayal is extremely limited. His lines are spoken almost entirely in dialogue with Iago; he appears to be a mere tool in Iago's evil designs on Cassio and Othello. Yet his conversations with Iago form a subplot which both clarifies Iago's character and aids our understanding of Othello's reponse to Iago's temptations.

The six conversations between Iago and Roderigo are the subject of this paper. Since the two men are not social equals, it seems particularly useful …

Hearing Screening Procedures In The Public Schools Of North Dakota, Carol A. Johnson

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Speech Recognition Using Neural Networks, M Hakan Kostepen

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Structuralist Literary Criticism In Action : A Bolivian Model : Blanca WiethüChter's Bolivian Contemporary Poetry : Oscar Cerruto, Jaime Saenz, Pedro Shimose, JesúS Urzagasti : Translation And Commentary, Blanca A. Richmond

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Naming And Semantic Memory Deterioration In Subjects With Senile Dementia Of The Alzheimer's Type : Evidence From A Sentence Completion Task, Leanne J. Huzel

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Relationships Between The Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children-Revised And Selected Child Language Measures, Shirley B. Bohnsack

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The Effects Of Text Genre And Reading Ability On The Allocation Of Cognitive Capacity While Reading, David W. Kauffman

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Preservation Of The Writing Approaches Of The Four Gospel Writers In The Joseph Smith Translation Of The Bible, Donald Joseph Miles

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This thesis analyzes additions to the gospels in the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible. To assess the appropriateness of the JST additions, the thesis examines Joseph Smith's additions to verify whether they parallel the approaches of the original gospel writers to their audiences. There is strong indication that material added to the King James Version by the Joseph Smith Translation is consistent with the approaches of the original gospels to their audiences. Chapter one shows that the JST Matthew, like the KJV Matthew, is concerned with showing that Jesus fulfills Old Testament prophecy. Chapter two finds that JST Mark …

The Phonology Of Salasaca Quichua, Sheldon Peter Waskosky

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This thesis is a description of the phonology of Salasaca Quichua (SQ), a member of the Quechua II or A language family. There are 26 phonemes which include three aspirated voiceless stops and three voiced stops.

Voiced stops have fricative allophones in intervocalic environments. There are two underspecified segments (/G/ and /N/) whose phonological realization depends on the environment which follows. The /G/ may be realized as [g], [ǥ], [k], or [x]. The /N/ may be realized as a bilabial, alveolar, alveopalatal, palatal or velar nasal.

The syllable structure of SQ has a maximal syllable template of [CCVC]. I analyze …

A Procedure For Performance Assessment Of Drugs Hypothesized To Be Effective In Controlling Motion Sickness, Zainab N. Ahmed

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The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) is conducting research into the effectiveness of certain drugs for controlling motion sickness. If the drugs are found to be useful, they must still be proven to have no harmful effects on the operator's performance abilities. There are many methods for assessing performance effects of drugs but very little standardization exists. The Unified Tri-Services Cognitive Performance Assessment Battery (UTC-PAB) is a performance assessment method designed to be used by all military branches. This will encourage standardization of drug testing, exchange of data, and comparability of methods. Five tests were chosen from the UTC-PAB …

A Comparison Of Human-Computer Interfaces In Air Force Organizations, Michael G. Morris

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This thesis investigated differences in organizational efficiency and effectiveness for users of graphical user interfaces and text-based interfaces on personal computers in Air Forces offices. Areas of interest included amount of time required to learn the basic system, amount of time required to learn new application, users' ratings of user-friendliness, users' perceptions of the extent that their system help them perform in their job, the number of software packages used on the job by users of each system, user satisfaction, responsible authorities' ratings of quality of output, and the relationship between user job experience level and interface used on the …