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Return On Investment -- Its Methods And Uses, Alan B. Klein

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So This Is How You Run A Media Center: Organizing, Administering, And Developing A School Instructional Media Center - An Annotated Bibliography, Shelby Elaine Strand

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The purpose of this study was to look into the administrative needs of the media specialist working in a school situation, and to provide for him resources and suggestions on administrative procedures. These would include general examples and descriptions of media center operations, sources and selection of media and equipment, standards for media centers, and specific methods used in technical processing and other administrative activities.

Books, periodicals, pamphlets, government documents, and materials available through ERIC with recent publications dates were searched. A number of sources were eliminated in an effort to prepare a practical and useful bibliography. A good portion …

The Effect Of Curriculum Sequences Upon Student Achievement In Selected Computer Languages, Melvin L. Knodel

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Asexual Reproduction In Planaria Characteristics Of The Inhibitor(S), Linda Gail Sheffield

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A study was made of the postulated fission-inhibiting substance located in the cephalic region of Dugesia dorotocephala. Rearing decapitated planaria in four different concentrations (25, 50, 75 or 100 ug/ml) of head or whole body extract resulted in a positive correlation between the inhibition of fission rate and the concentration of extract. The difference in inhibitory activity between the two types of extracts was three percent at maximum. The inhibitory substance was partially inactivated at 60° C. There was a direct correlation between the length of time that the extract was heated and the inactivation of inhibitor. The active substance …

Effects Of X-Irradiation On The Brain Of White Rats, Bernell K. Dalley

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With the advent of the atomic age, a great deal of attention has been given to the effects of radiation of various types on the living organism. Some emphasis was placed also on the particular effects damaging radiation has on the central nervous system. Of particular importance was the dis -covery of the high resistance to irradiation exhibited by the central nervous system, and the observation of a latent period after exposure, during which the individual appears normal, followed by deterioration and death. Explan - ations of this unique reaction have caused some controversy and, currently, one of two theories …

Defamation By Radio And Television A Theoretical Construct Of Defamacast As A New Tort, Martin A. Grindeland

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A Proposed Course Of Study For Prospective Secondary Education Teachers Of The Social Sciences In The Use Of Educational Media And Media Centers, Shelby Strand, Joe Abbott, Paulette Johnson

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Research has shown that prospective teachers have a very limited knowledge of educational media and media centers, and that little is presently being done to correct this deficiency. The intent of this study was to develop a course of instruction which would give the prospective secondary teacher of the social sciences the knowledge and acquaintanceship necessary to enable him to make intelligent and effective use of educational media and the school media center.

The course was first planned in advance and then actually taught to a group of secondary education majors in the social sciences. A day-to-day account of the …

A Study To Determine The Effectiveness Of The Business Education Curriculum At The Epping Public School Epping, North Dakota, Gary D. Bickel

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An Analysis Of The Marketing Practices Of Selected Snowmobile Companies In North America, James G. Eaton

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This thesis describes and analyzes the marketing practices of snowmobile companies in North America. The data were obtained principally from a review of related literature and from structured interviews with representatives from selected snowmobile companies in North America. The main topics discussed in the thesis are: consumer attitudes, channels of distribution, methods of physical distribution, pricing methods and policies, advertising methods and sales promotion.

Snowmobiles were purchased primarily for personal pleasure, racing, and family pleasure. Three major characteristics considered by consumers in choosing a brand of snowmobile were the dependability and reliability of the snowmobile, the quality of the construction …

An Analysis Of Parental Attitude In Regard To Physical Education And Athletics In The Harvey High School, Gordon R. Baumgartner

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The purpose of this study was to investigate parental attitude in regard to several areas in physical education and athletics in the Harvey High School.

The questionnaire-opinionnaire technique was used for obtaining the data. Copies of the opinionnaire were mailed to l£0 parents, and a return of 111 questionnaires, or 74 percent, was received.

A brief summary of the findings show:

1. Parents believed an adequate job of teaching physical education is being done today.

2. Parents believed their children are receiving a better training in physical education now than when the respondents attended school.

3. Physical education was rated …

A Comparative Study: Existing Vocational Trade And Industrial Teacher Certification Requirements And Practices Recommended By Authorities In The Field, Erwin Geigle

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This thesis was a comparative study of vocational trade and industrial teacher certification requirements as they exist in the various states and practices recommended by authorities in the field.

The author composed a questionnaire including relevant aspects of vocational trade and industrial teacher certification requirements. The questionnaires sent to state directors of vocational trade and industrial education asked factual information of teacher certification in their respective states and also asked their opinions concerning vocational trade and industrial teacher certification requirements. The questionnaires sent to industrial teacher education department chairmen asked only their opinions concerning vocational T & I teacher certification …

The Conception Of Nationalism In Elementary School Children Of North Dakota, Robert A. Wheeler

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The major purpose of this study was to determine when children can internalize concepts concerning home, state, and nation.

Educators and psychologists have not in the past worked in harmony as new curricula and methodologies have been developed. It was the intent of this research to provide statistical data and verbal comparisons on selected research questions to determine the effect of children's chronological age on the ability to generalize social studies concepts.

The following research questions were investigated:

1. Do North Dakota elementary students differ from Swiss Children investigated by Piaget in their concept of nation?

2. Do North Dakota …

The Personality Traits Of High School, College And Professional Football Coaches As Measured By The Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey, Wesley E. Andrud

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The purpose of the study was to describe the personality characteristics of coaches as measured by the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey. Of a population of approximately eighty coaches in attendance at the 1970 University of North Dakota Football Clinic, nineteen coaches volunteered to participate in the study.

Each individual's ten raw scores were grouped and added in order that the mean for each variable could be computed and recorded on the standard profile chart designed by Guilford and Zimmerman. The raw scores could then be interpolated into a. percentile score when recorded on the personality profile chart.

It was found that …

A Comparative Study Of The Head And Thoracic Osteology And Myology Of The Skinks, Eumeces Gilberti Van Denburgh And Eumeces Skiltonianus (Baird And Girard), David F. Nash

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Further clarification of the taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships of Eumeces gilberti and Eumeces skiltonianus is achieved by the comparisons of the skull, mandible elements, and the anterior myology of these two species. Figures are provided to compliment the descriptions. The study confirms their close relationship and few differences are observed. E. skiltonianus, however, appears to have more anatomical plasticity which suggests that E. gilberti may have arisen from the former.

Information Extraction And Incidental Learning As Functions Of Locus Of Control, Motivation, And Sex, James Newell Hall

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Past research findings on information extraction as a function of locus of control have been conflicting. By using a hidden-word task ■ with each of the twenty items being exposed for one second, this was investigated in a three way analysis of variance design (locus of control by sex by motivation). Hypothesized, but not found, was a significant personality by motivation (instructions) interaction. Furthermore, no significant differences were found between internals and externals, males and females, and high and low motivation conditions.

An attempt at replication and extension of Spjut's (1968) study on incidental learning and locus of control was …

Attitude Change In Relation To The Primacy-Recency Problem And Retention-Acceptance Factors, Barry L. Johnson

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In attempting to persuade people, it is still not clear whether information presented first (primacy) or information presented last (recency) is more influential. Miller and Campbell (1959) found a primacy effect when they utilized a one week delay prior to obtaining a measurement with their post-test. They also obtained a measure of retention and found that this did not account for the attitude change. They agreed with Hovland (1957) that acceptance factors might be affecting the final opinion change.

This study attempted to clarify the role played by retention and acceptance factors on primacy-recency effects. A one week delay was …

The Effects Of Euploid Changes In Chromosome Number On Various Physiological Factors In Tomatoes, Barley And Rye, Larry Wayne Peterson

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Leaf tissue of diploid, triploid, and tetraploid tomatoes (var. UF-36) and diploid and tetraploid barley (var. Steel and Midsummer) were analyzed for total chlorophyll, soluble protein, dry weight, ribulose-1,5-diphosphate carboxylase, phosphoribulokinase, and peroxidase. Polyploidy caused a slight increase of all factors in Midsummer rye, had a variable effect on Steel rye and Everest barley, and caused a reduction in tomatoes and Barbless barley when the factors were determined on a fresh weight basis. In tomatoes, if the ribulose-1,5-diphosphate carboxylase activity was determined on protein content, dry weight or cell number the tetraploid form had higher activity than the diploid form. …

A Study To Isolate, Identify, And Develop The Content Of A Minor Course Of Study In The Field Of Audio-Visual Education, Patricia O. Berntsen

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A Comparative Study : Existing Vocational Trade And Industrial Teacher Certification Requirements And Practices Recommended By Authorities In The Field, Erwin K. Geigle

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Biotin Production And Utilization In Certain Natural Environments, Gordon M. Fillipi

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Cultural Background Characteristics Of Selected Graduate Students In Business Education And Education At The University Of North Dakota, Patricia Ann Fitzgerald

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Immunochemical Properties Of Walker 256 Carcinoma Histones, Henry William Spencer

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The Fine Structure Associated With Developing Cartilage In The Perinotochordal Area Of The Chick Embryo, Mark D. Olson

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A Study Of Selected Aspects Of Business Education In The Catholic High Schools Of Nebraska, Mary Laurette, Sister Quinn

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The Development Of A Unit On Business Ethics For A Secretarial Arts Program, Joan E. Hedley

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Changes In Whole Blood Stored At Various Temperatures And In Various Gaseous Environments, Stuart J. Sherry

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Optical Anisotropy Of Bite--S₅, Andrew J. Liu

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Headline Bias In Coverage Of The 1968 Presidential Campaign In Two Major Daily Newspapers, Fraser P. Seitel

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Avian Reticuloendotheliosis Virus (Strain T): Characterization Of The Virus In The Vertebrate Host And Certain Hematophagous Arthropods., Kenneth David Thompson

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The Effects Of Culture Age And Varying Biotin Levels In The Growth Medium On Biotin Transport In Lactobacillus Plantarum, Joy K. Anderson

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