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The Relationships Of Achievement Scores In Reading And Language Arts And Selected Variables For Ninth Grade Students In Selected North Dakota Schools, Myra Detweiler Morris

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Problem

The problem was to determine which factors had an effect upon the mean language arts, reading and composite scores reported for ninth grade students in selected accredited North Dakota high schools.

Purpose

The study was designed to:

1. 1. Determine what relationships might exist between achievement scores in reading and language arts, as measured by the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED), and various selected educational and demographic variables.
2. 2. Determine whether and the degree to which change in achievement levels had occurred from 1971 to 1972 and 1973.
3. 3. Determine what differences in mean achievement scores existed between schools …

Ella Deloria: A Biographical Sketch And Literary Analysis, Janette K. Murray

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Ella Deloria, a Dakota born on the Yankton Reservation in 1888, was a teacher, speaker, author, and researcher in linguistics and anthropology. One purpose. of this study ·was to present a description of her family background, education, and career. Most of this information was gathered by interviews with her relatives, friends, former students, and professional acquaintances. A second.purpose was to analyze her writings on the language and culture of the Dakota people and to determine her contributions to existing publications by others.

The ancestors of Ella Deloria played important roles in the history of South Dakota. Her great-grandfather, Philippe des …

Economic Indicators As Determinants Of Stock Market Behavior, Lee Franklin

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No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Communication Between Friends And Strangers Under Oral And Written Conditions, Raymond F. Venzke

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The primary goal of the communication process is to have the addressee understand the communicator's expressed thoughts or ideas. Three factors which have Been shown to be important are: the relationship between the communicator and addressee (Ferguson, 19^9), the amount of feedback (Leavitt and Mueller, 1951)» and the communication channels used (Duncan, 1969).

The present study attempted to determine if friends communicate more effectively than strangers and if oral communication in a condition permitting nonverbal communication and feedback was more effective than written communication.

Five sets of ten pictures of males were given to each subject. One friend was designated …

A Study Of The Cooperative Practices Involving The Use Of Selected Secondary Public School Facilities By The Recreation Commissions In Rural Minnesota, J. Ross Richardson

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The purpose of this study was to survey the use of selected public secondary schools by the recreation commissions in rural Manitoba, to determine the amount of, or lack of, cooperative practices between the school district and the recreation commission in these communities, in regard to the commission's use of the school for community recreation.

A single group non-probability sample of all school superintendents from the rural communities in southern Manitoba, that had a recreation commission and a population of between 800 and 4000 people was employed in this study. The questionnaire method was used with a questionnaire constructed by …

A Correlation Study Of The Northwestern Syntax Screening Test And The Grammatic Closure Subtest Of The Illinois Test Of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Karen M. Thompson

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the Grammatic Closure (GC) subtest of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) and both the receptive and expressive portions of the Northwestern Syntax Screening; Test (NSST-R) (NSST-E). Another aim of this study was to obtain an indication as to whether or not these assessments are more strongly a measure of visual or of auditory comprehension.

The subjects included thirty-eight, children selected from Sacred Heart School in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. The subjects were screened according to established criteria and all subjects who failed to meet the requirements were …

The Influence Of Sex Of Administrator On Independent/Dependent Women In A Problem Solving Situation, Morna R. Pederson

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This investigation was designed to study help seeking behavior among women when they are in interaction with males and females. The behavior of women who differed in the personality traits of dependence and independence was observed. After psychological screening with the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, sixteen independent subjects and sixteen dependent subjects were placed in an anagram problem solving situation in which it was possible to receive help. For one list of anagrams a male helper was present and for another list, a female helper was present. After completion of the anagrams, the subjects rated on 10-point scales their helpers …

An Investigation Of The Theoretical Relationship Between Personality Factors And Self Concept, Creativity, And Perception Of The Ideal Pupil Among Educators, Shirley Pearson

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Problem: This study investigated selected aspects of teacher personality, teacher self concept, teacher creativity, and teacher perception of the ideal pupil. Attention was given to determining the nature and degree of the relationship between personality, self concept, creativity and perception of the ideal pupil among elementary school teachers.

Procedure: The research was conducted in the Great Falls, Montana Public Schools during the school years 1971-72 and 1972-73. The sample included elementary teachers completing two or more of the instruments used in the study, participating in a Title III, PACE project in-service program.

The following three research questions were proposed and …

The Treatment Of Anxiety In The Physically Disabled By Three Different Variations Of Systematic Desensitization, Robert H. O'Neill

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Systematic desensitization has become a major technique for the direct removal of maladaptive anxiety. The basic method consists of pairing progressive muscle relaxation with the imagination of anxiety producing scenes. The scenes are arranged in a hierarchy with those scenes at the top eliciting little or no anxiety and those scenes at the bottom eliciting a great deal of anxiety. It has been hypothesized that the process of progressive muscle relaxation inhibits the development of anxiety in the presence of anxiety evoking stimuli and weakens the bond between those stimuli and the anxiety. Recently, several investigators have, suggested that any …

The Effectiveness Of Dusting As A Reinforcer For The Chinchilla (Chinchilla Lanigera), Kenneth R. Redman

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The Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) has been observed to frequently roll in fine dust when it is available. It was hypothesized that such material would have strong reinforcing properties to a chinchilla which had been deprived of bathing in dust.

A straight alley runway was used with start latency and running speed to dust in the goal box as the dependent variables. Fifty-four chinchillas were randomly assigned to equal cells of a 3 by 3 matrix in which hours of deprivation and duration of reward varied. Each subject was given ten individual trials .

Results of a three-way analysis of variance …

A Study Of Nonverbal Behaviors Used By Student Speech Clinicians, Anne L. Mercer

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between high- and low-rated clinicians in the observed frequency of each of ten selected nonverbal behaviors. Student clinicians, who met certain criteria, were rated independently by two faculty members primarily responsible for supervision of clinicians. Based on these ratings, clinicians were ranked from high to low. The top thirty-three per cent and the lower thirty-three per cent of these clinicians served as the two groups of subjects for this study. The high-rated group was composed of eight clinicians and the low-rated group was composed of six clinicians for a total …

The Relationship Of Sprinting Speed Performance And Strength Performance Per Unit Of Body Weight, Charles E. Hanish

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship existed between sprinting speed performance and strength performance per unit of body weight.

A Non-Probability sample, consisting of twenty-nine football players from Fargo North High School was used. All subjects were tested in strength and speed performance and a correlation was made between the scores on each test.

The speed performance test consisted of each subject sprinting the 40-yard dash in a series of four trials. The mode score was used to reduce timer error. All subjects ran the trials alone and started when they were ready. This was …

Pre-Implementation Evaluation And Refinement Of A Schoolwide Model For Eliciting Parent-Owned Information Regarding School Program Effectiveness, Alfred M. Mcglinskey

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Problem: This study was concerned with the design, evaluation and refinement of a model which would attempt to organize all the parents from a given school, into a structure and process which would enhance, elicit and legitimize parent contributions to the information base utilized in the schools' decision-making processes.

Procedure: The population of the study included (1) Grand Forks residents whose children attend one of two public elementary schools selected for differences in socio-economic variables, (2) the teachers in those schools, (3) all the district's elementary principals and (4) the district's central office administrators. Each member of the population was …

Effects Of Three Pre-Competition Meals Upon Subsequent Performance In A Two-Mile Run, Jeffrey D. Fair

Theses and Dissertations

It has always been desired that the meal consumed prior to competition would enhance the athlete's performance. The problem is that no one knows how different pre-competition meals affect the performance of the athlete.

Sixty-eight Oklahoma State University football players ran a two-mile run after consuming one of four treatments-- steak and eggs, pancakes, oatmeal and eggs, and a control meal. Subjects were grouped by football position and blocked in fours based on a pre-test time. Subjects were assigned treatments randomly with each subject in each block having a different treatment. A questionnaire was filled out after testing by the …

The Effect Of Alpha Brain-Wave Control On The Speech Of Two Adult Stutterers, Randall J. Bjork

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The purpose of this study was to examine, compare and describe the effect of alpha brain-wave conditioning upon the speech of two adult stutterers.

Five sessions of baserate measurement were followed by a sequence of conditioning sessions (in which an electronic brain-wave monitor was used to train subjects to control their alpha rhythms), after which the speech of the stutterers was re-evaluated by a procedure which was identical to the baserate procedure. The four speech activities which were investigated were: reading without feedback of alpha-band brain activity from the monitor, monologue without feedback from the monitor, reading with feedback from …

A Comparison Of The Effects Of Two Different Time-Out Durations On Audible Stuttering Behavior, Duane A. Dale

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The purpose of this study was to determine any differences or similarities between the effects of five-second and ten-second time-out durations on the frequency of criterion stuttering behaviors.

Four adults, who exhibited stuttering behavior, were selected as subjects. Each subject was studied individually for four sessions. Each session consisted of five ten-minute segments, including (1) baseline, (2) treatment, (3) extinction, (4) treatment, and (5) extinction. During treatment segments, time-out stimuli of either five-second or ten-second durations were delivered contingent upon the occurrence of each criterion stuttering behavior. Time-out stimuli consisted of a brief period of time during which the subject …

Appropriate Educational Background For Areawide Comprehensive Health Planning Agency Executive Directors: A Survey, Lawrence W. Olson

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No abstract provided.

Day Care Experienced Vs. Non-Day Care Experienced Children: A Comparison Of Maturity And Achievement In Grade School, James L. Youngman

Theses and Dissertations

While a considerable amount of evaluative research has been performed in the area of day care, the overwhelming majority of these studies have dealt only with experimental programs aimed at lower class children. The present study was conceived as an evaluation of established day care and preschool programs available to the general community. The study was performed in an Upper Midwest community with a total population of 35*000.

Three groups of fifth-grade students were selected and matched on the bases of age, sex, and family income. Members of Group 1 had no day care experience, Group 2 had 20- 120 …

An Analytical Comparison Of Student Achievement In Pitman Shorthand And Pitman Shorterhand, Lucette Paquette Sscj

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No abstract provided.

A Study Of Minnesota And North Dakota Industrial Requirements For The Employment Of An Industrial Technologist, Patrick A. Remfert

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No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Job Characteristics And Responsibilities Of Legal Secretaries In Selected Law Firms In California With Implications For Curriculum Revision, Marylynne Ward

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No abstract provided.

A System Application To The Classical Functions Of Managements, Gregory A. Spilker

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This study compares the traditional approach to the functions of management with the systems approach these same functions, an examination and tabulation of classical management functions is conducted, this approach is then contrasted and compared current innovations in the system concept of management, A model is developed show how systems thinking applies in a classical structure, Overall, it is concluded that the systems approach does have validity of application,

The Rating Of Sexual And Nonsexual Cartoons As A Function Of Repression-Sensitization, William J. Burns

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In the past ten years, since the revision of the Repression- Sensitization Scale (Byrne, Barry and Nelson, 1963) a growing number of investigators have attempted to relate the R-S scale to an approach- avoidance continuum of defensive behavior. The few studies that have used sexual stimuli to produce a threat response have not obtained very consistent results. The present study has focused on the relationship between the R-S scale and the humor rating of cartoons. Through the use of Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability scores, repressors were differentiated into defensive and nondefensive.

The independent variable involved the presentation of two types of …

Physiological And Behavioral Effects Of Zinc Deficiency In Rats, Michael Charles Rowe

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The studies presented below concern the physiological and behavioral effects of zinc deficiency. One group of dams were fed a zinc- deficient diet from the morning of day 14 to the morning of day 19 of the pregnancy. A second group was given the same amount of food as was eaten by their zinc-deficient counterpart (pair-fed) plus water containing 50 ppm zinc, thus they were not zinc-deficient but did experience starvation. A third group was fed the diet ad libitum and given the zinc-supplemented water. Dams' food intake, weight gain, food efficiency and pups per litter were determined. Pups' birth …

The Prevalence Of Speech And Hearing Disorders Among Inmates At The North Dakota State Penitentiary, Pamela Kay Strom

Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to determine the prevalence of speech and hearing disorders at the North Dakota State Penitentiary. Recommendations for suitable follow-up services for speech and hearing disorders were made to the administrative staff of the penitentiary.

Subjects for this study consisted of eighty-seven male inmates at the North Dakota State Penitentiary. The speech of each subject was evaluated to identify speech disorders of articulation, voice, and/or fluency. Articulation disorders were identified from scores obtained by the subjects on the Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale ReVised. Voice and fluency disorders were identified on the basis of the examiner's clinical experience …

Cross Exercise: A Comparison Of Electromyographic Recordings During Maximal Static Performance Of The Vastus Lateralis Muscle, Jeffrey S. Monroe

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the transient response of cross exercise during maximum static performance by electromyography. Thirty male athletes performed maximum static exercise at 115 degrees extension of the knee. Action potentials generated in this dominant exercising and nondominant, nonexercising vastus lateralis muscles were compared to determine whether or not the nonexercising muscle was affected during exercise.

Surface electrodes were attached to both vastus lateralis muscles. The muscular impulses were recorded on a Grass Five Polygraph. The amplitude of the EMG tracings were then measured to determine the relative quantity of stimulus that each muscle received …

The Effect Of Response Cost On Misarticulation, E. Heather Mackenzie

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of response cost on percentage of error production with children who misarticulate.

Six elementary school children enrolled in articulation therapy were selected as subjects. Baseline measures of target phoneme error production were obtained by having the subjects construct sentences, using words presented to them verbally by the experimenter.

The effect on percentage of error production of two different ratios of token gain to token loss and positive reinforcement alone was investigated. Also, the effects during extinction of the three different contingencies were studied. During the treatment sequence, subjects were placed …

The Use Of Multidimensional Perceptions As Predictors Of Successful Adjustment For Mentally Retarded Adults And Psychiatric Patients, David L. Hanson

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Six investigations ware conducted to determine the efficacy of employing modifications of the Multidimensional Evaluation Structure Analysis (MESA) methodology to the predictive task of assessing potential vocational outcome for mentally retarded adults and psychiatric patients. Five of the investigations dealt xvLth mentally retarded adults who were seeking or had obtained vocational placement positions. A sixth investigation dealt with psychiatric patients (inpatients and outpatients) and their probable community adjustment success.

Each of the six subject groups (referred to as stimulus-persons) were evaluated by their respective judge group from four different agencies. The SS-1 and SS-2 stimulus-person groups (N = 10 and …

How Stated Purposes For Reading Affect Reading Comprehension Scores Of Fifth Grade Students In A Midwestern Suburban School District, Larry M. Brady

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The Problem: The purpose of this investigation was to study the performance of fifth grade students on reading comprehension under two conditions: (1) when stated purposes for reading were provided prior to reading, and (2) when stated purposes were not provided prior to reading. A second purpose of the investigation was to determine whether the effect of providing purposes for reading is different at various cognitive levels.

The Procedure: The sample for this investigation was comprised of students enrolled in the thirty-two fifth grade classrooms of Independent School District #191, Burnsville, Minnesota. The subjects were assigned by classroom unit to …

A Study Of The Effectiveness Of The Planetarium And The Classroom In The Teaching Of Constellations, Theodore V. Smith

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This study investigated three methods of teaching constellation recognition to different age groups. The treatments were: (1) teaching constellations in the classroom by means of 35mm slides of hand drawn constellation star fields, (2) teaching constellations in the planetarium by means of 35mm slides of hand drawn constellation star fields, and (3) teaching constellations by means of a planetarium sky, and the Ss represented three age categories: children, teenagers, and adults. The total number of Ss completing the study was 103. The results of the analysis indicated: (1) regardless of treatment all age groups performed approximately the same when evaluated …