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A Comparison Of The Straight-Copy Skill Scores Of Students Who Began Their Training On Electric Typewriters With Students Who Began Training On Non-Electric Typewriters, George O. Parker Jul 1966

A Comparison Of The Straight-Copy Skill Scores Of Students Who Began Their Training On Electric Typewriters With Students Who Began Training On Non-Electric Typewriters, George O. Parker

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was (a) to discover if there are significant differences in the straight-copy skill scores of two groups of typewriting students at the end of one year of instruction— one group began their instruction on electric typewriters and the other on manuals; (b) to obtain student opinion concerning electric and manual typewriters.

The study was conducted during the 1965-1966 school year at the Austin High School, Austin, Minnesota. A total of one hundred twenty-one students made up the experimental groups.

Significant findings were (1) Beginning typewriting students who start on the electric typewriter tend to have …


A Comparison Of Physical Fitness Levels Between Male Honor Freshmen Students Enrolled In Physical Education 101 At The University Of North Dakota, Douglass A. Hallatt Jun 1966

A Comparison Of Physical Fitness Levels Between Male Honor Freshmen Students Enrolled In Physical Education 101 At The University Of North Dakota, Douglass A. Hallatt

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare the physical fitness levels of male freshmen honor students and male freshmen students enrolled in physical Education 101 at the University of North Dakota.

This study was directly concerned with physical fitness as measured by the American Association for Health, physical Education, and Recreation Physical Fitness Test. The students involved were all freshmen male students enrolled in the required physical education service program and twenty-seven of the forty-seven male freshmen honor students at the University of North Dakota.

The test was administered to both groups the sixth week of the first semester …


A Visual Presentation Of Man Prostituting Himself, Philip Edward Mullen Jr. Jun 1966

A Visual Presentation Of Man Prostituting Himself, Philip Edward Mullen Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

This study involves the artistic presentation of the concept that: •’Man prostitutes himself and is trapped by his own prostitution." The chief problems of the thesis were the clarification of that concept and its subsequent interpretation in aesthetic form.

Formulation of the basic idea demanded an examination of prostitution in its broader aspects. The use of man's talents for base purposes was considered in the areas of public relations, business, corporation operation, art, education and religion. Then consideration was given to the assemblage as an aesthetic communicative device. This discussion involved the level of articulation available to the assemblage, and …


A Comparison Of Personality And Teacher Attitude Between Stout State University Undergraduate Fellows And Other Students Enrolled In Teacher Education, Jack B. Sampson Jun 1966

A Comparison Of Personality And Teacher Attitude Between Stout State University Undergraduate Fellows And Other Students Enrolled In Teacher Education, Jack B. Sampson

Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was to ascertain whether differentiation could be made between Undergraduate Fellows and Eon-Fellows enrolled In teacher education at Stout State University, Menomonie, Wisconsin, on the basis of personality needs as measured by Edwards Personal Preference Schedule and teacher attitude as measured by the Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory. Undergraduate Fellows are students recommended by faculty members to participate in seminars, in independent learning activities, and in leadership activities as means of encouraging such students to consider college teaching in the future.


Cost Finding At The Rehabilitation Unit Of The Medical Center At The University Of North Dakota, Marvin L. Kaiser Jun 1966

Cost Finding At The Rehabilitation Unit Of The Medical Center At The University Of North Dakota, Marvin L. Kaiser

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Changes Caused By Modern Dance Movement On Flexibility And Balance Of College Freshman Football Players, Daniel J. Neppel Jun 1966

A Study Of The Changes Caused By Modern Dance Movement On Flexibility And Balance Of College Freshman Football Players, Daniel J. Neppel

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the changes elicited by modern dance techniques on the flexibility and body balance of college f r e s h man football players.

Two groups were requested to participate in the study. An experimental group of fifteen subjects, which experienced a modern dance program twice weekly, and a control group of thirteen subjects, that did not participate in modern dance, were utilized in this study.

The two groups were given a pretest for flexibility with the Leighton Flexometer and a pretest for body balance with the Stork Stand Test for Balance. The …


Anomie, Social Participation And General Assistance Recipiency, Gary R. Smith Jun 1966

Anomie, Social Participation And General Assistance Recipiency, Gary R. Smith

Theses and Dissertations

This Thesis was an examination of those persons receiving that form of vrolfc.ro assistanco known as general assistance in terms of the concepts of anomie and social participation. Tho act of receiving general assistanco was presented as a behavioral response contrary to the normative expectations of tho American society. It was hypothesized that general assistanco recipients are more anomic and participate less in society than those low income person not seeking or receiving welfare assistance. It was further hypothesized that chronic general assistance recipients are more anomic and participate loss in society than those recipients relatively loss relient upon assistance. …


Pseudo-Family Systems Of The Institutionalized, Adolescent, Female Offender, Connie Sevalson Apr 1966

Pseudo-Family Systems Of The Institutionalized, Adolescent, Female Offender, Connie Sevalson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A History Of The Student Newspaper And Its Early Predecessors At Brigham Young University From 1878 To 1965, Lawrence Hall Bray Jan 1966

A History Of The Student Newspaper And Its Early Predecessors At Brigham Young University From 1878 To 1965, Lawrence Hall Bray

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to write a history of the student newspaper at Brigham Young University, and its early predecessors, from 1878 to 1965. Primary emphasis was placed on the physical changes, finances, editorial policies, and content of each publication included in the study.

The study includes brief histories of a manuscript paper, the Academic Monthly, and four non-newspaper publications: the Academic Review, The Normal, The Business Journal, and the Journal of Pedagogy, all of which influenced and stimulated publication of the first short-lived student newspaper, The B.Y.A. Student, and the White …


A Study Of Moral Development In Mormon Culture, Steve Foster Gilliland Jan 1966

A Study Of Moral Development In Mormon Culture, Steve Foster Gilliland

Theses and Dissertations

Previous studies have indicated that the moral development of the child may follow a "developmental" process. That is, the child progresses through an invariant series of stages, each characterized by certain modes of thought. As the child passes from one stage to another, he integrates the old stage into the new one. Kohlberg proposed a hierarchy of six stages through which the child would progress on his way to moral maturity. His hypothesis has been supported by empirical evidence.

Research findings have indicated that the Mormon culture appeared to be different in values and moral behavior than other United States …


A Comparison Of Different Methods Of Free Throwing Practice Among Selected High School Basketball Players In North Dakota And Minnesota With Respect To Accuracy In Games, Larry B. Selk Jan 1966

A Comparison Of Different Methods Of Free Throwing Practice Among Selected High School Basketball Players In North Dakota And Minnesota With Respect To Accuracy In Games, Larry B. Selk

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of A Tactile Test And An Imitation Test For Screening Articulation Of Blind Children, Marjane M. Saville Jan 1966

A Comparison Of A Tactile Test And An Imitation Test For Screening Articulation Of Blind Children, Marjane M. Saville

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Guidelines For The Development Of Vocational Education Programs With Specific Application To Grand Forks, North Dakota., Harold Curtis Gulbrandson Jan 1966

Guidelines For The Development Of Vocational Education Programs With Specific Application To Grand Forks, North Dakota., Harold Curtis Gulbrandson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of The Effects Of A Voluntary Physical Fitness Program On Motor Fitness, George Kalliokoski Jan 1966

A Comparison Of The Effects Of A Voluntary Physical Fitness Program On Motor Fitness, George Kalliokoski

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Scores On Selected Standardized Tests : In Relation To Success Or Failure Of First Year Bookkeeping Students To Determine Placement Criteria For Accounting, Bookkeeping, And Recordkeeping, Bernice Rustad Cunningham Jan 1966

An Analysis Of Scores On Selected Standardized Tests : In Relation To Success Or Failure Of First Year Bookkeeping Students To Determine Placement Criteria For Accounting, Bookkeeping, And Recordkeeping, Bernice Rustad Cunningham

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Supervisory Activities Pertaining To The Business Education Cooperating Teacher, Hugo L. Carlson Jan 1966

Supervisory Activities Pertaining To The Business Education Cooperating Teacher, Hugo L. Carlson

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No abstract provided.


Acute Schizophrenia And Spatial Differentiation, Leland Harlan Lipp Jan 1966

Acute Schizophrenia And Spatial Differentiation, Leland Harlan Lipp

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Influence In The North Dakota House Of Representatives, Barbara L. Kadlec Jan 1966

An Analysis Of Influence In The North Dakota House Of Representatives, Barbara L. Kadlec

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Consistency Of Early Recollections With Regard To Anxiety And Introversion-Extroversion, Ronald A. Brandon Jan 1966

Consistency Of Early Recollections With Regard To Anxiety And Introversion-Extroversion, Ronald A. Brandon

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Childless Female : An Unexplored Topic, Robert Michael Kiefert Jan 1966

The Childless Female : An Unexplored Topic, Robert Michael Kiefert

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Attitudes Toward Selected Women's Roles As A Measure Of Rural-Urban Personality, Thomas Neal Garland Jan 1966

Attitudes Toward Selected Women's Roles As A Measure Of Rural-Urban Personality, Thomas Neal Garland

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Suitability Of Using Non-Intellective Characteristics In The Selection Of Honors Students At The University Of North Dakota., Andrew Craig Millar Jan 1966

The Suitability Of Using Non-Intellective Characteristics In The Selection Of Honors Students At The University Of North Dakota., Andrew Craig Millar

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Study To Determine Whether Spanish-Speaking Students Can Increase Their Typing Rates During The Second Semester Of Beginning Typewriting From Materials Reproduced In Spanish, G Michael Kroll Jan 1966

A Study To Determine Whether Spanish-Speaking Students Can Increase Their Typing Rates During The Second Semester Of Beginning Typewriting From Materials Reproduced In Spanish, G Michael Kroll

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Conflicting Opinions In The Grading Of Production Typewriting As Revealed In The Literature, 1955-1965, Mary Audrey Giovanni Jan 1966

Conflicting Opinions In The Grading Of Production Typewriting As Revealed In The Literature, 1955-1965, Mary Audrey Giovanni

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Social Class And Attitudes Toward Health And Illness, Richard L. Ludtke Jan 1966

Social Class And Attitudes Toward Health And Illness, Richard L. Ludtke

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Personality Adjustment And Religious Growth, Victor J. Drapela Jan 1966

Personality Adjustment And Religious Growth, Victor J. Drapela

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Relationships Between Auditory Discrimination, Articulation Proficiency, And Degree Of Hearing Loss In Young Children, Stanley E. Brandriet Jan 1966

Relationships Between Auditory Discrimination, Articulation Proficiency, And Degree Of Hearing Loss In Young Children, Stanley E. Brandriet

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of A Parochial School And A Public School Physical Education Program And Their Effects On The Agility, Balance, And Coordination Of Fifth Grade Girls, Gail Nokken Leary Jan 1966

A Comparison Of A Parochial School And A Public School Physical Education Program And Their Effects On The Agility, Balance, And Coordination Of Fifth Grade Girls, Gail Nokken Leary

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Replacement Plan For The Missile Combat Crew Force, Charles L. Cusenbary Jan 1966

Replacement Plan For The Missile Combat Crew Force, Charles L. Cusenbary

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Future Time Perspective In Alcoholism, Joan Frissell Pflugrath Jan 1966

Future Time Perspective In Alcoholism, Joan Frissell Pflugrath

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.