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The Impact Of Bilingual Education For Native American Students In North Dakota, Gabriel John Kampeska

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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 …

Changes In Occipital Capillary Perfusion Pressures During Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, Jacalyn A. Steinmetz

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Flipside Joker, Todd R. StäRke-Meyerring

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Intergenerational Services : A Development Proposal For Rural Communities, Lynnell Simonson-Paschke

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The Exact Solution To The Abmchf Equation, Cynthia A. Weyenberg

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Incidence Of Postlumbar Puncture Headache In Subarachnoid Block For Cesarean Birth, Donna L. Schultz

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Tax Environment And The Development Of Manufacturing In North Dakota, Lyle R. Fogel

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Contrasts Of Sample Means Using Sas, Spss-X And Bmdp, Marilyn G. Klug

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The Effects Of Vasopressin On The Access And Retrieval Of Information From Long-Term Memory In Human Males, Paula J. Bergloff

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The Geographical Analysis Of Mormon Temple Sites In Utah, Garth R. Liston

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The first eight temple sites in Utah were studied to determine important geographical characteristics of each, and to test the hypothesis that Mormon temple sites conform to definitions of sacred space. President Brigham Young of the Church greatly influenced the selection of the first four temple sites, and the construction of each until his death in 1877. Claimed revelation from God to Young and other leaders and members of the Church, was evident concerning the temple sites. The later four temple sites of the twentieth century were approved by the First Presidency of the Church, but local Church leaders and …

Henry Lewis Benning: Fire-Eating Confederate General 1837-1865, Michael D. Chuites

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In the thirty-year period preceding the American Civil War, some southern politicians advocated disunion. Prominent among these was a young lawyer from Columbus, Georgia, Henry Lewis Benning. Ambitious and keen on rising within planter society, Benning married well and used his position to further his political aims. Early in his career, Benning would be identified with the fire-eaters who preached disunion as a means of solving the South's problems. As a delegate to the several secession conventions, Henry Benning lent his organizational skills to promoting secession. When the American Civil War commenced, Benning was among the early volunteers, rising from …

Assessing And Describing Sixth-Grade Students Use Of Number Sense To Demonstrate An Understanding Of Mathematics Concepts, Deborah B. Lee

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Eighteen sixth-grade students in a selected elementary school of a large school district were chosen to participate in a study to individually assess and describe their use of number sense, which demonstrated their understanding of mathematics concepts. The instrument used was teacher made and consisted of nine mathematics problems. The instrument was given to each student in a one-on-one interview. The findings suggested that developing number sense is essential for improving mathematics performance.

Adolescents' Idea Of Fiction In Their Own Writing, Nancy L. Chippendale

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Twelve seventh-grade students in a selected county in Georgia served as subjects for interviews to determine why students choose realistic topics when writing fiction stories. The interviews revealed that the students wrote stories that reflected a part of their personal lives. The stories involved the authors in three distinct ways. Some stories were experiential and represented something that had happened to the author; others were experiential, but the writer had witnessed the event happening to an acquaintance; finally, media had influenced the writer to follow a story line. For some of the authors, this was a form of therapy, and …

Attitudes Of Seventh Grade Students Toward Reading Using А Literature-Based Approach, Robin R. Coe

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The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze the effects of a literature-based approach to teaching reading on student attitudes toward reading. Relatively few studies have been conducted to describe students' attitudes toward reading in a literature-based approach which includes the following: the use of children's literature, silent reading by students and teachers, expressive reading by the teacher, and various book-sharing activities and projects. Four seventh-grade reading classes at Faith Middle School were randomly selected to participate as subjects. Students' attitudes toward reading were assessed in the fall using the Short Form Reading Attitude Survey. Students were taught …

Saturday's Women: Female Characters As Angels And Monsters In Saturday's Warrior And Reunion, Nola Diane Smith

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Using theories of feminist criticism as explained by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, the study concludes that both Saturday's Warrior, a "home literature" style play, and Reunion, a more artistically challenging play, reflect repressive cultural images of women. Both plays cast female characters into the roles of passive Angel, domestic Angel/Monster, and active Monster.

Metamorphic Petrology And Gravity Studies Of The Archean English River Subprovince, Western Superior Province, Manitoba And Ontario, Canada, Moira E. Campion

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The tectonic development of the English River Subprovince (ERSP) of the Superior Province in Ontario and Manitoba, as with other Archean medium-high grade metasedimentary/gneiss terranes, is an area of active research. Geochemical and geophysical data were collected during this study to determine the metamorphic conditions of formation, and the relationship between surface and subsurface geology. The results of metamorphic studies by Henke (1984), Baumann (1985), Chipera (1985) and Roob (1987) were also integrated with those of this study. The temperatures and pressures of formation, as well as detailed gravity characteristics, constrain the postulated tectonic model for the ERSP.

Chemical data …

Adult Sibling Loss: Family Dynamics And Individual Adult Sibling Loss: Family Dynamics And Individual Characteristics, Stephen D. Stahlman

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The current study investigated family, individual and sibling relationship variables of adult sibling loss, using a cross-sectional survey design. A purposive sampling procedure was used to recruit adult subjects that had experienced the death of an adult sibling within the last five years. Ninety-four subjects responded to the initial request with 84 subjects returning questionnaires for an 89% response rate. Family variables of communication, cohesion, and adaptability and individual variables of individuation, self esteem as well as level of grief were operationalized using standardized instruments through a mailed questionnaire.

It was predicted that significant relationships would be found between family …

The Effect Of Tourniquet Application On Systemic Coagulation, Christa Choate Hudalla

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Seven orthopedic surgery patients requiring the use of a tourniquet were studied. The hypothesis stated that tourniquet application does not affect coagulation. A total of 5 blood samples were drawn perioperatively (preoperative, 5 minutes after induction of anesthesia, 30 minutes after tourniquet inflation, 2 - 5 minutes after tourniquet deflation, and 30 minutes after tourniquet deflation. For each sample, TEG parameters (R, R + k, MA and α) were measured.

The value for each TEG parameter was compared by analysis of variance (ANOVA), then the samples were contrasted and examined by repeated measures ANOVA. None of the TEG parameters showed …

Rituals, Cindy Lynn Cunningham

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A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Attitudes Of Nursing Students Toward Caring For The Elderly, Marlys J. Bohn

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Hydrogeologic Characterization Of A Discharge Wetland In Northeastern Grand Forks County, North Dakota, Dean R. Goebel

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Soil salinization associated with saline groundwater discharge results in decreased agricultural production in the central glacial Lake Agassiz plain of North Dakota. Saline discharge occurs in a belt of ephemeral wetlands in the lake plain. The physical and chemical hydrology of .the Lunby-stewart saline discharge wetland were investigated in order to provide information which could facilitate land management strategies applicable to this and other discharge wetlands.

Hydrologic data used to characterize the wetland were obtained from monitoring wells, staff gages, precipitation gages, borings, and earth electrical resistivity soundings. Temporal and spatial variations were observed in the water table, the vertical …

Participative Decision Making In Bismarck Public Schools, Ruth Huovinen

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A Study Of Perceptions Of Special And Regular Education Teachers About Integration Of Handicapped Children, Gwyn K. Marback-Tschosik

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A Study Of The Perceptions Of Teachers, Administrators, Parents, And Students About Selected Factors Related To Tribal Contract Or Grant Schools, Patricia Walking Eagle

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Descriptive Study Of Parenting Preparation Integrated Throughout Lamaze Series, Luella Marie Vitalis

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Fitness Tests As Opportunities For Cognitive Learning : Teaching Body Fatness Concepts While Skinfold Testing, Albert C. Williams

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A Study Of Critical Thinking In One Associate Degree Nursing Program, Margaret Kotek

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Chronic Tension Headaches : An Investigation Of The Appraisal Process, Jeffrey M. Kearney

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Radial Stellar Pulsation Theory, Michelle J. Creech-Eakman

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