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Defensive Attitude Of Not Allowing Scoring Attempts To Hit The Floor, Oksana Matvienko

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to compare the floor defensive efforts of the Northern Iowa volleyball team to the other teams of the Missouri Valley Conference. It was assumed that a training of a defensive attitude of not allowing any scoring attempt to touch the floor would make the University of Northern Iowa team superior to the other teams in floor defensive performance.

The numbers of balls hitting the floor and the numbers of successful digs performed by the UNI team and ten other teams were counted during 1995 Conference matches. This data was obtained from the official score …

An Annotated Bibliography Of Selected Historical Fiction About The American Frontier From 1840-1899 For Children And Young Adults, Karen Keller

Graduate Research Papers

This project was to produce a bibliography of historical fiction requested by teachers in Johnston Middle School, Johnston, Iowa, that can be used by the eighth-grade classes so that students may choose from a selected list of historical fiction books about the American West that will encompass both their literature theme of the will to survive and the historical setting of the American frontier as it moves West between 1840 and 1899. The fifty books annotated were chosen through criteria selected so as to produce a list of books that would meet the needs of the teachers of this unit. …

Perceptions Of Changes In Gifted Education By Educators Of The Talented And Gifted In Iowa, Jean Suchsland Schneider

Graduate Research Papers

The changes in gifted education by a representative sample of Iowa educators of the talented and gifted were investigated. Underwritten by Iowa Talented and Gifted Association (IT AG), the writer surveyed the members of IT AG who are teachers or coordinators of the talented and gifted. The collected demographic data provided a profile of educators of the talented and gifted. The results of the survey indicated the following changes during the last four or more years: the adoption of more criteria in identification procedures; more collaboration with classroom teachers; growth in advocacy, support, and understanding among various educational groups; and …

Student Created Multimedia Projects In The K-4 School: Effects On Student Learning, Nancy Sampson

Graduate Research Papers

Walk into any classroom in the country, and you're likely to see students looking up information to produce a written paper which will probably be seen only by the teacher, doing worksheets involving recognition of fraction parts, or answering questions related to the reading in science class, etc. These are all good activities in themselves, but they are also activities that often fall short of developing the student's maximum potential for learning. It has been suggested that the addition of multimedia projects to the classroom can enhance and improve the depth of student learning. This project explores the literature to …

Is The Internet High Performance Technology?, John Semprini

Graduate Research Papers

The intent of this review is to show that the Internet is high performance technology. The review will define indicators of high performance technology that were developed by experts in the field. These indicators can be used to assess the effectiveness of various technologies that are available in schools. The review will then show that the Internet achieves high performance in each area. A technology that meets high performance in all twenty indicators should be considered high performance technology.

Writing Portfolios Across The Curriculum In A Fifth Grade Classroom, Barbara L. Schultz

Graduate Research Papers

Writing portfolios in a fifth grade classroom were used to relate instruction and assessment more closely. A goal of the classroom instructional program was to extend writing experiences across the curriculum. Three students' portfolios were examined to show this instructional emphasis. Descriptions of the children's writing experiences and their portfolio entry responses are presented. This portfolio development experience indicates that the students used writing to learn in a more broad sense. They became more aware of the functions of the composition process. The students progressed from the idea that writing was stories and poems to the idea that writing is …

Teaching Young Parents About Their Influence On Their Children's Emerging Literacy, Anita E. Sieh

Graduate Research Papers

This article discusses the importance of the parents' role in the development of their children's emerging literacy. This role is described in a review of literature and further explored in three sessions with young parents from an alternative high school. During each session, a book and a related activity were presented. The students received a copy of the modeled book and materials so they could do follow-up activities with their children. The three sessions showed the students how they could participate in their child's emerging literacy.

Parents Nurturing Literacy Through Literature Experiences, Leslie K. Titler

Graduate Research Papers

Parents as their children's first teachers play a significant role in nurturing their literacy. Children who come from home environments in which they have frequent and varied experiences with print material and observe adults interacting with print material for their own purpose usually achieve literacy with ease. Parents who present literature experiences through read aloud sessions to their young children not only extend their conceptual development, sense of story, and knowledge of print, but model an appreciation of language. Picture books, specifically nursery rhymes, alphabet books, predictable texts, books with little or no text, and concept books, can nurture children's …

Teaching And Learning At A Distance Via Interactive Television, Ai Wang

Graduate Research Papers

Recent, advances in telecommunications technology have greatly expanded the possibilities for providing and accessing instruction. For example, satellite, and digital technologies facilitate electronic text transfer to move information quickly over long distances. Telecommunication technology systems can be linked together to form networks capable of simultaneously carrying voice, data, and video transmissions. Distance Education has become a growth industry in higher education (Wolcott, 1995). Currently technology developments are bringing about many changes in the way institutions are providing educational opportunities for students (Carter, 1996). No longer is the college campus the only location where students may go to get an education …

Three Delivery Systems For Middle School Computer Literacy Curricula, Dale A. Wambold

Graduate Research Papers

This graduate paper, "Three Delivery Systems for Middle School Computer Literacy Curricula," investigates three delivery systems for computer literacy curricula in a middle school setting. The computer literacy curriculum at the middle school level is constantly being updated and changed to accommodate new technology and to implement new and effective teaching methods. There are few guidelines that are available when investigating computer literacy curriculum at the middle school level, but a variety of options do exist for the delivery of whatever curriculum a teacher selects. This review examines several delivery systems for middle school computer literacy curricula and explores the …

Integrated Science Unit: Rain And Water, Susan M. Van Woert

Graduate Research Papers

The process of instructional development was engaged in to extend the literature base, representative of different genres, and to integrate the language arts with the established science curriculum. The unit on rain and water for grades one and two was the focus of the project. Learning centers were developed to enrich the learning environment. They will provide experiences with quality literature works and many options for expressive activity which will allow children to be more in control of their learning. The major goal was to capitalize on the commonness of the processes in the language arts and science areas to …

An Interdisciplinary Activity: Murder Mystery, Deanne L. Ulrich

Graduate Research Papers

Do interdisciplinary activities provide students with an understanding of how skills learned in different subject areas are interrelated in the real world? Do teachers feel that interdisciplinary activities are a necessary part of the regular curriculum? To gather information on these questions, a study was planned to focus on the murder mystery activity that was conducted over a four-week period at Bunger School of Technology in March and April of 1996

Professional Development: The Literacy Portfolio, Becky Woldan

Graduate Research Papers

The focus of this staff development project is on the development and implementation of Literacy Portfolios in the elementary classroom. The participants in the project devise purposes for their portfolios, experience Writer's Workshop and participate in a number of other literacy activities while creating their own portfolios. The theory of portfolio development is explained in great detail for the participants through the readings they complete during the course of the project. The active participation in the creation of a portfolio and the background knowledge in portfolio theory, will enable the participant to begin developing portfolios in their own classrooms.

Writing Portfolios In A Third Grade Classroom, Ann L. Wickenkamp

Graduate Research Papers

Much attention is being given to authentic assessment of the writing process. This assessment which describes students' progress and instructional needs and seeks to connect instruction and assessment is qualitative and involves students in the evaluation of their achievements. This type of assessment reflects the move away from the mechanics of writing toward an emphasis on children creating meaning through the writing process. This article provides background information on writing portfolios. It shares a teacher's experience in implementing writing portfolios into a third grade program that integrates writing across the curriculum.

Concert Recording 1996-05-01, Michael Chandler

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata in E♭, op. 81a : Les Adieux / Beethoven -- English suite no. 2 in A minor, BWV 807. Prelude / Bach -- Etude in C major, op. 10, no. 7 ; Etude in C sharp minor, op. 25, no. 7 / Chopin;Piano sonata (1941) / Copland -- L'Isle joyeuse / Debussy

Using The Winnebago Circ/Cat. Program For Collection Analysis In A Small School Library, Pati Jo Daisy

Graduate Research Papers

This study investigated how integrated library automation systems can assist in quantitative collection analysis in a small school library setting. The methodology used was a statistical descriptive study as it was most suited to the study of a specific collection analysis process. The study revealed that the Winnebago Circ/Cat version program can aid in the collection of raw data for analysis. The study further revealed the data manipulation abilities of the Winnebago program are limited. An automated spreadsheet program is necessary to manipulate the data and illustrate that data in graphic form.

The Presence Of Developmental Role Models In Iowa Teen Award Fiction, Ann Jenette Dea

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to determine if the choice of winning fiction titles by Iowa teens in the Iowa Teen Award Competition reflect developmental role models. This study was a content analysis using the Havighurst Tasks of Adolescence as categories to record the frequency of the occurrence of developmental tasks by main characters of the Iowa Teen Award Winners and Runnersup, 1984-1994. The research findings of this study showed that today's Iowa Teen Award winners and contenders reflected all of Havighurst' s Developmental Tasks. It fmther showed that the developmental tasks attempted or accomplished by the main characters …

On Transitive And Fully Transitive Abelian P-Groups, D. Carroll, Brendan Goldsmith

Articles

It is a long standing problem of A.L.S. Corner as to whether there exists a non-transitive fully transitive Abelian p-group with finite Ulm subgroups. The principal result of this paper shows that no such group exists for a special class of p-groups if the Ulm subjgroup is the direct sum of two cyclic groups. Some results on summands of trnsitive and fully transitive groups are obtained.

The Contract With America As Reported In Time And Newsweek : A Cluster-Agon Analysis, Cheryl J. Wilson-Ward

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The 1992 presidential election was labeled "The Election of Discontent" by the November 1992 edition of The World and I. Voter participation decreased steadily during the 1980s and the cynicism about politicians was labeled as the primary reason. In an November 7, 1994, Newsweek Poll, sixty-eight percent of Americans polled said they were dissatisfied with the way things were going in their country and more than seventy percent blamed politicians for those problems. Americans seemed not to be interested in casting their vote based on issues but on a growing angry sentiment toward incumbents.

Portrayal Of Homelessness In Children’S And Young Adult Fiction, Susan J. Myers

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to compare the portrayal of homelessness in children's and young adult fiction books to the findings in known research. This study was a content analysis using a checklist to record the presence of individual characteristics, family background traits, and diversity among the homeless leading characters in each selected book. The portrayal of the homeless leading characters was found to be consistent with known research in the areas of individual characteristics and family backgrounds. Although the data concerning the diversity of gender was found to be consistent with known research, the data representing the diversity …

Guidelines For A Successful Preschool Integration Program, Lori M. Nurse

Graduate Research Papers

In this review, "Guidelines for a Successful Preschool Integrated Program", literature on the integration of preschool children with and without disabilities was reviewed and the following questions were addressed: What are the benefits and barriers of preschool integration; and what guidelines are necessary to make an integration program successful? The benefits of preschool integration include: social skills; understanding and accepting differences; real-life experiences; being a role model; and the utilization of community resources. The barriers of preschool integration are the following: staff training and teacher preparation; staff-child ratio; negative attitudes and lack of awareness; lack of research supporting academic effects; …

Examining Play Through A Vygotskian Perspective, Pamela Novy

Graduate Research Papers

This graduate research article titled "Examining Play Through a Vygotskian Perspective" is to inform practicing educators of the work of Lev Vygotsky. The role of play in the early childhood classroom is discussed. The techniques of scaffolding and the zone of proximal development (ZPD) are defined. Strategies were provided in this article for implementing a Vygotskian theory based program. Examples integrating the methods of scaffolding and the ZPD are provided as a technique to enhance play.

The Portrayal Of Abandonment By Mothers In Young Adult Literature, Bernie M. Hawley

Graduate Research Papers

This study used content analysis of a selected sample of 33 young adult fiction books published between 1980-1995, to determine if the portrayal of abandonment of children by their mothers is realistic according to social research of those populations. Findings indicate that in a majority of the titles the abandonment is caused by the mother's need to establish her own identity and the abandoned child(ren)'s reactions are characterized by negative behaviors. These findings support the premise that contemporary young adult fiction presents mother abandonment in a realistic manner. It was found, however, that the majority of mothers in these books …

Literature-Based Language Arts Integrated Into The Social Studies Area: A Unit On Japan For Grade Three, Sara L. Pershing

Graduate Research Papers

The process of instructional development was engaged in to extend the literature base of a unit on Japan for third grade. The goal of this process was to provide a rich learning environment and to integrate the curricular areas through the genres of literature. Learning centers as well as teacher-directed sessions were developed. Two types of centers--sustaining and ones specific to the unit--were offered. Sustaining centers assisted in maintaining a secure, predictable environment as well as extending the literature base. The learning centers specific to the unit on Japan focused on many aspects of the Japanese culture and provided many …

Microbial Community Structure And Function In Mine Tailings-Contaminated Soils, October Frances Seastone

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Enforcing Professional Norms For Federal Litigation Conduct: Achieving Reciprocal Cooperation, Jeffrey A. Parness

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

The article utilizes the disciplinary case, In re Cook, 49 F. 3d 263 (7th Cir. 1995), to reflect on available norm-enforcement schemes when state-licensed attorneys engage in civil litigation misconduct in the federal courts. The federal Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Cook was disappointed in the state disciplinary process because it failed to promote reciprocal cooperation between federal and state courts when such misconduct is reported to state disciplinary officials. The article explores how there can be better coordination between federal courts and state disciplinarians, as well as enhanced coordination between federal district and appeals courts, when state-licensed attorneys …

Television And Democracy, Jeffrey Chown

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

A review of three books discussing the theme of television and democracy.

Ls There Any Risk Of A Withdrawal Syndrome Associated With Abrupt Discontinuation Of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors?, Rene A. Endow, Mary Gutierrez, Michael Z. Wincor

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

"With the availability of the newer selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRis), concern over a 'cholinergie rebound' seemed unnecessary since these agents demonstrate little or no anticholinergic activity. However, a review of the literature indicates that there may be other withdrawal symptoms associated with discontinuation of the SSRis. The time course and, perhaps to a lesser extent, the frequency of these symptoms appear to be correlated with the elimination half-lives of the agents."

What Juvenile Court Abolitionists Can Learn From The Failures Of Sentencing Reform, David Yellen

Articles

No abstract provided.

Leaf Gas Exchange And Growth Of Flood-Tolerant And Flood-Sensitive Tree Species Under Low Soil Redox Conditions, S. R. Pezeshki, J. H. Pardue, R. D. Delaune

Faculty Publications

Seedlings of Taxodium distichum L., Quercus lyrata Walt. and Q. falcata var. pagodaefolia Ell. were grown for 22 days in a rhizotron system providing two soil redox potential regimes, +170 mV (low Eh) and +560 mV (high Eh). Leaf chlorophyll concentration and gas exchange, root alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) activity, root and leaf ethylene production, and growth and biomass partitioning were measured. In response to the low Eh soil treatment, stomatal conductance was reduced in Q. falcata and Q. lyrata but not in T. distichum, whereas net photosynthesis was reduced significantly in all species; however, net photosynthesis in T. distichum began …