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The Link Between Established Psychological Type Preferences And Academic Achievement In Elementary School Students, Shelley Nacke

Theses

Sixty-four third through eighth grade students from a rural parochial school were tested using the Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator for Children (MMTIC). Students were divided into three groups on the basis of the MMTIC scores: those showing no undetermined preferences, those showing one undetermined preference and those showing two or more undetermined preference. Grade point averages (GPA) were used to determine academic achievement for these students. Mean GP A scores for the three groups were compared using the t-test. Those students with two or more undetermined preferences showed significantly lower mean GP A scores than those students with no undetermined preferences.

The History Of American Health Care, Michael R. Niehaus

Theses

Health care in America has grown predominately in response to both social and religious need. All though historically social position was the primary determinant of a patients ability to receive health care, today insurance plays a major role in ones ability to receive that care. This thesis will examine some of the social changes which have effected American hospital and its relation to the patients ability to pay .

Immigration Issues Of Indian Women, Hema Srikanta

Theses

There are a few thousand Indian families living in St. Louis at the present time. Most of them came here in pursuit of higher education and a better life. Now this population is growing old. Here most of the Indian women are working outside of their homes. Their lives are totally different than that of their mothers and grand mothers. The values they grew up with in India are totally different than what they are experiencing in America. Most of the Indian population has made a home in America; they are growing old here and are going to retire here. …

Parker, Picasso, And Greco, Cornelius Frank Greco

Theses

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Incorporating Critical Thinking Skills Into The Language Arts Curriculum, Particularly In The Field Of Detective Fiction, Charles E. Bright

Theses

In this age of accelerated change and continuing complexity, there is a widely-recognized need to incorporate critical thinking skills into all aspects of everyday life and not simply as an optional philosophy class at the post-secondary level of American education.

Chapter One of this culminating project investigates the historical roots of critical thinking, with a brief investigation into the history of bow education in America (with slight digressions such as Alcott/Emerson's Temple School and John Dewey's Chicago experiments) has historically failed to foster the development of critical thinking skills in America's students by its centuries old tradition of emphasizing rote …

The New American Family, And A New Generation Of Young Americans Entering The Workforce, Flo A. Kistner

Theses

This thesis focuses on the dysfunction of a significant proportion of America's youth and shows how it can be attributed directly to lack of parental presence or parental control. Today's youth are in total chaos. Research shows there is a definite lack of quality time with today's children from their parents. This lack of parental involvement plays a crucial role in the development or lack of development of today's youth and tomorrow's workers.

The purpose of this study is to examine the changes in the structure of the American family, and the resulting need for management to assume a more …

Affirmative Action In College And Graduate School Admissions - The Effects Of Hopwood And The Actions Of The U.C. Board Of Regents On Its Continued Existence, Jeffrey B. Wolff

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Lawyers Rule: A Comment On Patterson's Theories Of Truth, David Luban

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Validity Of The Qualitative Measures Of Teaching Performance Scale As A Measure Of Teacher Effectiveness, J. Len Gusthart, Ivan M. Kelly, Judith E. Rink

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the Qualitative Measures of Teaching Performance Scale (QMTPS; Rink & Werner, 1989) and teacher effectiveness in producing student achievement. The QMTPS focuses primarily on variables related to teacher clarity and task presentation. Nine middle school generalist (classroom) teachers were asked to teach volleyball forearm pass and serve over eight lessons as part of their normal curriculum. Students were pre- and post tested on the serve and forearm pass using the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (1969) volleyball tests. All lessons were videotaped and were coded using …

Democracy And Education In The Thought Of Jefferson And Madison, Martin D. Carcieri

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.

Socrates, The Schools, And Civility: The Continuing War Between Inculcation And Inquiry, Jeffrey J. Pyle

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.

Psychiatric Outcomes In Low Birthweight Children At Age Six: Relation To Neonatal Cranial Ultrasound Abnormalities, Agnes H. Whitaker, Ronan Van Rossem, Judy F. Feldman, Irvin Sam Schonfeld, Jennifer A. Pinto-Martin, Carolyn Torre, David Shaffer, Nigel Paneth

Publications and Research

Examined the relation of neonatal cranial ultrasonography abnormalities to later psychiatric disorder in 564 low birth weight children (aged 5.2–8.7 yrs). Psychiatric diagnoses were assessed by means of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children–Parent version, and detailed information was collected on other predictors and outcomes. Results show that 454 Ss had no cranial abnormalities, 78 had germinal matrix hemorrhage (GMH) and/or intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), and 32 had a parenchymal lesion (PL) or ventricular enlargement (VE). 22% of the Ss had at least 1 psychiatric disorder, the most common being attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Isolated GMH/IVH did not increase …

Sigmund Freud's Passover Dream Responds To Theodor Herzl's Zionist Dream, Ken Frieden

Religion - All Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Presenting And Challenging Witnesses Under New Jersey Rules Of Evidence 607, 611(C), And 803(A)(1): Should We Vouch For The Credibility Of These Rules?, Charles J. Walsh, Gwen L. Posner

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Consideration As The Commitment To Relinquish Autonomy, Howard Engelskirchen

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Mount Laurel At 21 Years: Reflections On The Power Of Courts And Legislatures To Shape Social Change, John Charles Boger

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Students Or Serfs: Is Mandatory Community Service A Violation Of The Thirteenth Amendment, Bradley H. Kreshek

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Saturday Night. Ten P.M.: Do You Know Where Your Handgun Is?, E. Judson Jennings

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

La Querencia: La Raza Bioregionalism, Juan Estevan Arellano

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Family Secrets: The Growth Of Community At Los Alamos, Jon Hunner

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Los Alamos: Coming Down From The Hill Of Certainty, E. A. Mares

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Sources Consulted For "Impact Los Alamos"

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

1997 Legacy, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Manuel V. United States: The Question Of The Exclusivity Rule In Section 745 Of The Suits In Admiralty Act, Ling Ling

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Bound By The Sins Of Another: Civil Forfeiture And The Lack Of Constitutional Protection For Innocent Owners In Bennis V. Michigan, Joi Elizabeth Peake

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Back Matter, Visions Editors

Visions in Leisure and Business

Includes brief biography of Mark D. Howell, advertisement for From Moonshine to Madison Avenue: A Cultural History of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, and back cover.

Bibliography For Paulo Freire: English Works, Paulo Freire

Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice

No abstract provided.

Expressions: Lesley College Expressive Therapy Newsletter, V.4, Fall 1997, Lesley College

Expressive Therapy Newsletters

Lesley Expressive Therapy Newsletter was first published in Fall 1996 as The Untitled News. From Fall 1997, it was called Expressions. In 2001, it became Expressive Therapy News, and by Spring 2003, it was renamed Exth Press.

Determining The Degrees Of Needed Support For First Time Parents In The Immediate And Early Post Partum Period, Marilyn Grimes Fraktman

Educational Studies Dissertations

This study investigates the needed support for first-time parents in postnatal care.

Three High School Teachers' Conceptions Of The French They Teach, Patrick R. Moran

Educational Studies Dissertations

This study investigates secondary French teachers' conceptions of the French they teach.