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Newsbulletin Vol. 13, No. 23, Salve Regina College Apr 1983

Newsbulletin Vol. 13, No. 23, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

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Follow-Up Study Of Vocational Students At Plattsmouth High School, Steve Jn. Bernth Apr 1983

Follow-Up Study Of Vocational Students At Plattsmouth High School, Steve Jn. Bernth

Student Work

The Plattsmouth Community Schools currently operates a comprehensive high school. A school in which all youths and adults in the district have an opportunity to develop salable skills which are best suited to their individual goals and abilities. The Plattsmouth School district currently operates Vocational Programs in the areas of Business and Office Education. In addition, the district operates a program designed specifically to serve the needs of the disadvantaged and handicapped youth of the community. These programs serve both junior and senior high students. Even though we receive no funding for this program in the junior high school, we …

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Newsbulletin Vol. 13, No. 22, Salve Regina College Mar 1983

Newsbulletin Vol. 13, No. 22, Salve Regina College

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Newsbulletin Vol. 13, No. 20, Salve Regina College Mar 1983

Newsbulletin Vol. 13, No. 20, Salve Regina College

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Newsbulletin Vol. 13, No. 19 [Sic], Salve Regina College Feb 1983

Newsbulletin Vol. 13, No. 19 [Sic], Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

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The Health Of Alaskans: An Assessment Of The Prevalence Of Behaviors Posing Health Risks, John A. Kruse, Elsa Aegerter Feb 1983

The Health Of Alaskans: An Assessment Of The Prevalence Of Behaviors Posing Health Risks, John A. Kruse, Elsa Aegerter

ISER Reports

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Supervised Versus Independent Student Laboratories, Luther C. Kloth, Mary Ann Morrison Feb 1983

Supervised Versus Independent Student Laboratories, Luther C. Kloth, Mary Ann Morrison

Physical Therapy Faculty Research and Publications

The purpose of this study was to determine if classroom laboratory time could be reduced in a basic physical agents course. Fifty-seven junior physical therapy students were randomly assigned to three laboratory sections. All students received identical lectures, demonstrations, course materials, and laboratory manuals. The control group, Section 1, received supervision and assistance during laboratory practice. Students in Section 2 and Section 3 worked independent of instructor supervision but could receive assistance from the instructor in an adjacent room. Students in Section 2 were provided with feedback following periodic assessment by the instructor. Attitudinal questionnaire responses indicated that the students …

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Nova University Bulletin Doctorate In Business Administration (Dba) Program In The Study Of Administration 1983, Nova University Jan 1983

Nova University Bulletin Doctorate In Business Administration (Dba) Program In The Study Of Administration 1983, Nova University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

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A Study Of Selected Costs Of Public School Transportation In Indiana, John Joseph Kosco Jan 1983

A Study Of Selected Costs Of Public School Transportation In Indiana, John Joseph Kosco

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose of the Study. The purposes of the study were to determine which type of bus ownership in Indiana school corporations was most economical and to compare differences in cost per mile, transportation tax rate, and state distribution per mile for a three-year period in all Indiana school corporations' transportation services. Procedure. The data for all Indiana school corporations were obtained from the 1979-80, 1980-81, and 1981-82 editions of the Report of Statistical Information for Indiana School Corporations and the Indiana Farm Bureau's School Statistical Report. Means were used to compare differences in the criterion variables. Results. The analysis of …

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Achieving A Concensus On Dog Control Strategies: A Brief Primer, D. B. Wilkins Jan 1983

Achieving A Concensus On Dog Control Strategies: A Brief Primer, D. B. Wilkins

Pets Collection

The welfare arguments surrounding dog ownership may not stimulate the same passionate fervor as those relating to the use of animals in experiments, factory farming, or the hunting of live animals with hounds, but nevertheless, they are matters of real concern to most welfare organizations. The most serious problems are caused through irresponsible ownership, which leads to overbreeding and the inevitable consequence of large numbers

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Utilizing The Special Education Training Program Of Central Washington University As A Model For Five-Year Normal Colleges In The Republic Of China, Jing-Yu Her Jan 1983

Utilizing The Special Education Training Program Of Central Washington University As A Model For Five-Year Normal Colleges In The Republic Of China, Jing-Yu Her

All Graduate Projects

The project (model) was primarily an audio/visual program which presented 118 slides to introduce the special education teacher training program of Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington. It consisted of the following parts: (a) introduction to Central Washington University and its campus, (b) introduction to the special education teacher training program, and (c) parent/teacher conference and the Student Council for Exceptional Children. It has been described and interpreted in English and Chinese. The purpose for describing a model of the special education teacher training program of Central Washington University is to suggest a more complete training program for Ping-Tong Five-Year Nonnal …

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Resource Allocation In Public Education: A Thirty Five Year Historical Study Of Public School Budgets In Clark County, Nevada, William Allan Fisher Jan 1983

Resource Allocation In Public Education: A Thirty Five Year Historical Study Of Public School Budgets In Clark County, Nevada, William Allan Fisher

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This historical study analyzed thirty five years of public school expenditures for evidence of change in spending patterns to discover whether or not the organizational structure of the schools has been allowed to drift from public expectations; Budget expenditures from year to year were reclassified by the USED codes in Handbook II. This rigorous classification and the LOTUS 123 spread sheet enabled the researcher to hold all data constant; The study demonstrated that school boards' objectives had not changed between 1950 and 1985. Nevertheless, seven fundamental changes occurred in the operation of the schools and that all noninstructional school programs …

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Review Of "Educational Policymaking And The Courts: An Empirical Study Of Judicial Activism" By Michael A. Rebell And Arthur R. Block, James J. Fishman Jan 1983

Review Of "Educational Policymaking And The Courts: An Empirical Study Of Judicial Activism" By Michael A. Rebell And Arthur R. Block, James J. Fishman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

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An Evaluation Of The Substance Abuse Prevention In Education Team Training Program., Carolyn Janet Felter Jan 1983

An Evaluation Of The Substance Abuse Prevention In Education Team Training Program., Carolyn Janet Felter

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to evaluate Substance Abuse Prevention in Education (SAPE') Team Training in terms of its effectiveness within and among groups of teachers, counselors and administrators. The study involved three parts. Part I consisted of the development of evaluation instruments to measure attitudinal and cognitive changes of workshop participants. Part II involved the actual experiment which consisted of six eighteen-hour team training workshops. Eighty-five teachers, thirty-seven counselors and forty school administrators comprised the sample. Useable data was obtained from seventy-two teachers, twenty-eight counselors and thirty-one administrators. SAPE' team training workshop participants were pretested upon arrival at …

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (Mmpi) Response Patterns Among Prisoners Under Varied Instructional Sets., Rafael Francisco Salcedo Jan 1983

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (Mmpi) Response Patterns Among Prisoners Under Varied Instructional Sets., Rafael Francisco Salcedo

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of various instructional sets on the MMPI performance of prisoners. Specifically, an attempt was made to examine whether any significant biases existed in the scales and ratios used to measure the prisoner's attitudinal set concerning the MMPI. Ninety-six subjects were selected from the U.S. Camp and Penitentiary in Lompoc, California. The subjects were randomly assigned to three groups of 32 subjects each. One group was requested to take the MMPI under instructions to malinger psychopathology. Another group was instructed to take the MMPI under instructions to deny or conceal any …

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A History Of The Louisiana State University School Of Music (1955-1979). (Volumes I And Ii)., Brenda Gale Williams Jan 1983

A History Of The Louisiana State University School Of Music (1955-1979). (Volumes I And Ii)., Brenda Gale Williams

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This report provides an organized and accurate chronology of the history of the LSU School of Music from 1955 to 1979, encompassing the tenure of Dr. Everett L. Timm, as administrator of the School of Music. Areas examined included faculty, curricula, enrollment, degrees awarded, facilities, budget, expenditures, performing groups, performances, and special events. The historical method of research was employed using a two-fold procedure: (1) interviews with present and former students, faculty, and deans; and (2) examinations of University and School of Music records and publications, and reports from local, state, and national publications. An investigation of assembled data indicated …

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An Evaluation Of The Expanded Food And Nutrition Education Program (Louisiana)., Diane Ball Linder Jan 1983

An Evaluation Of The Expanded Food And Nutrition Education Program (Louisiana)., Diane Ball Linder

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine behavioral changes in Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) participants in East Baton Rouge Parish. The categories studied included: (1) knowledge of nutrition, (2) food purchase, (3) food storage and sanitation, (4) food and meal planning, and (5) food preparation. A stratified sample of five nutrition aides was selected. The aides ranged from limited to exceptional ability to teach. Eighty EFNEP homemakers who had participated in the program for a minimum of six months were included. Sixteen homemakers were selected randomly from each aide's list of homemakers. A food behavior checklist …

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A Study Of Attitude Toward The Disabled Of Foreign Students From Selected Geographical Areas., Andres Maclovio Trimino Jan 1983

A Study Of Attitude Toward The Disabled Of Foreign Students From Selected Geographical Areas., Andres Maclovio Trimino

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate attitudes toward the disabled in foreign students at Louisiana State University. Four hundred sixty-six students were administered the Attitude Toward Disabled People scale, Form A, and a demographic questionnaire, during the Fall semester of 1982. These students were grouped in five predetermined areas of the world, as follows: Latin America; Africa; the Middle East, except Israel; Europe, Canada, and Israel; and South and East Asia. Analysis of variance and t-test were used to investigate differences of attitude among the subgroups of the sample. The following conclusions were drawn, applicable to the group …

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School Lunch Consumption In Terms Of Serving Method., Faye Anne Blanchard Robichaux Jan 1983

School Lunch Consumption In Terms Of Serving Method., Faye Anne Blanchard Robichaux

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the "offer versus serve" method on school lunch consumption by students in grades 1-3 when nutrition-related achievement of students was similar. This method allows students to decline two of the five food items. The sample included students in grades 1-3 in two public schools in neighboring parishes, Lafourche and Assumption. The Lafourche Parish school was using the "offer versus serve" method, while the Assumption Parish school was using the traditional method of serving lunch. Nutrition achievement of students in both schools was determined; the mean scores of students in …

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The Effectiveness Of Video Technology In Safety Training At An Industrial Site., Robert Steven Miller Jan 1983

The Effectiveness Of Video Technology In Safety Training At An Industrial Site., Robert Steven Miller

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Industry has long held to the belief that accidents are caused and they can be prevented. To support this belief, industry in the United States has allocated vast resources for accident prevention. The rationale for this allocation of resources rests on the concern for employees' well-being, federal and state regulations, and the profit incentive. In order to test the most feasible and effective program to generate safety awareness and teach specific safety skills, a system of daily reinforcement using an in-plant cable tablevision capability was conceptualized, designed, implemented and tested. This study presents the findings for the Safety Minutes program …

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Factors Associated With Research And Extension Work In Livestock Production In The Ivory Coast., Nathalie Zongo N'Guessan Jan 1983

Factors Associated With Research And Extension Work In Livestock Production In The Ivory Coast., Nathalie Zongo N'Guessan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The overall objective of this study was to gather basic information about livestock programs in the Ivory Coast, and to determine factors that may be impeding the successful accomplishment of these programs. One hundred and two livestock producers were interviewed--72 who were members of SODEPRA and 32 who were not. The data from the field study were coded onto computer sheets and transferred to punched cards and percentages and Chi-Square Values were calculated. The major dependent variable, membership in SODEPRA, was related to the independent variables in the study. Chi-Square values were used to determine if there was a significant …

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A Descriptive Evaluation Of Two Hospital Education Programs (Louisiana)., Thomas Curtis Whitesell Jan 1983

A Descriptive Evaluation Of Two Hospital Education Programs (Louisiana)., Thomas Curtis Whitesell

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purposes of this study were to develop a method of assessment of the education function for hospitals and to ascertain if there was a significant difference in the education function of two like-size hospitals. One hospital is military, U.S. Army Community Hospital located at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and the other is civilian, Baton Rouge General Hospital, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. These two hospitals were selected for this study because of their similarities in size, state, educational mission and, most important, because of their organization for education. Both hospital education programs are decentralized, having a staff development section and …

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The Exigency Of Aesthetic Education: A Centurial Critique Of Four National Reports On Utilitarian Curriculum Development In Public Education, Nancy North Collins Awsumb Jan 1983

The Exigency Of Aesthetic Education: A Centurial Critique Of Four National Reports On Utilitarian Curriculum Development In Public Education, Nancy North Collins Awsumb

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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Family Choice: An Idea Whose Time Has Come And Gone?, James J. Fishman Jan 1983

Family Choice: An Idea Whose Time Has Come And Gone?, James J. Fishman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The heart of the criticism of the existing educational system is the feeling that public schools no longer meet the needs of society, educational bureaucracies account to no one, parents have little say or choice in the educational options for their children, there is little diversity in public schools, and the public school establishment has resisted any attempts at reform or distributing data that could be used to challenge the present system.

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Building An Appropriate Education From Board Of Education V. Rowley: Razing The Door And Raising The Floor, Perry A. Zirkel Jan 1983

Building An Appropriate Education From Board Of Education V. Rowley: Razing The Door And Raising The Floor, Perry A. Zirkel

Maryland Law Review

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University Of Texas At Tyler Catalog, 1983-1984, University Of Texas At Tyler Jan 1983

University Of Texas At Tyler Catalog, 1983-1984, University Of Texas At Tyler

Catalogs

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Foodservice Institutions And The Whittier College Campus Inn, Nani Neilson Jan 1983

Foodservice Institutions And The Whittier College Campus Inn, Nani Neilson

Whittier Scholars Program

This project will cover whether the Campus Inn is developing appreciation and habits of daily living that can have life long benefits and that might be promoted through such a campus experience. The paper will discuss my job experience through the C.I. and how I came to see for my own eyes that the C.I. is doing everything it possibly can to provide to students nutritionally balanced meals and that nutritional welfare is heavily monitored by the C.I. employees. The content of my senior project will include the following subject matter: food-service systems and their development, organization and management, personal …

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Equal Educational Opportunity For Special Pupil Populations And The Federal Role, Betsy Levin Jan 1983

Equal Educational Opportunity For Special Pupil Populations And The Federal Role, Betsy Levin

West Virginia Law Review

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Prospectus: 1983-84, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee Jan 1983

Prospectus: 1983-84, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

Prospectus: Kevin Street

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Teaching Health To The Learning Disabled, Sharon Marie Harter Jan 1983

Teaching Health To The Learning Disabled, Sharon Marie Harter

All Graduate Projects

A project was designed for secondary health students possessing learning disabilities in the areas of perceptual motor, motor active, and reading. After identifying the characteristics and remedial approaches for these learning disabilities, lesson plans and specific learning activities were developed for a unit on nutrition. A resource and materials section was included to assist regular secondary health classroom teachers with learning disabled students.

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