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Variations In Attitude Between Children In Different Years Towards Peers With Special Physical Needs In A Western Australian Primary School, Natalie C. Robins Jan 1989

Variations In Attitude Between Children In Different Years Towards Peers With Special Physical Needs In A Western Australian Primary School, Natalie C. Robins

Theses : Honours

This study examined the attitudes of regular school students towards their peers with special needs within a Western Australian primary school. Comparisons were made between the children In Years 1, 4 and 7 of a specific school to identify whether any significant variations in attitude were present between the different years. Attitudinal data was collected by presenting an oral questionnaire to one, randomly selected, class of students from each of the three year groups

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Parenting Style And Family Environment Of Caucasian-American Versus Malaysian Families, James Eric Davison Jan 1989

Parenting Style And Family Environment Of Caucasian-American Versus Malaysian Families, James Eric Davison

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This study sought to determine whether functional Malaysian families differed from functional Caucasian-American families in family environment, parenting style, and marital adjustment, in terms of behavior-rating measures of family problem-solving and self-report measures of family environment and marital adjustment. Variables for the sample of 38 families were assessed using the Family Problem-Solving Behavior Coding System, the Problem-Solving Efficiency Scale, the Beavers-Timberlawn Family Evaluation Scale, the Family Environment Scale, and the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test. Significance was determined by comparing ratings between Malaysian and American families. Malaysian and Caucasian-American families were not significantly different regarding parenting style and family environment variables. …

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Effects Of Communicative Reading Strategies On The Literacy Behaviors Of Third-Grade Poor Readers., Sue Neames Hernandez Jan 1989

Effects Of Communicative Reading Strategies On The Literacy Behaviors Of Third-Grade Poor Readers., Sue Neames Hernandez

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Communicative Reading Strategies, an integrated approach to remedial reading instruction, on the reading, writing, and oral language proficiency of poor readers. Twenty eight third graders with poor reading and language abilities were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Communicative Reading Strategies (CRS) were employed with the experimental group. CRS treats reading as an integrated language process. Techniques were used such as: (1) providing orienting information, (2) clarifying the author's intention, (3) reducing the linguistic complexity of the text, (4) reiterating and conjoining ideas into complex propositions, and (5) …

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Econometric Techniques Applied To The Relationship Between Education And Gnp, Diane S. Sly Jan 1989

Econometric Techniques Applied To The Relationship Between Education And Gnp, Diane S. Sly

Honors Capstones

The goal of this paper was to study the role of government expenditures on education. Data gathered on states’ GNP and their educational budgets were statistically analyzed. Laboratory work, in the analysis of the data, was performed on Superwylbur’s SAS package. Procedures such as the econometric technique of Wiener-Granger’s Causality testing were also implemented. The major finding was that the direction of causation was not in the direction that most studies concluded, ED->GNP. The results showed causation from GNP->ED. The study was limited to six states due to time and knowledge. Readers should not be discouraged by the …

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Criminalization Of Copying In Examinations, N. L. Mitra Jan 1989

Criminalization Of Copying In Examinations, N. L. Mitra

National Law School of India Review

The attempt of the Karnataka Ordinance to criminalize copying in examinations is an undesirable move, and harms all stakeholders of the education process.

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Equal Protection- The Social Dimension Of European Community Law, T. Koopmans Jan 1989

Equal Protection- The Social Dimension Of European Community Law, T. Koopmans

Michigan Journal of International Law

There are two reasons for drawing attention to the social dimension of European Community law. First, the EEC treaty comprises different provisions on social policy whose importance is consistently underestimated: the treaty is often considered as merely establishing a "common market" and as only concerning economic problems. This approach is prominent in the United States, where the business world is primarily interested in trade with, and within, the common market, and where much literature is devoted to this subject. Second, the social provisions of the EEC treaty have given rise to an interesting evolution in the case law of the …

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Here’S Looking At Us Looking At Us, Amy Brook Snider Jan 1989

Here’S Looking At Us Looking At Us, Amy Brook Snider

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education

This paper was an introduction to the mini-conference, “The Conference as Ritual: The Sacred Journey of the Art Educator,” organized by Harold Pearse, Cynthia Taylor and myself for the NAEA Convention in Los Angeles, April 1988. Art educators from Canada and the United States along with Dr. Michael Owen Jones, author and director of the Folklore and Mythology Center at UCLA (our non-participant observer) looked at our annual spring pilgrimage to various hotels in the United States from historical, psychological, philosophic, structural, and ethnographic perspectives. As the introduction to the mini-conference, my paper specifically recounts the ways that I, an …

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A Handbook For Orientation Of First Year Teachers In The Walla Walla School District, Robert C. Maib Jan 1989

A Handbook For Orientation Of First Year Teachers In The Walla Walla School District, Robert C. Maib

All Graduate Projects

The transition from student teacher to becoming a professional teacher can be a very trying experience. Research, interviews and studies were done to point out problems beginning teachers have in their first year of employment. Due to these problems, beginning teachers need to know where to go for help. Administrators, secretarial services and custodial services can be very beneficial to aid the beginning teacher in the first year of employment. The aim of this project is to create a handbook for beginning teachers in the Walla Walla School District with the research discussed.

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Social Learning Therapy For Families With Aggressive Boys: Individual Family Versus Parent-Group Treatment, H. Alan Reid Jan 1989

Social Learning Therapy For Families With Aggressive Boys: Individual Family Versus Parent-Group Treatment, H. Alan Reid

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This study investigated the effectiveness of a time-limited, parent group therapy model for reducing aggressive and disruptive behavior in seven- to thirteen-year-old boys. Comparative differences between an individual counseling versus a parent group implementation of a social learning family counseling model were studied. Twenty families completed the parent group treatment program offered by the Family Therapy Project at Indiana State University. These families completed pre- and post-treatment assessments in order to determine treatment gains in the areas of child behavior, family environment/relationships, family problem-solving abilities, and marital adjustment/satisfaction. These treatment results were then statistically compared using an analysis of covariance …

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The Church, The State, And The Eha: Educating The Handicapped In Light Of The Establishment Clause, Thomas F. Guernsey, M. Grey Sweeney Jan 1989

The Church, The State, And The Eha: Educating The Handicapped In Light Of The Establishment Clause, Thomas F. Guernsey, M. Grey Sweeney

Law Faculty Publications

All parents have the basic right to guide the educational future of their children. Prior to the 1970s, however, it was not unusual for the parents of a handicapped child to find it difficult, if not impossible, to provide their child with a genuine opportunity to learn. Despite the Supreme Court's proclamation in 1954 that education, "where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms," handicapped children were routinely excluded from public education or segregated within it. Congress, responding to the increasingly vocal call for equal education, took …

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The Effects Of Freewriting On High School Students’ Attitudes Toward Writing, Dana L. Thomas Jan 1989

The Effects Of Freewriting On High School Students’ Attitudes Toward Writing, Dana L. Thomas

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This paper investigates the hypothesis that freewriting, when used as part of the writing process, will lead to more positive attitudes toward writing in a sample of advanced tenth grade students. An additional issue focuses on the level of positive attitudes of males when compared to females. Two intact classrooms taught by one teacher wrote weekly papers. The experimental group wrote freely, while the control group was restricted in topic choice, length and form of their writing. The experimental group received positive comments on the content of their writing, but the control group received standard error corrections on their writing. …

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Factors Related To Turnover Intentions Of Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service Agents., Bonnie Carolyn Gaddis Carter Jan 1989

Factors Related To Turnover Intentions Of Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service Agents., Bonnie Carolyn Gaddis Carter

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to expand the theoretical knowledge of the March and Simon (1958) "decision to participate" model as modified by Jackofsky (1982, 1984) and examined by Jackofsky and Peters (1983). Specifically, the study examined the relationship between employee turnover intentions and various predictors of turnover, including (a) desirability of movement (organizational commitment); (b) ease of movement; (c) the interaction of perceived desirability of movement (organizational commitment) and perceived ease of movement from the organization; (d) job satisfaction; (e) central life interest; and (f) selected employee demographic variables. Two-hundred forty Extension agents employed by Louisiana Cooperative Extension …

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The Effect Of Personal Journals On Fourth-Grade Students' Attitudes Toward Reading And Writing., Nancy B. Cothern Jan 1989

The Effect Of Personal Journals On Fourth-Grade Students' Attitudes Toward Reading And Writing., Nancy B. Cothern

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between belief systems and attitudes toward reading and writing and the effect of personal journal writing on those attitudes and beliefs. By combining three established areas of research (the affective component of attitude, the reading-writing relationship, and the self-defining nature of personal narrative), the use of personal journals was tested as an effective means for contributing to the development of positive attitudes. Subjects were 95 fourth graders enrolled in four intact classes which were randomly assigned to experimental or control conditions Pre-/post-assessments included administration of reading and writing attitude scales …

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Readability Of Mass Mailing Written Material Produced At The County Level Of The Alabama Cooperative Extension Service., Earl Crawford Johnson Jan 1989

Readability Of Mass Mailing Written Material Produced At The County Level Of The Alabama Cooperative Extension Service., Earl Crawford Johnson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The objectives of this study were to assess the readability of the mass mailing written material produced at the county level of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, and to determine the variance in readability explained by selected variables. A mail questionnaire to 100 randomly selected county agents was used, with a 98% response rate. Readability of agents' mass mailing written material was assessed using the Fry Readability Graph. Descriptive statistics and correlation coefficients were calculated. Stepwise multiple regression at the.05 level was used to develop a model which explained readability of material. Findings indicated that respondents spent about six hours …

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Age Level Differences In Children's Use Of An Aesthetic Stance When Responding To Literature., Joyce E. Many Jan 1989

Age Level Differences In Children's Use Of An Aesthetic Stance When Responding To Literature., Joyce E. Many

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The primary purpose of this study was to explore the effects of the use of the aesthetic and efferent stances in response to literature. Subjects included 43 fourth graders, 47 sixth graders, and 40 eighth graders who were reading on-grade level or above. All subjects read the same three short stories, completed written free responses to each, and rated the stories. Responses were analyzed for reader stance, level of understanding reached, and the elements of the responses in terms of content categories. Two-way analysis of variances revealed significant main effects for stance and grade on the dependent variable, level of …

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Children's Ability To Utilize The Mnemonic Keyword Method: An Educational Application Within Fourth-Grade Classrooms., Nancy Lynn Williams Jan 1989

Children's Ability To Utilize The Mnemonic Keyword Method: An Educational Application Within Fourth-Grade Classrooms., Nancy Lynn Williams

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Research has shown that the mnemonic keyword method is an effective study strategy under controlled laboratory-type situations with subjects learning decontextualized facts. Very few studies have actually tested the mnemonic keyword method within the context of a normal fourth grade classroom and learning situation. The purpose of this study, then, was to demonstrate the viability of the mnemonic keyword method as a study strategy when compared to notetaking/outlining, a common study strategy recommended by fourth grade curricula. The subjects were 106 fourth graders enrolled in four classes at a rural elementary school. Data were collected over a four week period …

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The Lactate Threshold And Carbon Dioxide Flow To The Lung As Predictors Of Ventilation During Exercise., Becky Anne Baker Jan 1989

The Lactate Threshold And Carbon Dioxide Flow To The Lung As Predictors Of Ventilation During Exercise., Becky Anne Baker

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Three studies were performed to determine the relationship between blood lactate, CO$\sb2$ flow to the lung, and ventilation during exercise. First, the method of determining the lactate threshold by use of log-log and semilog transformations developed by Beaver and his colleagues was modified to provide an objective method of determining the threshold which resulted in a significantly better fit (p $<$.05) of the log-log model to the data. Second, to test the theory that the increase in CO$\sb2$ flow to the lung due to bicarbonate buffering of H+ from lactic acid causes the rise in ventilation out of proportion to VO$\sb2$ at the ventilatory threshold, the lactate thresholds of these subjects were used to predict their ventilatory thresholds. The lactate threshold determined by the modified log-log model/method was a poor predictor with an insignificant relationship between the lactate and ventilatory thresholds (p $>$.05). In the third study, six subjects were tested during 4 sessions to determine the relationship between ventilation and CO$\sb2$ flow to the lung during exercise and also during rest and exercise while CO$\sb2$ was being inhaled. This relationship …

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Cognitive And Affective Outcomes Of Varying Levels Of Structured Collaboration In A Computer-Based Learning Environment., Judith Lavine Repman Jan 1989

Cognitive And Affective Outcomes Of Varying Levels Of Structured Collaboration In A Computer-Based Learning Environment., Judith Lavine Repman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study investigated cognitive and affective outcomes resulting from the use of varying levels of structured peer collaboration (unstructured, structured, and structured with training) in a computer-based learning environment. The study was designed to apply research findings showing a positive relationship between giving explanations and achievement into classroom practice. The sample consisted of 190 students enrolled in nine sections of seventh grade social studies at two middle schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA. The schools were selected because they contained large percentages of students at-risk of school failure. Intact classes were randomly assigned to receive one of the three …

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An Inservice Training Program In Mathematics For Thai Elementary School Teachers: A Proposed Model., Chiraporn Sirithavee Jan 1989

An Inservice Training Program In Mathematics For Thai Elementary School Teachers: A Proposed Model., Chiraporn Sirithavee

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was twofold. First, to survey the existing needs of mathematics inservice education for primary school teachers in Thailand. Second, to develop a model for a systematic inservice mathematics education program for primary school teachers in Thailand. The procedure used in gathering data for this study included the review of literature on inservice mathematics education and other related theories, documentary analysis, questionnaire, governmental publications and documents, official correspondence, and input from a Thai Committee of Experts in elementary and mathematics education. The culmination of these data gave direction for the development of a systematic inservice model …

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Factors Associated With The Production Of Export Quality Fruit By Small Banana Farmers Of The Rio Grande Valley, Portland, Jamaica., Terrence W. Thomas Jan 1989

Factors Associated With The Production Of Export Quality Fruit By Small Banana Farmers Of The Rio Grande Valley, Portland, Jamaica., Terrence W. Thomas

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The study was aimed at determining the relationship between two production variables--technology use, and production of export quality fruit--of small banana farmers in the Rio Grande Valley, Jamaica and selected socioeconomic, personal characteristic and opinion variables, assessing the amount of variance in production explained by the latter, and identifying variables that moderate or mediate the relationship between production variables. The target population was 120 farmers selling bananas to a public boxing plant. A random sample of non-banana farmers was used as a cross-validation check to make inferences to all farmers. Farmers were personally interviewed using a pretested schedule. Stepwise multiple …

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History Of The School Of Business Churchlands College / Western Australian College Of Advanced Education, Western Australian College Of Advanced Education Jan 1989

History Of The School Of Business Churchlands College / Western Australian College Of Advanced Education, Western Australian College Of Advanced Education

Research outputs pre 2011

The contents of this document, entitled "History of the School of Business", covers the significant events and statistics relating thereto experienced by the School of Business during its existence from 1975 to 1989 inclusive.

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Computer Use In Educational Presentation Systems, Randy J. Malta Jan 1989

Computer Use In Educational Presentation Systems, Randy J. Malta

Theses

Computer based Interactive Multi-Media has many uses in creating educational presentations. Apple's HyperCard has unlimited applications for use in Interactive Video presentations. Basic Interactive Video terminology and the five levels of Inter active Video Programs are defined. The process of producing an Interactive Videodisc, as well as the necessary production equipment is described. Interactive computer programs have an exciting future of use and expansion in the many and varied aspects of education.

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Omaha Minority Conditions And Research Conference Report: Issues In Education, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar) Jan 1989

Omaha Minority Conditions And Research Conference Report: Issues In Education, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

Planning for the 1989 Omaha Minority Conditions and Research Conference began during October 1988. In the early stages of the planning, a luncheon meeting of community members representing the three groups (Blacks, Native Americans, and Hispanics) for which the conference would be targeted was held. One purpose of this meeting was to further ascertain whether community members generally thought such a conference would be worthwhile. A second purpose was to identify persons who would be willing to serve on a steering committee which would have the task of planning and structuring the conference. A third purpose of the meeting was …

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Dellmuth V. Muth: Congressional Abrogation Of State Sovereign Immunity And The Education For All Handicapped Children Act, Susan Pringle Jan 1989

Dellmuth V. Muth: Congressional Abrogation Of State Sovereign Immunity And The Education For All Handicapped Children Act, Susan Pringle

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Concerning The Exemption Of Persons Who Instruct Public School Pupils In Institutions Of Higher Education From Teacher Certification Requirements, Colorado General Assembly Jan 1989

Concerning The Exemption Of Persons Who Instruct Public School Pupils In Institutions Of Higher Education From Teacher Certification Requirements, Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 1951-2000

No abstract provided.

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Concerning Authorization For School Districts To Seek Voter Approval Annually On The First Tuesday After The First Monday In November On The Question Of Levying An Additional Tax For Their General Funds, Colorado General Assembly Jan 1989

Concerning Authorization For School Districts To Seek Voter Approval Annually On The First Tuesday After The First Monday In November On The Question Of Levying An Additional Tax For Their General Funds, Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 1951-2000

No abstract provided.

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Concerning The Funding Of Special Educational Programs For Five-Year-Old Handicapped Children, Colorado General Assembly Jan 1989

Concerning The Funding Of Special Educational Programs For Five-Year-Old Handicapped Children, Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 1951-2000

No abstract provided.

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Concerning The Membership Of The Advisory Committee To The State Board Of Education Concerning Educational Accountability, Colorado General Assembly Jan 1989

Concerning The Membership Of The Advisory Committee To The State Board Of Education Concerning Educational Accountability, Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 1951-2000

No abstract provided.

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Concerning The Implementation Of Education Funding Under The "Public School Finance Act Of 1988", Colorado General Assembly Jan 1989

Concerning The Implementation Of Education Funding Under The "Public School Finance Act Of 1988", Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 1951-2000

No abstract provided.

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Concerning Adult Literacy, And Relating To The Promotion Thereof Through Program Grants And Making An Appropriation In Connection Therewith, Colorado General Assembly Jan 1989

Concerning Adult Literacy, And Relating To The Promotion Thereof Through Program Grants And Making An Appropriation In Connection Therewith, Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 1951-2000

No abstract provided.

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