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A Literary Biography Of James Still: A Beginning, Rhonda George England

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Humanities at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Rhonda George England on May 21, 1984.

Mystic Characters In James Dickey's "Deliverance", Abdulhafeth A. Khrisat

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Humanities at Morehead State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English by Abdulhafeth A. Khrisat in May of 1984.

Storytelling: A Guide For The Novice Storyteller, Phyllis Gray

Graduate Research Papers

"Once upon a time, in a place long ago." Thus begins many of the stories that have delighted children and adults all over the world. These words are signals that let people know they are about to enter a world of enchantment. Having entered this strange and wonderful world, people are enthralled or horrified by the sights and sounds that they find there. No matter what the listeners' initial feelings, they are always willing to return to a place long ago with the help of a storyteller. In order to get a better understanding of storytelling events and to improve …

Writing Creatively In First Grade, Susan Grant Raye

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Learning to write their own words increases students' success in learning to read, provides practice in thinking skills, increases their self-concept and provides early positive attitudes about writing.

However, most writing done in first grade classrooms today consists mainly of copying from the blackboard. This is a tedious and boring task for first graders, and gives them bad attitudes about writing as they begin their school careers. Many teachers don't require young students to write their own words because of the students' inability to spell words and form grammatically correct sentences. However, if a teacher is accepting of the students' …

Teaching Freshman Composition: A Manual For Beginning Instructors, Cynthia Howton Anderson

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Humanities at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of English by Cynthia Howton Anderson on July 28, 1983.

Teaching Freshman Composition: A Manual For Beginning Instructors, Cynthia Howton Anderson

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Humanities at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of English by Cynthia Howton Anderson on July 28, 1983.

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

• Albin, Bettye. John Dryden's Criticism: The Neglected Link
• Allen, Christopher. Martial Reflections: Ancient Cultures and Their War-Gods
• Case, Laura. Climatic Preference
• Deller, Kathy. Regression Analysis: The Effects of Advertising, Price, Income and Import Sales on American-Made Auto Sales
• Downing, Elizabeth. Dorothy Leigh Sayers: Detective of Literary Theory in The Mind of the Maker
• Elder, Janice. A Retrospective Study on Discharge Planning and Primiparas at Breckinridge Memorial
• Flora, Joan. Narcissism and the Need for …

Credentialism As Monopoly, Class War, And Socialization Scheme: Some Historical Reflections On Modern Ways Of Determining Who Can Do A Job, Paul A. Olson

Department of English: Faculty Publications

Social theorists in earlier periods have looked at credentialing from the perspective of its service to the economic or social system as opposed to its “protection of the public interest.” Adam Smith regarded the long education and the performance tests that the guilds required as monopolistic constraints on production; Karl Marx saw the same guild system as controlled by the propertied classes and uselessly exclusionary; and Emile Durkheim, unlike both Smith and Marx, regarded the occupational group with its entrance requirements as central to the stability of modern society. The application of the principles of Smith, Marx, and Durkheim, in …

Langston Hughes's "Ask Your Mama": "12 Moods For Jazz" An Explication Of Hope In The Midst Of Protest, William J. Read

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Humanities at Morehead State University in partial. fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of English by William J. Read on July 1, 1982.

Ua68/6 Newsletter #11, Wku English

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by WKU English Department regarding faculty activities, awards, study abroad, honors program and creative writing.

Ua68/6 Newsletter #10, Wku English

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Newsletter created by WKU English Department regarding faculty activities, vocabulary words, lyrics "Concord Wine," excuses and suggestions for writing.

Ua68/6 Newsletter #9, Wku English

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Newsletter created by the WKU English Department regarding faculty activities, poem "For My Son," list of superlatives, vocabulary words and slang.

Ua68/6 Newsletter #8, Wku English

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Newsletter created by WKU English Department regarding upcoming events, faculty activities, list of former professors, novel openings, quotes and vocabulary words.

Ua68/6 Newsletter #7, Wku English

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the WKU English Department regarding faculty activities, feminine perspective, universities and budget.

Stereotypes Of The Native American In Fiction Books In Elementary School Libraries, Karma Anderson

Graduate Research Papers

This study proposed to investigate the kinds of Native American materials which were found in elementary school library media centers in Iowa Education Agency Seven (AEA 7). A questionnaire was prepared with seventeen recommended titles and fifteen presently criticized titles on which media specialists in AEA 7 were to indicate availability in their media centers. The hypothesis to be tested was: Given a list of books containing both reconnnended and presently criticized titles, 75 percent of school library specialists in AEA 7 will indicate that there are more recommended titles than presently criticized titles on Native Americans in their fiction …

Prediction Of Things To Come For Exceptional Children And Adults As Seen Through The Eyes Of Science Fiction Writers, Claud Barrett

All Graduate Projects

The problem is that education has not, to any degree, looked at science fiction as a source of information related to future problems in the lives of exceptional children and adults.

By looking at science fiction that has won the Hugo and Nebula awards, it will be the purpose of this paper to examine a number of problems.

1, It will be the task of the author to show that science fiction has both in intent and by accident been a reliable predictor of future events.

2. The author will look at science fiction and identify the ways science fiction …

Realism In Young Adult Literature : Criteria And Analysis, Maryjo Barnett Chinn

Dissertations and Theses

This paper will study realism in young adult literature, focusing specifically on those books in which young adults accept parenting roles. First, professional literature about realism will be reviewed from a· historical perspective, then criteria for realism will be examined. New criteria will be synthesized and applied to six novels. An annotated bibliography of novels in which young adults accept parenting roles will be presented.

Ua68/6 Newsletter #6, Wku English

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Newsletter created by WKU English Department regarding faculty activities, Zephyrus, alumni and book recommendations.

Ua68/6 Newsletter #5, Wku English

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Newsletter created by the WKU English Department regarding upcoming events, faculty activities, awards and Sigma Tau Delta.

Ua68/6 Newsletter #4, Wku English

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Newsletter created by the WKU English Department regarding faculty activities, awards and a poem Surprise! Surprise!

Ua68/6 Newsletter #3, Wku English

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Newsletter created by WKU English Department listing upcoming events, faculty activities and discussion of liberal arts degree.

Ua68/6 Newsletter #2, Wku English

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Newsletter created by the WKU English Department regarding upcoming events, best term paper and best / worst list.

Ua68/6 Newsletter #1, Wku English

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the WKU English Department regarding upcoming events, United Way campaign, book recommendations and Sigma Tau Delta.

Sister Carrie And An American Tragedy: The Publishers' Judgements, Barbara A. Martin

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the Graduate Faculty School of Humanities at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English by Barbara A. Martin in May of 1981.

J. L. Fischer Review Of American Schools For The Natives Of Ponape By Nat J. Colletta, J.L. Fischer

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

• Condis, Rebecca. Reconstituted Families: Counseling Concepts and Application
• Miller, Brad. Does Congress Effectively Regulate the Ethics of its Members?
• Grizzle, Dennis. Electron Microscopy of Polytrichum Moss Spores
• Collins, Lynell. Transformational Effects on Cytoskeleton and Cell-Surface Antigens
• Hamilton, Joy. A Summary of Flaws in Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
• Martin, Lanna. Sadie F. Price: Artist, Botanist, Author and Naturalist
• Wood, Irene. The Imagery of Smoke, Fire and Ash: A Study of the …

An Assessment Of The Linguistic Art Found In The Language Of The Works Of James Still, Betty Jo Hicks

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the Graduate School at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Betty Jo Hicks in August of 1980.

Ua35/11 Student Honors Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

Student research papers chosen by each college as best of the academic year.

• Bolte, William. Use of Government Documents in Small and Medium-Sized Libraries and Future Utilization Prospects
• Brevit, Valery. Development of the Concepts of Infinity
• Cook, Ken. KIM-1 Calculator Interface
• Irwin, Tom. Status Preservation in Three Characteristic Radical Right Groups
• Logan, Ben. Jungian Psychoanalysis of the Petrarchan Lover
• Moore, James Jr. Communication Problems and the Families of Schizophrenics
• Nash, Jeffrey. St. Luke as Historian
• Porto, Eugenia. In Defense of Camus
• Roberson, Philip. The Religious Thought of Rabindranath Tagore
• Wood, Irene. The Them of Incest in Dickens' Hard Times

Matthew Arnold And Minimum Competency: The Nineteenth-Century British Experience With National Basic Skills Assessment, Patrick G. Scott

Faculty Publications

Discusses the British government's introduction in 1861-62 of the Revised Code, under Robert Lowe, tying government funding of elementary schools to annual examination of the progress made by each child in the basic skills of Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, and the satiric perspective on the debate given by the poet and essayist Matthew Arnold, himself one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, charged with implementing Lowe's reforms. Many of the issues about local and national curriculum, state funding of education, the importance of basic or core skills in relation to breadth, and the best means to assess teacher effectiveness have …

0307: Robert Sechler Papers, 1920-1950, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Papers consist of student papers written by Sechler, newspaper and magazine clippings, lecture notes, and thesis. Sechler was Chairman of English Department at Marshall University from 1951 until 1959.