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Acuta Enews May 1994, Vol. 23, No. 5

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

Board Report

President's message

VTEL goes to Russia

Video at Univ. of Missouri

DC at a glance

Takin' care of business

Pod Network News, May 1994

POD Network News

1994 POD Conference in Portland

Thanks to Dan and Don

Welcome to Nancy

CORE Meeting in Chicago

POD Activities at AAHE

Future Conference Sites

Congratulations

Screeners for Hesburgh Award

Enclosures

Conferences, Resources and Job Openings

Announcements

Visions from the New POD President

Some things to do

To Improve the Academy: Associate Editor/Reviewer Self-Nomination Form

Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network Newsletter – Spring 1994

Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network

Content:

NESEN Membership and Resources Directory Available

NESEN to Sponsor K-12 Earth Science Education Activities at North Central/South Central Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America

1994 Earth Science Workshops: A Basis for Lesson Plan Development

Teachers Guide Now Available

NESEN at Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science Annual Meeting

Rock Collecting Field Trip

New Publication from Conservation and Survey Division, UNL

“Earth has a History” – A Videotape from GSA

Thoughts on Earth Science Education

Nebline, May 1994

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Horticulture

Rural $ense

Human Resources

4-H & Youth

Environmental Focus

Community & Leadership Development

Extension Calendar

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Nebraska Association for Family and Community Education News

and other extension news and events

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 6, No. 3, April 25, 1994

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

Grants

Congratulations

Department travelers

USDA-ARS/UNL IPM workshop

Department seminar schedule

1993 publications

Student news

New faces

Congratulations

Proposal For Center For Grassland Studies, Ron Case, Dick Clark, Charles A. Francis, Tony Joern, Terry J. Klopfenstein, Lowell E. Moser, Bob Shearman, Ken Vogel, Steven S. Waller

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Its my pleasure, on behalf of the Grassland Studies Task Force, to forward a proposal for a Center for Grassland Studies for your consideration. The Task Force is extremely pleased with the overwhelming support from a broad base of input. The Task Force has made a major effort through internal and external listening sessions to insure that there was support and in doing so develop a coalition of partners across the University of Nebraska System, state colleges, community colleges, industry, state and federal agencies, public groups, private non-profit organizations and other educational institutions in the region.

Nebraska has a rich …

Acuta Enews April 1994, Vol. 23, No. 4

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

Board report

President's message

ISDN at WVU

Book reviews

Hold down toll fraud

Takin' care of business

Using Student-Managed Interventions To Increase Homework Completion And Accuracy, Daniel E. Olympia, Susan M. Sheridan, William R. Jenson, Debra Andrews

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

We examined the effectiveness of self-managed individual and group contingency procedures in improving the completion and accuracy rates of daily mathematics homework assignments. A group of sixth-grade students having homework difficulties in mathematics were selected for the study. There was substantial improvement in the amount of homework completed over baseline for a majority of the students, whereas the results for accuracy were mixed. Students who participated in the self-management training made significant gains on standardized measures of academic achievement and curriculum-based measures of classroom performance. Parents also reported significantly fewer problems associated with homework completion following the intervention. Students who …

Nebline, April 1994

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Horticulture

Rural $ense

Human Resources

4-H & Youth

Environmental Focus

Community & Leadership Development

Extension Calendar

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Nebraska Association for Family and Community Education News

and other extension news and events

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 5, No. 2, March 11, 1994

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

Grants

Congratulations

Department travelers

1993 publications

New faces

Miscellaneous

Acuta Enews March 1994, Vol. 23, No. 3

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

Board reprt

President's message

Baltimore update

Improvements at the University of Chicago

21st Century technology

Resource Library is growing

Nebline, March 1994

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Horticulture

Rural $ense

Human Resources

4-H & Youth

Environmental Focus

Community & Leadership Development

Extension Calendar

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Nebraska Association for Family and Community Education News

and other extension news and events

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 5, No. 1, February 21, 1994

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

Grants

Congratulations

Service awards

1993 publications

Graduations

Student news

New faces

Miscellaneous

Acuta Enews February 1994, Vol. 23, No. 2

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

Board report

Presidents message

What's right...what's wrong? States to develop telecommunications modernization plans

21st century technology

Pod Network News, February 1994

POD Network News

1994 POD Conference in Portland, OR

POD Participation in AAHE

CORE Meeting at AAHE

Welcome to the CORE

Special Thanks

Congratulations, Karron and Nancy

To Improve the Academy

Announcements

Conferences

Resources of Interest

Message from the President

Nebline, February 1994

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Horticulture

Rural $ense

Human Resources

4-H & Youth

Environmental Focus

Community & Leadership Development

Extension Calendar

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Nebraska Association for Family and Community Education News

and other extension news and events

The Abominable Mystery Of The First Flowers: Clues From Nebraska And Kansas, M. R. Bolick, R. K. Pabian

University of Nebraska State Museum: Programs Information

The plant fossils found in shales and sandstones of the late Cretaceous age Dakota Group in Nebraska and Kansas figure prominently in the "drama tis plantae" of the long-running and still unsolved mystery of the origin of flowering plants (angiosperms). This mystery has many fans because almost all of the plants that humans depend on for food and shelter are angiosperms; half of the calories in the world's diet come from the grass family alone. The Dakota fossils were discovered by western science more than one hundred years ago during the early stages of geological exploration of the western territories. …

Preserving Vertebrate Fossils: Notes From The Laboratory, Gregory Brown, Pauline Denham

University of Nebraska State Museum: Programs Information

The word "paleontology" is derived from the Greek words meaning "the science or study of ancient life". Usually, paleontology does not concern itself with human remains, artifacts or cultures; these are the realms of archeology and anthropology. Paleontologists excavate and study fossils, the remains of once-living plants and animals. By convention, such remains must be at least 10,000 years old to be considered fossils. In North America, there is very little overlap between the sites and materials that are studied by paleontologists and by archeologists because humans are relative newcomers to the continent. A site which produces …

Defining The Field: A National Membership Survey, Sponsored By The Pod Network

POD Network Conference Materials

Section 1 : POD Membership

Section 2: POD Membership Services

Section 3: Job-Related Information

Section 4: Personal Demographic Information

General Conference Evaluation

POD Network Conference Materials

No abstract provided.

Acuta Enews January 1994, Vol. 23, No. 1

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

Board Report

Presidents message

FCC proposes regulations for toll fraud

Cruising he information superhighway

21st century technology

Acuta Enews January 1993, Vol. 23, No. 1

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

Regulatory update

President's column

Grants to network innovators

Monograph honoraria $500

Phone fiber to carry CATV

Director's column

Homework: A Natural Means Of Home-School Collaboration, Daniel E. Olympia, Susan M. Sheridan, William Jenson

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this article is to place homework in the framework of an emerging interest in the development of effective home-school partnerships. Specifically, review of the homework literature is provided with attention to parent-, teacher-, and child-mediated programs. Several homework programs that have received empirical support are described. Finally, the role of the school psychologist in supporting and coordinating complementary home-school homework programs is explored.

School Teacher's Role In A School-Community Alcohol Intervention Program, Ian Newman, Mary Lee Fitzsimmons, Kim M. Maschmann, J. W. Upright

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

Because the majority of rural and/or frontier children attend school for at least some time in their lives, implementing a low-cost, school-based alcohol and other drug prevention and intervention program is an effective way to reach a majority of children with alcohol and other drug abuse prevention, education, and early intervention services. This paper describes a model program, the School-Community Intervention Program (SCIP), and describes the results of a 2-year evaluation of 35 schools.

19th Annual Conference Program

POD Network Conference Materials

Exploring the Conference Theme

Welcome, by Larry K. Quinsland, Conference Coordinator

POD Executive Directors

1994-95 CORE Committee Members

Acknowledgements

Conference Information and Resources

Conference Overview

Conference At-a-Glance

Special Events and Speakers

Conference Program

Meeting Facilities Red Lion Hotel Columbia River

Program Modifications

Promoting Collaborative Learning In The Early Childhood Classroom: Reggio Emilia, Italy, And Amherst, Massachusetts., Carolyn P. Edwards, Lella Gandini, John Nimmo

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

This chapter describes a study that was conducted in Reggio Emilia (Emilia Romagna, northern Italy), Pistoia (Tuscany, Italy) and Amherst (Massachusetts, USA) as part of a three study project investigating how teachers promote collaboration and community in their classrooms. The methodology involved a combination of teacher interviews with an adaptation of the “multivocal video-ethnography developed by Tobin, Wu, and Davidson (1989) for Preschool in Three Cultures. This paper describes the findings from the Collaboration Interviews with teachers in Reggio Emilia and Amherst, showing intersections and differences in their concepts of young children’s capacities for cooperation and teachers’ roles in …

Nf94-128 Observations From Anthrax Outbreak In Sheridan County Herd, John Gamby, Roger Sahara, Dale Grotelueschen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Anthrax killed 23 head of cows and calves on a Sheridan county Nebraska ranch in June 1994. Bacillus anthracis was confirmed on culture by the Panhandle Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Scottsbluff, Nebraska and the National Veterinary Services Laboratory, Ames, Iowa. The following observations from this case are offered to veterinary practitioners encountering herds where anthrax is a part of the differential diagnosis. Please consult textbooks for specifics regarding this disease.

Nf94-204 Computing The Dollar Value Of Concentrates And Byproduct Feeds For Dairy Cattle, Rick Grant

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Feed costs represent 50 to 60 percent of variable milk production costs. Consequently, feed costs play a major role in determining the profitability of a dairy enterprise. Specifically, a producer should focus on "income above feed costs" to assess total feeding system profitability.

Nf94-186 Functions Of Baking Ingredients, Sharon Lauterbach, Julie A. Albrecht

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebFact is a list of baking ingredients and a description of the function each performs in baked goods.

Nf94-203 Reimbursable Food Components In Nebraska's Child And Adult Care Food Program Meal Pattern, Darlene Martin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebFact discusses food components in Nebraska's Child and Adult Care Food Program.