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Effects Of Student Attitudes And Student Time On Achievement Gains In College Developmental Reading, Kathryn K. Welsch

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to provide a new focus on college-level developmental reading programs by examining course content (i.e., instructional activities) in a developmental reading class.

Attitudes and time spent on instructional activities were monitored for 47 students in three sections of college level developmental reading. Multiple regression analyses were used to relate these data to vocabulary and comprehension gains on the Nelson Denny Reading Test (J. Brown, Nelson, & Denny, 1976).

Students made significant gains in vocabulary and in comprehension. Student attitudes predicted gains in both vocabulary and comprehension. Because of reliability problems, the time data do …

Effectiveness Of Employee Participation Groups In A Manufacturing Company, John F. Blamy

Dissertations

This case study investigated the short term effectiveness of Quality of Work Life participation groups in a Midwest manufacturing division of a major worldwide automotive corporation. Six traditional procedural measures were used to evaluate performance. These measures of performance were: employee attendance, written grievances, scrap produced, quality audits, customer complaints, and productivity.

Six hypotheses were formulated for this study: (1) Employees in departments with employee participation groups will improve their attendance more than employees in departments that do not have employee participation groups. (2) Employees in departments with employee participation groups will decrease the number of formal grievances more than …

Subprocedure Anti-Appendectomies, Judi Harris

School of Education Articles

Logo novices may be hesitant to write procedures that should be stored in memory and invoked with a single command. The leap from immediate mode doodling to preplanned, hierarchically structured procedure writing can be a large one. It is possible to bridge those two experiences with a simple Logo tool called APPEND.

The Effects Of Nautilus Circuit Weight Training On Aerobic Capacity, Rhonda M. Ludwig

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to identify whether Nautilus Circuit Training effected maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂max) levels of novice weight trainers. Fourteen college age male and female subjects (18-23 years old) from physical education classes at Western Michigan University participated in a six week Nautilus Training Program (NTP). Each subject performed a pre and post maximal treadmill graded exercise test to determine VO₂max levels. A randomized block ANOVA design was used to analyze the dependent variable, VO₂max. The mean of the pre-test VO₂max level (42.83 ml x O₂/kg/min) was …

An Evaluation Of A Student Orientation Pilot Project And Counseling Services As Retention Activities At Grand Valley State University, Mary T. Gustas

Masters Theses

The field experience was completed in the Counseling Center in affiliation with the Dean of Students Office, and the Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs, spring of 1986 through spring of 1987. An objective of the experience was to determine if an increased orientation program and counseling service impacted the retention of freshmen students at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI.

Data were gathered and compiled which supported an extended orientation program at other institutions. Recommendations for implementation were prepared and presented to the Retention Committee at Grand Valley State University.

Additional data collection was done for the …

Management Guide For Early Childhood Programs, Cathy S. Jording

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Relying upon many years of experience as an early childhood educator and consultant, and utilizing examples of programs and forms during the past thirteen years while serving as the Director of Peace Lutheran Preschool/Kindergarten in Owensboro, Kentucky, and as a regional/national early childhood consultant. The author has proposed a manuscript whose purpose is to assist early childhood professionals in the development and implementation of quality, needs-appropriate preschool programs.

The eleven chapters are divided into seven areas of concern: program survey, development, purpose, regulation requirements, administration, financing, enrollment, curriculum and day-care. (Within each area are varied appropriate methods of implementation relating …

1988 Naia Men's Soccer Records, Cedarville University

Men's Soccer Statistics

No abstract provided.

1988 Naia Statistics, Cedarville University

Men's Soccer Statistics

No abstract provided.

Aviso, Cedarville College

Cedarville College Alumni News and Aviso

No abstract provided.

An Assessment Of The Relationship Between Decision-Makers' Opinions About Comprehensive Sex Education And Factors That Influence Those Opinions, M. Terri Voit-Devine

Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to investigate decision-makers' opinions about what was to be contained in comprehensive sex education programs, the degree to which decision makers believed course information was likely to be part of their own curriculum, and how much support they believed the community would give to various parts of the curriculum.

The instrument used in the study was created by combining parts of surveys by Wayne (1981) and Marini and Jones (1983). The study compared the opinions of decision makers about guidelines to be used when implementing sex education, reasons for offering sex education, reasons for …

Determinants Of Student-Faculty Informal Contact, Alan W. Barr

Dissertations

There was an examination in this study of the relationship of classroom experiences (cues) and professorial initiative to the frequency of informal student-faculty interaction in the freshman year. The research was conducted at an independent, four-year urban college in the state of Michigan with a predominantly commuter population. A survey instrument was administered to the entire freshman class in the Spring semester of 1988. Information was derived from the survey on the nature and frequency of informal faculty-student contact.

Out of the 137 freshman receiving surveys, 101 returned them. The response rate was 74%. Data from one survey returned were …

Perceived Training Needs Of Principals In Northeast Tennessee: Analysis Of Data In Two Selected Years, Ann M. Little

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was to compare perceived training needs of public school administrators at two points in time and to analyze those needs as to age, sex, educational degree, and experience of respondents. The survey population consisted of public school principals in the 14 systems of the First Educational District in Northeast Tennessee. A descriptive research design was chosen for the study. A follow-up questionnaire was developed based on the 1986 Brown Survey which surveyed the same population for demographic and professional characteristics in addition to the perceived training needs of principals, superintendents, and school board members. Respondents …

Ua12/2/1 December Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald featuring articles:

• White, Douglas. Going Once, Going Twice . . . – Cooper’s Bargain Center Auction
• Underwood, Jennifer. Joe Iracane No Longer a Fish Out of Water – Regents
• Albrecht, Dana. Learning Disabled Smash through Barriers

1988 December, Morehead State University. Office Of Communications & Marketing.

MSU Clip Sheet Archives

MSU Clip Sheet newsletters published in December of 1988.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 64, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Underwood, Jennifer. Greek Row Out; Another Plan Getting a Look
• Underwood, Jennifer. Freshman Enrollment Tops Kentucky Again
• Miracle, Phoenicia. Groups Build Shanty to Protest Apartheid – United Campuses to Prevent Nuclear War
• Miracle, Phoenicia. Mixed Dating Draws 45 People to Forum
• Carter, Darla. WKU Glasgow Still Forming Advising System
• Efforts Needed to Heighten Interest in Sports
• Denney, Mike. Sports Fans – Editorial Cartoon
• Support Tops Against Eastern Kentucky University
• Kelley, Steve. Comment Argued
• Wilson, Richard. Article Inane
• Schira, Norma. Quoted Inaccurately
• Syre, Thomas. What Happened? …

Parental Perceptions Of School: An Analysis Of Contacts & Non-Contacts With Parents Of Sixth Graders At L.C. Curry Elementary School, Johnny Douglas

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Experimental and control groups were randomly selected in Johnny Douglas' sixth grade homeroom class to determine if contacts made to an experimental group of parents produced different perceptions of school as opposed to a control group of parents who received little or no contacts from the school. The experimental group of students' parents received a minimum of seven contacts from the school during the twenty day period of the study, while the control group received a minimum of three contacts in the same period.

A questionnaire sent to the parents at the conclusion of the experiment yielded three statements of …

A Demographic Evaluation Of The Certification Qualifications Of Secondary Science Teachers With Implications For School Administrators, Joan S. Bowen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This population study of the certification qualifications of the secondary science teachers of the Upper East Tennessee region in 1984-85 was conducted to determine if there was a qualification shortage in any science-teaching area at the beginning of the Comprehensive Education Reform Act (CERA). Data were obtained from the Tennessee State Department of Education Preliminary Report Forms for Staff. Subject certification data and 1984-85 teaching assignment were analyzed to find percentages of infield, out-of-field teaching and the size of the internal pool of active certificated science teachers who were not teaching. Results of these analyses were presented for each system …

The Opinions Of Parents And Teachers Of Children In Grades K-6 In The Francis Howell School District Regarding Homework, Rita Freebairn Beard

Theses

The purpose of this study was to survey parents and teachers of children in kindergarten through sixth grade in the Francis Howell School District to determine opinions regarding the value and scope of homework in the elementary school. It was also designed to determine t heir awareness of district homework policy.

All data in the study were gathered by means of a printed questionnaire, which was developed so it could be answered by both parents and teachers . Two hundred participants (150 parents and 50 teachers) were randomly chosen to be part of the study. The questionnaires, along with cover …

Measuring Interest In Mathematics, P Gardner, Siek Toon Khoo

Dr Siek Toon Khoo

This paper reports on the development of instruments for measuring secondary school student interests in mathematics. Interest in mathematics is regarded as having three components (topics, activities and motives), each with several dimensions. Nearly all instruments employed summated ratings (Likert) procedures, but one adopted an unusual procedure, based on Zuckerman's (1960) Affect Adjective Checklist. Six instruments were developed altogether: IMT (interest in various mathematical topics), ILA (interest in learning activities), MCI (mathematics related career inventory), NMI (nature of motives inventory), GIM (general interest in mathematics) and AAC (affect adjective checklist). The IMT instrument, containing seven scales, was developed to measure …

Secondary School Size, Operating Costs And Curriculum Structure, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

Proponents of increases in average school size commonly employ two main arguments: bigger schools are less expensive to operate than small schools, and they are better able to meet students' educational needs through the provision of more extensive curricula. This paper examines these arguments in the case of Victorian government secondary schools, using data relating to the 1984 school year. It presents results which suggest that while size brings considerable advantages, plateau effects begin to appear at relatively low enrolment levels. The paper comprises five main sections: an outline of the conceptual background to the study; a description of the …

Integrating Technology In The Science Curriculum, Vivian Johnson

Vivian Johnson

Morehead State University Vs. Campbellsville, Morehead State University. Office Of Athletics.

Morehead State Sports Team Programs

The official game program from the November 30, 1988 basketball game between Morehead State University and Campbellsville University.

Lanthorn, Vol. 23, No. 14, November 30, 1988, Grand Valley State University

Volume 23, May 4, 1988 - May 31, 1989

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, November 30, 1988

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on November 30, 1988.

Trail Blazer - Volume 61, Number 9, Morehead State University. Trail Blazer.

Morehead State Trail Blazer Archive

Morehead State Trail Blazer published on November 30, 1988.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Discussion of spring elections, insurance, Preston Health & Activities Center, departmental governance and student advisement.

The Messenger -- November 29, 1988, Roger Williams University

The Messenger

No abstract provided.

The Spinnaker Vol.12 No.7, University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community.

Taylor Vs. Cedarville, Cedarville University

Women's Basketball Programs

No abstract provided.

Taylor Vs. Cedarville, Cedarville University

Women's Basketball Statistics

No abstract provided.