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Chapter 5: The Details Of The Adapt Program For College Freshmen

ADAPT Program: Essays

The following paragraphs were taken from the brochure mailed to all prospective University of Nebraska-Lincoln freshmen. Forty students who expressed an interest in the ADAPT courses from the brochure were selected for the program. No attempt was made to select students on the basis of their previous school work or test scores.

Chapter 7: Piaget And Mathematics Students, Melvin C. Thornton

ADAPT Program: Essays

Usually in the beginning courses I teach there are several students who never seem to understand what is really going on. These students are neither lazy nor dumb. Some even work very hard in math and do quite well in their other courses. Yet there seems to be something about their work in mathematics which produces frustration instead of understanding. I recall experiencing that kind of "learning" in high school geometry. I and many of my friends got fairly good grades in that course by memorizing without much understanding. As a high school sophomore I was just not ready for …

Chapter 6: Piaget And Learning Economics, Jerry L. Petr

ADAPT Program: Essays

There are times when teachers of economics encounter unexpected responses to economics questions asked of students. Some of the unexpected responses which I have received are reproduced below and are worth rather careful consideration.

Chapter 1: Piaget’S Theory And College Teaching, David Moshman

ADAPT Program: Essays

We will begin this chapter with a discussion of Piaget's account of general intellectual functioning at all levels of development: the nature of schemes, and the processes of assimilation and accommodation. This will lead us to his equally general (non-stage-specific) conception of how new knowledge is constructed: the processes of learning, development, and equilibration. At this point we will be ready to consider the stages of development that result from the equilibration process, with an emphasis on the state of formal operational reasoning. Finally, we will attempt to better understand the scope and limitations of Piaget's psychological work by comparing …

Chapter 2: Piagetian Interviews Of College Students, Elizabeth T. Carpenter

ADAPT Program: Essays

Since the fall of 1978, my colleague, Dr. Robert G. Fuller, and I have been involved in a project to document on videotape the variety of ways in which students approach problems. We chose problems that adequate solutions of which call for the use of certain sorts of reasoning strategies. Our materials were selected to afford rich ground for investigation by subjects of a range of operational abilities. We began by doing Piagetian clinical interviews of elementary school children and then of college students. We hope, eventually, to do similar interviews of junior high and senior high school students, too, …

Piagetian Programs In Higher Education: Prologue, Robert Fuller

ADAPT Program: Essays

How can my college teaching be made more effective? A few years ago, several of us at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln were struggling with that question. During that time the work of Piaget and the studies of the reasoning skills of American college students were brought to our attention. From those results the ADAPT program was developed.

Piaget And Poetry: Formal Thinking In The Humanities, James A. Mcshane

ADAPT Program: Essays

My argument in its broadest outline is not surprising: sophisticated poetry requires formal operations. Poems are, after all, statements of a propositional nature, verbal constructs of carefully integrated parts, often non-linear in their arrangements, analogical (analogy itself requiring proportional reasoning) in their presentation, and (as Aristotle noted) dependent for their intelligibility on the reader's judgment of the contextually probable. What interests me is the number of ways the Piagetian analysis of pre-formal thought illuminates those often disturbing readings, to our eyes unfathomable readings, which we are given by our less proficient students. I am further interested in what Piaget has …

Piagetian Programs In Higher Education, Sixth Edition, Spring 1982: Cover And Table Of Contents, Robert Fuller

ADAPT Program: Essays

Cover and table of contents for 6th edition, 1982.

Ec82-219 1982 Nebraska Swine Report, Layne C. Anderson, Austin J. Lewis, Alex Hogg, Murray Danielson, D.B. Hudman, D.M. Danielson, M. A. Crenshaw, Roy L. Carlson, E.R. Peo Jr., J. D. Crenshaw, M. C. Brumm, Ron J. Johnson, Erik R. Cleveland, Rodger K. Johnson, Roger W. Mandigo, P.J. Cunningham, Phil David, T. E. Socha, William Ahlschwede, David P. Shelton, Richard O. Pierce, Gerald Bodman

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This 1982 Nebraska Swine Report was prepared by the staff in Animal Science and cooperating departments for use in the Extension and Teaching programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Authors from the following areas contributed to this publication: Swine Nutrition, swine diseases, pathology, economics, engineering, swine breeding, meats, agronomy, and diagnostic laboratory. It covers the following areas: breeding, disease control, feeding, nutrition, economics, housing and meats.

Heg82-167 Leadership Roles Group Members Play, Duane A. Olsen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Although personal freedom, independence, and the opportunity to "do your own thing" are highly valued, group activities dominate our lives. People willingly, even eagerly, give up freedom and independence to join groups and organizations. Calendars are filled with the activities of religious groups, business or professional organizations, recreational teams, civic clubs and others.

Effective leadership is a key element in the success of all groups and organizations. Whether the title is president, director, or chair, progress is measured by the success of the group or organization.

St 7-193, Tank Identification Handbook, 1982, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Army: Training Documents

This special text is a training aid with an introduction giving the basic vocabulary for describing a tank; key features to note when trying to identify a tank; basic descriptions of US, allied, and Soviet tanks; suggestions for tank identification instructions; references; and one-page illustrated descriptions of several late model Soviet tanks and armored personnel vehicles. The basic descriptions of the various tanks include typically a narrative description, outline drawings from different vantage points, and a photograph.

G82-626 Air Properties: Temperature And Relative Humidity, David P. Shelton, Gerald R. Bodman

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide describes how to use a simplified psychrometric chart to better understand the relationships between air temperature and relative humidity.

Air is a vital component of our everyday lives. Air properties are important whether we are ventilating a livestock housing unit, drying grain, or determining relative humidity in the home. In a livestock building, temperature, moisture, odors, and toxic or noxious gases must be controlled. Since the moisture holding capacity of air increases with increasing temperature, heat may be added in grain drying to aid in removing moisture from the grain kernel. In the home, moisture can either be …

G82-600 Chimneys: Their Installation And Upkeep, Rollin D. Schnieder

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Anyone who is thinking of putting in a wood stove has a lot of different things to consider. One of the most important is providing a good means for getting rid of combustion gases through some type of chimney. This may be a masonry chimney, some type of prefabricated chimney, or it may mean the repair of a chimney now on the house that may not have been used for many years.

All wood burning stoves need a tight, well-designed and properly constructed chimney to get rid of gases. This chimney must help in the efficient use of the stove …

G82-602 Predicting The Last Irrigation For Corn, Grain Sorghum And Soybeans (Revised August 1991), Norman L. Klocke, Dean E. Eisenhauer, Terry L. Bockstadter

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide presents criteria and "rules of thumb" for predicting the last irrigation for corn, grain sorghum and soybeans.

Determining when to apply the last irrigation of the season is an important water management decision. One extra irrigation may mean wasting an additional one to three inches of water and two to five gallons of diesel fuel per acre. On the other hand, applying that one extra irrigation could mean several bushels per acre in crop yield.

G82-622 Sources Of Grain Market Information, Allen C. Wellman

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

A list of various market information sources, each followed by a brief summary of distribution schedules and contents.

This NebGuide lists widely used and readily available market information sources that contain information which may be useful to agricultural producers, lenders and agribusiness firms when making grain marketing decisions. Most of the available market information and statistical data comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Generally, there are two basic types of market information available to data users. The first type, Market News Service, is provided by the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and concerns daily prices used to make …

G82-623 An Overview Of Concrete As A Building Material, David P. Shelton, James M. Harper

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The general properties of concrete are discussed, as well as its components and their proportions. Includes decisions customers should consider before using concrete.

Concrete, specifically portland cement concrete, has the qualities of strength, durability, versatility, and economy, and can be placed or molded into virtually any shape and reproduce any surface texture. It is the most widely used construction material in the world. In the United States almost twice as much portland cement concrete is used as all other construction materials combined.

Heg82-158 Weatherizing Your Home--Weatherstripping, Kathleen Parrott

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This guide discusses the practice of weatherizing your home through weatherstripping. Selection of materials, types of weatherstripping and buying and installing these products are discussed. Insulation is not the whole story for energy conservation! Even if your home is well-insulated, energy may be wasted through air infiltration. Air can leak around doors and windows, foundations, chimneys, exterior plumbing, etc. In the winter, air heated by your furnace is lost to the outside; in summer, hot outdoor air puts an extra load on your air conditioner. If your home is typical, one-half to three-quarters of your fuel bill is the result …

Constructing Solutions To The Problem Of Solving Physics Problems, Robert Fuller

ADAPT Program: Essays

In this presentation I will lift up for you some of the tentative answers that have been found to the question of how do people solve physics problems. This presentation is as much inspirational as it is informational. It is the intent of these remarks to provoke you into investigating the current research on how people really do solve physics problems.

Ec82-1738 Tree Planting Guide, William R. Lovett, Bruce E. Bolander

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Site Preparation

Proper site preparation is essential to your tree planting operation, and varies with the different climates and soil types.

Chemical Control: On sandy soils, rough terrain, or other highly erodible sites, tillage is not recommended. Chemical weed and/or grass killers may be applied to the site in the fall or before planting in the spring.

Summer Fallow: This practice is recommended on heavy soil in western Nebraska to conserve soil moisture. This may be accomplished with the aid of occasional disking, subsurface tillage, or chemicals to control weeds.

Fall Tillage: In the eastern areas of the state fall …

G82-603 Eggplant, Dale T. Lindgren

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

How to grow eggplants from transplants and seeds. Includes varietal descriptions, cultural practices, harvesting tips, and possible disease and insect problems.

The eggplant belongs to the Solanaceae or nightshade family, which includes the sweet pepper, tomato and potato. The ornamentals petunia and Jerusalem cherry, and other plants such as tobacco and horse nettle, are also members of this family.

Eggplant was so named because the first varieties introduced to English-speaking people had egg-shaped fruits. Its scientific name is Solanum melongena var. esculentum.

G82-618 Grapes: Cultivars, Training And Pruning, Don Steinegger

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Planting and caring for grapes both are covered here.

Grapes have long been a favorite fruit of the home gardener. The earliest settlers in the New World found wild grapes thriving along streams and in timbered areas. These were mostly of the species Vites labrusca and V. riparia, while the wine and dessert grapes of the Old World are V. vinifera.

G82-601 Using Phosphorus Fertilizers Effectively, E.J. Penas, D.H. Sander

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

For most effective use of phosphorus, the fertilizer needs to be placed to ensure quick contact by growing roots and minimal contact with the soil.

Phosphorus (P) fertilizers are second only to nitrogen fertilizers in importance for growing crops in Nebraska. However, the principles affecting efficient phosphorus use are totally different. Nitrogen is a mobile nutrient both inside the plant and in the soil, while phosphorus moves very little in the soil. In addition, total plant phosphorus requirements are much lower than those of nitrogen. Plant leaves commonly contain ten times more nitrogen than phosphorus. However, phosphorus is concentrated in …

G82-596 Use And Management Of Micronutrient Fertilizers In Nebraska, George W. Rehm, E.J. Penas

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide focuses on the use of the micronutrients zinc and iron.

Of the 16 elements known to be essential for plant growth, 7 are used in very small amounts and are classified as micronutrients. These are zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), boron (B), molybdenum (Mo) and chlorine (Cl).

Micronutrients are supplied to plants from two sources: 1) soil minerals and 2) organic matter. They are released as the soil minerals break down over a period of time by weathering. The major portion of the micronutrients made available to plants, however, probably comes from the breakdown (mineralization) …

G82-587 Understanding Potassium For Crop Production In Nebraska, George W. Rehm

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide discusses the availability of and the need for potassium in Nebraska soils

Potassium (K) is an essential nutrient absorbed from soils by crops in relatively large amounts. Therefore, it is classified as a major nutrient. Although large amounts are absorbed, potassium is not necessarily needed in a fertilizer program. Numerous studies conducted with all major crops have definitely shown that adding potassium to a fertilizer program does not lead to yield increases on the large majority of soils in Nebraska.

G82-586 Effects Of Agricultural Runoff On Nebraska Water Quality, Elbert C. Dickey, Phillip Harlan, Don Vokal, C.J. Kisling-Crouch

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide discusses the effects of agricultural runoff on Nebraska water quality. Methods of controlling agricultural runoff are also examined.

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 and the Clean Water Act of 1977 were written in response to a national concern for decreasing surface and groundwater quality. These laws set 1985 as a target date for eliminating pollutant discharges into navigable waters. An interim goal of the acts calls for "water quality which provides for the protection and propagation of fish, shell fish, and wildlife and provides for recreation in and on the water," where attainable, by …

Cc82-306 When Your Income Decreases ... But The Bills Don't

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This campaign circular reprinted with permission from the Cooperative Extension Service at the Ohio State University, discusses what to do when your income decreases and the bills do not. It discusses credit contracts; which creditors to pay first; how to talk to creditors; what to do with utility and phone companies, keeping a house over your head, making payments on cars and other vehicles, no more "charge it please!", making insurance premium payments and last chance efforts.

G82-621 Sources Of Livestock And Poultry Market Information (Revised July 1994), Allen Wellman

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide provides a list of various market information sources, each followed by a brief summary of issue schedules and contents.

It provides a listing of widely used and readily available market information sources that contain information which may be useful to agricultural producers, lenders and agribusiness firms when making livestock and poultry marketing decisions. Most of the available market information and statistical data comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Many now require an annual subscription fee.

G620 Pinkeye, Don Hudson, Duane N. Rice

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The signs and causes of pinkeye, a painful eye disease that is common in cattle, are covered, as well as control and treatment procedures.

G82-630 Concrete Construction: Obtaining Quality Results, David P. Shelton, James M. Harper

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide describes the prior planning, site preparation, forming, ordering, placing, finishing, jointing and curing needed for successful concrete construction projects, especially slabs or flatwork.

Concrete is an excellent construction material for many agricultural applications. By paying careful attention to some major considerations, quality concrete construction can be achieved. The result can be years of reliable service.

G82-591 Bushel Rents For Nebraska Cropland, H. Douglas Jose

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The purpose of this NebGuide is to help tenants and landowners assess bushel rents and to arrive at agreements which are economically sound and fair to both.

Crop share or cash rent arrangements have been used in most farm leases in Nebraska for many years. Recently, the bushel rent approach has gained favor in the state, especially with landowners. These rental arrangements are sometimes also called flexible cash rents or standing rents.

The purpose of this NebGuide is to help tenants and landowners assess bushel rents and to arrive at agreements which are economically sound and fair to both.