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The Teaching Machine As A Study Aid At The College Level, John R. Cragun

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

One of the most interesting and challenging problems to confront those interested in the learning process in recent years is the entire area of the self-instructional device, or "teaching machine." The idea of the teaching machine is not new, for Pressey (49) in 1926 wrote concerning a device he had developed, and at the same time indicated that he had had such a device in mind for "a number of years." After this introduction by Pressey, the teaching machine movement lay dormant for several years with only an occasional article written that had any direct relationship to this area. This …

Fingerpainting As A Psychodiagnostic Tool With Mentally Retarded Emotionally Disturbed Children, Beverly G. Knox

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

Finger painting indicates potential for consideration as a diagnostic tool in view of its particular plasticity and effectiveness with all ages, cultures and most handicaps. There is, however, confusion in the method of administration, the amount of structure to provide during the painting process, and the observational points significant in providing useful evaluative material. Those various methods include: (1) An extensive systematized checklist for observation in a highly structured setting; (2) a more permissive atmosphere with suggested significant characteristics inherent in the finger painting task which should be clinically observed, and (3) a more recently developed objective ratings scale for …

Referral Information Preferences In The West Virginia Vocational Rehabilitation Program, Donald George Auer

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Public Law 565 in 1954 affected the placement activities provided for the handicapped by State Employment Security (ES) agencies following vocational rehabilitation services rendered by State Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) agencies. Problems relating to standardization and uniformity in referral transmittals of handicapped persons between the two agencies would be expected to arise. With effective and sustained employment of clients following placement service a mutual goal of both agencies, it is important that each group should agree to basic psychological, vocational, social, educational and medical referral items and methodology involved. A study of this type was published in 1958 by the Industrial …

The Effect Of Group Phonics Drill On Non-Verbal Sub-Tests Of The Kuhlmann-Anderson Intelligence Tests, Form D., Alvaro Jimenez

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of An Audio-Visual Phonics Aid In The Intermediate Grades, Eileen Evelyn Stanton

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Electrodermal Response As A Measure Of Anxiety And Impulsiveness, Glenn Francis Williams

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Two Methods Of Teaching Grammar, Jeanne D'Arc Barnes

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of The Effects Of 23 Hour Food Deprivation And 23 Hour Water Deprivation On The Weight And Intake Of The Albino Rat, Otis Byron Ward

Master's Theses

The present study is designed to make a direct comparison of food and water deprivation schedules both in terms of the animals' adjustment to the schedules and the relative effects of the two schedules on several weight and intake measures. The three groups used are: a control group, a 2) hour food deprivation schedule group, and a 23 hour water deprivation schedule group. The groups will be compared over a period of 50 days in terms of body weight, weight loss and gain, and food and water intake.

A Survey Of Articles Pertaining To Education Appearing In Selected Non-Professional Magazines During The Five-Year Period 1953-1957, Gerald Eugene Dockum

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

There are very few people who are not earnestly interested in education, especially if they have children of their own enrolled in school. Nearly all of these people realize that the school is one of the most important agencies which exert an influence upon their children and which should provide them with the tools to develop for themselves a future of the type parents normally desire for their children. This, plus the fact that education is publicly-supported, makes a vast majority of the people of our country vitally interested in our system of public education.

A Proposal For A Preventive Play Therapy Program For Kindergarten Through Third Grade, Donna R. Ricchiardi

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Drinking Practices And Problems Among Male Undergraduates At A Midwestern University, Ronald Charles Vanderkooi

Masters Theses

The purpose of this research was to study the patterns and problems of drinking among men at a Midwestern university. The primary method used in the study was a questionnaire given to a cross-section of the male student body. The study was designed to determine the extent of drinking at the university. Such factors as the frequency and locality of drinking were investigated. Attitudes concerning college drinking were also explored. Finally, the study was concerned with problems associated with the use of alcohol by students.

A Comparison Of The Revised Stanford-Binet, Form L With The Kuhlmann-Anderson Test And The Otis Quick-Scoring Mental Ability Tests, John Gerald Grant

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Certain Drugs Upon Personal Tempo, Stanley J. Cabanski

Dissertations

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Pattern Analysis Of Movement Responses And Location Choices On The Rorschach, Thomas F. Grib

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Comparison Between Priests With Pastoral Counseling Training And Priests Without It As Measured By The Religious Apperception Test, John Walter Keller

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Diagnostic Approach Of Three Disciplines To Minimal Intracranial Pathology In Children, John Webb Mohrbacher

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Psychiatric Screening Of Navy Recruits: Pre-Enlistment Factors Related To Success In Recruit Training, John Avner Plag

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Examiner Personality On The Number Of Rorschach Responses., Michael Anthony Partipilo

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Item Analysis Of The Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale, Mary Lou Strassmaier

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Ability To Perceive Embedded Figures: Its Relation To Personality, Age, Sex, And Intelligence, John Amadeus. Fronke

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Adjustment And Interests Of Fourth Year Minor Seminarians Studying For The Diocesan Priesthood, John Robert Gorman

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Effect Of Meaningfulness Of Materials Under Conditions Of Practice On Learning And Retention, Le-Thi-Que. Le-Thi-Que

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Controlled Association Responses Of Religious And Lay Women As Measured By The Loyola Language Study, Laura Louise Logsdon

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Adjustment And Interests Of First Year College Seminarians For The Diocesan Priesthood, Andrew Joseph Mcdonagh

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Most Outstanding Problems Of Boys In The Third Year Of Three Catholic High Schools, James Joseph Merwick

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Ecological And Attitudinal Factors In The Parents Of Achieving And Non-Achieving Gifted Children, Jacqueline Larcombe Doyle

Psychology ETDs

The increased emphasis on technology throughout the world triggered by the realization of both its importance for survival in this decade and its utility for gaining economic affluence has led to a resurgence of interest in educational methods in general. The search for scientists, engineers and technicians had focused attention on the education of the gifted child in particular.

The Relationship Of Skin Conductance To Behavior In A Vigilance Task, David Stea

Psychology ETDs

The present study is an attempt to measure the correlation between "vigilance", as indicated by signal detection, and the galvanic skin response (GSR). The following four dependent variables were measured:

(a) Galvanic skin response (continuously recorded, although discrete values were later selected for measurement);

(b) ommission errors (where S fails to detect a signal which has occurred);

(c) commission errors (or "false detections", where S detects a signal which has not in fact occurred); and

(d) reaction times to signals.

The major purpose of the present study was, in part, to replicate the Ross, Dardano, and Hackman study utilizing more …

The Effects Of Water Deprivation On The Body Weight, Food Intake And Water Intake Of The Albino Rat, Kenneth A. Blick

Master's Theses

A survey of the literature reveals a substantial body of research concerned with the effects of food and/or water deprivation on body weight, food and water intake, and activity of the albino rat. This research is important because many psychological experiments, particularly those studies in the field of animal learning in which motivation is induced by the use of a nutritional maintenance schedule, require some measurement of performance on consecutive days during which the rats are in a motivational state.

The Psychological Viewpoints Of William Hertzog Thompson And His Contributions., Gloria Kurtz Sinnett

Student Work

In all institutions of Metier learning there are a few personalities who are outstanding to not only the student body, but also to the community. One such personality is William Hertzog Thomson, who has been associated with the University of Omaha since 1913 when ho enrolled as a freshman. In his role of student, alumnus, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology, Dean of Men, Director of the Child Study Service, and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, he has left an indelible impression on many individuals, including students in his classes and also on the citizens …

The Cortical Destruction Necessary To Produce A Transfer Of A Forced Practice Function, Patricia E. Barnett

Psychology ETDs

The present study is aimed at mapping the cortical region which controls forced practice of the handedness function, in the hope that such delineation may provide a specific region for the study of the neural equivalent of practice.