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The Relationship Between Written Knowledge Of The Alphabet And Spelling Ability At The Fourth Grade Level, Dewey A. Schluter Jr. Apr 1958

The Relationship Between Written Knowledge Of The Alphabet And Spelling Ability At The Fourth Grade Level, Dewey A. Schluter Jr.

Student Work

Profound differences in theory are never invented; they grow out of conflicting elements in a genuine problem. The problem of spelling is not new; it has existed since the first crude attempts at written communication. From the earliest symbol to the complex alphabets used in spelling today, the written word has been the method by which mankind has expressed himself and recorded his discoveries.


A Comparative Study In The Development Of The Sensori-Motor Intelligence According To Jean Piaget And Arnold Gesell, Henri R. Ouellet Jan 1958

A Comparative Study In The Development Of The Sensori-Motor Intelligence According To Jean Piaget And Arnold Gesell, Henri R. Ouellet

Student Work

The discovery of a proper topic for a thesis, as well as the organization of the material to be studied may be born of either a sudden insight into a problem left unsolved until now or may grow from a long familiarity with scientific facts, with the result that relationships and comparisons gradually emerge and impose themselves as a distinct object of investigation.


A Consideration Of The Relationship Between Memory As Measured By The Stanford-Binet And Reading Achievement As Measured By The California Reading Achievement Test At The Fifth Grade Level, Alfred Owen Fonkalsrud Oct 1957

A Consideration Of The Relationship Between Memory As Measured By The Stanford-Binet And Reading Achievement As Measured By The California Reading Achievement Test At The Fifth Grade Level, Alfred Owen Fonkalsrud

Student Work

In the remote past the reading of written and printed symbols had Its origin when man first began to use pictures and other characters to send messages and to record events. It occurred very slowly and took a lot of effort to change from picture writing to the use of letters In representing specific sounds.

The Egyptians as early as twenty-five centuries before Christ had analysed words and syllables into sounds and had developed a series of symbols to represent them. As a result of the ingenuity of the Semites these sounds and symbols were the beginning of the Phoenician …


Threat Anticipation In Adolescents, C. Eugene Hampton Jun 1957

Threat Anticipation In Adolescents, C. Eugene Hampton

Student Work

No abstract provided.


A Performance Analysis Of The Upper And Lower 20% Of A Senior High School Group Compared On Tests Of Interest, Personality And Achievement, Richard E. Jensen May 1957

A Performance Analysis Of The Upper And Lower 20% Of A Senior High School Group Compared On Tests Of Interest, Personality And Achievement, Richard E. Jensen

Student Work

Since early civilization man has been faced with a multitude of situations demanding that he make a decision or choice on which a future course of action or behavior will be based. We might correctly assume that decisions made by people have never been of such simplicity that they created no tension.

Civilization has become progressively more complicated, and thus more alternatives are present from which a person must choose, In the earliest days of man’s existence, decisions were of the simplest and most fundamental nature, Man’s decisions and choices ware, for the most part, governed by a few biological …


Final Design Report On Kajakai Dam, Arghandab Dam, And Boghra Canal Projects, International Engineering Company., Morrison-Knudsen Afghanistan, Inc. Dec 1956

Final Design Report On Kajakai Dam, Arghandab Dam, And Boghra Canal Projects, International Engineering Company., Morrison-Knudsen Afghanistan, Inc.

Books in English

The purpose of this Report on the Kajakai Dam, Arghandab Dam, and the Boghra Canal .Projects is to describe the design criteria, preliminary and final designs and to present the "as constructed" drawings of the completed structures.


Education In Afghanistan: During The Last Half-Century, Royal Afghan Ministry Of Education, Afghanistan Jan 1956

Education In Afghanistan: During The Last Half-Century, Royal Afghan Ministry Of Education, Afghanistan

Books in English

Educational statistics in Afghanistan during the first half of the 20th century


A Comparative Study Of The Readability Of The King James Version Of The Bible And The New Standard Revision Of The Bible, Dwight Robert Miller Jul 1955

A Comparative Study Of The Readability Of The King James Version Of The Bible And The New Standard Revision Of The Bible, Dwight Robert Miller

Student Work

For many years a difference of opinion has existed regarding the relative reading ease of different versions of the Bible, the majority of the arguments made by the various factions have been based upon limited observation, and in no instance has experimental evidence been presented to support the contentions of any group.


Professional Performance Of Y.M.C.A. Senior Secretaries, Related To Factors Of Their Intelligence, Personal Values, And Interests, Cecil Fayette Mcgee Jan 1955

Professional Performance Of Y.M.C.A. Senior Secretaries, Related To Factors Of Their Intelligence, Personal Values, And Interests, Cecil Fayette Mcgee

Student Work

The problem of selecting social service executives by government organizations and social service agencies has long been an important one. Other organizations directing the efforts of people need to know what qualities characterize successful social service executives. Social service executives administer and supervise many activities which involve the time and effort of other people. They should, therefore, be carefully selected so that the objectives of their employing organizations may be effectively and economically achieved.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether any relationship exists between performance ratings of Young Men’s Christian Association Senior Secretaries and their intelligence, personal …


A Study Of The Effect Of Chronological Age On Reading Performance In The First, Second And Third Grades, Gale L. Fuller Jul 1954

A Study Of The Effect Of Chronological Age On Reading Performance In The First, Second And Third Grades, Gale L. Fuller

Student Work

Reading, a complex psycho-physiological, thought-provoking process if concerned with the communication of ideas from writer to reader (16). In reading, one is not having first-hand experience with human events. Rather, he is having vicarious experiences by interpreting the written record of another person’s experience. Many skills and abilities; i.e., word recognition, drawing of inferences, the organization of ideas, comprehension of meaning, and a host of others, are involved in the reading process. However, reading does not involve these skills individually. They operate together in meaningful situations to serve one’s purpose.

Learning to read is a central concern of all children, …


The Use Of A Diagnostic Spelling Test In The Analysis Of Spelling Problems, Geraldine L. Whitted May 1954

The Use Of A Diagnostic Spelling Test In The Analysis Of Spelling Problems, Geraldine L. Whitted

Student Work

From the first attempt to standardize English spelling In the eighteenth century, to the present, the problem of spelling has caused much concern, comment, criticism, and discussion.

The absence of any practical diagnostic tool which would enable educators and clinicians to discover the type of disabilities of those with whom they come In professional contact and the causes for the spelling disabilities prompted this study.


A Study Of Aptitude Test Scores Of Entering Students At The University Of Omaha For The Years 1946 Through 1951, Richard W. Schuett Aug 1953

A Study Of Aptitude Test Scores Of Entering Students At The University Of Omaha For The Years 1946 Through 1951, Richard W. Schuett

Student Work

The object of this research study was to determine If any changes in college aptitude, as measured by entrance test scores, hare occurred for those students who entered the University of Omaha during the years 1946 through 1951.


A Study Of The Relationship Between Visual Reversal Tendency And Reading Failure, Claramary Smith May 1952

A Study Of The Relationship Between Visual Reversal Tendency And Reading Failure, Claramary Smith

Student Work

In clinics and hospitals, in schools and other places where children are observed and rested, it has been a matter of observation for a long time that many young children see printed symbols in reverse.

Some clinicians have felt that this visual reversal tendency might be a definite deterrent in terms of reading difficulty.

Since records were available, it was decided that a statistical study could be undertaken in order to test this hypothesis.


Siraj Al-Tavarikh, Fayz Muhammad Katib Jan 1952

Siraj Al-Tavarikh, Fayz Muhammad Katib

Books in Dari and Pashto

Covers the history of Afghanistan from, 17th-20th century. It includes historical events and biographical descriptions of Afghan kings and rulers. The book is in Persian language, in two volumes.

Published in Kabul: Matbaah-i Hurufi-i Dal al-Saltanah, 1331 (1952)


A Study Of Personality And Interest Traits Of Successful And Unsuccessful Group Work Leaders Using Six Standardized Tests, Mary E. Flannigan Aug 1951

A Study Of Personality And Interest Traits Of Successful And Unsuccessful Group Work Leaders Using Six Standardized Tests, Mary E. Flannigan

Student Work

No recreational or leisure-time program can rise above the level of its leadership. No matter how fine the objectives of the Board of Directors and the Executive, if they are not matched by competence of those who actually provide leadership, they fail.

From the standpoint of objectives and policies, nothing so directly determines the value and outcome of a Social Group Work Agency as the leaders in program activities. It is the Group Leaders, whether paid or volunteer, within an agency that reduce to a minimum the gap between the possible and actual effectiveness of the program.


Correlations Between The Johnson Temperament Analysis And The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Based Upon 100 Male Counselees, F. Alec Phillips Jul 1951

Correlations Between The Johnson Temperament Analysis And The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Based Upon 100 Male Counselees, F. Alec Phillips

Student Work

The field of personality is one of the most popular, challenging, important, and confused in present-day psychological studies.

During the psychology’s infancy, the study was neglected by the psychologists and left to the uncontrolled clinical methods of the psychiatrists and psychoanalysis. Finally, study in this field has been undertaken by psychologists possessing scientific method, but too often lacking the orientation to persons as such, which characterizes the clinically trained psychiatrists. It should, therefore, he no surprise to find chaotic conditions ruling the study of the psychology of personality.


A Study Of The Relationship Between Self-Evaluations, Test Results And The Opinions Of Experts, Arthur L. Belknap Jul 1951

A Study Of The Relationship Between Self-Evaluations, Test Results And The Opinions Of Experts, Arthur L. Belknap

Student Work

As a part of his address “Addressing Men’s Minds” delivered to the assembled members of the National Office Management Association, Omaha Chapter, Claude E. Thompson – Professor of Psychology and Business and the Director of the Bureau of Adult Testing at the University of Omaha – conducted an experiment designed to examine the ability of the group to adequately evaluate others. It was with his kind permission that this investigator was able to collect, analyze, and report on the resulting data.


Correlations Between The Bernreuter Personality Inventory And The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory At The College Level, William Walter Farquhar Jan 1951

Correlations Between The Bernreuter Personality Inventory And The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory At The College Level, William Walter Farquhar

Student Work

The basic problem of the study was to determine the extent of relationship between the Bernreuter Personality Inventory and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory at the college level. Primarily this is a problem of method.


Five Year Post-War Development Plan For The North-West Frontier Province And Tribal Areas, North-West Frontier Province (Pakistan). Department Of Post-War Planning. Jan 1948

Five Year Post-War Development Plan For The North-West Frontier Province And Tribal Areas, North-West Frontier Province (Pakistan). Department Of Post-War Planning.

Books in English

364 pages : illustrations, maps (some folded) ; 34 cm. 3rd edition.


A Study Of Religious Drama As A Resource Of The Church, Illustrated By An Original Biblical Drama, Marien E. Griffith Jan 1948

A Study Of Religious Drama As A Resource Of The Church, Illustrated By An Original Biblical Drama, Marien E. Griffith

Student Work

The main purpose of this study is to determine the place of religious drama in the church. Data of information were secured from personal letters and interviews with pastors and lay-people in Omaha, Nebraska; Council Bluffs, Sioux City and Des Moines, Iowa; St. Louis, Missouri; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota; Idaho Falls, Iowa; and Monrovia, California. A questionnaire was used as a guiding basis for the interviews. The case method and survey method were used. An original Biblical drama is presented to illustrate what the possibilities are in this field of activity.

Drama is one of the most interesting of …


Alexandre En Afghanistan : Piece En Quatre Actes, AḥMad ʻAlī KuhzāD Jan 1946

Alexandre En Afghanistan : Piece En Quatre Actes, AḥMad ʻAlī KuhzāD

Books in English

No abstract provided.


Civilian Conservation Corps Program Of The United States Department Of The Interior (March 1933 To June 30, 1943), Conrad L. Wirth Jan 1944

Civilian Conservation Corps Program Of The United States Department Of The Interior (March 1933 To June 30, 1943), Conrad L. Wirth

Service Learning, General

I submit herewith my final report as the Department of the Interior Representative on the Advisory Council of the Civilian Conservation Corps. The report consists of two main parts, "Observations" and "Summary and Recommendations," which are summarized below for your convenience.


Nebraska Folklore: Pamphlet 19,  Reminiscences Of Dad Streeter, Nebraska Department Of Public Instruction, Federal Writers' Project Of The Works Progress Administration For The State Of Nebraska, Nebraska Writers' Project Feb 1939

Nebraska Folklore: Pamphlet 19,  Reminiscences Of Dad Streeter, Nebraska Department Of Public Instruction, Federal Writers' Project Of The Works Progress Administration For The State Of Nebraska, Nebraska Writers' Project

Digitized Books

These reminiscences of George W. Streeter, who prefers to be known as Dad Streeter, relate experiences and events in which he participated while living in Nebraska during the 1880's The manuscript was first submitted to the Federal Writers' Project in Utah (where Mr. Streeter now resides in Ogden), and then, through the National Office in Washington, D.C., to the Nebraska Federal Writers' Project. In order to preserve the flavor and flow of the rough narrative, editing was reduced to a minimum.

During the years covered by the reminiscences, "Dad" lived the life of a roving cowboy-constantly moving from Nebraska to …


Nebraska Folklore: Pamphlet 3, Children's Singing Games, Federal Writers' Project Jun 1937

Nebraska Folklore: Pamphlet 3, Children's Singing Games, Federal Writers' Project

Digitized Books

These games are all suitable for children in the grades. Some of them are also played by high school pupils and adults. Many of them can be adapted for dances or drills. They are all traditional, coming; to us for the most part from England or by way of England. The many versions indicate the local adaptations made during their travels to us from the Eastern Seaboard States.


The Arab Conquests In Central Asia, H.A. R. Gibb Jan 1923

The Arab Conquests In Central Asia, H.A. R. Gibb

Books in English

The Arab expedition in Central Asia in 642. Herat and Badghis submitted without a blow, and the first serious check to their advance was met in the Murghab valley. A second expedition occupied Juzjan, Faryab, Talaqan, and Balkh, territories of Afghanistan.


The Story Of The Frontier Province, J.M.E. Jan 1922

The Story Of The Frontier Province, J.M.E.

Books in English

The history of North-west Frontier is closely connected to Afghanistan. During the 18th century the area was ruled by Afghans. Between 1818 and 1834 the Sikhs occupied Peshawar with the help of the British government in India. The book covers the history of the North-West Frontier from the mid-nineteenth century of early 20th century.


Phonology Of The Bakhtiari, Badakhshani, And Madaglashti Dialects Of Modern Persian, D.L.R. Lorimer (Major) Jan 1922

Phonology Of The Bakhtiari, Badakhshani, And Madaglashti Dialects Of Modern Persian, D.L.R. Lorimer (Major)

Books in English

The Bakhtiari language is considered Persian language, which belongs to the Indo-European language family. Bakhtiaries talk ordinary Persian, and those who want to learn Bakhtiari do so in ordinary Persian. Bakhtiari has no literature and is seldom or never written.

The book could be of interests to philologists and linguists


A Text Book Of The Balochi Language : Consisting Of Miscellaneous Stories, Legends, Poems And Balochi-English Vocabulary, Mansel Longworth Dames Jan 1922

A Text Book Of The Balochi Language : Consisting Of Miscellaneous Stories, Legends, Poems And Balochi-English Vocabulary, Mansel Longworth Dames

Books in English

No abstract provided.


Operations In Waziristan, 1919-1920, Army, General Staff Branch, India, Jan 1921

Operations In Waziristan, 1919-1920, Army, General Staff Branch, India,

Books in English

Operation in Waziristan, 1919-1920, compiled by the General Staff Army Headquarters, India.


The Pathan Borderland : A Consecutive Account Of The Country And People On And Beyond The Indian Frontier From Chitral To Dera Ismail Khan (1921), Colin Metcalf Enriquez Jan 1921

The Pathan Borderland : A Consecutive Account Of The Country And People On And Beyond The Indian Frontier From Chitral To Dera Ismail Khan (1921), Colin Metcalf Enriquez

Books in English

A consecutive account of the country and people on and beyond the Indian frontier from Chitral to Dera Ismail Khan.

In this second edition considerable additions have been made, and chapters IV and VIII to XIV have been entirely re-written.

Contents: Chitral, Yusufzai, Peshawar, Jalozai, Kohat, Samana, Kurram, A tale from Tirah, Bannu, Fronteir Field Firing, Shahbash Ilam Dim, Sheikh Budin, Derajat and Waziristan.