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A Study of the Feasibility of Reorganization of the Collins-Maxwell School Districts
Get PDF72 leaves. Advisor: Dr.a Charles RowleyThe problem. Since the 1968 study by Drake University, the Department of School Administration, College of Education, and the 1970 survey by Richard Dexter, no action
has been taken to reorganize any of the five school districts in East Story County which includes the Collins and Maxwell School Districts. The purpose of this study was to
determine the feasibility of a Collins-Maxwell reorganization.
Procedure. A questionnaire was mailed to the board members of the Collins and Maxwell School Districts and an interview was held with their respective superintendents.
Findings. Enrollments are decreasing in the Collins and Maxwell School Districts according to projected enrollments. The curriculums of both districts stress academics and do not offer enough units of credits in order to provide students with a comprehensive education. A majority of the board members indicated that they thought reorganization is
needed and that it would benefit the students' possibility of a better education.
Conclusions. Enrollments in the Collins and Maxwell School Districts will continue to decrease. A reorganization of the Collins and Maxwell Schools would create a substantial
increase in the amount of units of credits the
students could be offered, therefore providing a comprehensive education.
Recommendations. Each district must face the reality of declining enrollment and the effect it will have on its educational program. Reorganization should be considered as
a means to improve educational programs and not to cut costs. The Collins and Maxwell School Districts should reorganize in the very near future with consideration given to the
possibility of including a third district
Self-Actualization And The Human Potential Group Process In A Community College
Get PDF101 leaves. Advisor: Dr. STuart TiedemanThe problem under investigation was to determine
whether individuals moved significantly toward self-actualization after attending Human Potential Seminars at a community college. Pretests and posttests were collected for 38 experimental subjects and 63 control subjects from Shostrum's Personal Orientation Inventory. All subjects
were students enrolled at Iowa Central Community College during the fall term, 1974-75. Experimental groups consisted of four Human Potential Seminars, and controls were members of three separate English classes. A nonrandomized control group design was utilized. Analysis of covariance was used to compensate for the
possibility of nonequivalence on the pretest between the experimental and control groups. A series of univariate tests were applied to test the hypothesis. The independent variable was participation or nonparticipation in a Human
Potential course, Psychology 8:135. Pretest scores were the covariates or control variables, and posttest scores were the dependent or criterion variables. In addition to testing for overall significance between groups, analysis of variance and t-tests were made to test for effects within groups. Experimentals and controls were broken down into the following subgroups to test for significant differences: sex (male and female),
status (new and returning), curriculum (arts-science and vocational-technical), residence (home, dormitory, and other), and class (four Human Potential groups and three English
classes). Analysis of covariance disclosed that the systematic variation between experimentals and controls reflected in posttest scores adjusted for covariance was statistically significant for only one scale, Self Acceptance, which measures the ability to affirm or accept oneself in spite
of weakness or deficiencies. The Human Potential Seminars were not found to have a statistically significant positive overall effect on the self-actualization of the participants. Trueblood and McHolland developed the Human Potential group process with the express purpose and goal of assisting persons to gain a more positive self-image. The significant results on the Self Acceptance Scale showed that the Human Potential Seminars have a specific positive effect on participants
Ripening stories : Ripeness is all; the rest is silence -- Shakespeare
Get PDF84 leaves. Advisor: Dr. Gary GildnerThis is a collection of short and longer stories
entitled Ripening Stories dealing with rural and small town settings in Michigan, and a year which I spent in Europe. The Michigan stories concern my experience working after I left college, and the European stories deal with what happened in Denmark and Greece. In each case, the stories involve a protagonist who is in, but not of, his surroundings, and focus on the conflict between
him and what is happening to him. The stories are:
"Crude Breakfast: A Penance," "Pickin' Apples," "The Free State," and "No Country for Old Men.
Milton's Emerging View of Fame and the Heroic Life
Get PDF204 leaves. Advisor: Dr. William B. BjornstadBy the writing of Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes, Milton clearly defines fame in Christian terms. His method is generally parodic; he throws into relief true fame by parodying its false varieties. Thus he makes a clear distinction between earthly fame and
heavenly fame.
Chapter 1 traces Milton's struggle to define fame
in his early poetry. His major works are treated independently in subsequent chapters; each chapter discusses his view of fame from negative and positive aspects through concrete representations. The last chapter gives a summary of the thesis.
Milton, in his early poetry, realizes and expresses the transient qualities of earthly fame. He clearly distinguishes, however, true Christian fame from the traditional concept of earthly fame in his major poetry by illustrating (1) the exemplary pattern of achieving true fame in the Son's act of faith, his ministry of redemption and (2) the parodic pattern of true fame in Satan's act of disobedience and self-glorification, his
pretense as an exemplar of the worldly heroes. In the pattern of Samson's regenerative experience, Milton shows how the Son's type of act of faith resulted in ultimate fame
Computer Calculations of Cross Sections for Electron Impact Ionization of Helium
Get PDF53 leaves. Advisor:Dr. Donald H. MadisonTriple differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of helium are calculated in the distorted wave approximation. The distorted wave formalism is discussed
for the z-axis parallel to the momentum transfer
direction. Problems associated with programming this formalism are outlined. The cross sections are then compared to experimental results and other theoretical calculations
A Secondary Reading Program in the Content Area, Madrid Community School District
No full text92 leaves. Advisor: Dr. Charles D. RowleyThe problem. In 1973 it had become obvious that the Madrid Community School district's secondary students were not reaching their maximum achievement levels in the area of reading. Students were having difficulty reading content area texts and concern was expressed by parents about the lack of progress in their children's coursework. A review of the limited standardized test data substantiated this concern.
Procedure. Through the efforts of teachers, administrators, and the public, a program to change this lack of achievement was initiated. A federal grant was received and the development of a reading program in the content areas for grades 7 through 12 was started.
Result. Approximately three years later, after the Title III federal grant, much work and complete staff involvement, reading scores are improving and public and student attitude towards reading has improved. The reading program has become a major segment of Madrid's 7 through 12 curriculum and has proven to be a program for all the students. Madrid's reputation is growing outside its physical boundaries as other school systems have observed the program and have utilized the experitse of Madrid's staff in reading for in-service instruction, for staff meetings and as convocation speakers
The Effect of Sewage Effluent and Deicing Salt on the Green Alga Selenastrum Capricornutum
Get PDF57 leaves. Advisor: Dr. Phyllis J. KingsburyThe problem. This study was undertaken to evaluate
the impact of secondary sewage effluent and highway deicinq salt runoff on a planktonic green alga.
Procedure. The test organism, Selenastrum capricornutum, was grown in an algal assay which combined various concentrations of deicing salt and sewage effluent diluted with Des Moines River water. Monthly river and sewage samples were taken from November 1976-March 1977. Growth
response was measured with a chlorophyll assay.
Findings. Stronger sewage concentrations gave greater responses. The addition of 5,000 mg Cl/l was stimulating in any combination of river water and sewage effluent. It appeared that 10,000 mg Cl/l, while not entirely inhibitory, was slightly toxic since the growth response was less than
the lower salt concentration and more like that of straight river water. Statistical analyses indicated that fluctuations in river water composition occurred over time since monthly growth responses differed significantly from each
other. November samples gave the lowest chlorophyll values and collections from March usually had the greatest which corresponded to nutrient values determined by chemical analyses of the samples.
Conclusions. The addition of both sewage effluent
and deicing salt to Des Moines River water had a growth-enhancing effect on tile test alga, Selenastrum capricornutum, in most combinations.
Recommendations. Further study should include a
year-round survey with more sampling sites and frequent collections to determine present chloride levels and serve as a basis for predicting future trends. Experiments dealing with nutrient spikes ought to be considered. The use of indigenous algal species and in situ observations would be valuable
An American Dream: The Fatal Gambit For Sutpen And Gatsby
No full text114 leaves. Advisor: Dr. Stuart BurnsThe intention of this thesis is to demonstrate the parallel lines that delineate the characters of Thomas Sutpen from William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! and Jay Gatsby from F. Scott Fitzgearald's The Great Gatshy, as men of distinctive American character in fatal pursuit of the American dream. The attainment of that dream, defined as an individual goal of personal success, which is sought in a state of unlimited
possibility, which is ultimately expressed in socially acceptable terms, and which can be gained by faithful and arduous pursuit, is the all consuming passion of each character's life.
Using the dream-goal and common American character
traits as a basis for comparison, ten parallels between the lives of Sutpen and Gatsby are explored through close analysis of the texts of the novels. These parallels include
(1) insignificant beginnings and lack of family ties; (2) lack of formal education and the resultant reliance on self-education;
(3) self-creation of one's own personality; (4)
self-discipline and the use of a timetable in pursuit of the dream; (5) the accumulation of wealth as a secondary but integral part of the dream-goal; (6) "shady" methods and manipulations
to obtain wealth; (7) qualified success after
achieving wealth; (8) attempts at social respectability and acceptability although remaining essentially "outsiders;"
(9) over-simplification of reality leading to ill-founded assumptions of success; and (10) the failure to ultimately achieve the dream goal.
The discussion attempts to demonstrate not only that Sutpen and Gatsby are parallel literary figures, but also that the undeviating pursuit of the American dream-goal is a fatal process for the dreamer who fails to recognize the difference between the ideal and the real, the spiritual and
the material, aspects of the dream. This dream quest carries perilous consequences for the dreamer who ignores the responsibilities inherent in human relationships. However, the dream, which is part of America's national heritage, also
holds the promise that to fail magnificently is also a feat, one which both Sutpen and Gatsby achieve
Subterranean Prose : The Thematic Similarity in the Novels of Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Kenneth Patchen
Get PDF114 leaves. Advisor: Norman HaneThe problem. Mid-century brought the advent of a new upsurge of underground writing labeled "Subterranean" prose. The problem posed in this thesis was to define the function
of Subterranean prose and, once defined, to investigate into any progressive qualities contained in the prose.
Procedure. Investigation into Subterranean prose centered around research into the historical events of the 1940's and 1950's and into the initial underground works of
the more prominent Subterranean writers, Jack Kerouac, Henry Miller, William S. Burroughs, and Kenneth Patchen.
Findings. The restrictive literary and cultural
climate of the time encouraged a specific mode of expression and conformity. These restrictions drove many authors underground. These four authors, notably, developed alternative literary styles with which to express similar attitudes concerning man and his environment.
Conclusions. The primary function of subterranean prose on the literary continuum was to break the boundaries of conventional prose and thereby open new avenues for experimental writing. Subterranean writers attempted to jar the literary world out of the complacency of the 1950's. The thematic structure of man in search of himself and his
world was developed through a wide diversity of styles so that the content of the novels was contained in the form itself
Increasing Generalization of Staff Interactions Through Posted Group Feedback, Individual Feedback, and Social Praise
Get PDF46 leaves. Advisor: Dr. Mary Ann PowersThe problem. Staff in institutions have been trained to interact appropriately with residents during free time through feedback on their performance, but the feedback effects have not been found to generalize outside the training session. The present study sought to increase the generalization of appropriate staff-resident interactions outside the training session.
Procedure. Time-sample observations of staff-resident interactions were made twice each day in a large day hall in a state institution for the retarded, during a one-hour session and a 30-min. generalization check. The data collected were the percent of time-samples staff interacted appropriately and the percent of time-samples staff interacted with different residents. Following baseline posted
group feedback and individual feedback and praise were given at the end of the session first on the percent of time-samples staff interacted appropriately and then on both this percentage and the percent of time-samples staff interacted with different residents. After a reversal to baseline the session
was extended to three hours, and the presence of the observer was changed from continuous to intermittent. Feedback on both percentages was re-implemented following a short baseline.
Findings. The feedback procedure was effective in producing a large increase in appropriate staff-resident interactions in the one-hour session and a moderate increase in the three-hour session. Increasing the behavior of the staff in the session did not result in a concomitant increase during the generalization checks.
Conclusions. The failure of the behavior change to generalize outside the session limits the usefulness of feedback as a practical means of training staff. However, use of the procedure in a spot-check fashion should provide for increased staff behavior throughout the day with a minimum of cost in terms of time spent monitoring