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ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA, PHI ETA SIGMA, MORTAR BOARD AND OMICRON DELTA KAPPA: THE EFFECT OF TITLE IX AS MEASURED BY THE SEX OF MEMBERS, OFFICERS, AND FACULTY ADVISERS IN 1981-82 (SCHOLASTIC AND LEADERSHIP HONOR SOCIETIES)
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of Title IX on four national scholastic and leadership honor societies. The effect of Title IX on the proportion of male and female members of these organizations was compared on... A survey was mailed to the chapter advisers and presidents of 676 honor societies. Responses from 585 chapters (86.5%) were analyzed. The survey data revealed that Title IX has had a significant effect on the membership practices of honor societies. Women students hold a higher percentage of the membership and positions of leadership than men students in all four honor... Unlike the findings of previous research on sex differences in leadership assumption, this study found that female students have not yielded positions of leadership to male students in these coeducational honor societies. Except in... A significantly higher proportion of male members and officers were found in historically male honor societies, while a significantly higher proportion of female members and officers were found in historically female honor societies. The proportions of male and female members were unaffected by the enrollment size of the institution or the presence of a parallel honor society on the campus. Institutional control had no effect on the proportion of male and female... Women faculty members have not been as successful in achieving adviser roles in historically male honor societies as male faculty members in achieving adviser positions in historically female honor societies.
IDENTIFIABLE RELATIONSHIPS AND PATTERNS OF TEACHER ABUSE
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The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency and nature of incidents of physical abuse of teachers on school grounds in a large metropolitan district in Florida. In an effort to achieve this purpose, a survey instrument was... Conclusions from this study indicate the following: (1) The attacker was a black student with prior behavior problems and was perceived by the victim to have low intelligence. (2) Teachers most attacked at the elementary level taught...
THE OPERATION OF GENDER SCHEMA IN THE CATEGORIZATION OF FEMALE AND MALE CHARACTERISTICS
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The present study is an investigation of hypotheses derived from gender schema theory. As background for the study, gender schema theory was discussed along with research in the areas of sex-typing, person categorization, and general...
EFFECTS OF SYNCHRONOUS NONVERBAL CUES IN A CONVERSATIONAL EXCHANGE UPON RATINGS OF INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTION AND COMMUNICATION SATISFACTION
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This study examined synchronous nonverbal behaviors between interactants in a dyadic conversational exchange as a plausible explanation for differences in ratings of interpersonal attraction and communication satisfaction by outside... Two video tapes were produced utilizing a male and a female confederate engaging in a short conversation. Synchrony was manipulated by altering the turn-taking cues employed during the conversation. High synchrony was depicted as... Subjects were led to believe that the video taped conversation was part of an interviewer rating procedure for a university survey center and the two confederate actors were but two of a large number of newly hired interviewers. Subjects... Eighty-nine undergraduate males and 213 undergraduate females were randomly assigned to rate one of the two participants (male/female) in either the high or low synchrony condition. Two dependent measures were used to test the hypotheses... Results indicated that subjects who viewed the high synchrony conversation perceived the interactants as more interpersonally attractive than persons who viewed the low synchrony tape. Subjects also gave higher ratings of communication... The two main effect hypotheses regarding level of synchrony were statistically supported. However, attempts to uncover associations between sex of interactant and sex of observer in explanatory terms of interpersonal attraction and...
THE EFFECT OF IMMEDIACY AND TYPE OF INFORMATIVE FEEDBACK ON RETENTION IN A COMPUTER-ASSISTED TASK
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of timing and type of feedback on retention in an instructional task involving the learning of verbal information and defined concepts. Specifically, there were two levels of feedback... Analyses of Covariance indicated that timing of feedback had no significant effect on retention of either verbal information or defined concepts. Similarily, there were no significant differences between groups with respect to type of... Further research is necessary to determine the precise circumstances under which timing or type of informative feedback best facilitate retention. It is recommended that the learned capability called for in the experimental learning task...
COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS IN THE SUBFAMILY HELICONIINAE (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE) IN PUERTO RICO: CONTROLLED FIELD EXPERIMENTS
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Using an experimental approach, I have elucidated the role of competition among Heliconiinae larvae in Puerto Rico. I used field cages to control predators and parasitoids while otherwise simulating natural conditions. By vegetatively... One year of observation at two climatically distinct forests, Guanica (dry) and Cambalache (wet), shows variations in the relative density and distribution of heliconians and Passiflora. Guanica's distinct precipitation-induced... Comparing experimental results to field observations, I found no interspecific competition and insignificant intraspecific competition at Cambalache. At Guanica, where larvae depend on new growth, which occurs in distinct pulses, intra-...
A PROGRAM OF SERVICES FOR HANDICAPPED STUDENTS IN PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN IRAN
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The purpose of the study was to develop a program of services for handicapped students in public postsecondary educational institutions in Iran. In order to develop the program of services a panel of experts in the field of handicapped students and/or in educational planning in developing countries was selected to react to an opinion survey questionnaire. The survey questions... Following the analysis of the data by tabulation of frequencies and percentages for each item, the program of services was refined and recommended. The major findings of the study were: (1) The panel of experts agreed with the overall philosophical base of the program of services. There was some variance of agreement concerning the program of services. (2) Services and programs for... It may be concluded that Iran, and other developing countries with similar cultural and religious background, should find the recommended program of services for handicapped people reflective of the philosophy of Islamic beliefs and...
EFFECTS OF THERAPIST FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION IN SUPERVISION AND SUPERVISORY FOCUS ON THERAPIST AND CLIENT ANXIETY AND ON A MEASURE OF THERAPY EFFECTIVENESS
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This study explored the effects of therapist fear of negative evaluation in supervision (FNE-S) and supervisory focus on therapist and client anxiety states and client satisfaction. Thirty clinical psychology graduate student therapists... The results showed that compared to low FNE-S therapists, high FNE-S therapists were more anxious before supervision, were more receptive to therapist-focused supervision, and had clients who were more anxious before therapy and less... Overall, results suggest that identifying high FNE-S therapists and low RSI therapists may be useful in research and training settings. They also clearly point out that supervisor-therapist interactions are highly complex and dependent...
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AND ITS IMPACT ON ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND POLICIES
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This dissertation is about the competition among the economies of the sovereign nation-states and its impact on the optimality, from the point of view of the national government, of various economic policies. The competition among the... A review of economic history is first presented to demonstrate that competition among the economies of sovereign countries has existed from the beginning of written history to the present. It changed throughout history in accordance with... Based on this finding, the theoretical analysis is conducted to analyze the fundamental incentives which have caused governments to engage in international economic competition. The analysis reaches the conclusion that there have been... The next step in the inquiry is to analyze the effectiveness of various economic policies which, although frequently proposed in the economic literature, are derived from analyses that either exclude the phenomenon of competition among...
This study was designed to test the reliability and validity of Cushman's conceptualization of communication rules. Reliability and validity were tested by operationalizing communication rules and having subjects rate the rule for... Communication rules were operationalized by utilizing behaviors from Shimanoff's Communication Rules and situations constructed by the researcher. Behaviors were classified using Bale's Interaction Process Analysis. Situations were... Primary data analysis for reliability were measures of internal consistency. Crombach alpha was used for combinations of items. Standard deviations were used to compare individual items. The apparent reliability of some items could be... Future research should strive to reduce the ambiguity of rules and to develop a more precise scale for determining orientation toward a rule.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SELECTED VARIABLES AND CURRENT PRACTICES IN THE ASSESSMENT AND ACADEMIC RECOGNITION OF NONSPONSORED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AS REPORTED BY CAEL MEMBER INSTITUTIONS
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This study was concerned with gathering and analyzing data relative to the practices utilized by the Council for the Advancement of Experiential Learning (CAEL) member institutions in the assessment and academic recognition of... Problem. This study focused on determining: (1) how nontraditional assessment practices were integrated into traditional academic structures, and (2) how practitioners evaluated their assessment and credentialing process. Purpose. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency with which specific assessment and academic recognition practices were being implemented by practitioners of nonsponsored experiential learning assessment... Methodology. A modified version of a CAEL instrument was developed, validated, and mailed to the CAEL institutional membership. Each questionnaire contained a letter of support from Dr. Morris Keeton, President of CAEL, and Dr. William... Selected Findings. The findings of the study suggest that practitioners were generally consonant in how they applied and valued assessment and academic recognition practices. They were, however, uncertain concerning appropriate practices...
EVOKED POTENTIALS AND IMPULSIVITY IN A CRIMINAL POPULATION
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Two samples of residents were selected from a Florida work release center. Each group of eight residents differed in their membership with respect to the Megargee MMPI-based inmate classification system. One group was made up entirely of... The experimental portion of the research involved a paradigm in which latencies for both reaction time and a late component (P300) of the auditory evoked potential were measured under two conditions designed to assess the subject's... A difference score index of the P300/RT relationship revealed a significant shift in cognitive strategy for the Normal Group but not the Impulsive Group. Other findings include the possibility of order of presentation effects and a trend...
ECOLOGICAL MORPHOLOGY OF BREEDING BIRDS IN OLD WORLD AND NEW WORLD PEATLANDS (MINNESOTA, FINLAND)
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Morphological convergence is defined here as evolution toward similar dimensions of traits in unrelated animals that live in the same or similar environments. Because a genus is a taxonomic unit in which differences among congeners... I identified similar peatland habitats in Finland and in Minnesota in a space determined by discriminant function analysis. Shrub areas and coniferous forest areas were similar to shrub areas and coniferous forest areas, respectively, ... The species in shrub vegetation were smaller, had relatively longer pelves and legs, and had wider and shallower sterna compared with their congeners in coniferous forest. With the exception of Emberiza, the length of the bill and the... These results indicate significant (p = .03) directional patterns among taxonomically distantly-related genera for morphology associated with movement through the vegetation. Morphology associated with feeding, however, shows trends at a...
EFFECTS OF TEACHER MARITAL STATUS AND KNOWLEDGE OF A CHILD'S FAMILY'S MARITAL STATUS ON TEACHER RATINGS OF SELECTED TRAITS OF THE CHILD
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The purposes of this study were to determine whether knowledge of a child's family's marital status (divorced home/intact home/family status unknown) and/or teacher's marital status (single/divorced) would affect the teacher's ratings of... To test the hypotheses, two instruments were employed. The Personality Trait Rating Scale (PTRS) and the Predicted Behavior in School Form (PBS) were used by the teachers to rate behaviors of a five year old child observed on a videotape. Findings were: (1) knowledge of a child's family marital status did not have any significant effect on teachers' ratings on the PTRS or on the PBS. Mean rating scores on both instruments did not differ significantly among the three...
The trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961 brought world-wide attention to the Nazi concentration camps and led to countless discussions by historians and theologians. In addition to American and British novelists and playwrights, many poets... The first literary response to the Holocaust was mainly autobiographical in accounts by camp inmates. Literary critics have discussed these memoirs and novels. Little attention, however, has been given to the impact of the Holocaust on... Through a discussion of eighteen poets and the characteristics of American and British poetry since World War II, this essay attempts to demonstrate three points: First, images of the concentration camps are used metaphorically by a...
THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUESTIONS FOR EVALUATION RESEARCH IN SELECTED STATE AGENCIES
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A qualitative study looking at the nature, development and utility of questions for evaluation research was conducted within the framework of several State of Florida agencies. The majority of the effort took place within the Office of... Research activities were organized around three general issues. First, what types of questions are being asked by individual agencies. To answer this question, a classification scheme was developed and applied to 114 questions drawn from... The second activity was a qualitative investigation into the actual development of questions within Evaluation units. This involved a number of interviews with individuals who participate in the question development process. In addition... The final activity concerned the utility of evaluation questions. First, principle evaluation report users were interviewed to assess their feelings towards studies prepared by the offices participating in this study. Then, several...
A methodological expose of Thomasville, Georgia, during the 1890s using photographs taken during the period by Algernon Moller as a primary source for establishing historical sequences and journalistic narrative. The glass plates, ...
The purpose of the study was to develop a standardized curriculum for pilot training which can be used in response to ever-increasing demand for the pilot-with baccalaureate. The demand is partly in response to the military's curtailment... Precedent for standardization exists, expecially in the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) in World War II. The expense and complexity of pilot training today demand optimum use of resources. The many curricular organizational models which exist indicate the necessity for organization. Development of a list of elements is but one step in the organizational model used. The four groups represented within the panel were Air Carriers, the Air Force, the Navy and General Aviation. The differences exhibited as groups were generally attributable to differences in mission . The Delphi survey technique was... Programs reviewed were the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, Purdue University, the University of Illinois, the University of South Alabama and the Federal Aviation Administration. Of the 756 elements listed as being taught by any of the... A standardized aviation pilot training program at the pre-specialization level which will satisfy the needs of all sectors of aviation is possible. Organizations which teach pilots do not teach significantly different elements through...
The authors report on major trends and emerging issues in state education policy-making. Two parts cover, first, the history, status, and future of educational governance and, second, the alternatives open to state leaders in structuring...
THE SUBCELLULAR DISTRIBUTION, METABOLISM AND COMPOSITION OF AXONALLY TRANSPORTED GLYCOCONJUGATES
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This study investigated the distribution and composition of glycoconjugates axonally transported to subcellular fractions of goldfish optic tectum, specifically the SPM, SV and soluble fractions. In addition this study also assessed the... The subcellular distribution of radioactivity in the goldfish optic tectum 12 hrs and 24 hrs postintraocular injection of ('35)S-sulfate or ('3)H-fucose, respectively, indicated that the RSA of both SV and SPM was greater than those of... Compositional analysis of the SPM glycoconjugates demonstrated that fucosylated molecules had a broad MW distribution mainly below 100k daltons, whereas sulfated molecules had MWs > 100k daltons. In contrast to SPM, transported sulfated... Anion exchange chromatography resulted in the separation of 3 populations of transported soluble GC. Those molecules eluting with increasing ionic strength from the anion exchange column showed a progressive increase in MW as seen by gel... To determine conditions which would lead to solubilization of membrane-affiliated AT GC, pooled optic tecta were sequentially homogenized in different solvents 12 hrs PIO injection of ('35)SO(, 4). Approximately 20% of the recovered...
THE CRYSTALLIZATION AND MELTING OF LINEAR POLYETHYLENE
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Changes in the crystallite size distribution during the isothermal crystallization of linear polyethylene fractions were studied using low frequency Raman spectroscopy. Increases in the crystallite size and broadening distributions were...
BEHAVIORAL COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY: A BEHAVIORAL-BASED PROGRAM FOR TEACHING EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEWING SKILLS TO VOCATIONALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS
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Ten handicapped subjects participated in a short-term behavioral training program to increase their verbal employment interview behaviors. Treatment consisted of a two hour training session using instruction, modeling, role-playing, ... The results indicated increased appropriate and work-related statements during post-training and follow-up interviews. The rate of statements increased to a level comparable with the higher level of reference group subjects. Employers'... Subjects rated their level of anxiety after each interview and this data revealed no change in their anxiety levels during pre-, post-, and follow-up interviews. Satisfaction measures showed subjects' positive ratings of the training... This study revealed that a short term behavioral training program enabled handicapped persons to improve their verbal interview behaviors to a level consistent with non-handicapped persons. Further, the study indicated verbal behaviors...
Photograph, black and white, of Ardent games. Dancers performing "Ardent Games" in "An Evening of Dance" in 1983. Choreographed by Nancy Smith Fichter.
SELF-CONCEPT AND CREATIVE THINKING OF ASIAN-AMERICAN KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN
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This investigation was designed to determine levels of self-concept and creative thinking abilities of Vietnamese refugee kindergarten students. Children in a bilingual program were compared with their counterparts in regular classes in... The sample used consisted of 105 Vietnamese children: 47 in a bilingual program and 58 in regular classes. The following tests were administered: Purdue Self-Concept Scale for Preschool Children and Thinking Creatively in Action and... All the hypotheses were rejected. It was found that: (1) Participation in a bilingual program had a positive effect on the self-concept of Asian-American kindergarten children (regression coefficient beta = .194). (2) Sex, years in the...
LEWIS MODEL AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INDIA
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The optimism of Arthur Lewis's development model permeated other models appearing in its trail. Lewis pictured a steady process of expansion of the industrial sector on the basis of agricultural surplus available as wage goods and ... Development experience belied these expectations. Benefits of development failed to reach subsistence agriculture in appreciable measure. Lewis' model was amiss in assuming a competitive industrial sector and a homogeneous agricultural... In development experience Taiwan (starting with agrarian reforms) is an exception, combining high growth rate with benefits going more to bottom than top, contradicting the inverted U hypothesis (implied in Lewis' model) of prolonged...
A STUDY IN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT: THE BUSINESS CAREER OF JAMES W. ELLSWORTH (1849-1925) (ILLINOIS)
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A study that examines the development of a late Nineteenth Century businessman, who embraced the ideas of entrepreneurship, and his evolutionary shift toward a philosophy of cooperation for stability and mutual advantage. James W.... During the decade of the 1890s Ellsworth understood the necessity of cooperation. He was involved in many endeavors that he knew little about and was compelled to rely on others for assistance. Gradually the idea of cooperation emerged, ...
FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE OF PHONEMIC REGRESSION
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Research in word discrimination testing shows that performances vary as a function of the materials and procedures employed. The concept of phonemic regression, however, was based on a specific word list (PB-50) and sensation level (30... regression is not argued, rather caution is advised is attaching the phonemic regression label until all variables associated with discrimination testing, particularly the sensation level and word list utilized, have been manipulated.
This study is devoted to discussing the budgetary process in Saudi Arabia. It focuses on budgetary recommendations, process participants, participant roles, process steps, and information sources. It indicates that budget officials are... Simple linear models are applied by this study to identify the best fit between budgetary recommendations and the above decision criteria. It finds that recurrent expenditures approximate previous and actual spending. On the other hand, ... Certain events may change the previous patterns. They are: (a) change in the leadership, (b) immense increase in revenues, and (c) new regulations. The magnitude of change is found to be affected by the type of expenditures, the period under investigation, and policy changes.
AN EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSIS OF MALE HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR
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A cross-cultural investigation of a male-male competition hypothesis regarding the evolution of male homosexual behavior was conducted using the Human Relations Area Files Probability Sample. Nine predictions pertaining to the incidence...
LE PROBLEME DE L'ALIENATION DANS CERTAINES OEUVRES AFRICAINES D'EXPRESSION FRANCAISE. (FRENCH TEXT)
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The problem of alienation is a serious one in most of our present societies and it has been studied in various aspects, from a sociological, psychological, as well as a philosophical viewpoint. The subject is still debatable and open to... This study focuses on the problem of alienation in colonized and decolonized societies in Africa. Through the analysis of some literary works written in French by African writers, we learn the cause and effect of the problem of... This thesis is divided into two parts. The first part consists of an introduction which presents the different concepts and theories of the word "alienation." The Introduction especially attempts to explain the sociological aspect of the... The last two chapters of Part One treat respectively the concept of alienation of both Jean-Paul Sartre and Frantz Fanon. Sartre views the problem of alienation as the outcome of the bourgeoisie. Although he explains the concept of... In Part Two, we learn the cause and effect of the particular problem of alienation in African societies through the analysis of selected literary works. This part is divided into three chapters which analyze two novels and one play. The...
PAUL TILLICH: APOLOGETIC PREACHER OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
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A study in the theology of Paul Tillich as it relates to the experience of worship and preaching in particular. As a fundamental point-of-departure, attention is given to the sacramental-prophetic dialectic from which preaching springs.... The major thrust of this dissertation may be reduced to a thesis statement: Paul Tillich's vocation as a Christian apologist is demonstrated in his preaching. It is not enough to label him as a "philosophical theologian, as a Christian...
ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF MEDIUM TO LARGE MUSIC UNITS IN SELECTED STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN THE UNITED STATES
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The focus of this study was the 1980-1981 status of the organization and administration of academic music units in higher education to determine whether the title of the unit and where the unit is located within the institution make any... The data were gathered from 73 institutions through the use of a mail questionnaire. Results indicated that schools and departments located in colleges which are four hierarchial levels from the presidential office were the most popular... Typical administrators, called chairpersons, spent three-fourths to full time on administrative duties but considered themselves both faculty members and administrators. Unit administrators viewed themselves as powerful influences within... When schools were compared to departments there were no significant differences found among the two units in the areas of (a) organizational structure and size with four exceptions; (b) goals and priorities; (c) formal leadership, ...
THE VALUE PARADIGM: A STUDY OF VALUES AND CONSENSUS IN FAMILY SYSTEMS
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The purpose of this research was to explore the presence of a value paradigm in the family. A consensus of values was defined as a family structure which organizes patterns of daily living for family members and as such serves as a... Rokeach's Value Survey and FACES II were administered to fathers, mothers, and one adolescent of 106 families obtained from an educational research school affiliated with a southern university. The results indicate that there is a value... The findings of this study support the concept of interdependence and interrelatedness of family members which is generated by General Systems Theory. Implications for further research include the development of a family typology using...
THE EFFECTS OF TEACHER QUESTIONS ON STUDENT ATTENDING BEHAVIORS, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, RETENTION AND CONFIDENCE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS
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The effects of high order questions (HOQ) and low order questions (LOQ) on the following variables are described: student confidence in responding to these questions, self-reported attentiveness, and achievement and retention test... One hundred and twenty-five undergraduate students signed up for one of six experimental sections, which were then randomly assigned to groups receiving HOQs, LOQs, or no questions (NQ). Vocabulary ability and gender differences were...
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