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An evaluation of the effectiveness of two methods for providing computer-assisted repeated reading training to reading-disabled students
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The present study evaluated the instructional effectiveness of two methods for providing computer-assisted repeated reading training to reading disabled students. One repeated reading method, the Processing Power program (ICT, Inc., 1983... Forty seven reading disabled students, matched in groups of three based on intelligence, age, and word recognition ability were randomly assigned to either the processing power condition, repetitive reading condition, or no-treatment...
The effect of positive mood on performance on an academic task
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This investigation consists of two experiments. The first experiment attempted to generalize the findings of a study by Kirschenbaum, Tomarken and Humphrey (1985) who found that positive mood facilitates performance on a mathematics task...
Investigation of the relationship between selected child death variables and bereaved parents' marital satisfaction and self-esteem
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationships between the marital satisfaction and self esteem of bereaved parents and the following four factors related to the child's death: (a) the amount of forewarning the parents... One hundred and eleven bereaved parents participated in this study. The parents were recruited from local chapters of Compassionate Friends in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. The data were gathered through self administered questionnaires... The results from this study revealed several relationships that shed light on the experiences of these bereaved parents. First, it was noted that a decline in marital satisfaction following the death of a child was related to an increase...
1988 Florida State University Football Media Guide
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The 1988 FSU Football media guide includes information on the coaching staff, the players, the opponents of the season, records, and the university itself.
Basic skills achievement patterns from kindergarten through tenth grade
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A descriptive and exploratory longitudinal study was conducted to investigate whether a gap existed between grade level standards and the academic achievement of students with low school readiness and to determine if the gap widened as... Mean differences and variability in communication and mathematics achievement among readiness groups on the norm-referenced CTBS test series and the criterion-referenced SSAT-I test series over time were examined. Because maturation and... Analyses revealed that the students in the low readiness groups did fall further from the set academic standard for the CTBS test series, however, the reverse was true for the criterion-referenced SSAT-I test series. Although for the...
A comparison of techniques for scheduling non-homogeneous employees in a service environment subject to non-cyclical demand. (Volumes I and II)
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This dissertation has addressed the issue of labor scheduling, focussing primarily on environments in which employees are limited in number and/or not continuously available for work. New modeling procedures have been developed for these... Three shift scheduling procedures were developed: (1) an iterative construction improvement procedure (HO), (2) a combination single-break-position linear programming and heuristic procedure (LP), and (3) a combination break-less linear... LP was found to be the best shift scheduling procedure, while one of the HO-based procedures was best for tour scheduling. The NT and NT-based shift and tour scheduling procedures were the poorest performers, a finding with important... Extensive investigations into the determinants of technique performance were conducted. These investigations included examining the effects on technique performance of (1) problem restrictiveness and (2) the ratio of understaffing to... An extensive list of interesting and potentially fruitful research avenues has been provided for the benefit of researchers considering the field of labor scheduling.
The state-wide tours of the Florida Federal Theatre Project, October, 1937-June, 1939: A description and evaluation of two seasons on the road for the "People's Popular Theatre"
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This is a detailed account of the Florida Federal Theatre's State-Wide Touring Company, starting with the formation of the Jacksonville Repertory Company in 1936, through its transformation into a touring theatre company in October, 1937...
Struggle toward global humanism: The later works of Richard Wright
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What too many literary historians have overlooked is that Richard Wright continued to produce important works long after his departure for Paris, especially in the genre of nonfiction. My purpose is to show that the last half of his... I have chosen a chronological progression for this study, beginning with a biographical sketch in Chapter One and proceeding in subsequent chapters through his successive books after he went to Paris. Near the end of his life Wright... In Chapter Six I analyze Wright's last novel, The Long Dream, and show that because the critics rejected his nonfiction, Wright felt compelled to return to the fiction that had made him famous. I also argue, however, that in this last... To limit Wright's achievements to two or three books is a grave disservice to academic scholarship as well as to Wright and Afro-American culture. Therefore I argue that we must study Wright's later works as well as his political...
The impact of divorce groups on individual adjustment: A single case and group comparison approach
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The effects of a short-term semi-structured group on individual adjustment to divorce were examined. The 10-week group treatment program was adapted from Fisher's Divorce and Personal Growth Seminars. Single case design and group... The presence of factors such as multiple stressors, life events, social support, who initiated the separation, and the passage of time, were judged to have an effect in the divorce adjustment process of individual cases. The use of the...
This qualitative study sought to discover how students evaluate their progress in writing. Previous research has addressed self-evaluation of single compositions and of writing ability, but no study has focused on students' perceptions... My study examined 11th- and 12th-graders' interpretations of their progress--through grades, teacher commentary, peer response, comparison with other student writers, and their own knowledge based on experience in reading and writing.... The students were generally accurate in their self-evaluation, but were not able to articulate a complex understanding of themselves as writers. They were conscious of problems they had solved and ways that their writing had improved, ... Three case studies were contrasted with patterns in the class as a whole to distinguish developmental characteristics. Students' use of terms and consciousness of problems contribute to an understanding of writing improvement that is...
The influence of teacher feedback on children's peer preferences and perceptions
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Causal relationships between teacher feedback and children's peer preferences and perceptions were examined. Kindergarten, first, and second grade children (N = 149) viewed a videotape analog of a classroom scene in which a child actor ... Multivariate analyses of variance (2 (Sex) x 5(Condition)) revealed main effects for Condition only. Planned comparison tests indicated that teacher feedback was causally related to peer preferences and perceptions. Positive feedback...
The purpose of this study was to determine whether two parallel tests could be equated effectively (i.e., minimal equating error) using the multidimensional two-parameter IRT model (M2PL). Equatings were performed on both simulated and... The results indicated that effective equating was possible with the techniques used in this study when true scores, the response surfaces, and the contour plots were compared. When the equating of the ability estimates was examined, ...
The judiciary and criminal sentencing in the Dominican Republic
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An empirical study of twenty judges of the criminal courts of the first instance of the Dominican Republic conducted during 1982-1984 explored judicial selection, social backgrounds, professional preparation, sentencing philosophy, and... Every four years, following national elections, judicial candidates are screened by a bipartisan Senate sub-committee using legally defined educational and experiential requirements and other norms. Recommended candidates are ratified by... The majority of judges were middle-aged, middle class men and women who had graduated from university following the 1965 intervention. This upheaval resulted in an open admissions policy at the only public university, paving the way for... Judges said their sentencing philosophy developed from diverse sources and varied from crime to crime. They claimed their sentences recognized aggravating and mitigating factors. Genuine sentencing alternatives were non-existent, lengthy... Judges were concerned about the independence, integrity, image, competence, and efficiency of the judiciary and affiliated personnel, citizen cooperation, the growth and nature of crime, civil damage claims in criminal cases, their... These judges were quite similar to judges in other Latin American countries in terms of background and preparation. Their professional concerns and restraints coincided with the circumstances of the judges similarly situated worldwide.
Clothing interest, self-esteem, body satisfaction and fashion opinion leadership compared with weight of college females
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This study was conducted to determine whether there were differences in clothing interest, body satisfaction, fashion opinion leadership qualities and self-esteem among underweight, average weight, and overweight females. In addition, ... Three out of the five null hypotheses were rejected (using a point.05 rejection level) when subjects were grouped according to the MET chart. Two out of the five null hypotheses were rejected when subjects were regrouped according to the...
Photograph, color, of School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony; April 29, 1988. Two people wearing academic robes stand together, one is being hooded. The bottom of the photograph reads, FSU - School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony April 29, 1988.
HEADLINES: The Projects Spotlights Allan McCollum; Curator's Spotlight: A Portrait of Military Nobility; Florida Artists Highlighted in New Exhibition; Annual Crafts Festival Showcase Artisans; Volunteers Needed!; Foundation Notes;...
Coexistence in harlequin habitats: The organization of mite guilds (Unionicola spp.) inhabiting freshwater mussels
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Adults and nymphs of three species of mites (Unionicola abnormipes, U. fossulata, and U. serrata) co-occur in the bivalve hosts, Villosa villosa, V. vibex, and Uniomerus declivis, in St. Mark's River, north Florida. Monthly samples of... Mite species had frequently higher abundances in one host species. De-mited mussels placed out monthly at each site showed that these higher abundances are achieved within a month. Recruitment varied greatly between sites, years, and... Two field experiments indicated that the low abundance of U. abnormipes in the larger host species, Uniomerus declivis, was caused by competitive, and possibly predatory, interactions with U. serrata. However, U. serrata did not occur in... Interactions between mites did not occur as predicted by either simple, theoretical models or more biologically-realistic ones developed for other systems but did demonstrate that experimental tests of models are essential.
This issue includes: announcement for '"Do you serve borscht for breakfast?": A Study of Women in the U.S.S.R''; information on the 88--89 program agenda; announcement of meeting dates.
Factors influencing the decision-making process in the substantiation of child sexual abuse cases
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Child sexual abuse has existed for a long time, but it has only been recognized as a national problem since the 1960s. There has been minimal research in this area and the prior literature on child sexual abuse has ignored many important... This study addresses the question of "What factors affect the decision making process in the substantiation of child sexual abuse cases?" The research question is important because there is little known about the decision making process... To investigate this research question, secondary data from the Protective Services Unit of the Department of Human Resources in Opelika, Alabama were used. Case files of children reported to the agency between January 1982 to October... Stepwise logistic regression analysis was used to determine whether or not there was a relationship between specified factors and the decision to substantiate or unsubstantiate sexual abuse cases. Findings indicate that the most...
Photograph, color, of School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony; April 29, 1988. A woman wearing white stands at a podium and talks into a microphone. The bottom of the photograph reads, FSU - School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony April 29, 1988.
The impact of measurement errors and multicollinearity on the study of the relationship between accounting information and market-determined risks
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This study develops a linear measurement structural equation model to study the relationship between accounting risk measures and market determined risk measures. Use of this model may reduce the risk of potential loss of information and... Extant literature in this area of research has produced conventional regression models which give inconsistent and conflicting results about the relationship between accounting risk measures and market determined risk measures. This... Overall, compared with traditional regression approach this study finds that the new model produces much more clearcut and interpretable evidence about the relationship between accounting risk measures and market determined risk measures... Finally, replications of previous studies indicate that the instrumental variables approach in this area of research is not a viable methodology. It produces inconsistent, erratic and hard-to-interpret results.
Police performance and psychological testing: Application of the Megargee-Bohn MMPI-based classification system
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The police officer selection process has undergone sweeping reform over the years. Much of this change targeted policies related to police officer qualifications. The 1967 President's Commission on Law Enforcement reported that many... First, research examining the relationship between the MMPI and performance correlates the thirteen MMPI scales with performance measures. This strategy makes it impossible to identify MMPI configurations associated with successful... Two research contributions in the areas of performance measurement and personality assessment make advances toward remedying these problems. First, the Megargee-Bohn MMPI-Based typology provides an efficient and economical taxonomic... The present study examines the relationship between the Megargee-Bohn typology and BARS measures of police performance at the Tallahassee, Florida municipal police department. This research generated three sets of findings. First, while...
A comparison of two methods of bootstrapping in a reliability model
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We consider bootstrapping in the following reliability model which was considered by Doss, Freitag, and Proschan (1987). Available for testing is a sample of iid systems each having the same structure of m independent components. Each...
An investigation of the spatial channels mediating vernier acuity
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The purposes of this research were to: (1) determine the dependence of vernier acuity upon specific spatial frequency channels; (2) determine the effect of stimulus position in the central 2 deg arc upon vernier acuity thresholds; (3)... Vernier acuity thresholds were found to be a function of both spatial frequency (0.5-20 cpd) and grating contrast (0.25-0.65). Thresholds were higher with low spatial frequency grating ($<$2 cpd), and the low spatial frequency grating... Monocular vernier acuity thresholds were found to vary with the stimulus position, with stimulus in the nasal hemifield resulting in lower thresholds than presentation in the temporal hemifield. Binocular vernier acuity was well... In general, stimulus detection resulted in lower thresholds than stimulus classification (i.e., offset direction), particularly at low spatial frequencies. Difference thresholds were consistently lower than absolute thresholds, and they...
The biology of shell use by the hermit crab Pagurus longicarpus
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Many studies have associated hermit crab reproduction with various gastropod shell characteristics. Only limited inferences can be drawn from some of these studies due to lack of controls for the relationship between reproduction and... Shell selection experiments that concomitantly examine preferences of several shell characteristics show that relative shell size is more important to Pagurus longicarpus than either shell species or damage. Hermit crabs rarely selected... The cheliped morphology of male Pagurus longicarpus correlates with the species of shell that the crab occupies. Several hypotheses posed to account for this correlation are examined. The likely explanation appears to be that male crab...
Peer interactions and sociometric status of physically abused preschool children
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The primary focus of research and treatment of abusive parents and their children has been on the alteration of abusive parents' behavior. While this is essential to the elimination of further abuse of the child, it does not address the...
The effects of a small examinee sample size on the precision of measurement for tests developed by four different item selection strategies
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This study sought to determine the best item selection procedure to use in mastery testing situations where small examinee samples exist. The item selection procedures evaluated were (a) modified classical, utilizing p-values and point... A computer program was used to create a data matrix containing the simulated responses of 1000 examinees to 240 items. From this matrix 12 sets of data were drawn. Each data set contained the responses of 50 randomly selected examinees... Item selection procedures were evaluated in terms of test information, standard error of the estimate, misclassification rate, and accuracy of the domain percentage correct score. Test information associated with each item was computed... The results show that the classical and criterion referenced procedures were effective at selecting items which, for a given cut-off score, would be identified by a three parameter model as having high information. However, since ability...
Performance included: Wedding Pas de Deux from Coppelia Act III, Two Scarlatti Sonatas, Reveries (choreography by Lee Virgillio), Claire de Lune, Danse, Beau Soir, Reverie, C'est L'extase Langoureuse, Allegro Andante Allegro ...
The effects of four methods of immediate corrective feedback on retention, discrimination error, and feedback study time in computer-based instruction
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This study examined the effects of four methods of immediate corrective feedback delivered by a computer within a question-based, concept and rule learning setting. A second purpose of the study was to probe the complex relationship... One hundred fifty-three students enrolled in a undergraduate biology class for nonmajors were randomly assigned to one of four immediate corrective feedback conditions: (1) KCR, feedback that gave knowledge of correct response only; (2)... Results indicated that the KCR group used significantly less feedback study time and was more efficient than any other condition. As predicted, no significant differences in retention were found for any group. Contrary to prediction, The... As predicted, learners who made fewer fine discrimination errors during instruction scored better on a retention test. A significantly higher number of fine discrimination errors were made on the retention test. Surprisingly, almost...
The author launches a triptych journey into his poetic psyche. The first section of poems explores the socio-political landscape of the postwar, postholocaustic world. The traveler rejects the semi-seductive allures of anomie to which... A strain of koto drifts through the second section in which the poet-traveler records his encounter with the Orient--its philosophies, histories, scents and sinners. Hard learning, transcendence and grace are the general themes of the... To section three. Beginning with an epigraph from Emerson; "Let us affront the smooth mediocrity and squalid contentment of the times, the poet salutes various literati who did just that. Jonathan Edwards, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe,...
Photograph, color, of Award/Recognition for Dr. Marjorie Sparkman, 1988. A woman and a man clasp hands while holding a conversation. Others are visible around them.
A human capital - contextual model of migration decision making
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This study provides a theoretical framework for multilevel analysis of migration decision-making based on the human capital theory. The main contention of the study is that individuals behave with respect to migration as if they were... The model was tested using 1980 census data on Puerto Rican return and nonreturn migrants. The empirical analysis supported the following hypotheses: macrolevel factors are important determinants of migration at the microlevel;...
An investigation into the role of target communicator style in the managerial selection of compliance-gaining strategies and communicator styles
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In response to the current situation regarding the study of social influence in organizations, this study examined the role of target communicator style in managers selecting compliance-gaining strategies and communicator styles. Subjects were 248 managers working in a variety of organizations located in a southeastern state. Respondents reflected a large number of occupations and professions. Respondents were mailed a questionnaire. They were provided three target descriptions and requested to indicate how likely they would be to invoke various compliance-gaining strategies and communicator styles with a boss and subordinate... The study employed a repeated measures design with two within-subjects factors, target communicator style and target status. A MANOVA was performed to test four hypotheses and eight research questions. Two questions were noninferential... Statistical significance was reached for the four hypotheses. Managers were (a) less likely to use "hard" strategies with an attractive subordinate versus an unattractive or contentious subordinate, (b) less likely to invoke "hard"... Statistical significance was also reached in answering the research questions. It was found that managers were (a) more likely to use reason with an attractive boss versus an unattractive boss, (b) more likely to use friendliness with...
Photograph, color, of School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony; April 29, 1988. Two people wearing academic robes stand together, one is being hooded. The bottom of the photograph reads, FSU - School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony April 29, 1988.
The effects of two career development programs on high school students' information-seeking behavior
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The purpose of this study was to extend previous research by comparing two career development programs, one computer-based (CHOICES) and the other a pencil-and-paper-based, the Self-Directed Search, on information-seeking behavior.... Basic to this investigation and its findings was the identification and examination of factors and processes that foster information-seeking behavior. Using the six categories of information-seeking behavior as described by Stewart (1969... Chi-square and t-tests were used to determine if there were significant differences in the information-seeking behavior of the two groups. Means and standard deviations were used to report satisfaction scores from the Feedback Sheet... Sixty respondents were sampled during the data collection. According to the results, there were no significant differences in the information-seeking behavior of the CHOICES group in comparison to the SDS group.
Melville's fondness for Arabia started early in childhood when he saw in church a "wonderful Arabian traveller." Melville's use of Near Eastern imagery began with his first book, Typee (1846), and was expanded to include all his... The first chapter of this study deals with Western views toward Islam in general and their influence on Melville's mind. The second chapter focuses on Islamic imagery in Melville's early works. The third is a detailed analysis of...
Photograph, color, of Award/Recognition for Dr. Marjorie Sparkman, 1988. Two women and two men stand in a circle and hold a conversation. The two women face each other and clasp hands. Other people are visible around them as well.
Photograph, color, of Award/Recognition for Dr. Marjorie Sparkman, 1988. Two women smile and face each other. Other people are visible in the background.
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