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E/m Apparatus For Laboratory Use In The Physical Sciences

McCoy, Monroe (Drake University, 1966-06)

Early Identification of Potential Dropouts in the Saydel Consolidated School System

Wilson, Thomas Don (Drake University, 1972-10)

The problem: Because of the high percentage of dropouts in the Saydel Consolidated School District this study was undertaken to determine what factors were involved in the decision of the dropout. The study involved ...

Eating as Adjunctive Behavior in Humans

Yund, Steve C. (Drake University, 1979-10)

The problem. The present study investigated the possibility that some eating may be adjunctive in nature during television viewing when an opportunity to eat is provided. Procedure. Three children were individually ...

An Economic Analysis of a Twenty-Four County Area in Southeastern Iowa

Jones, James Richard (Drake University, 1965-08)

The Economic Significance of Capital Structures of Electric Utility Companies

Meyer, Ralph Lawrence (Drake University, 1964-06)

The Economic, Career, Social and Personal Effects of Reduction in Force (RIF) in Secondary Teachers Terminated from Three Iowa School Districts, 1981-1983

Prior, Barbara L. (Drake University, 1986-04)

Purpose. The purpose of the study was to collect data on the effects of Reduction-in-Force as they related to the economic, career, social, and personal lives of secondary school teachers, to describe the current status ...

Ectoparasite Abundance and Individual Color Variation in Three Cardueline Finch Species

Kennedy, Kyle P.; Knutie, Sarah A. (2010-05-10)

Elaborate and/or colorful bird plumages have often been hypothesized to evolve via sexual selection for increased ornamentation. Differences in coloration among individuals can be influenced by a number of variables, ...

Education in England : A Study of Cardinal Pole School

Thorpe, Sandra L. (Drake University, 1989-12)

The problem: The purpose of this study was to research the secondary educational process at Cardinal Pole School, London, United Kingdom. The research examined the day to day educational process at the school. Procedure: ...

Educational Programs in Correctional Institutions in the United States

Devin, Paul D. (Drake University, 1964-08)

THE EDUCATIONAL PURSUIT: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF ATTRITION IN THE FINAL STAGE OF AN EDUCATIONAL DOCTORAL PROGRAM WITHIN A COHORT MODEL

Burns, Ellie Mae (Drake University, 2018)

Attrition at any level of post-secondary education is costly to the institution and the students. At the doctoral level, students are often funding their education through personal finances while balancing the demands ...

Educational Qualifications, Teaching Load, and Duties and Responsibilities Pertaining to Administrative Reports of Secondary Principals in Selected Iowa High Schools, 1954-1955

Scholl, Merlin Leo (Drake University, 1955-08)

Educational, Vocational, and Personal-Social Guidance Information In Selected Junior High School Social Science Textbooks

Young, John C. (Drake University, 1965-08)

The Efects of Dose and Time of Administration of Pentylenetetrazol on a Visual Discrimination Task

Cohan, Mark I. (Drake University, 1973-08)

The problem: The purpose of this study was to determine if a given range of pentylenetetrazol doses differentially affected retention of a visual discrimination task in the rat as a function of time of administration after ...

The Effect of a Class-based Point System on Correspondence Between Planned and Actual Study Time for College Freshmen

Cohen, Jed Maynard (Drake University, 1975-05)

The problem. To assess the effectiveness of a laboratory based point system on the production and maintenance of both yes-no correspondence (number of days students planned to attend and attended a study Enrichment ...

The Effect of a Guided Aural Reinforcement Model on Perceived Improvement in Intonation of Middle School Trombone Players

Gross, Gene F. (Drake University, 1998-07)

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a guided aural reinforcement model on perceived improvement in intonation of middle school trombone players. Based on their responses to the Watkins-Farnum performance ...

The Effect of an Elective Independent Reading Program on Reading Scores and Interest in Reading in the Ninth Grade at Kurtz Junior High School, Des Moines, Iowa

Mortenson, Virginia (Drake University, 1975-08)

The problem. What Americans will do with increased leisure time in the future is a problem already under investigation by sociologists and psychologists. Many young people in today's society do not enjoy reading books as ...

Effect of an Outpatient Education Program on Knowledge and Healthy Behavior Change of Patients Who Have Undergone Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

Ehm, Carolyn M. (Drake University, 1993-05)

An outpatient education program for patients who have undergone percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty was evaluated to determine if there was an increase in knowledge of a change in healthy behaviors as a result ...