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A STUDY OF THE UTILIZATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN SOLVING STATE PROBLEMS IN FLORIDA (USE)
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The purpose of this ex post facto study was to determine the extent of use by governmental entities of research funded by Florida's Service Through the Application of Research (STAR) Program and to identify factors which contributed to... The dependent variable in this study was utilization of STAR research. Statistical analyses used to determine significance at the 0.05 level indicated a positive relationship between utilization and the following independent variables: ... Eighty-seven percent of the governmental respondents reported using STAR funded research as a result of projects conducted during this three year period. Three issues consistently emerged in responses to questions asked regarding the use...
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF VIETNAM COMBAT PARTICIPATION ON ADULT PSYCHO-SOCIAL FUNCTIONING AMONG ARMY AND AIR FORCE RESERVE PERSONNEL (POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER)
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A comparative study of 210 Vietnam Era veterans who are currently serving in the U.S. military Reserves. Two major groups--Vietnam combat veterans and Vietnam Era veterans with no combat experience--were compared on measures of... A simple additive model which describes a direct and positive relationship between degree of combat exposure and current incidence of problems with adult psychosocial functioning was shown to be inadequate. Preservice psycho-social... There were no statistically significant and nontrivial differences between combat veterans and non-combat veterans on each of the measures of adult psycho-social functioning. Although a large proportion of combat veterans reported a high...
FAMILY ROLES: AN INTEGRATION OF THEORY, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICE
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The purpose of this research was to offer the field of family therapy a behavioral tool to evaluate the accuracy of existing theory and to assess family change. The developed Role Behavior Inventory (RBI) was based on Wegscheider's (1981... One hundred and nine items were gathered from the family literature, family therapy experts, and marriage and family doctoral students to establish the content validity of the five roles. Seven statistical analyses were conducted on the... Confirmatory factor analysis using the LISREL statistic did not confirm the five, four, or two theoretical role models presented in the study. Four of the five study hypotheses, however, were confirmed.
ELECTRON AND GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY IN COINCIDENCE WITH PROTONS FROM THE MOLYBDENUM-98,100, RUTHENIUM-104, PALLADIUM-106,108,110(T,P) REACTIONS
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Proton-electron, proton-gamma, and proton-gamma-gamma coincidence techniques have been used to study excited state transitions in even-even nuclei in the mass 100 region produced in the (t, p) reaction (E(, t) = 16 MeV). Using the (t, p)... The results of our measurements are discussed in terms of current nuclear models. The back-bending anomaly at J('(pi)) = 10('+)in ('102)Mo confirms earlier theoretical predictions of such an anomaly. Level systematics in the Pd isotopes, ...
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT-ORIENTED MODERNITY AND FORCES PROMOTING IT AMONG STUDENTS AS FOUR TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES IN MALANG, INDONESIA
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The purposes of this study were (a) to clarify the concept of modern development-oriented persons in the Indonesian context so as to devise a measuring scale of individual development-oriented modernity (IDOM), and (b) to investigate... After reviewing the literature, the researcher proposed models of the concept of the modern development-oriented person, the scale of IDOM, and the linear structural relationships (LISREL) which explain the effects of independent... The data obtained from the first questionnaire were analyzed to test the reliability and validity of the concept of the modern development-oriented person and the IDOM scale. A LISREL VI subprogram was applied to test the LISREL model... The results of the study suggest that the concept of the modern development-oriented person can be clarified by value orientations manifested in 18 attributes. Some of those attributes are a person's tendency to plan the future... The IDOM scale, consisting of 39 items measuring the 18 attributes, is an adequate instrument to measure the degrees to which Indonesian persons are modern development-oriented. The IDOM has two dimensions, attitudinal and behavioral... The empirical evidence supports the proposition that education is a powerful force promoting modern development-oriented values. Other variables promoting the IDOM are students' parents' education and students' maturity. Theoretical implications of the findings are related to modernization theory, while the practical implications are addressed to Indonesian policy decision makers and planners in the context of modernizing people while preserving some...
AN INVESTIGATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF TEACHING USING A RESEARCH-BASED OBSERVATION INSTRUMENT
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether the outside factors of the gender of the principal, the choice of subject matter used for the demonstration of competence, or years of teacher experience have an effect on the mean... The evaluations of five hundred twenty-one elementary personnel teaching in the Leon County school system were additionally coded to reflect the three outside factors. Each outside factor was addressed using a different test. Student's t... Results from Student's t-tests for true mean differences between teachers' scores and principals' gender on each of the four Areas were significant: Area Two: Initiating Instruction, was significant (t = 8.62, p < .01); Area Three:...
AN ARISTOTELIAN ANALYSIS OF THREE PLAYS BY MOLIERE: "L'AVARE", "LE MISANTHROPE," AND "LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE" (FRANCE)
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An Aristotelian theory of comedy is developed by extrapolating from Aristotle's formal definition of tragedy as found in his Poetics the various components which would serve to form such a theory. Some of these components which make up... The theory is then used as a canon by which three plays of Moliere are examined. These plays being L'Avare, Le Misanthrope and Le Malade Imaginaire. The purpose of the dissertation is to examine the feasibility and value of the theory as an approach to literary criticism. It is shown that the theory does serve as an effective and functional hermeneu- tical tool. This is especially... The significance of the theory to literary criticism is in that the theory is formal enough to require structural and aesthetic creativity yet flexible enough to allow a work to be described as Aristotelian and therefore remain serious...
A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO A RE-USABLE FUZZY EXPERT SYSTEM
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A methodology for the development of expert systems is proposed and developed. Expert systems are examined and classified into three major groups. The imprecision inherent in many expert's domains is addressed with the use of fuzzy set...
THE EFFECT OF TRAINING IN ORGANIZATION AND ELABORATION STRATEGIES ON COMPREHENSION AND RECALL OF HISTORY READINGS BY TENTH GRADE STUDENTS
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Apparent absence of training studies to enhance both literal and inferential comprehension at the high school level prompted formulation of a strategy (technique) for identifying major and minor events, cause-effect relationships, and...
COGNITIVE CORRELATES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AS MEASURED BY A LETTER-MATCHING TASK AND THE TEST OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (TOEFL)
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Past research (e.g., Hunt, 1978) found a small but consistent statistical association between psychometric tests of verbal ability and performance on a letter-matching task common in psychological research. This task purports to... code conversion measure and Reading Comprehension scores was -.398. It was suggested that this value parallels previous findings, in that this section of the test most closely resembles verbal ability tests for native speakers. Oller's ...
STAFF BURNOUT IN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT SETTINGS: EFFECTS ON STAFF-PATIENT INTERACTIONS, AND EFFECTS OF SOCIAL FACTORS
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This study proposed and tested a three stage paradigm of burnout: (a) etiology stage, in which stress builds up on the human service worker (HSW), (b) negative internal experience stage (NIE), marked by exhaustion and depersonalization... Social factors (i.e., group and leadership factors) were hypothesized as important etiological variables in the burnout process. Design limitations prevented adequate testing of these assumptions, but exploratory data suggest that social...
THE INTEGRATED USE OF GROUP COMPARISON AND SINGLE CASE DESIGN METHODS FOR EVALUATING INTERVENTIONS USED IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE: A METHODOLOGICAL STUDY
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A thought experiment, comparative data analysis, and reanalysis of published data were used to demonstrate that the concomitant, integrated use of single case design and group comparison methods provides more information about the...
SELF-MONITORING AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF STAFF IN A RESIDENTIAL SETTING (MENTAL RETARDATION, SELF-MANAGEMENT)
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The present study evaluated the effects of a self-monitoring procedure with and without the use of supervisor feedback to increase staff on-schedule and on-task behavior. The self-monitoring procedure involved the use of activity cards...
A MULTIPLE-CAUSE-OF-DEATH APPROACH TO CANCER MORTALITY DIFFERENTIALS AT THE OLDER AGES
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This project proposes to develop a multiple-cause-of-death model of cancer mortality differentials at the older ages (45 and over), and to test its efficacy in comparison with the traditional model. The primary goal is to show that a... The specific objectives of the project are to (1) discuss previous research showing the relative importance of examining multiple causes of death in mortality analyses, (2) extend the current research by considering age-race-sex-specific... The first objective consists of a review of the literature on causes of death, the epidemiological transition, and mortality differentials. Following this review, an argument is given in support of a multiple cause-of-death conceptual... The fourth objective consists of constructing appropriate rates (i.e., underlying, total mention, and multiple cause rates by age, race, and sex), comparing the results, and interpreting the findings. Findings indicate that a multiple-cause-of-death approach to cancer mortality differentials at the older ages is an alternative to the underlying-cause-of-death approach. Even though cancer is the major cause of death most likely to be...
A NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF THE OFFICE ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM AT FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY
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The purpose of this research was to determine if the existing office administration program at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University was meeting the perceived needs of the students completing the program, those of the business... The objectives of this study were accomplished through the admintration of six questionnaires mailed to 86 graduates of the office administration program (1976-77 - 1982-83), their employers, 25 recognized business education leaders, 25... Discrepancy analyses were done to identify the differences between what is and what should be for the office administration program. Additionally, data were collected and reported to determine self-sufficiency status of graduates. It was concluded that the office administration program at FAMU was delivering a valuable product to society--well trained graduates and good citizens. The office administration program was also meeting the needs of the business world, those of employers participating in the study, and those of the graduates, who were pleased with the program they completed. There was concern, however, as to whether the office administration program was meeting the needs and desires of its community because a large portion of the university community had very little or virtually no information about the... The findings also indicated graduates' first jobs were at a lower level than graduates and office administration faculty expected them to begin.
CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
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An exploratory study to determine how child sexual abuse was defined at installation Air Force Family Advocacy Programs, characteristics of reported child sexual abuse cases, and differences in cases labeled "suspected" and "established....
THE MASK IN ETRUSCAN RELIGION, RITUAL AND THEATER (ITALY)
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This study includes artifacts from the Villanovan period down into Hellenistic times. Due to the lack of Etruscan literature, the collective evidence is mainly visual in nature. Chapter One discusses the funerary mask, with an analysis... Chapter Two focuses on the Phersu, a masked Etruscan character known chiefly from a small number of wall paintings and bronze statuettes. The enigmatic Phersu, perhaps an underworld entity, is linked to a series of Etruscan artifacts... Chapter Three treats the theme of Etruscan theater with a typological examination of a number of miniature terracotta masks found in Hellenistic tombs. The Etruscan masks seem derived from standard Greek theater types. The author... The fourth-century B.C. frescoes of Tarquinia and a number of three-dimensional tomb offerings indicate the possibility of a masquerade of underworld demons, like Charu and Tuchulcha. This study concludes with an analysis of the themes... One is left with an overall impression of Etruscan dramatic ritual and the influence this may have had on both Roman theater and gladiatorial contests. The Etruscans are seen as a deeply reverent people who combined their beliefs about...
A collection of poems, for which the organizing principle was the movement from birth to death, from innocence to experience. Thus the poems in section one were initiatory, and proceeded through themes of initiation into sex and...
THE DETERMINANTS OF EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES: A STUDY OF THE RADIO-CORRESPONDENCE PROJECT IN THE NORTHEASTERN REGION, THAILAND
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The purpose of this study was to approximate the relationships between the educational inputs and outputs of the Functional Continuing Education Level 4 by Radio-Correspondence Project (RCP). The study was conducted in the northeastern... Four research instruments were used to collect the relevant data for this study: Math 4 pre-post tests, Students' Background Data Questionnaire, Students' Attitudes Questionnaire, and Teachers' Characteristics Questionnaire. In addition, ... Altogether 23 variables were included in the model, categorized into five separate concepts: student background characteristics, family background characteristics, school-related student characteristics, school inputs, and teacher... Seven variables were found to directly, positively, and significantly affect student academic achievement, i.e., prior achievement, self-concept, amount of land owned, possession of items in household, classroom social climate, teacher's...
AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONTROL DISCRIMINATION ACCURACY AND ALCOHOL ABUSE IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
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This study addresses the contradictory results obtained in previous research regarding the relationship between locus of control and individuals who abuse alcohol. An alternative construct, control discrimination accuracy, is suggested... Three measurement scales were developed to make assessments of individual's control discrimination accuracy. Evaluation of the instruments revealed adequate reliability as well as adequate content, discriminant, construct, and factorial... The main findings are: (1) Air Force active duty individuals diagnosed as alcoholic had statistically significant greater problems with control discrimination accuracy than random sampled Air Force active duty members, (2) control...
A STUDY EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEISURE PARTICIPATION AND LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG COLLEGE SENIORS AT THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (HIGHER EDUCATION)
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of participation in leisure activities and life satisfaction of college seniors. The population for the study was all seniors attending the main campus of The Florida State University. The sample consisted of 500 seniors (250 males and 250 females) enrolled full-time (12 credit hours) during the 1985 spring semester, ... The results indicated that participation in leisure activities did have a positive correlation with life satisfaction. Leisure participation explained approximately 9.97% of life satisfaction variance. When the six leisure activities... Overall, participation in leisure activities did not significantly correlate with an individual's grade point average. When data for females were analyzed, none of the leisure activity categories related to their grade point average. For... Overall, the grade point average of the entire sample did not significantly correlate with their life satisfaction. However, when the six leisure categories were analyzed separately, the categories of social activities and hobbies were... When the data were analyzed by gender, only the grade point average of females significantly correlated with their life satisfaction. Of the six leisure categories, only social activities was statistically significant.
EFFECT OF UNEQUAL FUNDING ON THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF FLORIDA'S PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGES
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A great disparity in average state allocations and a wide range of variation in instructional costs per FTE student have existed among Florida's 28 public community colleges. The problem of this study was to identify the effect of... Under the macro approach, Pearson product moment correlation coefficients led to the initial conclusions that cost and funding are near identities, and that the Advanced and Professional program is the most appropriate instructional... The multiple regression analysis which was used to identify the instructional variables most related to the average direct costs of instruction in the A and P program revealed that only three independent variables--student/faculty ratio, ... The micro approach consisted of a pilot study and four case studies that were geared toward answering the question of whether the level of state funding has affected the behavior of the variables that were found to have significant... Two initial conclusions were reached: (1) That high levels of supplies and equipment expenditures as well as low levels of student faculty ratio are reflections of the level of each college's commitment to the various discipline... The overall conclusion of the study was that the state funding process did not affect the behavior of instructional costs in Florida's public community colleges.
DYSPHORIC MOOD AND THE PROCESSING OF SOCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SELF
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The present study was an attempt to replicate and extend Loewenstein and Hokanson's (in press) work on social information processing of depressed individuals. Specifically, it was designed to examine whether depressed subjects would... The results of the present investigation yielded results that were inconsistent with predictions generated by Coyne's (1976) and Loewenstein and Hokanson's (in press) formulations. There were no differences between depressed, ... The discrepancy between results obtained in the present study and in Loewenstein and Hokanson's two previous investigations were examined by making quantitative comparisons across the three studies using post-hoc analyses. It is argued...
BICULTURALISM AND ADJUSTMENT: A STUDY OF RAMALLAH-AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA (ACCULTURATION, SOCIALIZATION, ARAB-AMERICANS, ETHNICITY)
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This study examined the bicultural adjustment of Ramallah-American youth who are living in Jacksonville, Florida. The primary aim was to assess the extent to which biculturalism and an ethnic identity was problematic for the youth as... Ethnographic research techniques were used to gather the information on which the findings are based. Interviews were conducted with 15 males and 19 females, between 13 to 19 years old, and direct observations of their behavior with... It was determined that, while conflict was indeed present in the youths' experiences, many of them had acquired an array of mechanisms for dealing with the dissonance and were adept at alternating between both cultural orientations with... There was no evidence to suggest that the demands of membership in the Ramallah ethnic community caused the adolescents to require special attention in school. The Ramallah-American adolescents in Jacksonville had full access to...
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STUDENT DEVELOPMENT LEVELS OF VARSITY ATHLETES AT THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1985 (TASK INVENTORY, AUTONOMY)
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The purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which college student athletes at the Florida State University had achieved three developmental tasks--to develop autonomy, purpose, and mature interpersonal relationships--as... All male and female student athletes (340) attending Florida State University during the fall semester of 1985 served as the research sample. Of these 302 (88.8%) completed the study instrument. Among the participants, 66.2% were males... Except for the freshmen, the student athletes were at a significantly lower level than the national sample in developing autonomy, and mature interpersonal relationships. For all three developmental tasks, female student... The findings of this study seem to indicate that the student athletes at the Florida State University are in a state of "suspended maturation." The results of this study, combined with findings by Blann (1984) and Sowa and Gressard (1983...
PHOSPHOLIPID, ESTER-LINKED FATTY ACID ANALYSIS IN MICROBIAL ECOLOGY: IMPORTANCE OF TRANS ACIDS (LIPIDS, FATTY ACID STRUCTURE)
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Phospholipid, ester-linked fatty acids (PLFA) can be used as measures of the viable microbial biomass and community structure in complex environments. Methodology is described, reviewed and tested for the specific analysis of PLFA with...
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION AMONG THE AGING IN A LOCAL CONTEXT: THE COALITION OF CONDOMINIUM AND HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATIONS OF BROWARD COUNTY (FLORIDA)
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A case study of a county level aging-based advocacy organization--the Coalition of Condominium and Home Owners Associations of Broward County--which (1) describes the origin, structure, and operation of the Coalition; (2) describes the...
THE IMPACT OF PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND ATTITUDE ON LEARNING BY COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION (CAI)
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The impact of personality characteristics (as measured by the Myers Briggs Type Indicator) and attitude upon learning by computer-assisted instruction was investigated. The population consisted of 79 upper-division students, male and...
OPEN SPACE LIBRARY MEDIA CENTERS IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES: A HISTORICAL VIEW
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The purpose of this study is to analyze the background out of which the open space movement grew, to determine the current status of open space library media centers (LMCs) in high schools, and to place the movement in historical... Responses from 46 library media consultants in state departments of education, plus a survey of the literature, identified 288 LMCs as potential subjects for study. Responses from 215 LMCs indicated that 152 met the qualifications of... LMCs were reported in all but 4 states, in all regions, among all racial and socio-economic groups, and in urban and rural communities. LMSs usually had little input into decisions to build open space LMCs. Architects, superintendents, ... A number of positive benefits were shown to be a result of the open space experience. The concept of the LMC as the "heart of the school" was strengthened. Open access philosophies and policies were reinforced. The role of the LMS in...
LA IMAGEN FEMENINA A TRAVES DE LA OBRA LITERARIA DE ENRIQUE A. LAGUERRE. (SPANISH TEXT) (PUERTO RICO)
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La investigacion estudia como tema central la imagen femenina segun la ve Enrique A. Laguerre a traves de sus novelas. Antes de la exposicion del tema, se ha resumido brevemente la biografia del autor y se ha tratado de presentar el... En un breve resumen de cada novela se ubica a la mujer en su trayectoria historica correspondiente al siglo de historia puertorriquena descrita por el autor. Se le presenta en su recorrido del campo al arrabal y del arrabal a Neuva York, ... Se ha enumerado una serie de personajes femeninos de la caracterizacion mejor lograda. Se percibe, sin embargo, un concepto de mujer tradicional, donde la figura de la mujer-madre ocupa el lugar mas destacado. Se destaca, tambien, ...
THE EFFECTS OF INSTRUCTOR INPUT ON THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MILITARY INSTRUCTION
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This study determined whether military instructors would be less prone to alter systematically designed instructional procedures that had been changed to compensate for their stated needs and concerns than instructional procedures that... The study was conducted at the US Army Military Police School, Ft. McClellan, Alabama. An existing instructional module was revised using the military instructional design procedures. The revised instruction was termed the standard... To measure the amount of alteration the instructors would make in the instructional procedures, two alteration questionnaires were administered to the instructors; one for each version of the instruction. Sixty-five instructors completed... T-test results for instructor responses on the alteration questionnaires were statistically significant. The hypothesis was supported, i.e., instructors would alter the instructor-altered instruction less than the standard instruction. The instructional effectiveness of the instructional procedures was measured by administering a criterion referenced posttest after the instruction had been presented. A total of nine groups of students (n = 657) were administered the... Results of a ANCOVA revealed no difference in student performance for the two versions of the instruction.
Dance Repertory Theatre includes: Very Special Arts In-Service Workshop, The Choreographic Process- a lecture demonstration, Dance Repertory Theatre in Concert, Four Arts Gallery, Benefit Concert for Habitat for Humanity.
THE ROLE OF STEREOTYPING IN NATIVE SPEAKER JUDGEMENTS OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS' PERFORMANCE (SOCIOLINGUISTICS, ERROR ANALYSIS, PREJUDICES)
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A research study was conducted which investigated Americans' responses to different nonnative speakers depending on whether errors were present or absent in their speech. The purpose of the study was threefold: to examine the responses... It was found that American respondents were indeed differentiating among the 5 nonnative speakers when rating these speakers on specific characteristics. These findings suggest that speakers were viewed as very different individuals when... In general Americans participating in this study tended to be more generously disposed to Arabic and Farsi speakers when no errors were present and to French, Malay or Spanish speakers when errors were present in their speech. The... The pedagogical implications of the study are discussed focusing in particular on the role of error correction in the second language classroom. The researcher suggests that error hierarchies are useful tools for the teacher, and that...
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SURVIVAL RATE AND TIME SERIES REGRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATION OF NET MIGRATION; FLORIDA AND NEW YORK: STATE AND STATE ECONOMIC AREAS
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This study provides a comparative evaluation of the effectiveness of survival rate and time-series regression techniques used for estimating state and substate net migration across the years 1960-1980. Estimates from these techniques are... Florida and New York and their state economic areas underwent substantial and divergent population change during the time period of this study. The state of Florida was one of the fastest growing large states in the nation, but some of... Survival rate and time-series regression estimates of net migration are compared to the benchmark by these divergent areas of population change. There were no statistically significant differences between the survival rate estimates and... Regression models were developed specifically for state economic areas, by population change areas. The final models reflected the economic and demographic characteristics of the areas. However, regression estimates of 1980 net migration... It is concluded that geographic level of analysis does play a role in research results, partially explaining past inconsistencies in the literature. The regression results are further discussed in terms of the properties of the models...
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