Increasingly, educators instruct students with special needs in general instead of special education classrooms even though little evidence exists suggesting that students with disabilities exhibit relatively increased academic responding and...
The purpose of this study was to compare the attitudes of junior college transfer students toward their junior college and senior college experiences. More specifically, this study was designed to gat her research from transfer students on the...
The relative success of nesting pairs of the Northern Oriole (lcterus galbula) with second-year (SYM) and after-second-year (ASYM) males was investigated on a 120- hectare area near Hays, Ellis County, Kansas during 1981 and 1982. Clutch size,...
The Fort Hays Kansas State College has sponsored six Summer Mathematics Institutes (including the one being held in 1965) under the SI program of the National Science Foundation, all of which have been directed by Mr. Wilmont Toalson.
The six Fort...
Fort Hays Kansas St ate College has sponsored t en Summer Mathematics Institutes, including the one held in 1969. These institutes have had financial support from the National Science Foundation and have all been directed by Professor Wilmont...
A naturalistic study was made of the risk-taking behavior of 120 subjects on a TV quiz program. Final wagers in a series showed a significant positive correlation between amount of capital and amount wagered. Significant negative correlations were...
The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of individualized reading with a group or nine- and ten-year-old pupils. The study was carried out in the Fort Hays Kansas state College Summer Laboratory School. Subjects participating in...
A study was made to determine some effects of competition for water on buffalo grass (Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.). The primary objective of the investigation was to determine if effects of competition on buffalo grass, as determined in a...
There are many variables involved in the attitudes of adolescents. This thesis focuses on adolescents aged 14 to 19. Whether the adolescent had a conservative or liberal attitude was measured by a questionnaire called the Sexual Attitude Scale. ...
The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA, 1997) states that students with disabilities should be served in the least restrictive environmental possible. This legislation has caused an increased interest in obtaining more information on how to...
It was the purpose of this study to determine the preferences of mothers as to course content in all course areas: to determine the preferences of daughters as to course content in four course areas: to compare the preferences of mothers and...
The Claisen-Scn.idt condensation has been evaluated for the synthesis of 21-hydroxychalcones. Previous methods, utilizing this condensation for synthesis, have been found to have any undesirable features. To eliminate these features and thus to...
This study was an attempt to determine soil and vegetative differences in pastures on upland and slope sites caused by different utilization rates in the past year. Soil and vegetative differences were determined with reference to the following...
The problem of the study is to determine whether a planned listening program in grade three would improve the scores obtained on the Otis Mental Ability Tests. The basic assumption is that giving the subjects to be tested the opportunity to develop...
The present study was designed to compare the effectiveness of a token program using self-administered tokens, no record keeping duties and self-administered backup reinforcement as home to a similar program where the self-administration of backup...
Researchers are only recently beginning to look at the effects of acculturation on the individual. Most or the research in this area has largely focused on the effects of acculturation on a group of people. We are seeing a dramatic increase in the...
An age and growth study was made of 685 white bass, Morone chrysops (Rafinesque), collected from Cedar Bluff Reservoir during 1968 through 1970. The body scale relationship was linear with an intercept of 45.8753 in total length. The length-weight...
The purpose in writing this thesis was to study the trends in the Colorado ski industry. The thesis explores the participant characteristics, size of the industry, projected growth and Colorado business firms affected by the ski industry. The...
PURPOSE: It was the purpose of this study to perform an item analysis on a women's physical education test concerning speed-a-way. The analysis will determine the difficulty and discrimination of each individual item in the test. From this analysis...
The purpose of this research was to determine whether communication apprehension increased in students between first and eighth grades, looking specifically at any gender differences. Communication apprehension is the level of fear or anxiety a...
Widespread interest usually exists as to the effect of a college or university on the economy of a local area. The author shares this interest; thus, the primary goal of this thesis was to quantitatively determine the impact that Fort Hays Kansas...
It is the purpose of this study to present a history of capital punishment in Kansas. There is a brief history of capital punishment dating back to the origins of the death penalty and the schools of thought through various periods of history that...
The present research was designed to examine the role that self-efficacy plays in psychotherapy. Thirty-one consenting clients of 18 years and older voluntarily receiving psychological services from practicum students at the Kelly Psychological...
The focus of the current study was to examine the academic responding and the social interactions of students with learning disabilities LD in three educational settings: resource room, inclusive classroom, and general education. Two third grade...
The nation's schools are currently in the midst of reassessing their instructional systems and the impact that they have on student achievement. Educational reform efforts are moving education from an isolated, highly autonomous academic model to a...
Aphelops was a hornless, cursorial, browsing, rhinoceros that lived in herds and was distinct morphologically and ecologically from the other North American Miocene rhinoceroses, Teleoceras and Peraceras. Measurements of presumptive male and female...
Small mammals were trapped on four habitats; cropland, roadside ditch, pasture, and remnant grassland. The small mammal community of each of these habitats were compared on the basis of richness, evenness, diversity, and similarity. The cropland...
The purpose of this study was to compare parenting attitudes of adolescent mothers and teenagers who have never had a child. Previous research indicates that teenagers may be at an increased risk for atypical patterns of parenting that could have...
This study was designed to investigate the feasibility of utilizing operant conditioning techniques in changing delinquent girls’ attitudes and behavior towards authority figures. Two experimental groups, performing on a modified Taffel task,...
Improvements in health care and standards of living have resulted in the elderly becoming one of the fastest growing groups of people. Current estimates by the US Department of Health and Human Services (1990), projects by the year 2000, the 35...
A letter written by A. L. Munyon, who lived in Fredonia, to his brother H. F. Munyon, who lived in Michigan. A. L. wrote about a scandal involving a man named Burke; he also wrote about the health of people in the area.
Body composition, energy content, basic weight, and lipid cycles were determined for populations of the plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) and the yellow-faced pocket gopher (Pappogeomys castanops) in Kansas. Lipid content calculated as a...
Very little is known about the perceptions and expectations of students as they progress through a postgraduate program (Phillips, 1980). Using a longitudinal methodology, this study investigated the process of transition and the trajectories of...
Over the past few decades there has been an increase in the population of the elderly persons 65 years of age and older, with the 85 and older age group having the greatest increase. This continued growth pattern is projected to continue through...
The purpose of this experiment was to determine children’s degree of preference for working for a reinforcer over that of obtaining an identical reinforce by not working, i.e., “freeloading”. Using a single-organism design, twelve children...
The thesis will attempt to measure the extent that the discount operation of the Federal. Reserve System affect changes in the credit or money supply of the economy. An increase or de crease in the rate can influence the volume of discounts and...
Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) towns in western Kansas appeared to be distinct communities scattered among geographically diverse regions. During the summer months of 1975-1977, prairie dog towns in western Kansas were surveyed....
The nesting ecology of solitary and colonial nesting Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) was compared during the 1976 nesting season to determine whether colonialism was advantageous in terms of nesting success. Concrete box culverts were the major...
A study was made to determine the average monthly and seasonally yields of seven native grasses as they grew in pure stands in an ungrazed mixed prairie near Hays, Kansas. The study was conducted for two growing seasons (1952-1953) on the upland,...
Poison grain (2% zinc phosphide and 0.44% strychnine oats), shooting, and deferred grazing were used to control black-tailed prairie dogs in northwestern Kansas. The efficiencies of these three methods were evaluated. Primary poisoning of...
Individuals of the endangered gray bat, Myotis grisescens, were trapped and marked with reflective bands as they emerged form a maternity colony in the storm sewer beneath Pittsburg, Kansas. These bats subsequently were spotlighted to map flyways...
Six male homing pigeons were tested to examine the hypothesis that increased sample duration would facilitate acquisition of delayed matching to sample tasks. Three groups, with sample durations of 2.5 sec., 5 sec., and 15 sec. respectively, were...
Analyses of morphological and mensural variation in the molar dentitions of several populations of Microtus pennsylvanicus inhabiting mainland, peninsular, archipelagic, and insular environments in southern New England enabled elucidation of recent...
Populations of small mammals from a wheat field were compared with those from an adjoining roadside ditch in Ellis County, Kansas, for a 9-month period in 1988. Indices of diversity, evenness, and richness of small mammals in both habitats were...
The soils under four small plant communities were studied to determine the cause of vegetation heterogeneity within a designed Buchloe-Bouteloua community. Sixteen relicate stands, four each of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi), western wheatgrass...
Distance education has grown rapidly in the United States, reflected by more students and increased numbers of institutions offering distance learning. Studies on distance education primarily focus on domestic distance education in the United...
An attempt was made to determine comparative effect of nitrogen fertilizer (NH4NO3) on growth and root development of wheat as influenced by various densities of fireweed (Kochia scoparia) WIder greenhouse conditions. 1. Fireweed grown alone did...
Student discipline has been a concern for school districts for many years. Many district and school level administrators have made the decision to strictly enforce local and district level discipline policies. The initial logic was intended to...
The City of Hays, Kansas depends on the underlying Big Creek aquifer for part of its partial water supply. The Big Creek aquifer consists of unconsolidated consists of unconsolidated alluvial deposits making it suitable for water retention and...
This ex post facto study investigated the relationship between the presence of children and psychological stress in the post-divorce adjustment process. The post-divorce adjustment process was described as those changes in roles which are the...
The introduced shrub Tamarix ramosissima Lebed. invades riparian zones, but
loses competitiveness under flooding. This was tested in Tamarix ramosissima by
examining responses to flooding by soil type in a greenhouse setting. A field study
examined...
This investigation was an attempt to determine the vigor of various types of range grasses under different intensities of clipping. Three range grasses selected for study were: (1) a tall grass, big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi Vitman); (2) a...
A 4-year experiment was conducted to assess the effect of added water and nitrogen on biomass yields of mixed shortgrass prairie in western Kansas. Treatments consisted of water, nitrogen, water + nitrogen, and control. Irrigated plots were...
Disturbance of ecosystems by road construction results in habitat fragmentation and edge effects. Studies assessing effect of road construction on the native plant communities and dispersal of exotic plant species have indicated this type of...
With the loss and degradation of wetlands in some areas of the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) reaching 80-90%, it is critical that resource managers ensure that the habitat that is put back on the landscape is as high quality as possible. Resource...
The effects of self-monitoring upon the ‘free time’ reading behavior of twenty grade school students enrolled in a summer remedial reading course were examined. Two dependent variables were measured: the number of pages read and the...
This pilot study investigated the effect of group training within a token economy system on cooperative behavior in severely and profoundly retarded institutionalized adults.
Vineland Social Maturity Scale scores were used to choose eight ward...
The purpose of the study was to determine if sign language increased the rate in which students learn to read new vocabulary words. A single subject, multiple treatment research design was implemented for use with this study. All of the Saxon...
Integration of Global Positioning Survey (GPS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), aerial photographs, and filed examinations of surficial geology were used to identify erosion amounts and rates along the Potomac River at George Washington’s...
The purpose of the field study was to determine the relationship of visual and aural musical experiences with playing the recorder. A more specific purpose of the study was to help the writer investigate visual and aural experiences in music...
Subjects studied pictures of faces while making judgments of likeableness (semantic processing) or gender identification (sensory processing). In Experiment I, 6-year old boys and girls made one of the two required judgments and were subsequently...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate variables related to teachers’ perceptions of inservice effectiveness. The following nine independent variables were investigated: teacher involvement during inservice planning; teacher...
This study examined the level of attitudes toward and knowledge about pain management among practicing nurses at a rural Midwestern hospital. The literature reflects that nurses ineffectively manage patients pain due to inappropriate fears of...
The migrational patterns of wood warblers in west-central Kansas were investigated at the Fort Hays State University banding station on Big Creek during the autumns of 1979 and 1980. Five species (yellow warbler, Nashville warbler, Myrtle warbler,...
Invasion by nonnative plants is particularly prevalent in wetlands. While the ecological patterns in wetland plants are well known, it is less well known how flooding-related soil conditions influence the physiological success of introduced species...
Bird utilization of fruit or nectar from trees of six species was observed in three study areas in Chiapas, Mexico. Data recorded included the use made of each species of tree by birds (composition of feeding assemblages and extent of utilization)...
Foreign aid has become a traditional part of the foreign policy of the United States, but in the eleven years since the enactment of the Marshall Plan there has been a steady increase of opposition to foreign aid programs. The votes in the Senate...
The antibiotic vancomycin was developed by Eli Lilly in the 1950s in response to
the growing number of Staphylococcus aureus infections that were resistant to penicillin.
Vancomycin was not widely used at the time because of its high toxicity....
This thesis describes the hydrogeology and water quality at the Ellis and Russell County sanitary landfill sites and assesses potential migration pollution to nearby water resources. The Ellis County sanitary landfill is one mile north of Hays, in...
This investigation was an attempt to determine the seasonal development and seed production of the major grasses in areas which had been subjected to different intensities of grazing in past years. The grasses used in this study were (1) buffalo...
I estimated habitat breadths, characterized by type of range site, plant community, ground cover, and vegetation type, for six species of small mammals at Fort Riley Military Reservation, northeastern Kansas, in 1990, 1991, and 1992. A mean habitat...
Herbage dynamics of three plant communities were estimated from June, 1971, to May, 1972, on a Mixed Prairie grassland in Trego County, Kansas. Specific functional attributes estimated were: (1) net primary production, (2) productivity rates, and...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of National Socialist ideology on the High Command of the Armed Forces in Germany between 1938 and 1945. As a result of Hitler's desire to coordinate all institutions of the state to serve...
The declining water table of the High Plains aquifer has emphasized the need for an alternate source of water supply. Although the Dakota aquifer in northwestern Kansas has been considered to be a potential source, very little is known about its...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of high school students with learning disabilities towards inclusionary services. A descriptive research design, which incorporated a questionnaire, was used in this study. One hundred...
This study examined whether incongruent parenting styles in intact and divorced families led to increased adjustment difficulties. Participants were ninety-five female and forty-eight male students from the Fort Hays State University campus. Twenty...
This study was designed to test the adequacy of the P-Hypothesis when applied to two retardates. Two additional retardates of comparable age and IQ were selected to serve as controls. The control Ss allowed a comparison to be made between a more...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of summer camp experience and accompanying independence training on the need to achieve, as measured by French’s Test of Insight. The camp utilized learning principles in an attempt to bring...
Mixed prairie range sites vary in ability to produce for age for livestock consumption. One reason for the difference in variation is the degree of utilization of the ranges in past years. The purpose of the study was to determine variation in...
A study was made to determine the effects of two soil moisture levels, field capacity and the permanent wilting percentage, on the total sugar content of the foliage of blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), western wheatgrass (Agropyron smithii), and...
Portions of an ungrazed clay upland range site and an ungrazed limy upland range site were burned on 16 April 1974 and 1 May 1974. Soil water, herbage yield, species basal area, and frequency were compared with unburned controls for the two...
Job satisfaction is one of the most often mentioned constructs in the theoretical and descriptive literature related to nurses' burnout, commitment, and turnover. Little of the published research has focused on nurses employed in non-urban,...
In this paper an attempt was made to show that forgetting is caused by interfering activities in time and not by time as such. To demonstrate this the many studies concerning the effects of interpolated activities on learning were investigated. ...
This study examined the level of knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management among practicing ADN prepared nurses and nursing students in the last year of nursing school in Associate degree programs. The literature reflects that nurses...
This study investigated individual rape reactions from the perspective of personal construct theory. Structured interviews which included both traditional survey devices and repertory grids were held with eight adult female sexual assault victims....
This essay is the result of a study of the medical staff and hospital facilities of Fort Dodge, Kansas, 1865-1882, and the role each played in supporting the military operation of the fort. Additionally, it is also a summary of the medical staff,...
"The purpose of this study was to ascertain the perceptions sixth through eighth grade
middle school math teachers in Colorado had of the professional learning they had
received related to implementing the Colorado Academic Math Standards (CAMS),...
Dystocia, or difficult labor, is one of the primary indications for cesarean sections and complications with cervical softening contribute significantly to the number suffering with dystocia. The cervix must change shape, size, and histological...
This research investigated relationships between moral reasoning, personality variables, and moral behavior. Three hypotheses about these relationships were proposed. The first was that moral reasoning is positively related to moral behavior; the...
Native shortgrass prairie ecosystems have undergone drastic changes since European settlement, resulting in fragmentation of native prairie. With this reduction in available native habitat, it has become increasingly important to conserve the...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate predictors for student success on the National Council's Licensure Examination for the Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN). Predictors selected for examination were the General Educational Development (GED)...
While the canonical nested subset pattern suggests that less species-rich areas will contain a proper subset of the species observed in richer areas, actual data sets do not show perfect nestedness; however, they show a pattern with more structure...
Changing environmental conditions and increased water consumption has transformed many historically perennial stream systems into intermittent systems. Multiple drying and wetting events throughout the year might impact many stream processes. Two...
Nursing job satisfaction is an important component in today's healthcare environment. Job satisfaction, nurse recruitment, and retention are related throughout current nursing literature (LaSala, 2000; Muus et at, 1993; Stratton et al., 1991;...
The purpose of this study was to investigate variables related to college student involvement in campus activities and organizations. Variables included personality, and in particular the Big Five Personality traits, nontraditional status, as well...
The present study utilized the TAPE analysis (Pervin, 1967) to determine the person/environment interaction with measures of college satisfaction and performance in college freshmen (N=104). Among other hypotheses the study tested the basic...
Integrins are αβ heterodirneric transmembrane proteins. Integrins mediate cytoskelcetal interactions at the inner face of the membrane and attach to extracellular matrix (ECM) at sites of cell substratum or cell-cell interaction to mediate...
