Possible differences in the development of language form, content, or use skills have been suggested in research with respect to birth order and sex. However, no studies have been completed which control the chronological age of the subjects in...
This study was designed to compare the effect of different types of extratextual interactions during joint book reading on first-graders’ storybook comprehension abilities. Extratextual interactions are adult utterances incorporated into shared...
The problem presented in this paper is the development and formulation of an investment formula plan for common stocks in the low price ranges which will eliminate human judgments in the buying and selling of stocks, and which will enable the...
In this paper an integration theory is used combining the threshold theory of Stanley Hoffman and the crisis theory of Louis Pye. The threshold theory maintains that there are propitious times in history when national and international goals of...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate weight loss and self-esteem. The subjects consisted of 36 overweight individuals ranging in age from 24 to 73 years old. The instrument used to assess self-esteem was the Adult Form of the...
This study investigated the difference in pretest and posttest scores between those children who attended an extended school year program and those children who did not. Twenty-five early childhood special education (ECSE) students, ranging in ages...
Eighteen students, nine handicapped and nine non-handicapped ranging in age from 3-0 t o 4-11, who at tended an early childhood education center in a small community in northwest Kansas participated in this study. This study investigated the...
This multiple baseline study examined the effect of tangible reinforcers on two academic tasks and one sensory-motor task with a trainable mentally retarded class of nine subjects ranging from 12 to 16 years of age. A greater increase in the total...
Since there is little research regarding a possible relationship between criminogenic behavior and communication disorders, the purpose of this study was to investigate the auditory processing abilities of adult male offenders. This information...
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...
Climate change threatens biodiversity; in particular, species with narrow distributions and specific habitat requirements. The Great Basin provides an excellent model system to evaluate the effects of climate change on species with isolated...
Beginning in the early 1960s, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have evolved from mainframe computer programs written in FORTRAN into the highly complex desktop PC software that we have today. In the early 1980s, GIS development went in two...
A thin unit (no more than 10 cm [4 in] thick) consisting of a conglomerate overlying a sandstone was discovered in shales of the Late Cretaceous Kiowa Formation (Albian) in a shale pit in McPherson County, Kansas. The two parts of this unit,...
The purpose of this research was to help provide the nursing profession with a better understanding of the possible relationships that education and life experiences (age, hospitalization and prior work experience in health care) have with empathy...
If you are involved in either the criminal justice or EMS field, chances are you will be involved in an EMS call to a correctional facility at some point in your career. One reason, and the most obvious, is due to an individual's use of a variety...
Grazed and ungrazed limy upland range sites of the Mixed Prairie in west-central Kansas were studied from August, 1973 to August, 1974, to estimate litter and cellulose decomposition rates above and below ground. The rate of decomposition of litter...
The present study examined test anxiety and how several variables combined to affect performance. Test anxiety has been viewed as a physiological component, as a derivative of self-concept, a skills deficit, a cognitive component, etc. This study...
"The phenotype of two Andropogon gerardii subspecies, big bluestem and sand bluestem, varies broadly throughout the Great Plains of North America, giving rise to ecotypes within the species. This study sought to discriminate between genetic and...
A total of 275 specimens of the meadow vole were collected in six locations in Nebraska and Kansas. Standard skin measurements and 21 skull measurements were taken and treated statistically 'with the aid of an IBM 1620 computer. Mean, range,...
Adolescents in both rural and urban areas are risk takers. Health risk behaviors may have damaging consequences not only for the future of these young people, but also the future of their communities. Because schools are adolescents' primary...
"Previous research regarding technology integration in education has indicated that
when technology is integrated into the classroom with fidelity it can enhance educational
experiences ranging from academic achievement to student attitudes toward...
Studies that have compared levels of activity with intelligence quotient scores have been contradictory results ranging from negative through strong positive relationships between the two variables. The present study is an attempt to provide a...
The oxygen consumption of six species of small mammals was determined by manometric methods. The oxygen consumption was determined first over a 24-hour cycle. Four of the six species were nocturnal. Sigmodan hispidus was active throughout the...
This paper provides an extensive literature review regarding the effects of divorce on children. The stages of divorce, as well as the factors which influence pos t divorce development are discussed. However, there is little research available...
This study investigated the perceptions of adolescents and their parents regarding the effectiveness and context of sexuality, AIDS, and HIV communication. There were 37 adolescent subjects ranging in age from 13 to 16 years in this study. An...
The Owyhee Basalt is a multi-flow unit of calc-alkaline lavas ranging in composition from basaltic andesite to andesite. The basaltic andesite are relatively primitive (Mg # > 50) and show a general trend of increasing SiO2 with decreasing age. ...
The purpose of this study was to determine what successional changes in vegetation take place on seeded roadbanks in the west central Kansas area.
/ Areas for study were selected to provide five seeding dates ranging from twenty years old to three...
White perch (Morone americana) is a temperate bass native to the Atlantic Coast of North America from Nova Scotia to the Carolinas. Although once restricted to the Atlantic Coast, white perch recently have been introduced Into the Ninnescah River...
Bansemer, Nancy S.
Elderly clients are often homebound due to culminating health problems. The deteriorating health status of the elderly combined with the accumulating losses of family, friends, financial support, and autonomy may result in...
The present study examined the maximum temperature outside and reports of violent crime, property crime, and status crime. This study was modeled after a study that was conducted by Anderson, Bushman. & Groom in 1997 in which the investigators took...
Reveille is the yearbook of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. The Reveille began publication in 1914 shortly after William A. Lewis became President of Fort Hays Kansas Normal School. It was published annually, with the exception of 1918...
Fort Hays State University--Students—Yearbooks ; Fort Hays State University—Periodicals ; College yearbooks--Kansas—Hays ; College students--Kansas—Hays ;Universities and colleges--Kansas--Hays
Reveille is the yearbook of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. The Reveille began publication in 1914 shortly after William A. Lewis became President of Fort Hays Kansas Normal School. It was published annually, with the exception of 1918...
Fort Hays State University--Students—Yearbooks ; Fort Hays State University—Periodicals ; College yearbooks--Kansas—Hays ; College students--Kansas—Hays ;Universities and colleges--Kansas--Hays
Reveille is the yearbook of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. The Reveille began publication in 1914 shortly after William A. Lewis became President of Fort Hays Kansas Normal School. It was published annually, with the exception of 1918...
Fort Hays State University--Students—Yearbooks ; Fort Hays State University—Periodicals ; College yearbooks--Kansas—Hays ; College students--Kansas—Hays ;Universities and colleges--Kansas--Hays
This investigation compared self-esteem of inmates who participated in a dog program with the self-esteem of inmates who did not participate in a dog program. A Midwestern state private medium Security correctional facility with a dog program was...
Preliminary limnological information was obtained from Cedar Bluff Reservoir, Trego County, Kansas. The reservoir is surrounded by limestone deposits with mixed grass prairie. Temperatures, recorded at meter intervals, depicted only a slight...
This investigation examined spiritual perspectives of elderly adults and depression in one rural community area of western Kansas. Previous studies suggested that depression is a predominant mental health disorder among the elderly.
Neuman's...
The Early Cretaceous (Aptian/Albian) Cedar Mountain Formation of central Utah is composed of approximately 130 meters of an upper silty mudstone unit, the main body (unnamed shale member), and 15 meters of a basal conglomerate and sandstone, the...
This study investigated the effects of an art therapy on the self-concept of elementary school learning disabled children. It was concluded that an art therapy program does make a significant contribution to the increase in self-concept as analyzed...
The purpose of this investigation was to reveal (1) if there was a difference in the production of flexibility, power, and agility measures between female athletes participating in track and softball at Fort Hays State University, and (2) if there...
This study compared two treatments used for rehabilitative purposes following injury with attention on practical application in a sports medicine setting. The two treatments under investigation involved different approaches 10 rehabilitation. The...
This study investigated the influence of self-concept on performance of two groups of students following induced success and failure. The Ss were 48 students ranging 8-10 years of age. One group attended a voluntary summer enrichment program. This...
The purpose of this investigation was to assess the ability of the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL) to differentiate between psychopaths (as defined by Cleckley & Hare) and non -psychopaths in a criminal population. In addition, this investigation...
Petrie's (1967) Reducer-Augmenter Theory holds that there is a continuum of individuals ranging from those who have nervous systems that amplify or increase stimulation (augmenters) to those who have nervous systems that dampen or decrease incoming...
The purpose of this investigation was to analyze the distribution and vegetative composition of remnant grasslands on shale-limestone parent materials of the Central Kansas Rolling Plains Region in Kansas. The floristic composition of each stand...
Four rats were trained on an ascending and descending sequence of response independent variable-time reinforcement schedules ranging from I-min to 16-min. A single lever press would turn off the stimuli associated with reinforcement and produce a...
The nurse administrator leadership style influences the professional nurse's perceptions of work effectiveness. In today's rapidly changing healthcare industry, this relationship between leadership style and condition of work effectiveness warrants...
A group of children ranging from 5.0 to 6.6 years of age were drawn from a number of elementary schools that serve an area of predominately rural white American children. These children were divided into three groups with one group being exposed to...
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