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The role of the city manager in policy making : a study of differences in the conception of actual and perception of ideal policy making roles of the city manager by elected mayors and appointed managers in small California council-manager municipalities

Creator:: Feldman, Steven, 1954-
Abstract:: In recent years, the role of the City Manager in municipal policy making has been the focus of considerable attention and debate in both the academic and local government arenas. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in views of elected mayors and appointed managers with regard...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Steven Feldman for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on

Sex-role identity differences as a function of place of residence of male college students

Creator:: Whipple, Edward George
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether sex-role identification differences among college students were related to place of residence, and if so, whether certain factors affect these differences. Six hypotheses were developed. The study sought to ascertain if sex-role identification is related to certain dimensions of peer association...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: residence of male college students AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Edward George Whipple for the degree of

The relationship between biorhythms and injuries to college football participants

Creator:: Jun, Tae Won
Abstract:: Purpose: The general problem was to determine the relationship between biorhythms and injuries to college football participants representing Oregon State University. Procedures: The population consisted of one hundred and ninty two football players representing Oregon State University who participated in the intercollegiate football seasons of 1981 and 1982. Injury data...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: College Football Participants Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: Richard F. Irvin Purpose: The

Motives toward track and field competition of foreign and domestic grant-in-aid student-athletes in NCAA Division I colleges and universities

Creator:: Stidwill, Howard F.
Abstract:: This study sought to chronicle the increased presence of the foreign athlete in NCAA Division I track and field and to assess the competitive motivations of American and foreign track and field athletes. Recruiting pipelines, as well as the successes of foreign athletes on U.S. university track and field teams,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: OF THE THESIS OF Howard F. Stidwill for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented

Alcohol use, knowledge and attitudes among freshman women

Creator:: Hazen, Logan Rhodes
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of alcohol on freshman women during the critical transition into college. Specifically, the study focused on differences in knowledge of alcohol facts and attitudes toward use of alcohol among freshman women prior to college. Further, the study focused on changes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: doctoral committee. Dr. Edward Bryan provided fresh perspective whenever needed. Dr. Michael Colbert

The effect of additional special physical education and mainstreaming knowledge and skills on preservice elementary educators' attitudes toward physical education with handicapped and nonhandicapped children

Creator:: Harmon, Gerald R.
Abstract:: The main purpose of this study was to examine the influence of additional content from areas of mainstreaming and adapted physical education on preservice elementary educators attitudes toward teaching nonhandicapped and handicapped children in elementary physical education. To achieve this goal (a) an instrument was constructed to assess the attitudes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: validated utilizing a jury panel and the method of equal-appearing intervals (Edwards, 1957). Twenty items

The effects of supplemental home instruction by parents utilizing the data based gymnasium instructional model on the performance of selected motor skills with moderately and severely mentally retarded children

Creator:: Maguire, Paul A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if parents of students could improve the motor performance of their moderately and severely mentally retarded children through the implementation of the Data-Based Gymnasium (DBG) Instructional Model as a supplement to the school program. The DBG Instructional Model is an individualized system...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: an obtained F value of 33.847. Application of the Student-Newman-Keul's Multiple Comparison's

The effect of peer presence upon health-related physical fitness test scores of college students

Creator:: El Baden, Bahia Mahmoud
Abstract:: The primary purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of peer presence upon the health-related physical fitness test scores of college students. A total of 312 undergraduate college students, 156 males and 156 females, 18 through 29 years of age, randomly selected from the physical education activity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for the sit and reach test. The obtained F value of 2.60 was less than the tabular F value and the

Effectiveness of interactive video in teaching basic photography skills

Creator:: Abrams, Arnold H.
Abstract:: The major purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of interactive video in the teaching/learning process. More specifically, a comparison was made of the relative effectiveness of interactive video and linear video as delivery modes in the acquisition of basic photography skills in an independent learning environment at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the .001 level (F=10.48). Sixteen of 28 items on the attitude survey had significant differences in

A correlation study of self-body cathexis of obese women and their attitudes toward physical activity

Creator:: Reynolds, Julia A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the self-body cathexis of obese women and their attitudes toward physical activity. Fifty inventories were used for the research in this project. The volunteer subjects' ages ranged from 18 to 45 with a mean age of 28.9 years. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: concrete or abstract (10,39). Edwards defined attitudes as the degree of positive or negative affect

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The role of the city manager in policy making : a study of differences in the conception of actual and perception of ideal policy making roles of the city manager by elected mayors and appointed managers in small California council-manager municipalities

Sex-role identity differences as a function of place of residence of male college students

The relationship between biorhythms and injuries to college football participants

Motives toward track and field competition of foreign and domestic grant-in-aid student-athletes in NCAA Division I colleges and universities

Alcohol use, knowledge and attitudes among freshman women

The effect of additional special physical education and mainstreaming knowledge and skills on preservice elementary educators' attitudes toward physical education with handicapped and nonhandicapped children

The effects of supplemental home instruction by parents utilizing the data based gymnasium instructional model on the performance of selected motor skills with moderately and severely mentally retarded children

The effect of peer presence upon health-related physical fitness test scores of college students

Effectiveness of interactive video in teaching basic photography skills

A correlation study of self-body cathexis of obese women and their attitudes toward physical activity

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