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Creator:: Irving, Jan Louise
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was (a) to determine the effect of a four-step learner readiness profile: positive, active, clear, and energetic (PACE) on self-reported anxiety in first year nursing students before skill performance tests, and (b) to determine the effect of PACE on the performance of first year nursing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . The 22 BEST had a test-retest reliability coefficient of r = .80, as determined by Brown in

Creator:: Green, Brian C.
Abstract:: National statistics indicate that over ten thousand persons each year become disabled from spinal cord-injury. The need for research in this area is evident. The objectives of this study were: 1. To determine any relationship between selected attitudes and activity levels with self-concept; 2. To identify certain demographic variables that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: females by more than two to one (Jacobs and Hood, 1978). 3 Statement of the Problem A major purpose

Creator:: Hookstra, Glenn Maitland
Abstract:: Middle School represents a period of transition for the students. This transition is present not only in physical change, intellectual change, and emotional change, but also in terms of the type of reading instruction these students receive. One approach to reading instruction moves from a direct approach focusing on specific...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: comprehension has been shown to be beneficial to sixth-graders (Paris and Jacobs, 1984). Three general areas

Creator:: Chintakanont, Churaiporn
Abstract:: The study investigates the influence of the self-reference effect upon the amount of main and subordinate ideas which older adults can recall and recognize after viewing the television documentary entitled, The Xinquana: Aborigines of South America. The participants are native English-speaking Americans who are 50 years old or older. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: test used in the study was constructed and tested for reliability and validity by R. David Owens in

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