The purpose of this study was to monitor coronary responses
occurring in the S-T segment of an electrocardiogram before, during
and after exercise following a "standard" carbohydrate-loading schedule with varied vitamin B-6 supplementation. The study was conducted
using four college-aged males who had been training a minimum of two
years...
The problem of estimating the parameters of a forced discrete
linear dynamic model is considered. The system model is conceptualized
to include the value of the initial state as a parameter. The forces
driving the system are partitioned into accessible and inaccessible
inputs. Accessible inputs are those that are measured;...
The Purpose of the Study
The central purpose of this study was to determine if certain
personality characteristics differ between community college persisters
and those who drop out of school. The following 12 a priori
hypotheses involving six Adjective Check List personality scales were
tested:
1. Male persisters would have...
The existence of the ethnic "barrios" (ghettos) across American society is proof of the legacy of racism, injustice and inequality in society today. In this thesis, the human experiences of Native, African, Mexican, and Asian people, are presented to contradict the notion that the "American Dream" is for all. In...
This research examines two questions: 1) What stories do Christian teacher educators tell about their own White racial identity development? and 2) Is there an impact of studying White racial identity development on the praxis of Christian teacher educators? If so, in what ways? The researcher began the project with...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of
various auditory metronomic rates on addition performance of
selected second-graders in Lindsay, California, and thereby test the
theory that when such rates "approach and reach personal tempo the
individual enjoys an optimal circumstance for learning" (Barsch,
1974, p. 5)....
Sixteen secondary school health teachers evaluated their own
course teaching performance. Students in each of these courses
evaluated the same teacher and the results were compared. An
adapted version of a teacher rating form developed by the School of
Agriculture, Oregon State University, was used by all study participants.
Teacher...