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Beliefs and classroom practices of teachers who persist in the use of graphing calculators in the teaching of high school algebra

Creator:: VanCleave, Martha Eleanor
Abstract:: This study investigated the beliefs and classroom practices of four teachers who had used graphing calculators in their teaching for a minimum of three years prior to the study and at least one prior year in the teaching of second year algebra. The persistence criteria, prior experience utilizing graphing calculators...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Martha Eleanor VanCleave for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics Education presented on

Sex composition in group discussion as related to acquisition of knowledge and attitudinal change among women in a family life course

Creator:: Adams, Wesley James
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ; and Dr. Martha A. Plonk, Associate Professor of Home Management. Dr. T. Antoinette Ryan, who helped

The relationship of gender and perceived sex role identity to the leadership style, range, and adaptability of selected graduate students

Creator:: Wall, James Keith
Abstract:: This study examined the relationship and strength of association of the two independent variables of gender (male, female) and perceived sex role identity (masculine, androgynous, feminine, and undifferentiated) on the leadership style, leadership range (number of back-up styles), and leadership adaptability (effectiveness) of nonforeign graduate students at a Land Grant...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A pilot study concerning the measurement of the typewriter composition skills of selected postsecondary students

Creator:: Plagens, Donald John
Abstract:: The purpose of this pilot study was to determine whether students using a series of planned exercises designed to improve typewriter composition skills would be better able to compose at the typewriter than students in a control group. The study was also concerned with the effect that the use of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

"Pretty and patriotic" : women's consumption of apparel during World War II

Creator:: Mower, Jennifer M.
Abstract:: The War Production Board issued limitation order 85 in April 1942 in order to conserve fabric and manpower needed for the war effort. The L-85 order froze the silhouette so no major style changes in women's wear would occur during the war. It is clear that on the one hand...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Aimce Larkin, Willa Cushman, Eleanor Ambrose, Martha Stout and Marion Corey all came from the New York

Optimizing HIV Treatment in Resource-Limited Settings

Creator:: Akudibillah, Gordon Amed
Abstract:: Apart from the traditional role of preventing progression from HIV to AIDS, antiretroviral drug therapy (ART) has an additional benefit of substantially reducing infectiousness, making them potentially an important strategy in the fight against HIV. Recent advances in drug therapy have also seen the use of antiretroviral drugs as a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Effect of x-irradiation upon glucose catabolism in the intact rat

Creator:: Marks, Darrell Lee
Abstract:: Beginning with the discovery of x-rays by Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen in 1895, man has had the capacity to greatly increase radiation levels of his environment, especially with the advent of nuclear weapons in recent years. Radioisotopes are finding progressively wider use in medicine, research, power production, etc., with increased hazards...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A comparison of three approaches to vocabulary improvement in ninth grade language arts : an experimental study

Creator:: Hammack, Mary Lorraine, 1922-
Abstract:: This study compared three approaches to the improvement of vocabulary in ninth grade language arts classes: the direct-teaching approach, the interest-in-words approach, and the wide-reading approach. Answers to the following questions were sought: which of these approaches to vocabulary improvement is more effective than each other approach used in this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The influence of applied mathematics problems on the achievement and attitude of community college vocational students

Creator:: Swearingen, Dell L.
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to analyze, in the mathematics classrooms, career-oriented verbal mathematics problems on the achievement and attitude of the vocational mathematics student. These career-oriented mathematics problems, used as advanced organizers, were contrasted with mathematics word problems of a more abstract and generalized...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A longitudinal analysis of single, female labor force participants' net worth : balance sheet in the pre-retirement years

Creator:: Emberson, Heather V.
Abstract:: Being old and female in America often means being alone and poor. To offset this outcome financial preparation for retirement should begin in the pre-retirement years. The purpose of this exploratory study was to assess the financial preparedness of mature, single women as they approach retirement by examining the relationships...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: weaknesses of this research were reviewed and evaluated with the help of Dr. Martha Fraundorf, Minor

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Beliefs and classroom practices of teachers who persist in the use of graphing calculators in the teaching of high school algebra

Sex composition in group discussion as related to acquisition of knowledge and attitudinal change among women in a family life course

The relationship of gender and perceived sex role identity to the leadership style, range, and adaptability of selected graduate students

A pilot study concerning the measurement of the typewriter composition skills of selected postsecondary students

"Pretty and patriotic" : women's consumption of apparel during World War II

Optimizing HIV Treatment in Resource-Limited Settings

Effect of x-irradiation upon glucose catabolism in the intact rat

A comparison of three approaches to vocabulary improvement in ninth grade language arts : an experimental study

The influence of applied mathematics problems on the achievement and attitude of community college vocational students

A longitudinal analysis of single, female labor force participants' net worth : balance sheet in the pre-retirement years

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