Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Theses/Dissertations from 1979
An Information Processing Approach to Group Performance of Poetry: Implications for Adaptation and Audience Research, Sandra Highnam Open Access Thesis
The effects of a kinesthetic training program on the acquisition of industrial skills among university students, John V. Mockler Open Access Thesis
The decapod crustaceans of Iowa, Gary S. Phillips Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Language Variables on the Reading Comprehension of Hearing-Impaired Children, Nancy L. Robbins Open Access Thesis
The Relationship Between Teacher Sex Role Models and Career Aspirations of High School Industrial Arts Students, Janet Lynn Robb Open Access Thesis
Attitudes of Elementary Principals and Kindergarten Teachers Toward Mandatory Kindergarten and Optional Pre-kindergarten Programs in Iowa, Janice E. Woods Open Access Thesis
The development and testing of an energy-related information system for the University of Northern Iowa Solar Options Laboratory, Joseph B. Wujek Jr. Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
An Investigation of the Relationship between Seriation and Classification Skills in Young Children, R'Delle Marie Anderson Open Access Thesis
A Study of In-School Suspension Programs in Area 7 of Iowa, Stephen Darryl Glass Open Access Thesis
A Survey of the Selection Procedures and Practices Used in the Employment of Superintendents in Iowa Public Schools, Joseph Hrecz Open Access Thesis
Administrative Accountability in Special Education: A Survey of Area Middle-Management Personnel in Iowa, Arnold Ernie Lang Open Access Thesis
Iowa Environmental Education Needs Assessment: An Evaluation by Teachers and Administrators in Grades K-12, Debra Elaine McRae Open Access Thesis
The Precision of Teacher Judgments in the Identification of Gifted Children, Ann Louise Neumann Open Access Thesis
Counselor Perception of the Need and Role of Guidance Consultants in Iowa’s Area Education Agencies, Lauren Simonson Open Access Thesis
A Comparative Study of the One-Handed and Two-Handed Backhand Strokes in Tennis, Deborah Kathleen Stetson Open Access Thesis
A Survey of Selected Iowa Colleges and Universities and Their Elementary Teacher Education Programs for Ige Training of Preservice Teachers, Leotis D. Swopes Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
William Dean Howells: Realist with a Purpose, Mary O'Brien Apple Open Access Thesis
An Innovative Instructional Unit on Manufacturing Concepts and Terminology for Junior High Industrial Arts, James K. Martin Open Access Thesis
The Benziger Early Learning Assessment Test: A Study of Predictive Validity, Marian Carol Sensor Open Access Thesis
Iowa High School Principals’ Perceptions of the Effect of Collective Bargaining on Selected Teacher Behaviors, Dennis L. Webner Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Separate Factor Analyses of the Iowa Test of Preschool Development for Groups of Black and White Children, Stephen Wayne Blake Open Access Thesis
The Predictive Relationship of Tutorial Teaching Competencies on Group Instruction Performance for Prospective Special Education Teachers, Sarah Jane Frudden Open Access Thesis
An Investigation of Competencies Needed by Teachers of the Mildly Handicapped as Perceived by a Consortium of Iowa Special Educators, Harriet M. Healy Open Access Thesis
A Comparative Analysis of Actual and Desired Performance Dimensions of Selected Iowa Secondary School Principals, LeRoy C. Leidal Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Teacher Reinforcement on Student Attitudes and Achievement, Ray Douglas McCollum Open Access Thesis
Marital Adjustment and Self-Concept in Married College Students, James Russell Moneypenny Open Access Thesis
Counseling From the Use of Existential Principles, Otelia Kay Kraft Stensrud Open Access Thesis
An Analysis of the Major Functions of the Directors of Special Education in Iowa, Thomas E. Twait Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Ectoparasites of Mammals from Winneshiek County, Iowa, Dennis George Albertson Open Access Thesis
Vocal Solo Recital, David Lee Alt Open Access Thesis
Gas Phase Hydrogen Bonding Infrared Studies of Four Simple Alcohols, Lawrence John Anderson Open Access Thesis
Germination Ecology of Three Chihuahuan Desert Crucifers, Larry L. Bell Open Access Thesis
Analysis of the Occupational Status and Choice Patterns of Women, Terry L. Besser Open Access Thesis
Trombone Recital, Carl Stanley Bock Open Access Thesis
Iowa Teacher Perceptions of K-6 Articulation in Large School Districts Employing K-6 or K-12 Curriculum Directors, Dorothy Kessler Engstrom Open Access Thesis
Technology transfer: The adoption of gobar gas generators by subsistence farmers in Puebla, Mexico, Robert E. Meyer Open Access Thesis
A Follow-up Study of Mason City High School Distributive Education Graduates From 1952 Through 1972, Paul B. Olson Open Access Thesis
The Effects of a Performance-Based Training Program on Subsequent Teacher Effectiveness as Rated by School Principals, Joel Christian Ortéga Open Access Thesis
Regional variations in the age structure of the United States: 1870-1970, Donald D. Peterson Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Innovative industrial arts programs at the junior high/middle school and the continuation of those programs at the senior high school level in Iowa, James L. Thiesse Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
Trap Biases and Weather Parameters Influencing Mosquito Collecting and Activity, Virgil Roy Acuff Open Access Thesis
Organ Recital, Ann Guetzlaff Anway Open Access Thesis
Rasgos del Existencialismo en Novelas Selectas de Unamuno, Paul J. Bamford Open Access Thesis
The Suitors, a Rhymed Farce in Two Acts, Derryl Barr Open Access Thesis
Knowledge and Attitudes Pertaining to Sex Education Courses : A Survey of a Selected Group of High School Students, Rebecca Sue Barrionuevo Open Access Thesis
A Survey of Individualized Reading in the Public High Schools of Iowa, Barbara Luscomb Blow Open Access Thesis
The Quality of Life in a Midwestern Rural Community, James E. Bodensteiner Open Access Thesis
Evaluation of the Specific Learning Disabilities Program at the Floyd Elementary School, Thomas V. Daigle Open Access Thesis
The Effects of a Required Physical Fitness Unit on College Women’s Attitudes Toward Physical Fitness, Christine Faust Open Access Thesis
A Survey of a Selected Public Group in the Vinton Community School District With Implications for the Improvement of Certain Educational Services in the Senior High School, Arnold H. Gaumnitz Open Access Thesis
The Study of the Transfer of Learning Between Fine and Gross Motor Skill After Practice on Similar Mirror Reversal Tasks, Roberta A. Klugman Open Access Thesis
Iowa High School Principals’ Perceptions of the Innovative Role of the Secondary School Counselor, Russell Newlin Open Access Thesis
The Development and Testing of Audio-Visual-Tutorial Materials as One Method to Assist in the Teaching of Basic Accounting Principles and Concepts at Marshalltown Community College, Lyle R. Niemeyer Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
Aspects of Samuel Beckett's Humor, Keiko Adachi Open Access Thesis
Propylene Oxide Sterilization of Microbiological Media in the High School Classroom, Marvin A. Andersen Open Access Thesis
Responses of Students to an Introduction to Literature Class Compared with Responses of the Same Students to High School Literature Classes, Warren E. Ask Open Access Thesis
Career Education: A Third Grade Mass Production Project, Jack Julian Hanson Open Access Thesis
A Survey of Career-Vocational Development Practices in the Junior High School Science Curriculum of Selected Iowa Schools, David Eugene Mitchel Open Access Thesis
Teacher Education in Elementary School Industrial Arts, James Earl O'Bannon Open Access Thesis
A Comparative Investigation of Certification Standards of Iowa Teacher Preparation Colleges, Al J. Sinek Open Access Thesis
The Island-Turtle Rock Community: A Model for Use in Simulation, James Wilson Walling Open Access Thesis
A Survey of Attitudes Toward a Public School System, Darwin A. Winke Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
A Study of the Variable of Black Dialect as It Affects the Performance of Black Children on a Speech-Sound Discrimination Test, Adeline Cheryl Alderson Open Access Thesis
The Educational Match, Daleanne Anderson Open Access Thesis
The Development of a Nutrition Education Game for the Expanded Nutrition Program in Black Hawk County, Iowa, Linda Foster Benedict Open Access Thesis
Paradise Regained: An Intellectual Drama of the Nature of Being and Freedom, Michael Biehl Open Access Thesis
A Survey of Reading Programs in Selected Junior High Schools in Six Iowa Counties, Daniel Charles Manning Open Access Thesis
Family Size, Intelligence, and Patterns of Achievement in Preschool Children, H. Jane Reppas Open Access Thesis
The Role of the School Psychologist as Perceived by Elementary Principals and by School Psychologists, Joan Holliday Smith Open Access Thesis
The Effect of Preschool Experiences on the Achievement of Kindergarten Children Enrolled in the 1971-1972 Follow Through Program in Waterloo, Iowa, David Phillip Stetson Open Access Thesis
An Analysis of Data and Records of Two Selected Groups of Students in the Context of the Admissions Program at the University of Northern Iowa, Jack Lloyd Wielenga Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
A Survey of Post Student Teacher Appraisal of the Course, Elementary School Methods and Materials, at the University of Northern Iowa, Mary Nan K. Aldridge Open Access Thesis
Occupational Prestige Rankings and Future Occupational Expectations of Iowa High School Seniors, Jackson Neal Baty Open Access Thesis
A Study of the Effects of the Concepts “Same” and “Different” upon the Speech Sound Discrimination Test Performances of Children of Various Ages, Barbara Beving Open Access Thesis
Recital Notes on Works by Bach, Haydn, Martin, and Ibert, Janice Dockendorff Boland Open Access Thesis
Two Program Processors for the Preparation of Instructional Materials in Chemistry, Lloyd V. Gayman Open Access Thesis
The Role of the Science Supervisor as Perceived by Elementary and Secondary Science Teachers, Thomas Graika Open Access Thesis
Industrial Arts at the University of Northern Iowa 1957 Through 1968, Allen Harvey Rodemeyer Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
An Analysis of the Class Method of Piano Instruction, Zoe Ann Abrahamson Open Access Thesis
A Comparison of the Effectiveness of One-Minute and Five-Minute Timed Writings in First-Semester Typewriting Instruction, Helen E. Adams Open Access Thesis
Experiences in Scale of Sculpture for Architectural Sites, Maurice Lee Anderson Open Access Thesis
An Investigation of Farm Supply Cooperatives in Iowa: Their Efficiency, the Measurement of Efficiency, and the Attributes of the Most Efficient, Leo Eugene Beebout Open Access Thesis
Community College Salary Practices Applied to Non-degree Teachers, Lawrence Arthur Boyce Open Access Thesis
Some Staff Self-Perceptions and Student Perceptions of the Roles of the Men’s Residence Hall Staff at the University of Northern Iowa, Dennis L. Brauer Open Access Thesis
A study of the esterification of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol, Lewis Metzler Naylor Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
Development of a Prediction Equation for the Placement of Students in Seventh-Grade Life Science, Lloyd Harley Barrow Open Access Thesis
The Creation of Three Original Junk Sculptures, Norman Bennett Open Access Thesis
County Seats of Northeast Iowa: A Multivariate Classification, William E. Blake Open Access Thesis
The Wood and Metal Lamination Process in Jewelry Making, Joseph Dean Bolender Open Access Thesis
A Comparative Study of Three Different Approaches to Beginning Reading Comprehension: ITA, Programmed Reader, and Basal Reader, Helen Ferrier Ristau Open Access Thesis
A Comparison of Results of Two Methods of Teaching Reading in the First Grade, Melvin Wayne Thurston Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1968
The Use of Combined Printmaking Techniques in Color Collagraphs, Daleanne Anderson Open Access Thesis
A Description and an Analysis of the Results of Using Cadet Teaching as a Method of Improving the Multiplication Proficiency of a Selected Sample of Fourth and Seventh Grade Students, Richard Mark Anderson Open Access Thesis
An Analysis of the Application of Dynamics to Jewelry Design, Eugene Kent Bahling Open Access Thesis
The Prediction of Geometry Grades for Seven Linn County, Iowa, Schools, Bernice Rosemary Barrow Open Access Thesis
Training needs for metal tradesmen in Iowa, Harlan E. Giese Open Access Thesis
Teaching Beginning Concepts in Mathematics, Mildred Dick Pierce Open Access Thesis
The Performance of Grade XI Students of Saskatchewan (Canada) and Iowa (U.S.A.) on Two of the Iowa Tests of Educational Development, Kamal Dev Verma Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1967
Nature, Man, and God in Robinson Jeffers’ Inhumanism, Chloe Winifred Armstrong Open Access Thesis
The Implications of the Sex Discrimination Provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 upon Seniority at the Rath Packing Company, Waterloo, Iowa, Robert Harry Beener Open Access Thesis
Participation of Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod Elementary Schools in Federal Aid Programs, Marvin Brandt Open Access Thesis
A Study of Faculty Meetings in Selected Elementary Schools in Iowa and Their Implications for the Philippine Schools, Romeo Villar Carleta Open Access Thesis
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Reading Ability and Performance on the Red Glass Test, Ann Mary Dunbar Open Access Thesis
The Development of Criteria for the Evaluation of Student Teacher Programs, Ramon H. Green Open Access Thesis
Perceptions of the Iowa School Counselor Concerning the Value of His Counselor Education in Relation to the Role He Performs, Virginia Larson Hash Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1966
Investigation of the cis-trans Isomers of Tetrachlorodiaquorhodate (III) Anion, Kenneth Lee Bridges Open Access Thesis
An Analysis of Personality Characteristics and Attitudes of High School Girls Filing Excuses From Physical Education, Jo Ann Catherine Kramer Open Access Thesis
An evaluation of manpower training in Waterloo, Iowa, Jean Ray Roush Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1965
A Study of Auditory Discrimination in Lower Elementary Children, Gloria Joan Bahr Open Access Thesis
An Evaluation of Demonstrations on Inductor Theory, Boyd Warner Wasson Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1964
Thou Shalt Keep Christmas: An Operetta for Upper Elementary Grades or Junior High School Performance, Marion Gertrude Arends Open Access Thesis
A Study of Adult Typewriting in the Public Schools of Iowa, Fall 1963, John W. Banks Open Access Thesis
A Validation Study of the Beck Word-Color Association Test with the Minnesota Counseling Inventory, Camilla Russell Bernauer Open Access Thesis
Differences in Class Rank Between Boys and Girls in Graduating Classes of Iowa Public Secondary Schools, Dave John Cook Open Access Thesis
A Study of the Public Relations Program of the Valley Park School, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Puran L. Rajpal Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1963
Your Teen-Ager and the School Counselor: A Handbook for Parents, Donald Lee Bennink Open Access Thesis
The Impeachment and Trial of William Worth Belknap, Secretary of War, Roger Dean Bridges Open Access Thesis
The Development of a Handbook for Use in the Selection of Materials on Communism for Secondary Social Studies Classes, Richard Raymond Olmsted Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1962
A Study of Special Admissions of High School Graduates for the Years 1959, 1960, and 1961 at the State College of Iowa, James Gregg Anderson Open Access Thesis
The Beck Word-Color Association Test as a Predictor of Juvenile Delinquency, Janet Ellyn Berger Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1961
The Place of English as a Foreign Language in the Ethiopian School System, Haile J. Abedjie Open Access Thesis
A Drop-Out Study of the Cedar Falls Community Schools, Bruce Roy Amble Open Access Thesis
A Follow-up Study of Ellsworth Junior College Graduates and Students Who Transferred to Baccalaureate Colleges or Semi-professional Schools, Eleanor J. Andershok Open Access Thesis
Guides for the Elementary Teacher in the Playing of Selected Simple Rhythmic, Melodic and Harmonic Instruments, Lorraine Salome Augustyn Open Access Thesis
The Principal’s Role in the Library Services in Iowa High Schools with Enrollments of 200 to 300 Students, Arthur E. Borwick Open Access Thesis
Introits, Hymns, Anthems, and Responses for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Donald L. Breshears Open Access Thesis
The status of industrial arts in Hawaii, Teruo Mukai Open Access Thesis
Industrial-arts objectives and course content for the junior high school, William Earl Stock Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1960
An Investigation of the Policies and Practices of the Street Traffic Safety Patrol in Iowa, William Francis Baretich Open Access Thesis
High School Science Achievement as Related to Interest and I.Q. Among Graduates of Thibodaux High School, Thibodaux, Louisiana, and Malcolm Price Laboratory School, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Louis E. Barrilleaux Open Access Thesis
A Program of Curriculum Development for the Secondary Schools of Thailand, Chuang Bejrananda Open Access Thesis
Relationships between Iowa High School Physical Science Programs and Placement Test Scores of Iowa State Teachers College Students, Pauline Georgia Berg Open Access Thesis
A Study to Determine the Feasibility of Using a Time-Penalty Scoring Procedure for Shorthand Dictation and Transcription Tests, M. Elaine Blumhagen Open Access Thesis
The effectiveness of the mass-production technique in achieving selected objectives for industrial arts, Michael William Horton Open Access Thesis
A follow-up study of former senior high school industrial arts students at Belle Plaine, Iowa, Donald E. Wallis Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1959
A Proposed Handbook for Iowa Coordinators of Distributive Education, Orville Lee Allen Open Access Thesis
Empathic Ability Compared as to Environmental Setting and Concept of Measurement, Alice Jane Anderson Open Access Thesis
A Study of the Effects of the 1958 Junior High School Seminar in Science and Mathematics, Iowa State Teachers College, upon the Pupils’ Attitudes toward and Interest in Science and Mathematics, William Richards Babcock Open Access Thesis
Certain Aspects in Change of Attitudes in Delinquent Boys from the Time of Their Commitment to and Release from the Iowa Training School for Boys, Eldora, Iowa in Year 1955-1956, Howard Blandau Open Access Thesis
A survey of industrial arts in the public schools of North Dakota, Milo Norman Sulentic Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1958
A Survey of Home Visits by Classroom Teachers in the First Class Cities of Iowa, George Pearson Alton Open Access Thesis
A Broader Approach to High School Publicity through Three Selected Media, Donald Dean Ambroson Open Access Thesis
Madrigals Transcribed for Small Ensembles of Brass Instruments, Robert George Ballenger Open Access Thesis
An Evaluation of College Days Based upon Opinions of Iowa State Teachers College Freshmen, Norbert K. Baumgart Open Access Thesis
A Survey of the Educational and Personal Characteristics Required for Initial Employment of Accountants in a Selected Group of Iowa Industries, Leonard Eugene Bennett Open Access Thesis
The Fruits of Iowa Progressivism, 1900-1915, William Lavalle Bowers Open Access Thesis
An evaluation of various methods of teaching industrial arts design on the secondary level, Ronald Dean Bro Open Access Thesis
A study of the extent to which girls were included in industrial arts in grades seven through twelve in the state of Iowa, Walter Haynes Open Access Thesis
A learning index for the Midget Wiggly Block Test for mechanical ability, James Franklin Winegarden Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1957
The Introduction of Contemporary Dissonance to the String Program at the Secondary Level, Gene Thomas Allen Open Access Thesis
A Proposed Citizens Committee Handbook Concerning Methods of Studying School District Reorganization, Edwin K. Barker Open Access Thesis
An Investigation of the Reading Skills Being Taught in Selected Iowa Junior High Schools, Rodrick Bickert Open Access Thesis
Industrial arts at the Iowa State Teachers College, 1904 to 1957, Jackson Lee Logan Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1956
The Use of Lay People as a School Study Group Preceding a Permanent School-Community Organization, Gerald J. Addington Open Access Thesis
The Development of a Reading Program in an Iowa High School, James E. Albrecht Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Antibiotics Aureomycin and Terramycin on the Disease Crown Gall in Tomato Plants, Charles Raymond Anderson Open Access Thesis
Popular Religious Ideas and Attitudes in the United States as Indicated by a Study of Selected Recent Mass Circulation Magazines, Dorothy Paddock Auld Open Access Thesis
Criteria for the Utilization of Teacher Committees in Planning New School Buildings, Robert D. Benton Open Access Thesis
Some Uses of an Oscilloscope in High School Physics, John Ray Bolte Open Access Thesis
The Democratic Party in the Fifty-Sixth General Assembly of Iowa: A Study of the Role of a Minority Party in a One Party State, Charles Ernest Grassley Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1955
A Historical Study of Forensics at Iowa State Teachers College, 1876-1955, Kenneth E. Andersen Open Access Thesis
Critical Analyses of Selected Works of American Historical Fiction, 1746-1865, for Teaching Purposes in the Seventh Grade, Lois Allene Bergman Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1954
An Elementary String Class Method Using Old and New Technics as Adapted to the Key of C Approach, Anthony Paul Bacich Open Access Thesis
Transcriptions of Early Instrumental Music for Brass Ensemble, with a Style Analysis and Suggestions for Modern Use, William Robert Becker Open Access Thesis
The Changing Status of the Country Superintendent of Schools in Iowa, Dwight Gene Bode Open Access Thesis
A Study of Conservation Education Presented at the Iowa Teachers Conservation Camp from 1950 through 1953, Novella Dorothy Bredbenner Open Access Thesis
