The purpose of this study was to compare the attitudes of junior college transfer students toward their junior college and senior college experiences. More specifically, this study was designed to gat her research from transfer students on the...
The purpose of this study was to classify and describe some of the algae of Ellis and Trego Counties. There are taxonomic descriptions of 30 species found in the study with 42 photographs of the specimens. Samples of the algae preserved were placed...
The purpose of this study was to determine whether evidence from test results would support the statements that (1) a similar pattern of test results should emerge from a comparison of the results of the scores obtained on the 12 minute run -walk...
The purpose of this study was to provide information regarding the qualifications, duties, and salaries of male coaches of ten selected interscholastic athletic sports in the state of Kansas.
/ A list of 1235 male coaches, class of schools, and...
The purpose of this study was to compare the importance of selected morale building factors as indicated by ninety teachers. The teachers were attending Fort Hays Kansas State College during the summer of 1968 and were divided into the following...
The purpose of the research was to investigate the decision process at the executive or school superintendent level in education. The total sample size was 150 superintendents randomly selected from a list supplied by the State Department of...
This study consisted of an analysis of the responsibilities of the public school business manager in selected school districts in central Kansas. Twelve school business managers were interviewed in the spring of 1975 and were asked to respond to...
This study was an attempt to determine soil and vegetative differences in pastures on upland and slope sites caused by different utilization rates in the past year. Soil and vegetative differences were determined with reference to the following...
The purpose of this study was to compare the relative importance that teachers and administrators place on selected statements relating to teaching. An inventory was developed containing forty-one statements relating to selected abstracts of...
The purpose of this study was to identify and study the phreatophyte communities that occurred at Cedar Bluffs Reservoir, Trego County, Kansas.
The phreatophyte vegetation was divided into seven types or communities and mapped on aerial...
King, Sora, and Virginia Rails were studied at 10 different marshes in Kansas in 1975. Populations of these three species were studied by using tape-recorded calls during the period 27 March through 10 June. Dates of first calling and peak calling...
The problem in this investigation is to discover teacher reaction to various in- service educati0n practices and techniques utilized by administrators and teachers in the development of in-service education programs in the elementary schools of...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the cumulative grade point averages of student-athletes. The independent variables investigated were gender, academic classification, type of sport participation, and transfer status. The dependent...
ABSTRACT: The current study examined the relationship between ages of entry into formal
education and the effects it had on participation in the Accelerated Reader program. More
specifically, the variables being compared were: the child’s age in...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the factors which influence adolescents in selecting dating partners. The sample consisted of 801 high school students, of which 402 were male and 399 were female. The following independent...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Chicago Archdiocesan Reading Program from an academic, social and psychological viewpoint over a three-year period, 1962- 1964. The investigation was limited to the seventh and...
A status survey with post-hoc grouping was employed to investigate the adherence to a liberal or conservative attitude towards human sexual expression in 217 university students. The Sexual Attitude Scale (Hudson, Murphy, & Nuris, 1983) was...
A descriptive, exploratory investigation examined relationships among anger and other variables in teenagers with Type I insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). A convenience sample of teenagers with IDDM (N = 25), ages 12-19 was selected from...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the concerns of middle school students in urban and rural school settings. The independent variables investigated were residential background, ethnic background, gender, grade placement, age, and...
"Most walleye Sander vitreus populations in Kansas are supplemented or sustained with stocking. In 2006, gamete collection for hatchery production was initiated at Cedar Bluff Reservoir because the walleye population has a high abundance of...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate attitudes of nurses toward alcoholics. The independent variables were; when formal education was received, formal education pertaining to alcoholism, type of position and alcoholism in the family. ...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate college students attitudes towards biracial children. The independent variables investigated were gender, age, classification, ethnic background, and major. Scores from the Attitudes Toward...
Behavior and some vegetative and edaphic influences of steers grazing under intensive early (IES) and season long stocking (SLS) was investigated in 1961 on two adjacent paddocks with yearling steers at the Fort Hays Branch Experiment Station,...
Body composition, energy content, basic weight, and lipid cycles were determined for populations of the plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) and the yellow-faced pocket gopher (Pappogeomys castanops) in Kansas. Lipid content calculated as a...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate burnout in college seniors. The independent variables were: gender, major, career maturity level, post college job status, grade point average, and semester of graduation. The dependent variable was...
The Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) is a common occupant of Smoky Valley Ranch located in Logan County, Kansas, where the abundance of black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) burrows provides ideal habitat for the Burrowing Owl. The...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate fears and self-esteem of elementary school children. The independent variables investigated were fear, gender, and grade placement . The dependent variables were scores from the school form of the...
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The purpose of the researcher was to investigate knowledge, behavior, and prevention beliefs of college students pertaining to HIV/AIDS. The Independent variables were. Gender, Behavior, AIDS education, and media form which most...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate college students’ attitudes toward cultural diversity. The five independent variables investigated were gender, college classification, race, mother’s education, and father’s education. The...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate college students knowledge of and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS. The sample consisted of 195 undergraduate students. The following independent variables were investigated: age, gender, classification,...
A study was made to determine the average monthly and seasonally yields of seven native grasses as they grew in pure stands in an ungrazed mixed prairie near Hays, Kansas. The study was conducted for two growing seasons (1952-1953) on the upland,...
The scarcity of women in top-level administrative positions does not seem to be compatible with the number of women who are qualified and who aspire to such positions. A study of the differences in background characteristics, perceived constraints...
A portion of the mixed prairie was studied in an attempt to measure the effects of Japanese brome on production of native perennial grass. Vegetation was analyzed by paired foot-square quadrats. Japanese brome was removed from treated plots and...
The present field study was an archival study that used an adapted version of the Parents as Reading Tutors program utilizing cross-age tutors instead of parents. The study was conducted by a school psychologist employed by the Hays Unified School...
Police docket ledger book (manuscript) of Dodge City from between the years 1878 through 1882. Includes signatures of famous lawmen such as Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, etc. Size is 11" wide; 16" high.
The researcher investigated substance use in rural Kansas fifth and sixth graders. Independent variables were gender, family structure, perceived relationship with parents, family substance use, attitude towards family, peer substance use, and...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate variables related to educators' comfort levels with classroom initiatives identified in the Quality Performance Accreditation document as demonstrated by philosophical support of the initiatives,...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of educators pertaining to AIDS. Surveys were mailed to 212 educators employed in two districts in Southwestern Kansas. A total of 128 complete surveys were returned. Of...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the effect of three levels of hands-on science instruction, gender, and socioeconomic status on science content achievement of students in grade five. The independent variables studied were: method...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate burnout in school administrators. The independent variables were: 1. Gender, two levels: (1) male and (2) female; 2. Years in present position, four levels: (1) 5 or less, (2) 6 to 10, (3) 11 to 15,...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate burnout in teachers of public and private or parochial schools. The independent variables were: (1) type of school, (2) gender, (3) total years of teaching experience, and (4) grade level assignment....
A 3 cent stamp with a cancellation stamp on top of it is in the left hand corner. The cancellation has Lawrence K. T. Jul 2. Below that is #11 Lawrence K T 15 written in pencil.
A group of 35 adult medical-surgical patients were administered the Hospital Experienced Control Scale (HECS), a 12 item questionnaire modeled on the Experienced Control (EC) Scale. The HECS was presented to the Ss twice, while they were patients...
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Asthma is a chronic condition that affects individuals of all ages and its prevalence is on the rise (Yen, Yelin, Katz, Eisner, & Blanc, 2006). The prevalence is highest in the United States and Canada (Lougheed. 2007). Poorly controlled...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate variables related to teachers’ perceptions of inservice effectiveness. The following nine independent variables were investigated: teacher involvement during inservice planning; teacher...
The rapid growth of computer information technologies (ClTs) has made a significant difference in our society. CITs are changing the learning methods from traditional face to face teaching 10 different types of distance teaching/education...
The purpose of the researcher was to make a pilot investigation of faculty attitudes towards students of color. The following independent variables were investigated: race, number of students of color taught, area of specialization, location,...
The purpose of the researcher was to study fear of success in high school students. The sample consisted of 127 of which 64 were female and 63 were male. The total sample consisted of 43 freshmen, 28 sophomores, 37 juniors, and 19 seniors. The...
A four-year study from 1980 through 1983 assessed the population dynamics, flowering dynamics, and biomass allocation in a population of Yucca glauca. The number of plants that flowered during the four-year period ranged from 57 in 1983 to 282 in...
The "Merci" Train for Kansas was given to the college on November 11, 1949, to express the gratitude of the French people for the help received from the United States following World War II in 1947. The car was between Forsyth Library/McCartney...
French Merci Car; Gratitude; Fort Hays Kansas State College
The "Merci" Train for Kansas was given to the college on November 11, 1949, to express the gratitude of the French people for the help received from the United States following World War II in 1947. The car was between Forsyth Library/McCartney...
French Merci Car; Gratitude; Fort Hays Kansas State College
A letter from M. McBride to his brother, Thomas, in Richland, Ohio regarding papers that he had signed. M. McBride wrote that he had been threshing for the past three weeks and about the corn crop being a failure due to grasshoppers.
The Calvert ash bed, Ogallala Group (Miocene), was examined using three geologic subdisciplines, tephrochronology, geochemistry, and stratigraphy, to identify distinctive characteristics that would allow accurate correlation of the Calvert ash and...
The Blonquist Rockshelter, Summit County Utah (NE ¼, Sec. 23, T2N, R6E), is a west-facing bedrock alcove formed in the Eocene Wasatch Formation. The shelter is located on the northern flank of the Uinta Mountains, approximately 80 km northeast of...
An investigation was made to determine the hemoglobin levels of a sample of an adult population. The problem was three-fold in purpose: (1) to determine the number of adults having a low hemoglobin, (2) to determine if there was a difference in the...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate high school students' attitude toward and use of alcohol. The following independent variables were investigated: gender, grade level, peer attitude, parental attitude, and knowledge of alcohol....
The purpose of the research was to investigate students at risk of developing eating disorders. The sample consisted of 192 junior high and high school students. A total of five null hypotheses was tested. Seven independent variables were tested:...
The purpose of the research was to investigate students at risk of developing eating disorders. The sample consisted of 107 junior high and high school students. A total of five null hypotheses were tested. Seven independent variables were...
We are all global citizens, with individual, national, global legal and moral responsibilities. With the internet, the increasing number of daily direct flights that connect world capital cities like New York, Tokyo, Milan and Amsterdam to name a...
