The purpose for which this study was designed was to present a useful aid to those prospective business teachers who would be considering a teaching position at a Kansas or Oklahoma Junior College. It was the intent of the study to give needed...
This study compared three types of outcome evaluation techniques currently used in community mental health center evaluation programs. They were the subjective report scales of the Denver Community Mental Health Questionnaire (DCMHQ,), Goal...
The purpose of this study was to design a developmental reading program for high school, which will (1) give basic instruction in reading to all students as a part of the curriculum; (2) provide guidance for the improvement of instruction in...
Two factor analyses were conducted on the functions that master's level clinical psychologists perform, and on their employers' preferred training models as indicated by questionnaires returned from 400 mental health agencies west of the...
One of the major issues facing Marymount College of Kansas is the provision for a more total relevant experience along with its academic courses for its business administration students. Marymount College, also, wants to give continued service to...
A study was conducted in selected hydric and mesic lowland sites in Western Kansas. The objective was to collect as many as possible of the plant species present and give an ecological description of the successional units.
A total of 105 species...
The purpose of this report was to present information in regard to school buildings insurance in Kansas. This study was planned to acquaint administrators, school board members, teachers, and interested parties with possible school buildings...
The purpose of this study was to explore one aspect of self-concept in divorced women. The study was concerned with differences in experienced control between a group of wives, a group of recently divorced women, and a group of women who had been...
The purpose of this study was to develop a satisfactory method of mapping plant communities, and to provide data on the vegetation of the communities. The study area was located near Hays, Kansas. Data were collected by using the point transect...
The purpose of this study is to determine the need for a better school-community relationship, and a suggested solution of the problems involved, if there be need for improvement of the relationship of school and community.
Seed bank composition and floristic species diversity were examined in the spring seep zone of the marsh ridge community at Haberer’s Salf Marsh in central Kansas. One hundred cores were collected in the spring seep zone on each of the four...
The purpose of this study was to find contributing factors influencing teachers in selected high schools of Western Kansas to change teaching positions. No previous study or survey was located which dealt with this problem in Kansas.
The procedure...
A pilot study was conducted near Lamar in the sandhills in southeastern Colorado during the summer of 1958. The purpose of the investigation was to determine the species of plants and animals present in the area and the relative abundance of each...
The purpose of this study was (1) to determine the procedures employed in identifying intellectually gifted children attending the elementary Catholic schools of the Diocese of Wichita, Kansas; (2) to determine the type or types of programs...
The purpose of this research was to present a qualitative study interpreting the perceptions of North Central Association Self Study participants and implementers at a midwestern community college regarding 29 substantive institutional changes...
A study was conducted at Moore’s ponds, nine miles south and six mile west of Hays, Ellis County, Kansas. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between plant communities and the water depths in these communities in a Western...
Finding out the post secondary educational pursuits of the 1961 and 1962 Mitchell County high school graduates as well as their opinions concerning the nine areas of study of their high schools was the purpose of this study. A total of 265...
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the concepts of superintendents in selected public school districts in Nebraska regarding their priorities of competencies in educational administration which they believe superintendents should...
The purpose of this study was (1) to determine the feasibility of organizing and adopting shared time programs to secure additional instruction and services for individual students of public and nonpublic schools; (2) to determine the procedures...
The specific problems of this field study were: (1) to find the major reasons why the graduates of the former Prairie View High School left the community and established residence outside the immediate area; (2) to find why the graduates who did...
The primary intention of this study was to investigate and determine the concepts of the presidents of the boards in one hundred selected school districts in Nebraska regarding their priorities of competencies that they seek in their evaluation and...
Sociology is in transition form a natural history phase of science toward a true science. This period of transition is marked by numerous efforts at codification of theory. This report explores some of the ways in which the concept...
This survey attempted to measure evaluative, cognitive, and predicted behavioral components of the attitudes of Fort Hays Kansas State College students towards the High Plains Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center, the Psychological Service...
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...
Teacher questionnaires were distributed to a community public school system that employed 234 teachers. A total of 58 teachers returned usable questionnaires. The questionnaire surveyed teachers' knowledge and attitudes about epilepsy in several...
The purpose of this study was two-fold. First, to determine what the cities of Western Kansas are doing to attract industry and what industries already located in Western Kansas looked for when they chose a particular city in which to locate. ...
This study, based largely on the extensive use of primary source materials, including federal and state census records, state agency reports, state and local election returns, and newspaper accounts, addresses the rise of the populist movement in...
In this paper an integration theory is used combining the threshold theory of Stanley Hoffman and the crisis theory of Louis Pye. The threshold theory maintains that there are propitious times in history when national and international goals of...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate adolescents’ feelings of belongingness. The following independent variables were investigated: family structure, quality of family life, gender, classification, and length of residency. The...
Although the concept of alienation is not new in American literature, it is a theme which has appeared with growing frequency and intensity in the past two decades. Among the many contemporary writers to deal with the problem of alienation, J.D....
This investigation was conducted on Big Creek near Hays, Kansas. The study area, in the mixed-prairie association, is in the post-climax stage of succession. The principal plants of the area were: American eh, green ash, catalpa, Virginia wild rye,...
This study is a program evaluation of the Community Support Services program at High Plains Mental Health Center. The Community Support Services program utilizes the Kansas Case Management model for the Severe and Persistently Mentally Ill,...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate family structure, quality of family life, academic achievement, grade placement and student gender. Independent variables were family structure, quality of family life, gender and grade placement. ...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of agricultural noise on farm workers' auditory thresholds before and after a work day's exposure during the harvest season. Twenty volunteer subjects from a small farming community in North...
Eighteen students, nine handicapped and nine non-handicapped ranging in age from 3-0 t o 4-11, who at tended an early childhood education center in a small community in northwest Kansas participated in this study. This study investigated the...
The purpose of this study was to review the results of the Republic of Korea's agricultural development programs and the food situation in relation to the present government's efforts (1959-1967) to modernize agriculture by the use of analyzing...
Small mammals were trapped on four habitats; cropland, roadside ditch, pasture, and remnant grassland. The small mammal community of each of these habitats were compared on the basis of richness, evenness, diversity, and similarity. The cropland...
Research on attitudes about Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) indicates that stigma and stereotyping of AIDS victims, homosexual or not presents a real problem in the delivery of quality, nurturant care. The purpose of this investigation...
Negative fetal effects of maternal smoking are well documented in the literature. Survey data suggests as many as 22% of women may smoke during pregnancy (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001). However, few studies have examined the...
Eight riparian sites along the two major rivers in Ellis County, Kansas, were studied during summer of 1978. Studies were designed to elucidate historical intensity of livestock grazing, vegetative cover and structure, and avian...
From the mid-nineteenth century until the early decades of the twentieth century, medicine underwent a tremendous transformation. No longer was medicine to be based on archaic theories that were grounded on unquantifiable guesswork. Instead,...
In this essay, I argue that a skills-and-drills only curriculum is insufficient in basic writing courses at community colleges. Though prerequisite, noncredit, precollege writing courses were created to address students’ writing deficits,...
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The most common type of antibiotics prescribed in the U.S. and worldwide for clinical infections are beta lactams. It is estimated that 28 million pounds of antibiotics a year are consumed in the U.S. with approximate equal usage between...
The purpose of this study was to compare selected aspects of structure and function of two grassland communities. The climax plant community had not been grazed for fifteen year. The successional community was farmed for twenty-four years...
Sects constitute a force in the Christian religion, in addition to Protestantism and Roman Catholicism, in most communities of the United States. Sects have a basically negative religious orientation. An important distinction between sects and...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the satisfaction of community college students with academics, admissions and registration procedures, non-academic college atmosphere, and facilities. The sample consisted of 142 sophomore community...
Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) towns in western Kansas appeared to be distinct communities scattered among geographically diverse regions. During the summer months of 1975-1977, prairie dog towns in western Kansas were surveyed....
Vegetational composition and the origin of surface water were studied during 2007 and 2008 at two small (<3 ha) wetlands in Ellis County in west central Kansas. Methods used to analyze plant community composition included line transects, point...
This thesis represents research conducted on the topic of consolidation of correctional and probational field services in the state of Kansas. Many years of prior research and recommendations have gone into this topic from several task forces...
Although the amount of theatre being performed in Hays, Kansas in 1978 had been relatively limited in comparison with some other cities, the good attendance at University theatre productions and at performances by touring companies and occasional...
Local norms in curriculum based assessment (CBA) for Kindergarten and First Grade were developed In Math and Reading for a rural Iowa community school district. One minute CBA probes of Counting Figures, Number RecognItion, Addition, Subtraction,...
The purpose of this document is to present a series of curriculum designs for a variety of Associate’s Degree Information Technology IT programs. The proposed targets of these designs are technical schools, community colleges, and universities...
The purpose of this investigation was to collect information concerning the species and community distributional patterns on an undisturbed hillside in West-Central Kansas.
Percentage composition and percentage frequency of grasses and forbs were...
The soils under four small plant communities were studied to determine the cause of vegetation heterogeneity within a designed Buchloe-Bouteloua community. Sixteen relicate stands, four each of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi), western wheatgrass...
The purpose of this study was to compare American and Cyprus secondary education, in regard to purposes, content, organization and presentation in an attempt to arrive at unbiased generalizations whereby the two systems might be viewed more...
ABSTRACT Previous studies indicate the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) alters its environment through grazing, clipping, and burrowing, which affect plant community composition, cover, species richness, and biomass. Previous...
Various grassland bird species have exhibited population declines over the past 60 years. Recent interest in understanding the causes for the decline in grassland birds has prompted numerous research studies. Several studies have focused on changes...
A detailed analysis of the shoreline vegetation occurring on old cultivated fields was conducted at Cedar Bluff Reservoir. In addition, the vegetation of each shoreline community or zone was correlated with the history of previous inundation on...
Disturbance of ecosystems by road construction results in habitat fragmentation and edge effects. Studies assessing effect of road construction on the native plant communities and dispersal of exotic plant species have indicated this type of...
Shiftwork scheduling in nursing can lead to diminished health status, quality of
life and job dissatisfaction, and it can contribute significantly to decreases in the quality
of patient care. In light of the current nursing shortage, and the...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the attitudes toward drinking and alcohol use of students in small high schools. The six independent variables investigated were grade level, gender, community, Perceived Peer Attitude Toward...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate factors affecting attitude toward use of alcohol of 6th and 8th grade students. There were 68 students in the sixth grade (41 males and 27 females) and 60 students in the eighth grade (31 males and...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate factors associated with attitudes toward the use of tobacco of 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students. The independent variables investigated were age, grade level, gender, community, perceived parental...
The purpose of the researcher was to study fear of success among community college students. The sample included 160 students, 98 females and 62 males. The independent variables were gender, Bem Sex Role, self-esteem, age, college classification,...
This thesis is an analysis of the military activities of the federal government at Fort Hays, Kansas, 1865-1889, and demonstrates that the army played a significant role in the settlement of the West. Major sources used in this study were memoirs...
The purpose of this study was to establish the validity of the Mini-Mult for the use with the population of psychiatric patients seen at the High Plains Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center. A group of 75 psychiatric patients consecutively...
"The phenotype of two Andropogon gerardii subspecies, big bluestem and sand bluestem, varies broadly throughout the Great Plains of North America, giving rise to ecotypes within the species. This study sought to discriminate between genetic and...
The objective of this study was to describe the internet GIS implementation in the City of Hays and Ellis County, Kansas, then compare it to examples of implementation from other similar communities. Geospatial resources were consolidated from both...
I estimated habitat breadths, characterized by type of range site, plant community, ground cover, and vegetation type, for six species of small mammals at Fort Riley Military Reservation, northeastern Kansas, in 1990, 1991, and 1992. A mean habitat...
Herbage dynamics of three plant communities were estimated from June, 1971, to May, 1972, on a Mixed Prairie grassland in Trego County, Kansas. Specific functional attributes estimated were: (1) net primary production, (2) productivity rates, and...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate Attitudes Toward Alcohol and Use of Alcohol of students in three southwest Kansas high schools. The following independent variables were investigated: Perceived Peer Attitude Toward Alcohol,...
While Hispanic women’s risk for poor birth outcomes is increasing due to immigration and acculturation, Hispanic use of prenatal care remains the lowest of all ethnic groups. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the relationship...
The purpose of this study was to present a histor1cal study of Belleville High School. More specifically, it was concerned with the curriculum development from 1933 to 1965. The study was limited to the following: 1. Setting and history of the c1ty...
Home- range size, population density, distributions, and territoriality of small mammals were studied from April through August of 1965, in a relict grassland area 1.5 miles southwest of Hays, Ellis County, Kansas. Home ranges were determined from...
This study was designed to ascertain and record the leadership of Dr. James I. Costigan in the Communication Department at Fort Hays State University. Costigan was a man who believed in life and while he worked toward his vision, fulfilling his...
This study examined the level of knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management among practicing ADN prepared nurses and nursing students in the last year of nursing school in Associate degree programs. The literature reflects that nurses...
This study examined the concept of life satisfaction among the aged. Two major variables were examined in relation to life satisfaction. The first was institutionalization, which has been found to be a relevant variable for attitudes, interests and...
The present study sought to examine whether motivation as measured by 16 motives the Reiss Profile of Fundamental Goals and Motivation Sensitivities could predict the relative importance of goals as measured by the Aspiration Index. Five motive...
Although much scholarship has been devoted to the study of the bildungsroman form and the novels of American ethnic women authors, the two topics have yet to be studied together extensively. Al though critics have attempted to address the writing...
The objectives of this study were (1) to describe the species diversity of the vegetaiton occurring throughout the various siol series sampled, (2) to determine the presence of absence of any “indicator species”, and (3) to delineate major...
Net shoot production in a mature Mixed Prairie community was estimated at 296 g/m[squared] by the harvest method. This estimate was obtained by adding the 126 g/m[squared] estimated as the loss that occurred from the green biomass during the...
In today's healthcare providing an atmosphere that facilitates nurses to be empowered and satisfied with their job is a challenge for hospitals and nursing administrators. The nursing environment provides the elements necessary for nurses to...
This descriptive, comparative study examined freshmen and sophomore student perceptions of faculty caring behaviors in an associate degree nursing program. The literature review reflected sparse research studies or student perceptions of caring....
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate opinions of recovering substance abuse counselors concerning unique dual relationships. The independent variables were length of time in recovery, length of time in field (amount of work experience),...
This study investigated the relation between optimism, depression, and externalizing problems among children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A small community sample of children with ADHD (N=11) completed measures of...
