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Title: The "Chastoiement" and the "Decameron": Rhetorical "examples" of vernacularization.
Creator: Roman, Marco David., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Some of the greatest names in medieval literature, Chretien de Troyes, Jean de Meun, Brunetto Latini, and Chaucer, to name a few, proudly include their vernacular adaptations of popular Latin sources within the corpus of their literary work. Yet, as Peter Dembowski points out, critics have paid little attention to the actual mechanics involved in the vernacularization practices. While the common medieval literary processes of auctoritas, translatio, and conjointure linked by Karl D. Uitti to...
Show moreSome of the greatest names in medieval literature, Chretien de Troyes, Jean de Meun, Brunetto Latini, and Chaucer, to name a few, proudly include their vernacular adaptations of popular Latin sources within the corpus of their literary work. Yet, as Peter Dembowski points out, critics have paid little attention to the actual mechanics involved in the vernacularization practices. While the common medieval literary processes of auctoritas, translatio, and conjointure linked by Karl D. Uitti to the development of courtly vernacular literature are known to function in the transference of source texts to the vernacular, the role of rhetoric, an aspect of the conjointure process, has as yet remained unexplored., Taking as its study the popular Latin tale collection, the Disciplina clericalis which appeared as a common source in almost all the vernacular literatures of Western Europe and which enjoyed a tremendous popularity throughout the Middle Ages, this study analyzes how one French vernacularized tale collection, the anonymous thirteenth-century Chastoiement d'un pere a son fils and the Decameron recast through rhetorical manipulation three of the tales found in the Disciplina., The two prologues of the vernacularizations reveal the outline of a specific rhetorical scheme employed by the vernacularizer in the "adaptation" of the individual tales. Each of the clerks chooses the rhetorical method of argumentation best suited to his purpose. The tales present themselves as the elaborations of one part of the particular rhetorical scheme chosen by the clerk. Thus, rhetorical training not only aides the medieval clerk in the embellishment of the material but also serves him in the "translation" of the material to the new audience. Just as the development of courtly literature depended on the scholastic practices of the interdependent literary processes of auctoritas, translatio, and conjointure, so too the establishment of "bourgeois" literature relied on these same procedures as exercised by the clerks of the courtly tradition. Through these processes and rhetorical techniques, the clerks produced works in the vernacular that took their place next to the source texts.
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Date Issued: 1993, 1993
Identifier: AAI9402511, 3088188, FSDT3088188, fsu:76995
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Title: THE "HOLY EXPERIMENT": AN EXAMINATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS UPON THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL PHILOSOPHY (QUAKERS, RENAL, PRISON REFORM).
Creator: CROMWELL, PAUL FRANK., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The Quaker era in American corrections is traditionally characterized in criminological literature as the brief experiment with substitution of imprisonment for the sanguinary corporal and capital punishments of England and the other colonies by William Penn in 1682, and as the subsequent rebirth of the philosophy by Philadelphia Quakers between 1790-1840., The premise underlying this research is that the origin and evolution of American correctional philosophy cannot be fully and accurately...
Show moreThe Quaker era in American corrections is traditionally characterized in criminological literature as the brief experiment with substitution of imprisonment for the sanguinary corporal and capital punishments of England and the other colonies by William Penn in 1682, and as the subsequent rebirth of the philosophy by Philadelphia Quakers between 1790-1840., The premise underlying this research is that the origin and evolution of American correctional philosophy cannot be fully and accurately understood from any perspective that limits the Quaker influence to early periods of American history. The study elaborates the direct and indirect influence of a Quaker social reform movement which began in Europe in 1670 and continues today as a vital and viable force behind correctional public policy in the United States. Although the strength and impact of the Quaker social reform movement, the "holy experiment," as William Penn termed it, has waxed and waned over the past three centuries, the efforts of the Society of Friends to attain social justice in correctional reform has been a continuous social reform movement., The present research interprets the Quaker correctional reforms in America as a single social movement which evolved in distinct stages over a period of three hundred years. The theoretical frame of reference is a social contextual perspective, which considers the events in the social, political and economic context of the time., The evolution of the American correctional philosophy can be seen as a single, extended social movement which began with the Quaker persecution in Europe and the subsequent migration to America; evolved into an utopian effort to establish a new and better means of dealing with the criminal; and, further developed into a reform effort, diffusing the gospel of the "penitentiary" and the new "prison discipline." Its basic philosophy remained for the next one hundred years the foundation of American correctional policy, only to be reexamined in the mid-twentieth century and found wanting by the same reformers who established it, and the struggle for reform began again.
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Date Issued: 1986, 1986
Identifier: AAI8612198, 3086301, FSDT3086301, fsu:75784
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Title: THE "INNER GAME" APPROACH TO MOTOR SKILL LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE: AN INVESTIGATION INTO A SUGGESTED SUBCONSCIOUS MOTOR MECHANISM.
Creator: AUSTIN, JEFFREY STEWART., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The "inner game" approach to skill acquisition and performance as presented by Gallwey was investigated in this study. His ideas were transposed into a working model which, in turn, formed the basis for all hypotheses in this study. Performance on an electronic video game was measured across two levels of "inner game" cueing, three levels of conscious attention blocking, and control, for both novice and advanced skill levels. A total of 120 subjects was utilized (72 male; 48 female). A...
Show moreThe "inner game" approach to skill acquisition and performance as presented by Gallwey was investigated in this study. His ideas were transposed into a working model which, in turn, formed the basis for all hypotheses in this study. Performance on an electronic video game was measured across two levels of "inner game" cueing, three levels of conscious attention blocking, and control, for both novice and advanced skill levels. A total of 120 subjects was utilized (72 male; 48 female). A preliminary test on the experimental apparatus (electronic video game) was used to determine skill level. Subjects were then assigned to groups (N = 10) by random stratification based on sex., Data in this study suggest that under certain dual processing conditions, learning and performance are facilitated. The cueing method advocated by Gallwey was effective in both the novice (learning) and advanced (performing) groups. However, all aspects of the working model are not supported in this study. Nevertheless, those groups that functioned with a secondary task designd to block conscious attention performed as well as control subjects., The approach presented by Gallwey, while in need of further exploration, may be considered a viable instructional strategy. The results are discussed in relation to previous findings reported in the motor learning literature.
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Date Issued: 1981, 1981
Identifier: AAI8201611, 3085091, FSDT3085091, fsu:74589
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Title: The "noble experiment" in Tampa: A study of prohibition in urban America.
Creator: Alduino, Frank William., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Prohibition sprang forth from the Progressive Era--the widespread reform movement that swept across the United States at the turn of the century. Responding to the dramatic changes in American society since the end of the Civil War, the Progressive movement encompassed a wide array of individuals and groups advocating a far-reaching program of economic, political, and social reform. For over forty years temperance zealots strived to impose their values on the whole of American society,...
Show moreProhibition sprang forth from the Progressive Era--the widespread reform movement that swept across the United States at the turn of the century. Responding to the dramatic changes in American society since the end of the Civil War, the Progressive movement encompassed a wide array of individuals and groups advocating a far-reaching program of economic, political, and social reform. For over forty years temperance zealots strived to impose their values on the whole of American society, particularly on the rapidly expanding immigrant population. These alien newcomers epitomized the transformation of the country from rural to urban, from agricultural to industrial., Rapidly-expanding urban centers were often the battleground between prohibitionists and supporters of the whiskey traffic. European immigrants, retaining their traditional values, gravitated to metropolitan areas such as Boston, New York, and Chicago. With the opening of the cigar industry in the mid-1880s, Tampa, Florida also began attracting large numbers of immigrants. Because of its pluralistic composition, the city might serve as a microcosm of the national struggle between the "wet" and "dry" forces., Using newspapers, oral interviews, and other primary materials, this study traces the various aspects of the prohibition movement in the city of Tampa. In addition, it details other peripheral areas associated with the advent of the Eighteenth Amendment including the drug and alien trades. Finally, this study examines the lengthy efforts to repeal the "Noble Experiment" and return legalized drinking back to Tampa.
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Date Issued: 1989, 1989
Identifier: AAI8915736, 3161760, FSDT3161760, fsu:77959
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Title: THE "OLD SUMPTER HERO": A BIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR-GENERAL ABNER DOUBLEDAY.
Creator: RAMSEY, DAVID MORGAN., The Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Abner Doubleday was an unusual and often a controversial person. Born into a family staunchly supporting Andrew Jackson, Doubleday reflected the determined Unionist position of the strong-willed president. Abner's attitude towards the Union was later vividly demonstrated at Fort Sumter. A mediocre career at West Point illustrated Doubleday's lack of desire to excel although he possessed the ability to do so. The controversy over the origin of baseball, although Doubleday was never directly...
Show moreAbner Doubleday was an unusual and often a controversial person. Born into a family staunchly supporting Andrew Jackson, Doubleday reflected the determined Unionist position of the strong-willed president. Abner's attitude towards the Union was later vividly demonstrated at Fort Sumter. A mediocre career at West Point illustrated Doubleday's lack of desire to excel although he possessed the ability to do so. The controversy over the origin of baseball, although Doubleday was never directly involved in the question, was the first of several controversies with which Abner Doubleday's name is associated., Doubleday never seemed satisfied with his early life. In his papers he continually referred to people, prominent in later years, which he knew. While serving in the Mexican War, Doubleday continually felt the need to relate the dangerous situations in which he was placed. He seemed to want to demonstrate his personal responsibilities, which while actually meager, he viewed as of supreme importance. Doubleday apparently wanted to be a famous, bold cavalier, but realized he failed to accomplish his objective and stressed his "noble" deeds., Doubleday loved large cities and the benefits they offered a person. He liked being in the right social circles and enjoyed the "good life." By 1852, while serving as a commissioner for the Senate, Doubleday had come to despise Mexico and the Mexicans. By 1858, while serving in Florida, he disliked the inconveniences of chasing "savages." With secession in 1860 Doubleday no longer liked Charlestonians; later extending his revulsion to all Confederates., With the crisis at Sumter in 1861 Doubleday was greatly troubled. The affront to the United States government was almost more than he could bear. With the outbreak of the war, Doubleday was more than willing to fight the rebels. A dependable, if unspectacular soldier, Doubleday served well during the Civil War. While no one accused him of original thinking militarily, his men always fought well. Gettysburg was Doubleday's finest hour but became his final hour in the Civil War when he could not countenance serving under a junior officer., It seems strange that Doubleday served in the Freedmen's Bureau since his superior was none other than his old enemy from Gettysburg, O.O. Howard. Doubleday's service in California brought the controversy over the origin of the cable car. Retirement from the army in 1873 brought out several new qualities in Abner Doubleday. He wrote books, read French and Spanish literature, and became interested in the occult and became a believer in theosophy., Doubleday was a colorful figure in nineteenth century America. He was associated with several significant events in the growth of the nation. Doubleday represented, possibly to an extreme, the attitude of many American Unionists and supporters of Manifest Destiny. His commitment to a united nation is similar to Lincoln's attitude. Doubleday not only vocalized this sentiment, but, like Lincoln, was prepared to fight for his belief. Abner Doubleday was an intense American. He desired a strong, powerful United States and opposed those not supporting such a course.
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Date Issued: 1980, 1980
Identifier: AAI8019606, 2989604, FSDT2989604, fsu:74111
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Title: THE "SACRED HARP" SINGING GROUP AS AN INSTANCE OF NON-FORMAL EDUCATION.
Creator: MITCHELL, HENRY CHESTERFIELD., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1976, 1976
Identifier: AAI7629464, 2988342, FSDT2988342, fsu:72849
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Title: The "talk" of returning women graduate students: An ethnographic study of reality construction.
Creator: McKenna, Alexis Yvonne., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study looked at women's internal experience of graduate school. In particular, it focused on the experience of women returning full-time to graduate school after an extended time-out for careers and/or family. The questions examined were: (1) how do returning women "name and frame" their experience? (2) what, if any, is the relationship between the way the women "name and frame" their experience and their response to it? and, (3) what role does the researcher-as-interviewer play in the...
Show moreThis study looked at women's internal experience of graduate school. In particular, it focused on the experience of women returning full-time to graduate school after an extended time-out for careers and/or family. The questions examined were: (1) how do returning women "name and frame" their experience? (2) what, if any, is the relationship between the way the women "name and frame" their experience and their response to it? and, (3) what role does the researcher-as-interviewer play in the construction of the data?, Data were collected through a series of three ethnographic interviews with 12 returning women, ranging in age from 28 to 50. Two of the twelve women were single, two were widowed, seven were divorced and one was divorced and remarried. Eight of the women had children., Analysis of the data showed that returning women, as a group, "named and framed" their experience in terms of change. Some women wanted to change self-image or self-concept while others wanted to acquire a new set of skills or credentials. Individually, the women "named and framed" their experiences in terms of an internalized "meaning-making map" acquired in the family of origin but modified through adult experiences. This "map" told them who they were and what kind of a life they could have. It gave their "talk" and behavior a consistency that could be recognized; it could make life easier or harder. A woman who felt she must "prove" herself, for example, found graduate school more difficult than a woman who wanted to "work smart.", The researcher-as-interviewer influenced the construction of data through her presence as well as through the kinds of questions she asked. The women understood and gave meaning to their experiences through the process of explaining them to the interviewer. The insights gained through this process of "shared talk" influenced future action and decisions.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9024104, 3162005, FSDT3162005, fsu:78203
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: THE 'PRESENT ETERNITE' OF 'TROILUS AND CRISEYDE.'.
Creator: LORRAH, JEAN., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1968, 1968
Identifier: AAI6911311, 2985871, FSDT2985871, fsu:70380
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: THE (CARBON-12,BERYLLIUM-8) AND (CARBON-12,CARBON-12) REACTIONS ON EVEN CALCIUM ISOTOPES.
Creator: MORGAN, GORDON REESE., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1975, 1975
Identifier: AAI7613821, 2988196, FSDT2988196, fsu:72703
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: THE (CARBON-12,BERYLLIUM-8) AND (OXYGEN-16,BERYLLIUM-8) REACTIONS ON CARBON-12, OXYGEN-16, AND SILICON-28 NUCLEI.
Creator: ARTZ, JERRY LEE., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1974, 1974
Identifier: AAI7418065, 2987599, FSDT2987599, fsu:72106
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: (oxygen-16 + thorium-232) incomplete fusion followed by fission at 140 MeV.
Creator: Gavathas, Evangelos P., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Cross sections for incomplete fusion followed by fission have been measured for the reaction ($\sp{16}$O + $\sp{232}$Th) at 140 MeV. In plane and out of plane measurements were made of cross sections for beamlike fragments in coincidence with fission fragments. The beamlike fragments were detected with the Florida State large acceptance Bragg curve spectrometer. The detector was position sensitive in the polar direction. The beamlike particles observed in coincidence with fission fragments...
Show moreCross sections for incomplete fusion followed by fission have been measured for the reaction ($\sp{16}$O + $\sp{232}$Th) at 140 MeV. In plane and out of plane measurements were made of cross sections for beamlike fragments in coincidence with fission fragments. The beamlike fragments were detected with the Florida State large acceptance Bragg curve spectrometer. The detector was position sensitive in the polar direction. The beamlike particles observed in coincidence with fission fragments were He, Li, Be, B, C, N and O. Fission fragments were detected by three surface barrier detectors using time of flight for particle identification. The reaction cross section due to incomplete fusion is 747 $\pm$ 112 mB, or 42% of the total fission cross section. The strongest incomplete fusion channels were the helium and carbon channels. The average transferred angular momentum for each incomplete fusion channel was calculated using the $Q\sb{opt}$ model of Wilczynski, and the angular correlation was calculated using the saddle point transition state model. The K distribution was determined from the Rotating Liquid Drop model. The theoretical angular distributions were fitted to the experimental angular distributions with the angular momentum J and the dealignment factor $\alpha\sb{o}$ as free parameters. The fitted parameter J was in excellent agreement with the $Q\sb{opt}$ model predictions. The conclusions of this study are that the incomplete fusion cross section is a large part of the total cross section, and that the saddle point transition state model adequately describes the observed angular correlations for fission following incomplete fusion.
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Date Issued: 1993, 1993
Identifier: AAI9334278, 3088176, FSDT3088176, fsu:76983
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Title: 125-Iodine: a probe in radiobiology.
Creator: Warters, Raymond Leon
Date Issued: 1976
Identifier: AAI7722169, 2988583, FSDT2988583, fsu:73090
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Title: THE 1928 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN FLORIDA.
Creator: HUGHES, MELVIN EDWARD, JR., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1976, 1976
Identifier: AAI7629450, 2988331, FSDT2988331, fsu:72838
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Title: THE 1964 WISCONSIN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY: GEORGE C. WALLACE.
Creator: WINDLER, CHARLES WILLIAM, JR., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: In 1963, Alabama Governor George C. Walace defied a court order by Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach to integrate the University of Alabama. This incident turned the governor into a national celebrity and led to a number of speaking engagements across the country. During one of these engagements, Wallace indicated an interest in entering certain presidential primaries in the North in order to campaign against the pending national civil rights legislation. The Wisconsin Democratic...
Show moreIn 1963, Alabama Governor George C. Walace defied a court order by Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach to integrate the University of Alabama. This incident turned the governor into a national celebrity and led to a number of speaking engagements across the country. During one of these engagements, Wallace indicated an interest in entering certain presidential primaries in the North in order to campaign against the pending national civil rights legislation. The Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary was the first of these races., Since President Lyndon Johnson had the Democratic presidential nomination for the asking, little attention was given to the Wallace candidacy. Governor John Reynolds was selected to run against Wallace as the Democraic favorite-son candidate, and the Republicans chose Representative John Byrnes as their favorite-son candidate. When the votes were cast on April 7, the entire nation was surprised at the large number of votes obtained by Wallace., Upon examination of the conditions and events prior to and during the presidential primary campaign, the following factors apparently contributed to the surprising showing of Governor Wallace: (1) An open primary system existed in Wisconsin that allowed a large Republican cross-over vote for Wallace; (2) The Republican favorite-son candidate had no opponent; (3) The Democratic party was divided over their favorite-son candidate, one of the most unpopular Governors in the political history of Wisconsin; (4) Wallace's opponents waged a personal defamation campaign based on Wallace's reputation as a racist to which Wallace did not respond; and (5) Some white residents of Wisconsin were afraid of the increasing civil rights demands of the black population. These factors served to gain support and sympathy for the Wallace candidacy and to focus national attention on the Alabama governor as he conducted subsequent campaigns in Maryland and Indiana.
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Date Issued: 1983, 1983
Identifier: AAI8324936, 3085645, FSDT3085645, fsu:75137
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The 1988 World Bank policy study on education in sub-Saharan Africa revisited: A value-critical policy inquiry.
Creator: Ota, Cleaver Chakawuya., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The spirit and logic of the 1988 World Bank report resides in the trilogy that is its subtitle: adjustment, revitalization and expansion. In the context of ongoing austerity in Africa, it is strongly asserted that a fundamental restructuring of education is necessary to improve efficiency, effectiveness and equity in education. Controversial adjustment reforms proposed include measures that will substantially shift the burden of educational finance from government to students, parents, and...
Show moreThe spirit and logic of the 1988 World Bank report resides in the trilogy that is its subtitle: adjustment, revitalization and expansion. In the context of ongoing austerity in Africa, it is strongly asserted that a fundamental restructuring of education is necessary to improve efficiency, effectiveness and equity in education. Controversial adjustment reforms proposed include measures that will substantially shift the burden of educational finance from government to students, parents, and other parties. Such measures include cost recovery and the reduction of teachers' salaries among other things., If and only if, adjustment measures have been implemented and begun to take hold, then revitalization and selective expansion may be undertaken. Revitalization and selective expansion will reportedly improve quality and access in education. They include the provision of a minimum package of textbooks and other instructional materials and expansion of primary education to provide universal access., The purpose of this study was to investigate and critically evaluate the knowledge base that undergirds the World Bank study and the technical and political feasibility of the proposed reforms. A multi-methodological research strategy including critical public policy analysis and value-critical policy inquiry was employed., The main findings of this study are that: the data used in the Bank study are unreliable, the knowledge base narrow, the arguments underlying the policy framework of the report, unpersuasive and controversial and the agenda for action internally inconsistent. These criticisms should not detract from the immense value and importance of the document in that it is the first document that critically looks at education in the crisis beleaguered continent.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9130958, 3087595, FSDT3087595, fsu:76411
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Title: 50 MeV lithium-6 scattering from carbon-12, oxygen-16, and beryllium-9 and the calibration of the tensor-polarized lithium-6 beam.
Creator: Trcka, Darryl Eugene., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The experimental work reported consists of (1) the measurements of the angular distributions for the scattering of $\sp6$Li from the targets $\sp9$Be, $\sp{12}$C, and $\sp{16}$O at a lithium bombarding energy of 50 MeV, and (2) the measurement of the tensor polarization of the FSU polarized $\sp6$Li source. 50 MeV data were taken for elastic and inelastic scattering to the 2$\sp+$ (4.44 MeV), 0$\sp+$ (7.65 MeV), and 3$\sp-$ (9.64 MeV) states in $\sp{12}$C, the 5/2$\sp-$ (2.43 MeV) state in $...
Show moreThe experimental work reported consists of (1) the measurements of the angular distributions for the scattering of $\sp6$Li from the targets $\sp9$Be, $\sp{12}$C, and $\sp{16}$O at a lithium bombarding energy of 50 MeV, and (2) the measurement of the tensor polarization of the FSU polarized $\sp6$Li source. 50 MeV data were taken for elastic and inelastic scattering to the 2$\sp+$ (4.44 MeV), 0$\sp+$ (7.65 MeV), and 3$\sp-$ (9.64 MeV) states in $\sp{12}$C, the 5/2$\sp-$ (2.43 MeV) state in $\sp9$Be, and the unresolved 0$\sp+$/3$\sp-$ (6.05/6.13 MeV) and $2\sp{+}/1\sp{-}$ (6.92/7.12 MeV) states in $\sp{16}$O. The measurement of the tensor polarization of the FSU $\sp6$Li source allowed the absolute polarization efficiency of the source-accelerator system to be determined., The analytical work reported consists of a determination of the energy dependence of the optical potential parameters for $\sp6$Li + $\sp{12}$C scattering over the energy range from 11 MeV to 210 MeV. This has been attempted previously and the results have not been successful. A large body of data for $\sp6$Li + $\sp{12}$C allows more severe constraints than in previous studies. The inclusion of an angular momentum-dependent imaginary potential provides a good description of the elastic scattering data and the parameters determined in this study are smoothly varying with energy using Woods-Saxon form factors for the real and imaginary potentials. Inelastic scattering to the 2$\sp+$ (4.44 MeV), 0$\sp+$ (7.65 MeV), and 3$\sp-$ (9.64 MeV) states in $\sp{12}$C are described well using the constructed energy dependent potentials in DWBA calculations. Analysis using the double folded real potential and a Woods-Saxon imaginary potential were performed on the same $\sp6$Li + $\sp{12}$C scattering data from 11 MeV to 210 MeV., The scattering data for 50 MeV $\sp6$Li scattering from the targets $\sp{16}$O and $\sp9$Be are described using optical potentials and DWBA calculations. Less information is obtained from these analyses because data do not exist at this time over a wide enough energy range to provide a constraint on the interaction potentials.
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Date Issued: 1989, 1989
Identifier: AAI9002943, 3161873, FSDT3161873, fsu:78072
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF FACULTY AND STUDENT PARAPROFESSIONAL ACADEMICADVISEMENT PROGRAMS AT THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY.
Creator: MAC ALEESE, ROBERT WILLIAM., Florida State University
Date Issued: 1974, 1974
Identifier: AAI7506290, 3091127, FSDT3091127, fsu:77784
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A comparison of two distinctive preparations for quantitative items in the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
Creator: Kelly, Frances Smith., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The SAT is a major milestone for many high school juniors and seniors. Scoring as high as possible is of utmost concern for college bound students because SAT scores often determine the college or university they may attend and the scholarships they may receive. As a result, those who can financially afford to take prep courses for the SAT do., Over the past forty years research studies have found that SAT preparation increases test scores. These previous studies have been concerned only with...
Show moreThe SAT is a major milestone for many high school juniors and seniors. Scoring as high as possible is of utmost concern for college bound students because SAT scores often determine the college or university they may attend and the scholarships they may receive. As a result, those who can financially afford to take prep courses for the SAT do., Over the past forty years research studies have found that SAT preparation increases test scores. These previous studies have been concerned only with increasing test scores. To date, no study has investigated if one method of preparation produces higher gains than another, nor has any study identified those students for whom preparation is most beneficial. A comparison of methods among existing studies is impossible because most reports do not include the methods or materials used., The contents of most SAT preparatory books deal primarily with a review of the mathematical concepts involved. However, an inspection of several SAT items reveals that the SAT tests more than mere rote calculations and algebraic manipulations--it tests "understanding," "application," and "nonroutine" methods of problem solving. Therefore, the present study was proposed to examine and assess the effectiveness of two methods of student preparation for the SAT-M: the first method of preparation explored content review, solving each item in a rigid traditional manner, and the second method of preparation examines the use of flexible problem solving strategies to answer the items rather than using routine mathematical manipulations., Sixty-two juniors and seniors participated in the study. The results of the study showed that the students taught test-taking strategies scored significantly better than the control group. However, this strategies group did not score significantly better than the group who was taught content. The content group did not score significantly better than the control group. This indicates that students could benefit from instruction in flexible, nonroutine methods of solving SAT-M items efficiently.
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Date Issued: 1992, 1992
Identifier: AAI9306060, 3091100, FSDT3091100, fsu:77757
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Title: A CRITICAL EDITION OF THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF W. B. YEATS'S AUTOMATIC SCRIPT (IRELAND).
Creator: ADAMS, STEVE LAMAR., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: William Butler Yeats's involvement in the esoteric and the occult has attracted considerable interest in the past decade, but much remains unknown about his philosophical development during the period of his life when he was engaged in the most profound spiritual or psychical investigation or experiment of his brilliant career, an experiment which gave birth to A Vision. Often described as the most important work in the canon to the understanding of his art and thought if not his life, this...
Show moreWilliam Butler Yeats's involvement in the esoteric and the occult has attracted considerable interest in the past decade, but much remains unknown about his philosophical development during the period of his life when he was engaged in the most profound spiritual or psychical investigation or experiment of his brilliant career, an experiment which gave birth to A Vision. Often described as the most important work in the canon to the understanding of his art and thought if not his life, this ambitious work represents Yeats's attempt to explain the basic psychological polarities of the human personality, the course of Western civilization, and the evolution and movement of the soul after death. The cogency and gravity of the experiment of investigation which produced a book of these epic proportions cannot be underestimated; indeed, the contents of this well-recorded experiment may well be the most significant body of unexplored Yeats material. The fundamental aim of this study, which includes only the first crucial months of the Automatic Script, is to present to the scholarly world for the first time a transcript of the often obscure, often complex body of materials that led directly to Yeats's most profound work of art. In order to place this manuscript in its proper biographical and critical context, explanatory notes have been included, explicating the essential features of the experiment (i.e., the recording of dates, the authors of questions and responses, the placement of diagrams and notes by George and Yeats, the physical state of the manuscript, etc.) and unraveling or spelling out the numerous references to Yeats's primary works, those appearing prior to as well as those growing directly out of the Automatic Script; special attention has been focused on those materials which were eventually embodied in the 1925 version of A Vision. An editorial, introduction preceding the transcript demonstrates how this momentous experiment was the logical extension of a series of psychical investigations and, in much broader terms, the culmination of a spiritual odyssey that Yeats had begun almost as early as the days of his youth.
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Date Issued: 1982, 1982
Identifier: AAI8416687, 3091121, FSDT3091121, fsu:77778
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Title: A critical edition of W. B. Yeats's automatic script, 11 March-30 December 1918.
Creator: Frieling, Barbara Johnston., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Professor George Mills Harper writes in his recent book The Making of Yeats's 'A Vision': A Study of the Automatic Script that, despite his copious quotations from these unpublished manuscripts, "nothing but the whole will satisfy the truly involved reader." Perhaps the most comprehensive occult papers that have been preserved in the history of psychical research, the 3627 existing pages of the Automatic Script are of extreme interest to Yeats scholars, not only as the source for A Vision but...
Show moreProfessor George Mills Harper writes in his recent book The Making of Yeats's 'A Vision': A Study of the Automatic Script that, despite his copious quotations from these unpublished manuscripts, "nothing but the whole will satisfy the truly involved reader." Perhaps the most comprehensive occult papers that have been preserved in the history of psychical research, the 3627 existing pages of the Automatic Script are of extreme interest to Yeats scholars, not only as the source for A Vision but also as documentation of the creative collaboration between Yeats and his new wife George during the 450 sittings held between 5 Nov 1917 and 28 Mar 1920. This critical edition provides the complete text for that portion of the Automatic Script written during the Yeatses' first visit to Ireland following their marriage. (Under the direction of Professor Harper, Steve L. Adams has edited the first two months of the Script as a doctoral dissertation in 1982, and Sandra Sprayberry is preparing that portion of the Script written between 2 Jan 1919 and 28 Mar 1920.) Included in this dissertation is an editorial introduction describing the methods used by the Yeatses in the automatic writing and its subsequent "codification"; the relationship of the Script to Yeats's 1918 poetry and plays; and the synthesis of his life-long involvement in the occult Yeats achieves in the two versions of A Vision. Extensive endnotes relate the Automatic Script to Yeats's Card File and Vision notebooks as well as to his poetry, plays, and the two versions. Of special note is the emergence of the tower as a major symbol as the Yeatses first occupied Thoor Ballylee, and their growing conviction that their expected child would be the Irish Avatar. The 1918 Script demonstrates clearly that George Yeats was an equal partner in the amazing collaboration that produced A Vision and that provided her husband with metaphors for his later poetry.
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Date Issued: 1987, 1987
Identifier: AAI9016487, 3091117, FSDT3091117, fsu:77774
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Title: A model for reading comprehension.
Creator: Salazar Melendez, Clara Enriqueta., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study intended to provide the information needed when deciding which reading processes to develop in order to improve the reading comprehension of seventh and eighth graders., Of 49 possible variables, Inferences, Text Structure, Decoding, Prior Topical Knowledge, Vocabulary, and NewVocabulary were chosen to create a model for Main Idea performance which was embedded into a model for overall comprehension as measured by a Cloze exercise. The variables having the greatest total effects on...
Show moreThis study intended to provide the information needed when deciding which reading processes to develop in order to improve the reading comprehension of seventh and eighth graders., Of 49 possible variables, Inferences, Text Structure, Decoding, Prior Topical Knowledge, Vocabulary, and NewVocabulary were chosen to create a model for Main Idea performance which was embedded into a model for overall comprehension as measured by a Cloze exercise. The variables having the greatest total effects on comprehension were defined as the most indicated to be included in treatment studies., Subjects were 102 seventh and eighth grade average readers from the Florida Developmental Research School. The materials used were a standardized vocabulary test, a reading passage, a list of decoding words, and a set of 56 questions which measured the included processes., The hypothesized model, which was tested using LISREL 7, was not supported by the data. Improvement in fitness resulted from fixing effects falling on Main Idea and estimating effects falling on the Cloze., In the new model, the included variables explained more Cloze, 62%, than Main Idea, 37% variance. Moreover, Main Idea performance was unrelated to overall comprehension as measured by the Cloze. Inferences, Prior Topical Knowledge, and Text Structure had large and statistically significant direct, indirect, and total effects on comprehension; Decoding affects comprehension only indirectly. Vocabulary and NewVocabulary were unrelated to comprehension., Three conclusions stemmed from these findings. First, since Inferences affected both vocabulary measures and comprehension and since the vocabulary measures did not affect comprehension it was suggested that the positive correlation between vocabulary and comprehension is due to an intervening variable, Inferences. Second, the evidence for defining Inferences and Text Structure as having the potential for being causally related to comprehension became stronger. Lastly, if performance on a cloze exercise is the outcome variable from a study with average seventh and eighth grade readers possessing adequate prior knowledge, then it is hypothesized that Decoding, Prior Topical Knowledge, Inferencing ability, and Text Structure are the variables most indicated to be included in treatment studies since they had the largest total effects on comprehension.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9130960, 3091105, FSDT3091105, fsu:77762
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Title: ABILITIES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS TO INVOLVE SYMMETRY OF EQUALITY WITH APPLICATIONS OF MATHEMATICAL GENERALIZATIONS.
Creator: FRAZER, COLLEEN DOANE., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1976, 1976
Identifier: AAI7629439, 2988324, FSDT2988324, fsu:72831
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Title: THE ABORTIVE ENTENTE: THE AMERICAN POPULAR MIND AND THE IDEA OF ANGLO-AMERICAN COOPERATION TO KEEP THE PEACE, 1921-1931.
Creator: RICHARDS, DAVID ALLEN., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1976, 1976
Identifier: AAI7629478, 2988353, FSDT2988353, fsu:72860
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Title: Abscisic acid: Molecular requirements for activity on stomata and effects on guard-cell protein synthesis.
Creator: Hite, Daniel Russell., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: A rapid, quantitative stomatal bioassay was developed to test abscisic acid (ABA)-like inhibition of stomatal opening by ABA-conjugates in epidermal peels of Commelina communis L. The one-hour bioassay was sensitive to 0.02 $\mu$M (+)-S-ABA and was insensitive to 20 $\mu$M ($\pm$)-S-ABA-1-methyl ester, which is consistent with previous work. Replacement of the C-4$\sp\prime$ carbonyl on ABA with hydrazone conjugates rendered these ABA-conjugates ineffective in inhibiting stomatal opening....
Show moreA rapid, quantitative stomatal bioassay was developed to test abscisic acid (ABA)-like inhibition of stomatal opening by ABA-conjugates in epidermal peels of Commelina communis L. The one-hour bioassay was sensitive to 0.02 $\mu$M (+)-S-ABA and was insensitive to 20 $\mu$M ($\pm$)-S-ABA-1-methyl ester, which is consistent with previous work. Replacement of the C-4$\sp\prime$ carbonyl on ABA with hydrazone conjugates rendered these ABA-conjugates ineffective in inhibiting stomatal opening. Competition assays between ABA and excess ABA-conjugates demonstrated that ABA-conjugates did not interfere with ABA inhibition of stomatal opening. Together, these findings demonstrate the unlikelihood of producing anti-idiotype antibodies against C-4$\sp\prime$-substituted ABA for identification of receptor(s) involved in stomatal closure., In a separate study, the interactions of ABA, Ca$\sp{2+}$, and osmoticum on ABA accumulation, $\sp{35}$S-amino-acid accumulation and incorporation into protein and protein synthesis were investigated in "isolated" guard cells of Vicia faba L. The effects of eight permutations, $\pm$ ABA, $\pm$ Ca$\sp{2+}$ (EGTA) and $\pm$ osmoticum (mannitol), on $\sp{35}$S-protein synthesis were investigated during two one-hour radiolabelling periods: the first and the fifth hours of incubation. Guard cells were "isolated" by sonication of epidermal peels. Ca$\sp{2+}$ depletion (EGTA) and osmoticum inhibited ABA accumulation in guard cells. $\sp{35}$S-amino-acid accumulation was inhibited to $<$50% of control values by ABA during the first hour of incubation and to varying extents by ABA, Ca$\sp{2+}$ depletion and osmoticum during the fifth hour of incubation with combinations of effectors causing greater inhibition. Incorporation percentages were not significantly different between incubation conditions of the same time interval, indicating a correlation between $\sp{35}$S-amino-acid accumulation and incorporation into protein. Computer-assisted analysis of autoradiographs of $\sp{35}$S-proteins following separation by two-dimensional-micro-polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis determined that changes in guard-cell $\sp{35}$S-protein profile were elicited by all three effectors and incubation duration. Although Ca$\sp{2+}$-dependent synthesis of proteins was discerned consistently during the fifth hour of incubations, Ca$\sp{2+}$-dependent synthesis of ABA-induced proteins was not discerned. ABA- and osmotic-induced synthesis of similar protein(s) was not discerned consistently during either radiolabelling period. These results are based on a conservative interpretation of changes in $\sp{35}$S-protein profiles that allowed for comparisons among all incubation conditions.
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Date Issued: 1995, 1995
Identifier: AAI9525918, 3088641, FSDT3088641, fsu:77443
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Title: ABSENCES. (ORIGINAL COMPOSITION).
Creator: BROTONS, SALVADOR., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Absences is a composition for large orchestra and narrator on thirteen poems from the "Book Absences" by the catalan poet Miguel Marti i Pol. Elaine Lilly translated the poems in English, and the score has both (Catalan and English) versions., The piece has a duration of approximately twenty-two minutes and it is conceived in a whole movement. The poems are about feelings of the poet after his wife's death. Although being a meditation on the death, the poet's viewpoint is not always dark or...
Show moreAbsences is a composition for large orchestra and narrator on thirteen poems from the "Book Absences" by the catalan poet Miguel Marti i Pol. Elaine Lilly translated the poems in English, and the score has both (Catalan and English) versions., The piece has a duration of approximately twenty-two minutes and it is conceived in a whole movement. The poems are about feelings of the poet after his wife's death. Although being a meditation on the death, the poet's viewpoint is not always dark or pessimistic. The poems offer the needed contasting thematic to make the piece interesting and varied.
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Date Issued: 1987, 1987
Identifier: AAI8723130, 3086653, FSDT3086653, fsu:76128
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Title: ABSOLUTE LINE STRENGTHS OF THE 2-0 BAND OF CARBON-MONOXIDE AT LOW PRESSURES.
Creator: KORB, C. LAURENCE., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1967, 1967
Identifier: AAI7124608, 2986518, FSDT2986518, fsu:71027
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Title: ABSOLUTE SCOTOPIC THRESHOLDS IN THE PIGEON DETERMINED BY CLASSICAL CONDITIONING OF DIRECTED MOTOR ACTION.
Creator: PASSE, DENNIS HILARY., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1977, 1977
Identifier: AAI7724791, 2988677, FSDT2988677, fsu:73184
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: ABSOLUTELY SUMMING OPERATORS IN BANACH SPACES.
Creator: MORRELL, JOSEPH SALVADOR., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1970, 1970
Identifier: AAI7107074, 2986401, FSDT2986401, fsu:70910
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Title: ABSTRACT-EXPRESSIONISM: AN ANALYSIS OF THE MOVEMENT BASED PRIMARILY UPON INTERVIEWS WITH SEVEN PARTICIPATING ARTISTS.
Creator: KASHDIN, GLADYS SHAFRAN., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1965, 1965
Identifier: AAI6605451, 2985435, FSDT2985435, fsu:69944
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Abused youths' attitudes toward physical punishment: A test of the intergenerational transmission of physical child abuse.
Creator: Clausen, Margaret Lynne., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The intergenerational transmission of physical child abuse was addressed by examining the relationship between 121 male adolescent delinquents' self-reported childhood experiences with physical discipline and the intensity of the discipline they endorse for children. Childhood experiences with physical punishment were assessed through the frequency with which adolescents were punished by their parents and the magnitude of resulting injuries they had received. Endorsement of discipline was...
Show moreThe intergenerational transmission of physical child abuse was addressed by examining the relationship between 121 male adolescent delinquents' self-reported childhood experiences with physical discipline and the intensity of the discipline they endorse for children. Childhood experiences with physical punishment were assessed through the frequency with which adolescents were punished by their parents and the magnitude of resulting injuries they had received. Endorsement of discipline was defined both by intensity of physical punishment and by intensity of any punishment, irrespective of form. The influences of sex and perceived rewardingness of the administrator of the harshest physical discipline were also examined, along with subjects' attributions for the punishment they had received., Adolescents were asked to choose the discipline they (a) would use and (b) would feel like using in response to a series of parent-child scenarios in which the child was misbehaving. A statistically significant, but small, relationship was found between the magnitude of the injuries subjects reported having received as a result of punishment and the intensity of punishment they endorsed: Subjects who had received physical injuries were more likely to indicate that they would administer intense discipline to their children., Similarly, a small, but statistically significant, interaction of frequency of punishment and sex of the disciplining parent was found: Adolescents who reported having been physically punished frequently by their fathers were more likely than those punished by their mothers or those not frequently punished to indicate that they would feel like using intense physical punishment with their own children., None of the attributions had any utility for predicting adolescents' endorsements of punishment, but did suggest that adolescents generally perceive their parents' punishment as justified and well-intentioned., Overall, the results of this study do not provide strong support for postulations based upon social learning theory or theories of moral development regarding the role of early disciplinary experiences in predicting adolescents' current attitudes toward punishment.
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Date Issued: 1989, 1989
Identifier: AAI9004991, 3161888, FSDT3161888, fsu:78087
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Title: ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED CREDIT FOR EXTRAINSTITUTIONAL LEARNING.
Creator: ROSE, RUFUS EDWARDS, JR., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Most postsecondary institutions use techniques for assessing or validating extrainstitutional learning. The three major types of extrainstitutional learning are learning that is assessed by credit-by-examination programs, training for which credit is recommended by the American Council on Education, and experiential learning that is assessed individually. These techniques apply most to adult students who will make up 47% of college students by 1990. This study compared academic achievement of...
Show moreMost postsecondary institutions use techniques for assessing or validating extrainstitutional learning. The three major types of extrainstitutional learning are learning that is assessed by credit-by-examination programs, training for which credit is recommended by the American Council on Education, and experiential learning that is assessed individually. These techniques apply most to adult students who will make up 47% of college students by 1990. This study compared academic achievement of nontraditional students who had significant amounts of extrainstitutional learning with achievement of traditional students. The subjects were graduates of a university college program over an 8-year period. Achievement was measured by quality point average and other ways. Achievement of nontraditional students did not differ significantly from that of traditional students. There was negligible correlation between either age or number of extrainstitutional credits with quality point average. These findings empirically supported current national policies and institutional practices regarding recognition of extrainstitutional learning.
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Date Issued: 1986, 1986
Identifier: AAI8702246, 3088950, FSDT3088950, fsu:77749
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Title: The academic and social integration of Black students in selected predominantly White institutions in Florida.
Creator: Thompson, Anthony Charles., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: According to the literature, academic and social integration in some formal, informal or structural format, are related elements of student persistence in higher education (Metzner & Bean, 1987; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1983; Tinto, 1987; Voorhees, 1987)., Despite the number of enrollment gains made by Black students into higher education, these students continue to experience low retention and graduation rates. In addition, most Black students currently attend predominantly White institutions...
Show moreAccording to the literature, academic and social integration in some formal, informal or structural format, are related elements of student persistence in higher education (Metzner & Bean, 1987; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1983; Tinto, 1987; Voorhees, 1987)., Despite the number of enrollment gains made by Black students into higher education, these students continue to experience low retention and graduation rates. In addition, most Black students currently attend predominantly White institutions (PWI), however, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) award a majority of the degrees granted to Black students (Allen, 1985)., More specifically, from 1984 through 1989, Black student enrollment in the state of Florida increased while degrees awarded decreased. Conversely, as White student enrollment increased, so did degree attainment (Florida Board of Regents, 1990). What happens to Black students inside as well as outside of the classroom, after admission to and upon entering the college or university environment?, The purpose of this study was to examine the academic and social integration of full-time, undergraduate, Black students enrolled in selected PWIs in Florida. Pascarella and Terenzini's Academic and Social Integration Inventory (ASII) was used as the measurement tool., Tinto's (1975, 1987) theory of academic and social integration as the basis for student persistence, is the conceptual framework which guides the research for this study. Tinto's model is supported in both the attrition and retention literature.
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Date Issued: 1994, 1994
Identifier: AAI9510129, 3088483, FSDT3088483, fsu:77288
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Title: ACADEMIC CAREER PATTERNS OF FACULTY RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS.
Creator: LEWIS, STEPHAN ALEXANDER., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1978, 1978
Identifier: AAI7917050, 2989076, FSDT2989076, fsu:73583
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Title: ACADEMIC EFFECTIVENESS OF ABILITY GROUPING AND A STUDENT TUTORIAL - COUNSELING PROGRAM AT MADISON COLLEGE.
Creator: SHAFER, ELIZABETH GLOVER., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1968, 1968
Identifier: AAI6911329, 2985882, FSDT2985882, fsu:70391
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Academic information needs and information-seeking behavior of blind or low-vision and sighted college students.
Creator: Brockmeier, Kristina Crittenberger., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Twenty-eight blind or low-vision and fourteen matched-sample sighted students attending public post-secondary institutions in the Atlanta metropolitan area were interviewed in this descriptive research to determine their academic information needs and their information-seeking behaviors. Thirty-six of the forty-two students discussed an academic information need related to a writing assignment, five students discussed an academic information need that was based on something other than a...
Show moreTwenty-eight blind or low-vision and fourteen matched-sample sighted students attending public post-secondary institutions in the Atlanta metropolitan area were interviewed in this descriptive research to determine their academic information needs and their information-seeking behaviors. Thirty-six of the forty-two students discussed an academic information need related to a writing assignment, five students discussed an academic information need that was based on something other than a writing assignment, and one student did not have any academic information need. The academic information needs were analyzed in terms of variables such as type of vision, conditions of visual impairment, secondary school attended, gender, year in college, full or part-time status, major or program of study, and familiarity with the library., The students' information-seeking behaviors were analyzed based on which of ten potential sources of information they used to satisfy their academic information need. For all students, the most frequently used information source was the library. Few students sought information from social services or governmental agencies., The blind or low-vision students discussed their dependency on and the qualifications they sought in readers. Additionally, they identified areas in which librarians could improve service or assistance for blind or low-vision students., The study concludes with some of the researcher's observations related to working with blind or low-vision college students.
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Date Issued: 1992, 1992
Identifier: AAI9234209, 3087852, FSDT3087852, fsu:76662
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Title: The academic preparation and performance of student-athletes participating in football and men's basketball at Florida State University from 1986-1990.
Creator: Mand, Brian Sheldon., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Although research on the academic preparation and performance of college athletes is plentiful, the studies that have been conducted often do not distinguish the sport, race and sex of their samples. However, the academic performance of revenue-producing sports athletes has come under severe criticism, especially through the media. Some research findings do support the contention that the academic performance of football and men's basketball players, especially those of black ethnic origin,...
Show moreAlthough research on the academic preparation and performance of college athletes is plentiful, the studies that have been conducted often do not distinguish the sport, race and sex of their samples. However, the academic performance of revenue-producing sports athletes has come under severe criticism, especially through the media. Some research findings do support the contention that the academic performance of football and men's basketball players, especially those of black ethnic origin, does pale when compared to that of non-athletes and non-revenue sports athletes (Renwick, 1982; Mayo, 1982, 1986; Bartell et al., 1984, Sandon, 1984, Ervin et al. 1984; American Institutes for Research (AIR), 1988, 1989). The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, 1993) has responded to calls for reform by implementing legislation designed to return college athletic programs as "an integral part of the educational program and the athlete as an integral part of the student body" (p. 1)., The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between the academic preparation in high school and scores on the SAT or ACT and between academic preparation, scores on the SAT or ACT and the academic performance in college of Florida State football and men's basketball players, who initially enrolled from 1986-1990 on an athletic scholarship. These relationships were determined first for all subjects and then for subjects split by ethnic origin., Multiple regression analysis concluded that high school academic grade point average was found to be the most important independent variable for predicting how subjects of both white and black ethnic origin will do on the SAT and ACT, as well as how they will perform academically during the first two years in college. Also, t-tests determined that subjects of white ethnic origin demonstrated a significantly higher level of academic preparation in high school than did subjects of black ethnic origin, but there was no such significant difference in academic performance in college., These findings are intended to assist Florida State University in making admissions decisions and with implementing retention strategies that may include noncognitive measures and academic intervention and support programs. The results and implications of this study may also be of value to the NCAA in establishing initial eligibility academic standards.
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Date Issued: 1994, 1994
Identifier: AAI9422467, 3088310, FSDT3088310, fsu:77114
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Title: Academic success and failure: A test of its effect on the disruptive behavior of three male adolescents.
Creator: Grande, Carolyn Gerlock., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Consecutive multielement designs were conducted to examine the effect of academic success and failure on classroom disruptiveness of three low achieving eighth graders: Larry, Jimmy, and Jeff. During 10 days, five conditions of success and of failure were randomly alternated and induced by means of written assignments. At the end of class the teacher told the student his grade without social reinforcement. Following this, the first occurrence of talking, being physical, and being out-of-seat...
Show moreConsecutive multielement designs were conducted to examine the effect of academic success and failure on classroom disruptiveness of three low achieving eighth graders: Larry, Jimmy, and Jeff. During 10 days, five conditions of success and of failure were randomly alternated and induced by means of written assignments. At the end of class the teacher told the student his grade without social reinforcement. Following this, the first occurrence of talking, being physical, and being out-of-seat was recorded in his next class during eighty, 10 second observation intervals. Interobserver reliability averaged above 80% across these measures., Daily grades, known as background variables, received by each student in classes prior to the experimental sessions, were also analyzed. Larry's teachers recorded grades on days he was notified. Jimmy's and Jeff's teachers arranged for grade notifications, if any, according to the experimental sequence. A clear relationship between background variables and experimental effect was not discernible., A functional relationship between success and failure and disruptive behavior was not demonstrated. Differences between median percentages during success and failure revealed that the notifications only slightly affected subsequent student behavior. Larry's talking behavior was unaffected. For Jimmy, a median percentage of 60% during failure indicated his talking behavior almost doubled that recorded for success of 32%. Jeff's talking behavior escalated during both conditions. Except for Jimmy, Larry's and Jeff's physical behavior appeared to increase slightly following success notifications as indicated by a difference between the medians of 5% and 9%, respectively. Jimmy's median percentages for success and failure of 12% and 19%, showed a slight difference of 7% in his physical behavior during failure. Out-of-seat behavior was minimal for all students. Median percentages for Larry's and Jimmy's out-of-seat behavior following success was zero. Following failure, median percentages were 10% and 4%, respectively. A difference of 1% between Jeff's median percentages was recorded. Debriefing sessions held for each student indicated they were pleased to have been involved in the study.
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Date Issued: 1989, 1989
Identifier: AAI8915749, 3161764, FSDT3161764, fsu:77963
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Title: ACADEMIC WOMEN IN HOME ECONOMICS AT LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS.
Creator: GREENWOOD, BONNIE FAY BROOKS., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1968, 1968
Identifier: AAI6911343, 2985929, FSDT2985929, fsu:70438
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Title: Academy education in antebellum Florida, 1821-1860.
Creator: Crandall, Robert Charles., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Antebellum Florida developed an informal system of academies that served as dominant educational institutions until after the Civil War. Academies followed people; they grew in size and number as cities and towns grew. Four basic types of academies appeared in urban areas, ranging from small, simple one subject, one room academies to institutions numbering over one hundred students. Rural academies ("old-field" schools), ranged from one tutor teaching the children of one plantation owner to...
Show moreAntebellum Florida developed an informal system of academies that served as dominant educational institutions until after the Civil War. Academies followed people; they grew in size and number as cities and towns grew. Four basic types of academies appeared in urban areas, ranging from small, simple one subject, one room academies to institutions numbering over one hundred students. Rural academies ("old-field" schools), ranged from one tutor teaching the children of one plantation owner to neighborhood schools for children of surrounding plantations. These academies were smaller in size and offered fewer subjects than their urban counterparts. Academies were started to combat ignorance, educate useful citizens, and teach proper moral values to the young. Patrons were willing to educate their own, but tax supported institutions were unacceptable to them; tuition based academies for those who could afford them were a result of this conviction. Larger, urban academies offered Classical and English studies six hours a day, five days a week, ten months a year with two months vacation. Public examinations generally followed each quarter., Teachers in academies varied in origin, longevity and quality. Most came from outside Florida; many were transient, some were career educators who remained in Florida. College degrees were more common in latter decades of the era. Men outnumbered women, though women increased in numbers as academies educating young ladies increased in size and numbers. Boys and girls were educated separately; recitation was the most common method of instruction. Textbooks were scarce early in the era, later decades had a large variety available in urban Florida bookstores. The withdrawal of the South from all Northern influences from 1850 onward resulted in the exclusion of most Northern teachers from Florida academies. Despite much clamor for Southern textbooks, Northern textbooks continued to be used. The Civil War destroyed the academy system; changed conditions after the war no longer required its function.
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Date Issued: 1987, 1987
Identifier: AAI8805656, 3086745, FSDT3086745, fsu:76220
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Title: THE ACCEPTABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MATERIALS REVISED USING INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN CRITERIA (GAGNE).
Creator: MENGEL, NANCY S., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to determine if postsecondary vocational teachers who reviewed a chapter taken from a traditional, commercial textbook and revised using instructional design criteria had significantly different attitudes toward adopting the chapter from teachers who reviewed the original, unrevised version. This study also assessed whether the revisions had a positive effect on student performance., Nine instructional designers followed Gagne's events of instruction to prescribe...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine if postsecondary vocational teachers who reviewed a chapter taken from a traditional, commercial textbook and revised using instructional design criteria had significantly different attitudes toward adopting the chapter from teachers who reviewed the original, unrevised version. This study also assessed whether the revisions had a positive effect on student performance., Nine instructional designers followed Gagne's events of instruction to prescribe revisions of the chapter to make it more effective in teaching specified objectives. The Instructional Materials Acceptance Questionnaire was developed to measure teachers' expression of acceptance/rejection behaviors toward using the material. A criterion-referenced achievement test was developed to measure student performance on the chapter's objectives. Information was collected on the effects of reading ability on student performance on both versions of the instructional material, on the time spent by learners to complete the chapter and the test, and on learners' attitudes., There was no evidence to show that teachers who reviewed the modified chapter were more or less willing to use it than teachers who reviewed the original version. Teachers expressed slightly favorable attitudes toward using both versions of the instructional material. However, the instructional design revisions did significantly improve student performance on a criterion-referenced achivement test. Students who read the modified chapter took 28% more time to complete it than students who read the original chapter. There was no difference in the amount of time students in the two groups took to complete the test. Teachers and learners paid more attention to content than to instructional features when forming attitudes toward using either version of the instructional material.
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Date Issued: 1982, 1982
Identifier: AAI8304077, 3085448, FSDT3085448, fsu:74940
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Title: THE ACCEPTANCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND USE OF FAMILY-PLANNING TECHNIQUES AS RELATED TO SOCIAL-CLASS MEMBERSHIP IN THE WHITE POPULATION OF A SOUTHERN COMMUNITY.
Creator: GILBERT, ROBERT I., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1957, 1957
Identifier: AAI0020740, 2984771, FSDT2984771, fsu:69194
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: ACCOUNTING BY FRANCHISING CORPORATIONS FOR FRANCHISE SALES: REVENUE RECOGNITION AND RECEIVABLE VALUATION.
Creator: CALHOUN, CHARLES HYMAN, III., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1973, 1973
Identifier: AAI7409475, 2987453, FSDT2987453, fsu:71962
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Accounting changes and earnings management: Evidence from the early adoption of SFAS No. 96 'Accounting for Income Taxes'.
Creator: Eakin, Cynthia Firey., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: An empirical analysis of the characteristics of firms choosing early adoption of SFAS No. 96 was conducted. Positive accounting theory forms the basis for the analysis. Two analyses are presented. The first analysis compares characteristics of a sample of firms that adopted SFAS 96 with characteristics of a control sample of firms that did not adopt SFAS 96. The second analysis compares characteristics of firms adopting SFAS 96 in the first year possible with characteristics of firms adopting...
Show moreAn empirical analysis of the characteristics of firms choosing early adoption of SFAS No. 96 was conducted. Positive accounting theory forms the basis for the analysis. Two analyses are presented. The first analysis compares characteristics of a sample of firms that adopted SFAS 96 with characteristics of a control sample of firms that did not adopt SFAS 96. The second analysis compares characteristics of firms adopting SFAS 96 in the first year possible with characteristics of firms adopting SFAS 96 in later years. The characteristics examined in the first analysis are firm size, leverage, and dividend payout. In addition to the characteristics examined in the first analysis, the second analysis examined two variables representing each firm's return on assets., The results of the first analysis indicate that, when adoption of SFAS 96 results in an increase in net income, the firms adopting SFAS 96 are smaller and more highly leveraged than the non-adopting firms. There is no significant difference between the two groups for the dividend payout variable. The results of the second analysis indicate that, when adoption of SFAS 96 results in an increase in net income, firm size, leverage, and dividend payout are not determinants in the timing of adoption of SFAS 96. However, the level of return on assets is a determinant in the timing decision. In particular, firms having lower return on assets compared to prior years return on assets are more likely to adopt SFAS 96 in the first year possible. Firms with higher return on assets are more likely to postpone adoption. This finding is consistent with the income smoothing hypothesis, and is not consistent with the bonus maximization hypothesis proposed by Healy (1985).
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Date Issued: 1993, 1993
Identifier: AAI9317650, 3088036, FSDT3088036, fsu:76843
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Title: ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE MANAGEMENT: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GENERAL TRADE-CREDIT-LIMIT ALGORITHM.
Creator: BESLEY, SCOTT., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study is to construct a general credit-limit algorithm that is consistent with the firm's goal of wealth maximization under funds constraints. Specifically, the net present value (NPV) technique is employed to build a foundation for the model because its acceptability is well established in capital budgeting theory. While it is not a novel approach in receivables management, it is rarely used to specify credit-limits. Yet, the application of NPV in the derivation of a...
Show moreThe purpose of this study is to construct a general credit-limit algorithm that is consistent with the firm's goal of wealth maximization under funds constraints. Specifically, the net present value (NPV) technique is employed to build a foundation for the model because its acceptability is well established in capital budgeting theory. While it is not a novel approach in receivables management, it is rarely used to specify credit-limits. Yet, the application of NPV in the derivation of a credit-limit algorithm is conducive to satisfying the requisite that credit-limit decisions and accept/reject decisions are concurrent credit-granting considerations. Moreover, by incorporating mathematical programming procedures, funds limitations can be considered to ensure the resources of the firm are not incorrectly invested in receivables "loans". Therefore, it is a fundamental contention that the credit-granting decision must be approached not only on the basis of individual accounts, but also from the standpoint of receivables in aggregate., To operationalize the credit-limit model, a default-probability model is developed. The "minimum chi-square rule" is employed because it assures the quality of minimizing misclassifications. Further, this procedure is consistent with the three characteristics which are important to the derivation of a practicable credit-limit algorithm; namely, (1) theoretical consistency, for interpretive rationale, (2) parsimony, for ease of understanding, and (3) practicability, for the possibility of future application., An integral part of the dissertation is a survey of current credit-limit practices, which provides an update to existing literature. The general findings suggest that credit-limits represent a device utilized by lending firms to control exposure to the risks associated with extending credit. But the actual techniques used to establish the limits are quite subjective. This implies the more theoretically sound and sophisticated methods proposed in the academic literature are not employed in the real world.
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Date Issued: 1984, 1984
Identifier: AAI8427289, 3085883, FSDT3085883, fsu:75370
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Title: The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications: A history, 1970-1985.
Creator: Workman, Gale A., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to present an evolutionary history of the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) for the years from 1970 to 1985. This study, together with a 1970 dissertation chronicling the history of the Council from its conception through 1969 provides a comprehensive history of accreditation for journalism education., Between 1970 and 1985 ACEJMC underwent major changes in personnel, policy and procedure, with most of the changes...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to present an evolutionary history of the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) for the years from 1970 to 1985. This study, together with a 1970 dissertation chronicling the history of the Council from its conception through 1969 provides a comprehensive history of accreditation for journalism education., Between 1970 and 1985 ACEJMC underwent major changes in personnel, policy and procedure, with most of the changes occurring in 1983 and 1984. Therefore, the primary focus of this study was the years 1983 and 1984. This study identified the changes that occurred, the catalysts for the changes, the key figures who effected the changes and how the changes affected ACEJMC., Changes included modifications in the agency's name, voting policy, appeals procedure, accrediting standards, organizational structure and financial management,, Catalysts were external pressure from the U.S. Department of Education, changing trends in journalism education and in the marketplace, a demand for more openness in Council matters and the get-things-done leadership style of ACEJMC President Joseph Shoquist., Among the many key figures who affected the changes were Council presidents Don Carter and Joseph Shoquist, as well as Executive Director Roger Gafke. Transcripts of oral interviews with each of these men are included as appendices to this study., The changes that occurred in ACEJMC's personnel, policy and procedures from 1970-1985 put the Council in a position to administer journalism accreditation throughout the end of the twentieth century.
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Date Issued: 1988, 1988
Identifier: AAI8905759, 3161690, FSDT3161690, fsu:77889
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Title: ACCUMULATION OF NUCLEAR FISSION PRODUCTS BY VEGETABLE CROPS AND THEIR REMOVAL DURING PROCESSING.
Creator: WEAVER, CONNIE MARIE., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1978, 1978
Identifier: AAI7822209, 2988985, FSDT2988985, fsu:73492
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Title: ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDES OF INTERMEDIATE AGE CHILDREN IN GRADES FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX RELATIVE TO THE READING COMPREHENSION OF POETRY.
Creator: HAYFORD, JANE MORRIS., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Whether intermediate-age children like poetry and whether boys and girls express themselves in a similar manner regarding their likes and dislikes of poetry were two of the research questions addressed in this research. Two other research questions were concerned with the possible existence of a difference in reading achievement among intermediate grades and between sexes in ability to comprehend general reading material and in ability to comprehend poetry as well as in attitude toward...
Show moreWhether intermediate-age children like poetry and whether boys and girls express themselves in a similar manner regarding their likes and dislikes of poetry were two of the research questions addressed in this research. Two other research questions were concerned with the possible existence of a difference in reading achievement among intermediate grades and between sexes in ability to comprehend general reading material and in ability to comprehend poetry as well as in attitude toward reading prose and in attitude toward reading poetry. The last two primary research questions were concerned with whether teachers could predict how students would perform on a poetry test and whether students' expressed preferences for poems would correlate with their performance when reading and answering questions on those poems. Upon analyzing the obtained data, it was found that children expressed favorable attitudes toward poetry. With the exception of boys in the sixth grade, boys and girls both expressed positive attitudes more frequently than was expected, making categorized data statistically significant. Reading comprehension achievement showed statistically significant differences by grades for prose and for poetry, but there were differences by grade by sex only on achievement when reading poetry. Regarding attitudes toward reading, there were no differences by grades or by grades by sex toward reading prose; there were differences expressed by students by grades and the main effect of grades only on the two-way ANOVA by grade by sex toward reading poetry. Teachers were able to predict student performance in comprehension on a poetry test but student preferences were not correlated with student performance on their choices for best-liked and least-liked poems. One hundred and ninety-four students participated in the research with a randomly selected group of 62 students from the three grades who participated in the Q-sort for poem preferences.
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Date Issued: 1982, 1982
Identifier: AAI8308672, 3085488, FSDT3085488, fsu:74980
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Title: ACHIEVEMENT AND EQUITY IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS: AN ANALYTICAL AND EMPIRICAL RESPONSE TO THE CONTINUING DEBATE.
Creator: BICKEL, ROBERT NORMAN., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: In 1966, James Coleman and his associates published a controversial monograph entitled Equality of Educational Opportunity. The two most durable conclusions reported in this still-influential application of the input-output model of school effectiveness were as follows: schooling is ineffective as an agency of social mobility, and one school is about as effective as another in promoting academic achievement., In 1982, however, Coleman and a new set of colleagues published a comparison of...
Show moreIn 1966, James Coleman and his associates published a controversial monograph entitled Equality of Educational Opportunity. The two most durable conclusions reported in this still-influential application of the input-output model of school effectiveness were as follows: schooling is ineffective as an agency of social mobility, and one school is about as effective as another in promoting academic achievement., In 1982, however, Coleman and a new set of colleagues published a comparison of public and private high schools, entitled High School Achievement. In contrast with Coleman's earlier work, Coleman, Hoffer, and Kilgore concluded that some high schools are able to promote social mobility, and some high schools are superior to others in promoting academic achievement. Generally, Coleman, Hoffer, and Kilgore concluded, private high schools are superior to public high schools on both counts., My review of the input-output literature provides the perpective needed for an improved empirical response to both issues, and for reconciling the differences between Equality of Educational Opportunity and High School Achievement. I use Scholastic Aptitude test (SAT) and College Board Achievement (CBAT) data to compare all public and private high schools in Florida in 1982-83 and 1983-84, and in the U.S. in 1983-84., Using multiple regression analysis, I find that public and private high schools are equally effective in promoting achievement in English and American history. Public schools, however, enjoy a small but consistent advantage in promoting mathematics achievement., With regard to English, mathematics, and American history achievement, I find no differences between public and private high schools in facilitating social mobility by severing ties between achievement and socially ascribed traits, such as family income and race., My analyses are superior to previous work by Coleman and others in that I more adequately deal with selectivity bias, regression model specification, curriculum sensitivity of outcome measures, and stability of results from one data set to another.
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Date Issued: 1987, 1987
Identifier: AAI8713304, 3086582, FSDT3086582, fsu:76057
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Title: ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION THROUGH GROUP HYPNOTHERAPY.
Creator: HUNT, WILLIAM M., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1965, 1965
Identifier: AAI6515471, 2985375, FSDT2985375, fsu:69884
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: ACHIEVEMENT OF TRAINABLE MENTALLY RETARDED STUDENTS AS RELATED TO STUDENT/STAFF RATIOS.
Creator: ZAMMIT, STEPHEN JAMES., The Florida State University
Date Issued: 1977, 1977
Identifier: AAI7801528, 2988775, FSDT2988775, fsu:73282
Format: Document (PDF)

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