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Developing and Administering a Nonmetropolitan Teachers Education Program in Northeastern Thailand

Description: The primary purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of the rural teachers preparation program in specific curriculum components, field experience and training, and preparation. A secondary purpose is to determine the need for these components and a limited evaluation of other delivery systems for rural teaching in eight nonmetropolitan teachers colleges in Northeast Thailand. The questionnaire of the Rural Education Association (REA) developed by Barbara Jean Jones was employed to co… more
Date: December 1989
Creator: Naowarath Yamsaengsung
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Student Performance of a Library-Related Task

Description: The high school research paper is a task which consumes instructional time, requires considerable student effort, and places a high demand on school library resources. Little research has been conducted on how students accomplish this task. Academic task research indicates that in classrooms, tasks are defined by students in terms of (a) the nature of the products the teacher will accept and (b) the operations allowed and the resources available. Here the product is the research paper; the reso… more
Date: May 1986
Creator: Haskell, Loretta Murray
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Hardware Ergonomic Considerations in Middle School Classroom Computer and Video Display Terminal Installations

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the extent specific ergonomic factor implementations in computer and video display terminal (VDT) installations for student use in middle school classrooms. The data interpretations using existing furniture without modification or adaptation. Of all the seating observed, 75% of the seating met standards for middle school students. Keyboards and video display screens had been placed on existing tables and were all higher than ergonomically desirable for… more
Date: August 1992
Creator: Brown, Martin Reid
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Response of Female Athletes to Twelve-Week Plyometric Depth-jump Training

Description: This study aimed to investigate the response of trained intercollegiate and national level female athletes to twelve week depth-jump (DJ) training performed twice weekly with forty repetitions of DJs performed each training session. Results of statistical analysis revealed that only the .3 and .5 meter experimental group improved significantly on VJ ability. However, there was no significant increase in LS for either experimental group compared to the control group. It was concluded that DJ tra… more
Date: August 1988
Creator: Adel, Ahmed Mousa
Partner: UNT Libraries
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