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A Study of College Stress and Its Measurement

Description: The purpose of the study was to compare the academic stress of freshmen in a community college with that of freshmen in a university. An additional purpose was to determine if gender, ethnicity, or semester course load was related to perceived academic stress. The sample consisted of a total of 303 university and community college freshmen from English and Psychology classes at the University of North Texas and Richland Community College during the spring semester, 1989. The instrument that was… more
Date: August 1989
Creator: Garrett, Sandy, 1945-
Partner: UNT Libraries
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An Investigation into the Effectiveness of Intelligent Tutoring on Learning of College Level Statistics

Description: The present research incorporated the content of basic statistics into the Artificial Intelligence Physics Tutor (ARPHY), which was used as the expert system shell, and investigated the effects of the Artificial Intelligent Statistics Tutor (ARSTAT) as a supplement to learning statistics at the college level. Two classes of an introductory educational statistics course in the Department of Educational Foundations, University of North Texas, were used in the study. The daytime class was used as … more
Date: May 1989
Creator: Palitawanont, Nanta
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Thai High School Compute Literacy: A Content Analysis

Description: This study examined the extent to which each computer literacy objective domain, each specific mode of instruction, and each type of question were treated in Thai high school computer literacy text materials. Two textbooks and their accompanying teachers' manuals were examined using three analytical schemes as frameworks for the examinations. The Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) computer literacy objectives were used to classify the content in the text materials in order to det… more
Date: December 1989
Creator: Pornpun Chaipraparl
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Relationship of Collegiate Television News Curricula With the Employment Marketability of Television News Graduates

Description: This study examined the relationship the television news sequence at four-year colleges and universities has with the employment marketability of those students who major in television news. Both vocational and academic approaches were examined. Three factors were taken into consideration: if the completion of any television news curriculum aids in the television news graduate's employment marketability, if the television news curriculum has merit when weighed against work experience without co… more
Date: August 1989
Creator: Lowe, Elizabeth Allyn, 1954-
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Curricular Study in Beginning Microbiology Taught in Texas Junior/Community Colleges

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine what knowledge and skills are currently being taught in beginning microbiology in junior/community colleges in Texas. This information was determined from a survey questionnaire sent to junior/community college teachers of beginning microbiology. Also surveyed were senior college teacher who teach courses which require beginning microbiology as a prerequisite. This additional survey was to determine what preparation is needed for students progressing f… more
Date: August 1989
Creator: Simpson, Pat H. (Pat Harvey)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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