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The effects of the comprehensive behavior management system on student achievement, instructional climate, and the management of student behavior in selected junior high and middle schools in Texas
(1987)
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the Comprehensive Behavior Management System by Harris as applied in five selected junior high and middle schools in Texas. Of primary interest were the areas ...
Student teachers' perceptions of the utility of undergraduate elementary education courses
(1986)
The purpose of this study was to determine what undergraduate elementary education majors thought about their professional preparation courses. A second purpose was to understand why the prospective teachers felt as they ...
A follow-up study of the small group teaching approach used in the Texas Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program/Food Stamp Project
(1987)
Since its inception in 1968, the method most commonly used in the implementation of the federally funded Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) has been that of one-to-one contact. Limited-income homemakers ...
A study of the barriers perceived as having impact on degree attainment by doctoral students in the College of Education, Texas A & M University
(1987)
The purpose of this study was to identify perceived situational, dispositional and institutional barriers which had a negative impact on doctoral students' completing their degree requirements, identify faculty perceptions ...
Growth, ion uptake, and some metabolic processes of Pistacia spp. affected by salinity and boron
(1989)
Rootstocks which restrict uptake of toxic elements, such as Na, Cl, and boron (B), may increase resistance of grafted trees to salt and B stresses. The objectives of this study were to evaluate i) growth, ion uptake, and ...
The nature of channel planform change : Brazos River, Texas
(1992)
Planform change has occurred in three contiguous alluvial reaches of the Brazos River, Texas, from the 1930s to 1988. The reaches encompassed 260 km and more than 125 bends and were selected based on confluences with two ...
Opportunities for enhancing the Texas food processing industry
(1992)
State governments are concerned with their economies since the condition of an economy determines residents' standard of living. Therefore, state governments are interested in strategies for strengthening their economies. ...
The predictability of performance factors and costs affecting the cost of gain of fed cattle in Texas feedyards
(1992)
Data including actual measures and estimates of various performance and cost factors were collected from three commercial feedyards located in the Texas Panhandle. The effectiveness with which such performance and cost ...
The relationship of reading comphrehension and educational achievement levels to academy and field training performance of police cadets
(1993)
Law enforcement professionals have attempted to identify characteristics which will assist their agencies in hiring the most qualified individuals to become police officers. However, studies over the past twenty years have ...
Identification of linking and boundary spanning activities of continuing education program developers in public community colleges in Texas
(1990)
Continuing education (CE) departments operate within, yet at the periphery of, academic institutions. Their survival is dependent upon identifying and responding to environmental changes, linking with client groups that ...