identifier: Eddy, Irene Mary <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Eddy=3AIrene_Mary=3A=3A.html>   (1978) An assessment of foster parents with respect to their adequacy and satisfaction.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Foster family care is one of society's responses to the need for temporary or long term care of children whose parents are unable or unwilling to provide them nurturance and safety. Child welfare agencies have been given sanction by society to recruit, select, develop and supervise foster homes. However, their success in these areas has been uneven. -- According to the foster care literature, there is a chronic shortage of adequate foster parents in Canada and the United States. Many foster parents are dissatisfied with fostering even though they have been designated as adequate by child welfare agencies. So that there might be a better understanding of the satisfactions derived from fostering this study was undertaken. -- The purpose of the study was to seek answers to the questions: (1) Is there a significant relationship between foster parents' satisfactions with fostering and social workers' ratings of adequacy of foster parents? (2) Are certain demographic characteristics of foster parents related to foster parents' adequacy and/or satisfaction. -- Answers to these questions would shed some light on just who are the most adequate and most satisfied foster parents. In addition, since closure of foster homes is more often due to voluntary withdrawal than to agency rejection, identification of predictors of foster parents' satisfaction would be a useful finding. -- The study group consisted of foster parents from eighty-two foster homes which are listed as "regular" foster homes by the Department of Social Services for the area serviced by their St. John's office. -- An interview schedule was used to collect the data regarding the foster parents. Because of time and financial constraints the study group was confined to the total population of foster parents in St. John's and surrounding area. -- The social workers at the St. John's service office of the Child Welfare Division of the Department of Social Services divided the study group into more adequate and less adequate foster parents using the Foster Parents' Global Adequacy Scale developed for this research. The degree of satisfaction of foster parents was determined by a Foster Parents' Satisfaction Scale based on prior work by Fanshel (1966) in the United States. The interview schedule also contained a demographic questionnaire. -- From this process, it was found that foster parents rated as more adequate by the social workers were also the more satisfied foster parents. It was also found that certain foster parents' demographic characteristics, i.e., foster mother's age and education of foster parents, were positively related to adequacy and satisfactions of foster parents.


identifier: Denine, Shirley Mary Hayes <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Denine=3AShirley_Mary_Hayes=3A=3A.html>   (1978) An appraisal of the counsellor education program at Memorial University of Newfoundland as perceived by its students : summer 1970 - spring 1973.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Counsellor Education Program at Memorial University during its formative years by a follow-up of former students to obtain their assessment of the educational experiences afforded them by the program. -- The sample for this study consisted of all students who entered the Counsellor Education Program prior to June 1973, and had completed at least six graduate courses in counsellor education. Included were all full-time master's students and all part-time diploma students for a total of 65 individuals. -- A questionnaire developed by the writer was the instrument used in soliciting the opinions of the respondents to this study. The questionnaires were mailed to the 65 individuals participating in the study. -- The method chosen to analyze the data obtained through this project consisted of reporting combinations of raw scores only, raw scores and percentages, or raw scores, percentages, and mean ratings presented in tables. Responses to open-ended questions were summarized and reported by the writer as well. -- The major findings of the study revealed that 72 per cent of the respondents to the questionnaire perceived themselves as using at least some of the counselling skills and knowledge learned during the program. -- The changes in the program considered to be most desirable related to improving the practicum and providing more course choice and flexibility in the program. Respondents felt most adequately prepared in the areas of testing, individual counselling and research. -- Despite specific criticisms and suggestions for improvement, the general assessment of the program was a positive one.


identifier: Srivastava, Satish Kumar <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Srivastava=3ASatish_Kumar=3A=3A.html>   (1977) Analysis of linear antenna systems : a different approach.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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abstract: A method of analysis of linear antenna systems for finding the current distributions subjected to a known incident electrical field is proposed. This method is an application of a proposed general procedure for the solution of antenna and scattering problems. The practice of solving an integral equation directly for the unknown current distribution is replaced by that of solving an integral equation for an unknown intermediate function. This intermediate function is shown to be the forcing function of a differential equation whose closed form solution yields the unknown current distribution. This method eliminates the need of applying boundary conditions to the integral operator and these conditions become a property of the differential equation. Numerical results based on the proposed method show a rate of convergence much faster than that of the classical Pocklington’s formulation when simple point matching technique in conjunction with pulse functions is used as a method of solution for the integral equations. The flexibility of the Pocklington’s integral equation is still retained. The method is therefore efficient for computation, yielding small matrix to invert, and providing simple expressions for the radiated fields.


identifier: MacNeil, Joseph Mark <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/MacNeil=3AJoseph_Mark=3A=3A.html>   (1982) An investigation of some aqueous solution properites of dodecylammonium, N, N-dimethyldodecylammonium, and N, N, N-trimethyldodecylammonium chlorides.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Some aqueous micellar solutions of dodecylammonium chloride (DAC), dimethyldodeclyammonium chloride (DMDAC) and trimethyldodecylammonium chloride (TMDAC) have been characterized by the methods of analytic equilibrium ultracentrifugation and variable shear viscometry in the presence of simple salt. In solutions of DAC the micelles become large and anisotropic with increasing concentration and ionic strength. Equilibrium centrifugation in 0.1 M NaC1 shows that the micelles formed at the CMC are aggregates of only about 100 monomers but grow rapidly with increasing surfactant concentration until a larger micelle of about 350 monomers is formed. The size of the large micelles is extreamly sensitive to deprotonation and ionic strength but shows limited concentration dependence. The rheological characteristics of solutions of large micelles include a Newtonian region at low shear rates followed by an anomalous region in which the viscosity increases with increasing rate of shear. Shear thinning is observed at high shear rates. In contrast, a constant aggregation number of 100±10 has been obtained over a wide range of concentrations in solutions of DMDAC, TMDAC and some DAC-TMDAC mixtures at ionic strengths as high as 0.2 M. The same value is obtained in solutions of DAC at ionic strengths less than about 0.2 M. This remarkable result follows from an analysis of the non-ideal behavior of these solutions in the centrifuge. The theory is based on a detailed description of the charge and salt effects, pair interactions and the macroscopic electric field which developes in the cell. Theoretical fit of the data also provides an estimate of an effective charge parameter which varies with ionic strength and head group in the order TMDAC>DMDAC>DAC. Intermediate values are obtained in mixed DAC-TMDAC solutions. Comparison of an estimated fractional surface charge, obtained by making Henry's correction to the charge parameter, with the values obtained from electrochemical measurements on solutions of large DAC micelles indicates that a critical value, above which large micelles will not form, is 0.25.


identifier: Phillips-Riggs, Linda <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Phillips-Riggs=3ALinda=3A=3A.html>   (1977) An investigation of the relationship between reading ability and written composition ability.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The major purpose of this study was to ascertain whether there is a relationship between reading ability and written composition ability. Specifically, the relationship between the students' achievement in reading and each of sex, intelligence, and socioeconomic status of the family was investigated. The relationship of sex, intelligence, and socioeconomic status to students' achievement in written composition was also studied. In addition, the subscores on reading were correlated with the subscores on written composition to give an indication of the relationship between reading and writing. -- One hundred grade six pupils from the educational district of Conception Bay Centre comprised the sample. The achievement of the fifty-one girls and forty-nine boys in reading was determined by their score on The New Developmental Reading Test, Form A. The written composition ability score was determined by their achievement according to a self-devised Writing Ability Formula. Socioeconomic status was determined by an occupational class scale. The intelligence scores used were those obtained on the Canadian Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Test, Nonverbal Battery. -- It was found that a significant relationship exists between reading ability and written composition ability. The high positive correlations between the subscores of reading and the subscores of writing give a powerful indication of the nature of the relationship between the two. It was found that intelligence correlated positively with reading and written composition ability. The variables of sex and socioeconomic status did not correlate positively with reading ability and written composition ability in this study.


identifier: Ali, Naushad <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Ali=3ANaushad=3A=3A.html>   (1978) Anomalous behaviour in the vibrational Raman spectra of N₂, O₂, and CO under near critical conditions.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Experimental studies of the isothermal density dependence of frequency shift and line-width of the Raman Q-branches of N₂, O₂ and CO gases have been done. Light (514.5nm Wavelength) from an Ar-ion laser was focused at the centre of a temperature controlled cell containing the sample, and scattering at 90° was analyzed and recorded by photon counting techniques using a piezoelectrically scanned Fabry-Perot interferometer, photo-multiplier tube and a data acq1uisition and stabilization system. -- The isothermal Raman frequency shift and line-width (FWHM) data were collected over a density range of 10 Amagat to 450 Amagat (70 psi - 1000 psi) for a set of temperatures close to the critical temperature (Tc) for each gas (N₂, O₂ & CO). It was found that the density dependences of both the shift and width exhibited anomalous behavior under near-critical conditions. The anomaly reduced for temperatures away from the critical temperature, and was found to vanish completely in the case of frequency shift at T-Tc ≥ 3K. -- The observed effects are qualitatively interpreted in terms of ‘local density’ fluctuations associated with molecular cluster formation. It is assumed that cluster condensation occurs at a particular value of density ρcc, characterized by a large and sudden change in the mean cluster life-time. It is interpreted that for densities ρ < ρcc, the observed Raman spectrum is mainly due to unclustered molecules and for densities ρ > ρcc, the observed Raman spectrum is dominantly due to molecular clusters. Finally, it is concluded that the Raman effect could be of great importance as a probe of density fluctuations in the critical region.


identifier: Kelly-Freake, Eileen <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Kelly-Freake=3AEileen=3A=3A.html>   (1982) An integrated language arts curriculum for Kindergarten children in Newfoundland and Labrador schools.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to develop an Integrated Language Arts Curriculum for Kindergarten children in Newfoundland and Labrador Schools. -- A curriculum design based upon a particular philosophy has been developed along with specific aims and possibilities for development of an integrated methodology. -- While Language Arts was the central focus of this design, all other curricular learnings and activities were carefully examined as possibilities for the extension of language study. The activity-interest centre concept was interwoven into this framework. -- This organizational plan attempts to translate the notion of integration into practice by presenting a unit of work around a particular theme with specific and detailed plans for a five-day period. Through the integration of a three-dimensional approach involving (1) related and relevant learnings from the various curriculum areas, (2) activities initiated in the various interest centers, and (3) a specific unit centering on a particular theme, certain concepts and, skills were encompassed within the content of Language Arts.


identifier: Burns, Mary Elizabeth Jane <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Burns=3AMary_Elizabeth_Jane=3A=3A.html>   (1982) An oral history of the 1979 strike at the St. John's Evening Telegram.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study presents an oral history of the 1979 strike by reporters against the St. John's Evening Telegram as they recounted it to me in private interviews. The oral historical method was combined with an approach derived from occupational folklore to allow the discovery not only of the strikers' interpretation of the historical event but to produce a more complete understanding of the ideals of the occupational group itself. -- While describing the strike, reporters revealed the exoteric attitudes they held towards newspaper owners as well as the esoteric beliefs they held towards their own jobs. The confrontation situation acted as a catalyst for the emergence of concerns that were always present but which might not normally have been expressed. -- In addition to analysis of narratives concerning the strike experience, and of the rhetorical use of anecdote, several behavioural theories have been employed. In interpreting the picket line behaviour as ritual action, an attempt is made to show why the line held such an emotional place in some of the reporters' accounts. Furthermore, in viewing the bar behaviour as "play," the importance is suggested of activities outside the workaday which provide a sense of cohesion to the occupational group. -- An oral history of a strike allows the folklorist special insight into the concerns of the occupational group involved. Not only does it allow for the study of how actual experiences were narrated and interpreted by those involved, it also allows for the study of the values of the profession as they are more intensively articulated during the strike itself.


identifier: Webb, Neville <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Webb=3ANeville=3A=3A.html>   (1980) An investigation of the meaning of work to high-school students in pre-vocational, industrial arts, home economics and academic programs in selected Newfoundland schools.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Purpose of the Study -- The purposes of this study were: (1) to determine the extent to which pre-vocational programs provided high school students with perceptions of the meaning of work and (2) to investigate variations in the meaning of work according to the variables of sex, grade level, and exposure to either a pre-vocational or an industrial arts - home economics, or an academic curriculum environment. -- Procedure -- Pre-vocational data were drawn from a total of 280 subjects enrolled in the grades nine through eleven levels in Holy Spirit School, Manuels, Queen Elizabeth Regional High School, Foxtrap and Laval High School, Placentia. These subjects attended pre-vocational programs at either district vocational school Conception Bay South or Placentia. -- Grade eight baseline data were provided by 131 subjects drawn from Holy Spirit School, Manuels, Foxtrap Junior High School, St. Peter's Elementary School, Jerseyside and Most Holy Rosary Elementary School, Freshwater. -- Comparative industrial arts - home economics populations comprised 218 subjects drawn from grade eight through eleven in Partanna Academy - John Burke Regional High School, Grand Bank and Central High School, Marystown. -- Control academic populations comprised 140 subjects drawn from grades nine through eleven in Central High School, Mount Carmel and Enright Memorial School, Salmonier. -- The Neff Work Sort (NWS) was administered to all subjects. The Q-sort comprised sixty statements about work. Each subject was required to sort a set of sixty statement cards in a forced choice distribution, (scale 1-9), from most characteristic to least characteristic. Test re-test reliability of the NWS was determined as 0.86. -- Kendall's coefficient of concordance, Kendall's tau and the Pearson correlation coefficient were used to determine the measures of agreement between the rankings of the NWS items and average cell scores. Tests on the null hypotheses were made at the 0.05 level of significance. -- Results and Conclusions -- Results of the study indicated that no significant difference existed between samples on the meanings attached to work according to NWS items on the variables of sex, grade level and curriculum environment. -- Descriptive data showed that work was most characteristically perceived in terms of satisfaction with an almost equal focus on "self" and "others", associated with the needs of self-esteem, esteem for others and creativity. -- Within the limitations of this study it was concluded that: 1. A common perception of work was held by males and females. 2. Perceptions about work appear to be formed early in life and may remain constant over the grade levels examined. 3. Adolescents may perceive work in idealistic terms. 4. Whatever advantages may accrue to students as a consequence of exposure to the pre-vocational curriculum environment these advantages were not differentiated by the NWS.


identifier: Fitzpatrick-Cooper, Lucy <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Fitzpatrick-Cooper=3ALucy=3A=3A.html>   (1982) An internship in guidance and counseling at Beaconsfield High School, including research on the effectiveness of counselor-initiated counseling on self-concept enhancement with low self-concept students.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The rationale for this internship was to provide the intern the opportunity to further her knowledge, to refine her skills and competencies and to develop confidence to be capable of implementing and carrying out a guidance program. This internship report provides a comprehensive report of the professional activities engaged in during the five month internship at Beaconsfield High School, St. John's, Newfoundland, November 1976 to March 1977 inclusive. -- Detailed objectives and specific activities previously submitted and approved by the Department of Educational Psychology, Memorial University, August 1976, are analyzed and evaluated, and include reactions by the intern. Included in these objectives is a research component on the effectiveness of counselor-initiated counseling on self-concept enhancement of low self-concept students as identified by the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale. Results indicate that while the findings were non-significant at the 0.05 level of probability, statistical evidence presented suggests that the treatment worked for some students and not for others. -- Chapter I provides an introduction and statement of objectives of the internship. Chapter II gives a detailed analysis and evaluation of each objective of the internship with a reaction by the intern. Chapter III concludes the report with a summary of the internship experience.


identifier: Ryan, Walter F. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Ryan=3AWalter_F=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1982) An investigation of the relationship between cognitive development and the ability to solve two-step verbal problems in elementary school children.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Purpose -- The major purpose of this study was to determine whether the Piagetan cognitive development stage of the student affects the ability to solve mathematical two-step verbal problems. Four questions were explored: -- 1) Does a student’s cognitive development stage affect his ability to solve two-step verbal problems? -- 2) Does there exist a relationship between the sex of the student and his ability to solve two-step verbal problems? -- 3) Does the sex of the student influence his cognitive development stage? -- 4) Does reading ability affect a student’s ability to solve two-step verbal problems? -- Sample -- The sample for the study consisted of 40 grade seven students. These students were randomly selected from the total population of grade seven students attending three suburban elementary schools in metropolitan St. John’s. -- Method and Procedures -- The sample students were administered the investigator’s Verbal Problem Test and the comprehension section of the Gates-MacGinite Reading Test, Level E, Form 1, as a group activity.  Each individual student was then interviewed in an attempt to determine his formal reasoning ability on four Piagetan tasks. -- Each hypothesis was tested for significance at the .01 level. -- Results and Conclusions -- Analysis of the results indicated that Piagetan cognitive development stage and reading comprehension ability are significant factors in mathematical two-step verbal problem solving performance. The sex of the student was not a factor in determining either the student’s cognitive development stage or his two-step verbal problem solving performance. -- The major conclusion of this study was that students in the concrete stage of development have more difficulty with two-step verbal problems than students in the formal stage of development.


identifier: Hasinoff, Shelley <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Hasinoff=3AShelley=3A=3A.html>   (1981) An investigation of the relationship between syntactic competence and reading comprehension.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between syntactic competence and reading comprehension in Grade Two children. The strictly linguistic definition of syntactic competence, which is represented in this study by oral syntactic maturity, has been broadened to encompass the psycholinguistic notion of syntactic competence which refers to the reader's ability to uncover the meaning of print through strategic attention to the cue systems of language. In particular, this study investigated overattention to grapho-phonic and orthographic cues, which was referred to as the utilization of an "identification strategy" and the flexible use of all cue systems to derive and monitor meaning, which was referred to as the use of a "comprehension strategy." -- The Comprehension subtest of the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test (Canadian edition) Level B, Form 1 was administered to 109 students of four Grade Two classrooms from two schools, one from the Avalon Consolidated School Board and the other from the Roman Catholic School Board for St. John's. Using the median score to divide the group into High and Low achievement groups, students were randomly selected from both sides of the median to insure equal representation from both schools of all ability groups by matching the number of the smallest achievement group which was 16. In this manner, 64 students were selected for further study. Two students were dropped from the study due to illness on the part of one and excessive anxiety on the other. -- The 62 students who completed the study were tested individually and their responses tape-recorded for later in-depth analysis. Individual testing occurred during the three-week period following group testing. Each student was administered the Sentence Imitation subtest of the Test of Language Development to obtain a measure of oral syntactic maturity. The student was then asked to read aloud from a story selected from the Reading Miscue Inventory. The substitution errors made on this instrument were later coded and evaluated to determine whether the use of an "identification strategy," as evidenced by high proportions of syntactically-semantically unacceptable substitutions which were not subsequently corrected, or the use of a "comprehension strategy," as evidenced by combined high proportions of corrections and syntactically-semantically acceptable substitutions which were not subsequently corrected, had a significant effect on reading comprehension. -- The results obtained were submitted to stepwise multiple regression, cross-break and correlational analysis to determine the effect of the variables selected for investigation on reading comprehension and the relationships between these variables. The presence of two oral reading strategies inferred from qualitative evaluation of substitution miscues was validated and their effect on reading comprehension determined using stepwise multiple regression analysis supported by correlational techniques. Cross-break analysis was used to specify the relationship between oral syntactic maturity and reading comprehension and to eliminate the place of school attendance as an important variable for any of the results obtained. -- At the .01 level of confidence, statistical analysis revealed that the use of an "identification strategy" adversely affected reading comprehension, whereas the use of a "comprehension strategy" enhanced reading comprehension. Oral syntactic maturity was found to relate significantly to reading comprehension and was significant as an independent simultaneous predictor along with either the "identification strategy" or the "comprehension strategy." Place of school attendance was not found to be significant in explaining the variance in any of the results obtained.


identifier: Smith, Deborah Lynne <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Smith=3ADeborah_Lynne=3A=3A.html>   (1982) An investigation of role-taking in histrionic personality disorder.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This research focuses its attention on role-taking ability, how a person interprets another’s impression of her. Gough proposed a theory of psychopathy in which he found that psychopaths are deficient in this ability. Genetic studies have linked psychopaths with hysterical personality disorder. Therefore, it was decided to investigate role-taking ability in hysterical personality disorders. Females, only, were considered for the study, since this is a diagnosis used primarily in females. A control group of treated depressives was used. All subjects were in-patients on two psychiatric units of general hospitals. -- Subjects were given a test battery: 1. Socialization Scale.  2. Meta-Impression Test (Bilsbury, 1978). These were tests to measure role-taking. 3. Beck Depression Inventory. This was used to detect the presence of depression in the groups. -- Results showed that females with hysterical personality disorder are deficient in role-taking ability while the control group demonstrated normal role-taking ability. The difference was significant at the p=0.0001 level for the Socialization Scale. The Meta-Impression Test did not yield significant results and recommendations have been made for its improvement. -- The significant results have important implications for diagnosis and treatment of hysterical personality disordered patients and the Socialization Scale has potential value for detection of hysterical traits in depressed women.


identifier: Gabriel, Reginald <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Gabriel=3AReginald=3A=3A.html>   (1978) An examination of authoritarianism in child-rearing attitudes as manifested by foster parents.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A review of child welfare literature suggested that foster parents tend to manifest authoritarian child-rearing attitudes, resulting in foster children being exposed to inadequate parenting. A concurrent review of research literature related to families and socialization theory found that authoritarian child-rearing attitudes do have detrimental effects on the socialization of the child. It was thought that, if Newfoundland foster parents were similar to foster parents in the child welfare studies reviewed, they would reflect authoritarian child-rearing attitudes which would be related to their parenting adequacy. -- Methodology provided for the examination of the child-rearing attitudes of a population of foster parents serviced by a local child welfare agency. The foster parents were divided in two groups by child care social workers at the agency. They rated one group as more adequate, and the other as less adequate. Instruments used to examine their child-rearing attitudes consisted of six scales selected from the Parental Attitude Research Instruments--Mother Form and Father Form. The foster parents' demographic characteristics were examined. All respondents were personally interviewed. -- Descriptive measures were used to observe for differences between the more and less adequate foster parents in the study group. Data analysis revealed that foster parents in the study group did have demographic characteristics somewhat similar to those of foster parents studied in other countries. Differences between mean scores obtained for more adequate and less adequate foster parents on the attitude scales were minimal. Possible explanation lies in the fact that more adequate and less adequate foster mothers displayed marginal differences between means on both restrictive and permissive scales. Also, more adequate foster fathers tended to be less permissive on some scales than did the less adequate foster fathers. -- When examined as subgroups, foster mothers and foster fathers who were rated by agency social workers as being less adequate did show a tendency to be more authoritarian in their child-rearing attitudes than the more adequate foster mother and father subgroups. Overall, less adequate foster parents scored in the direction of being more authoritarian than more adequate foster parents, when taking into consideration the former's scores as subgroups. -- A final observation is that agency social workers did prove capable in rating the adequacy of foster parents in their caseloads. Their judgement was upheld in that the less adequate foster parents tended to be less permissive and more restrictive in their child-rearing attitudes, even though the differences were somewhat marginal.


identifier: Russell, John Charles <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Russell=3AJohn_Charles=3A=3A.html>   (1981) An investigation of junior high school students' understanding of formal concepts when taught by concrete and formal modes of instruction.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Piaget's model of intellectual development constituted the theoretical background for the study. This model depicts intellectual development as occurring in four stages. The final two stages of the model, referred to as concrete and formal, were most relevant to the present study. As such, these stages received most elaboration. -- A number of similar studies, recently conducted, were also based primarily on this portion of the model. Many of the studies were conducted to investigate methods of effectively teaching formal concepts to concrete and formal-operational students. Since the evidence produced by these studies is inconclusive and controversial, the present study was undertaken to further investigate the possibility of teaching concrete and formal students an understanding of formal concepts. In as much as possible, the study was conducted in a naturalistic setting. -- The experimental procedures involved two teachers and four intact classes of eighth-grade science students from a junior high school in the city of St. John's. The experiment was carried out in two phases. During the first phase, one of the teachers instructed two classes of students in one of the subject areas while the other teacher instructed two different classes in the other subject area. Each teacher used a treatment designated as concrete with the class represented as the experimental group and a treatment designated as formal with the class designated as the control group. At the end of the first phase, the appropriate achievement test, comprised of comprehension and application level test items, was administered in each subject area. Also, at approximately midway through the experiment, a test to determine level of intellectual development was administered. -- The procedures followed in the second phase were similar to those used in the first. However, during this phase, the teachers switched subject areas. Each teacher also interchanged the classes previously designated as experimental and control. These cross-overs were included to control for teacher-subject and class-method interaction. Again at the end of the instructional period, the appropriate achievement tests were administered. -- Analysis of covariance was employed to analyze the scores on the two subject-matter tests developed as part of the study. The results of this analysis were used to test the following three hypotheses: there will be no significant difference in the achievement test scores between subjects receiving concrete and formal instruction; there will be no significant difference in the achievement test scores between subjects at different levels of intellectual development; and there will be no significant interaction between level of instruction and level of intellectual development with respect to students' performance on the achievement tests. On the basis of the analysis, the first and third hypotheses were supported while the second hypothesis was rejected. In addition, a post-hoc analysis of the scores on the corresponding teacher-made tests, comprised of knowledge level test items, showed that students exposed to formal instruction scored higher on these tests than students taught via concrete instruction.


identifier: Butler, Gordon Stuart <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Butler=3AGordon_Stuart=3A=3A.html>   (1979) An investigation of factors contributing to the 'overselective' responding of mentally retarded children.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Previous research has suggested that normal, mentally retarded, and autistic children with Mental Ages (MAs) of less than 5 or 6 years are more restricted in the number of components they learn when presented with a relevant redundant cue (RRC) discrimination problem than are older MA children. There has been a tendency to attribute the poor performance of the young MA children to limited breadth of attention. However, this assumes that young, as well as old MA children learn the RRC discriminations by attending to the individual cues which form the stimuli. This may not be the case. -- In addition to component learning, two alternative learning processes were investigated. In compound learning, the child is assumed to learn the S⁺ in the RRC task as a unit, i.e. the components are not learned separately. In configurational learning, the child learns a directional response based on the arrangement or configuration of both the stimuli. It has been reported that young MA children are more likely to employ compound and configurational responding than older MA children. It was, therefore, hypothesized that the stimulus overselectivity exhibited by young MA children does not arise from limited breadth of attention, but rather that it results from a type of learning which does not focus on the individual components which form the stimuli. -- In Experiment 1, young MA (mean of 49.2 months) and old MA (78.0 months) mentally retarded boys were trained on a task which could be learned using compounds, configurations, or components. It was found that the younger MA boys made significantly fewer component responses than did the older MA boys. Furthermore, the younger MA boys made significantly more configurational responses to colour than to form or junk stimuli. -- In Experiment 2, young (48.6 months) and old (83.8 months) MA mentally retarded boys were presented with a series of successive or simultaneous discriminations. The stimuli were colour-form compounds. For the configurational learner, the successive and simultaneous discriminations should be of equal difficulty to learn, while for the component or compound learner, the successive discrimination should be more difficult. It was found that the young MA retarded boys found the two problems to be equally difficult, as indicated by trials and errors to criterion. In contrast, the older boys found the successive problem more difficult than the simultaneous problem. An examination of the component learning indicated that only the older MA boys in the simultaneous condition exhibited any appreciable amount of component learning. The other groups performed slightly above chance when tested on components. -- The results of both experiments suggest that the poor component learning exhibited by young MA children in RRC tasks probably results from these children attending to configurations rather than to components.


identifier: Davis, Thomas Brandon <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Davis=3AThomas_Brandon=3A=3A.html>   (1978) An investigation into home environmental process and status variables of primary school children in Carbonear, Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive efficiency of home environmental process variables (EPVs) in comparison with the predictive ability of socio-economic status (SES). It was hypothesized that the EPVs, in total, would account for more of the total variance of the dependent cognitive measures than SES. The study differed for the most part from research in the area, in that it used early primary school children as opposed to elementary, or high school children. -- Making use of two separate cognitive measures (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and the Concept Assessment Kit), the study was carried out in Carbonear, Newfoundland, with an original sample of 64 Grade I students. The mothers of each of the students were interviewed through questions asked from the Interview Schedule (Dave, 1963). -- The central hypothesis of the study was not borne out; it was not demonstrated that EPVs accounted for a significant more amount of variance than SES. The results were discussed in light of the potential development of a model of home environment process variables.


identifier: Mooney, Aloysius H.(Aloysius Hugh) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Mooney=3AAloysius_H=2E=28Aloysius_Hugh=29=3A=3A.html>   (1981) An investigation of the effect of evaluation techniques on pupil achievement in the teaching of a French program.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of evaluation on student achievement in the learning of French as a second language. The study questioned whether student knowledge of the evaluation of listening and speaking skills would affect student achievement in these skill areas. -- The sample consisted of 64 grade eight students attending two separate elementary schools in an urban district of eastern Newfoundland. Each class was randomly assigned to treatment and traditional groups. Students in the traditional group anticipated traditional evaluation procedures, which stressed the reading and writing skills. Students in the treatment group anticipated evaluation of all four language skills--listening, speaking, reading, and writing. -- Tests were developed for each of the skill areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing to accompany Component V of the Passeport Francais program, the basic skills approach to French language learning currently in use in the schools. The tests were checked for validity and reliability. After five weeks of instruction by their teachers, which was monitored by the investigator, the students were administered the tests focussing on each of the language skill areas. -- The hypotheses predicted that there would be no significant difference in achievement between the treatment and traditional groups with respect to the results of the criterion-referenced achievement tests in the skill areas under investigation. -- The data collected from the four subtests were compared between the two groups using a series of t-tests for independent samples. A .01 level of significance was used. -- The major findings of the study revealed that students achieve at a higher level in French, if they are aware that their evaluation includes each of the language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students who do not anticipate evaluation of the listening and speaking skills do not achieve at as high a level in those skill areas. -- The findings also suggested that students experience greater success when evaluation procedures reflect the aims and teaching strategies of the French language program being used.


identifier: Elliott, Peggy L. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Elliott=3APeggy_L=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1983) An investigation into the relationship between reading achievement and attitudes towards reading of third and sixth grade students.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of a statistically significant relationship between attitudes toward reading and reading achievement in grades three and six. -- The sample consisted of one hundred and fifty students from three different schools under the jurisdiction of the Avalon Consolidated School Board. The students comprised all of the grades three and six students in the aforementioned schools. All students were administered the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests and the Estes Reading Attitude Scale. The Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test measured achievement, whereas the Estes Reading Attitude Scale measured attitude towards reading. -- After the data was collected, an initial interpretation was undertaken by running frequency distributions and histograms using the raw data. These distributions were used to place the data into categories of high, average, and low reading and positive, neutral and negative attitudes. -- A one-way ANOVA was used in the final interpretation to measure the interactions of reading achievement with attitudes towards reading in grades three and six. A two-way ANOVA was used to determine the influence of grade on the interaction of reading and attitude toward reading. This was also used to determine the effect of sex on the interaction of reading achievement and attitude towards reading. -- At the .05 level of confidence, statistical analysis supported the theory that attitude and reading are directly related. It was found that attitudes affect reading in grades three and six. One unanticipated finding was that sex was not a determinant of differences in reading comprehension for grade three pupils. However, by grade six, there was a strong-relationship between sex and reading, in favor mainly of girls. The investigator's subjective interpretation was that there should be more done in the schools to foster positive attitudes towards reading, especially with boys in the elementary grades.


identifier: Ladd, W. Gary <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Ladd=3AW=2E_Gary=3A=3A.html>   (1982) Analysis and social validation of a group training package for pre-professionals with deficient job interview skills.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The study involved training five job interview skills deficient male co-op engineering students to increase three components of their verbal behavior that are considered important in the job interview. A simultaneous replication multiple baseline design was used to demonstrate experimental control of the various phases of the training program over the subjects' frequency of 1) asking the interviewer job relevant questions 2) verbally expressing his enthusiasm 3) providing positive information about his education and experience. -- Each subject was videotaped while in structured interviews with a research assistant under conditions of 1) baseline 2) training on asking the interviewer job relevant questions 3) training on verbally expressing his enthusiasm 4) training on providing positive information about his education and experience. -- Two trained research assistants, who had no knowledge of the purpose of the study, viewed all the above-mentioned tapes of the subjects in a random order and observed the frequency of the three target behaviors and three untreated concomitant behaviors. The concomitant behaviors were frequency of 1) eye contact with the interviewer 2) speech disturbances in subject's verbalizations 3) gestures used by subject. -- In addition, one pre-training and one post-training interview was conducted in a different setting and with an unfamiliar, experienced interviewer for each subject. The pre- and post-training interview tapes were randomly arranged and two experienced personnel officers who had no knowledge of the purpose of the study were asked to view the tapes and rate the subjects on five subjective measures including likelihood of hiring the subject. -- The multiple baseline design provided for a test of experimental control over the three target behaviors and allowed for the demonstration of a substantial increase of the frequency of each target behavior upon the introduction of training. Overall, there was no change in the frequency of gestures or speech disturbances. The percentage of eye contact increased slightly following the first training session. Pre- to post-training improvements in interviews with an actual personnel officer were also noted in all five subjects. Two other personnel officers provided support for the social validity of the experimental training program by rating all subjects significantly higher following training on the five subjective measures including likelihood of hiring. Evaluation of the program by the five participants indicates that they all found the experience to be a valuable one. -- In a subsequent co-op engineering program open job competition, three of the participants were hired on the basis of their job applicant interviews and a fourth was selected as the preferred candidate for a position but could not accept because of the candidate's self-imposition of a geographical location restriction.


identifier: Marrie, Kevin G.(Kevin Gerard) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Marrie=3AKevin_G=2E=28Kevin_Gerard=29=3A=3A.html>   (1979) An investigation into the determinants of the level of service in resource centres in the elementary schools of Newfoundland and Labrador.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The basic assumption underlying this study was that access to quality resource centre services can improve a school's instructional program. This study examines two questions concerning resource centre services in Newfoundland and Labrador's elementary schools. -- The major question related six general factors to the level of resource centre services. These factors are: -- a. the enrolment of the school -- b. the physical facilities -- c. the work done by paid workers -- d. the work done by volunteers -- e. the availability of support services from the district centre -- f. the proportion of release time allotted to the resource teacher. -- The second question related the respondent's rating of the importance of the services to their level of professional qualifications. -- The data for the study was obtained by sending questionnaires to 350 elementary schools across the province. Seventy-two per cent of the schools responded. In the analysis of the date, Pearson correlations and regression analysis were used to analyze the major question while Kendall's coefficient of concordance was utilized in examining the secondary question. -- The study showed the effects of the general factors on the level of resource centre services. It also found that the ratings of the importance of resource centre services was not influenced by the qualifications of the respondents. Finally, it recommended that there be future research done to find more specific ways of improving resource centre services.


identifier: St. Croix, Jacqueline Augusta <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/St=2E_Croix=3AJacqueline_Augusta=3A=3A.html>   (1979) An investigation of the relationships between semantics, syntax, reading comprehension and literature achievement.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The major purpose of this study was to determine the strength of the relationships between semantics, syntax, reading comprehension and literature achievement at the Junior High School level. The differences between grade eight students' and grade nine students' performances as well as the differences between male students' and female students' performances on the above measures were examined. In addition, the relationship between the age of the subjects and their performances on semantics, syntax, reading comprehension and literature achievement was also studied. -- The sample consisted of a total of 256 grade eight and grade nine students from an urban Junior High School. Their knowledge of semantics was determined by their score on the Word Knowledge Test designed by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). Their knowledge of syntax was determined by their score on the English Language Structure Test (ELST) designed by Shackford. Their reading comprehension was determined by their score on the Reading Comprehension Test (IEA). Their achievement in literature was determined by their score on the Literature Test (IEA). -- It was found that significant relationships existed between semantics, syntax, reading comprehension and literature achievement. However, all correlations were moderate or low with the exception of the correlation between reading comprehension and literature achievement. Although all correlations were statistically significant, they set no strong trends in educational terms. -- There were no significant differences between grade eight students' and grade nine students' performances on the semantics or reading comprehension variables. Grade eight students scored significantly higher than grade nine students on the syntax variable and grade nine students scored significantly higher than grade eight students on literature achievement. There were no significant differences found between male and female students' performances on semantics or reading comprehension. Female students scored significantly higher than male students on syntax and literature achievement. Age correlated negatively with semantics, syntax and literature achievement. However, there was no significant relationship between the age of the subjects and their performance on reading comprehension.


identifier: Ahmad, Syed Faiz <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Ahmad=3ASyed_Faiz=3A=3A.html>   (1977) Brillouin scattering experiments on single crystals of cyclohexane.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Brillouin scattering experiments were carried out on single crystals of cyclohexane (C₆H₁₂) in the plastic phase, near the triple point, and adiabatic elastic constants were evaluated. Four single crystals were grown in a quartz cell. The crystals were rotated and their orientations with respect to the laboratory frame of reference were determined using X-ray Laue transmission methods. Light (514.5 nm wavelength) from an Ar-ion laser was incident along the vertical axis of the cylindrical cell, and scattering at an angle of 90° was analyzed and recorded by photon counting techniques using a piezoelectrically scanned Fabry-Perot interferometer, photomultiplier tube and a data acquisition and stabilization system. -- The spectra usually showed a quasilongitudinal component and a single, very much weaker, quasitransverse component; only three spectra showed both transverse components. By least-squares fitting 59 different frequency shift measurements, the adiabatic elastic constants were determined to be: at 279.2 ± 0.2 K (in units of 10⁹ N m⁻²), -- C₁₁ = 2.8(57) ,   C₁₂ = 2.4(72) ,   C₄₄ = 0.35(8) -- with an estimated absolute uncertainty of 2%. This resulted in an adiabatic bulk modulus Bs = 2.60 x 10⁹ N m⁻², and an elastic anisotropy factor A = 1.86. -- The results have been compared with those obtained by ultrasonic measurements on polycrystalline samples of C₆H₁₂ , with those of other plastic molecular crystals, and also with rare-gas and non-plastic molecular crystals. This is the only experiment where the elastic constants of a plastic crystal of complex molecules have been studied very close to the triple point. It was further established that, even at the triple point, the crystal remained anisotropic.


identifier: Carter, Paul Randolph <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Carter=3APaul_Randolph=3A=3A.html>   (1973) Comparison of self-concepts possessed by children attending regular and special classroom settings.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare the self-concepts possessed by children in regular classroom settings and children in special classroom settings, children at different grade levels, and male and female children. The questions raised in the study were stated in the form of null hypotheses and were tested for significance using the multivariate and univariate analysis of variance, the F statistic, and the t-test. The hypotheses were tested for rejection or acceptance at the alpha 0.05 level of significance. The 240 randomly selected subjects were placed into 8 groups according to the variables of type of class placement, grade level, and sex. The subjects' self-concepts were assessed by the non-verbal Self-Social Symbols Test. Results indicated no significant differences between special class children and regular class children when they were compared on the basis of overall self-concept. Significant differences were found between special and regular class children and between male and female children when they were compared on the basis of their nine subtest scores on the Self-Social Symbols Test. Also, a significant interaction effect was found between the factors grade level and sex on one subtest.


identifier: Walton, Douglas George <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Walton=3ADouglas_George=3A=3A.html>   (1978) Aspects of monitoring petroleum hydrocarbon concentrations by hepatic aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase activity in the cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus (Walbaum) (Pisces: Labridae).  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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identifier: Trask, Noah Albert <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Trask=3ANoah_Albert=3A=3A.html>   (1979) Attitudes, socio-economic status, and achievement of Inuit students in Labrador.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study is to measure the attitudes, socio-economic status, and achievement of Inuit students and to determine the relationship among these three variables. -- To obtain the necessary information utilized in the analysis of the questions posed in the study, a questionnaire was administered to sixty-seven Inuit students enrolled in the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades in two all-grade schools in the isolated, coastal region of Northern Labrador. The first section of the questionnaire elicited background information concerning the socio-economic indicators, parental education, parental occupation, family size, and family possessions. The final section of the questionnaire utilized an attitudinal scale, the semantic differential, to measure the students' attitudes towards self (ME) and education (SCHOOL, BOOKS, ENGLISH, TEACHER, DISCIPLINE, EXAMINATION, READING, HOMEWORK, STUDYING, and LEARNING). Attitude towards education was also measured by a question directed at the students' expectation of the grade level to be achieved. A basic data sheet recorded from the students' report cards an indication of actual school achievement, the students' total grade average and subjects failed for first two school terms. -- The main findings of the study indicate that, while socio-economic status and achievement of Inuit students are low, their attitudes are not negative. The findings also indicate that, of the variables investigated, only the indicators of socio-economic status are significantly related to the indicators of school achievement. Father's education, father's occupation, and mother's occupation are significantly related to the students' total grade average, and father's occupation is significantly related to subjects failed. -- The study concludes that socio-economic status, not negative attitudes, is the major obstacle to educational achievement among the Inuit students in Labrador. It also concludes that the Inuit student appears to have made only tentative and weak commitments to the values of the educational system and the "White culture" it represents.


identifier: Szala, Karen Victoria <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Szala=3AKaren_Victoria=3A=3A.html>   (1978) Clean women and quiet men : courtship and marriage in a Newfoundland fishing village.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This work is concerned with the examination of the relationship between patterns of courtship and marriage and the maintenance of the village as a viable social unit. The principle goals herein pursued are (1) the documentation of the process by which mates are selected and marriages initiated, (2) the analysis of these patterns and processes especially as they reflect local ethos, and (3) the exploration of the relationship between these specific processes and the general meaning family and village have for the people of Shepherd's Harbour, Newfoundland. -- This work is divided into four parts. The first is a general introduction to the village and the people. The second is a series of case studies detailing the courtship and marriage of nine couples. The third deals with: (a) socio-spatial configurations of courtship, and (b) the concept of the ideal spouse as an expression of ethos. The fourth and final part addresses itself to the relationship between the courtship and marriage processes and the maintenance of the village.


identifier: Parry, Audrey <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Parry=3AAudrey=3A=3A.html>   (1981) Art and politics : the theatre of the revolution.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This dissertation examines the development of the theatre as a social art during the years of the French Revolution. The study is based on a collection of contemporary editions of plays of this period which are to be found in the Library of Memorial University of Newfoundland. These plays were studied for the information they have to offer regarding their society. -- The thesis is presented in three parts. The first part attempts to establish the theatre as an art form distinct and independent from the art of literature and, moreover, as a form of art which cannot be viewed in isolation from its social and political base. -- In the second part, the French theatre is examined briefly as a background to a discussion of Diderot's theories on dramatic art, and Beaumarchais interpretation of Diderot's "genre serieux". The work of some modern critics of the Revolutionary theatre in France is studied to show, firstly, that the social, historic and political events were an integral part of the Revolutionary theatre and, secondly, to bear witness to the fact that the plays are still judged as much for their politics as for their artistry. Since the latter quality is almost non-existent, the theatre's potential value as a source of social commentary has been obscured. -- The third part of this thesis is concerned with the study of the plays themselves and the effect of the Revolution on their creation, representation and public acceptance. The influence of contemporary events is strongly evidenced in the structure, language, characters and themes, revealing radical changes as the theatre struggled to maintain its social relevancy. The progress of the Revolution itself is followed in these plays as they express the prevalent political views and reveal the customs which became, sometimes temporarily, acceptable in social intercourse. -- This thesis does not present a dramatic criticism of the theatre of the Revolution, but rather offers the study of a selection of plays of the period as a socio-historic comment.


identifier: Van Nostrand, Edward <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Van_Nostrand=3AEdward=3A=3A.html>   (1983) Collision-induced spectra of molecular hydrogen in the first overtone region at 77,201 and 295 K.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The collision-induced absorption spectra of molecular hydrogen in its first overtone region has been recorded with a 2 m high-pressure low-temperature absorption cell for gas densities up to 940 amagat at 77, 201 and 295 K. The observed spectra in the main region consists of pure overtone (i.e. Δv=2) single transitions O₂ (J), Q₂ (J) and S₂ (J), pure overtone double transitions Q₂ (J) + Q₀ (J) and Q₂ (J) + S₀ (J) and double fundamental (i.e. Δv=1) transitions O₁ (J) + Q₁ (J). Q₁ (J) + Q₁ (J) and Q₁ (J) + S₁ (J). In addition, double transitions S₂ (J) + S₀ (J) (corresponding to a first overtone vibrational-rotational transition in one molecule and a simultaneous pure rotational transition in its collision partner) and S₁ (J) + S₁ (J) (corresponding to a simultaneous fundamental vibrational-rotational transition in each molecule of the colliding pair) have been observed for the first time for normal hydrogen at 77 K. These S + S transitions arise entirely from the contribution to the intermolecular interaction by the anisotropy of the polarizability of molecule in the quadrupole field of its collision partner. -- An analysis of the observed profiles on the basis of the theory of the quadrupole induction mechanism has been attempted using a symmetrized modified dispersion lineshape (with an extra fourth power term in the denominator) and the available matrix elements of the quadrupole moment, polarizability and anisotropy of the polarizability of the H₂ molecule; it is found that the calculated intensities of the transitions involving Δv=2 are somewhat too high. However, a reduction of the Δv=2 quadrupole moment matrix elements by a factor of 0.68 is found to give a good agreement between the calculated absorption profiles and the experimental profiles at all the three experimental temperatures. Pressure narrowing of the SΔᵥ (J) + SΔᵥ (J) transitions in the first overtone region for pure gas densities in the range 640 - 940 amagst at 77 K has been clearly observed for the first time. -- A reanalysis of the absorption profiles of the S₁ (J) + S₀ (J) transitions of the fundamental band of H₂ at 77 K obtained earlier in our laboratory is also reported.


identifier: Sheppard, Wade Austin <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Sheppard=3AWade_Austin=3A=3A.html>   (1980) Background characteristics, opinions and attitudes of parents electing an early French immersion programme for their children.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study focused on the parents of children being enrolled into kindergarten French immersion in the school year 1979-80 in Cape St. George, Newfoundland. Three aspects were investigated in the study. First, selected background characteristics of the parents and home were investigated. Second, a survey of parental opinion respecting various aspects of immersion French education and biculturalism was conducted. Third, parental attitudes with respect to biculturalism were measured. The purpose of the study was to discover if differences on these factors could be found between the groups of parents who elected to place their children in the immersion French stream and the group electing to place their children in the regular English stream. -- The sample for the study consisted of 19 fathers and 30 mothers of children entering kindergarten in September, 1979. The parents were divided into two groups, depending upon the kindergarten stream chosen by them for their children, and compared in the analysis on the various measures. All the data for the study was obtained during one to two hour interviews with each parent included in the sample. Background characteristics were investigated by a series of questionnaires developed by the researcher, while an opinionnaire was designed to gather information on parental opinion. Parental attitudes with respect to biculturalism were determined with the use of an attitude questionnaire comprised of five subscales designed by Jokobovits (1970), based on scales originally developed by Gardner and Lambert (1969). The major statistical procedures used in this study were analysis of variance, or chi square test for independence, and a factor analysis. -- Significant differences were found in all of the three main areas of investigation. The two groups differed in areas such as French speaking proficiency and various other language related background factors. Experience with immersion French, educational level of parents, and parental aspirations for their children all proved to be significantly different. Parents also differed with respect to their opinions on the effectiveness of the immersion French programme, economic benefits of the immersion programme as compared to the English programme, cultural benefits of the immersion French programme, as well as characteristics of students who are most successful in the immersion French programme. With respect to bicultural attitudes, the groups differed significantly in terms of French attitudes, authoritarianism, and anomie. The factor analysis indicated that French language background was a clear and independent factor in the parental decision-making process. It was also suggested that parents viewed the English and immersion French programmes as having different strengths. The English programme was seen to have more academic merit, while the immersion programme was seen to make an important cultural contribution. When academic merit was related to the economic benefits of the programme, the suggestion seems to be that the risk of academic failure is weighed against economic benefit when choosing one programme over the other. The factor analysis also indicated that persons who were less educated and had less direct experience with innovations in education are more likely to opt for the known, more traditional educational programmes unless they are endowed with unusual inner direction. -- In light of the study's findings, recommendations were made in two areas - programme evaluation and programme recruitment. Programme evaluation has to be viewed in the context of parental motivations for choosing one programme in favor of the other. Former simple comparisons of outcomes of the programme required the assumption that inputs into the two kindergarten classes had been the same, or else, had little to do with outcomes. This assumption must now be rejected. Arguments for programme recruitment, normally taking the stand that educational risks are minimal compared to potential it presents for cultural renewal and economic improvement, must now be modified.


identifier: Furey, Rosalita Angela <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Furey=3ARosalita_Angela=3A=3A.html>   (1979) Applications of groupoid and other techniques to glueing and co-glueing theorems in the category of topological pairs.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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identifier: Patey, Philip William Reuben <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Patey=3APhilip_William_Reuben=3A=3A.html>   (1974) Biological base-line trials of an integrated plankton pumping system in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Newfoundland's inshore waters continue to play an important role in the lives of many of its people. The shoreward portion may as a fishery reservoir influence species which contribute more than 70% of the landed value of commercial and sports fisheries. Yet the microbiota on which this reservoir is based has been a very neglected aspect of the island's marine biology. With the increase in coastal industrial development there is a greater potential for deterioration of this fragile and unfamiliar resource base. -- In this social context a portable plankton pumping system was designed, assembled, and evaluated. The first module, a commercial diaphragm pump delivers sea water to a surge-tank where temperature, salinity, conductivity and dissolved oxygen measurements are made. In the third module the water is filtered by gravity flow through four Nitex plankton filters sequentially arranged after which the water's volume is determined. -- Evaluation consisted of seventeen closely integrated field and laboratory experiments. Most of the field evaluation took place at Come by Chance adjacent to an oil refinery prior to its start-up operations. Several aspects of its operation and laboratory procedures were assessed. -- Electronic environmental sensors were evaluated against alternate methods. Of these only the dissolved oxygen sensor yielded statistically significant variations. The water meter's performance was well within the value assured by the manufacturer. The filter-cleaning procedures were satisfactory and sedimentation losses were not significant. -- To evaluate zooplankton catching efficiency a conical net was tied below the pump's intake and both were pulled simultaneously through the same water column. There was little pump damage to plankton. The pump captured more of the smaller forms while the net retained more of the larger. -- Together the net and the pump provided a means of gathering information on plankton numbers, diversity and their aqueous environment in a manner not previously demonstrated. Reduction of spatial and temporal displacement of the sampling devices increases the confidence one has in the conclusion that the numbers and diversity of plankton in the water column are more closely approximated by both devices together than by either operated singly.


identifier: Mora-Lara, Carlos Orlando <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Mora-Lara=3ACarlos_Orlando=3A=3A.html>   (1973) Biology and fishery of the 'Titi' shrimp Xiphopenaeus Riveti on the Pacific Coast of Colombia, South America.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The commercial importance of this species in Colombia is reflected in landings of about four million pounds (tail weight) in 1971, having been increasingly reported in the last few years as demand and price increased. Analysis of the fishery indicated the necessity for management by limiting the number of vessels before depletion would become apparent. Biology of the species, based on monthly samples taken during survey fishing, gave conversion factors of 1.62 for tail weight to total weight and 0.61 for total weight to tail weight. Length-weight, etc., relationships indicated that males gained more weight with increase in size than females, but the latter grew to much larger sizes. Maxima for carapace length were 26 and 35mm, respectively, in the samples. Average monthly growth in females was estimated at 2.9 mm carapace length. First maturity in males was reached at a carapace length of 15 mm; maturity was continuous thereafter, as shown by presence of spermatophores. In females, first maturity was observed at 17 mm cl, but data on their reproductive cycles indicates that they mature and spawn up to four times over the period indicated by the range of carapace length observed. Their gonads were rated as juvenile, immature, maturing, and mature, based on sizes of ovaries and ova, the largest ova being 0.25 mm in diameter before spawning. High percentages with large ova in each monthly sample indicated frequent spawnings, probably numbering five times a year for the population. -- Procercoids of cestodes parasitized principally the hepatopancreas. Food organisms were observed to be primarily other crustaceans, polychaetes and pelecypods. The sex ratio was biased in favour of females. This is interpreted to be due to a gear selection or preference of/for larger shrimp. With regards to bathymetric distribution, 5-10 m and mostly in near-shore locations were favoured, and some adults, as well as juveniles, were found within estuaries. Recruitment appeared to occur four times annually, based on length frequency samples. -- The thesis further examines the taxonomy of the genus and the species and morphology details of X. riveti are given. However, no final decision is made concerning the separation of X. riveti and X. kroyeri.


identifier: Lawrence, Joan Alfreda <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Lawrence=3AJoan_Alfreda=3A=3A.html>   (1983) Coding disability : a pure dysgraphia.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

title: Coding disability : a pure dysgraphia

abstract: In the present investigation, an attempt was made to identify a learning disability defined by a characteristic pattern of inconsistencies between written and oral school performance. Children with at least average verbal skills were described as being unable to produce coherent, detailed written passages, and their WISC-R Coding scores were depressed significantly in comparison to their other subtest scores. Labelled as Coding Disability (CD), the disorder was postulated to be a form of apraxic dysgraphia occurring in the absence of verbal/linguistic deficits. Twelve children whose Coding scores were at least 3 points lower than their Vocabulary scores were selected for the Coding Disabled group. They were matched on age and sex with children who showed minimal subtest scatter. The Similarities, Vocabulary, Block Design, and Coding subtests, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, and a modified version of the Gates-MacGinitie reading comprehension test were administered to both groups. Because the Coding Disability was postulated to be neurologically mediated and independent of external influences, measurements were repeated under low and high motivation. It was predicted that, under high motivation, the CD children would improve significantly on all scores except Coding and Written recall. The Control children were expected to improve on all scores. This hypothesis was confirmed; change scores differentiated the two groups only on the Coding and Written recall tests. The findings point to the existence of a group of children whose poor writing skills are hardwired and impervious to motivational influences.


identifier: Kirkham, I.R. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Kirkham=3AI=2ER=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1980) Chick development and parental care in the northern gannet.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Parent-young interactions in Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) were studied at three North American colonies in 1978 and 1979. Nestling behavioural and morphological development were investigated using wild and hand-reared chicks. During the first month post-hatch, certain body parts grow faster than others. Rapid growth of tarsi, midtoes, culmen, and associated muscles aid in eventual thermoregulatory activities and in increasing the efficiency of food reception. Metabolic rate (VO2) of nestlings between 5 and 10 days was high and variable and declined in magnitude and variability to near adult levels by 21 days. When endothermic, chicks had low metabolism and thermoregulation did not appear to require much of the available energy, most of which was allocated to growth. -- Chick dependence on adults requires continuous attendance and care (brooding and feeding). Relative parental investments by males and females were determined by observation of time spent incubating, brooding, foraging and feeding chicks.  Daily nest attendance by both parents was similar during egg and chick stages. Females incubated, on average, for significantly longer periods than males. Chick brooding and attendance spells were shared about equally by males and females. Males fed chicks more often than females, during post-hatch weeks 1 through 3; thereafter chick feeding was shared about equally between parents. -- The food energy requirements of nestlings peaked at about week 6 and declined slightly after week 9. Mackerel, which has a high fat content and caloric value, was the most common food feed to chicks. Mackerel is an ideal food type for gannets, because of its large size (fewer foraging trips) and its high levels of fat which nestlings require for post-fledging survival. The gannets mode of development is discussed tin terms of nestling behaviour and energetics, parental time and energy investments, and with comparisons to other avian development patterns.


identifier: Reux, Francois Marina Henriette <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Reux=3AFrancois_Marina_Henriette=3A=3A.html>   (1977) Baudelaire et Goya.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

title: Baudelaire et Goya

abstract: Few are the critics who discussed Baudelaire and Goya, and those who do, generally insist on what Baudelaire owes to Goya. There is however another way of studying their relations, and that is to consider Baudelaire’s new approach to Goya, his ability to sense the true spirit of his works and express it with a rare and valuable concision. Such will be the first aim of our study: to probe that Baudelaire’s criticism of Goya may be considered as new and revolutionary, if replaced in the social and artistic context of the time. -- Spain is the favourite topic of discussion in France around 1830, and one of the most important sources of inspiration among poets and writers; Contes d’Espagne et d’Italie, España are published around that time. Artists as famous as Chateaubriand, Merimeé, Gautier visited that country glorified by the romantics. While those travelers discovered Spain, the ruggedness of some regions, the colourful folklore of that wonderful country, back in France, the less fortunate read the chivalrous novel of Amadis de Gaula, studied and admired the Spanish masters, like Velazquez and Murillo, who could so perfectly recreate those “majas” and “toreros” who stood for an idealized Spain. They admired Goya as well, but only for his Caprichos, his only work to be known in France then. The romantics appreciated mostly in his engravings the fantastic atmosphere, those monsters and witches who were so much like those of Celestin Nanteuil. -- Gautier had seen much more: he had gone to Spain, had stayed there for six month. And had perfectly recounted his trip in Tra los Montes; Gautier had seen the different aspects of Goya’s works: he visited San Antonio de la Florida where he saw the frescos, admired the black paintings in “la quinta del sordo”, Goya’s residence outside Madrid, and the Tauromaquia. He gave a complete account of what he had discovered in a short study of Goya’s painting. Although he wonders at his unusual way of painting and finds him prodigious, he does not sense the complete originality of such a genius, and finds in his painting some resemblance with Velazquez and Callot; thus, Gautier follows the romantic point of view: Goy, according to him, offers us a unique portrait of the Spanish society; thanks to his work, all that exotic atmosphere that will soon die, will be preserved forever. Here lies his genius: in his ability to paint and satirise his society together with a rare preciseness. -- Baudelaire had also discovered Goya, it was even, according to some of his friends, one of his first passion, which will increase after his meeting with Delacroix. One ca sense that enthusiasm in the very few pages he devoted to Goy in De quelques caricaturistes étrangers, in which we note a complete understanding of Goya’s genius. Goya, he explains, is more than a mere “couleur locale” painter. Not that he criticizes Gautier’s study on the contrary, he advises everybody to read it, but he is looking for something far more important. He wants to make clear that Goya’s work can also be judged on a much superior level, the level of universality; the men and women he paints are not only Spaniards, they have any nationality, better still they are universal. Here lies his genius: in his capacity to express in his works all the grotesque and absurdity of human life. -- Baudelaire in sensing so perfectly Goya’s feeling, reveals something even more important, and that is how close those two masters were in terms of philosophical ideas. Such will be the second goal of our study: to prove that there was between those two men a complete “similitude de pensée”.


identifier: Cole, Sally Cooper <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Cole=3ASally_Cooper=3A=3A.html>   (1981) Bored in the Arctic : the modern experience of Inuit youth.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Inuit teenage values, behaviour, aspirations and expectations are explored within the context of discussion of Inuit adaptation to modernization and industrialization in the Canadian Arctic. Ambivalence and conflict in the teenagers' contemporary relationships with family, community, school and work are described and are considered primary factors in the development of strong adolescent peer groups and in the teenagers' enthusiastic reception of the urban pop youth culture. -- The youth culture provides the teenagers with an alternative value system to that of adults and non-Inuit in the settlements. The youth culture offers immediate rewards, establishes attainable goals and identifies realistic role models which are otherwise lacking in the lives of contemporary Inuit youth. The youth culture is considered to be playing an instrumental role in developing within the Inuit population, values and lifestyle aspirations leading Inuit into the ranks of the non-mobile groups within Canadian society. -- Inuit teenage boredom is found to be associated with modernization and to reflect the quality of the Inuit relationship with urban Canada. Settlement living, going to school, seeking wage employment, enjoying a relatively high material standard of living and consumption of items of popular culture are accepted by young Inuit as behaviour necessary to becoming modern. Becoming modern has also, however, meant becoming bored and this is the dominant experience of modern Inuit youth who are bored in the Arctic.


identifier: Sclater, Anne Louise <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Sclater=3AAnne_Louise=3A=3A.html>   (1979) Biosynthesis of the antifreeze protein in the winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectus americanus: in vitro studies.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The serum of the winter flounder Pseudopleuronectus americanus contains one principal antifreeze protein of 10,000 daltons in the winter. In vitro incorporation with radioactive alanine in the flounder's liver showed the occurrence of one major radioactive component of 16,000 daltons on Sephadex G-75 columns in 0.05 M NH₄HCO₃ buffer, pH. 8.0, as well as in 8 M urea, 0.1 M tris-glycine buffer, pH 8.6, containing 50 mM β-mercaptoethanol. One major radioactive component was observed on SDS and urea tris-glycine diso gel electrophoresis. Upon mild tryptic digestion, this component yielded fragments having the same elution position on the gel filtration column as compared to authentic antifreeze protein. The synthesis of this 16,000 component in the fall (October-November) correspond closely with the serum antifreeze level and was absent from fish caught in the summer. However, the radioactivity in this in vitro biosynthetic product could not be converted to antifreeze protein using pulse chase experiments with puromycin, nor with cold alanine. -- An attempt was made to purify this antifreeze-like polypeptide from bulk materials. Amino acid analysis and enzymic peptide finger prints showed close structural similarity between this material and authentic antifreeze protein. -- It is concluded that this liver 16,000 dalton component represents the precursor protein for the antifreeze protein.


identifier: Whiffen, Bruce Lloyd <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Whiffen=3ABruce_Lloyd=3A=3A.html>   (1982) Brillouin spectroscopic studies of xenon and methane hydrates.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The technique of Brillouin Spectroscopy has been used to study the acoustic properties of clathrate hydrates. In particular, the longitudinal sound velocities in the hydrates of methane and xenon have been determined from artificially-grown polycrystalline samples. -- A major part of this study involved an investigation of procedures for producing appropriate samples. This was met with limited success. Except for one xenon hydrate sample, the samples grown were somewhat opaque and milky. Nevertheless, light scattering studies were successfully carried out. -- Since an exact measurement of the percentage cage occupancy was not feasible, the data are presented at occupancies of 75%, 90% and 100%. The dependency of the velocities on the occupancies arose through the Brillouin equation wherein the calculated hydrate indices of refraction were dependent on the occupancy percentage through the hydrate densities. Further, each velocity is expressed as a ratio relative to the longitudinal velocity in ice. Two sets of data for xenon hydrate are presented. The results are as follows: -- HYDRATE - CAGE OCCUPANCY - HYDRATE/ICE VELOCITY RATIO -- METHANE - 75 - .894 -- 90 - .887 -- 100 - .880 -- XENON - 75 - .775 - .761 -- 90 - .764 - .750 -- 100 - .753 - .739 -- These data represent the first experimental velocity measurements for methane and xenon hydrates. The velocity ratios obtained through an extension of the only theoretical treatment performed to date (Whalley, 1980) are in approximate agreement.


identifier: Chen, Chun-Ming <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Chen=3AChun-Ming=3A=3A.html>   (1979) Calibration of a 200 ft. wave tank and a study of the response of a circular cylinder to sinusoidal waves.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A series of experiments have been carried out to verify linear wave generator theory as well as to study wave forces on a vertical circular cylinder. The experimental data shows that linear wave generator theory can accurately predict the relationship between water depth, stroke of the wave generator, wave height, and wave period. Experimental forces and overturning moments on the cylinder show reasonably good agreement with linear wave theory and Morison's equation.


identifier: Selby, Albert Michael <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Selby=3AAlbert_Michael=3A=3A.html>   (1981) Automatic speech rate as an index of depression and its relationship to psychological and motor tests.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The value of the automatic speech rate as an index of depression was investigated. Sixteen hospitalized depressed patients (ten diagnosed as suffering from Endogenous Depression and six with Reactive Depression) and 16 normal subjects were compared on rates of automatic speech and tests of psychomotor speed. In addition the patient group was assessed on three measures of depression. Members of each group were tested weekly, the depressed patient group until discharged from hospital, the normal group for three consecutive weeks. Five weeks later, a 'follow-up' test was given to both groups. On every test day, excepting 'follow-up', the assessments were made at morning and afternoon tests sessions in order to investigate the diurnality of responses. A repeated measures design was employed to facilitate comparison of scores over time. The results showed a statistically significant difference between the depressed group and the normal group on measures of automatic speech. The depressed group showed statistically significant improvement on automatic speech rates with concomittant significant improvement on the clinical scales. The normal subjects also demonstrated a significant change in automatic speech rates over time and both groups showed diurnal variation on this measure. The depressed and normal groups could be differentiated from one another on tests of psychomotor speed. These results indicate that the automatic speech rate is a potentially useful measure for investigating and monitoring depression. Suggestions for further investigations are made, particularly those which study the effect of mental set on automatic speech rates.


identifier: Srivastava, Pradeep Kumar <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Srivastava=3APradeep_Kumar=3A=3A.html>   (1979) Buoyancy effects on heat, mass and momentum transfer during the melting of a horizontal ice sheet above fresh or saline water flowing at laminar Reynolds numbers.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A finite difference steady state two-dimensional analysis is made for the combined convection heat, mass and momentum transfer phenomena for pure or saline (Sₒₒ = 5‰ and 35‰) water flowing at laminar Reynolds numbers below a semi-infinite horizontal melting sheet of pure ice. All fluid properties, except density in the body forces terms of the momentum equation, are assumed to be constant. -- For the fresh water case, a 51 by 21 grid is used for the computer analysis and downstream boundary conditions are applied at a distance of 1.731 m from the leading edge. For Sₒₒ = 5‰ and 35‰ 52 by 52 and 68 by 65 grids are used respectively and downstream boundary conditions are applied at a distance of 1.021 m. The results of the analysts are presented for free stream velocities of 0.025, 0.02, 0.015 and 0.01 m/s and free stream temperatures ranging from 2ﾟC to 20ﾟC. Results obtained with the present analysis are compared with the forced convection case. -- For fresh water, the streamlines resulting from the present analysis are closer to the ice sheet than is found for forced convection, but the heat transfer to the ice sheet is lowered. For saline water, the streamlines are shifted further away from the ice sheet for combined convection than for forced convection and the local heat transfer rates are lowered. The solution method is not convergent for conditions when the buoyancy terms become large.


identifier: Dargan, Mary Amanda <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Dargan=3AMary_Amanda=3A=3A.html>   (1979) Family identity and the social use of folklore : a South Carolina family tradition.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study examines the pastimes and verbal art of a large family network whose geographic center is a community in northeastern South Carolina. Patterns of leisure and patterns of performance in verbal art are described and analyzed in terms of their function and use in the family. The focus is on verbal art and such problems as the relationship between performer and audience, the recognition of ownership and expertise, and the presentation of images of family and self in storytelling. -- The purpose of the study is to show how these forms of expressive behavior express and help to maintain a sense of family identity. Family pastimes are organized according to family membership and are sources of and settings for storytelling. Family members use storytelling and other expressive behavior to project a specific image of their group or of themselves as individuals. These images are highly self-conscious and can be played with for different audiences and situations. They not only reflect family self-images but also involve plays on the images family members think others have of them or of groups with which they are identified, in particular Southern rural whites. -- Family members can also express a sense of family identity by using private expressions and private references in storytelling which only the family understands. They can tell their stories a little differently for their relatives than for outsiders. This study looks at the forms and devices family members use for expressing esoteric knowledge in their verbal art. -- The questions of what it means to belong to a family and of when family ties become important to members of this kin network are also addressed in the thesis. Observations of family interaction and interviews with family members led to the conclusion that family membership involves not only kinship ties but also ties of friendship and proximity. It also involves the shared knowledge of a common past, of images of the family which can be used in verbal performance, of the rights and obligations entailed in kinship relations, and of the ways family ties can be used in organizing family pastimes. -- Individual family members belong not to one, but to many families based on different ways of grouping their kindred. Part of being a member of the family is knowing which family ties are relevant to different kinds of interaction and which images of family group are appropriate to certain situations. Family members can identify themselves or their relatives with one family group in one situation and with another in a different situation. This thesis focuses on the expression of family identity in pastimes and verbal art, for it is in these that family identity seems to find its clearest, most creative expression.


identifier: MacNeil, Allan <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/MacNeil=3AAllan=3A=3A.html>   (1980) Developing appropriate mathematical experiences for the slow learner in the regular classroom : a guide for primary teachers.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Children with experientially impoverished backgrounds enter school possessing mathematical skills inferior to those of their more fortunate peers. Rather than expose these children to a second rate mathematics program which will perpetuate this retarded development and thereby accentuate differences through grouping, it is proffered that the Investigating School Mathematics series can be used with all students in a way which is cognitively in keeping with their development while simultaneously respecting and fostering their affective development. -- To demonstrate how this can be done, a guide for working with slow learners in Kindergarten, Grade I and Grade II was developed. This guide draws heavily upon the developmental theory of Jean Piaget for its rationale while incorporating the teaching suggestions of the Investigating School Mathematics program and those of successful teachers in the Bay St. George R.C. School Board system.


identifier: Ma, Connie <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Ma=3AConnie=3A=3A.html>   (1981) Content analysis of periodical literature on social work supervision, 1970-1979.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A review of literature on social work supervision suggested that there has been no systematic study to date of the literature on social work supervision using the methodology of content analysis. It was thought that this kind of systematic study of the periodical literature on social work supervision would reflect the status of practice and knowledge in social work supervision and that the findings would also help to identify the potential for more research in this area. -- Thirty-seven articles were sampled from Social Work Research and Abstracts 1970-1979 under the headings of "supervision" and "supervisor." The contents of the articles were examined under several categories: geographical location, gender status and professional status of authors; target readers and their organizational settings; modes and components of social work supervision; and, research orientation and theoretical perspectives of social work supervision. -- Data analysis revealed fewer articles on social work supervision in the periodical literature of 1970-79 as compared with articles on other topics. Over half of the articles in this study were found in five major journals of social work. The authors are mainly male and are predominently from the United States. The majority of the articles are contributed by writers with faculty status in a university setting. More attention has been given by the writers to agency-based practice and knowledge building in the interest of front-line workers rather than to issues related to professional education for social work. Individual supervision is still the primary mode of social work supervision. Educational theory is found to be the predominant framework in which the supervisory process is based and explained. Non-empirical studies make up the larger portion of the articles. Two dimensions of supervisory practice are prominently absent from the articles reviewed in the study. These are: the use of audio-visual technology in practice, and, evaluation of supervision as a vehicle to improved practice.