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The major work involved is the debugging procedure on the Varian Model V-21003 electromagnet, power supply and spectrometer and the design and construction of supporting structure to house the various pieces of apparatus which were required to complete the system.Equipment which was not immediately available was then designed and constructed, with the final step being the testing. of the entire system for its integrity.Adjustments to each component was then carried out to obtain the best signal possible, noting the various changes caused by the condition and setting of each section of the system.

This study investigates the role of the secondary school teacher-librarian in the creation of a reading environment. The factors that influence how and why a teacher-librarian carries out his or her role are the major focus of the study. These are explored through an analysis of the current literature and in case studies undertaken in six Melbourne secondary schools. The investigation found that each of the case study schools created and operated a reading environment that was affected to varying degrees by all of the identified factors. The factors are: / The attitudes of the teacher-librarian towards their professional responsibility in creating a reading environment, and towards their students as readers. / The relationships forged between the teacher-librarian and teaching staff, administrators, other library staff and students. / The organisational and policy decisions that affect access, such as collection management, reading promotion programs and the knowledge base and advisory role of the teacher-librarian. / The ambience within the library space and how this assists the teacher-librarian in creating a welcoming environment conducive to encouraging reading, including factors such as layout and display. / The influences external to the library within the school including: budget allocation, staffing levels, support from the school administration, curriculum needs and the demands and limitations of architectural structures. / The professional context of the school community and the wider educational and professional debate within which the teacher-librarian operates impact upon the attitudes and decisions of the teacher-librarian. In addition, changes to broad educational objectives, the impact of lCT's, and the ongoing debate as to the role of the teacher-librarian have had a marked impact upon each of the case study schools and their reading environments.

Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Interdepartmental Physical Sciences, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 29, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 378-380). Also issued in print.

Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Interdepartmental Biological Sciences, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Aug. 3, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p.166-168). Also issued in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 332-341). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-138). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2010. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 91, [48] p. : ill. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

This research concerns the development and testing of a new type of introductory astronomy curriculum material called ranking tasks. Ranking tasks are a novel form of conceptual exercise in which students are presented with (usually) pictures or diagrams that describe up to six slightly different variations of a basic physical situation. Students are then asked to make a comparative judgment identifying the order or ranking of the various situations based on some physical outcome or result. These exercises are easily incorporated as collaborative group activities into the traditional lecture-based classroom. This study developed design guidelines for ranking tasks based on several learning theories and classroom pilot studies. A single-group repeated measures experiment was then conducted using eight key introductory astronomy topics with 250 students at the University of Arizona in the Fall of 2004. Our research questions were: * Do in-class collaborative ranking task exercises result in student conceptual gains when incorporated into traditional lecture-based instruction? * Are these gains significant in terms of effect size measures commonly used in education research? * What value do students perceive in the use of in-class ranking tasks exercises? The study found that average assessment test scores across the eight astronomy topics increased from 32% on the start-of-semester pretest to 61% after traditional lecture, to 77% after the ranking task exercises. A mixed factors ANOVA confirmed a significant rise in test scores after the ranking tasks (alpha = 0.05). The average normalized gain on the post-ranking task tests was 0.41, with a Cohen’s d effect size of 0.62 which is described in the literature as moderately large. Interestingly, we found that the normalized gain from the ranking tasks was equal to the entire previous gain from traditional instruction. A repeated-factor ANOVA found that the use of ranking tasks equally benefited both genders and also both high and low-scoring median groups on the pretest. A Lickert-scale attitude survey found that 83% of the students participating in the 16 week study believed that the ranking task exercises helped their understanding of core astronomy concepts. Based on these results, we assert that adding collaborative ranking task exercises to a traditional classroom instruction can significantly improve student understanding of key introductory astronomy concepts. / Mathematical Sciences / Ph. D. (Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (Astronomy Education))

"In this study the purposes of the school activity program in the field of administration and supervision have been examined. These purposes, as they relate to the total school program, have been examined also. As a result of the careful examination of the purposes of the school activity program it is the purpose of this study to set forth a practical criteria for administering and supervising a school activity program"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August, 1952." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Advisor: H. W. Dean, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 41-43).