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Tachistoscopic study of reading related operations in average readers and those experiencing difficulty
(1989)Thirty elementary school children were classified into equal groups of poor and average readers. In a series of four experiments, subjects were requested to provide vocal responses to tachistoscopically presented stimuli ... -
Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Schistorophinae (Nematoda: Acuaroidea) and its North American distribution in waders belonging to the families Charadriidae, Scoloacidae and Recurvirostridae (Aves)
(1984)The subfamily Schistorophinae Travassos, 1918 is revised. Five species of Schistorophus Railliet, 1916 are recognized: (1) longicornis (Hemprich and Ehrenberg in Schneider, 1866) with S. indica (Sanwal, 1952) and ... -
Teacher perceived barriers to implementing regular daily physical activity in Simcoe County elementary schools
(2008)Background: Teachers in Ontario are expected to implement 20 minutes of daily physical activity (DPA) into their daily programming, due to the Ministry of Health Promotion guidelines adapted in 2006. This study examined ... -
Teacher perceptions of the development of a school profile
(1995)This study was developed as a means to examine the assumptions arising from educational research on the use of the school audit process In building effective schools. These assumptions are evident in the work of Fullan ... -
Teacher preparedness for engaging in suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention
(2004)Adolescent suicide has become more frequent over the past few decades, despite school-based suicide prevention programs which have been in place since the 1970's. As youth suicide rates have increased, so has the amount ... -
Teachers' attitudes and opinions concerning elementary school students' understanding of HIV/AIDS
(2000)The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers’ views on HIV/AIDS education and their students’ readiness for HIV/AIDS education. How the emotional developmental stages of the students relate to the implementation ... -
Teachers' beliefs about classroom management
(2006)Study group : 4 teachers at the primary-junior level in 2 elementary schools in Northwestern Ontario. -
Teachers' opinions about the roles of subject specialists and generalist instructors for early adolescents
(1995)This study is essentially exploratory in nature due to a paucity of research concerning teacher opinions about subject specialists and generalist instructors for early adolescents. The purpose of the study is to examine ... -
Teachers' perceptions of home schooled children
(1996)This study examined teachers' perceptions of home schooled children's social/emotional and academic preparation for returning to the regular classroom. Fifteen elementary and three secondary school teachers were interviewed ... -
Teachers' perspectives on the implementation of the Ontario elementary school science curriculum
(2005)This study examined the implementation of the Ontario elementary school Science and Technology curriculum from the perspective of nine grade 8 teachers of varying experience and specialization. The questions which this ... -
Tectonic magnetic fabrics in pure and simple shear : experimental investigations
(1988)Triaxial compression tests were preformed such that changes in the magnetic susceptibility anisotropy with strain would be represented by experimental approximations of simple shear and pure shear. Both types of tests ... -
Temperature effects on the far-infrared absorption spectra of simple organic molecules
(1971)The recent development of interferometers operating in the far-infrared frequency region, coupled with the use of modern high-speed digital computers for processing the interferometric data, has made this frequency ... -
Ten-year growth response of 45-year old Pinus banksiana Lamb. to urea fertilization and low thinning
(1982)The objectives of this investigation were 1) to examine the duration and pattern of jack pine growth response to urea fertilization and low thinning, and 2) to examine methods commonly used in the measurement of ... -
Terror management and pandemic influenza : social perception and response / by Jeffrey W. Sole.
(2007)Terror management theory provides a framework for investigating social responses likely to occur in the event of an influenza pandemic. The study predicted that where the threat of death from a pandemic was made salient ... -
Test of personality and complementarity in dyadic interactions using sequential analyses
(1994)Can patterns or redundancies be identified in the sequences of behaviors that are exchanged between individuals in social interactions? The present study directly examined the most controversial form of complementarity: ... -
Test of the effectiveness of attributional feedback in reducing negative behavior in distressed couples
(1992)A noted feature of distressed couples is that their conflict discussions begin normally but soon escalate into negative exchanges. They tend to attribute their conflict to the negative personality traits of their ... -
Test of the influence of interpersonal rigidity on the behaviour and experiences of others
(1999)Interpersonal rigidity is defined as the extremeness of an individual’s behaviour and the narrowness of the behavioural repertoire measured according to the Interpersonal Circumplex (Kiesler, 1983). While acknowledged ... -
Testing for jumping power in figure skaters
(1993)The purpose of the investigation was to contrast and compare tests of jumping power in figure skaters. Twenty two Canadian Figure Skating Association (C.F.S.A.) test stream figure skaters, qualified at a Senior Bronze ...