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The codell sandstone (upper Cretaceous) of Kansas

McKellar, Tom R. (University of Kansas, 1962-05-31)
Cognitive process modeling of spatial ability: a construct validity study of an assembling object task

Ivie, Jennifer L. (University of Kansas, 2002-12-31)

The purpose of this study was to examine the cognitive processes involved in completing a spatial task in which a participant must mentally assemble a two-dimensional objects. These tasks are used to measure spatial ability ...
The design and application of a decision-making schema concerning implementation of computer-assisted instruction in baccalaureate schools of nursing

Brose, Carolyn Herrington (University of Kansas, 1981-05-31)

A review of the literature concerning the reported applications of CAI in nursing reveals that use of a cybernetic systems model for decision-making is strikingly absent. Sporadic, partial development of computer-related ...
The design and application of a decision-making process for identification of critical curricular variables which affect optimal application of CAI in a baccalaureate school of nursing

Edison, Carolyn Collier (University of Kansas, 1981-05-31)

There is a need for a model which will guide nursing educators in making decisions about the critical curricular variables involved in the implementation of computer-assisted instruction. Effective decision makers "• • • ...
A revision of the genus Colletes in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Colletidae)

Stephen, William Procuronoff (University of Kansas, 1952-05-31)

The bee genus Collates abounds in America north of the tropic of Cancer and is widely distributed throughout the world, with the exception of Australia. This study is limited to those species occurring in America north of ...
A study of information used by interviewers in selecting teachers

Martinez, Kenneth Arnold (University of Kansas, 1966-05-31)

The development of a sound educational system is dependent on many interrelated factors. It would be an almost impossible task to try to determine which factor is the most important. It should suffice to say that when ...
A model for an in-service program for teachers of educable mentally retarded children : a process approach

Martinez, Kenneth Arnold (1971-05-31)

In-service education has historically been, and continues to be, the means by which schools can continue providing for the professional growth of their staff (Good, 1959). Professional growth of teachers cannot be ...
The Rise of the Mechanimal: How Authors of Scientific Romances Imagined Future Vehicles

Long, Aaron Michael (University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)

Whereas many have surmised that the technological vision for biorobotics originated with science fiction, it actually originated much earlier, in a constellation of science-influenced works of fiction in the romance tradition ...
A reclassification of Western Hemisphere Typhlocybinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae)

Young, David A., Jr. (University of Kansas, 1951-05-31)
The irritability of the vagus nerves of dogs, as shown by the rheobase and chronaxie, in some types of tetany; and their relief by calcium salts

Woodbury, Robert A. (University of Kansas, 1931-05-31)
Part I. The production of carbon black and activated carbon from hydrocarbons and chlorine; Part II. Production and pyrolysis of chlorinated n-butanes

Winkler, Deloss E. (University of Kansas, 1941-05-31)
Speciation and distribution of the crayfishes of the Ozark Plateaus and Ouachita provinces

Williams, Austin B. (University of Kansas, 1951-05-31)
A new theory of the visual resolution threshold

Wilcox, Warren Wesley (University of Kansas, 1931-08-31)
A contribution to the chemistry of the "ozonates"

Whaley, Thomas Patrick (University of Kansas, 1950-05-31)
The Bacteriophage

Wells, Alvin Y. (University of Kansas, 1933-08-31)
Teaching geometry to cultivate reflective thinking: An experimental study with 1239 high school students

Ulmer, Gilbert (University of Kansas, 1939-05-31)
Democratic implications of realism in human dynamics and education

Tieleman, Adrian (University of Kansas, 1945-05-31)
An investigation of base exchange equilibria

Stoenner, Raymond William (University of Kansas, 1949-05-31)
A study of the reaction between sodium peroxide and oxygen: The preparation and properties of sodium superoxide

Stephanou, Stephen E. (University of Kansas, 1949-05-31)
A canonical form for the differential equations of curves in n-dimensional space

Smith, Ronald Gibson (University of Kansas, 1930-05-31)

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