Browsing UW-L Seminar Papers by Title
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Mainstreaming: modifications and interventions for mainstreaming mildly academically handicapped students in regular education
(1985-07-29)Mainstreaming has been receiving increased attention following the implementation of the 1975 Education for All Handicapped Children Act and related judicial decisions. Teachers in regular classes have been asked to ... -
Married student?s assessment of selected services and activities at the University of Wisconsin--La Crosse
(1983-03)Recent studies have shown that there is a scarcity of information concerning the special needs and concerns of the increasing numbers of non-traditional students. The purpose of this study was to identify the married ... -
Milo Knutson: The Man and the Myth
(1971)Milo Knutson came to LaCrosse in 1917 and established himself as a news broadcaster. Prior to his arrival he had never held either an elective or appointed public position. Yet, he eventually sought and won the mayoralty of ... -
Minnesota - Wisconsin NSFRE Study
(1985-07-10)The National Society of Fund Raising Executives (NSFRE) is a professional organization of more than 4,000 fund raising professionals. The subjects for this study, 85 men and 66 women, were selected from the 1984 NSFRE ... -
Model for student leadership development in student activities: an integrative approach
(1986-05-08)There exists within the student activities programs and environments, opportunities to enhance student's psychosocial development. Student activities staff have the potential to facilitate this dimension of student development ... -
Model for traditional freshmen orientation at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
(1987-07-22)The purpose of this paper was to propose a model for orienting traditional freshmen students at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. To understand the problem, a literature review of orientation practices from medieval ... -
The motivational value of health and safety promotion newsletters in a corporate setting
(1988-12)The study examined the affects a health and safety promotion newsletter would have on employees at Norplex, a Division of Universal Oil Products (UOP). The study population consisted of all employees at Norplex in La Crosse, ... -
Needs and problems of commuter students at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
(1976-12)The research which is to follow was undertaken to investigate and identify needs and problems of commuter students at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. This segment of the student population represents approximately ... -
A Nineteenth century ethnic group trying to survive economically in a twentieth century world
(1988)The purpose of this research project was to identify how the Amish, living a nineteenth century lifestyle, survive in a world filled with technology and mechanization. It was hoped that such a project would help other ... -
Non-intellectual and attitudinal variables involved in the high attrition rate of black students at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
(1974)The purpose of this study was to determine nonintellectual and attitudinal variables involved in the high attrition rate of black students at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. A questionnaire was mailed to all Black ... -
The participation of the Twenty-fifth Regiment Infantry Wisconsin Volunteers in the Civil War
(1976-12)This paper traces tt1e Twenty-fifth Regiment Infantry Wisconsin Volunteers' participation in the Civil War. Its members were recruited from western Wisconsin in 1862 with an original strength of 1018 men and were involved ... -
Peer relationships -- neglected and rejected children
(1986-05-06)Recent advances in knowledge of children with peer relationship problems is discussed. The discussion has three main focuses: (a) sociometric assessment of low status children, (b) behavioral correlates of peer rejection, ... -
Phonemic awareness and its relationship to reading achievement
(1998-05)The purpose of this paper was to review the literature regarding the relationship of phonemic awareness to reading achievement. The literature indicates that there are several levels of phonemic awareness that include such ... -
Planning a multi-purpose swimming facility
(1979-08)Swimming pools and auxiliary facilities were investigated with the intention of developing a plan for a structure which would foster a more versatile aquatic program than the average one now being conducted in traditional ... -
Political and social activism within the campus community of Wisconsin State University-La Crosse from 1966 to 1970 : local expression of a national movement
(1988-05-11)As events and the people affecting them fade into the past, images often become blurred, ideas and emotions lose currency and depth. It is History's role to somehow capture the essences of a moment and preserve them as ... -
The Political Career of White Beaver Powell, Mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin
(1966)Dr. Frank Powell, a colorful personality and a well known physician and surgeon, rose to political prominence on the basis of his popularity with the common man. White Beaver, as he chose to be callad, was important in ... -
Positive Effects of Participation in High School Sports on Academic Achievement
(2000)A review of the literature was conducted to examine the potential positive effects that participation in high school sports has on academic achievement. Specifically the review explored athletes' grades during season as ... -
Presentation of the Negro in the American theatre from 1920 to 1965
(1967-08-04)This paper is an attempt to discover how the Negro has been presented in the American Theatre from 1920 to 1965. The method of procedure has been to read and analyze the plays of national importance written about Negroes ... -
Prevention of adolescent suicide
(1984)The purpose of this siudy was to review relevant literature concerned with adolescent suicide. The incidence of adolescent suicide was examined as well as literature dealing with causation, depression;, family relations" ... -
Proposed impact of the ethnic studies requirement on traditionally aged undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
(1991-08)The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of courses which contain ethnic studies content with the effects of a course without ethnic studies content upon student attitudes toward race, class, and gender issues. ...