The Association between Bible Literacy and Religiosity (open access)

The Association between Bible Literacy and Religiosity

The purposes of this study were to estimate: (a) the extent of biblical literacy among convenience samples of adults from randomly selected religious and non-religious groups, (b) the extent to which American adults are religious, and (c) the association between religiosity and biblical literacy.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Clark, Jerry D. (Jerry Dean)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Student Articulation between Kent State University and the Cuyahoga Community College District : A Ten-year Retrospective (open access)

Student Articulation between Kent State University and the Cuyahoga Community College District : A Ten-year Retrospective

This study concerned student transfer and articulation between Kent State University and Cuyahoga Community College District.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Davis, John W., 1947-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adult Age and Ethnicity as Factors in Success on the TASP : A Measurement of the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) Test (open access)

Adult Age and Ethnicity as Factors in Success on the TASP : A Measurement of the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) Test

This study examined the association among ethnicity, age, and scores on selected portions of the TASP and MAPS tests. This study further examined if the TASP could identify students for success in college level course work as well or better than selected portion of the MAPS test.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Friedman, Linda A. (Linda Anne)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of the Current Status of Informatics in Colombia's Universities and Society (open access)

Assessment of the Current Status of Informatics in Colombia's Universities and Society

This study tries to delineate the paradigms of opinion among Colombian Computer Industrialists with respect to the role of informatics in national development especially (1) their estimation of the performance of the informatics in the modernization process, (2) the perceptions on which this attitude was based, (3) their ability to integrate the informatics instruction into the development process, (4) their ability to establish the need of doctoral programs in informatics into the development process, and (5) their ability to recognize the importance of the network communication as a medium of knowledge exchange among higher education institutions.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Cabrales, Eusebio Jose
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Last Years of Dallas Bible College (1983-1985) (open access)

The Last Years of Dallas Bible College (1983-1985)

Dallas Bible College existed under several names from 1940 to 1985. It was a member of the American Association of Bible Colleges. Although never prosperous, the institution did have an educational niche. This study explores the reasons behind the close of the school in 1985. It surveys the previous history but emphasizes the events from 1983 to 1985. The study investigates the change of mission, location, and name which occurred in the final year of existence. Also included is an extended study of disunity on the board of directors. Exploration is made of reasons why no strong leadership emerged to step in and save the school as it was on its downward path.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Martin, John A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Description of the American College Fraternity System at Selective, Private Colleges and Universities in the Northeast as Depicted by the Primary Administrative Contact, 1990-1991 (open access)

A Description of the American College Fraternity System at Selective, Private Colleges and Universities in the Northeast as Depicted by the Primary Administrative Contact, 1990-1991

The purpose of the study was to gather sufficient data from a campus questionnaire and subsequent follow-up interview with the primary college administrators within the target population to accurately describe conditions of the fraternity systems on those campuses. The population for this study consisted of selective, small, private colleges and universities in the Northeast and Middle Atlantic region of the country. The target population of twenty-six colleges and universities was identified from the respondents to the campus questionnaire and included schools from the states of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Chase, Ted Hunter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Recognition of Icons Among Four Groups of Computer Users (open access)

The Recognition of Icons Among Four Groups of Computer Users

One idea common in the computer industry today is that by the time a technological innovation reaches the mass market it is already obsolete. News of recent technological developments race quickly through the computer industry, creating large scale competition among various businesses for the dollars of both educational institutions and industries. In an effort to produce sophisticated and powerful software readily accessible to users whose area of expertise is not programming, software developers have increasingly turned toward the simplest form of language and concept representation--the icon. As icons become increasingly sophisticated and their function grows, so will their availability in various interfaces. The number of users who operate them will also increase. Advanced help systems and animation will assist in relieving some difficulties while creating others. In either case, icon recognizability will be a crucial factor for anyone (novice or expert) who will use them. The purpose of this study was to verify whether all users unfamiliar with a graphical user interface (GUI) system, specifically icons, will require assistance with 40' "W those icons that are unrecognizable in either form or function. Based on the results of this study, an icon recognizability does exist among different groups of computer users. …
Date: December 1991
Creator: Henry, Jo-Ann Theresa Juchniewicz
System: The UNT Digital Library
Test of the Generalizability Of "KBIT" (an Artificial Intelligence-Derived Assessment Instrument) Across Medical Problems (open access)

Test of the Generalizability Of "KBIT" (an Artificial Intelligence-Derived Assessment Instrument) Across Medical Problems

This study was motivated by concerns within the medical education community regarding the psychometric soundness of current assessment methodologies. More specifically, there is reason to seriously question the reliablity and/or validity of these methodologies in assessing the intellectual skills upon which medical competence is based.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Papa, Frank J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Attitudes of Nursing Faculty Toward Patients With AIDS and Patients With a Homosexual Lifestyle (open access)

Attitudes of Nursing Faculty Toward Patients With AIDS and Patients With a Homosexual Lifestyle

The purposes of this study were (1) to determine whether patients with AIDS are stigmatized by nursing faculty, (2) to determine whether practicing homosexuals are stigmatized by nursing faculty, (3) to determine whether faculty attitudes toward AIDS patients are influenced by the patients' sexual preference, and (4) to determine whether faculty attitudes toward practicing homosexual patients are influenced by the patients' disease. This study is a modified replication of studies by Kelly et al.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Reynolds, Carol A. (Carol Ann)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stress in Academic Administrators in Public and Private Universities in Thailand (open access)

Stress in Academic Administrators in Public and Private Universities in Thailand

The purposes of this study were to measure and compare stress levels of academic administrators in public and private universities which are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of University Affairs in Thailand. The administrators surveyed included vice rectors (vice presidents), deans, department chairpersons, and secretary officers from five public and five private universities. The four administrative stress factors studied included role-based stress, task-based stress, conflict-mediating stress, and social-confidence stress.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Kittikorn, Achara
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Relationship Between the Use of Color for Text in Computer Screen Design and the Age of the Computer User (open access)

A Study of the Relationship Between the Use of Color for Text in Computer Screen Design and the Age of the Computer User

This study addresses an individual's performance, relating it to eyesight changes due to the aging of the individual and to color computer screens used for computer-based-instruction not designed specifically for older students. This study determines how existing research in gerontology, human-computer interface, and color use in visual graphics can be applied to the design of computer screen displays containing color text and backgrounds and how various color combinations will affect performance by adult learners forty years of age and older. The results of this research provide software developers and instructional designers guidelines to use when designing computer screen displays for use in instructional computing settings involving older adults.
Date: December 1991
Creator: D'Angelo, John J.
System: The UNT Digital Library