Using dramatic activity to enhance Junior Core French students' motivation and oral communication skills /

Junior Core French students' motivation to learn a second language and students' French oral communication skills relating to drama instruction were investigated in this study. Students' increased and improved motivation and oral acquisition were measured by several forms of data collection including journals, questionnaires and surveys, interviews, outside observer and teacher observations, and anecdotal comments. The results indicated that as a result of drama integration in the Junior Core French classroom, grade 5 students, both male and female, were more motivated to participate in second language instruction, thereby increasing and improving their oral communication skills. The findings showed that more males than females reported that drama integration allowed them the opportunity to use their French speaking skills. Research shows that interactive approaches to teaching such as drama give students the motivation and enthusiasm to learn.

An examination of the effects of locus of control on perceptions of core job dimensions and job satisfaction

This study examined the moderating effects of locus of control on core job dimensions (skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, feedback) and job satisfaction. Survey data were collected from 1995 educators in Southern Ontario. When core job dimensions were perceived to be high, job satisfaction scores were high. The converse relationship was also true; when core job dimensions were perceived to be low, job satisfaction scores were also low. As well, the investigation explored the effect of educators' locus of control of reinforcement on the relationship between core job dimensions and job satisfaction. Internals (N = 483-486) perceived more skill variety, more task identity, more task significance, more autonomy, more feedback and greater job satisfaction than externals (N = 626-629). However, contrary to expectation, the correlations between specific core job dimensions namely autonomy and feedback, were not systematically greater for internals compared to externals. In addition the findings reported here suggest some appropriate directions and strategies for measuring and increasing job satisfaction among teachers.

Examining the roles of core and local temperature on forearm skin blood flow

The interaction between local and reflexive control of skin blood flow (SkBF) is unclear. This thesis isolated the roles of rectal (Tre) and local (Tloc) temperature on forearm SkBF regulation at normal and elevated body temperatures, and to investigate the interaction between local and reflexive SkBF control. While either normothermic (Tre ~37.0°C) or hyperthermic (∆Tre +1.1°C), SkBF was assessed on the dorsal aspect of each forearm in 10 participants while Tloc was manipulated in an A-B-A-B fashion between neutral (33.0°C) and hot (38.5°C). Finally, local heating to 44°C was performed to elicit maximal SkBF. Data are presented as a percentage of maximal cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC), calculated as laser-Doppler flux divided by mean arterial pressure. Tloc manipulations performed during normothermia had significantly greater effects on CVC than during hyperthermia. The decreased modification to SkBF from the Tloc changes during hyperthermia suggests that strong reflexive vasodilation attenuates local SkBF control mechanisms.

Tipo de siembra y acolchado en el establecimiento, crecimiento, producción y calidad del melón (Cucumis melo L.)

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de la Especialidad de Producción Agrícola) UANL

Propuestas para el mejoramiento de dos Agroecosistemas tipo en la región purhepecha, Michoacán

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias Especialidad en Producción Agrícola) UANL

Dinámica del rendimiento de grano de sorgo en relación al tipo de planta, densidades de población y dos condiciones de humedad en Marín, N.L.

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias en Producción Agrícola) UANL

Efecto del CIDR-G (Liberación Interna de droga controlada Tipo-G) y dos niveles de suplementación sobre la inducción del estro en cabras criollas en pastoreo.

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias, en Especialidad en Producción Animal) UANL

Efecto de extractos de plantas sobre el crecimiento, la esporulación y la producción de toxinas de clostridium perfringens tipo A

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Microbiología) UANL

La participación de la familia en el control del paciente con diabetes mellitus tipo 2

Tesis (Maestria en Trabajo Social) UANL

Biodisponibilidad de minerales presentes en los cereales tipo granola que se comercializan en la ciudad de Monterrey N.L. México

Tésis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Alimentos UANL

Apoyo social y estilo de vida del paciente diabetico tipo 2

Tesis (Maestria en Ciencias de Enfermeria con Especialidad en Salud Comunitaria) UANL

Evaluación estructural y económica de vigas tipo AASHTO para puentes carreteros

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Ingeniería Estructural) UANL

Conductas promotoras de salud en adultos con diabetes tipo 2

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencia de Enfermería con Especialidad en salud Comunitaria) UANL

Síntesis y caracterización de nuevas fases de tipo M1-xSnxF2 y M1-xSn1+xF4 (M=Ba, Sr y Cd)

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Ingeniería Cerámica) UANL

Factores personales, apoyo social y estilo de vida del paciente con diabetes mellitus tipo 2

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de Enfermería con Énfasis en Salud Comunitaria) UANL