At the intersection of Acts and Galatians : new strategies for women church planters

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The Relationship Between Global Self-Concept and Attribution Preference in Primary School Children

The purpose of this study was to compare low and high self-concept students to ascertain whether they differ in the causes they attribute to their performance on a problem-solving task. The relationships of gender to self-concept and gender to attribution preference were also examined. This study differed from previous studies examining relationships with causal attributions by focusing on students\u27 attribution preferences for a task with an equivocal outcome as opposed to tasks with success and failure outcomes. Eighty-two year seven students from four Perth metropolitan primary schools participated in this study. The study was conducted using a 2 x 2 factorial design, with two levels of self-concept (low and high) and two gender groups (male and female), and four dependent variables. The dependent variables were the four causal attributions (ability, effort, luck, and task difficulty). The Piers-Harris Children\u27s Self-Concept Scale was used to measure students\u27 global self-concept. An interrupted task procedure was developed to measure students\u27 attribution preferences for an equivocal outcome. Quantitative statistical analyses were applied to the data collected to test for significant differences between the means of the relevant variables. The results from these analyses indicated that low and high self-concept students do not differ in the causes they attribute to their performance on a problem-solving task with ·an equivocal outcome. Males were found to attribute their performance more to ability than females. However, no other gender differences in attribution preference were found. There was also no significant difference between the mean scores of males and females on the global self-concept measure. A number of conclusions were made based on the findings from this study. First, that global self-concept is not predictive of differences in students\u27 attribution preferences for an equivocal outcome. Second, that males more than females take more responsibility for their task outcomes by attributing their performance more to their own ability. Finally, that gender is not a mediator for global self-concept

Following NATO Airt Strikes, the Seven Deadly Sins Surface in Text Fragments Found near the Damaged Portal of Belgrad\u27s Rakovica Monastery

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Copper, Zinc, and Arsinic in Bottom Sediments of Clark Fork River Reservoirs: Preliminary Findings

Acetic acid extracts of sediments from four Clark Fork River reservoirs,--Milltown, Thompson Falls, Noxon Rapids, and Cabinet Gorge--indicate that mining and smelting operations in the upper drainage have enriched metal concentrations throughout the river. Milltown Reservoir contains metal values over 10 times the background levels for copper, zinc, and arsenic. Enrichment over background decreases downstream where the lower reservoirs contain copper and zinc concentrations 4 to 10 times over background values. In the lower reservoirs arsenic is not elevated over background. These trends suggest that contaminants have been transported over 350 miles from the major source of metals in the upper drainage and very likely reside in the sediments of the Clark Fork River delta in Lake Fend Oreille

Genre, gender and interpretation of movie trailers an exploratory study

Commercial movies cost tens of millions to make. Because they are now released on thousands of screens simultaneously, movie trailers are a major and necessary method of intensively promoting movies before they disappear from cinemas forever. Yet there is a paucity of research about how potential audiences react to these trailers. This study aimed at exploring consumers&rsquo; interpretations of movie trailers. Nineteen in-depth interviews were the means of data collection, using nine trailers for yet to be released movies from the romance/drama, action, comedy and thriller categories. Genre provided a focus for exploring consumers&rsquo; interpretations of movie trailers. Evaluative judgments of movies came first as a result of the value of genre to the consumer and then as a result of content which conveyed the movie would be involving relative to past movie experiences. Interpretations about the target audience for a movie were also influenced by assumptions that genre preferences differ according to gender. The findings pose implications for the construction of movie trailers.<br /

6. The 1960s

From David Moore – “I served as dean of the ILR School during the 1960s. This was a period that started in relative tranquility and ended in tumultuous disarray with students demonstrating, administrators trying to maintain control, and faculty worrying about traditional academic freedom and values.” Includes: Remembrances of Things Past – 1963-71; Creation of the Public Employment Relations Board; and Alumni Perspectives