To achieve the goal of scientific literacy, besides conveying science and technology concepts, cultivating students’ modeling ability has become important. However, in-service teachers face the difficulty that their teaching load increases while they are still bound by limited teaching hours. Teachers may know of modeling ability, life related content and hands-on activities which are all impor...

This dissertation is concerned with the improvisation of electro-acoustic music from musicological, aesthetic, practical and technical design standpoints. Detailed ethnographic descriptions of the author’s performance experience are offered alongside accounts of software applications which have been developed to support the improvisation of electroacoustic music. A CD accompanies the submission...

OBJECTIVE A commonly adhered to operating principle in occupational therapy clinics is that a person must exhibit 20 lb of grip strength before his or her hand is considered "functional." This study examined the relationship between hand and finger grip performances with the forces required to open common household containers. METHOD The grip and pinch strengths of 49 college students were ob...

PURPOSE This study examined the clinical effects of nitrous oxide conscious sedation on children. METHODS Fifty-nine healthy children (ages 4 to 13, mean age=7.7 yrs.) requiring dental restorative treatment with nitrous oxide sedation were studied. The behavior and clinical effects were assessed before and 5 minutes after 50% nitrous oxide sedation. In addition, the children were instructed t...

The present study was designed to fill a gap in the literature on attentional focus and sports performance. Specifically, in contrast to most previous studies in which an external focus was directed at an implement, we used a gymnastics skill that did not involve the use of an implement. Furthermore, while most studies used only outcome measures of performance, we also assessed movement quality...