Lakehead University Knowledge Commons: Recent submissions
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Effects of alternative conifer release treatments on a soil seed bank in a boreal spruce plantation
(2002)Evaluates the effects of 5 alternative conifer release treatments : cutting with brushsaws and a mechanical cleaning machine, applying herbicides (Release triclopyr and Vision glyphosate) by helicopter, and, untreated ... -
Ecology and management of riparian zone vegetation along small coldwater streams in Northwestern Ontario
(2002)This thesis synthesizes three papers on the ecology of the riparian zone vegetation found along small coldwater streams in northwestern Ontario. The objectives of this thesis were 1 ) to describe the biodiversity and ... -
Experiences of female students completing a full-time aboriginal program by computer-mediated communication
(2001)This naturalistic inquiry examines the experiences of female Aboriginal students who were completing a full-time college program by computer-mediated communication (CMC). The college program was designed for the preparation ... -
Functional significance of waist-to-hip ratio / by Tanya D. Spencer
(2002)Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) may be important and highly visible “honest advertisement” of general and reproductive health and, hence, physical attractiveness. Research shows that men and women aged 18-86 agree on what constitutes ... -
Emotional intelligence : an investigation of discriminant and concurrent validity / Andrea Kohan.
(2002)Emotional intelligence (El) is a popularized concept, but one also being empirically examined for its validity as a construct of intelligence. Research has focused on determining its status as a unique ability that is ... -
Explicit use of performance expectancy as a function of self-regulated learning
(2001)This study examined the effects of making explicit the performance expectancy component of teaching and learning for Grade 8 science students. The performance expectancy used in this research specifically focused on ... -
Perceptions of conformity during the student teaching placement
(2001)The purpose of this study was to examine the issue of conformity and the relationship between student teachers and associate teachers during the pre-service practicum. The three questions that guided this research included: ... -
Leaving the federation : secondary administrators' responses to a change in context
(2001)The effects of contextual change (removal from the teachers' federation) on the culture of a small group of secondary school administrators was studied qualitatively, by a participant observer, using interviews, observations, ... -
Lived experiences of seven senior high school students in a french immersion program
(2001)This qualitative study investigated the lived experiences of seven senior high school students in a French Immersion program. The participants, four females and three males in grades eleven and twelve in a dual-track ... -
Conceptions of and experiences with inclusion for a cohort of caregivers of secondary students with intellectual and multiple disabilities in an Ontario high school
(2001)The primary purpose of this qualitative study is to examine the conceptions of and experiences with inclusion of students with intellectual and multiple disabilities by a cohort of participants from one Ontario high ... -
Personalist pedagogy of John MacMurray
(2001)This study attempts to determine what contribution British philosopher John Macmurray makes to contemporary issues in education. Specifically, it seeks to determine how the philosophy of personalism, a variant of which ... -
Factors influencing attrition of students in a baccalaureate nursing program
(2001)A nursing shortage is looming in Canada (Canadian Nurses Association, 1997, November 4). It is inperative that as many students graduate from nursing school as possible in order to alleviate this problem. This purpose o ... -
Mimetic roots of Flannery O'Connor's The violent bear it away
(1998)Literature from classical antiquity to the end of the eighteenth century was predominantly mimetic; that is, the general function of literature was to present a heightened imitation of reality, and, in particular those ... -
Restructuring education in Ghana : a case for reconceptualizing educational aims
(1999)This thesis examines three decades of educational reform in Ghana between 1970 and the present. Government reports and secondary literature reveal that Ghanaian reformers sought to democratize and transform education but ... -
Biodiversity and forest management : five forest management plans evaluated
(2000)The five forest management plans evaluated are: Trout Lake, Nipissing, French-Severn, Kapuskasing, and, Whiskey Jack. -
Lived experiences of six students who choose to re-enter a nursing program
(2001)In light of an impending nursing shortage, student retention is a priority concern for nurse educators. In this study, the lived experiences of six students of nursing who leave an undergraduate program and subsequently ... -
Electron-photon interactions in quantum dots : coupled oscillators
(1995)A coupled oscillator model is developed for the far infra-red response of a quantum dot, and this model is used to predict the vacuum-held Rabi splittings of a dot-cavity system. -
Native student traditional tribal values and secondary school retention
(1997)This qualitative study examined the relationship between Native student traditional tribal values and beliefs and the secondary school retention of seven Amerindian secondary school graduates. It is a departure from ... -
Growth and yield of teak (Tectona grandis Linn F.) plantations in Northern Ghana
(1998)Teak (Tectona grandis Linn F.) is a popular exotic species in Ghana, widely grown in industrial plantations and small scale community woodlots. In spite of its importance, limited information exists on the growth and ...
