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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Vandenberg"”.
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Quantifying Seismic Risk for Portable Ground Support Equipment at Vandenberg Air Force Base
… to evaluate the seismic risk for portable GSE at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Using the latest probability data available from the USGS, risk thresholds are defined for portable GSE having the potential to cause a catastrophic event. Additionally, an example tool for design engineers was developed …
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The Impact of an Integrated Study Skills Program on University of La Verne Adult Undergraduates at Vandenberg Air Force Base and Naval Air Station North Island
… courses through the University of La Verne at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) and Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI). The study attempted to discover whether three methodologies of an integrated study skills program differed on affective behavioral outcomes of intact groups. Data from a …
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Mental rotation and sexual orientation
… and scores of 584 university students on the Vandenberg Mental Rotation Test. A 2 x 2 ANOVA reveals a main effect for gender, a main effect for sexual orientation, and significant interaction between gender and sexual orientation. Mental rotation scores differentiate heterosexual male students …
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Auditory Stimulation and Its Effect on Spatial Temporal Ability
… and require analytical processing, while the Vandenberg and Kuse Mental Rotation Test is a test of spatial visualization, not confounded with analytical processing. Neither of the two tests displayed a significant treatment effect, lending to the possibility that the enhancement of performance …
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The Role of Stereotype Threat in Mental Rotation
… make it impossible to reliably say that the Vandenberg Mental Rotation Task (VMRT) and the Purdue Mental Rotation Task (Purdue) were measuring the exact same thing. There was a confound in part 2 of the study and we were unable to draw conclusions on the role of gender stereotype threat. …
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Étude des causes du roulement du personnel au sein du cadre des instructeurs de cadets
… de plusieurs chercheurs (Bentein, Stinglhamber, Vandenberg, & Vandenberghe, 2005). Malgré le fait que le roulement du personnel puisse avoir des conséquences tant positives que négatives sur le bon fonctionnement des organisations, toutefois, selon certains experts les coûts financiers et …
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The effects of teachers' playfulness and creativity on teacher- child interactions
… components identified by Rubin, Fein, and Vandenberg (l983) as facilitative of play. The instrument was comprised of 20 play vignettes. Subjects indicated the frequency with which they might respond in a structured, elaborative, or unstructured manner to each vignette. The subjects' …
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Influence of spatial abilities on primary and secondary space telerobotics operator performance
… the Cube Comparisons (CC) test to assess SV, the Vandenberg Mental Rotations Test (MRT) to assess MR, and the Purdue Spatial Visualization of Views Test (PSVT) and a Perspective Taking Ability (PTA) test to assess PT. Subjects with high PSVT scores moved the arm more directly to the target and …
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Une analyse expérimentale du test de rotation mentale
… d'items du test de rotation mentale (TRM; Vandenberg et Kuse, 1978) sur la performance à ce même test. Quatre versions brèves du TRM ont été développées afin d'isoler certaines caractéristiques d'items, soit la présence d'occlusion dans un item (Voyer et Hou, 2006) et le type de …
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"Transient Beauties": Early Nineteenth-Century British Women and the Construction of a Global Imperial Science Culture
Botanical collecting and illustrating had been a key part of an Enlightened education for elite women during the eighteenth century, and botanical practices were an established part of many women’s activities. As British women began to move about the globe in increasing numbers as part of British …
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The Ontological Foundation of Moral Education
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-08T21:23:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6607824.pdf: 30777610 bytes, checksum: bd5437c0fe63fe2d2b580b743d655feb (MD5) Previous issue date: 1966
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Voices of adolescents: A phenomenological study of relational encounters and their significance within the school setting
… existential educators Maxine Greene and Donald Vandenberg and the writings of relational- and care-oriented educators such as Nel Noddings also informed the conceptual framework of the study.</p> <p>The voices of individual youth and how they perceive, attach meaning to, and integrate relational …
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A survey of attitudes of agricultural society leaders toward leadership development education
… within voluntary organizations developed by Vandenberg, Thullen and Fear (1987). The linkages perspective consists of three major components: perception, property and process. As a perception, leadership is the set of beliefs each group member holds regarding the behaviours and qualities …
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Development of Safety Standards for CubeSat Propulsion Systems
… with an engineer from Range Safety at Vandenberg Air Force Base, the author compiled a case study. The author discusses many aspects of orbital safety. The author discusses the risk of collision with the host vehicle and with third party satellites along with the trackability of …
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Effects of fatigue on simulated space telerobotics performance : a preliminary study analysis
… in performance and vulnerability to fatigue. The Vandenberg Mental Rotation Test was found to be the best predictor of both robotics screening test and experimental performance, although an average of four spatial ability tests was slightly better for screening purposes. A comparison between a …
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THREE STUDIES ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION CLAWBACK PROVISIONS
This dissertation contains three studies relating to executive compensation clawback policies. In the first study (Chapter 3), I investigate the relation between voluntary clawback adoption and shareholder satisfaction. I find that various measures of shareholder dissatisfaction are associated with …
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An Exploration of the Influence of Race and Gender on Sexual Beliefs and Attitudes of Adolescents
This study explores factors that influence the sexual attitudes and behaviors of adolescents specifically through an examination of social constructs that measure sexual beliefs and attitudes of adolescents and the relationships between race and gender and sexual beliefs and attitudes. As the U.S. …
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Class Size and Academic Achievement
The purpose of this two-phase, sequential mixed methods (QUAN-qual) approach was to analyze the relationship between class size and academic achievement in rural, economically disadvantaged third grade classrooms and how teachers perceive class size as affecting their instructional and classroom …
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