Showing papers by "Deakin University published in 1982"
TL;DR: In this paper, student essays written by 21 students in an organizational behaviour course and 21 in a political philosophy course were assessed by their classmates and by lecturers in the relevant subject.
Abstract: Term papers (essays) written by 21 students in an organizational behaviour course and 21 in a political philosophy course were assessed by their classmates and by lecturers in the relevant subject. There was no difference between the lecturers and students in (1) their average marks, (2) the variation in their marks, (3) the extent to which their marks agreed with each other (reliability) and (4) the relationship between their marks and the writers' performance in course-end examinations (validity). These findings suggest that in certain circumstances classmate evaluation of learning may have advantages for both students and lecturers.
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TL;DR: The Seven Principles for Programme Evaluation in Curriculum Development and Innovation as discussed by the authors are a set of seven principles for evaluation of curriculum development and innovation, which are used in the evaluation process.
Abstract: (1982). Seven Principles for Programme Evaluation in Curriculum Development and Innovation. Journal of Curriculum Studies: Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 221-240.
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TL;DR: Two randomized prospective studies on metabolic changes induced in groups of healthy Young women by commercial oral contraceptives are described, finding products containing norethisterone or ethynodiol diacetate were associated with significant increases in serum triglycerides and total cholesterol, though HDL cholesterol fell.
Abstract: The results of two randomized prospective studies on metabolic changes induced in groups of healthy Young women by commercial oral contraceptives (OC) are described. In the first study, four low-estrogen (30 μg or 35 μg ethinylestradiol) combined products were compared, while in the second, effects of four different formulations, each containing levonorgestrel plus ethinylestradiol, were determined. Results are presented for oral glucose tolerance and plasma insulin responses, serum total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, coagulation factors I, VII, VIII, and X, plasminogen, anti-thrombin III, and (for study no. two only) renin activity, substrate, and concentration. In the first study, products containing norethisterone or ethynodiol diacetate were associated with significant increases in serum triglycerides and total cholesterol, though HDL cholesterol fell. Coagulation and fibrinolytic factors showed similar changes. The product containing levonorgestrel showed the smallest alteration in all...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors collate a theoretical background for the action learning model of management education and relate the learning processes that occur in the action-learning model to the basic concepts of group dynamics proposed by Bion.
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to collate a theoretical background for the action learning model of management education. The paper relates the learning processes that occur in the action learning model to the basic concepts of group dynamics proposed by Bion. Many writers consider that management education should be active and experienced-based, problemoriented, continuous, supportive, and modified by feedback. Students should have a high level of motivation. The action learning model meets all these criteria. In addition, it has the ability to harness unconscious forces that can be generated in group work if the group is properlyformed and led. Bion identified these forces as the proto-mental system, which derives from the potential valency of each member of the group. The interchange of new learning experiences between the members of the group has been likened to symbiosis by Revans. The potential valency of each member of the group-and hence the symbiotic effect-can be reinforced by the group leader or ...
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TL;DR: The moderating effects of perceived peer and leader support on the relations between role ambiguity and role conflict and job satisfaction and job performance respectively were examined in a sample of 90 black and 93 white clerks in South Africa as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The moderating effects of perceived peer and leader support on the relations between role ambiguity and role conflict and job satisfaction and job performance respectively were examined in a sample of 90 black and 93 white clerks in South Africa. Subgroup analysis indicated that peer and leader support moderated the job stress-performance and job stress-satisfaction relationships among the black clerks, but not among the white clerks. It is argued that this is because blacks attach much more importance to social support in the work situation that do whites in South Africa because of their different background and position in South African society. This points to the need for further cross-cultural research if the reactions of people to different aspects of the work situation are to be fully understood.
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TL;DR: In our society, which is pro-natalist, the child-free alternative to a family life-style is not always visible and research has tended to neglect it as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In our society, which is pro-natalist, the childfree alternative to a family life-style is not always visible and research has tended to neglect it. Studies conducted so far are mostly Canadian and...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the adequacy of the normal distribution as a representation for security returns is reconsidered, and the results of earlier tests are attributed to a high incidence of zero returns and parameter non-stationarity.
Abstract: The adequacy of the normal distribution as a representation for security returns is reconsidered. Findings of non-normality in earlier tests are attributed to a high incidence of zero returns and parameter non-stationarity. Monthly log-returns of leading Australian securities over five-year periods are compatible with the normal distribution.
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TL;DR: A Teacher Development Approach to Bridging the Practice-Research Gap as mentioned in this paper is a teacher development approach to bridging the practice-research gap in the field of education, which is based on the work of as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: (1982). A Teacher Development Approach to Bridging the Practice‐Research Gap. Journal of Curriculum Studies: Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 331-342.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a microprocessor-based waveform generator was used to optimize the electrochemical detection of ethynyloestradiol and laevonorgestrel, which was applied to pharmaceutical formulations; the data obtained agree satisfactorily with the nominal contents.
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TL;DR: In this article, four factors relevant to a power analysis of the situation are status, concrete resources, expertise, and self-confidence, which are defined and examined in relation to the fight to establish women's studies courses.
Abstract: When attempting to establish women's studies courses within institutions of higher education, women face a traditional power structure designed to obstruct movements for change. Four factors relevant to a power analysis of this situation are status, concrete resources, expertise and self-confidence. These factors are defined and examined in relation to the fight to establish women's studies courses. Within this background the issue of men as ‘patrons’ as teachers and as students, and the fact of women's anger are examined. Many arguments forwarded by conservative patriarchal institutions are discussed. The paper emerges from the experiences of the author in three universities. It is aimed at clarifying some of the traps set for women so that other women can eliminate any fears that their experiences are idiosyncratic or ‘their fault’ rather than part of a formalized power game.
TL;DR: Counts of spermatids in section of testes add further support to the view that the primary sperMatocytes, from which the sper matids originated, were not formed in a strict geometric progression.
Abstract: The numbers of primary spermatocytes within cysts as well as numbers of postmeiotic spermatids in bundles in Drosophila hydei were determined. Within the contents of a single testis the cysts of primary spermatocytes are found to contain 5–11 germ cells. Furthermore, the number of spermatocytes per cyst is age-dependent, in that pupae have a mean of 8.1 cells whereas fertile adult males have a mean of 7.1 cells. Counts of spermatids in section of testes add further support to the view that the primary spermatocytes, from which the spermatids originated, were not formed in a strict geometric progression.
TL;DR: In this paper, a polyvinyl chloride flow-through cell which can be used at a flow rate of 3000 ml min -1 in a corrosive environment is described for the continuous on-line monitoring of copper ions in plant electrolytes.
TL;DR: In this article, it is argued that although children may create transition or stress points for parents, there may be many other experiences which also create these potential growth periods and which are relevant to all adults as they age.
Abstract: This paper reveals the pro-natalist bias of life-span developmental psychology which leads to theories of aging marked by transition points embedded in a family context. Psychology has stressed that child-rearing and parenting are «normal» for healthy adults. In doing this the literature assumes that people marry and have children, then age within that context. Those who choose a childless, single or homosexual lifestyle are necessarily excluded from life-span developmental theory. It is argued here that although children may create transition or stress points for parents, there may be many other experiences which also create these potential growth periods and which are relevant to all adults as they age. At present, the family life-cycle and the individual life-cycle are so strongly correlated that stage theories of mature development do not clarify whether aging itself or the family experience present people with «crisis» or transition periods in adulthood.
TL;DR: In this article, three market indices are tested for mean-variance efficiency using monthly data for leading Australian securities, and following the methodologies suggested in Roll (1979), the balance of the evidence is against index efficiency and against the two-parameter asset pricing theory.
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Three different market indices are tested for mean-variance efficiency using monthly data for leading Australian securities, and following the methodologies suggested in Roll (1979). The balance of the evidence is against index efficiency and against the two-parameter asset pricing theory. However, this could be influenced by imperfections in the tests, inadequate data, and sampling errors in the betas.
TL;DR: Results confirmed that the major immunogenic determinants in the KSCN extract of P. multocida were protein in nature, and suggested a partially-protective role for LPS.
TL;DR: This paper found that lecturers rated teaching and character building as more important than did researchers in South African and Nigeria, while the emphasis on research was positively related to prestige and size of the university; while that on teaching and building was greater in both countries among lecturers in the humanities than among those in the natural sciences.
Abstract: Teaching members of two South African and two Nigerian universities were asked to rate the importance of four roles in their jobs; teaching, administration, research, and character building of students. The Nigerian lecturers rated teaching and character building as more important than did the South African lecturers, who rated research as more important than did the Nigerian lecturers. In both countries the emphasis on research was positively related to the prestige and size of the university; while that on teaching and character building was greater in both countries among lecturers in the humanities than among those in the natural sciences. The results are interpreted in the light of the growing conflict faced by lecturers between the research role (to secure promotion, tenure, and salary increments) and the teaching and character development roles (to satisfy students).
01 Jan 1982
TL;DR: Evidence is provided that in the rat progesterone plays a significant part in increasing insulin secretion during pregnancy and Pseudopregnancy increased the fat-free dry weight of the animals and there was a tendency for the proportion of fat to be increased.
TL;DR: This article argued that case studies possess a number of distinct advantages over lectures/tutorials in helping students acquire those practical skills in diagnosing and solving problems that serve to distinguish effective from ineffective managers.
Abstract: This paper argues that recent criticisms of the case study method are not well-founded and that, on the contrary, there are good reasons why it should be a major, or even the dominant, mode of instruction at business schools. As a method, case studies possess a number of distinct advantages over lectures/tutorials in helping students acquire those practical skills in diagnosing and solving problems that serve to distinguish effective from ineffective managers. It is the case study method which also serves to distinguish management from other subjects and gives it the coherence it needs to be regarded as a discipline in its own right. It is argued that for these reasons the current swing away from the case study method at many business schools should be reversed.
01 Jan 1982
TL;DR: It is the ratio of risk to total benefit that must be borne in mind by nutritionists.
Abstract: Throughout history man has been prepared to take some risk with the things he ingests since they have been to him more than nutrition: pleasure, communication, curiosity, and creativity. The functions of food and beverages are several (Table I) (Mead, 1955; Lowenberg et al., 1979; Schack, 1978: Turner 1980). It is the ratio of risk to total benefit that must be borne in mind by nutritionists.
TL;DR: The approach of modern financial theory to the evaluation of capital expenditure decisions can be criticized for partiality in that it does not take into account all the implications of planning for corporate growth as mentioned in this paper.