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A Study On The Use Of Music To Teach Locational Skills In Library Use To Third Grade Students, Nancy Karl

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This study addresses the question : Will the use of music activities to t each locational skills in library use to third grade students be more effective in helping students to acquire and retain these skills than a more traditional multi-media approach?

Locational skills in this study include: alphabetical order, correct use of the card catalog, location of fiction and non-fiction books, recognition of different types of reference materials and their uses and the ten Dewey Decimal classifications.

The music activities include folksongs and original songs and coordinating activity worksheets. The multimedia approach uses sound filmstrips, charts and catalog cards …

A Survey On Homework With A View Towards Developing District Guidelines For The Elementary School, Ginger Kinion

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This researcher has been interested in the subject of homework for some time and has felt the pressure from parents to provide more homework for students . Many school districts do not provide homework policies or guidelines for teachers . The purpose of this study was to find answers to such questions as: 1) What has research found about the effectiveness of homework in the elementary schools? 2) What are the opinions of parents, students , and educators on the subject of homework? 3) What are the advantages and disadvantages of homework? 4) How can a homework policy be developed …

Color: Its Basis, Functions, And Importance In The Teaching Of Art For Grades 7 & 8, Dorothy Crispell

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A Survey Comparing The Characteristics And Objectives Of Optometric Visual Therapy And Orthoptics And Opthalmoloigcal Visual Therapy And Orthoptics, Wanda Bueneman

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This survey was designed to study the characteristics and objectives of optometric visual therapy and orthoptics, ophthalmological visual therapy and orthoptics, and from the resulting information study the two disciplines comparatively. One hundred questionnaires were sent to a random sample of optometrists and one hundred identical questionnaires sent to a random sample of ophthalmologists . The questionnaire was designed to elicit information concerning the number of referrals for visual therapy or orthoptics made by each professional group, the types of disorders and visual disturbances recognized as legitimate objectives of visual therapy or orthoptics by each group, and the types or …

A Descriptive Study Of Participation In A Parent-Child Contracted Reading Program, Jeanie Mccutchan

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An investigation was conducted to determine if scholastic achievement and grade level would affect participation in a parent-child reading contract program. Subjects were 108 students in grades 1-6 who were systematically sampled from 1,095 students who signed contracts to participate in the Wentzville Spring Into Reading Program.

A chi square was used to determine if there was a significant difference between high reading achievers and low reading achievers both for primary and intermediate grade levels and at all grade levels. This was done to evaluate whether reading achievement would affect participation in the reading program. Nominal data was tabulated showing …

Women's Studies: An Admissions Counseling Stance For Women Students In The Lindenwood College For Individualized Education, Miriam Elizabeth King-Watts

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Planning A Seminar On Aging To Disseminate Information To Personnel Working With The Aged, Oscar Raymond Gain Jr.

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The project consisted of planning and organizing a seminar for dissemination of information to persons working with the aged. From my ten years of experience in the health care profession, six of them were working with the aged population . I was surprised at my lack of knowledge about the older person. After attending the course as Lindenwood College my knowledge expanded from the biological to the social and psychological aspect of aging.

I decided to organize a seminar for local health personnel working with the aged in a thirty-mile radius of my residence. There were a total of six …

Women's Experience Of Divorce: Developmental Tasks Of Female-Headed Single Parent Families, Anastacia Aldridge

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Noah And The Golden Turtle: A Selection Of Stories From The East And West For The Esl Student, Sarah Skinner Dunn

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