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Role Playing As A Means Of Selecting Administrators, Charles Warren Hartsell

Doctoral Dissertations

Introduction: In view of the constant search for competent administrators on all levels of school administration, there is a need for defining the personal and operational characteristics which will indicate to an employer how a person will react in a given set of circumstances, particularly those which are related to the specific position involved. For example, how would a principal go about dealing with a parent whose child has been suspended from school for disciplinary reasons? How can we know, beforehand, whether an individual will be a good or a poor administrator? Industry has developed time and motion studies for …

Survey Of Changes In Function Of The College-Controlled Laboratory School From 1948 To 1958, Lawrence Howard Nuzum

Doctoral Dissertations

The trend toward more practical and functional education for both elementary-school and secondary-school children and their teachers has produced renewed attention to the function of the college-controlled laboratory school. As defined by Caswell, this institution is

. . . a school largely or entirely under the control of the college, located on or near the college campus, organized for the specific purpose of preparing teachers, with staff and facilities designed to serve this purpose.

The use of the laboratory school in present-day teacher education is not understood or accepted by many educators or lay people. In many places its present …

An Evaluation Of Certain Areas Of Physical Education Service Programs Of Selected White And Negro Colleges In Tennessee, John Ralph Puckett

Doctoral Dissertations

During World War II inadequacies in physical education programs in the United States were clearly revealed. A study of the physical fitness of men in the Army Air Force disclosed that almost one-half of the inductees were in poor or very poor condition. The Army and Navy testing programs also revealed that a large percentage of inductees was in poor physical condition. These test results did not include the numerous persons who were rejected from military service for various reasons.

Most of the men displayed poor performance in basic motor skills such as jumping, falling and lifting. It was also …

A Study Of Public School Finance In The Southern Appalachian Region, Archie Reece Dykes

Masters Theses

This study was directed toward an investigation and analysis of various aspects of public school finance in the Southern Appalachian Region with emphasis on trends in public school revenues and expenditures as they related to the changing setting in which the schools operated.

The Professional Status Of Teachers In The Southern Appalachian Region, William Lyle Evernden

Masters Theses

The problem in this study was to investigate, analyze and assess the progress made toward the development of a teaching profession in the Southern Appalachian Region.

The Suitability Of The Goodenough Draw A Man Test For Use In The Chagga Schools Of Tanganyika, Allan J. Gottneid

Student Work

The principal and staff of the Marangu Teacher Training Center, Tanganyikaf last Africa, have experienced a need for instruments of measurement suitable for studying the psychology of African school children. Several obstacles have effectively prevented the finding of, or the development of such measures. Among these obstacles are limitation of financial resources, limitation of time to devote to research, and limitation of personnel qualified to undertake such research as would be necessary. Another obstacle is more deeply rooted; it is the African himself. In Tanganyika alone, there are nearly 120 tribes, each with its own language and cultural heritage. A …

Some Difficulties Which Indian Children Encounter With Idioms In Reading, Maurine Dunn Yandell

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine the efficiency of ethnic group children in the use of English idiomatic expressions as found in standard reading texts in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. The procedure followed was: (1) To prepare a multiple-choice test of idioms used in readers in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades in the elementary schools; (2) To administer this idioms test to a selected sample of sixth grade Anglo children to establish percentile ranks as norms for comparison purposes for all sixth graders in Gallup-McKinley County schools; (3) To compare the performance of sixth grade …

Individual Differences With Implications For Grouping, George Baca

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to analyze the differences in child development in selected areas and to show the inter-relationships between these areas.

An Outline Of The Humanities- A Source Book To Aid Teachers In Correlating Music, Art, Literature, Science And Socio-Economics In Western Civilization, Dorothy Bullock

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The objectives of this study are: 1. To gather together the most important facts from the fields of music, art, literature, science and socioeconomics which, in the writer's opinion and in the opinions of experts in these fields, have been of the greatest influence in the development of Western Civilization, 2. To present these facts in chronological order in an organized and systematic fashion in order to provide an easily accessible reference for teachers of grades five through twelve, 3. To show how the various areas already stated are chronologically related throughout the history of Western Civilization, 4. To give …

Promoting Parent Understanding Of The Beginning Reading Program, Thelma G. Condie

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to prepare a booklet that will provide parents with information about some of the present methods and theories of teaching beginning reading. A further purpose was to validate the effectiveness of the booklet.

Teacher Awareness Of Socio-Cultural Differences In Multi-Cultural Classrooms, Horacio Ulibarri

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The public schools in the United States were created to serve all the children of all the people in order that youth might more ably participate in American society. The public schools along with the home, the church, and the community are the primary socializing institutions. With the acceptance of the principle of educating the whole child, the functions of the schools have been greatly expanded into a multitude of services are primarily aimed to help the individual child develop to his full potential. The practical application, however, may be somewhat different. Upon closer analysis, one may find great discrepancies …

The Student Population In The Institutions Of Higher Education In The Southern Appalachian Region, 1933-1958, T. Madison Byar

Doctoral Dissertations

This study was directed toward matters pertaining to the student population in the colleges of the Southern Appalachian Region from 1933 to 1958 and was developed principally around the limits of change marked by those two years.

Parental Influence On Walland High School Students, Leroy Gooden

Masters Theses

Statement of the Problem: The problem of this thesis was to evaluate Walland High School with respect to the attitude of the parents toward the physical needs of the school, the methods used in teaching the students, the relationships existing between the students and the teachers, the social and recreational activities of the school and, the relationships existing between the school and the community.

Program Analysis Study Of Selected Freshmen Student At Appalachian State Teachers College, Louis Leroy Rogers

Doctoral Dissertations

Introduction: College dropouts represent an alarming waste of competent manpower. Personal problems of students may be a factor in the dropout situation, and may merit the attention of college staffs. College administrators are realizing that the American student is not the same as a college student of a century ago. The present day college student is an entirely different type, living in a changing and different world. The former concept of the purpose of higher education is not suitable. It emphasized the training of mental faculties. The newer concept of education is concerned with the whole individual.

An Attempt To Organize Criteria Into A Self-Evaluation Form For The Elementary Teachers (Grades 1-8) In Lewis County, Rollyn Lee Tucker

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study (1) to find criteria used in teacher evaluation; (2) to evaluate the criteria for a self-evaluation form; (3) to organize a self-evaluation form for elementary teachers (Grades 1·8) in Lewis County; and (4) to assist, in any way possible, in keeping the professional standards of teachers equal to or above the standards of other professions.

Duties Of Vice-Principals In First Class Districts Of The State Of Washington, Randolph J. Anderson

All Master's Theses

The best person to define the duties of the vice-principal is the vice-principal himself. This, then, is our problem: to survey the duties of the vice-principals in the larger districts of Washington where the secondary school enrollments would be great enough to hire an administrative assistant.

A Comparative Study Of The Reading Achievement And The Influence Of Environmental Changes Of Second Graders From Military And Civilian Families, Ethel Mary Moore

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation is to make a comparative study of some reading achievement factors as shown by second grade children from military and civilian backgrounds, and an analysis of some factors of the children's environment which may explain these differences.

Behavioral Patterns Of Selected Superintendents During The Process Of Public School Desegregation, Sam Harris Ingram

Doctoral Dissertations

Recommendations: The general conclusions of this study suggest that a great deal more attention should be given to the effect the actions of public school superintendents have upon the success or lack of success of desegregation. It is also believed that more research should be directed toward the factors which seem to have a definite effect upon the superintendent's action during the process of public school desegregation. Perhaps more intensive research in a single school system, where this is possible, would shed additional light upon the action of the superintendent and the causes of this action. The behavioral patterns which …

The Relationship Of Behavioral Patterns Of Selected Superintendents To The Process Of Public School Desegregation, Harry Smith Blanton

Masters Theses

The problem in thi s study wa s to attempt to determine the results or effects on desegregation of varying behavioral patterns of school superintendents which developed when selected school systems attempted to bring about racially integrated school systems.

An important factor to be considered was the actions of various groups within the community and the effects these actions had on the shaping of the behavioral patterns of the superintendents. It was also necessary to look at various other issues which led up to and followed the desegregation issue in order to get a complete report of the behavioral patterns …

An Investigation Of The Worth Of Educational Lay Advisory Committees In The State Of Washington, William Alden Gallacher

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study (1) to get the opinions of a sampling of superintendents in this state concerning the worth of their educational lay advisory committees; (2) to get similar opinions from lay persons serving on educational lay advisory committees; and (3) to compare the end results of these opinions and attempt to determine the work of lay committees.

Some Influencing And Motivating Factors In The Education Of The Gifted Child, Adella S. Cooper

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study will investigate and examine the school program in terms of its potential to contribute to the education of the gifted child, taking into account the methods by which the regular school program may be enriched or diversified to motivate or enable the gifted child to reach his optimum development. Further, this study will investigate whether such an enrichment program can be best offered in a heterogeneous classroom situation or in a homogeneous classroom situation.

An Application Of The Semantic Differential To Bilingual Counseling., Luther W. Rook

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine if there are significant differences between the meaning of the Spanish expressions of certain psychologically important concepts and their English counterparts.

Guide For Governing Boards In Developing School District Policies, Phillip Alan Whaley

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study to develop a manual of policies and procedures as a guide for governing boards of Stanislaus County school districts to use in developing their own written policies.

In the development of the manual, an attempt was made to answer such questions as the following:

1. What are the areas that should be included in a guide?
2. What format will best serve the needs of governing boards in developing a policy manual?
3. Is it possible to develop a policy manual completely free from administrative rules and regulations?
4. Will one policy manual meed the needs of …