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Ellen Glasgow's Virginia Dream, Catherine Carpenter Garrett Aug 1968

Ellen Glasgow's Virginia Dream, Catherine Carpenter Garrett

Theses & Honors Papers

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An Application To The Teaching Of Orthography Based On Elementary Principles Of Linguistic Science, Ellen Sharp Worsham Jul 1968

An Application To The Teaching Of Orthography Based On Elementary Principles Of Linguistic Science, Ellen Sharp Worsham

Theses & Honors Papers

Over the years, teachers and administrators alike have struggled with teaching orthography, the conventions and rules of spelling. In particular, teachers in Prince William County in Virginia have struggled with how to teach orthography in their junior high schools. In the past, various orthography techniques they’ve used have failed to meet the needs of their students. This thesis analyzes the effect of an in-service program in Marsteller Junior High School to improve the orthography instruction in their schools.


Descriptive Analysis Of The Speech Curriculum And Speech Program In The 275 Public High Schools That Are Members Of The Virginia High School League (1967-68), Nancy Day Anderson Jul 1968

Descriptive Analysis Of The Speech Curriculum And Speech Program In The 275 Public High Schools That Are Members Of The Virginia High School League (1967-68), Nancy Day Anderson

Theses & Honors Papers

"Not long ago a large Middle Western high school made a survey of its graduates over a ten-year period. Among the questions asked was, ' What, that you have found essential to your success, did your high school fail to provide?" Over ninety per cent of the alumni, most of whom had entered business and the professions, answered, 'High School did not provide adequate training in speaking.' " In the state of Virginia great strides have been made in recent years regarding the development of speech classes and speech program. Now on the threshold of "Where do we go from …


A Cinamatographic Comparison Of A Volleyball Spike Performed With And Without Ankle Weights, Dianne Lee Davis Jul 1968

A Cinamatographic Comparison Of A Volleyball Spike Performed With And Without Ankle Weights, Dianne Lee Davis

Theses & Honors Papers

No abstract provided.


A Survey Of Prussian Foreign Policy As Formulated By Otto Eduard Leopold Von Bismarck And Resulting In The Unification Of Germany And The Creation Of The German Empire, Wayne Ray Moore May 1968

A Survey Of Prussian Foreign Policy As Formulated By Otto Eduard Leopold Von Bismarck And Resulting In The Unification Of Germany And The Creation Of The German Empire, Wayne Ray Moore

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No abstract provided.


A Survey Of The Attitudes Of College Women As Related To Early Camping Experiences, Arlene Davis Cundiff May 1968

A Survey Of The Attitudes Of College Women As Related To Early Camping Experiences, Arlene Davis Cundiff

Theses & Honors Papers

Often, educators recommend that school-age children attend an outdoor summer camp in between school sessions. While summer camps throughout history have been recommended based off of the idea that attending a summer camp will help the child excel socially and academically, no studies have been done to assess people’s attitudes regarding camping experiences once they have grown up. This study analyzes opinions of women at Longwood College regarding past camping experiences.


A Cinematographic Analysis Of The Front Handspring, Donna Kay Tribby May 1968

A Cinematographic Analysis Of The Front Handspring, Donna Kay Tribby

Theses & Honors Papers

The study of body mechanics has been around for ages, starting with Eadweard Muybridge, who studied body mechanics through cinematographic pictures. Understanding how the human body moves is important to many people, but especially to physical educators, for they are responsible for teaching young children and young adults how to perform specific sports motions. Ideally, physical educators should use cinematographic pictures to understand deeply the correct sequence of movements to execute the move, rather than attempting a trial and error type instruction. This thesis analyzes the execution of front handsprings cinematographically to determine the correct sequence of moves to execute …