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A Comparative Study Of Bscs: Human Sciences Program And Existing Scienceprograms According To Achievement, Attitude, And Process Skills In Selected Sixth-Grade Classrooms In Baton Rouge, Louisiana., Donna Conner Ashmead

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of The Undergraduate Curriculum And The Subsequent Professional Involvement Of Selected Instrumental Music Education Graduates Of Louisiana State University., James Forrest Choate Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Status Study Of The Public High School Principalship In Mississippi., David Earl Lee

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Attitudes And Perceptions Of Men And Women In The Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service About Their Administrative Mobility In The Organization., Bobbie Batchelor Mcfatter

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Perception Of The Role And Status Position Of The School Business Official In Louisiana., Gwynn Lance Shamlin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effectiveness Of Contacting Nonattending Adult Students As Measured By Return Attendance, Dropouts And Reenrollment, Ralph Leland Moody

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem: To determine the relative effectiveness of four methods of contacting non-attending adult students with an invitation message to return to class. The four methods used to contact students were (1) personally, (2) by telephone, (3) by letter, (4) no contact (control).

Purpose: The major purpose of this study was to analyze (1) the proportion of classes students attended after being absent and then being contacted by a volunteer, {2) the dropout rate of students after being contacted by a volunteer, and (3) the reenrollment rate of students after being contacted by a volunteer.

Enrollment Projection, Instructional, Noninstructional Implications And Alternative Uses For Vacant Or Unused Facilities In Decreasing Enrollment School Districts., Frederick A. Wentworth

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The study was an attempt to identify some of the problems associated with declining enrollment within selected California School Districts.

A Study Of The Relationship Between Racial Mix And Academic Progress, Interracial Friendships, And Pupil And Parent Attitudes In The Elementary School, Julius Walter Gunnarsen

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

THE PROBLEM: This study addressed the problem of what relationship exists between the racial mix of the elementary school, independent of social class mix, and the academic progress, interracial friendships, and attitudes toward school of educationally disadvantaged pupils. Also investigated was the problem of what relationship exists between the racial mix of the school, with social class mix controlled, and the parents' attitudes toward school.

THE PROCEDURE: One hundred seventy-six fourth and sixth grade pupils, classified as educationally disadvantaged under the terms of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title I, were randomly selected from three schools in …

A Study Of The Attitudes Of Public School Teachers Toward Instructional Television In American Samoa, Logoleo Tele'a V. Faleali'i

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to provide evidence of institutionalization of ITV in the public schools of American Samoa. According to Evans, attitudes of users of innovations, such as ITV, provide evidence of institutionalization. This study proposed, in congruence with Evans' theory, to survey the attitudes of public school teachers toward ITV in American Samoa.

PROCEDURES: The descriptive method was used to conduct the investigation of teacher attitudes toward lTV. The research was limited to a survey of the attitudes of all elementary, secondary, and contract teachers in American Samoa. The questionnaire was designed to sample teacher attitudes …

Preferences For Serrano-Priest Finance Proposals Expressed By California Superintendents., Thomas Arthur Wilberding

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: The financial implications of Serrano vs. Priest have caused a great amount of concern in California among the superintendents of the school districts at all levels of organization. The purpose of this study was to determine how superintendents throughout the state felt about the finance plans suggested in the Jefferson decision in terms of each plan's impact on their school district.

The Educational Sojourn Of The Returned Iranian Alumni From University Of California, 1963-64--1973-74, Hutan Yassai Ardakani

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM: The flow of returning Iranian graduates from American educational institutions has focused attention upon the educational experiences of the graduates and the extent to which they are able to utilize their training for employment in Iran.

PURPOSE: The major purposes of this study were to analyze (.1) the degree of satisfaction of the sojourn period in terms of the academic, economic, arid social experiences of a group of Iranian alumni who have returned to Iran, and (2) the relevancy and applicability of their American education.

METHODOLOGY: The sample for this study was a group of Iranian graduates from the …

The Role Of Educational Leadership In Managing A Change Process., Burnell Evart Johnson

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to select a sequence of steps as a model change process and then compare that sequence with the steps followed by the Berkeley Unified School District during the change process embodied in the development and first year's implementation of its Experimental Schools Project.

Deliminations: The study was limited to the Experimental Schools Project of the Berkeley Unified School District from December 28, 1970, through June 30, 1972. That project involved approximately one-third of the students and teaching staff of the district.

Procedures: The primary source of data was a structured in-depth interview with …

Job Satisfaction Of School Superintendents In California., Richard Fairchild Cochran

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of job satisfaction of school superintendents in California. Additional purposes were to determine the differences in job satisfaction of elementary, secondary and unified school superintendents; to identify and quantify factors of the work environment which contribute to and detract from job satisfaction; and lastly, to compare variations in school superintendents job satisfaction related to age, experience as a superintendent, size of school district, location of school district, school district assessed valuation, socio-economic status of community and percent of non-white students in the school district. The need for the study …

An Exploratory Content Analysis Of Creative Thinking In Elementary School Science Textbooks For Grades One, Three, And Five., Anthony Thomas Rinaldi

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the content of textbooks for levels one, three, and five of six elementary science series to determine the extent to which the development of creative thinking skills was emphasized.

A Comparison Of An Extended Individualized Reading Instructional Program With The Regular Reading Instructional Program And Its Effects Upon Reading Skills Of Selected Black Junior High School Students Who Areunderachieving In Reading., Lily Burn (Titer) Small

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study to investigate the premise that if a reading program is based on individual interest, those individuals participating in the program will be motivated to read and will make greater gains in vocabulary skills, comprehension skills, and total reading skills than those taught by a non-individualized approach. The research undertaken fer this study utilized thirty-nine, Black, seventh grade students who were underachieving in reading. These subjects were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and two control groups.

The analysis of covariance procedures were used to measure gains in vocabulary achievement, comprehension achievement, and total …

Educating For Freedom: Northern Whites And The Origins Of Black Education In The South, 1862-1875, Ronald E. Butchart

Graduate Dissertations and Theses

The northern white men and women who organized the first schools for the American blacks in the South, during and after the Civil War, did so for a wide variety of reasons. They were often in sharp disagreement with one another over ends and means. Each took as his point of departure a particular view of the future of the Afro-American in American society, and shaped his educational ideology around that vision. Some assumed that the freedman, like all other Americans, would move into the mainstream, free to do and become what he chose, limited only by his own intrinsic …