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A Study Of Zillah High School's Individualized English Program For The School Year 1969-1979, Seth T. Tweedy
A Study Of Zillah High School's Individualized English Program For The School Year 1969-1979, Seth T. Tweedy
All Master's Theses
This thesis suggests curriculum and structural changes in the high school English classes at Zillah High School, Yakima, WA based on current research in education.
Teaching Style And Student Use Of Analytic Concepts In Discussions Of Controversial Issues, R. Doyle Slater
Teaching Style And Student Use Of Analytic Concepts In Discussions Of Controversial Issues, R. Doyle Slater
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study, investigating teaching style, was conducted as part of a curriculum development and research effort aimed at teaching students conceptualized skills considered useful in the analysis of public controversial issues.
Approximately 220 junior students entering into an American history-problems of democracy two-year course sequence were taught the conceptualized analytic skills. Four teachers learned three teaching styles; namely, recitation, seminar, and socratic, The teachers used the three styles with small groups of students in discussions of case studies involving public controversial issues. In the discussions students were expected to use the analytic skills taught to them.
This study investigated whether …
A Curriculum For Language Arts In Lincoln Prevocational School Bremerton, Washington, Roy A. Williamson
A Curriculum For Language Arts In Lincoln Prevocational School Bremerton, Washington, Roy A. Williamson
All Master's Theses
It was the purpose of this study (1) to determine whether the proposed reading program, a program using tape recorders, would improve reading disabilities; (2) to compare it with the regular program; and (3) to evaluate these findings for use in the curriculum.
A Plan For Flexibly Scheduled Use Of The Terminal Park Elementary School Library, Carole Bowen Kirkpatrick
A Plan For Flexibly Scheduled Use Of The Terminal Park Elementary School Library, Carole Bowen Kirkpatrick
All Master's Theses
This thesis will show how flexibly scheduled use of the school library by teachers and children can be effective even.with inadequate facilities and personnel. It will also show how library experiences can be made purposeful, practical, interesting, and enjoyable for the children. The program is especially designed for use at Terminal Park Elementary School in Auburn, Washington, but can be easily adapted by any school having a full-time librarian.
An Elementary Mathematics Curriculum Study To Determine If Achievement And Attitude Can Be Influenced By A Textbook Adoption, Elsie M. Railey
An Elementary Mathematics Curriculum Study To Determine If Achievement And Attitude Can Be Influenced By A Textbook Adoption, Elsie M. Railey
All Master's Theses
There is on the market a wide range of contemporary mathematics textbooks available. Textbooks approach mathematics differently and there is a variation in terms of the amount of time allocated to a topic, the development of elementary concepts and laws of arithmetic, and the amount of drill and repetition. The sequential development of the texts follows closely, but the scope and content differ significantly. Specifically, it is the purpose of this study to determine if there is a significant difference between series, as opposed to those in another mathematics series, in the variables of attitude and achievement. The two textbooks …
The Orient In Elementary School Social Studies, Judith Rogers
The Orient In Elementary School Social Studies, Judith Rogers
All Master's Theses
It was the purpose of this investigation (1) to make a study of the Oriental Studies content suggested in textbooks, curriculum guides, and "new social studies programs" used extensively in elementary schools in the state of Washington, and (2) to develop suggested Oriental Studies content for elementary schools, with particular grade level specifications, keeping in mind the changing social structures of our society.
An Application Of A Revised Morrissett's Curriculum Analysis System To A High School English Program, Eldon Richard Loewe
An Application Of A Revised Morrissett's Curriculum Analysis System To A High School English Program, Eldon Richard Loewe
All Master's Theses
The problem presented in this thesis is threefold. Taken together, these items present the bulk of work for any person attempting curriculum evaluation at the local level:
1. Meaningful evaluative information must be obtained. Instead of glib and generalized assumptions about what ought to be, one should achieve specific information relevant to the researcher as well as his departmental colleagues.
2. The information must relate to other studies so that a larger curriculum analysis will result. If the soundest method of national evaluation is to create concrete building blocks locally, these individual studies must mesh to provide something larger and …