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An Item Analysis Of Selected Subtests On The Project Palatisha Development Checklist, Kitty A. Hollow
An Item Analysis Of Selected Subtests On The Project Palatisha Development Checklist, Kitty A. Hollow
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The Project Palatisha Developmental Checklist (PPDC) is a preschool screening instrument that is used by many different tribal Head Start programs throughout the western United States. An item analysis was made on the Cognitive, Fine Motor, and Language subtests of the PPDC. The sample population consisted of 202 children ages 3 through 5 who were enrolled in Head Start programs. The Head Start programs who participated were located on the Hualapai, Hopi, Salt River Pima-Maricopa, Makah, Quileute, Chehalis, and Yakima Indian Reservations. One Mexican American Head Start program, Campesinos Unidos Inc., also participated in the study. The item analysis consisted …
A History Of The Events Leading To The Establishment Of The First State Normal School In America, Harold E. Ring
A History Of The Events Leading To The Establishment Of The First State Normal School In America, Harold E. Ring
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During the decades of the 1820's and 1830's, educators in this country studied the European schools where the principles of Johann H. Pestalozzi (1746-1827), Friedrick Froebel (1782-1852), and Emanuel Fellenberg (1771-1844) had been put into practice with favorable results. The Prussian normal schools established by Frederick the Great were some of the best in the world. American educators came back with glowing reports of the progress Europeans were making in this direction. By 1838, due to the efforts of James Carter (1795-1849) and Horace Mann (179 6-1859), and because of the generosity of a Boston merchant, the Massachusetts legislature was …
An Experiment In Teaching Perfect Pitch With Programmed Learning, Harry Ross Nelson
An Experiment In Teaching Perfect Pitch With Programmed Learning, Harry Ross Nelson
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Ten college students were subjects of an experiment dealing with the teaching of perfect pitch through programmed learning. The experiment was based on a similar study by Dr. Robert W. Lundin. An attempt was made to use equipment readily available in public schools, and to make the lessons as nearly self-teaching as possible.