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Selected Elementary Music Educators’ Perceptions Of Curriculum, Scheduling, And Workload, Mara Nowlin

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Elementary music is a field that many people would agree is important, but the subject does not always get an equal opportunity when stacked up against subjects that are regulated with standardized tests, such as math or language arts. I set out to study elementary music programs in the region where I am employed (the Four State Region of Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma) in the Midwest. Some questions I sought to answer were what types of elementary music curricula are available and popular, and how districts come to select their music curriculum. Additionally, I wanted to examine the school …

A Descriptive Study Of Dependent And Independent Personality Characteristics Among Psu Singleton And Non-Singleton Students, Jiani Wu

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This descriptive study was designed to explore, describe, and compare singleton and non-singleton Pittsburg State University Chinese students, who self-reported their independent and dependent personality characteristics. Data for this study were obtained from a survey instrument developed by this investigator and administrated to volunteer Chinese students (Mainland or Taiwan) enrolled in 2010 fall semester at Pittsburg State University. Participation was voluntary and anonymity was assured. No statistically significant differences were found in independent and dependent personality characteristics among singleton and non-singleton Chinese college students at Pittsburg State University. Conclusions were that the findings from the present study were consistent with …

A Comparison Of The Discussion And Experimentation Methods Of Presenting Related Information, Ronald L. Jost

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This study was a comparison of the discussion method and the experimental method of presenting related information of factual nature to eighth grade junior high school students in the general shop. The population for this study was eighth grade boys enrolled in an Industrial Arts General Shop at the Northwest Junior High School in Kansas City, Kansas. The evaluation instruments in this study were objective tests designed to evaluate the information that groups of students received in the experiment. Tests contained alternate responses, multiple-choice, matching, and completion type questions. A pretest and posttest was administered, as well as a retention …

The Point Of View Of Industry On The Modernization Of Content And The Upgrading Of Technical Drafting Instruction, Daniel R. Oliver

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An attempt was made to encourage drafting supervisors of Arizona’s industries to point out areas in which beginning draftsmen were weak and in need of improved instruction. These supervisors were also encouraged to express their views on possible methods for correcting these weaknesses that might exist. Sixty-eight firms participated in the study. The study revealed a need for improvement in most of the areas of basic drafting practices. The best method recommended by these firms for keeping drafting instructors up-to-date and in line with industry was through summer workshops of one or two weeks in length carried out in various …

An Evaluation Of Closed-Circuit Television As A Media In Teaching An Operation In Electronics By Use Of The Demonstration Procedure, Robert Horning

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The purpose of this study was to compare the relative effectiveness of a conventional face-to-face demonstration with a closed-circuit televised demonstration on trouble-shooting with the Simpson Volt-Ohm-Meter. Special emphasis was placed on problems the ordinary shop instructor would have in presenting a demonstration by television. Data for the experimental comparison of the conventional demonstration with the televised demonstration were obtained by the parallel group technique. Two groups, experimental and control, composed of graduate students in the field of industrial education were used in the experiment. Subjects of both groups were compared on the characteristics of age, position, and overall grade …

A Study Of The Qualifications Required For Successful Saleswork As Interpreted By The Employer, Employee, Consumer, And Instructor In Salesmanship Classes, Ernest Frank Horn Jr.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the qualifications required for successful saleswork as interpreted by employers who hire salespeople, the salespeople themselves, the consumers who buy from salespeople, and the instructors who teach salesmanship in the two-year colleges of Kansas. Data was collected by means of a check list filled out by sixteen retail employers, fourteen retail salespeople, ten traveling salespeople, eight door-to-door salespeople, thirteen salespeople who sell a service, twelve consumers, and thirteen salesmanship instructors. The check list was supplemented by a personal interview with everyone except the salesmanship instructors. The check list contained the topics covered …

Expanding The Curriculum In Negro High Schools In Saint Louis, Missouri, Faye Philip Everett

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The problem was to make a study of the major areas in which the curriculum in Negro high schools might be expanded to help improve the general well-being of the Negro citizens of Saint Louis, Missouri.

The procedure was to collect data from the records of the Board of Education, secure maps from the City Plan Commission, study the United States census of 1920-1930-1940, and secure data from local welfare and social agencies.

In the study it was found that the Negro population in Saint Louis will increase and that there is a need for four new middle-schools of secondary …

A Proposed Home Room Program For Negro High Schools Based On The Opinions Of Sixty Home Room Sponsors Of Oklahoma, Edward Thurman Addison

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The purpose of this study was to make proposals for home room programs based upon a survey of the home-room organizations of a select group of Negro high schools of Oklahoma. In the survey the writer attempted to determine the present home room practices such as, (1) length of programs, (2) program objectives, (3) how often programs are held, (4) days on which programs are held, (5) program topics, (6) number of programs dealing with Negroes, and the sponsors; attitude toward (7) programs based on Negro subjects, and (8) toward home rooms in general.

Four copies of a questionnaire were …

Survey Of The Industrial Needs Of Electricity To Obtain Information To Be Used As A Basis For A Curriculum In Electricity In The High School, Joe Rondelli

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The purpose of this study was to find what information had been found useful, by one hundred select individuals gainfully employed and interested in the industrial use of electricity, in order to choose items to be used for the construction of a curriculum in electricity for high school pupils.