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An Inquiry Into The Value Of Teaching Texas History And The Status Of Available Materials, Patricia Ann Browder Sep 1980

An Inquiry Into The Value Of Teaching Texas History And The Status Of Available Materials, Patricia Ann Browder

Graduate Theses

This study was a statewide survey that attempted to determine the value of Texas history programs and the status of the materials available. Information was gathered in a survey of selected schools with an Average Daily Attendance of at least 10,000 students during the 1979-1980 school year. The data was summarized and analyzed in eight tables. The conclusions of this study Indicate; (1) the movement to eliminate the required teaching of Texas history is in great disfavor with the teachers of Texas history; (2) the state required minimum of 24 hours of history is considered adequate; (3) most school districts …


Second Annual Report Of The Independent Evaluation Of The California Master Plan For Special Education Volume 2, Patricia Craig Apr 1980

Second Annual Report Of The Independent Evaluation Of The California Master Plan For Special Education Volume 2, Patricia Craig

Faculty Publications

This volume of the Second Annual Report on the California Master Plan for Special Education contains supporting technical information for the findings reported in Volume I. In the first section of this appendix, the method used to select the 25 sample areas is described. The second section details the methodology used for selecting teachers and parents for the questionnaire survey and presents response rates by area for each group surveyed. The third section explains the methodology used to develop the indices of knowledge, satisfaction, and skill. The fourth section des­cribes the procedures used for the follow-up of survey activities, presents …


Second Annual Report Of The Independent Evaluation Of The California Master Plan For Special Education Volume 1, Patricia Craig Apr 1980

Second Annual Report Of The Independent Evaluation Of The California Master Plan For Special Education Volume 1, Patricia Craig

Faculty Publications

This two-volume Second Annual Report presents the results of the data collection activities during the first year. The first volume is a nontechnical presentation of the research findings. We have tried to keep it as free of technical jargon as possible and have assumed that readers have some familiarity with the California Master Plan. Volume II is a technical appendix that discusses in detail the methodological aspects of the work. The purpose of this report is to describe concisely, informatively, and objectively the status of special education programs in districts, RLAs, and counties. Most of the information presented is based …


Approaches To Teaching And Learning [V.1], Bank Street College Of Education Jan 1980

Approaches To Teaching And Learning [V.1], Bank Street College Of Education

Books

"In 1968, Bank Street College was invited, under the leadership of Elizabeth Gilkeson and Gordon Klopf, to join in the creation of the National Follow Through Program, an effort intended to sustain and extend the gains of Head Start for low income children. Bank Street's subsequent role as a sponsor offered an opportunity to extend knowledge, develop new tools for implementation and serve a diverse children population in many distant sites. The materials in the present volume grew out of Bank Street's efforts in this challenging program." -- Historical note, [p.2]