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A Comparison Of Word Processing Instructional Methods In Kansas Community Colleges And Secondary Schools, Richard Stewart Orszulak

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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of instructional methods utilized in community colleges in the State of Kansas as compared to a random sampling of secondary schools in Southeastern Kansas. Also included in the study was an analysis of word processing courses currently offered with respect to software packages being taught. In addition, change in enrollment and if general education courses included a course in word processing were also studied.

Identification And Comparison Of The Secretarial Science Curricula Offered By The Nineteen Public Community Junior Colleges In Kansas, Mary Miller Martin

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The purpose of this research study is to examine the secretarial science programs presently being utilized in the nineteen public community junior colleges in the state of Kansas according to their 1972-1973 college catalogs. The researcher utilized the catalogs to compare the offerings of these colleges as stated in the secretarial science department.

The Effects Of Listening Training On Achievement, Kenneth D. Vineyard

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Reading has long been recognized as a necessary skill but only recently has there been much interest in listening skills even though listening is the most frequently used language activity. Within the past decade many studies have indicated that listening ability correlates highly with intelligence, vocabulary, and report card grades, and some investigators claim that listening training will improve listening ability. If listening ability correlates positively with report card grades then listening training should aid academic achievement.

The present experiment has investigated the effect of listening training on the grade point averages of college freshmen. Since special treatment of experimental …

A Study Comparing Two Methods Of Teaching Basic Electronics, Gilbert Burnett

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The problem is to compare two methods of teaching basic electricity, one being the 3-E Experimenter method by McKnight and McKnight Co., and the other being the “lecture-demonstration and project” method used at the Kansas State College of Pittsburg to instruct the class “Applied Electricity 140” (spring 1964-1965). The two methods will be compared according to the following criteria: the students’ level of initial learning; project construction quality; project reports; direct observation.

An Examination Of The Professional Education Program For Elementary Teachers At Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas, Howard Denman Forbes

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The purpose of this study was to determine the improvements needed in the professional education curricula for elementary teachers at Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas. Questionnaires were sent to 114 persons who had been graduated from K.S.T.C. since 1940. The questionnaire requested the respondents to evaluate the education and psychology course offerings in the light of their value to an elementary teacher. Study reports findings and recommendations for improvement.

An Analysis Of First-Year Bookkeeping Textbooks, Leon H. Jursche

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It is the purpose of the study to make a summarization of the material that is being taught in first-year bookkeeping, with a possible value to boards to education and school administrators in the selection of bookkeeping textbooks. The study should make available to the business teacher references for use in instructing bookkeeping classes. Nine first-year bookkeeping texts were obtained from publishers. A list of possible points to be used for a proper analysis was made. The classification used in the analysis was a follows: the aims and objectives of each text; the method of approach; the order of presentation …