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The Classroom Behavior Assessment Scale, Linda Beth Brooks

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this investigation was to test the predictive valid­ity of the Classroom Behavior Assessment Scale (CBAS). The CBAS, a be­havioral checklist, was designed to be used as a screening device for the detection of possible emotional/behavioral disorders in young chil­dren. The investigation was conducted using both mean and median CBAS scores of children who were recommended by the Educational Appraisal and Review committee of Albuquerque Public Schools for Special Education programs, and those who were not recommended for Special Education programs by that same committee. The hypotheses for this investigation were stated in the null form. Hypothesis 1. …

An Investigation Of The Relationship Of Ethnicity And Sex To Intelligence And Certain Dimensions Of Creativity, Viola Roberta Sierra

Special Education ETDs

This study was designed to investigate: (1) differences in certain dimensions of creativity between Anglos and Chicanos; (2) differences in certain dimensions of creativity between males and females; and (3) the relationship between certain dimensions of creativity and intelligence for (a) the total group, (b) for Anglos, (c) for Chicanos, (3) for males, and (e) for females.

The general hypotheses tested were that: (1) there would be no significant differences between Anglos and Chicanos and between males and females with respect to composite creativity and the dimensions of fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration as measured by the Torrance Test of …

The Effects Of Perceptual Conditioning Upon Decoding And Encoding Abilities Of Children With Low Achievement, James D. Hall

Special Education ETDs

THE EFFECTS OF PERCEPTUAL CONDITIONING UPON DECODING AND ENCODING ABILITIES OF CHILDREN WITH LOW ACHIEVEMENT

James D. Hall Department of Special Education The University of New Mexico, 1976

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two decoding training procedures upon the decoding and encoding abilities of third grade children with low achievement. The methods studied were Perceptual Conditioning (Glass, 1971a) and Perceptual Conditioning with an added spelling step. An experimental group of 24 third graders, who pretested at or below the 3.8 grade level on the Diagnostic Reading Scales word lists, were randomly assigned to one …

Effects Of A Creativity Program On The Creative Thinking Abilities Of Behaviorally Disordered Elementary Children And Regular Elementary Children, Betsy Jaclynn Loewenherz

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine and compare whether a structured creativity program would improve creative thinking abilities in elementary behaviorally disordered children and elementary regular children. The study examined creativity as a process and contended that behaviorally disordered children would profit synonymously with regular children from learning to think creatively by increasing their repertoire of appropriate responses. The subjects were located in a special adaptation class for the behaviorally disordered and a regular classroom. Hereafter, the term regular children as it appears in the study refers to children undiagnosed for special needs and placed in the regular …

The Effect Of Parent Intervention On Academic Progress Of Learning Disabled Children, Carol Lee Byler

Special Education ETDs

This thesis project was designed to investigate the implications of involving parents of learning disabled children in on academic objective. Academic progress was measured through the use of continuous recording procedures. The main hypothesis, stated in null form, was: there will be no statistically significant difference in the mean scores of six learning disabled subjects on specified academic behavior before and after treatment involving parents as the intervention strategy.

The research results (analyzed by the mean-median/chi-square design, P < ·.05) indicated significant difference in the mean scores of four of six learning disabled subjects. Further analysis (analyzed by the Wilcox Sign and Rank Test, P < .05) indicated significant growth in the group as a whole. It was concluded that further research in a variety of settings with a variety of subjects is needed to substantiate these results and to gain further insights concerning the effects of parental involvement in the total school process.

The Validity Of The Home Bilingual Usage Estimate In Determining Language Dominance, Richard F. Rodriguez

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of the Home Bilingual Usage Estimate, a test designed to determine whether English or Spanish is the dominant language spoken by and to the child. The Dos Amigos Verbal Language Scales, a teat which measures the ability of the child to express word opposites in English and Spanish was used as the criterion. On the basis of differences between English and Spanish performance a language dominance can be determined. Specific hypotheses were that: (1) the Home Bilingual Usage Estimate score of English Language usage will be positively and significantly related …

A Special Education Program Design For Small, Rural Schools, Melody Peers Mccormick

Special Education ETDs

The small, rural school, even when it is a part of a larger system does not generally have ready access to special education programs. The purpose of this investigation was to design and implement a minimum intervention program which would involve no additional staff, facilities, or expenditures. The minimum intervention program designed utilized a cross-age tutoring program which effectively removed students from one classroom and left it free to be utilized as a special education room for a specified period of time three days a week. The teachers identified children whom they felt needed special help. There were two main …