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A Study Of The Relationship Between Reading Disability And Antisocial Behavior., Mildred Tate Riebsomer

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This research is designed to explore the relationship between reading disability and intelligence, antisocial behavior, and social acceptance within the class of selected third grade students at Barcelona Elementary School during the academic year 1961-1962.

An Experimental Study Of The Relationship Between Color Blindness And Reading Achievement In The First Grade, Arleen L. Olson

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to investigate and analyze the reading achievement of color blind children at the end of the first-grade in five randomly selected Albuquerque Public Elementary Schools to determine if there are any significant differences in their reading achievement and that of color vision children with similar I.Q. scores and to find if there is a relationship between this defect of vision and reading achievement.

A Study Of The Non-Salary Monetary Benefits Available To The Public School Teacher Of Washington, Richard Bruce Elliott

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this paper to bring to light some advantages of teaching in the State of Washington not directly tied to salaries, but certainly affecting the amount of disposable income the teacher will have after paying certain rather fixed expenses, both during his active teaching career and after retirement.

An Evaluation Of Instructional Materials For Use In Teaching Electronics, H. Allen Shockley

All Master's Theses

Through this study the writer will attempt to: (1) evaluate selected instructional materials for teaching electronics that are available through the facilities of Central Washington State College, University of Washington, and Washington State University; (2) develop a list of those materials worthy of use in teaching electronics in grades seven through twelve; and (3) make recommendations for improvements in this area.

A Musical Approach To The Teaching And Performance Of Percussion, John Frederick Mowad

All Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this study (1) to aid the teacher of instrumental music in developing a musical approach to the teaching of snare drum using a recommended “like-grip” for holding all sticks and mallets (2) to provide the teacher of instrumental music with selected published methods and materials for developing musicianship; (3) to provide the instrumental music teacher with teaching techniques covering selected and most commonly use percussion instruments.

A Study Of The Implementation Of The Generalization In Resource Conservation Curriculum, Jule Oliver Crabtree

All Master's Theses

This study utilized the generalization as a tool to provide greater increments to learning throughout the social studies curriculum. It has been specifically related to a study of human and natural resource conservation.

Reading Interests Of Seventh Grade Students, Winifred Line

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation was (1) to survey the reading interests of eighty-three seventh grade students of both sexes at Jefferson Junior High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico; (2) to show the degree to which different levels of intelligence in the survey group produced differences in reading interests; and (3) to determine whether literature in the texts used by students in the survey group satisfies these interests.

An Analysis Of The California Achievement Test Scores Given To The Sixth-Grade Pupils In The White Schools Of Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana, Melba Lee Gibbons

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study was an analysis of the California Achievement Test Scores given to the sixth grade pupils in the white public schools of Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana, in April, 1962, to determine the significant difference in the achievements measured with the following factors: (1) Sex, (2) Foreign language background, (3) Family Income, (4) Education of parents.

Improvement Of Oral English In The First Grade In The Santo Domingo School, Ramona Rhon

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was (1) to aid in developing oral language patterns essential for better understandings of some common concepts in English; (2) to provide seven field trips from rural to urban communities for stimulating first-hand experiences; (3) to couple these trips with an extensive use of related audio-visual materials for immediate reinforcement learning; (4) to originate oral dialogue in English for classroom practices before and after each excursion; and (5) to test the significance of the gains made in use of English.

A Handbook Of Suggestions For Building School Library Collections; A Report Of Procedures And Plans For The Sandia Base School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Miyoshi Ikeda

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purposes of this study were (1) to present a descriptive study of how an elementary school organized a centralized library, and (2) to formulate long-range plans to meet the quantitative standards set up by the State Board of Education, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the American Library Association.

Interaction Analysis In The Classroom, Charles Richard Hedman

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to investigate the applicability of the technique of interaction analysis to a secondary classroom situation and to compare the teachers' claimed philosophies and the observed practices of secondary school teachers.

"Development Of Ability To Think" As A Purpose Of American Education: A Philosophical And Scientific Analysis, Charles Albert Glatt Sr.

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

One outstanding characterization of public education in the United States is the lack of consensus about the central or primary purpose for even having an educational system. Due to the decentralized nature of American public education, there is no national agency with power to control, to direct, or to supervise the policies which guide the work of the many schools.

The Relationship Of Certain Selected Variables To First Grade Achievement, Carl Walker

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Educators have long been aware of the need for adequate predictors of school achievement for first grade pupils. Moreover, there is growing interest in the screening of school beginners, both as a means of determining their readiness for learning and as a way of identifying early those children with potential difficulties so that they can be given required attention at a time when it will be most beneficial.

A Comparative Study Of The Understanding Which Bilingual Students Have Of The Multiple Meanings Of English Words, Stephen Grant Hess

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the understanding which certain bilingual students have of the different meanings of some words in the English language in comparison to the understanding which Anglos have.

Ua64/14 Student Teacher Placement Cards - Hunsaker To Hutson, Wku College Of Education

WKU Archives Records

This document contains the WKU Placement Bureau cards used to place student teachers in schools around Kentucky. The cards give the students’ name, college, position wanted, number of credits and work history. Some cards have a photograph attached. When the photos are detached they immediately follow the student’s card. This particular file contains cards for students Hunsaker to Hutson.

Gorham State Teachers College Catalogue 1963 - 1965, Gorham State Teachers College

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

A Composite Representational Study Of Masks Using Visual, Verbal, And Written Impressions, Nick E. Mason

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study: (1) to use masks as a means of motivation for the students to develop their fundamental needs for expression, for creation, for identification and for release; (2) to furnish information as basic knowledge to be used in projects of mask-making; and (3) to take pictures, to select and to organize the slide series.

Ua64/14 Student Teacher Placement Cards - P Surnames, Wku College Of Education

WKU Archives Records

This document contains the WKU Placement Bureau cards used to place student teachers in schools around Kentucky. The cards give the students’ name, college, position wanted, number of credits and work history. Some cards have a photograph attached. When the photos are detached they immediately follow the student’s card. This particular file contains cards for students Pace to Pyke.

Ua64/14 Student Teacher Placement Cards - Lutz To Lytle, Wku College Of Education

WKU Archives Records

This document contains the WKU Placement Bureau cards used to place student teachers in schools around Kentucky. The cards give the students’ name, college, position wanted, number of credits and work history. Some cards have a photograph attached. When the photos are detached they immediately follow the student’s card. This particular file contains cards for students Lutz to Lytle.

Ua64/14 Student Teacher Placement Cards - Lockhart To Luton, Wku College Of Education

WKU Archives Records

This document contains the WKU Placement Bureau cards used to place student teachers in schools around Kentucky. The cards give the students’ name, college, position wanted, number of credits and work history. Some cards have a photograph attached. When the photos are detached they immediately follow the student’s card. This particular file contains cards for students Lockhart to Luton.

Ua64/14 Student Teacher Placement Cards - Sa-Sm Surnames, Wku College Of Education

WKU Archives Records

This document contains the WKU Placement Bureau cards used to place student teachers in schools around Kentucky. The cards give the students’ name, college, position wanted, number of credits and work history. Some cards have a photograph attached. When the photos are detached they immediately follow the student’s card. This particular file contains cards for students Sanders to Smith.

Ua64/14 Student Teacher Placement Cards - Q-R Surnames, Wku College Of Education

WKU Archives Records

This document contains the WKU Placement Bureau cards used to place student teachers in schools around Kentucky. The cards give the students’ name, college, position wanted, number of credits and work history. Some cards have a photograph attached. When the photos are detached they immediately follow the student’s card. This particular file contains cards for students Quinn to Rives.

Ua64/14 Student Teacher Placement Cards - Y-Z Surnames, Wku College Of Education

WKU Archives Records

This document contains the WKU Placement Bureau cards used to place student teachers in schools around Kentucky. The cards give the students’ name, college, position wanted, number of credits and work history. Some cards have a photograph attached. When the photos are detached they immediately follow the student’s card. This particular file contains cards for students Yancy to Zoretic.

Schools And The Ghost Towns Of New Mexico, Mary Ann Kinsey

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the problem. It is the purpose of this study to make a historical investigation of the schools and the host towns of New Mexico. It is proposed that:

1. The schools were an important factor in the ghost towns of New Mexico.
2. The contributions of the schools in the ghost towns of New Mexico were extensive and significant.
3. The schools reflected life in the ghost towns of New Mexico.
4. The schools affected life in the ghost towns of New Mexico.

Identifying Students In The Junior High School Who Have Emotional, Social, Or Educational Handicaps, Ralph J. Ankenbrand

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Development Of A Handbook For Use In The Selection Of Materials On Communism For Secondary Social Studies Classes, Richard Raymond Olmsted

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Following World War Two, the United States and the Soviet Union became the chief rivals for world leadership. Because of this, communism replaced fascism as the totalitarian ideology of most concern to Americans. This new situation brought with it a series of problems for the public schools: Should secondary schools teach about communism? How should this topic be approached? What materials should be provided for use by high school students?

For a time, public hysteria prevented the logical resolution of these problems. George B. Bruntz describes this period in the following way:

There was a time when the mere mention …