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Educational Psychology

1976

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The Relationship Between Personality Traits And Treatment Outcome In A Therapeutic Environment, William G. Birch Ii Aug 1976

The Relationship Between Personality Traits And Treatment Outcome In A Therapeutic Environment, William G. Birch Ii

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Laboratory And Non-Laboratory Course Designs As A Setting For Increasing Agreement With Course Materials, J. Michael Gautney Aug 1976

A Comparison Of Laboratory And Non-Laboratory Course Designs As A Setting For Increasing Agreement With Course Materials, J. Michael Gautney

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of The Hutchings' “Low-Stress" And Current Addition Algorithms For Speed And Accuracy In Two School Settings With Regular And Special Education Children, Laurence E. Rudolph Aug 1976

A Comparison Of The Hutchings' “Low-Stress" And Current Addition Algorithms For Speed And Accuracy In Two School Settings With Regular And Special Education Children, Laurence E. Rudolph

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Interactive Effects Of Problem Difficulty And Reinforcement Of Social Behavior On Academic Performance In The Classroom, Wendy Lee Leys Aug 1976

The Interactive Effects Of Problem Difficulty And Reinforcement Of Social Behavior On Academic Performance In The Classroom, Wendy Lee Leys

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Interactive Effects Of Assignment Length And Reinforcement Of Academic Performance On Classroom Conduct, Emily S. Koenig Aug 1976

The Interactive Effects Of Assignment Length And Reinforcement Of Academic Performance On Classroom Conduct, Emily S. Koenig

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Student Preferences For The Hutchings' "Low Stress" Versus The Conventional Addition Algorithm Under Conditions Of Differentially Increasing Response Effort With And Without Reinforcement, Carolyn Louise Gillespie Aug 1976

Student Preferences For The Hutchings' "Low Stress" Versus The Conventional Addition Algorithm Under Conditions Of Differentially Increasing Response Effort With And Without Reinforcement, Carolyn Louise Gillespie

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Approach To Meeting The Educational Needs Of A Select Group Of Migrant Children, Ruth G. Cornelius Aug 1976

An Approach To Meeting The Educational Needs Of A Select Group Of Migrant Children, Ruth G. Cornelius

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Children in grades one through six who were identified as children from migrant agricultural families in a specific country in South Central Kentucky were compared to non-migrant children in the same specific county. A determination of the educational needs of these migrant children was made by a comparison of their standardized test scores to similar test scores of children from non-migrant families in the areas of Reading, Math, AND Total Battery scores. Resultant data from the test scores indicated that migrant children generally do not have achieve as high academically in the areas tested as do children from non-migrant families. …


A Study Of Forward Vs. Backward Chaining, Using Hutching's "Low Stress" Algorithm In Simple And Complex Addition Problems With Third Graders, Linda Sue Clark Aug 1976

A Study Of Forward Vs. Backward Chaining, Using Hutching's "Low Stress" Algorithm In Simple And Complex Addition Problems With Third Graders, Linda Sue Clark

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Calculation Speed And Accuracy On Two Levels Of Problem Difficulty Using The Conventional And Hutchings' "Low Stress" Addition Algorithms And The Pocket Calculator With High And Low Achieving Math Students, Leslie S. Zoref Aug 1976

A Comparison Of Calculation Speed And Accuracy On Two Levels Of Problem Difficulty Using The Conventional And Hutchings' "Low Stress" Addition Algorithms And The Pocket Calculator With High And Low Achieving Math Students, Leslie S. Zoref

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Integral Hatha Yoga On Self-Actualization, Anxiety And Body-Cathexis In Drug Users, Timothy J. Thorpe Jun 1976

The Effects Of Integral Hatha Yoga On Self-Actualization, Anxiety And Body-Cathexis In Drug Users, Timothy J. Thorpe

Doctoral Dissertations

The study was designed to discern the possible effects of Integral Hatha Yoga administered five times a week for four weeks to drug users at "Freedom House," a drug rehabilitation community at Eastern Psychiatric Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Experimental data were to provide sufficient information to reveal the differences in self-actualization, anxiety, body-cathexis and behavioral progress through the overall rehabilitation program, between a treatment and a control group.

In August of 1975, 11 patients at the drug unit received a lecture and demonstration of Integral Hatha Yoga. Eight of the patients agreed to take part in the study and …


The Effectiveness Of Training For Empathy In Pre-Service Teacher Education, John Bruce Jessen May 1976

The Effectiveness Of Training For Empathy In Pre-Service Teacher Education, John Bruce Jessen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The specific objective of this research was to determine the effectiveness of training on understanding empathy in the teacher training process.

Subjects were Utah State University students enrolled in Elementary Education during winter quarter 1976. The experimental group was composed of 34 subjects and the control group of 27 subjects.

Both groups were administered a pretest. The experimental group then received the treatment which consisted of a training program designed to help them to be able to (1) define, (2) recognize instances of, and (3) to emit empathic behavior. At the conclusion of the training program both the experimental and …


A Follow-Up Study Of Selected Participants In The Youth Development Program (Drop-Out Program) Of The Jefferson County Kentucky School System, H. Wayne Cumbee Apr 1976

A Follow-Up Study Of Selected Participants In The Youth Development Program (Drop-Out Program) Of The Jefferson County Kentucky School System, H. Wayne Cumbee

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Samples from four school year classes of students that participated in the youth Development Program, were interviewed in areas of family background, marital status, career status, educational status and interest in certain communication media. The data from the Interview Questionnaire was then collated. All participants had been classed as drop-outs or potential drop-outs. The school years involved were: 4969 through 1972-73. The results showed that fifty-six percent graduated the year they attended the program; twelve percent returned to regular school. Persisted and graduated; six percent went on to college and twenty-six percent received their graduation certificate or an equivalency (G.E.D.) …


Personality Testing By The Schools: A Possible Invasion Of Privacy, Angelika Hoyman Apr 1976

Personality Testing By The Schools: A Possible Invasion Of Privacy, Angelika Hoyman

IUSTITIA

Contemporary critics, concerned with the maintenance of personal privacy, have termed the use of personality tests a "white glove rack and screw" . Monroe H. Freedman, Dean of Hofstra University School of Law, while testifying before a congressional subcommittee, compared the use of psychological tests to the administration of truth serums and found both to be an affront to personal dignity.

Nevertheless, the 1960's witnessed a three-fold increase in the number of school counselors employed in most schools and a nation-wide survey of these counselors indicated that at least one-third of their time was spent in dealing with the personal …


Evaluations Of Former Kalamazoo Learning Village Participants, Salvatore S. Cullari Apr 1976

Evaluations Of Former Kalamazoo Learning Village Participants, Salvatore S. Cullari

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Training School Personnel In The Theory And Application Of Behavior Modification Principles And Techniques: A Workshop Approach, Susan Wiles Meston Apr 1976

Training School Personnel In The Theory And Application Of Behavior Modification Principles And Techniques: A Workshop Approach, Susan Wiles Meston

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Study Of Achievement Motive, Nurturance Motive And Satisfaction In Mothers Of Preschool Children, Ann Connell Adams Jan 1976

Study Of Achievement Motive, Nurturance Motive And Satisfaction In Mothers Of Preschool Children, Ann Connell Adams

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Written Modeling And Reinforcement Of Self-Affect References In Unstructured Personal Documents, Carol Mcdowell Collins Jan 1976

The Effects Of Written Modeling And Reinforcement Of Self-Affect References In Unstructured Personal Documents, Carol Mcdowell Collins

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Consciousness And Its Reproduction In Higher Education, Elizabeth Ann Monk Jan 1976

Consciousness And Its Reproduction In Higher Education, Elizabeth Ann Monk

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Creative Process: A Symposium, Charlotte B. Winsor Jan 1976

The Creative Process: A Symposium, Charlotte B. Winsor

Books

A collection of papers encompassing an education conference about the creative process, in honor of Lucy Sprague Mitchell - founder of Bank Street College. The collection examines the creative process theoretically through psychodynamic and Piagetian viewpoints, as well as the effects of creativity on cognition and development. The works cover a large range of discussions on creativity and include an array of studio-workshop reports using music, food, needlework, and many more materials to stimulate creativity.


A Comparison Of The Relative Efficiencies Of Reinforcement And Trait-Expectancy Theories In The Prediction And Control Of Self-Esteem, David Edward Dooley Jan 1976

A Comparison Of The Relative Efficiencies Of Reinforcement And Trait-Expectancy Theories In The Prediction And Control Of Self-Esteem, David Edward Dooley

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Teacher Reinforcement On Student Attitudes And Achievement, Ray Douglas Mccollum Jan 1976

The Effects Of Teacher Reinforcement On Student Attitudes And Achievement, Ray Douglas Mccollum

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study examined the effects of teacher reinforcement on both reading achievement and students' attitudes toward school. It was hypothesized that students of high reinforcing teachers would achieve greater reading gains and would exhibit more positive attitudes toward school than students of lower reinforcing teachers.

Eight classrooms of second and third-grade students (N=139) and their teachers from a rural school district were involved in this study. The students were administered the reading section of the Metropolitan Achievement Test and the "Describe Your School" questionnaire during the fall of 1975. subsequent to this pre-assessment, the eight teachers were observed by independent …


The Teaching Of Chemistry With The Behavioral Outcomes Approach, Gulam Habeeb Jan 1976

The Teaching Of Chemistry With The Behavioral Outcomes Approach, Gulam Habeeb

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.