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A Comparison Of Two Methods Of Typewriting Numbers And Symbols, Veronica E. Bender

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

From Chapter 1:

There has been a large increase in number typewriting In the last decade and a half. The demand for statistical typists and other clerical positions involving the typewriting of numbers is greater than ever before. In modern business offices specialized typists are hired to prepare statis­tical reports, billings, payrolls, bookkeeping machine reports, IBM programs and general reports. There has also been an Increased use of numbers in ordinary business correspondence.

A Cinematographical Analysis Of The Mechanical Differences Between Running On A Motor-Driven Threadmill And A Stationary Surface., Joseph C. Bowman

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

It was the purpose of this study to determine, through a cinematographical analysis, if running on a treadmill produced a change in running style or form by-comparing eleven measurements including body lean, various angles of the extremities, length of stride, and. vertical body movement.

An investigation of the literature revealed that little had been done to analyze the true mechanics of running on a treadmill. There has been a large amount of research and experimentation using treadmills in universities and industry to produce a controlled situation for physiological and kinesiological studies.

The major research method used in conducting this study …

The Effects Of Ability Grouping In Multi-Cultural School Situations, Joseph A. Sarthory

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

Ability grouping in one form or another has been common practice in American schools for the past one hundred years. One of the earliest attempts to provide for children of different ability levels occurred in St. Louis in 1867 (Goldberg, Passow, and Justman, 1966, p. 2). The practice reached its peak in the second and third decades of this century. Two factors were responsible for this ascendance. One was a changing social philosophy which espoused the doctrine of education for all rather than for the preferred few. Another was the high failure rate induced by a traditional curriculum which could …

Analysis Of The Conflict Between School Administration And Nea And Aft Affiliates In New Mexico, John J. Seaberg Jr.

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

The intensified demand by organized teachers to participate in the formulation of policies that affect them, to bargain or negotiate collectively concerning salaries and other conditions of employment, are among the most salient problems confronting the educational enterprise. The present militancy and collective activity of teacher organizations can be viewed as a revolt against the traditional bureaucratic pattern of school organization. One means of dealing with authority and unilateral control is through bargaining and its institutionalized form -- collective negotiations.

An Experimental Spelling Program In Third Grade., Elizabeth U. Mixon

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Problem. This study was undertaken to discover if spelling would be improved if the words to be learned were based on some other area of the curriculum and were a natural outgrowth of the activities in that area, rather than an arbitrary list taken from the spelling workbook currently in use in the Albuquerque Public Schools.

The Nicaraguan Ministry Of Education As A Social System., Raul E. Quintanilla

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

Nicaragua is a country in the process of development. The Nicaraguan leaders are very conscious of the fact that the advancement of the nation depends largely upon the development of human resources. The key role in the development of human resource in is played by education. With the assistance of the U.S. Government, through the Agency for International Development (A.I.D.), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Nicaragua initiated plans for general reforms and reorganization of the existing educational system. Unfortunately, the outcomes have been very limited, if we consider the magnitude of the educational problems.

The Relationship Of Anxiety, Intelligence And Reading Achievement, Margaret R. Fry

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Educators have become more and more concerned with the emotional area in the lives of children. M special interest has been that of anxiety and its relationship to learning. Various scales have been developed to measure anxiety in children. Several investigators, such as Wrightman, Cox, Feather, Lunneborg, and Pachecho have made significant studies which show that anxiety or fear correlates negatively with achievement. Further, Phillips, Hindsman and Jennings,

Feldhusenand Klausmeier, Cauble, and others have shown that anxiety or fear and intelligence are negatively correlated. Grooms and Endler and Maltzman, Eisman, and Morrisett found contradictory results in that high anxiety did …

An Investigation Of Albuquerque's Married Elementary Teachers Who Have Dropped Out Of Teaching Because Of Pregnancy, Ada Crawford Gorton

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

I. THE PR0BLEM

Statement of the problem. It was the purpose of this study (1) to discover why elementary teachers 1vho have resigned from the Albuquerque Schools because of pregnancy have not returned to teaching; (2) to ascertain if fact ions existing within the school community or forces within the school system were influential considerations in the decisions of teachers who have not returned to teaching.

A Comparative Study Of Individualized And Basal Reading Methods In Fourth Grade., Margaret A. Peke

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

I. THE PROBLEM

Statement of the problem. There is no controversy over the importance of reading instruction in the modern school curriculum. The ability to read is essential for learning in every field of knowledge. The purpose of this study was to investigate how individual differences could be more effectively provided for in the middle grades by (1) determining an indication of pupil interest, mental maturity, and reading achievement among three fourth grade classrooms, (2) establishing a method of procedure by which individualized instruction could be executed without utilization of the traditional basal reading approach, and (3) making an analytical …

Value Orientations Of Anglo And Spanish American High School Sophomores, Amos E. Shasteen

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

The hypotheses of this study are:

1. The value orientations of urban Spanish American majority sophomore students are more similar to those of urban Anglo sophomore students than to the value orientations of the rural Spanish American sophomore students.

2. The value orientations of the urban Spanish American majority sophomore students are more similar to those of urban Anglo sophomore students than are the value orientations of any other sample in the present study.

3. Spanish American sophomore students vary more in their value orientations than do the Anglo sophomore students.

Importance of the Study

More than ten percent of …

A Discriminative Study Of Four Methods Of Preventing Blisters., Terry Edward Frank

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Chapter I

THE PROBLEM AND DEFINATIONS OF TERMS USED

For many years the coach in the public school system has had to face the problem of pre-season blisters. This problem takes away valuable conditioning and skill development time from the athlete and also presents a problem to the coach-in his effort to build a well-conditioned team to represent the school.

I. THE PROBLEM

Statement of the problem. It is the purpose of this study to examine the hypothesis that there is no significant difference among four methods for the prevention of blisters: (1) two pairs of me ·um weight socks; …

Plans For The Development Of A High School Art Program For Socorro, New Mexico., Eleanor Wolf Oliver

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

THE FIELD PROBLEM IS PRESENTED AND ASSESSED

In the spring of 1963, the Socorro High School principal contacted the teacher (an art education major and English minor), who was teaching five sections of sophomore English, about teaching an art class. A conference with the principal established the following ideas: