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Certain Differences In Academic Ability And Achievement Between Credential And Other Students Of The 1961 Graduating Class At The University Of The Pacific, Carl Raymond Stutzman

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In recent years the teaching profession has gained a position of unceasing public prominence which has brought with it increasing demands of professional competence. While the competencies demanded are many in number and varied in nature, the one which. is almost always asked for is that of the ability of the teacher to handle intellectual material. One measure of this ability is the degree of success which the teacher attained in his own academic endeavors while a student in a college or university.

The Problem:

This study compared the intellectual ability of liberal arts teacher credential candidates with liberal arts …

Differences In Personality, School Attitude, And Visual Motor Performanceamong Specific Types Of Underachievers, Louise Marie Bachtold

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study (1) to identify and to group underachievers in the fifth grade through achievement teat scores, report card ratings, and teacher evaluation; (2) to obtain a measure of personality characteristics, expressed attitudes toward school, and visual motor coordination; and (3) to compare the responses of each underachieving group with those of each other group, and with the responses of able successful students.