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Pacific Review Fall 1968, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

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Pacific Review Summer 1968, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

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Pacific Review Spring 1968, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

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Pacific Review Winter 1967-68, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

The Role Of The Student Activities Administrator In The California Public High School, Joseph Roberts

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study to analyze the status and role of student activities to propose the scope and duties of the position, and to establish criteria for qualifications, selection, and appointment of these co-administrators in California public high schools. Initially, a survey was made of all California public high schools to determine if there was a sufficient number of these co-administrators assigned on at least a half-time basis to warrant a more detailed study. The results not only indicated a more detailed study was warranted, but that this was the administrative pattern in the majority of schools …

An Analysis Of Certain Social And Economic Factors In Relationship To Reading Test Scores Reported By Selected California School Districts, Len Lawrence Trout Jr.

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to analyze and test the extent and significance of the differences of certain reported social and economic factors that reported by both high-achieving and low-achieving school districts when measure of achievement was the results of the Stanford Reading Test administered to first grade pupils.

An Examination Of The Relationships Between Teacher Effectiveness And Patterns Of Professional Preparation, Carl Raymond Stutzman

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine what, if any, relationships exist between beginning teaching effectiveness and patterns of professional preparation. Specific objectives of the study were to: (1) identify the component parts of the preparation of most effective and least effective teachers, (2) determine if such components constituted patterns that can be identified, and (3) determine if such patterns, if present, are related to teaching effectiveness.

It was hypothesized that there are no significant relationships between teaching effectiveness and patterns of professional preparation of first·-year elementary school teachers.

Participation Of Community Groups In Formation And Interim Operation Of Unified School Districts In California, Robert Alvin Peckler

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was to answer the question: "How to community groups participate in the formation and interim operation of unified school districts?" Interim operation is the period of time following a successful election when the newly chosen governing board is preparing for the actual operation of the district, which occurs on the first succeeding or second succeeding July 1, depending upon the date of the election.⁴

The first purpose of this research was to discover (1) the attitudes of community groups toward unification, (2) the manner in which community groups supported or opposed unification, and (3) …

Attitudes Toward Educational Aspirations Among Selected 13-17 Year Old Chinese-American Students And Their China-Born Parents : An Exploratory Study, Jeffrey Craig Lee

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The preset study was undertaken to collect data which would help to identify any changes that have occurred concerning the attitudes and perceptions to be found between the identified generations. The study will specifically attempt to find out whether the change has in any way given the female the opportunity to strive for greater educational accomplishment and potential than was true of previous generations.

Although some research has been conducted on the China-born Chinese and their American-born children whose birth dates fall between 1940 and 1949, few studies have been reported concerning the children of the China-born Chinese who are …

Effects Of Music Backgrounds On Silent Reading Test Results Of Sixth Grade Students, Delbert Ray Rydquist

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study to analyze the effect that three backgrounds had on the silent reading achievement test results of sixth grade students. No music, soothing instrumental music, and stimulating instrumental music were used.

An Experimental Study Of The Teaching Of Certain Critical Thinking Skills To Ninth Grade Pupils, Dale Eugene Lee Fisher

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to collect data from the controlled experiment that would add to the existing information concerning the improvement of the critical thinking skills of ninth grade pupils. The specific purposes of the study were: (1) to determine whether planned instruction in fact and opinion differentiation makes a statistically significant difference in a ninth-grader's general critical thinking ability; and (2) to determine the relation between a ninth-grader's gain in critical thinking ability and his level of intelligence, reading ability, socio-economic status, and his sex.

Factors Contributing To An Imbalance Between Needs For And Supply Of Service Personnel In Seventh-Day Adventist Institutions In California, James Nelson Scott Jr.

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this investigation was to study the major factors contributing to the imbalance between the needs for and the available supply of occupationally prepared Seventh-day Adventist service personnel in selected SDA institutions in California.

Kindergarten Adjustment Of A Group Of Children Who Attended Project Head Start, 1965, In San Joaquin County, California, Joan Stein Schurr

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to appraise certain aspects of kindergarten adjustment of children in San Joaquin County, California, who had participated in the Head Start program during the 1965 eight-week session, and compare it with the adjustment of a comparable group of kindergarten children who had not had an organized preschool experience by testing at the beginning and again at the end of the kindergarten year.

Laboratorio De Lectura Para La Universidad De Antioquia : Proyecto Interamericano : Presentado Al Profesorado ..., Miguel Peñaloza Rodriguez

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Un Proyecto Interamericano debe entenderse como la culminación de los llamados Estudios Interamericanos. Para entender el mote Proyecto Interamericano, parece conveniente explicar primero en qué consisten los denominados Estudios Interamericanos.

El término Interamerican Studies, que aparece en el prospecto de algunas universidades de los Estados Unidos, no deja de ser vago para el hispano-parlante que viene a esta país en busca de nuevas miras educativas. No obstante, al penetrar en niveles semánticos más profundos, el colombiano, el peruano o el boliviano descubre una nueva clave para establecer relaciones humanas y culturales entre los pueblos del Nuevo Mundo. Se trata pues, …

A Proposed Extension Program In Family Life Education For Indonesia Union College, Margaret Penhallurick Aaen

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Indonesia, potentially one of the richest and most powerful of the emerging nations, could profit by an active program in family-life education such as has proved beneficial in other parts of the world. This is especially true in the rural areas. It is the purpose or this paper to explore possibilities for and to develop an extension program in home improvement, sanitation, child care, and nutrition which could be set up at Indonesia Union College, located in a typical rural area of Java. This paper will form the basis for a handbook for Home Economies teachers and extension workers. It …