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Survey Of 1968 Graduates Of Home Economics Programs At Intermountain School In Brigham City, Utah, Aty Bakker Bitton
Survey Of 1968 Graduates Of Home Economics Programs At Intermountain School In Brigham City, Utah, Aty Bakker Bitton
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The Home Economics Program of Intermountain School in Brigham City, Utah was studied by a survey of graduates of the program of the year 1968. Research data was obtained from two sources: (1) a questionnaire to students who had graduated from the Home Economics Programs of Intermountain School in Brigham City in the year 1968, and (2) a questionnaire to employers of these students.
Findings of the study were that Home Economics education is useful to students in their personal life as well as in post high school training and employment, and that a majority of the employers questioned rated …
The Use Of Programed Texts For Remedial Mathematics Instruction In College, Charles C. White
The Use Of Programed Texts For Remedial Mathematics Instruction In College, Charles C. White
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Many universities and colleges have a considerable number of students enroll whose entrance examination scores indicate deficiencies in high school and pre-high school mathematics. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of programed texts, as compared with conventional procedures, for teaching basic mathematics to remedial mathematics students. The effects of mental ability, study skills and attitudes on achievement through the use of programed texts also carne under investigation.
For one quarter an experimental group of 73 subjects used a set of three linear programed texts for their sole mode of instruction in mathematics. A control group of …