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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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.