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The Backgrounds, Achievements, Aspirations, And Attitudes Of Educators In Tehran (Iran)., Mohssen Ghandi

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem: To investigate various aspects of the Tehran male educators as to their backgrounds, achievements, satisfactions, aspirations, and attitudes.

Purpose: The general objective was to add to the understanding of the Iranian educators living in Tehran, and to provide background information about the educators for Iranian organizations involved in teacher education programs, in the professional growth of educators, and in helping to satisfy the teachers' needs. The major objectives were to determine: 1) the present status of the educators, 2) whether differences exist among primary school teachers, secOndary school teachers, and university professors, 3) the attitude of the educators toward …

A Comparative Study Of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Profiles Of School, Counseling And Clinical Psychology Trainees, Howard Marvin Budwin

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study was designated to examine and compare the profiles of school, counseling and clinical psychology graduate students, each with the other and with the MMPI male and female normal population. Furthermore, it was intended to extend our knowledge of the emotional adjustment of individuals already studying within the above stated existing programs. It was hypothesized that each of the groups differ from each other and from the MMPI normals.

Effects Of Therapist Personality Characteristics On Client Locus-Of-Control As Measured By The Rotter Internal-External Locus-Of-Control Scale., Jeffrey Charles Widmann

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the relationship between two therapist personality characteristics and client locus of control expectancy (I-E) in a psychotherapy setting. The two therapist personality characteristics identified and studied were: a) therapist locus of control; and b) therapist self-disclosure level.

A Study Of The Communication Skills Of Socially Isolated Elementary School Pupils., Eugene Stover Gibbs

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM: Because of the potential detrimental effect of social isolation to the academic achievement and social and personal. adjustment of elementary school pupils, there is a need for data describing communication skills of an isolate sample.

Sex Roles, Career Aspirations, Child Care Expectations, And Birth Intentions Of Selected College Freshmen, Pamila Joan Fisher

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Decisions regarding careers, marriage, children and the care of children are sufficiently complex to warrant a genuine dilemma for some college students. The purpose of this study was to investigate the birth intentions of male and female college freshmen and the relationships of those intentions to sex roles, career aspirations and preferences for various child care options.

Relevant demographic and personal data were obtained from a questionnaire which also included the set of items from Dr. John Scanzoni's sex role scale. The questionnaire was administered to a total of 715 randomly selected college freshmen from three California institutions: a community …

A Content Analysis Of Current Iranian Elementary Reading Textbooks For The Presence Of Social And Moral Values, Maryam Tajeran Ghandi

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the investigator's concern to discover

1) to what extent the selected sixteen Iranian middle-class social and moral values were present in the content of the elementary reading textbooks currently used in Iran,

2) with what frequency and level of intensity the values were presented, and

3) was there a time-ordered developmental sequence of the identified social and moral values from lower to upper grade levels?

The purpose of the study was to collect data from the seven elementary reading textbooks which have been published by the Ministry of Education of the Government of Iran and are used by …

Observation Of Training Room Stimuli In Determining Stimulus Control And Transfer Of Training, David Micheal Lietzke

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Ten developmentally disabled children participated in an assessment of stimulus control and transfer of training. Each subject was taught to perform a simple, nonverbal, imitative task in a training room, and transfer to a novel setting was assessed. During training, subjects were video-taped in order to determine how often each visual stimulus in the training room was looked at. After an initial transfer t est each subject participated in a test of the stimulus control acquired by visual stimuli from the training room. Utilizing two groups (N = 5 each), subjects received an additional transfer test in the novel setting …

Gaming/Simulation As A Learning Method In A High School Career Education Course., James Ronald Hirschinger

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM: There is a need to explore new learning techniques which help high school students experience new levels of career maturity. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the effect on career maturity of including a gaming/simulation technique, the Life Career Game, developed by Sarane S. Boocock, in a high school career education course as compared with a more conventional didactic/audio-visual treatment.

The Development Of A Model For Preparation Of Educational Administrators With Implications For Iran, Sadegh Farzanegan

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation was to develop a model for the preparation of Iranian educational administrators through a comprehensive review of the literature.

The Effects Of Counseling Involvement On Elementary School Student Behavior., Rosanne Marie Perry

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of varying degrees of involvement in the therapeutic process. The sample of this field study was comprised of those clients involved in a county mental health linked program administered by a private agency. The target population was kindergarten, first and second grade students in selected county schools. Having been referred by their teachers, each child was then treated by a counselor who provided individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy, and/or consultation. If it seemed appropriate, in-class tutoring or compensatory classes were offered for the child. The two experimental groups were …

The Influence Of The Reliability Of The Dependent Variable On Statistical Power, Theresa M. Housden

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM: In the planning phase of developing quality educational research there are several critical decision points. Some of these decisions are made to en sure that the research will have adequate statistical power, that is, the capability to detect meaningful differences, if they do exist. In an unpublished article, K. D. Hopkins from the Laboratory of Educational Research, University of Colorado and B. R. Hopkins from the University of the Pacific commented that all theoretical and empirical options for increasing statistical power had been investigated except for the reliability of the dependent variable. In this article, they derived a method …

The Relationship Between Selected Home Experiences Of Iranian Preschool Children And Their Level Of Achievement In Language Skills And Learning Of Basic Concepts., Parvin Boroumand

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

A study was initiated to determine the relationship between selected home experiences of Iranian preschool children and their levels of achievement in language skills and in the learning of basic concepts.

An Exploratory Investigation Of The Integration And Reintegration Of Educationally Handicapped Pupils As Related To Selected Organizational Variables Existing Within Schools, Edward Lee Noble

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM The major problem under investigation was to determine the significance of organizational factors in schools on the ease of accomplishing the Educationally Handicapped program goals of integration and reintegration as prescribed by the State of California.

PURPOSE The study's major purpose was to determine what effect, if any, do the organizational environments of schools have on program goals of integration and reintegration for the Educationally Handicapped? A secondary purpose o£ this study was to determine what effect, if any, do the selections of procedures used by teachers to return Educationally Handicapped pupils to the regular classroom have on the …

Attitudes Of Specific Groups In Selected California Communities Regarding Female Participation In High School Interscholastic Programs, Frederick Bramwell Osmond

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to discern the attitudes of specific groups in sample school communities dispersed throughout California relating to various considerations regarding female participation in interscholastic athletic programs at the high school level.

The California Teacher Association As A Legislative Lobby, Liston Fred Sabraw

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The performance of the California Teachers Agsociation (CTA) as a legislative lobby during the 1958 -1974 period was examined in relation to seven operant questions and Laurence Iannaccone's typology of legislature-education lobby linkage structures.

It was found that in 1972-74 CTA had a reduced level of legislative influence and a 44 percent success ratio on CIA-sponsored measures compared to 68 percent in 1955-57 and greater legislative acceptance. California' s legislative and political systems moved from a phase II (united) to a III (disunited) legislature education lobby linkage structure in 1961-65. The 1961-70 years were a period of decline for the …

The Effects Of Personological Aptitudes And Method Of Instruction On Cognitive And Affective Learning Of Interpersonal Relationship Skills, James Joseph Lynn

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The present study is an aptitude treatment interaction study dealinq with the effects of three personological student aptitudes in conjunction with different instructional methods on the affective and cognitive learning of interpersonal relationship skills. A total of 210 subjects wire randomly selected from three Regional Occupational Programs (ROPs) located in three geographically distinct California high schools . Subjects were administered one of three experimental treatments varying in methods of instruction combined with a film, Relationships With Other People, or an unrelated control film treatment. Experimental groups were: 1) film treatment alone, 2) film treatment with associated print based material, …

Oscar Letson Matthews: Education And Morality In The Nineteenth Century, Haworth Alfred Clover

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM: The problem of the study is to make use of the biography of Oscar Letson Matthews to furnish insight into an understanding of moral values in American education in the mid-nineteenth century.

PURPOSE: Oscar Matthews was a Disciple of Christ moral educator who in 1860 influenced the formation of Hesperian College in Woodland, California. He taught elementary school in Colorado pioneer mining communities during 1873 and 1878. The purpose of this study is to determine if Matthews' practice of individual morality and its impact on his social setting may offer insight into how to inject individual morality in twentieth …

A Comparison Of Music Programs In California Unified School Districts With And Without Music Leadership, Thomas David Hopkins

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

There was a need to determine if there was any evidence that people in official music leadership positions in school districts had performed a service which had demonstrated effects on various elements of the music program.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not school districts WITH music leaders, as compared to those districts WITHOUT music leaders, have more (1) music students, (2) music classes and performance group opportunities, (3) music staff and development opportunities, (4) adequate financial support and adequate inventories for music, and (5) goal orientation in music. Also, the study was to determine if …

The Effects Of Proctor Feedback On Implementing Behavior Change Projects In A Fieldwork Setting, Vicci Tucci

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In the present study, a practicum was conducted to teach students to design and implement a behavior change project. Procedures similar to the Willis et al. (1975) course and the Zimmerman et al. (1971) workshop were used to teach students how to design acceptable behavior change projects. Since both studies indicated that students can design practical projects, the author chose to solely investigate the students’ performances while implementing behavior change projects in fieldwork settings. Specifically, this study reports the effects of proctor feeding (proctoring in conjunction with the specification of the desired student behaviors) on college students' accuracy of implementation …

A Study Of Self-Actualization Among Various Groups Of Male Intercollegiate Athletes At The University Of The Pacific, Peter C. Carroll

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of self-actualization (SA) as measured by the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) among various groups of male intercollegiate athletes at the University of the Pacific. The subjects (N = 111) were golf (N = 8), tennis (N = 5), swimming (N = 6), baseball (N = 25), basketball (N = 14), and football (N = 53). The subjects were categorized into three sub-groups: (1) individuals sport members (golf, tennis, swimming) and team sport members (baseball, basketball, football); (2) good players, regular players, and substitutes; and (3) upper-division athletes and lower-division athletes.

The Effects Of Trained And Untrained Proctors On Student Performance And Satisfaction In A Psi Course, Georganne White-Blackburn

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Among the variety of components comprising the PSI package originally described by Keller (1968) is the use of proctors which permit immediate scoring, tutoring, and personal-social interactions. Recent research has indicated that immediate scoring may not be an essential proctor function. However, personal-social interactions and tutoring may affect student academic performance and consumer satisfaction. Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of the personal-social aspect of proctoring. A counter-balanced reversal plus control group design was utilized to investigate the effects of: (a) trained and untrained proctors and (b) trained and untrained proctors who participated in a lottery which was …

An Analysis Of The Relationship Between Auditory Processing Skills And Reading Achievement At The Kindergarten And First Grade Levels., Susan Baime Neuman

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PURPOSE: This study was designed to measure the effects of an auditory training program. The primary goal was to investigate whether auditory skills can be taught. A secondary goal was to determine if these auditory processing skills, as defined in the training pro- gram, facilitated growth in overall reading achievement.

PROCEDURE: Students from seventeen kindergarten and first grade classrooms in the Branford Public School System were chosen to participate in this study. Schools were randomly Assigned to the experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in the Auditory Processing Training Program, an Instructional system using audio taped lessons and …

A Model For Evaluation Of The Elementary School Principal, Herbert John Hemington

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to develop a model that could be utilized by school districts for the evaluation of the elementary school principal.