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Under The Dome - August 1994, Mckissick Museum--University Of South Carolina

Under the Dome, McKissick Museum Newsletter

Contents:

Master Silver by Paul Storr, His Contemporaries and Followers.....p. 1
USC Faculty Art Exhibit .....p. 2
Master Silver by Paul Storr, His Contemporaries and Followers.....p. 2
Of Earth and Cotton.....p. 3
New Ways for Old Jugs: Tradition and Innovations at the Jugtown Pottery.....p. 3
A Natural History Discovery.....p. 3
Jane's Journeys.....p. 4
South Carolina State Fair.....p. 5
McKissick Culture Columbia! for Children.....p. 6
Museum Hosts Fright Night.....p. 6
Tea and Lecture, "Juliana Busbee and the Legacy of Jugtown Pottery"'.....p. 7
Haunted Horseshoe and Museum of Horrors Offer Safe Halloween Fun.....p. 7
McKissick Museum Council.....p. 8
Jane Becomes a Permanent …

Student And Teacher Effects Of Elementary School Tracking: An Examination Of A Rural Georgia School District, David L. Strickland

Legacy ETDs

This study examines the effects of homogeneous and heterogeneous ability grouping on teacher and student performance within three elementary schools in a rural Georgia school district. Research methodologies included an analyses of standardized achievement test scores, a teacher questionnaire, and individual interviews with teachers. The analyses of standardized test scores revealed that 2nd grade students who were heterogeneously grouped performed significantly better on math and verbal skills than 2nd grade students who were homogeneously grouped. Teacher questionnaire responses did not reveal significant differences between homogeneous and heterogeneous years in student self-esteem, discipline, or classroom management. However, teachers who had formerly …