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A Comparative Study Between Department Of Education Assigned-Marks And Accredited High Schools' Assigned-Marks In Alberta, Douglas Harold Christensen
A Comparative Study Between Department Of Education Assigned-Marks And Accredited High Schools' Assigned-Marks In Alberta, Douglas Harold Christensen
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The purpose of this study was to determine if there had been a significant change in the academic achievement, as measured by Grade XII grade-point averages, of Alberta's matriculation graduates since the accreditation of Alberta high schools in 1973.
The experimental population consisted of 100, 1971-72 and of 100, 1976-77 matriculation graduates who had graduated from schools in the rural school jurisdictions in Education zone 6; and of 100, 1971-72, and of 100, 1976-77 matriculation graduates who had graduated from schools in the Medicine Hat urban school jurisdiction. All of the students in the experimental population had completed their freshman …
A Study Of The Homeroom Program In Three Senior High Schools In Utah, Ida D. Draayer
A Study Of The Homeroom Program In Three Senior High Schools In Utah, Ida D. Draayer
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The function of the secondary school is to help each individual develop and direct all of his potentialities. It should seek to help boys and girls find their rightful places as citizens in a democratic world. The fact that each individual is different presents a distinct challenge, and the secondary school is capable of meeting this challenge of individual development if the homeroom functions as it should.
A Course Of Study In Aviation Education Including A Survey Of Utah High Schools, Lowell P. Summers
A Course Of Study In Aviation Education Including A Survey Of Utah High Schools, Lowell P. Summers
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The increasing importance of the airplane in present day civilization
Throughout the ages, after each development in speed of communications and transportation, man has made noteworthy changes in his way of living. Indications are that the gradual development of the airplane to a safe and rapid means of transportation has had a great effect upon society by pushing back the frontiers of the world both geographically and scientifically. The impact of this speed has influenced almost every home and certainly every school in America.
A Study Of The Need For Supervision Of Instruction In The High Schools Of Utah, Caseel D. Burke
A Study Of The Need For Supervision Of Instruction In The High Schools Of Utah, Caseel D. Burke
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Supervision of instruction, in the schools of the United States, has developed through a long and arduous process to the position where it is today considered by our leading educators to be a vital part of the educational system. It has been used in varying degrees of intensity as a tool in helping education to achieve its goals, but seldom has it been utilized so energetically and so skillfully as to produce the best possible results. There is considerable evidence, that supervision, with its resultant beneficial effects, has been applied less vigorously in the secondary schools than it has in …
A Study Of The Library Facilities And Personnel Of Five Selected High Schools Of Northern Utah, Clyde H. Morris
A Study Of The Library Facilities And Personnel Of Five Selected High Schools Of Northern Utah, Clyde H. Morris
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
It is the purpose of the present study to determine, and, as far as possible, to evaluate in terms of the Cooperative Study of secondary School Standards the following items as found in 5 selected high school libraries in Northern Utah: (1) objectives, (2) library materials, including book collection, periodicals, pamphlets, clippings, bulletins, and visual aids, (3) organization and administration, including finances, library personnel, classification and cataloging, accessibility of the library, and the librarian's responsibilities, (4) selecting of library materials, (5) utilization of the library, (6) housing and equipping the library, and (7) special characteristics. Since an administrator must know …