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The Relationship Between A Kindergarten Screening Test And Other Measures, Mary Page Mcguire

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is one of exploratory validation. Concurrent validity was established by showing the relationship between the experimental instrument and the Lee-Clark Reading Readiness Test. The relationships among the experimental instruments, the Lee-Clark Reading Readiness Test, kindergarten teacher judgment, and first grade post-readiness reading group placement determined the predictive validity. The statistics offered in this study are for descriptive rather than definitive purposes.

An Historical Study Of The Adoption Of The Fifth-Year Requirement For High School Certification In California, Calvin Richard Boyes

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This is an historical study depicting how California came to adopt the requirement of a fifth year of preparation for secondary teachers. It is hoped that through a better understanding of such a milestone event those interested in teacher education will be able to view current educational problems with greater insight. This insight should include the knowledge that California's fifth-year requirement, though being the first in the United States, was just one of the steps in the development of better certification in this State and the nation. Through remembering how this one significant event_ the adoption of the fifth-year requirement, …

School District Reorganization For Calaveras County, California., Henry Schiffman

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem

Formal education can be carried on in many settings ranging from simple one-teacher school in a small district to a multi-school system offering an extensive number of services. Because not all districts are equally efficient, from time to time it is necessary to reevaluate the administrative structure of education in a particular area. For this reason, this study has been made of the four existing school districts which comprise all the territory in Calaveras County in an effort to answer the question, "What is the most advantageous type of school district organization for Calaveras County?" This problem has been …

The Effect Of The Severely Mentally Retarded Child On His Family, Carolyn Mary Fowle

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The general purpose of this study is to attempt to determine whether or not the presence of a severely mentally retarded child has deleterious effects upon the family. The hypothesis that a retarded child tends to have a disintegrating effect upon his parents’ marriage has frequently been stated, but there has been little systematic research concerning the relationship of severely retarded children and the marital interaction patterns of their parents.

A common belief in the area of mental retardation is that the presence of a retarded child in family has an adverse effect on the other siblings. This is one …

Differences In Team And Standard Approaches To Counselor Education, Patricia Baker Mallars

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study to evaluate the effectiveness of counseling by comparing results of a counseling tema approach with those of a standard counseling approach. The criterion of effective counseling was client, counselor, and supervisor satisfaction with the counseling experience. The following background questions were raised. Would the perceptions as experiences in the two counseling practicum approaches be measured as significantly different? What in both approaches would be common perceptions among the student counselor, his client, and the student counselor supervisor of what constitutes a satisfying counseling interaction? What common perceptions of the counseling experience would be …

A Proposed Program Of Supervision Of Instruction In Public Junior Colleges, Louis Quint

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purposes of this study were: (1) to discover and report current policies, programs, and procedures for supervision of instruction, (2) to identify, classify, and quantify the essential elements of programs of supervision of instruction, (3) to analyze administrative staffing for supervision of instruction in public junior colleges, and (4) to develop a proposed plan for supervision of instruction for junior colleges.

An Analysis Of The Recruitment Processes Of Volunteer Leaders In The Y.M.C.A., Frederick Edwin Stickney

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the theories of recruitment and compensations utilized by the Young Men's Christian Association to compare the reasons given by a selected group of volunteer leaders in the Young Men's Christian Association for their volunteer work with the opinions given by a selected group of Young Men's Christian Association program secretaries.

A Study Of The Active Amateur And Semiprofessional Theater Groups In Central California, Phyllis Jane Nusz

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In the last several years lists of theater organizations in California newspapers hare grown steadily. This writer asserts a need for study of active amateur and semiprofessional theater groups in California for gaining knowledge and understanding of cultural activities taking place about the Western United States. Such material would help students and adults interested in drama gain information where theaters remain active according to particular tastes.

After receiving a list of nonprofessional theater members of American National Theatre and Academy's California regions, theater activity presented itself to be of such quantity within the state that it became necessary to make …

Development Through Community Effort Of An Early Training Program For Culturally Disadvantaged Children, Rita Williams Emery

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Each year children of seasonal worker who reside in the labor camps of the Patterson-Westley area enter kindergarten unable to learn. They are disadvantaged by comparison with children from the middle-class homes in the community. The organization and development of Del Puerto School for Pre-Kindergarten Children was a community effort to alleviate some of the cultural deprivation experienced by the children.

A Recommended One-Year Buddhist Curriculum For High School Seniors In The Buddhist Churches Of America, Laverne Senyo Sasaki

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The present research attempts to discover a type of Buddhist curriculum which will best suit the needs and interests of the high school senior (twelfth grader) Buddhists in the United States. The present Buddhist Churches of America recommended curriculum in use covers only the pre-school through the eighth grades. There is an obvious need for a Buddhist curriculum in the important upper grades. As this proposed curriculum is directed to twelfth graders, the compilation of a curriculum for the other three grades {ninth, tenth, and eleventh) still remains to be completed.

A Survey Study Of The Curriculum Of The Conservatory Of Music, University Of The Pacific, Stockton, California, From 1924 To 1964, Alvin Emil Liedstrand

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to investigate the history and development of the curriculum of the Conservatory of Music of the University of the Pacific from 1924 to 1954, and to indicate change as they occurred. The beginning point of this study was chosen because it coincides with the move of the institution from San Jose, California, to its present location in Stockton, California.

Specific problems to be investigated are: (1) The history of the Conservatory of Music.; (2) Curriculum changes from 1924 to 1964 as revealed in selected Bulletins of the University of the Pacific.; (3) The Aims …