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A Research Study Of The Effects Of Behavioral Group Counseling Upon College Freshmen, Donald Harvey Argue

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study to consider the effects of behavioral group counseling on freshmen who enter Bethany Bible College, San Cruz, California, with low high school grade point averages. The data was collected and considered in three areas: (1) effect of behavioral group counseling, (2) size of high school from which the student graduated, and (3) male-female achievement. The researcher was concerned specifically with: (1) discovering if behavior group counseling will significantly improve academic achievement, (2) analyzing the relationship of the size of high school from which the subjects graduated and academic achievement, (3) comparing male-female academic …

The Influences Affecting Curriculum Change In Selected Educational Agencies Employing Consultants In The Social Sciences Through Ndea Title Iii-B, Madge Arlene Young

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study to identify the influences that contributed to bringing about curriculum change in selected educational agencies which employed consultants in the social sciences through NDEA Title III-B projects. The research attempted to find the ways districts planned, organized, and implemented curriculum change through the use of the NDEA consultants. It focused on the procedures, interrelationships, and interactions taking place within the structure of the projects and the agencies involved in accomplishing those projects. Neither the amount nor the direction of the changes was the intent of the study.

NOTE: Both archival copies of this …

Behind The Mask: The Application Of Manipulative Instructional Aids In The Teaching Of Social Studies With Economically Disadvantaged Students, Victoria Hunter Sanders

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Statement of the problem:

Teachers of economically disadvantaged students face many pragmatic and problematic considerations, one of which is the motoric learning style of their pupils. A theoretical basis for greater involvement in the psycho-motor domain of learning has been presented in educational literature by Dewey, Piaget, Gagne, et al. Recent curriculum approaches seem to neglect psycho-motor development in favor of more cognitive and affective domains of learning.

It is the purpose of this film-study to 1) show the application of manipulative instructional aids in teaching Social Studies to economically disadvantaged seventh grade students; and 2) to depict, through the …