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Stacking The Deck In The Learner's Favor: Behavioral Skills Training Improves Safmeds Implementation, Lauren Olsen

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“Say All Fast Minute Every Day Shuffled” (SAFMEDS) is a structured, evidence-based protocol for using flashcards. The protocol is a sequence of steps that are designed to promote accurate and quick responding to learn the information presented on flashcards. Although the benefits of using SAFMEDS have been well-documented, much of the literature fails to adequately describe the methods used to train participants on how to use the protocol. In addition, few studies measure participant procedural integrity (i.e., the extent to which the protocol is implemented as planned). To date, no study has systematically examined the effects of different training methods …

Game-Based Learning: Building Competence In Visual Literacy Through Simulation, Carol Record

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Game-based learning is an ideal experiential learning framework for introducing the critique process to reduce student anxiety and create competence in visual literacy and self-assessment. Critique, the assessment, and analysis of one’s work is an essential step in any creative process. It is an integral part of art school. However, it can also be a source of high anxiety for new students. This paper discusses the importance of critique, the challenges associated with teaching critique, and the benefits of utilizing game-based learning. Examples of game-based learning solutions are explored, including the development of, and response to, Lumen, a card game …

Selected Job Opportunities In Calhoun County, Alabama, For High School Dropouts And High School Graduates In 1968, Larry G. Blount

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This thesis examines the status of employment opportunities in Calhoun County, Alabama in 1968, parsed by high school graduates and those who did not complete high school. Employment requirements, beginning salary and experience, fringe benefits, and advancement are included in the study.

A Wrestling Program For High School Physical Education, Sam N. Black

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This thesis examines the information needed by teachers to plan and teach wrestling at the high school level, including objectives of a wrestling program, class organization, methods of instruction and evaluation, facilities and equipment needed, and specific wrestling maneuvers and skills.

The Supreme Court And Integration, Herston P. Bonner

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The subject of this thesis was "a result of the present school integration crisis" that was occurring at the time it was written in 1964. The paper examines rights granted in the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution, Supreme Court decisions regarding school integration, and the particular situation of school integration in Gadsden, Alabama. Analysis of integration cases prior to 1900, the Supreme Court's 1954 decision, the situation in Little Rock, Arkansas, integration of Alabama Schools, and integration issues in other parts of the US is included.

Classroom Discipline, Lorene H. Armstrong

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Constructive classroom discipline is an important part of the educative process. It provides children with the opportunity to experience the satisfaction of fitting into a social group in an atmosphere which is conducive to learning and which promotes healthy emotional control. Academic learning and disciplined behavior are inseparable. If the latter breaks down, the former is impaired. Good teaching is made possible only by good discipline. This paper will explore, by means of the research, what is considered good discipline in the classroom.

T.H. Huxley: The Educator, Esther Belyeu

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This thesis examines T.H. Huxley in the context of his recommendations on educational curriculum, the art of teaching, school finance, exams, and his influence in the United States.

The Chronological Development Of Guidance In The United States, Matharee J. Boles

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This thesis examines the chronological development of vocational guidance in the United States, starting in the colonial period through the 1960s. Special emphasis is placed on guidance's evolution and expansion, particularly through federal aid in the form of the National Defense Education Act and Title V of Public School Law 85-864.

The Junior High School, Billy Joe Barnett

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The appearance and growth of the junior high school in theUnited States reflects one of the most significant aspects of this country's attempt to provide the best possible educational program.for its teenagers, Not only has the junior high school proved of high value, but its influence upon school systems in which the junior high school organization is not found has been wide and marked. Among communities in which the eight-four plan of school organization prevails, many earmarks of junior high school are commonly found.

The junior high school, which emerged from the reorganizational movement of the late nineteenth century and …

Multiplication Of Three Of More Matrices, Theron Dupree Boland

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This thesis defines matrices and offers examples of how to multiply three or more matrices.

Finance Of Cullman County Schools, Theron Dupree Boland

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This paper examines the financial situation of schools in Cullman County, Alabama, in the 1960s. Sections on the Alabama Constitution and Code as they regard public schools, statutes that affect revenue for public schools, taxes, and expenditures are included.

A Study Of The Twenty-Four Hour Day Of Cherokee County High School Pupils With A Comparison Of Similar Findings In 1942, Dorothy Holland Adderhold

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A time-study of the twenty-four hour day of pupils in a senior high school in a rural area (Cherokee County) of Alabama has been made in order to discover the amount of time being devoted by these pupils to various activities, and to compare these findings to a similar study made in 1942. Time spent for sleep, classes, chores, productive work, study, transportation, leisure, eating, listening to radio and television, other recreation, reading, dressing, and miscellaneous activity will be charted and comparisons will be made.