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A Diversified Instructional Reading Program In The Fourth Grade Using A Single Basic Text, Mae Josephine Chambers
A Diversified Instructional Reading Program In The Fourth Grade Using A Single Basic Text, Mae Josephine Chambers
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Can a fourth-grade class of children with varying degrees of measured reading achievement make normal progress by using one set of basic readers for all, which differentiated assignments for group work after the initial lesson has been presented?
It was assumed the interests at this level, the type of creative writing or paraphrasing the story of the reading text, repetitious language arts activities, and research in reading could be developed so that all the children would achieve by using one basic reading text.
The Organization Of A Library For The John Gill Elementary School, Redwood City, California, Ian Loring Hutcheon
The Organization Of A Library For The John Gill Elementary School, Redwood City, California, Ian Loring Hutcheon
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Statement of the Problem: The objectives of this thesis are to set forth the detailed procedures and methods essential to organize, from the instructional point of view, a library for John Gill School, a kindergarten through sixth grade school.
The Relationship Between Academic Ability And Academic Achievement Of Mentally Superior Children At The Seventh And Eighth Grade Level, George W. Trauger Jr.
The Relationship Between Academic Ability And Academic Achievement Of Mentally Superior Children At The Seventh And Eighth Grade Level, George W. Trauger Jr.
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The purposes of this study were (1) to investigate the relationships between academic aptitude and academic achievement in reading and arithmetic at the seventh and the eighth grade levels in the city schools of Modesto, California, (2) to discuss the discovered relationships in terms of policies developed by the school system to meet the particular needs of mentally superior children, and (3) to suggest some possible means of modification of the curriculum in view of the discovered relationships between academic aptitude and academic achievement in reading and arithmetic.
The Development Of The San Mateo Junior College District Policy Manual, Gilbert Barton Gossett
The Development Of The San Mateo Junior College District Policy Manual, Gilbert Barton Gossett
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
What are the policies and procedures for the operation of a California junior college district that, in the interest of a smoothly operating, affective junior college, should be clearly defined and made available in written form to all persons directly and indirectly concerned?
The specific purpose of this study was to develop a manual of district policies and procedures as a guide to the board of trustees, staff, students, and public of the San Mateo Junior College District.
Through the development of this manual, an attempt was made to answer such questions as what are the general areas that should …
A Critical Survey Of The Most Common Errors Of Technique In Eight Track And Field Events, Arner Eugene Gustafson
A Critical Survey Of The Most Common Errors Of Technique In Eight Track And Field Events, Arner Eugene Gustafson
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
In the process of coaching, one of the more valuable techniques is the correction of faulty techniques which distract from the best performance. It is the purpose of this thesis to bring together from authoritative sources and observation some of the more common errors of technique, which make for faulty performance in eight track and field events.
Each event has been broken down or separated into the more or less logical areas of operation. For instance, the sprint races break down into four areas, while the pole value breaks down into eleven areas. Each technique has been photographed both positive …
An Analysis Of Criteria Used In Selection Of Elementary Principals In Small Districts Of San Joaquin County, Donald Floyd Ratto
An Analysis Of Criteria Used In Selection Of Elementary Principals In Small Districts Of San Joaquin County, Donald Floyd Ratto
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The problem for this study may be expressed as a question: What qualifications do boards of trustees in small elementary school districts of San Joaquin County, not employing a superintendent, consider most important when selecting a principal?
A Survey Of Induction Practices In Ten Selected School Systems Of Northern California, Catherine Humbargar Rovetta
A Survey Of Induction Practices In Ten Selected School Systems Of Northern California, Catherine Humbargar Rovetta
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
One of the trends in modern public schools has been the establishment of some type of orientation program for new teachers. When the yearly increase of the number of new teachers to many systems reached. into the hundreds, the need for an organized plan of teacher induction increased. Some of these formal programs of induction appear to have been planned from projected objectives or needs previously experienced by new teachers. Other program.s of induction apparently evolved without any advanced organized plan. Studies of induction programs made by the Research Division of the National Education Association indicate that formal induction practices …
Use Of Tape Recorder In Modesto Elementary Schools And Other California Schools, Virgle Louis Giddens
Use Of Tape Recorder In Modesto Elementary Schools And Other California Schools, Virgle Louis Giddens
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
It was the purpose of this study (1) to find out what use is being made of the tape recorders as shown by the literature; (2) to find out by questionnaires to what extent they are used in the city school districts of California; (3) to find out by personal interviews the extent to which they are used in nearby counties and comparable neighboring school districts; (4) to determine the administrative practices and extent of use of tape recorders within elementary schools of the Modesto City School District, and (5) to recommend a program of administration and use of tape …
Desirable Budget Making Procedures For Elementary School Districts In Marin County Having Over Six Hundred A.D.A., Harold Rowell Depue
Desirable Budget Making Procedures For Elementary School Districts In Marin County Having Over Six Hundred A.D.A., Harold Rowell Depue
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
This study represents a survey of the budgetary procedures of selected elementary school districts in Marin County which recorded an average daily attendance over six hundred in the school year 1955-56.
The problem for this study may be stated as a question: What are desirable budgetary procedures for elementary school districts in Marin County having over six hundred average daily attendance. The problem emanates from the pertinent literature in this area which is summarized by the statement appearing in the New York State Budget Handbook wherein it states that budget development is not a simple process. There is the somewhat …
A Program For Reporting Pupil Progress To Parents In The San Pablo Elementary School District, John Soloman Odell
A Program For Reporting Pupil Progress To Parents In The San Pablo Elementary School District, John Soloman Odell
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The problem of this study is the development of a program for reporting pupil progress to parents in the San Pablo Elementary School District. In question form the problem may be stated: “What program of reporting pupil progress would more effectively meet the needs of pupils, parents, teachers, and administrators in the San Pablo Elementary School District?”
Unification Of The Elementary School Districts In The Lodi Union High School District, Newell Walter Johnson
Unification Of The Elementary School Districts In The Lodi Union High School District, Newell Walter Johnson
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
It is the purpose of this study: (1) To provide a description of the seventeen school districts within the boundaries of the Lodi Union High School District in the matters of: (A) Financial status: (i) Assessed valuation per district, (ii) Assessed valuation per A.D.A., (iii) Expenditure costs per A.D.A., (iv) Present tax rate, (v) Bonded indebtedness; (B) Enrollment: (i) Past, present, and projected, (ii) Multiple graded classrooms; (C) Educational services; (D) Schoolhousing and facilities in present use; (E) Ecological factors
(2) To examine these facts and conditions in view of the criteria of an adequate unified school district organization in …
Programs For Intellectually Gifted Children In Selected Junior High Schools, Wilfred Warren Rankin
Programs For Intellectually Gifted Children In Selected Junior High Schools, Wilfred Warren Rankin
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
It was the purpose of this study to survey (1) the procedures now used in the selection of gifted pupils in selected junior high schools of northern California; (2) the selection of teachers for these pupils; (3) the curricular features of their instruction; and (4) the factors determining these procedures.
Validity Of Standardized Tests For Selected Basic State Texts In California, Agnes Soutar Robinson
Validity Of Standardized Tests For Selected Basic State Texts In California, Agnes Soutar Robinson
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Man measures many things. The development of suit~able units to represent the magnitude of a given property with consistency and accuracy and under varying conditions has enabled him to understand and control his environment better and to predict future events and behavior. The land and its produce, the radioactivity of an element and its power to destroy, the child and his capacities, all of nature and her mysteries stimulate the quest for an ever more exact system of quantification and evaluation. But of all the things which man has attempted to measure, none has proved so provocative as himself. This …
Changes In Elementary Pupil Report Cards In Stockton Unified School District, Henry Schiffman
Changes In Elementary Pupil Report Cards In Stockton Unified School District, Henry Schiffman
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The history of human progress is also a history of the growth of evaluative processes. From simple types of self-analysis to complex stages of appraisal wherein survival depends on continuous research and intensive evaluation, human progress has gone hand-in-hand with evaluation. Concomitant with the evaluative process has been the interpretation and transmission of evaluation to the individuals concerned.
Church-Home Relationships In Church Schools Of The Central District Of The California-Nevada Conference Of The Methodist Church, Virginia Florence Curtis
Church-Home Relationships In Church Schools Of The Central District Of The California-Nevada Conference Of The Methodist Church, Virginia Florence Curtis
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Noteworthy contributions in the field of church-home cooperation in religious education are seen in the church school curriculum of the Character Research Project at Union College, Schnectady, New York, of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. and of the Episcopal Church. These contributions to the field of church-home relationships are described and analysed in Chapter III.
This thesis is not concerned with the evaluation of the work being done by these groups; it is concerned with what is being done in the area of church-home relationships within the Methodist Church. Specifically stated, the purpose of the thesis is: (1) to determine whether …
Historical Study Of The Public Schools Of Lodi, California, From 1852 To 1938, Ralph Morton Wetmore
Historical Study Of The Public Schools Of Lodi, California, From 1852 To 1938, Ralph Morton Wetmore
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The main purpose for such a study as this is two-fold. First, much of the information which is vital to such a collection of historical facts is becoming misplaced or lost. Old-time residents pass away and first-hand knowledge is forever lost. Certain records are destroyed by people not realizing the value of the documents. The longer one waits to collect historical information the more difficult the job becomes. In certain instances it becomes impossible to locate. Thus, of primary interest is the capturing of historical knowledge before it becomes too difficult to find.
Secondly, having one source to which one …
The Function Of The Dean Of Girls In Selected High Schools In California In 1956-1957, Margaret Frances Riggs
The Function Of The Dean Of Girls In Selected High Schools In California In 1956-1957, Margaret Frances Riggs
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
It is the purpose of this study to consider the question, what are the administrative responsibilities and guidance duties and goals of a high school dean of girls? While no attempt will be made to analyze her effectiveness as dean, attention will be given to. the numerous kinds of tasks which a high school dean of girls faces daily, at frequent intervals, or annually.
A Survey Of Bond Campaign Procedures Followed By A Selected Number Of California School Districts, John William Adamson
A Survey Of Bond Campaign Procedures Followed By A Selected Number Of California School Districts, John William Adamson
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
California Schools have experienced an unprecedented growth during the past several years. Enrollments in many school districts within the state have more than doubled since the end of World War II.
It took California ninety years to enroll its first million children in school in 1940. It took only thirteen years to enroll the second million in 1953. It will take only an estimated five years to enroll the third million by 1958.1 Practically every California school system, therefore, is faced with the continuing problem of providing more classrooms to house these new pupils. To provide funds for additional …
The Loss Ratio As A Factor In The Present Financial Support And Future Development Of Classes For Exceptional Children In The Central And Central Coast Counties Of The State Of California, August Frank Blanchard
The Loss Ratio As A Factor In The Present Financial Support And Future Development Of Classes For Exceptional Children In The Central And Central Coast Counties Of The State Of California, August Frank Blanchard
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
During the last decade the responsibility for the education of exceptional children has very rapidly become a function of the public schools. With the inflationary spiral that the economy of the nation has faced during this same period it has become increasingly more difficult for school districts to assume the financial burden that these classes place upon them.
A Survey Of Conservation Education In The High Schools Of Stanislaus, Merced, And San Joaquin Counties With Enrollments Of Five Hundred Or More Students, Donald Marling Drake
A Survey Of Conservation Education In The High Schools Of Stanislaus, Merced, And San Joaquin Counties With Enrollments Of Five Hundred Or More Students, Donald Marling Drake
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
In the lights of the most pertinent challenge, how do the science departments of representative high schools in San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced counties meet the problem? What are their courses of study? In what courses is conservation of natural resources taught? What objectives do the various science departments have in teaching conservation? Are the teachers adequately prepared to teach conservation.
It is in an attempt to determine the answers to these questions that this study was undertaken. In order to determine the adequacy and effectiveness of the conservation education program in certain San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced county high …
A Proposed Course Of Study For Boys' Physical Education In Senior High School, John M. Giannoni
A Proposed Course Of Study For Boys' Physical Education In Senior High School, John M. Giannoni
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Teachers in physical education, in common with all other teachers, are confronted with two problems. One relates to the question of what to teach and the other related to the question of how to teach. The first is referred to as the content of the curriculum, and the second is considered the technique of teaching. The application of sound teaching techniques with the use of properly selected and organized activities will increase the effectiveness of skills teaching. This thesis does not take up the technique or method of teaching, rather it is concerned with the matter of formulating a partial …