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A Study Of The Effectiveness Of Bibliotherapy To Effect A Change Of Attitudes As Measured Statistically, June Gracey Whiteford
A Study Of The Effectiveness Of Bibliotherapy To Effect A Change Of Attitudes As Measured Statistically, June Gracey Whiteford
Theses and Dissertations
The thesis is concerned with a study of the effectiveness of literature of high literary and moral standards used as bibliotherapy with high school students to effect a change of personal and/or social attitudes , as evaluated by statistical measures. The study lies in the major field of Educational Research and Services, and in the minor field of English and Library Science. Bibiliotherapy attempts to use the influence of characters, ideas, situations, and information in literature as a means of presenting patterns and standards of behavior and evaluation. These are used to bring about an adjustment of personal concepts and …
Men Of Peoria In The Civil War, Raymond Wesley Sanders
Men Of Peoria In The Civil War, Raymond Wesley Sanders
Theses and Dissertations
The candidate has always been particularly interested in the Civil War period of American history. This interest was stimulated further by his study under Dr. Lucy Lucile Tasher in the course, "Lincoln: the Man and His Times." As the candidate was a teacher at East Peoria Community High School at the time, the idea of writing a local history research study on the role of the Peoria soldiers in the Civil War was both appealing and challenging. During the study, the candidate has tried to adhere to the educational research requirements of reliability, objectivity, validity, and historical accuracy, through the …
A Comparative Study Of The Group Guidance Teaching Method And The Traditional Teaching Method In The Seminary System, Garth P. Monson
A Comparative Study Of The Group Guidance Teaching Method And The Traditional Teaching Method In The Seminary System, Garth P. Monson
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this project was to determine if there was a difference between two methods of teaching seminary: (1) the traditional, authoritative, teacher-centered method, and (2) the group-guidance, student-centered method, with regard to helping the students in solving their problems and becoming better adjusted in their personal and social problems.