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A Study Of The Relationship Between Reading Disability And Antisocial Behavior., Mildred Tate Riebsomer

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This research is designed to explore the relationship between reading disability and intelligence, antisocial behavior, and social acceptance within the class of selected third grade students at Barcelona Elementary School during the academic year 1961-1962.

An Examination Of Written School Policies As They Pertain To School Leadership, Ralph L. Von Kaenel

All Master's Theses

The result of this study will serve as an aid to help build a better understanding between the different units of the school. It will serve as a guide to the prospective administrator by listing an acceptable standard of responsibilities and duties for each position in our local schools, if such exists.

An Analysis Of The California Achievement Test Scores Given To The Sixth-Grade Pupils In The White Schools Of Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana, Melba Lee Gibbons

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study was an analysis of the California Achievement Test Scores given to the sixth grade pupils in the white public schools of Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana, in April, 1962, to determine the significant difference in the achievements measured with the following factors: (1) Sex, (2) Foreign language background, (3) Family Income, (4) Education of parents.

A Handbook Of Suggestions For Building School Library Collections; A Report Of Procedures And Plans For The Sandia Base School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Miyoshi Ikeda

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purposes of this study were (1) to present a descriptive study of how an elementary school organized a centralized library, and (2) to formulate long-range plans to meet the quantitative standards set up by the State Board of Education, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the American Library Association.

"Development Of Ability To Think" As A Purpose Of American Education: A Philosophical And Scientific Analysis, Charles Albert Glatt Sr.

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

One outstanding characterization of public education in the United States is the lack of consensus about the central or primary purpose for even having an educational system. Due to the decentralized nature of American public education, there is no national agency with power to control, to direct, or to supervise the policies which guide the work of the many schools.

The Relationship Of Certain Selected Variables To First Grade Achievement, Carl Walker

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Educators have long been aware of the need for adequate predictors of school achievement for first grade pupils. Moreover, there is growing interest in the screening of school beginners, both as a means of determining their readiness for learning and as a way of identifying early those children with potential difficulties so that they can be given required attention at a time when it will be most beneficial.

A Comparative Study Of The Understanding Which Bilingual Students Have Of The Multiple Meanings Of English Words, Stephen Grant Hess

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the understanding which certain bilingual students have of the different meanings of some words in the English language in comparison to the understanding which Anglos have.

Employment Of Certificated Personnel Of Ethnic Minority Groups In Stockton Unified School District, 1947 To 1962, Stanley Earl Sandelius

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The two main purposes of this study were to document the events leading to the establishment of the nondiscriminatory employment policy for certificated personnel from ethnic minority groups in the Stockton Unified School District and the subsequent practices which have developed since the adoption of the policy in 1947.

Schools And The Ghost Towns Of New Mexico, Mary Ann Kinsey

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the problem. It is the purpose of this study to make a historical investigation of the schools and the host towns of New Mexico. It is proposed that:

1. The schools were an important factor in the ghost towns of New Mexico.
2. The contributions of the schools in the ghost towns of New Mexico were extensive and significant.
3. The schools reflected life in the ghost towns of New Mexico.
4. The schools affected life in the ghost towns of New Mexico.