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Using A Structured Group Experience To Enhance The Group Interaction And Leadership Skills Of Gifted Children, Elizabeth Chilcott Shifflette
Using A Structured Group Experience To Enhance The Group Interaction And Leadership Skills Of Gifted Children, Elizabeth Chilcott Shifflette
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The primary purpose of this investigation was to assess the differential effects of a structured group experience in television production on the group interaction and leadership behaviors, peer ratings, and teacher evaluations of a select group of gifted elementary school students. The secondary purpose was to assess the differential display of group interaction and leadership behaviors and differences in teacher evaluations of gifted children who had been designated as high or low independent on the basis of their scores on the Children's Personality Questionnaire.;The research sample for the primary phase consisted of 20 gifted children from the fourth, fifth, and …
Forecasting Enrollments In A Virginia Community College, Sue C. Lawrence
Forecasting Enrollments In A Virginia Community College, Sue C. Lawrence
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Most institutions of higher education are interested in enrollment projections because they are closely related to institutional goals and missions and, are, therefore, essential to financial and program planning at every level. This study was undertaken to determine if relevant factors could be identified and used in a statistical forecasting model to project enrollments in a multidimensional urban community college within the accuracy limitations imposed by a state such as Virginia (who requires State institutions of higher education) to project their enrollment within (+OR-) 1 percent.;Two general types of statistical forecasting models, causal and extrapolation models were explored for use …
Institutional Origin : Labor Market Signaling In Higher Education, Jean Conover Wyer
Institutional Origin : Labor Market Signaling In Higher Education, Jean Conover Wyer
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
In response to the need for further research on promotion and tenure decisions, this study examined one of the criteria used in these decisions: inbreeding. Based on an analysis of the academic marketplace modifying Spence's theory of job market signaling behavior, the following research hypotheses guided the study: (1) female inbred faculty have patterns of productivity which are significantly different from the patterns of productivity of male inbred faculty; (2) inbred faculty show less professional advancement than noninbred faculty; and (3) inbred faculty receive fewer institutional rewards than noninbred faculty.;The data for the research was taken from the 1977 Survey …
A Theory Of Prescribed Academic Change : The Case Of Title Ix, Judith Patten Newcombe
A Theory Of Prescribed Academic Change : The Case Of Title Ix, Judith Patten Newcombe
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This study was directed toward the discovery of a grounded theory that identifies the conditions and processes which facilitate effective implementation of federal mandates in institutions of higher education. The constant comparative method, an inductive approach to generating theory, was used to study the implementation of Title IX of the Higher Education Amendments of 1972 and the accompanying regulations and policy interpretations for elimination of sex discrimination in athletics.;The research population included public colleges and universities in Virginia. From this population, a sample of four comparison groups (institutions) was selected through application of a mathematical formula which defined each institution …
Empathy Revisited: The Effect Of Representational System Matching On Certain Counseling Process And Outcome Variables, William Philip Brockman
Empathy Revisited: The Effect Of Representational System Matching On Certain Counseling Process And Outcome Variables, William Philip Brockman
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Therapist-offered empathy has been shown to be an important ingredient in the counseling relationship. Many operational definitions of empathy and tools for measurement of this elusive quality exist. Most empathy measures have been criticized on methodological grounds and their construct validity is suspect. Yet there is little argument with the trend which emerges from the data; the overall relationship between empathy, or those dimensions tapped by empathy measures and effective therapy appears positive. The nature of empathy however remains enigmatic and it is evident that all of the variables which account for the empathic process have not been explicated.;This study …
An Evaluative Study Of The 1972-74 Standards Of Quality And Objectives For Public Schools In Virginia, Norman Steven. Smith
An Evaluative Study Of The 1972-74 Standards Of Quality And Objectives For Public Schools In Virginia, Norman Steven. Smith
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
On November 3, 1970, the voters of Virginia approved a new Constitution. Within Article VIII, the education article, was the constitutional provision for a new statewide program to "seek to insure that an educational program of high quality is established and continually maintained" throughout the Commonwealth. An important aspect of this program, The Standards of Quality and Objectives, was the directive that each school division develop systematic, multi-year plans to guide the quest for quality.;The purpose of this study was: (1) to determine whether progress has been made by Virginia's school divisions toward reaching a major goal of the Standards …
An Investigation Of Staff Development Programs Designed For Virginia School Officials, Bob L. Sigmon
An Investigation Of Staff Development Programs Designed For Virginia School Officials, Bob L. Sigmon
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Problem. The purpose of this study was to conduct a survey of each school division in Virginia to determine the status of staff development programs for educational administrators and supervisors.;Design of the Study. The sample population for the study consisted of 134 school divisions in Virginia. The respondents were the superintendents of schools or persons designated as key instructional leaders. A 24-item questionnaire was sent to each school division in the state. The questionnaire was structured so that demographic data, program planning and management data, program scope and sequence data, and program implementation data could be obtained. A response of …
Anxiety And The Disabled, Wayne P. Villeneuve
Anxiety And The Disabled, Wayne P. Villeneuve
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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Demographic And Clinical Characteristics As Predictors Of The Reinstitutionalization Rate Of Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents, Lou Ross Hopewell
Demographic And Clinical Characteristics As Predictors Of The Reinstitutionalization Rate Of Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents, Lou Ross Hopewell
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between selected demographic and clinical variables and the reinstitutionalization rate of emotionally disturbed adolescents.;The population for the study was composed of 88 adolescents discharged from a state mental hospital in Virginia during the 31 month period from June, 1976, to January, 1979. The population was composed of both male and female adolescents, ages 13 to 18. Diagnoses of all types, from transient situational disturbances to acute psychoses, were represented in the study sample.;The data on the nineteen selected demographic and clinical variables was collected by searching all available hospital medical, …
The Relationship Among The Cognitive, Role-Taking, And Moral Development Abilities Of Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents, James Francis Kenney
The Relationship Among The Cognitive, Role-Taking, And Moral Development Abilities Of Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents, James Francis Kenney
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to examine the interrelatedness of cognitive, role-taking, and moral judgment abilities. The problem of this study was to determine whether there was a significant difference between the cognitive, role-taking and moral judgment skills of emotionally disturbed adolescents when compared with their normal peers.;While studies investigating this relationship have been few in number, there is an apparent positive relationship among the three variables with cognitive development providing the foundation for the role-taking and moral judgment development. Role-taking abilities also seem to be necessary for the development of one's moral judgment skills.;A sample of nine emotionally …