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A Study Of Merit Rating Practices In The Lds Department Of Education, Garry Wayne Graf

Theses and Dissertations

The main purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of the full-time Seminary teachers in the L.D.S. Department of Education regarding the present practice of merit pay for teachers employed in the System. Consideration was also given to merit pay programs for teachers in the public schools, since to a great extent merit pay practices in the public schools have given rise to many equivalent reactions among the personnel of L.D.S. Church schools.

Elementary Student Teacher Responses To Selected Interest And Attitude Inventories, Myron Brandham Eckhardt

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

One of the most elusive problems in the education profession continues to be the determination of sound reliable means of recruitment and selection of teacher candidates. The present report is of a study designed to explore this general area as it pertains to elementary teacher education at the University of the Pacific.

This investigation was planned to contribute toward the following general purposes:

1. To avoid waste of student and faculty time and effort by early identification of students whose attitudes and interests are not congruent with those of successful teachers.
2. To be able to furnish accurate descriptive information for counseling …