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A Study Of Anxiety Relative To Academic Achievement And To Sex, Gerald R. Shulenbarger

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between anxiety and achievement, and anxiety level and sex. The anxiety level was measured by the Institute for Personality and Ability Testing (IPAT) Anxiety Scale Questionnaire. Specifically, this study investigated how assessed anxiety relates to the achievement of students in Junior level Psychology courses. The courses were Human Growth and Development. Further, the difference in anxiety levels between sexes was studied.

A Study Of The Retention Of Five Selected Mathematical Concepts Of Seventh Graders In The Coulee Dam Public School System As Based On The Inductive And Deductive Methods Of Teaching, James Prehm

All Master's Theses

The inductive and deductive methods of teaching for retention were compared in this study. It was also the purpose to determine whether there were significant sex differences in retention when the two methods were compared. Therefore, five hypotheses were tested.

The Influence Of Response Mode On Learning From A Programmed Text, Charles Raymond Baker

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was (1) to compare the test scores of sub-groups within the experimental group who responded to the frames in the programmed text, English 2600, by writing,· speaking or thinking; (2) to compare the scores of the experimental group with those of the population from which the sample was drawn on the final test from the English 2600 text; and (3) to compare the scores of the experimental group with those of the population . from which the s ample was drawn on the Cooperative English Test Form 2c. Approximately two weeks prior to the end …

Educating The Mentally Retarded Child, Amelia Owen

Honors Theses

The whole field of educational theory and practice has changed considerably in the past fifty years or so and educational thinking about mentally retarded children has reflected these changes. Programs in institutions have probably lagged behind public school programs because institutions have been somewhat secluded from the active flow of social change.

The principles of learning are essentially the same for the mentally retarded child as for the average child, but there are degrees and varieties of application.