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Serial Learning In Young Children, Charlene A. Keller

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The effects of sex and tutorial instruction were studied as they influenced the seriation ability of pre-school children. The research was conducted at the Utah State University Child Development Laboratories with 24 four year old children enrolled at that time. Twelve of the children, six girls and six boys, were given seriation tasks. The remaining 12 children, six girls and six boys, were not given any seriation training.

It was found that the 12 children who had received individualized instruction seriated significantly better on every task than the 12 children who had received no training. The children who were trained …

Retention As A Function Of Competition In Learning, William Wayne Parker

All Master's Theses

This study was undertaken to add to empirical evidence for use in drawing some sort of conclusions as to the significance of competition as a factor in retention of learning. This is necessary if teachers are to offer optimum learning conditions to their students.

Effects Of Candy And Public Recording Upon Objective Quiz Scores In A Social Studies Class, Thomas Raymond Brown

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the reactions of a seventh grade social studies class to public recording and candy when presented in conjunction with the standard classroom reinforcer of grades. It was hoped that this investigation would provide evidence that methods in the field of operant behavior are effective in standard classrooms and not just "special" classrooms.

Taylor University Magazine (Winter 1969), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Winter 1969 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Taylor University Magazine (Spring 1968), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Spring 1968 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

The Educational Views And Practices Of Brigham Young, William James Johnston

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to determine the educational views and practices of Brigham Young as contained in his writings and speeches.

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.

An Extension Of The Reinforcement Contiguity Issue – The Effect Of Retention In The Goal Box After Reinforcement, Marilyn L. Grey

All Master's Theses

This study investigated one prediction of Guthrie's theory of learning (1936, 1952)--that retention in the goal box after reinforcement increases the likelihood of incompatible responses to the goal stimuli and, thus, decreases learning. Three measures of learning were used: number of trials to criterion, total number of correct trials in the first twenty trials, and number of subjects who met criterion of five successive correct responses within forty trials.

Latent Learning As A Function Of Exploration Time, Gary France

All Master's Theses

The present experiment includes (a) an effort to control extra-goal-box cues--a variable that has been a source of difficulty in certain previous experiments--and (b) raise again the question of whether reinforcement theory adequately explains this type of behavior.

The Effect Of Unrewarded Exploration Upon Maze Learning In Rats, James W. Croake

All Master's Theses

This experiment deals with the phenomenon of latent learning. It was specifically designed to measure the effect of prior unrewarded maze exploration upon subsequent performance under condition of both positive and negative reinforcement.

The Relationship Of Social-Emotional Readiness To Learning Achievement As Seen In A First Grade Class At Prestonia School., Bernice Gabbert Cox

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Bible Vision, Fort Wayne Bible Institute

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The August-September 1946 edition of The Bible Vision, published by the Fort Wayne Bible Institute in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

A Study In Retention In Fundamental Operations In Algebra, George Adams

Master's Theses

The problem is to discover as nearly as possible, "The retention of sophomores, who the preceding year had taken algebra, in the four fundamental arithmetic operations of positive and negative numbers.” The four fundamental arithmetic operations are namely: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. In making computations with positive and negative numbers there are four possibilities involving cases concerning a positive and a negative , a negative and a positive , two negative , and two positive numbers . Negative numbers are numbers having a minus value and positive numbers are numbers which have a plus value.

The Curve Of Forgetting For Substance Material, Leslie J. Briggs

Master's Theses

The purpose of this paper is to describe the method and analyze the results of an experiment on substance memory. The term "substance memory,” as used in the present study, refers to the retention of general ideas derived from meaningful reading material in which the facts presented require some generalization and abstraction of meaning on the part of the reader. This type of memory is to be contrasted with "factual," or "verbatim" memory, in which the task is to retain specific, detailed facts stated in the reading material, and with rote memory, which involves the memory for illogical, disassociated, discrete …

A History Of The Education Of The Chinese In Hawaii, Sylvianne Fei-Ai Li Chun

Honors Papers

In the transplanting of any race or people, a period of acclimatization by the process of natural or formal education must inevitably ensue if that group wishes to survive both mentally and spiritually; and in many cases physically.

In any community a human, in order to make himself agreeable and useful, must learn to cooperate with his or hers neighbors. This is usually accomplished by first learning the language of one's country of adoption, then to learn the philosophy of the inhabitants already established there, and finally to apply one's self diligently by industry and perseverance to occupation.

The Chinese …

Investigations On Whole-Part Learning From 1930 Through 1939., Agnes Catherine Lemaire

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Echo: October 9, 1925, Taylor University

1925-1926 (Volume 13)

Student Rolls Increases Almost One Hundred— Seniors On the Job — First Philo Program Is Big Success — Sunday School Classes At the College — Taylor Lyceum Course — Thalos Delight Both Eye and Ear — Dr. Elizabeth Hamilton Munsey Speaks in Chapel — Dean of Women Speaks — Truth — Improvements Made in the Library — Athletic Association Well Underway — Sammy Defeats Sickler — Gospel Team Leads Services — Swallow Robin Boys Hold First Meting — Debaters Begin Work — Class Roll of ’25 — New Officers For the Year — Taylor University Choral Society — First Philo …

Taylor University Echo: June 26, 1923, Taylor University

1922-1923 (Volume 10)

The Seniors Go By — The New Gem — Pogue in Chautauqua — The New York State Evangelistic Group — Taylor’s Missionaries — Were Abbey in Burma — A Word of Explanation — Sacrificial Service Wins For Taylor University — Local Echoes — The Heart of the Garden-An Idyl — Alumni and Former Students — Lessons of Experience — Blood Washed and Spirit Filled — The Words of Malachi 3:10 Literally Fulfilled To a Poor Widow — The Resume — Special Meetings Cancelled — The Seventy-Seventh Annual Commencement of Taylor University — Tresler-Davis — Pageant-The Challenge of Missions — Splendid …

Taylor University Echo: March 28, 1922, Taylor University

1921-1922 (Volume 9)

Submission and Rest — Co-Ed Number Next! — “The Bird Man.” — L. L. Picket, of Wilmore, Ky., Visits Taylor University — Scrupulosity and Fun — Department of Vocal Music — Speicher Party — Illustrated Lecture on Alaska — Sleighride and Supper “Without the Sleighride” — Recital — The Simple Life — North Indiana Conference to Meet April 5-10 — Alumni News — Infinite Love — Locals — Character - The Enduring Treasure — “The Banister’s Wildcats” — Patronize Our Advertisers — The Fruit of Intercession — Chronicle — A Poem on ‘Bones.” — Soangetaha Report — Eureka Report — …

Taylor University Echo: March 25, 1919, Taylor University

1918-1919 (Volume 6)

St. Patrick’s Day at T. U. — Studio Recitals — Peace Conference — Local Echoes — Chronicle — Lead Thou Me On — The Deifying of Khaki by the Feminine Sex — Medals From German Cannon for Loan Workers — The Intensive Campaign — Official Directory — Save Now for Old Age — What is a Book Without a Man? — Exchanges — Prayer Band — The Volunteer Band — Holiness League — Vale the Editors, Hail the Co-Eds! — Thalonian — Philo Society — Rounding Out the Winter Term — Allowance to Child is Road to Economy — Local …

Moving Pictures As A Factor In Education, Pierce J. Fleming

Historical Dissertations & Theses

No abstract provided.