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Instructional Coaching: Improving Student Achievement And Building Teacher Efficacy, Rebecca J. Tonseth
Instructional Coaching: Improving Student Achievement And Building Teacher Efficacy, Rebecca J. Tonseth
All Graduate Projects
The purpose of this project was to justify the author's job as an instructional coach. The author was motivated by her own need to discover what an instructional coach was and how an instructional coach positively affects teacher instruction and student achievement. This project includes ideas and tools that beginning instructional coaches can use with teachers in an elementary school setting. A review of the literature was included on the effects of coaching on teacher efficacy and the effects teachers and coaches have on student achievement. This project examined the roles of the instructional coach and it provides a guide …
The Relationship Of The Creativity Of Teachers And Their Students, Norman Frederick Erken
The Relationship Of The Creativity Of Teachers And Their Students, Norman Frederick Erken
All Master's Theses
It is the purpose of this study to determine whether or not there is a relationship between the creativity of a teacher, as measured by the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Verbal, Form A, and the creativity of the students with whom she works, as measured by the same instrument.
The Effect Of Positive Reinforcement On The Attending Behavior Of A Distractible Child, Michael Lewis Ikard
The Effect Of Positive Reinforcement On The Attending Behavior Of A Distractible Child, Michael Lewis Ikard
All Master's Theses
It was the purpose of the study (1) to evaluate the use of a token reinforcement system in modifying the attending behavior of a distractible child; (2) to demonstrate a technique which a teacher may find useful in helping the distractible child learn to manage his own attention; and (3) to show the relationship between attending behavior and academic performance.
A Comparative Study Of Slide Technique For The Trombone, James T. Mcdowell
A Comparative Study Of Slide Technique For The Trombone, James T. Mcdowell
All Master's Theses
Professional trombonists and teachers of the instrument do not agree on the various aspects of slide technique. The purpose of this paper is to compare slide techniques for the trombone. Therefore, basic concepts of holding the instrument will be examined, as well as concepts about the manipulation of the slide.
The Identification Of Concepts, Concept Clusters, Objectives, And Suggested Organizational Patterns For The Teaching Of American History At Mount Si High School, M. Dale Leavitt
All Master's Theses
The purpose of this study was to assist in the evaluation of the social studies by identifying concepts, concept clusters, and objectives. Suggestions for scheduling and grouping consistent with instructional objectives and which may be used as models for planning and organizing for the teaching of American History at Mount Si High School are presented.
Concept Attainment Through Negative Instances, David Allen Isom
Concept Attainment Through Negative Instances, David Allen Isom
All Master's Theses
The purpose of this study is twofold: 1. To investigate the reported conclusions of several experiments in the area of concept attainment that have utilized the Hovland (1952) information processing model; 2. To explore implications of the above model, specifically those pertaining to subjects concept attainment performance over successive presentation of different concepts derived from the same experimental universe.
Confirmation Of Creativity, Dorothy N. Phillips
Confirmation Of Creativity, Dorothy N. Phillips
All Master's Theses
Investigated was the accumulated knowledge of what is known or surmised about creativity; practiced was the skill of becoming the kind of person who, while working with children, can establish an atmosphere where creativity is likely to flourish.
A Combination Approach To The Teaching Of Reading, Carroll B. Marchant
A Combination Approach To The Teaching Of Reading, Carroll B. Marchant
All Master's Theses
It was the intent of this study to verify the writer's hypothesis that significant progress in reading can be obtained through a combination of the individualized and the basic text approach to reading.
An Investigation Into The Relationship Of Grammatical Judgments To Written Composition, Farrell Edward Taylor
An Investigation Into The Relationship Of Grammatical Judgments To Written Composition, Farrell Edward Taylor
All Master's Theses
The purposes of this study were four: (1) to measure the writing abilities in a group of subjects; (2) to measure the willingness of those subjects to accept certain sentence-like utterances as grammatical--their grammatical judgments; (3) to determine whether the subjects' acceptance of those utterances will occur in a range of scores; and (4) to correlate the subjects' scores on the two factors to determine the extent to which they are related.
A Correlation Study Of The Sixth Grade Verbal School And College Ability Test With Eighth Grade Reading Achievement, Claude E. Yule
A Correlation Study Of The Sixth Grade Verbal School And College Ability Test With Eighth Grade Reading Achievement, Claude E. Yule
All Master's Theses
It was the purpose of this study to compare the test scores of one group of children who took the verbal ability section of the sixth grade School and College Ability Test (SCAT) with the test scores of the same group of children on the eighth grade reading Sequential Test of Educational Progress (STEP) and to determine the degree of relationship between the tests.
Development Of A Text On The State Of Washington For Fourth Grade Social Studies, Anne Bruketta Johnson, Patricia Dunlap Smith
Development Of A Text On The State Of Washington For Fourth Grade Social Studies, Anne Bruketta Johnson, Patricia Dunlap Smith
All Master's Theses
The purpose of this study was to develop a means for preparing text materials on the State of Washington for the fourth grade, with the thought in mind that a worthwhile contribution would be made to the curricular area dealing with the study of Washington. At the time this study was undertaken there was an urgent need for new and current materials on Washington.