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A Comparative Study Of The Course Taking And Performance Patterns Of High Achieving Secondary Students, Dewelynn Joyce Heeb Selberg Jan 2009

A Comparative Study Of The Course Taking And Performance Patterns Of High Achieving Secondary Students, Dewelynn Joyce Heeb Selberg

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

Part one of this study relied on archival data of an urban public high school to explain and compare the Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) course taking patterns and program exam performance of high school students who had participated in the district's program for gifted learners, the Extended Learning Program (ELP), when in grades 4-8, with those that did not.;Adapting Gagne's (2003, 2004) Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent (DMTG) as a conceptual framework, part two of this study examined the intrapersonal and environmental catalysts affecting the talent development process as perceived by seniors, enrolled in an AP …


Pair Counseling For High School Students: Improving Friendship Skills, Interpersonal Relationships, And Behavior Among Aggressive And Withdrawn Adolescents, John Kent Horton Jan 2008

Pair Counseling For High School Students: Improving Friendship Skills, Interpersonal Relationships, And Behavior Among Aggressive And Withdrawn Adolescents, John Kent Horton

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Separation-Individuation And Older Adolescents With Disruptive Classroom Behavior, Eunice Esther Lockwood Jan 1995

Separation-Individuation And Older Adolescents With Disruptive Classroom Behavior, Eunice Esther Lockwood

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The number of students with disruptive behaviors in the public school classroom has become an area of increasing concern for educators. In order to develop proper therapeutic remediation strategies for the behaviorally at risk student, it is important to identify specific roadblocks to the psychological development of adaptive behavior. Students who have been suspended from school multiple times may be representative of a group with specific pattern of psychological growth that are different from other students. This study was directed toward exploring possible variables that may set students who are frequently suspended apart from a control group of students who …


An Assessment Of Secondary School Counselors' Hiv-Related Knowledge, Attitude, And Stage Of Moral Development, Phyllis Johnston Jones Jan 1995

An Assessment Of Secondary School Counselors' Hiv-Related Knowledge, Attitude, And Stage Of Moral Development, Phyllis Johnston Jones

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

This study focused on secondary school counselors employed in public schools in the state of Virginia. It investigated the direction and strength of the relationship of level of moral development, locus of control, HIV knowledge and HIV attitudes.;Locus of control was measured by Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (I-E Scale). The Defining Issues Test (DIT) was used to assess counselor level of moral development. An HIV questionnaire examined counselor attitudes and knowledge. Kohlbery's theory of moral development provided the basis for the study.;It was hypothesized that the level of moral development would show a significant positive relationship with the …


The Need For Guidance In Pennington High School, Robert Emerson Beeler Jan 1950

The Need For Guidance In Pennington High School, Robert Emerson Beeler

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Vocational Choices And Guidance Of High School Pupils Of Southhampton County, Floyd Talmage Joyner Jan 1931

Vocational Choices And Guidance Of High School Pupils Of Southhampton County, Floyd Talmage Joyner

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.