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A Normative Study Of Some Developmental Aspects Of The Human Figure Drawings Of Children, Bessie M. Whitehead

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

For many years there has been much interest in the use of human figure drawings as a projective technique for diagnostic use with the mentally ill. Psychiatric implications are attributed to practically every possible characteristic exhibited in the human figure, but until recently, little has been done toward establishing standards or norms describing objectively how various groups in the population actually perform when asked to draw a person. A clinician had no ruler by which to measure the performance of his client. He had no standard by which he could decide that the behavior exhibited was usual or abnormal for …

Current Coaching Trends In Track And Field, Charles Cecil Baker

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this paper to collect and present developments since 1956 in coaching, technique of performance, and equipment in most of the major track and field events.

Development Of Economic Principles For The Secondary Schools: A Review Of The Literature, Charles John Guntley Jr.

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study to (1) ascertain how and what was currently being studied in the area of economics in the public schools, (2) survey some of the methods suggested as fulfilling the need for economic education, and (3) attempt to compare the efficacy of teaching economics as a separate discipline and as an integral part of other social studies courses.

Factors Influencing The Choice And Purchase Of School Building Sites, Dale F. Krueger

Graduate Student Research Papers

The problem was to study the selection of school building sites and relate the findings. The author wished to (1) discover the factors involved, ( 2) the criteria for, and ( 3) procedures employed in purchasing school sites.

An Honors Suppliment To The Curriculum In American History For West Valley High School Juniors, Nell Caroline Paschen

Graduate Student Research Papers

In a search for ways of perpetuating essential values in a free society, citizens and educators have come to realize that their greatest resource lies in the talents of young people. Leadership of society must be developed from the excellent minds of students in the schools. This leadership will be nurtured by inducing an insight into human relationships and by giving an understanding of the background of cherished American institutions. This work is based on the conviction that teachers of social studies are conscious of an obligation to fill the needs of gifted students for enrichment in breadth of subject …

Federal Aid To Education, Wallace Loe

Graduate Student Research Papers

The problem was to study the area of federal aid to education from the historical point of view. The writer wished to answer these questions: (1) How long have we had federal aid to education? (2) What kinds of federal aid to education do we have?

An Investigation Of The Use Of Television To Improve School-Community Relations, Don Erwin Patterson

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study (1) to determine how school-public relations could be improved through the use of commerclal television and (2) to suggest a program of action.

A Survey Of The Status Of Secondary School Intramural Sports For Boys In The State Of Michigan, Robert Epskamp

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Personality Differences Between Unilingual And Bilingual 9th Grade Students In A Depressed Area, Martha Mersman Mullins

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

The purposes of this study were (1) to present a summary of the literature on the personality differences of unilingual and Spanish bilinguals, and (2) to determine the personality similarities and differences of unilingual and Spanish bilingual ninth graders in a depressed area

A Study Of The Reactions Of Latter-Day Saint Youth To The Thirteen Fireside Programs Given In The Winter Of 1960, Emerson Roy West

Theses and Dissertations

This is a study of certain high school and college students to the thirteen Fireside Programs given under the direction of the General Authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the first three months of 1960. The purposes of this study are twofold: (1) to study the reactions to the fireside program and (2) to study the change in conduct of the audience through the addresses and discussions.

Civil Defense And Disaster Program For Lodi Elementary And Union High School Districts, Theodore Walter Boriack

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study was concerned with the following problem: What plan or procedures should the Lodi Elementary and Lodi Union High School Districts develop for civil defense and disaster preparedness in coordination with city, county, and state agencies?

The specific purposes of this study were as follows: (1) To determine the need for a civil defense plan for the Lodi school districts.; (2) To determine the scope of civil defense plans for the Lodi school districts.; (3) To analyze various civil defense and disaster plans of other school districts.; (4) To investigate what civil defense and disaster plans have been formulated …

A Study Of The San Joaquin County Schools' Education Program For Parents Of Severely Mentally Retarded Children, Louis William Cencirulo

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In 1951, Education Code section 6903 was passed by the California State Legislature making it permissive for school departments to organize and conduct educational and training programs for severely mentally retarded children. In 1953 the first such program was established by the office of the San Joaquin County Superintendent of Schools. SInce that date, three additional programs have been added to serve these children in rural areas of the aforementioned county.

The program is designed to serve mentally deficient, or severely mentally retarded children. “Mental deficiency can be defined in the socio-economic sense as a permanent condition of mental nondevelopment, …

A Proposal For A Preventive Play Therapy Program For Kindergarten Through Third Grade, Donna R. Ricchiardi

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Group Work On The Predelinquent Boy, Mona Claire Vaughn

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Childhood Experiences Of Physicists, Lds Seminary Teachers And Outstanding Competitive Athletes, A. Garr Cranney Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

Theories of vocational choice are of current and vital interest to the counseling profession. Roe's theoretical work based on the Freudian assumption that occupational choice is related to family atmostphere has particularly stimulated recent research in this area. This study similarly follows her theory and employs Dr. Nachmann's techniques who tested comparable hypotheses with different groups in 1957.

The problem of this study was to determine if there were certain differences in the childhood experience of physicists, L.D.S. seminary teachers, and outstanding competitive athletes. Fifteen B.Y.U. students were interviewed in each group, the interviews following the items of a questionnaire. …