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The Effect Of Short-Term Counseling And Tutoring On Reading Achievement, Study Skills, And Personal Adjustment, Michael Lynn Maughan
The Effect Of Short-Term Counseling And Tutoring On Reading Achievement, Study Skills, And Personal Adjustment, Michael Lynn Maughan
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study was designed to investigate more completely the effects of counseling and tutoring on reading achievement, study skills, and personal adjustment within the context of a college reading and study skills program. The study consisted of three phases which corresponded with the three regular school quarters.
The subjects used in Phase I of this study were 12 college students who voluntarily registered for a reading and study skills class at Utah State University during the 1969 fall quarter plus 40 students who transferred into the class from a remedial study class. In Phase II, there were 45 students who …
Mmpi Characteristics Of Students Showing Conduct Infractions At Utah State University, Carl S. Hansen
Mmpi Characteristics Of Students Showing Conduct Infractions At Utah State University, Carl S. Hansen
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
A study of the personality characteristic as measured by the Minnesota Multiphasic personality Inventory (MMPI) was made of an experimental group of students brought before the Standards Committee at Utah State University for infractions against the school's code of conduct. It was then compared with personality characteristics of a control group representing the remaining student body.
The result was no significant difference between the two groups on any of the MMPI scales.
After checking the activities of the two groups, it was found that the experimental group was lower in grade point average than the general student body, but this …