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Experimenting With Varied Learning Environments In A Traditional Setting, Linda Stanford

Theses

This study, titled "Experimenting with Varied Learning Environments in a Traditional Setting," explores the integration of alternative and open classroom strategies within a conventional fourth-grade classroom in suburban St. Charles, Missouri. Conducted by Linda Stanford in partial fulfillment of her Master of Arts degree at Lindenwood College in 1976, the research investigates how varied learning environments—such as learning centers, student choice activities, and peer teaching—affect student attitudes toward learning, the teacher, and their own learning styles.

The study implemented five experimental activities: Reading Choices, a Language Block with multiple learning stations, Math Games taught to younger students, thematic learning centers …

Curriculum Development Project In Health Education For Lyle School District No. 406; Scope And Sequence For Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade And Curriculum Guide For Ninth Grade Health, James A. Titus

All Graduate Projects

Small school districts rarely have curriculum direction, let alone curriculum guides. This writer has often overheard staff members exclaim, "It would help so much if I knew what I am supposed to teach," or "It would be nice if there was some planned progression that students were exposed to." Small school districts usually cannot afford the luxury of specialized curriculum staff working on curriculum projects.

This writer, along with two other staff members was fortunate to attend a health education workshop sponsored by ESD No. 112 in the fall of 1974. A process of curriculum development for health education was …

Bridgewater State College 1976-1977 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalogue, Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater State College Catalogs, 1960-2009

No abstract provided.

Ua11/4 Regents Clipping File, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Clippings, press releases and biographical sketches of WKU Regents, administrators, and activities of the WKU Board of Regents from 1962 through 1976.

1976-1977 Catalog, Wku Graduate School

Graduate School

Graduate School catalog regarding admissions, curriculum and policies.

Colby College Catalogue 1976 - 1977, Colby College

Colby Catalogues

Colby College Catalogue: September 1976 - August 1977

Nova University Bulletin Of Graduate Programs 1976-1977, Nova University

University Bulletins and Course Catalogs

Nova University: Academic Programs and Research

Nova University is an institution of higher learning with programs leading to the Doctor of Philosophy in the behavioral sciences, life sciences, and oceanography.

The Doctor of Education (in elementary and secondary school administration and community college teaching), the Master and Doctor of Public Administration, and the Doctor of Education in Early Childhood Education are offered in an off-campus format. Additionally, the Juris Doctor is offered in law.

The Master of Science degree is conferred in the following fields:

• Administration and Supervision of Educational Systems
• Biochemistry
• Business Administration
• Counseling and Guidance
• Computer Science
• Criminal …

Elementary Science Study And Science Process Skills, James B. Chapman

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

The Elementary Science Study (ESS) is a ''hands on" inquiry oriented, science program with the major objective of putting; physical materials into the hands of children and allowing; them to investigate the nature of the physical world. An ESS unit Bulbs and Batteries was tested to find if this and other ESS units of similar structure do in fact develop science process skills. Science process skills may be broken down into the following representative areas: observing, classifying, using time-space relationship, using numbers, measuring, communication, inferring and predicting.

The study was conducted in a middle school approximately 1,000 sixth and …

International Trade (Lesson #1), Robert G. Fuller

ADAPT Lessons: Physics

This lesson is intended to provide motivation for the students to appreciate the use of an International System of Units.

The students are divided into small groups, around lab tables. The measuring instruments are provided to each group. Each group is treated as a different “country.” Each country is given a different set of measuring instruments: A ruler is a colored strip of paper marked off in ten divisions. Each country is given a different length for its ruler. A liquid volume measuring cup is a colored plastic cup marked off in ten divisions. Each country has a cup with …

Binary Numbers, Melvin C. Thornton

ADAPT Lessons: Mathematics

The Binary Numbers learning cycle was created for use in the NSF-AAAS Chautauqua short course, “Science Teaching and the Development of Reasoning,” 1976-1979. The course was jointly taught by Rober G. Fuller and Melvin C. Thornton.

The content of the learning cycle concerns some basic applications of the base two number system.

The Establishment Of A Pilot Elementary Career Education Program In Community Unit #2, Robinson, Illinois, Dale E. Boyd

Masters Theses

The purpose of this field study is to examine the establishment of a pilot elementary career education program in Community Unit #2, Robinson, Illinois.

It is the belief of this writer that elementary career education is an attempt to bring a stronger program to the elementary schools.

This study is not a review of a complete elementary career education program but rather the guidelines used in establishing a pilot program. It is hoped that persons interested in establishing a career education program will use this field study as a reference for their own project.

Development Of Auto Body Technology And Industrial Maintenance Technology, Richard W. Yandell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

1976-1977 General Catalog, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Catalog Archive

1976-1977 general catalog of Morehead State University.

Changing Student Attitudes And Improving Academic Achievement Through Improved Self-Concept And Individualized Instruction, Mary F. Arnold

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

College Of Technology, Bolton Street Prospectus 1976-77, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

Prospectus: Bolton Street

Courses for the College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.

Can College Students Reason ?, Larry Copes

Module 11: Implementation and Suggested Readings

The students we are discussing are not stupid or lazy. Perhaps they are not "reasoning", in our logical sense of the term, but we need to consider the possibility that this is due to gaps in the development of their mental structure rather than to inherent lack of growth potential. If we channel our impatience toward providing concrete, "hands-on" learning environments, I believe we may teach more effectively in the long run.

Therefore I encourage you to take Piaget's work seriously--if not for its specifics, at least for its metaphorical value--for it presents a very compelling model for describing the …

Evolution Of An Environmental Science College, Ted F. Andrews

University Anniversaries & Historical Documents

Governors State University was established in July, 1969, by the State of Illinois as a free-standing upper division university with a mandate to develop a new model of higher education system. William E. Engbretson, the first and only President of GSU, invited me to join the administrative staff as Dean in September, 1969. I have had the opportunity to participate in planning ail systems of the University during the past six years. As a biologist-ecologist I had had considerable experience In various science curriculum development and science teacher education projects. Hence, I was interested in developing a College of Environmental …

Course Demands Of Students In Teacher Education At Portland State University As Demonstrated By An Induced Course Load Matrix, Elinore Janet Rogers

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the interrelationships between the School of Education and the rest of the university by means of the course demands placed by elementary education majors and graduate education students on other academic departments during the fall terms of 1972 and 1973. It also examined the course demands placed on the School of Education by other major groups for this period. The Induced Course Load Matrix (ICLM) was the vehicle used in this examination. The hypothesis tested were 1) that elementary education majors and graduate education students placed equal course demands on the other …

Grouping Of Commonality Courses, Dan Brobst

Graduate Research Papers

This study is designed to identify contributing variables, for and against, the practice of grouping of commonality courses on a postsecondary level. More specifically, the purpose of this study is:

1. to serve as a study to determine the interest in the grouping of commonality courses.

2. to obtain current opinions from literature concerned with the grouping of commonality courses.

3. to determine attitudes toward the practice of grouping through interview and questionnaires.

4. to determine attitudes toward the practice of grouping from review of related literature.

The Effect Of Training On The Attitudes Of Freshmen Professional Nursing Students Toward Death And Dying, Yolanda Cardelli Hampel

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

Bridgewater State College 1975-1976 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalogue, Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater State College Catalogs, 1960-2009

No abstract provided.

College Of Technology, Bolton Street Prospectus 1975-76, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

Prospectus: Bolton Street

Courses for the College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.

Colby College Catalogue 1975 - 1976, Colby College

Colby Catalogues

Colby College Catalogue: September 1975 - August 1976

A Study Of The Classification Systems For Curriculum Laboratories, Maxine M. Wegner

Graduate Research Papers

The State of Iowa, through a bill reorganizing the intermediate county education systems into fifteen intermediate area education agencies providing special education, media, and auxiliary services, has mandated that the media division shall provide a professional library and curriculum laboratory for the area that it serves.

The area media center is not a new concept in Iowa as there are presently sixteen such centers in the state

that provide a variety of services to the schools in their area with a few centers providing curriculum laboratories for the teachers in their area. These sixteen centers 4 became a part of …

1975-1976 General Catalog, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Catalog Archive

1975-1976 general catalog of Morehead State University.

The Effects Of Inservice Reading Demonstrations Upon Student Reading Achievement Scores In Selected Title I Schools, Mary V. Mcnamara

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Appalachian Adult Education Center: Purpose, Policies, And Projects, Appalachian Adult Education Center

Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center Archives

A policy guide titled The Appalachian Adult Education Center: Purpose, Policies, and Projects published in December of 1974.

Engineering At Gettysburg College, William C. Darrah

College History Publications

This little volume narrates the story of engineering instruction at Gettysburg College, particularly of the Engineering Department that functioned from 1912 to 1940. It includes also an account of the apparently first venture in engineering by an American liberal arts college, undertaken during the brief association of the renowned Herman Haupt with Gettysburg College between 1837 and 1847.

Time dims our memories. Although there are more than fifty living alumni who were graduated from the Engineering Department, many Gettysburgians are unaware of its existence and accomplishments. The purpose of this story is to place on record a significant aspect of …

Perceptions Of Curriculum Emphasis: A Pilot Q Sort Study, Olugbenro A. Ajayi

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Position Paper Of Environmental Education For Nelson County, Geneva B. Hunt

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The results of a survey, concerning environmental education taken of the educators of the Nelson County School System, indicated a need for environmental education workshops and classes.

The status of environmental education in the nation and in Kentucky were studied and compared. A research was done of the status of environmental education in Nelson County, and implications were drawn for implementing environmental education in the Nelson County School System.

A tentative program for implementing environmental education in the Nelson Country schools was given, and a bibliography of resources and materials to be used in said program was included.