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An Investigation Of The Effects Of Student Awareness And Understanding Of Cognitive Style On Academic Achievement, Jeanne V. Panuncialman

Dissertations

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Frequency Of Use As A Measure Of Word Difficulty In Bilingual Vocabulary Test Construction And Translation, José Miguel Tamayo

Dissertations

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Learning Strategies As An Aid To Graphical Comprehension, Peggy Pruisner

Graduate Research Papers

The highest human abilities- perceptual, intellectual, and linguistic- interact and support each other during the act of reading. The processing and assimilating of written information is the single goal of reading. The complex mental process that is used when a reader encounters a variety of materials that satisfy many needs and purposes cannot be easily dissected into a hierarchy of skills, but is represented by a large number of interrelated skills that gradually develop. The total process of reading is impaired if any major function or part prevents adequate performance, thereby preventing literacy. It is vital to note that the …

Prospectus: 1985-86, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

Prospectus: Kevin Street

Courses for Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street

Status, Self, And Peers: An Ethnography Of Junior High School, Susan Martha Nesheim Allbee

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This report begins with a brief discussion of the overall purpose of social science: to be of service to humankind. To examine and report one's findings is no longer the whole of the responsibility of social scientific research. One must also examine the purpose and objectives of that research. In view of those statements, the objective of this project--the gathering and analysis of information on the culture of junior high school students-- is to gain a better understanding of early adolescence and thereby offer opportunities for insights not only into their culture but to add to the body of knowledge …

The Academic Achievement Of Chinese-American Fluent English Proficient And Non-Minority Background Intermediate Grade Students (Bilingual, Asian-American), Edmund W. Lee

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

More than a decade has passed since the United States Supreme Court made its historic decision in Lau v. Nichols on January 21, 1974. Ruling in favor of the non-English-speaking Chinese plaintiffs, the Court upheld earlier guidelines established by the office for Civil Rights for school districts with more than five percent national origin-minority group children. In delivering the Court's opinion, Justice Douglas reiterated these words of J. Stanley Pottinger, former director of OCR:

The Development And Initial Validation Of A Test Of Students’ Use Of Morphemic Analysis In Deriving Word Meaning, Maelou Kelly Baxter

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to develop and initially validate a test of students' use of morphemic analysis in deriving word meaning. Eight steps in test construction were followed: (a) definition of test objectives, (b) definition of target population, (c) review of related measures, (d) development of an item pool, (e) preparation of a prototype, (f) evaluation of the prototype, (g) revision of the measure, and (h) collection of data on test validity and reliability. The field testing was conducted with 15 fifth-grade and 15 sixth-grade readers who lived in a midwestern town with a population of about 35,000. …

The Relationships Between Measures Of Concept Of Written Word, Martha White Johnson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The specific purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between measures of concept of written word. Researcher-adapted instruments, based on studies widely cited in the literature, were developed for this study. Each instrument had an alternate form to allow two administrations with each subject. These concept of written word measures were as follows: (1) Circling Task, adapted from a study by Meltzer and Herse, (2) Sliding Task, taken from Clay's Concept about Print Tests, Sand and Stones, (3) Pointing Task, adapted from a study by Morris, and (4) Writing Task, adapted from studies by Sulzby and Clay. Ten …

The Initiation Of A Literature-Based Composition Program In A Fifth-Grade Classroom, Lori J. Alexander

Graduate Research Papers

A worthy goal for educators is the continued search for an understanding of children's learning. Continued research and observation of children in a variety of settings provide educators with theoretical perspectives and methodological applications for classroom instruction.

An Examination Of Sense Of Story In Proficient Bilingual, Partial Bilingual, And Monolingual Children As Evidenced In Stories Told In English, Kathleen Kenfield

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to determine what differences, if any, existed among monolingual (English) children, partial bilingual (English-Spanish) children, and proficient bilingual (English-Spanish) children in the level of sophistication of their sense of story. Sense of story was defined as the degree to which one has internalized the features, conventions, and structures of the story genre. Sense of story was analyzed in three areas: structural complexity (number of words, number of T-units, mean length of T-units, number of characters, number of incidents), story convention usage (use of past tense, formal beginning, formal ending, use of quoted and described …

An Investigation Of Teacher Voice Signal Amplification Treatment For Mediating Speech Communication Interference From Jet Aircraft Noise Intrusion And From Minimal Hearing Loss In First And Second Grade Classrooms, Kenneth L. Kaufman

Dissertations

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An Investigation Of The Effects Of Emg Biofeedback Training And Relaxation Training On Dimensions Of Attention And Learning Of Hyperactive Children, John T. Tomassetti

Dissertations

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An In-Depth Assessment Of The Educational Involvement Of Selected Hispanic Parents And Community Leaders In The Development And Implementation Of A Desegregation Plan For The Chicago Public Schools, Belkis M. Santos

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Vietnamese Family In The United States From 1975-1985: A Case Study In Education And Culture, Nancy Prendergast

Dissertations

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Preschoolers' Gender Assignment To An Androgynous Storybook Character, Mara C. Loeb

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Tests designed to identify sexual preference, and administered to 8th grade through college-age subjects, have revealed a strong male bias in the responses by both sexes. Perceived similarity to a character (identification) increases attention to, and memory of, sex stereotyped information. Thus, a preference for the male gender would increase the effectiveness of information for males but not for females, since identification is not possible. This study examined preschoolers' identification with an androgynous storybook character. Eighty three- and four-year-old boys and girls from randomly chosen preschools were read a storybook prepared for this study. The storybook controlled for three gender …

Social Environment As Related To School Achievement In Early Childhood, Ida W. Goldwire

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Social environment as related to school achievement was investigated. It was found that the importance of the model which the parent sets for the child in addition to the role assumed by the teacher play an important part in the development of the early childhood student. The environment in which a child lives and the person with whom the child interacts both affect the child in complex ways to influence the child's development and life chances. Research also shows that academic and intellectual gains are produced during the Head Start program year and that children who attend Head Start programs …

Reading Strategies, Tenth Grade World History, Florence Zeigler Baker

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Text specific reading/learning strategies that reflect recent theoretical research in the reading process were incorporated into the 10th grade world history curriculum. These methods were intended to afford success for a specific group of students who had a history of failure and so lead those students toward independent reading and learning. They were also intended to motivate the world history teachers to use procedures that are congruent with the findings of research in reading and learning.

A Comparison Of Sat Scores Of The Lep Elementary School Students In Duval County, Kathryn Llewellyn Branch

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The hypothesis that there is no significant difference between the mean SAT Total Reading Battery percentile scores of LEP students who are mainstreamed and those who are self-contained, was studied. Sixty-eight fourth, fifth, and sixth-grade LEP students were administered the SAT. They were divided into two groups. The self-contained group consisted of 35 students; the mainstreamed group consisted of 33 students. The mean percentile score for the mainstreamed group was 39.57 with a standard deviation of 21.02. For the self-contained group, the mean was 26.0 and the standard deviation was 18.53. The computed t = 2.67, P < .05. The null hypothesis was rejected.

An Investigation Of The "Cume Assessment," An Instrument Designed To Measure Third Grade Children's Understanding Of Selected Cross-Cultural/Multicultural Concepts, Doni Kwolek Kobus

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate an instrument, the Cross-cultural Understandings in Multicultural Education (CUME) Assessment, which was devised to measure third grade students' understandings of selected crosscultural/ multicultural concepts. These concepts were derived from a cultural anthropological perspective of human similarities and differences.

Procedures. The study examined the reliability and validity of the CUME Assessment, a multiple-choice, domain referenced test consisting of twenty-one items based on seven instructional objectives. Third grade students, whose teachers indicated on a Teacher Questionnaire having taught these objectives as a part of the formal curriculum, were assessed. Three instruments were administered …

Fall Commencement [Program], December 15, 1984, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Commencement Programs

The program of the commencement ceremonies, including a list of institutional leadership, a list of the departments by college, awards given at the ceremonies, and a list of undergraduate and graduate degree candidates.

Coastal Carolina College This Week, December 3, 1984, Usc Coastal Carolina College, Coastal Carolina University

Coastal Carolina College This Week

A newsletter for faculty, administration and staff of Coastal Carolina College.

The Use Of Newspapers For Teaching Language Arts And Reading, Roy L. Gillis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was to determine if achievement scores in reading and language arts could be increased for students who participated in the newspapers in education program. Ninety-three seventh grade students were selected for the study; seventy-seven students completed the study, sixteen students were lost due to attrition. Two experimental groups and one control group were selected by random assignment from the seventh grade class at one school. The Metropolitan Achievement Test was administered to all students as a pretest. After completion of the experimental treatment in two successive twelve week periods, the Metropolitan Instructional Test for reading …

Twenty-Five Years Of Bonjour, Alfred N. Smith

Faculty Honor Lectures

While considering topics appropriate for this lecture, I became encouraged by the thought that my quarter of a century of experience in foreign language teaching would surely suggest some interesting possibilities. Up until this moment, I had never consciously counted my years of service, and frankly when I realized that I had spent two and one-half decades in front of the blackboard teaching French as a second language mainly to Anglo adults, I began to feel within the rumblings of a need to mark this anniversary in some significant way. Several days later in an amusing conversation with a friend, …

Improving Intermediate Mathematics Problem Solving Scores Through Specific Instruction And Self-Evaluative Techniques, Charlotte K. Tilles

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author defined a deficiency in test scores in an a fifth grade setting that consisted of above-average intelligent students and devised a treatment to remediate the targeted students. The objectives were to improve test scores; improve affective behaviors; improve basic skills knowledge; improve the concept of word problems involving money; and to increase instruction in mathematical vocabulary.

The researcher defined a target group by using a pretest. The target group worked within the heterogeneous fifth grade classroom setting. Small discussion groups were defined within the setting for the purpose of peer interaction within the discipline pf problem solving. Large …

The Comment, October 19, 1984, Bridgewater State College

The Comment

No abstract provided.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting October 19, 1984, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re General Fund Budget for 1984/85
• Recommendation re Capital Outlay Budget for 1985/86
• Resolution re Lock Box Collection Services
• Resolution re Proposal C
• Board Committee Reports
• International Student Report
• Adjournment

The Grizzly, October 12, 1984, Rosemary J. Wuenschel, Tom Feeney, Brian E. Kelley, Amy Kistler, Richard P. Richter, Kimberly E. Walter, Walter S. Keehn, Timothy Cosgrave, Andrea Butler, Kathy Stolnis

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Students and Administrators Disagree on Effectiveness of Existing Alcohol Policies • Former Economics Chairman Now ACE Fellow • Twisted Sister and the State of Modern Youth Dissidence • News of Yesteryear: War Brings Feminine Touch to Freeland Hall • UC Welcomes Three Foreign Students • Gridders Handle Hopkins • Off-Campus Entertainment: Pulsations! • Shorts: Ferguson Concert; Thurber Carnival; Trivia-thon Scheduled • New Faculty: Math Welcomes Shaw • Some Keystone Facts

Lanthorn, Vol. 19, No. 05, October 2, 1984, Grand Valley State University

Volume 19, September 6, 1984 - April 30, 1985

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Fall 1984, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Ursinus College Bulletin, Fall 1984, Sally Widman, Sandy Frank, Richard P. Richter, Michael A. Renninger, Elliot Tannenbaum

Ursinus Magazine (New Bulletin Series), 1969-1995

At issue: Communicating about the college • Internships: Scholarship blooms in the marketplace • Ultimate intern • Her students say she's first class • Scotland: Where ancient history meets modern trauma • Donations up 25.4% • Staff hired, promoted • Davidson elected to MAC • Bearing up: Bruin will help ease the loss • Alumni host hockey team • Coach of year • Faculty has eight new members • Class of 1988 arrives • Counselors • Association elects officers • Ursinus teachers tops • On the field: Bronze Cinderella story for field hockey team • Heroes to be honored 50 …