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The Effect Of Circuit Training On The Physical Fitness Of Fourth Grade Boys And Girls Compared To Traditionally Accepted Calisthenics, Larry J. Mataya Jul 1970

The Effect Of Circuit Training On The Physical Fitness Of Fourth Grade Boys And Girls Compared To Traditionally Accepted Calisthenics, Larry J. Mataya

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study: (1) To compare the regular physical education program of the fourth grade with an experimental physical education program of the fourth grade; and (2) to compare physical fitness of boys and girls of the two groups before and after the study.

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Teacher Performance In The Nongraded Elementary Schools Of Central Washington, Helen Kathryn Dickson Jan 1970

Teacher Performance In The Nongraded Elementary Schools Of Central Washington, Helen Kathryn Dickson

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which a non graded structure in the elementary schools "permits teachers to operate more freely with respect to instructional decisions."

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A Study Of Centralized Technical Services For The Organization Of Learning Resource Materials With Examples From Three Selected School Districts, Marilyn Ann Drengson Dec 1968

A Study Of Centralized Technical Services For The Organization Of Learning Resource Materials With Examples From Three Selected School Districts, Marilyn Ann Drengson

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the methods used by three school districts--a small district, a medium-sized district, and a larger district--which have set up centralized technical services for the organization of learning resource materials, thereby relieving the individual librarian within the buildings of certain necessary, but time-consuming tasks. These methods will be set down herein and studied with the possibility in mind that districts which do not now provide these services may find some suggestions to consider in deciding upon the feasibility of such services.

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An Administrator’S Guide To Modular Scheduling In The Secondary Schools, Larry E. Norwood Aug 1968

An Administrator’S Guide To Modular Scheduling In The Secondary Schools, Larry E. Norwood

All Master's Theses

This study assumes interest and recognition by administrators of the profound need for organizational change. The study will attempt to utilize the experiences of schools experimenting with modular scheduling in order to establish guidelines for administrators who wish to promote innovative scheduling in their own districts. It is the purpose of this study to show that modular scheduling is possible and can offer added benefits for any school district.

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Secondary Schools In The Sixties: Framework And Organization, Ronald Thomas Fitzgerald Mar 1968

Secondary Schools In The Sixties: Framework And Organization, Ronald Thomas Fitzgerald

Quarterly Review of Australian Education

This issue of the Quarterly Review of Australian Education Vol 1 No 3 1968 provides an analysis of secondary schooling in Australia. The objective of any educational reform ought to be the creation of a school setting more favourable to the learning process and the complete development of the individual student. At present we know little of what are the optimum conditions under which comprehensive secondary schools in Australia operate and a programme of long-term research into such questions as school size, building and patterns of grouping would prove valuable. Change both subtle and marked is taking place at an …

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Quarterly Review Of Australian Education Vol 1 No 2 1967, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer) Dec 1967

Quarterly Review Of Australian Education Vol 1 No 2 1967, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Quarterly Review of Australian Education

No abstract provided.

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Investment In Education: A Study Of Recent Trends In Expenditure, Ronald Fitzgerald Sep 1967

Investment In Education: A Study Of Recent Trends In Expenditure, Ronald Fitzgerald

Quarterly Review of Australian Education

This issue of the Quarterly Review of Australian Education Vol 1 No 1 1967, analyses expenditure on education by the Commonwealth and the states for the Period 1960-1966; expenditure on universities by states, 1959 to 1966; expenditure on technical education by all states, 1959 1966; expenditure on teacher training and schools by all states, 1960, 1963, 1966; expenditure on secondary education 1959 to 1966 as a percentage of total expenditure from educational budgets; annual per capita expenditure on Higher Education: All States - 1960, 1963, 1966; and cost per secondary student all states, 1953 and 1953.

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An Investigation Of Five Methods Of Inter-Class Grouping In The Elementary School, Jack D. Henderson Aug 1966

An Investigation Of Five Methods Of Inter-Class Grouping In The Elementary School, Jack D. Henderson

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this paper will be to research five (5) methods of elementary school inter-class grouping,which can make available a climate for learning. These five methods are: 1. Graded Elementary School 2. Dual-Progress Plan 3. Departmentalization 4. Non-graded Organization 5. Team Teaching

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Preparations For Curriculum Change, Orville Edgar Clough Aug 1964

Preparations For Curriculum Change, Orville Edgar Clough

Graduate Student Research Papers

Today is an era of rapid social and technical change and the schools are faced with the problem of keeping pace to meet the challenge. This means that education must rely more and more upon new methods and innovations. In this paper, these new techniques used in teaching shall be referred to as curriculum change. A curriculum change might occur in one specific learning area, or it could be a reorganization of the entire instructional program. The purpose of this study was (1) to find how needs for change are being justified; (2) to show how teachers are being prepared …

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The Organization Of The Elementary School In View Of The Controversy Over The Self-Contained Classroom Versus Departmentalization, Robert Donald Egge Aug 1963

The Organization Of The Elementary School In View Of The Controversy Over The Self-Contained Classroom Versus Departmentalization, Robert Donald Egge

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study (1) to present a history of changes as they have affected the organization of the American elementary school, (2) to objectively report the case, pro and con, for the self-contained classroom and departmentalization as stated by several leading authorities, and (3) to consider the implications involved when making changes in the organizational plan of the elementary school.

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