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The Effects Of Personological Aptitudes And Method Of Instruction On Cognitive And Affective Learning Of Interpersonal Relationship Skills, James Joseph Lynn

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The present study is an aptitude treatment interaction study dealinq with the effects of three personological student aptitudes in conjunction with different instructional methods on the affective and cognitive learning of interpersonal relationship skills. A total of 210 subjects wire randomly selected from three Regional Occupational Programs (ROPs) located in three geographically distinct California high schools . Subjects were administered one of three experimental treatments varying in methods of instruction combined with a film, Relationships With Other People, or an unrelated control film treatment. Experimental groups were: 1) film treatment alone, 2) film treatment with associated print based material, …

Gaming/Simulation As A Learning Method In A High School Career Education Course., James Ronald Hirschinger

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM: There is a need to explore new learning techniques which help high school students experience new levels of career maturity. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the effect on career maturity of including a gaming/simulation technique, the Life Career Game, developed by Sarane S. Boocock, in a high school career education course as compared with a more conventional didactic/audio-visual treatment.

Our Multicultural Future And The School, John Sherwood (Ed.)

Research outputs pre 2011

It is only in the last four or five years that an observable effort has been made to extend the growing awareness within the community that Australia's population is clearly multicultural in composition. Despite this, most of the political, economic and social structures and organisations in the community do not adequately reflect or cater for the variety of people of different ethnic origins and identities.

While this increasing awareness in individuals is encouraging, it has been evident that the focus of discussions, conferences and gatherings to date, in Western Australia at least, has been rather narrow. Some have concentrated on …

A Study Of The Communication Skills Of Socially Isolated Elementary School Pupils., Eugene Stover Gibbs

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM: Because of the potential detrimental effect of social isolation to the academic achievement and social and personal. adjustment of elementary school pupils, there is a need for data describing communication skills of an isolate sample.

The Development Of A Model For Preparation Of Educational Administrators With Implications For Iran, Sadegh Farzanegan

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation was to develop a model for the preparation of Iranian educational administrators through a comprehensive review of the literature.

College Of Technology, Bolton Street Prospectus 1977-78, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

Prospectus: Bolton Street

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

An Exploratory Investigation Of The Integration And Reintegration Of Educationally Handicapped Pupils As Related To Selected Organizational Variables Existing Within Schools, Edward Lee Noble

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM The major problem under investigation was to determine the significance of organizational factors in schools on the ease of accomplishing the Educationally Handicapped program goals of integration and reintegration as prescribed by the State of California.

PURPOSE The study's major purpose was to determine what effect, if any, do the organizational environments of schools have on program goals of integration and reintegration for the Educationally Handicapped? A secondary purpose o£ this study was to determine what effect, if any, do the selections of procedures used by teachers to return Educationally Handicapped pupils to the regular classroom have on the …

The Development Of A Comprehensive Long Range Plan To Determine The Financial Facility And Program Needs For The Iowa School For The Deaf Council Bluffs, Iowa, Norman Keith Devine

Student Work

Everyone concerned, including parents of deaf children, educators of the deaf, board members, legislators, and eventually the deaf person himself wants the same thing. That is the best possible education for each deaf child. In order to provide programs that will insure this end, there is a need for a well thought out long-range plan of action. Traditionally, long-range planning by schools has been concerned with certain quantitative aspects of operation: enrollment projections, facility needs, current income, current expenditures, and variations of these quantities. The emphasis in this study was that resource planning dominated attention.

The Spirit Of A Great University, Chester C. Travelstead

Books

Text of a speech by Chester Travelstead upon his retirement as Provost of the University of New Mexico.

Taylor University Magazine (Fall 1976), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Fall 1976 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Milliken V. Bradley, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

Some Thoughts On The Gospel And The Behavioral Sciences, Neal A. Maxwell

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

The Change In Status Of The Special Music Teacher In The Elementary Schools Of California - 1966 To 1971., Algin Columbus Hurst

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the status of the Elementary Special Music Teacher (ESMT) had changed during the 5 year period, 1966 to 1971 , and to identify possible pressures that had effects upon that change.

Perceptual Motor Match: Impact Of Two Motor Training Programs, Jo B. Cleek

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of the study was to compare the impact of two motor training programs upon a selected perceptual motor task, verbal intelligence and motivation of kindergarten children. (Abstract shortened.)

Perceptual Motor Match: Impact Of Two Motor Training Programs, Jo B. Cleek

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of the study was to compare the impact of two motor training programs upon a selected perceptual motor task, verbal intelligence and motivation of kindergarten children. (Abstract shortened.)

A Descriptive Profile Of The Philosophical, Organizational, And Curricular Program Structure Of The Reading Programs In Six Selected School Districts Of The Lower Rio Grande Valley, June Ann Mccullough Burger

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

This descriptive study was undertaken in order to provide the communities and educational organizations in the Lower Rio Grande Valley with a profile of the philosophical, organizational and curricular structure of reading programs in the school districts of the area. Six school systems were selected as representative of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and were chosen on the basis of population, school enrollment and geographical location.

A questionnaire was prepared to insure continuity of the collected data and to serve as a basis for conducting interviews with appropriate administrative personnel. The data collected revealed that while school systems of the …

The Effectiveness Of The Tarmac Reading Program, Dan G. Wilder

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Statement of the Problem. It was the problem of this study to determine if educationally-deprived students participating in the TARMAC Diagnostic-Prescriptive Reading Program would show significant differences in reading abilities compared with educationally-deprived students who were not participants in that program. Limitations of the Study. The following limitations were imposed upon the study: 1. Initial grade levels in reading in control and experimental groups were measured by California Achievement Test scores as criteria for defining educationally deprived. 2. The 1975-76 school year was used as the experimental period. 3. The results were limited to one school and forty student participants. …

Comparison Of Teacher-Directed And Student-Directed Methods Of Using Comprehensive Achievement Monitoring Feedback In Psychomotor Gymnastics Skills Of Ninth-Grade Girls., Carla Margaret Crippen

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of Comprehensive Achievement Monitoring (CAM), using teacher-directed diagnosis of feedback in promoting achievement in girls gymnastics as compared to using Comprehensive Achievement Monitoring (CAM) with student-directed use of feedback. Focusing on performance objectives in four areas of girls' and women's gymnastics - the balance beam, the uneven parallel bars, the vault (horse), and tumbling - a measurement instrument was constructed, and feedback methods were used to enhance student learning.

A computer-assisted evaluation program, Comprehensive Achievement Monitoring (CAM), was adapted to the structure of the psychomotor instrument. This was a pioneer …

The Effectiveness Of Training For Empathy In Pre-Service Teacher Education, John Bruce Jessen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The specific objective of this research was to determine the effectiveness of training on understanding empathy in the teacher training process.

Subjects were Utah State University students enrolled in Elementary Education during winter quarter 1976. The experimental group was composed of 34 subjects and the control group of 27 subjects.

Both groups were administered a pretest. The experimental group then received the treatment which consisted of a training program designed to help them to be able to (1) define, (2) recognize instances of, and (3) to emit empathic behavior. At the conclusion of the training program both the experimental and …

A Comparison Of Teacher Job Satisfaction Between Predominantly Black And White Schools, Louis Michael De Ville

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The study was designed to investigate the feelings of teachers in selected K-6 elementary schools located in northern California, which had a predominantly black enrollment and a predominantly white enrollment as to those conditions of teaching which constitute job satisfaction or dissatisfaction. Null hypotheses related to job satisfaction stated that there would be no difference between job satisfaction scores of teachers in predominantly black schools and teachers in predominantly white schools. Null hypotheses related to job satisfaction stated further that there was no relationship or differential interrelationship between job satisfaction and sex, age, and highest degree completed.

The Langston Letter March 10, 1976, Langston University

Langston Letter

No abstract provided.

The Langston Letter February 6, 1976, Langston University

Langston Letter

No abstract provided.

The Langston Letter January 30, 1976, Langston University

Langston Letter

No abstract provided.

The Langston Letter January 16, 1976, Langston University

Langston Letter

No abstract provided.

Personality And Social Structural Influences On Attitudes And Social Relations Of Japanese Scholars In America And Japan, Fumie Kumagai

Doctoral Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Survey Of Instructional Handwriting Practices And Policies In North Dakota Among Second, Third And Fourth Grade Teachers And Their Attitudes Toward These Practices And Policies, Ladonna May Whitmore

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Exploratory Content Analysis Of Creative Thinking In Elementary School Science Textbooks For Grades One, Three, And Five., Anthony Thomas Rinaldi

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the content of textbooks for levels one, three, and five of six elementary science series to determine the extent to which the development of creative thinking skills was emphasized.

Decision-Making: A Model For Optimization Of Input-Output Relationships In Urban Compensatory Education Programs., William G. Webster Sr.

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was to develop a model for (1) statistical analysis of arrays of input in urban Compensatory Education programs, and (2) prediction of optimum arrays of such input as an adjunct to decision-making in future program formulation. The ultimate purposes of the research engaged in were: (1) improvement of administrative and curricular strategies in urban education by elimination of effort-duplication and expenditure-duplication; and (2) development of a statistical device with applicability to both decision-oriented and conclusion-oriented research for ongoing program improvement.

A Comparison Of An Extended Individualized Reading Instructional Program With The Regular Reading Instructional Program And Its Effects Upon Reading Skills Of Selected Black Junior High School Students Who Areunderachieving In Reading., Lily Burn (Titer) Small

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study to investigate the premise that if a reading program is based on individual interest, those individuals participating in the program will be motivated to read and will make greater gains in vocabulary skills, comprehension skills, and total reading skills than those taught by a non-individualized approach. The research undertaken fer this study utilized thirty-nine, Black, seventh grade students who were underachieving in reading. These subjects were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and two control groups.

The analysis of covariance procedures were used to measure gains in vocabulary achievement, comprehension achievement, and total …

Objective Evaluation Of English Composition., Marjorie Mcgowan St. Amant

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.