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A Study Of The Emphases Of Mildred Agnes Dawson In The Education Of Children In The American English Language Arts., Dorothy Gayle Hightower Woolley

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The present study was designed to examine and explore Dawson’s empahses on four strands in language learning for teachers and students of the United States of America. This study sought to find and isolate those major emphases made by Dawson in the language arts strands of oral language, reading, written composition, and grammar.

Consolidation Of California School Districts To Achieve Financial Equalization., Ronald Alfonso Dangaran

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether it was possible to develop an effective consolidation plan which would result in greater equalization of financial resources, more equitable tax structures and an increase in the revenue available for school support among California school districts within the requirements established by the Serrano v. Priest case.

Procedure: The most recent data available were collected from the California State Department of Education and eleven county school superintendents' offices. The following data for every elementary, secondary and unified school district in the state were included: (1) modified assessed valuation of real property, …

The Applicability Of Value Clarifying Strategies At The Primary Level, Arloa Lebsack Ellertson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Implications Of Martin Buber's Philosophy For The Ghanaian Teacher As A Counselor., Afari Opare-Djan

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Newport College Introduces A Social Work Program, Salve Regina College

Press Release Archive

PG5-4_PressRelease_197712_03

0226 Committee On School Finance, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

Taylor University Magazine (Fall 1977), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Fall 1977 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Employment Status Of Female Administrators And Attitudes Toward Employment Of Female Administrators In The Community College System Of North Carolina, Linda C. Gardner

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of the study was to determine the current employment status of female administrators and, further, to study attitudes held by female educators, male educators, presidents, and board chairmen of the North Carolina Community College System toward employment of female administrators in the Community College System of North Carolina. (Abstract shortened.)

A Comparison Of Three Training Programs In Developing Cardiovascular Fitness In Untrained Women, Carol S. Hovey

Student Work

The purpose of this study was to compare three conditioning programs in improving cardiovascular fitness in untrained women. Through the treatment period the frequency of training per week and the duration of each exercise session were held constant. The subjects were pre and post tested for estimated maximal oxygen uptake, resting heart rate, resting blood pressure, body composition, and girth at the waist, bust , hips, thigh, and upper arm.

Everybody Is Ignorant, Only On Different Subjects, Eliot Butler

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Interview With Dealton Partridge, Donald Raichle, Dealton Partridge

Interviews

This interview was conducted by Prof. Donald Raichle in preparation for his book From a Normal Beginning: the Origins of Kean College of New Jersey, printed in 1980. It’s a transcript between DeAlton Partridge and Raichle.

In this interview, Partridge reflects on the political and administrative struggles faced by New Jersey’s state colleges.

Examination Of The Effect Of Age, Education, Parity, Pregravid Weight, Pregnancy Weight Gain, And County Of Residence On Incidence Of Low Birth Weight Infants In Utah And Nevada, Marsha H. Read

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

One of the primary purposes of the investigation was to examine the impact of a number of variables on the incidence of low birth weight in two states, Utah and Nevada, that have divergent low birth weight incidences. The sample size obtained from birth certificate data for this purpose was 51,147 (1969-1974) for Nevada and 26,464 (1970) and 29,422 (1974) for Utah. Additionally, separate analyses were made for Utah and Nevada data available for the year 1974. The respective sample sizes for this year were 29,422 (Utah) and 8,256 (Nevada). Least squares analysis indicated sex of the infant, race of …

A Follow-Up Study Of The 1970 Self Study And Evaluation Recommendations For Physical Education In The Omaha, Nebraska Public Secondary Schools In Order To Determine The Degree To Which Those Recommendations Were Implemented, Glenn E. Mitchell

Student Work

The purpose of this sutdy was to determine the degree to which the Omaha Public Senior High Schools have implemented the physical education recommendations made by the self-study teams in 1970, as they prepared for a North Central Association evaluation.

Interpretations And Implementations Of Compulsory Free Enterprise Education In Utah Public High Schools, Marsha M. Campbell

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Utah legislature passed Senate Bill 203 in 1975, requiring all public secondary schools to offer instruction on the essentials and benefits of free enterprise. The problem is that no evaluation has been made to determine if the specific requirement is being fulfilled. The purpose of this study is to determine interpretations and implementations of Senate Bill 203. Questions in four areas were studied.

1. Administrators: (a) how did administrators of the districts interpret the guidelines, (b) how did the administrators decide upon the approach followed, (c) how did the administrators justify the approach followed, (d) what instructional materials did …

The Backgrounds, Achievements, Aspirations, And Attitudes Of Educators In Tehran (Iran)., Mohssen Ghandi

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem: To investigate various aspects of the Tehran male educators as to their backgrounds, achievements, satisfactions, aspirations, and attitudes.

Purpose: The general objective was to add to the understanding of the Iranian educators living in Tehran, and to provide background information about the educators for Iranian organizations involved in teacher education programs, in the professional growth of educators, and in helping to satisfy the teachers' needs. The major objectives were to determine: 1) the present status of the educators, 2) whether differences exist among primary school teachers, secOndary school teachers, and university professors, 3) the attitude of the educators toward …

A Study Of The Impact Of The Implementation Of Title Nine Requirements In Athletics In A Typical Class A Nebraska High School, Douglas Morrow

Student Work

The purpose of this study is to determine the degree of impact on athletics in the Central High School of the Omaha Public School district as a result of the implementation of Title IX requirements. Various aspects of these activities will be considered in this study. For example, what effect has there been with respect to scheduling, budgeting, staffing, facilities, transportation, equipment, and participation.

High School: Views Of The North Slope Borough Students, Judith Kleinfield, Jack Kruse

ISER Reports

No abstract provided.

The Formative Years, Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

Letters exchanged between Susanna Bixby Bryant, the founder of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, and several leading southern California botanists and horticulturalists (especially Ernest Braunton, Willis Linn Jepson, and Theodore Payne) in 1925–1926 document her steps toward creating a botanical garden devoted to the native California flora.

In The Beginning, Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

This article traces the early history of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, California, starting ca. 1867 with the Portolà Expedition. The expedition was the first to record the site where the botanic garden later came to be located, in Santa Ana Canyon, northeastern Orange County. Successive changes in land ownership eventually led to the Bixby family purchasing the land in 1875. Susanna Bixby Bryant, the founder of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, acquired the land in 1925.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 26, No. 2, J. Ritchie Garrison, Mac E. Barrick, Miriam Pitchon, Donald E. Taft, Maurice A. Mook, John A. Hostetler, Don Yoder, Stephanie Farrior

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Battalion Day: Militia Exercise and Frolic in Pennsylvania Before the Civil War
• Folklore in the Library: Cherished Memories of Old Lancaster
• Widows' Wills for Philadelphia County, 1750-1784: A Study of Pennsylvania German Folklife
• Forest County Lore
• The "Big Valley" Amish of Central Pennsylvania: A Community of Cultural Contrasts
• Maurice A. Mook (1904-1973): An Appreciation
• Collectanea: Ore-Mining and Basket-Making in Maxatawny ; The Sharadin Tannery at Kutztown ; Occult Lore Recorded in Cumberland County
• German Immigrants in America as Presented in Travel Accounts
• The Pie and Related Forms in Pennsylvania Cuisine: Folk-Cultural …

An Analysis Of Louisiana Teachers' Knowledge Of Selected Map And Globe Skills, Grades Kindergarten Through Four., Maura R. Garvida

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Development And Evaluation Of Instructional Material In Farm Power Machinery., Seburn Bluite Langham

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Intervention On The Paradigmatic Syntagmatic Language Inventory Of Seventh Grade Children., Peggy Toops Tubb

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Education And The Copyright Law: Still An Open Issue , Don Lawrence Pitt

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Learning Centers: An Alternative Approach To First Grade Instruction, Jo Ann Goecke

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Comparisons Of Achievement Between High School Monolinguals And Bilinguals., Sue Evelyn Lemaire Broussard

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

An Oral-Aural-Visual Approach To Written Communicative Ability Of Selected Third-Grade Students., Geraldine Marie Kinchen

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Years 1960–1977, Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

In the years 1960–1977, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden fully embraces its role as teaching institution and as advocate and guardian of the native California flora. Expansion of the living collection, landscaping of the grounds, public education, herbarium and library activities, and publication output are detailed. To accommodate a growing number of graduate students, the faculty—consisting of Richard K. Benjamin, Sherwin Carlquist, and Lee. W. Lenz—is joined by Peter H. Raven, Ronald Scogin, John P. Simon, and Robert F. Thorne.

(1977) Philosophy In The Classroom: A Response To Wilson, Levinson And Moore, Philip C. Guin

Collected Papers of Philip C. Guin

In response to reviews of Philosophy in the Classroom (Matthew Lipman, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan, 1977) by John Wilson, Daniel Levinson, and J.T. Moore (Teaching Philosophy 2(3/4): 392-395, attached here) Guin notes that the book was written for teachers, prospective teachers, administrators, and others preparing to implement an elementary program in philosophy without previous training in logic, epistemology, or ethics, and that the author’s claims are not speculative, but reflect documented achievements. He argues that the book is well-suited for teachers anxious to learn how to get at the ideas embedded in a philosophical novel, how …

New York City School Decentralization: The Respective Powers Of The City Board Of Education And The Community School Boards, Kenneth R. Mcgrail

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The city of New York constitutes a single school district and the city Board of Education is charged with the general management and control of educational affairs in the city school district. The Board is subject to the plenary powers of the State Board of Regents and the State Commissioner of Education. Local school boards existed within the city school district but functioned largely advisory roles until the State Legislature began restructuring the New York City School District in 1968 and major legislation changed the city district into a decentralized system. The change resulted from the belief that community-base school …