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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.)

The Effect Of Two Athletic Training Programs On Aerobic Capacity, Anaerobic Capacity, Reaction Time, And Percent Body Fat, Paul W. Petersen

Student Work

What are the effects of two different athletic programs on the aerobic capacity, anaerobic capacity, reaction time, and percent body fat of varsity college athletes?

The Present Status And Future Trends Of Business Education Programs In Nebraska Public High Schools, Pamela A. Troutman

Student Work

Curriculum and instruction decision making is a complex problem. Many attempts have been made in the past two decades to develop new curriculum and instructional techniques which the proponents of such programs and procedures hoped would be adopted by schools throughout the nation. In many cases, however, such hopes were never realized since the classroom teacherp were unwilling or unable to use the new approaches. Thus a more realistic picture of what is currently happening or what will happen in any curriculum area can be better determined by finding out what classroom teachers anticipate than by relying on the prediction …

A Study Of Needs Assessment Methods Used For Program Development In Adult Education, Richard L. Gilmore

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Problem. The problem of this study was to evaluate methods employed in identifying needs for program development in adult education among selected public community colleges in the United States. (Abstract shortened.)

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. …

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 …

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 …

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.

An Interactive Information System For Tracking Student Academic Progress And For Projecting Quarterly Course Enrollments, Marilyn Sellers Khorsandi

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

An interactive information system has been developed for the College of Engineering to promote faster and more accurate trial advisement interviews between professors and the students they advice. This system also provides departmental administrative personnel with information to guide course scheduling. The system has the capability of providing the following information concerning undergraduate students enrolled in the College of Engineering: 1. A student's academic progress toward graduation. 2. A projection for four quarters of enrollments in engineering core courses. 3. The current status of any course offered as a requirement for obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in one of the Engineering …

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 Study Of Practices Of Elementary School Supervisors (K-8) In The State Of Louisiana As Perceived By Supervisors Of Instruction, Principals, And Teachers., Frances Majors Ferguson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

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

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Review Of Court Cases Concerning Dismissal Of Certificated Personnel In The State Of Washington, Allen T. Hughes

All Graduate Projects

This paper presents briefs of court case materials found in the legal files of the Washington Education Association, Washington Report Second Edition, Washington Appellate Reports, and Washington Digest concerned with the dismissal of certificated personnel in the.State of Washington. This paper can be used by educators involved with dismissal procedures as stated by RCW 28A.58.450. The briefs are designed so the reader can quickly determine:

1. Facts leading to the problem;

2. The problem;

3. The decision of the court; and

4. The rationale for the decision.

School Morale And Self-Esteem Involving Adolescents With Learning Disabilities, Ted E. Barrett

Master's Theses

A student's cognitive achievement may be facilitated or repressed by various elements that constitute his affective character; his feelings, attitudes, and expectations form a substantial relationship with achievement. Rather than limiting themselves to evaluating those cognitive areas that relate with various measures of achievement, the administrators and staff members at the New Community School (NCS) have specified a desire to investigate and measure both the attitudes toward school and the self held by their attending students. Within the domain of educational evaluation, greater significance is being accorded to the students' values, interests, and attitudes(Lockwood 1973). In keeping with such considerations, …

A Parent Education Program Designed For Reinforcement Of Selected Reading Skills For Primary Level Students, Naomi Roberson

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In this paper, it is the purpose of the author to develop a parent education program to reinforce selected primary level reading skills in primary students through student-parent activities in the home, school, and community.

Specifically, this program will be designed for parents of primary level participants in the Title I Reading Program in the Baker County School System in Macclenny, Florida. The ideas presented here should be generally applicable to parents of primary level reading students in any setting, taking into account the adaptation to specific local community resources and the consideration of school policies in differing localities in …

An Experimental Study Of The Effects Of A Mathematical Education Model On Self-Esteem Of Male Prison Inmates., George Alexander Roundtree

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Interaction Analysis And Changes In The Self-Concept Of Student-Teachers., Catherine Marie Dill

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Two Methods Of Teaching Problem-Solving In Eighth-Grade Mathematics., Lawrence Houston Davis

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of The Undergraduate Curriculum And The Subsequent Professional Involvement Of Selected Instrumental Music Education Graduates Of Louisiana State University., James Forrest Choate Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Science Education Conference : Focus, Primary School Science : 22nd June 1976, Mount Lawley Teachers College

Research outputs pre 2011

No abstract provided.

A Multi-Sensory Curriculum For Young Children : [A Paper] ..., Mary Barbara Stark

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Since many educators and philosophers, including Montessori and Piaget, advocate training of the sense as a prerequisite to formal learning, and since two ERIC searches failed to turn up such research it was decided to test out it the use of a multi-sensory curriculum does influence the achievement level of young children.

(1976) The Teacher As Liberator: A Nietzschean View, Ann Margaret Sharp

Collected Papers of Ann Margaret Sharp

It is Nietzsche's view that it is the main task of the educator to reach out for the student and to become his agent of liberation, aware that the end result will inevitably be the creation of men who will come into conflict with the prevailing norms of society and who will begin the process of the creation of new values for mankind. In order for this value-creator to become a reality, educators must will his existence consciously and then set about systematically to form him.

An Investigation Of Eighth Grade Pupils' Understanding Of Quantitative Concepts From United States History Textbooks, Harold Lee Bush

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM: The problem of this study is to determine the extent to which eighth grade students understand quantitative concepts expressed in United States History textbooks.

PURPOSE: This investigation was conducted to explore the types of quantitative concepts found in eighth grade United States History textbooks, the students' understanding of these concepts, and the relationship between their understanding of these concepts and the variables of math achievement, reading achievement, and grade point average.

PROCEDURES: Two hundred sixty-three students from twelve eighth grade classes in three neighboring school districts were given a Test on Quantitative Concepts designed by the investigator. The students …

Conflict Between The Judiciary And The Legislature In School Desegregation, Edward P. Meyers

Fordham Law Review

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.

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 …

The Educational Sojourn Of The Returned Iranian Alumni From University Of California, 1963-64--1973-74, Hutan Yassai Ardakani

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM: The flow of returning Iranian graduates from American educational institutions has focused attention upon the educational experiences of the graduates and the extent to which they are able to utilize their training for employment in Iran.

PURPOSE: The major purposes of this study were to analyze (.1) the degree of satisfaction of the sojourn period in terms of the academic, economic, arid social experiences of a group of Iranian alumni who have returned to Iran, and (2) the relevancy and applicability of their American education.

METHODOLOGY: The sample for this study was a group of Iranian graduates from the …

Job Satisfaction Of School Superintendents In California., Richard Fairchild Cochran

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of job satisfaction of school superintendents in California. Additional purposes were to determine the differences in job satisfaction of elementary, secondary and unified school superintendents; to identify and quantify factors of the work environment which contribute to and detract from job satisfaction; and lastly, to compare variations in school superintendents job satisfaction related to age, experience as a superintendent, size of school district, location of school district, school district assessed valuation, socio-economic status of community and percent of non-white students in the school district. The need for the study …

0212-1 Report To The Colorado General Assembly: Recommendations For 1976 Committees On: Penitentiary, Agriculture, State Affairs, Business Affairs And Labor, Education, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.