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A Study Of Various Factors Related To Success In College General Mathematics., Francis Gary Fournet Jr Jan 1963

A Study Of Various Factors Related To Success In College General Mathematics., Francis Gary Fournet Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


0070 Licensing And Regulation Of Child Care Facilities, Colorado Legislative Council Dec 1962

0070 Licensing And Regulation Of Child Care Facilities, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.


An Experimental Investigation Of The Effects Of Reinforcement In Counseling On The Change Of Verbal And Other Overt Behavior, Raymond D. Stinnett Aug 1962

An Experimental Investigation Of The Effects Of Reinforcement In Counseling On The Change Of Verbal And Other Overt Behavior, Raymond D. Stinnett

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the differences found within a reinforcement versus non-reinforcement approach to counseling by (1) attempting to condition a selected verbal response or group of responses and (2) to study subsequent effects of conditioning as demonstrated by other overt behavioral change.


Motivating A Fifth And Sixth Grade Classroom Interest By Teaching Science Units At The Center Of The Curriculum, Theodore R. Reich Aug 1962

Motivating A Fifth And Sixth Grade Classroom Interest By Teaching Science Units At The Center Of The Curriculum, Theodore R. Reich

All Master's Theses

The problem was to set up a classroom situation in which fifth and sixth grade students were able to use the study of magnetism, electricity, and electronics in such a way that interest and motivation toward regular curricular studies could be stimulated. The following devices were chosen to evaluate the experiment: (1) interest and motivational questionnaires, (2) a science completion test, (3) The Iowa Basic Skills Test, and (4) the behavior journal.


A Study Conducted Among Selected Yakima Business Offices To Give Direction To Future Curriculum Planning In The Secretarial Training Department At Yakima Valley College, Adeline Constance Engen Aug 1962

A Study Conducted Among Selected Yakima Business Offices To Give Direction To Future Curriculum Planning In The Secretarial Training Department At Yakima Valley College, Adeline Constance Engen

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine (1) the variety and degree of specific skills selected businessmen in Yakima desire in the office employees they hire; (2) the degree of importance they attach to work habits and related educational knowledges and skills; and (3) the personal characteristics and traits they find most desirable in office personnel.


A Study Of The Relationship Between Children’S Reading Ability And Their Physical Motor Competencies, Larry F. Hinchen Aug 1962

A Study Of The Relationship Between Children’S Reading Ability And Their Physical Motor Competencies, Larry F. Hinchen

All Master's Theses

This study, through controlled experimentation, will attempt to illustrate that physical education may have a favorable influence on reading achievement.


A Touch In Time: An Educational Film Depicting The Major Activities Of The School Health Nurse In A Modern Elementary School, Mary Catherine Rodgers Aug 1962

A Touch In Time: An Educational Film Depicting The Major Activities Of The School Health Nurse In A Modern Elementary School, Mary Catherine Rodgers

All Master's Theses

This study was undertaken to show how to plan and produce a film appropriate for informing lay citizens, parents, prospective teachers and nurses, educators, and public health personnel about the role of the school health nurse in the educational program of a modern elementary school.


A Study Of The Effects Of Self-Evaluation Ratings In Terms Of Effort And Conduct By Homogeneously Grouped Seventh Grade Students, Horace R. Nichols Aug 1962

A Study Of The Effects Of Self-Evaluation Ratings In Terms Of Effort And Conduct By Homogeneously Grouped Seventh Grade Students, Horace R. Nichols

All Master's Theses

This study was limited to the problem of determining if a student’s effort and conduct will improve if he is given the opportunity to self-evaluate these phases of his education.


A Survey Of The Use Of Curricular Time In The Naches Valley School District, Alan F. Tinsley Aug 1962

A Survey Of The Use Of Curricular Time In The Naches Valley School District, Alan F. Tinsley

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine (1) how curriculum time is utilized or lost in the Naches Valley School District; (2) what changes might be possible and feasible; and (3) possible methods of achieving these changes.


Development Of An Automated Basic Spelling Program For Retarded Children, William Gilbert Woods Aug 1962

Development Of An Automated Basic Spelling Program For Retarded Children, William Gilbert Woods

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to write a competent teaching machine (TM) program on spelling for handicapped pupils at the upper primary level and to indicate possibly fruitful areas for further research with the program at this level.


Current Trends And Practices In The Use Of Times Writings As A Testing Device In High School Typewriting Classes, Charles Allyn Fletcher Aug 1962

Current Trends And Practices In The Use Of Times Writings As A Testing Device In High School Typewriting Classes, Charles Allyn Fletcher

Graduate Student Research Papers

Through a survey of recent literature in the business education field, the writer will attempt to show current trends and practices in the use of timed writings as evaluation and instructional devices in high school typewriting classes.


A Comparative Study Of Two Methods Of Teaching Arithmetic, Evalyn Bamborough Pflueger Aug 1962

A Comparative Study Of Two Methods Of Teaching Arithmetic, Evalyn Bamborough Pflueger

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to (1) compare the achievement gained by youngsters being taught by two different methods of arithmetic; (2) find, for the benefit of the district, whether the children receive a better concept of numbers and processes through the Scott, Foresman method; and (3) determine whether the Scott, Foresman method makes the teaching of problem solving more efficient.


An Experimental Study Of The Use Of Diagraming In Teaching English Usage To Sixth Graders, Lucy Keith Gran Aug 1962

An Experimental Study Of The Use Of Diagraming In Teaching English Usage To Sixth Graders, Lucy Keith Gran

All Master's Theses

The purposes of this experiment were to (1) discover the relationship of proper usage to sentence construction; (2) compare the effectiveness of this method of teaching syntax and standard procedures; and (3) reach a conclusion as to the effectiveness of diagraming at this age level.


A Comparative Study Of The I. Q. And Grade Differences Between Music Students And Other High School Students In The Okanogan Schools For 1958-1959, Wayte A. Kirchner Aug 1962

A Comparative Study Of The I. Q. And Grade Differences Between Music Students And Other High School Students In The Okanogan Schools For 1958-1959, Wayte A. Kirchner

All Master's Theses

The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether or not there is any significant difference in academic achievement and intelligence quotient rating between two main groups of high school students: (1) those students enrolled in music classes and (2) those students not enrolled in music classes.


Effects Of Diet And Exercise On Body Weight And Girth Measurement, Anne Coulston Jul 1962

Effects Of Diet And Exercise On Body Weight And Girth Measurement, Anne Coulston

All Master's Theses

It was the intent of this project to determine whether a program of diet and exercise would have any effect upon body weight and girth measurements.


A Proposed Plan For Developing Purposeful Communications Between School And Home For The Wenatchee Elementary Schools, Kenneth P. Shamberger Jul 1962

A Proposed Plan For Developing Purposeful Communications Between School And Home For The Wenatchee Elementary Schools, Kenneth P. Shamberger

All Master's Theses

The problem was to study the area of communication between school and home (1) to ascertain the importance of school-home communications; (2) to help devise a way of providing better education for the children in the Wenatchee schools through a sound program of school-home communications; and (3) to create for the Wenatchee School District elementary schools an effective communication program between the schools and the homes.


Utilization Of Community Resources In Social Studies, Charles H. Thacker Jun 1962

Utilization Of Community Resources In Social Studies, Charles H. Thacker

Graduate Student Research Papers

Since most communities surrounding every school contain unlimited opportunities for students to learn, it is necessary that these community resources be located and made known to the school and the teacher before they can be utilized in the school program. Therefore, a comprehensive inventory of such resources is essential, as is the systematic recording of survey findings, formulation of school policies concerning use of community resources, and the diffusion of this information to all personnel concerned. In turn such an organized program may have an influential effect upon the following: 1. Provide the students with new educational learning resources for …


A Survey By Sampling Of Out Of Town Buying Habits Of The Residents Of Ellensburg, Washington, Carol Lee Barto Jun 1962

A Survey By Sampling Of Out Of Town Buying Habits Of The Residents Of Ellensburg, Washington, Carol Lee Barto

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine through two different types of sampling techniques some of the habits and reasons leading to out of town buying by the residents of Ellensburg.


The Formal Written Book Report: An Investigation Of Opinion About The Value Of The Formal Written Book Report As Used In The Secondary School Language Arts Classes, Don W. Hunt May 1962

The Formal Written Book Report: An Investigation Of Opinion About The Value Of The Formal Written Book Report As Used In The Secondary School Language Arts Classes, Don W. Hunt

All Master's Theses

It has been the purpose of this study to determine if there is a consensus among the writers on the subject of the required formal book report as to its value as a teaching-learning device.


Report Of A Graduate Recital, Earl B. Swenson May 1962

Report Of A Graduate Recital, Earl B. Swenson

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The art of successful teaching has long been studied by young people entering the profession and by educators who desire to improve their teaching.


Christian Education For Beginners, Machi Masuda May 1962

Christian Education For Beginners, Machi Masuda

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Technicians For Irish Industry : Technical Education Report Phamplet, George L. Latchford Feb 1962

Technicians For Irish Industry : Technical Education Report Phamplet, George L. Latchford

DIT Publications

This lecture was the second in the series of special lectures organised by the Board of Studies of the City of Dublin Vocational Educational Committee during the session 1961/62. Delivered by George L. Latchford, Assistant head of engineering, College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin, in The Town Hall, Rathmines, Dublin.


A Study Of School Adjustment As Related To Certain Physical And Psychological Characteristics Possessed By Male Students At The Louisianastate School For The Deaf., Benjamin Louis Ruhl Jan 1962

A Study Of School Adjustment As Related To Certain Physical And Psychological Characteristics Possessed By Male Students At The Louisianastate School For The Deaf., Benjamin Louis Ruhl

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Pre-Service And In-Service Training Of Sisters Teaching Business Education In The Catholic High Schools Of Seven Mid-Western States, Agnes, Sister Ternes Jan 1962

Pre-Service And In-Service Training Of Sisters Teaching Business Education In The Catholic High Schools Of Seven Mid-Western States, Agnes, Sister Ternes

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Thomas Jefferson's Contributions To Public Elementary Education, Thelma H. Klingensmith Jan 1962

Thomas Jefferson's Contributions To Public Elementary Education, Thelma H. Klingensmith

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Factors Affecting The Financial Progress Of Dryland Farmers In Central Nebraska, 1924 To 1956, Roger H. Willsie, H. W. Ottoson Dec 1961

Factors Affecting The Financial Progress Of Dryland Farmers In Central Nebraska, 1924 To 1956, Roger H. Willsie, H. W. Ottoson

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The financial progress of farmers is affected by many factors. Some of these factors were examined for their effects on farmers in the Nebraska Plains-Cornbelt Transition Area. Factors studied were: an index of opportunity to save, size of farm, size of livestock enterprise and education.


0054 State Crime Bureau And Police Academy, Colorado Legislative Council Dec 1961

0054 State Crime Bureau And Police Academy, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.


0056 State Aid To Schools In Colorado, Colorado Legislative Council Dec 1961

0056 State Aid To Schools In Colorado, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.


A Comparative Study Of Two Methods Of Teaching Reading, Alan R. Bergstrom Aug 1961

A Comparative Study Of Two Methods Of Teaching Reading, Alan R. Bergstrom

All Master's Theses

One purpose of this study was to compare a reading program taught using a basic reading text, supplemental books, and teacher motivation to a reading program designed as an independent, developmental, multi-level program that utilizes graphic and ego motivation. Another purpose was to find out if pupils in the program will show a significantly greater gain in reading achievement than do pupils in the other.


Uses And General Educational Benefits Of A Student Newspaper In The Elementary School, H. Roger Salisbury Aug 1961

Uses And General Educational Benefits Of A Student Newspaper In The Elementary School, H. Roger Salisbury

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was (1) to determine the utilization, supplementation, and general educational benefits derived from the student published newspapers of a selected group of elementary schools in the state of Washington; (2) to examine the position that the student publication now holds in the elementary curriculum; and (3) to determine the number of those selected elementary schools that have had and/or now have a pupil published newspaper.