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Is Nutrition Cai [Computer Assisted Instruction] An Effective Substitute For An Instructor, Deborah Falls Lockhart

Theses

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An Evaluation Of The Support Services For Aboriginal Students At The Western Australian College Of Advanced Education, Margaret Mcgrath

Research outputs pre 2011

This report was completed as part of an Interchange program during 1983 for an officer of the Commonwealth Public Service to the Western Australian College of Advanced Education. Supervision of the project was the responsibility of the Research Department of the College.

The Education Of Children With Specific Reading Disabilities In Western Australia : Report To The Minister For Education, Western Australian Council For Special Education

Research outputs pre 2011

There are few developmental tasks in a child's life more important than learning to read. There are not many matters which concern parents and teachers more than whether or not a child makes satisfactory progress in learning to read. Parents and teachers are aware that young children soon realize whether or not they are progressing in much the same way as the rest of their peer group. As children move towards the end of primary school and enter secondary school, reading remains a fundamental skill on which so much other learning depends...

Elementary School Principal Inservice: Practices And Perceptions Related To Pupil Academic Achievement Among Selected California School Districts (Staff Development), Richard Kingsley Sparks Jr.

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationships that exist between current practices employed by California school districts to provide inservice training for elementary principals and pupil academic achievement. Procedure. The extreme high and low school districts with respect to pupil academic achievement were identified using 1981 district scores and comparison score bands for the California Assessment Program, grade six test. The superintendents in all of the districts and all principals in a systematically selected sample of those districts were surveyed by mail to determine practices, policies and perceptions pertaining to inservice training for elementary principals. Content …

The Preschool Language-Cognitive Skills Assessment For Curriculum Entry Test: Predictive Validity In Relation To Academic School Achievement Of Early Grade Level Boys And Girls, Judy Basta-Brislain

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity of the Preschool Language-Cognitive Skills Assessment for Curriculum Entry Test (PLACE) in predicting academic school achievement in the early school grades; 1, 2, 3, and 4. Procedure. The primary relationship which was important to this study was the relationship between scores attained on the Preschool Language-Cognitive Skills Assessment for Curriculum Entry Test and subsequent academic achievement in the early school grades; 1, 2, 3, and 4. This relationship was investigated through a comparison of scores attained on the Preschool Language-Cognitive Skills Assessment for Curriculum Entry Test and subsequent academic …

A Comparison Of Present Position Of Selected College And University Personnel Administrators In The Southeastern United States To The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Roy S. Jones

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The problem was to determine whether a significant relationship existed among the present positions, career goals, and results of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator using selected college and university personnel administrators in the Southern Region of the College and University Personnel Association (CUPA). Literature was reviewed in order to determine the previous research of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator as it applies to college and university personnel administrators. The standard Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was chosen as the personality inventory instrument. Colleges and universities surveyed were selected using the Southern Region of the College and University Personnel Association (CUPA) as the group. The Myers-Briggs …

An Assessment Of The Status Of Articulation Between Public Secondary Schools, Vocational Schools, And Community Colleges In Virginia, Linda H. Kilgore

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the status of general education and occupational program articulation efforts and practices as they existed between community colleges and the public secondary and vocational schools in Virginia. The problem was to also determine if a positive climate existed which was necessary for the planning of articulated programs between the secondary, vocational, and community college systems. The climate was determined by the perceptions reported by administrators toward articulation activities. The population studied included the academic deans from 10 Virginia community colleges and the principals of representative public secondary and vocational schools from each …

Newsbulletin Vol. 14, No. 1, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Catalog, 1983-1984, Anderson University - South Carolina

Catalogs

The 1983-1984 academic catalog and introduction to the college.

The Nationalization Of Arabic And Islamic Education In Egypt: Dar Al Alum And Al Azhar, Lois A. Aroian

Faculty Books

This study sets forth for the first time the vital role of Dar Al'ulum, Egypt's first and only continuously operating university level teaching training institution, in the nationalization of Islamic and Arabic education in Egypt. Ali Mubarak, nineteenth century Egypt's longest enduring bureaucrat, initiated , and Khedive Ismail (1863-1879) founded Dar al Ulum in 1892 to train teachers of Arabic and Turkish for the newly expanding national (amiriyya) school system. This study grew out of a PhD dissertation, "Education, Language and Culture in Modern Egypt: Dar Al Ulum and its Graduates (1872-1923)" presented at The University of Michigin in 1978.

Special Newsbulletin, September 12, 1983, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

A Model Unit For Teaching Career Awareness To Fifth And Sixth Grade Special Education Students, Nancy H. Byers

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to provide teachers of fifth- and sixth-grade special education students with: 1. A career awareness unit on the fast food drive-in industry which includes specific lessons in the curriculum areas of reading, math, language arts, communication skills, health/science, social studies, and art. 2. A pre-postevaluation tool for measuring student's knowledge gained from the unit, student's self-concept, and student's attitude toward school.

Curriculum Outline – Health Education Handicapped, Grades 7-12 Woodside School, Elaine A. Elliott

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of the project was to develop a curriculum in the area of Health that would meet the specialized needs of the Woodside School population.

Ogallala Ground Water, Morton W. Bittinger

Groundwater: Allocation, Development and Pollution (Summer Conference, June 6-9)

12 pages.

Farmville Female College, 1858 - 1864: The Education Of Southern Women During The Civil War, John Rodrigue

Theses & Honors Papers

No abstract provided.

Remediating Spelling With Calligraphic Skills, Evelyn A. Heflen

All Graduate Projects

In an effort to provide the remedial spelling student with visual-tactile-kinesthetic input, a model of spelling instruction which uses calligraphic equipment and skills was devised. Results from a pretest-posttest control group design revealed supportive evidence for the model.

An Analysis Of Student Evaluation Of Selected Post Secondary Faculty Based On Student Perceptions Of The Utilization Of The Evaluation, Ann N. James

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine whether students' evaluation of faculty was affected by their perception of the utilization of the evaluation results. Three other variables were also investigated: faculty status, subject area of the class, and sex of the instructor. Data for this study were collected from twenty classes taught by ten instructors at a private post-secondary institution in East Tennessee. Both instructors and their classes were randomly selected. The total number of students surveyed was 303. Two classes for each of the ten instructors were administered the evaluation instrument by the investigator. The control group was …

Newsbulletin Vol. 13, No. 20, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Computer Banking And Cross-Referencing Of Mathematical Materials For The Elementary Grades, Daniel Jordan Martin

All Graduate Projects

The specific area and focus of this project will be that of arranging District and program math learning objectives for eventual computer banking along with materials cross-referenced to those objectives. In addition, the cross-referenced materials will be labeled as to grade level, interest level, mode of learning, and time needed for their use. The computer banking will facilitate use and prescriptive accessibility to given objectives.

The justification for such a project can be broken down into several areas: (1) the need of the elementary math teachers to have a bank of supplementary materials cross-referenced to facilitate their instruction of math …

College Of Technology, Bolton Street Prospectus 1983-84, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

Prospectus: Bolton Street

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

Technical Education, Essays Dedicated To The Memory Of Michael Clune: Pamphlet, Susan Parkes, Kieran Byrne, Aine Hyland, Jim Cooke, Trevor West

DIT Publications

A collection of essays dedicated to the memory of Michael Clune, a teacher with the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee. Produced by a group of his colleagues and friends following his death in 1983.

Utilizing The Special Education Training Program Of Central Washington University As A Model For Five-Year Normal Colleges In The Republic Of China, Jing-Yu Her

All Graduate Projects

The project (model) was primarily an audio/visual program which presented 118 slides to introduce the special education teacher training program of Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington. It consisted of the following parts: (a) introduction to Central Washington University and its campus, (b) introduction to the special education teacher training program, and (c) parent/teacher conference and the Student Council for Exceptional Children. It has been described and interpreted in English and Chinese. The purpose for describing a model of the special education teacher training program of Central Washington University is to suggest a more complete training program for Ping-Tong Five-Year Nonnal …

Concept And Scope Of Aerospace Education, Merridee L. Matson

All Graduate Projects

A teacher's guide, answering frequently asked questions about aerospace education, was developed to enhance a teacher's ability to study and describe the concept and scope of aerospace education. The questions determined the components of an aerospace education taxonomy. A major category of components included history, concept, reasons, resources·, methods, and people. Five additional categories were suggested. Major aerospace education publications from 1903 to 1983 were reviewed. A selection of documents best describing the concept component were included in the project.

A History Of The Louisiana State University School Of Music (1955-1979). (Volumes I And Ii)., Brenda Gale Williams

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This report provides an organized and accurate chronology of the history of the LSU School of Music from 1955 to 1979, encompassing the tenure of Dr. Everett L. Timm, as administrator of the School of Music. Areas examined included faculty, curricula, enrollment, degrees awarded, facilities, budget, expenditures, performing groups, performances, and special events. The historical method of research was employed using a two-fold procedure: (1) interviews with present and former students, faculty, and deans; and (2) examinations of University and School of Music records and publications, and reports from local, state, and national publications. An investigation of assembled data indicated …

A Comparison Of Two Methods Of Teaching Computer Programming To Secondary Mathematics Students., Mary Diane Bodin Calamari

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was formulated in order to gain information about the effectiveness of two methods of instructing secondary mathematics students in introductory computer programming. Investigation of programming instruction in a reduced period of time was a major component of the study for those educators who choose to teach programming as a portion of a mathematics course must do so under time constraints. The research was conducted in three public secondary schools in St. Mary Parish in Louisiana. The subjects were enrolled in an algebra II or a geometry class during the spring semester of the 1982-83 academic year. An experimental-control …

Effects Of Teachers' Use Of Mastery Learning Techniques On The Minimum Competency Test Performance Of Rural Second-Grade Students (Louisiana)., Betty Becker Gatipon

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study tested the effects of having teachers use mastery learning techniques in preparing rural second-grade students for the Louisiana minimum competency test. Experimental teachers were trained in the use of mastery learning and assisted in planning instruction that applied the strategies, particularly formative testing and corrective teaching. Each skill in the Louisiana minimum competency curriculum was taught by the regular classroom teacher, according to the Louisiana Basic Skills Test Specifications: Grade 2. Initial instruction was similar in methods and materials in all classrooms as was time spent on instruction. Experimental teachers concluded each lesson with a formative test. Corrective …

The Exigency Of Aesthetic Education: A Centurial Critique Of Four National Reports On Utilitarian Curriculum Development In Public Education, Nancy North Collins Awsumb

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

University Of Texas At Tyler Catalog, 1983-1984, University Of Texas At Tyler

Catalogs

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The Effectiveness Of Supplementary Computer-Assisted Instruction In Reading At The 4-6 Grade Level (Four-Six), Lois Nentwich Ortmann

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of supplementary computer-assisted instruction in raising the reading achievement of Chapter I pupils in grades 4, 5 and 6. There were 340 subjects in the sample, students in the Manteca Unified School District. Subjects were assigned to either the Experimental or Control Group based on their Reading Subtest scores on the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills.

A Comparison Of Twelfth Grade School Counselors' Attitude Toward The Aims Of The Women's Movement And The Career Options Offered To Their Counselees, Stella Elisa Alonzo

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The Problem. The women's movement calls for social change and new options for women in society among these options are career options which women never had before. High school counselors make career suggestions for both male and female counselees. This study attempted to examine if these counselors who agreed with the aims of the women's movement would offer more non-traditional career options for both male and female twelfth grade counselees. Procedures. CPGA's list of names of 839 School Counselors was used to survey the attitude toward the feminist aims. Dempewolff's Feminist Scale--Form A (1972) was used to measure counselor's attitude …