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A Meta-Analysis: The Relationship Of Program Content And Operation Factors To Measured Effectiveness Of College Reading-Study Programs, Victoria Hunter Sanders

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The primary problem addressed in this study involved integration of the finding of the vast body of reading literature to determine if college and university reading-study programs generally prove beneficial to those participating in them. Included within this question were the following sub-problems: (1) For what student groups were college reading-study programs designed? Were programs designed to fulfill remedial/corrective, supportive, developmental or other as yet unspecified functions?; (2) What program content and program operation factors were identified within program reports?; and (3) What relationship, if any, exists between these program content and operation factors and reported program effects?

Evaluation Of Balga Special School: First Report: Pupil Progress In Selected Programs, Mount Lawley College

Research outputs pre 2011

In February, 1978, Mount Lawley College agreed to undertake an evaluation of the Balga Special School for the Education Department of Western Australia. Preliminary discussions were held with the Superintendent of the Research Branch and the Principal of Balga Special School. The purpose was to determine the parameters of the evaluation.

It was agreed that the College was to be responsible for the conceptual framework of the program. It was also agreed that this framework was to be approved by the Superintendent of the Research Branch and the Principal of the Balga Special School.

A second consideration was the length …

Teaching Children Of Different Cultural Backgrounds : A Survey Of 1976-1977 Graduates From Nedlands College Of Advanced Education, M Kaplan

Research outputs pre 2011

The composition of the student population in secondary schools in Western Australia has changed considerably in recent years. The overall increase in the number of students being retained in school at all levels of secondary education has resulted in a growing number of children of Aboriginal/part Aboriginal and/or migrant parents in the secondary streams. These children who previously tended to finish their schooling in the primary school are now entering secondary schools to complete their education.

Report On Survey Of Diploma Of Teaching Graduates In Science From The N.C.A.E. Who Are In Their First Year Of Teaching (1978), Research Committee, Nedlands College Of Advanced Education

Research outputs pre 2011

This survey of graduates with the Diploma of Teaching (Science) was conducted with the intention of providing Science Department Staff of the N.C.A.E. with information which would allow changes to be made that would more accurately meet the needs of their students.

Preliminary discussions with the College science staff have already initiated several changes as suggested by the interviewees. Some recommended changes have already taken place during the graduates' first year of teaching (such as a change in the timing of the Assistant Teaching Programme)...

Reaction To Social Pressure From Adults Versus Peers Among Mexican, Mexican-American, And Anglo-American Rural Children, Ana Maria C. Donini

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this project was to investigate whether there was a significant difference in the adherence to conventional morality and the reaction to social pressure from adults versus peers among Mexican, Mexican-American, and Anglo-American children. The instrument used was the Moral Dilemmas Test (MDT) developed by Bronfenbrenner, Devereux, Suci, and Rodgers, which measures the reported readiness of children to engage in morally disapproved behavior and their reaction to social pressure exerted by adults and peers. The subjects were asked to respond to a series of conflict situations under three experimental conditions of confidentiality, scrutiny by parents, and scrutiny by …

An Analysis Of Three Selected Mental Maturity Measures In Predicting Academic Achievement Of Students For Educational Decision Makers, Robert M. Davis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Problem. The problem was to determine by comparison which of the three selected mental maturity measures was the best predictor of achievement in mathematics and reading as measured by the Peabody Individual Achievement Test. (Abstract shortened.)

The Handicapped Child's Civil Right As It Relates To The "Least Restrictive Environment" And Appropriate Mainstreaming, Darvin L. Miller, Marilee A. Miller

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Does Family Size Affect Academic Achievement?, Phillip R. Kunz, Evan T. Peterson, Gail W. Peterson

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Strengthening The Family In Jacksonville, Study Committee On Youth And The Family

Jacksonville Community Council, Inc.

Goals of the Study: discover how families have changed and are changing. To find out what "strengthening the family" actually means. To examine major community forces (schools, work, mass media, child care, recreation, Florida laws and religion) and their impact, both positive and negative, on families. To develop ideas for strengthening families in Jacksonville. PALMM

Procedures And Techniques To Identify And Teach The Ld Child In The Regular Classroom, Linda S. Bauwens

Theses

This handbook is to be used by teachers and parents as an introduction to understanding and helping learning disabled children . The handbook is divided into two sections . Part I is intended for the teacher who has an earnest desire to meet the individual needs of her l earning disabled students through the use of various media and teaching strategies. Part I will first of all familiarize the teacher and parent s with the terminology that is essential for communication involving the LD child , The l earning deficits are categorized under two channel abilities for ease in clarification …

A Curriculum Proposal For The Teaching Of Art For The 7th Grade, Peggy Keim

Theses

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Compressed Speech As An Aid In Improving The Reading Skills Of Junior High School Students, James R. Pierce

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which compressed speech recordings and regular rate speech recordings could be used to improve the reading speed, accuracy, and comprehension of junior high school students. (Abstract shortened.)

A Comparative Study Of Academic Achievement Of Full-Blood And Mixed-Blood Indian Students, Paul J. Comeau

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Student Learning Objectives In Selected School Districts, Jeffrey P. Beaudry

All Graduate Projects

With the impending implementation of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) Law, it seemed useful to examine and compare the objectives and programs actually developed by three school districts--University Place School District No. 83, Tacoma School District No. 10, and Sumner School District No. 320.

The Effects Of Instruction, Experience And Knowledge On Accuracy Of Group Decisions., Peter J. Wheaton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Knowledge Of Selected Map And Globe Skills As Related To Certain Characteristics Of Elementary Student Teachers., Tom Eugene Arceneaux

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Selected Aspects Of Teacher Education Programs At Institutions Of Higher Education In Louisiana., Norman James Stafford Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Development Of The Louisiana Teachers' Association From 1952-77., Eleanor Elaine Webb

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Attitude Changes Toward Educational Media Of Undergraduate Students., Jean Thibodeaux Kreamer

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Teacher Perception Of Leadership Behavior Of Principals Compared With Teacher Perception Of The Learning Climate In Selected Secondary Schools., Charles Edward Scott

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Occupational Choices Of Students In Agriculture At Selected Institutions Of Higher Education In Louisiana., Ledell Davis Virdure

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Applications Of Algebra In College General Chemistry: A Curriculum Development, Enid Loretta Reeder Burrows

Doctoral Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of The Mathematics Phase Of The Academic Skills Enhancement Program At Louisiana State University., Bampia Adikalie Bangura

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Attitudes Toward Fine Arts Education Among Nevada State Legislators, Lobbyists, School Board Trustees, Superintendents, Curriculum Coordinators, Principals, Fine Arts Educators, And Other Educators In Nevada Public Schools, Jocelyn Kaye Jensen

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Because of current prevailing educational and negative financial trends, a concern for the place of the fine arts in the curricula of the nation's public schools has been evidenced among various writers and curriculum experts. Music, visual arts, drama, and dance classes were being indiscriminately eliminated from educational instructional programs throughout the country. Remedial courses were taking the place of electives. Fine arts educators, among others, were also being assigned to teach in areas outside their major subject expertise. Many of these happenings came about because of newly mandated competency testing and back-to-basics instruction. Competency-based testing and instruction were mandated …

The Evolution Of Dixie College As A Public Institution Of Higher Education In Utah From 1871 To 1935, Edna Jensen Gregerson

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study has attempted to determine the forces which influenced the development of Dixie College from its inception as a church oriented Academy in 1871 to its becoming a state supported institution under the Utah Public School System in 1935. Included are a series, of events, crises, people, and historical forces which became a part of a neighborhood, of societal groups, of community development and led to the emergence of the institution and its growth in a small isolated Latter-Day Saint community; Beginning with the organizing of the LDS Church in 1830, the educational endeavors of the Mormon people--dedicated to …

The Development And Validation Of The Preschool Language-Cognitive Skills Assessment For Curriculum Entry, John O. Lofgren

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PURPOSE: This study constructed an assessment instrument for the use of teachers and their assistants in preschool education programs. It also established measures of reliability and validity of that instrument.

PROCEDURES: Initially, extant assessment instruments were scrutinized. From ideas generated by the best of these instruments and from lists of competencies necessary for academic success in grade one of public schools, the first draft of the instrument was prepared. Extensive revision to reduce. the length of the assessment and to simplify its administration was then accomplished. The second edition was then field-tested in preschool centers to ascertain whether (a) the …

An Evaluation Of A Pre-Apprentice Upgrade Program At A Petro-Chemical Complex., Carol Hopper Bader

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Folk Song Approach To Music Reading For Upper Elementary Levels Based On The Kodaly Method., Sara Baker Bidner

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Two Approaches To Teaching Low-Achieving Students At The College Level., James Allen Caillier

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

An Assessment Of The Undergraduate Elementary Education Program At Louisiana State University., Irene Smith Gatchell

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.