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Experiencing Literature Through The Use Of The Caldecott Books, Janet Marie Jansen

All Graduate Projects

A handbook was developed to assist teachers and librarians in the presentation of the Caldecott books to elementary children. This handbook provides suggested enrichment materials and activities which can be used with children. Through these related activities children should become more aware of the importance of the Caldecott books as special picture books in the field of literature.

Encouraging Academic Interests Outside School, Randall David Hauff

All Graduate Projects

The intention of this project is to develop a middle school extracurricular program which encourages academic excellence. Providing an enrichment program was the stated goal of a community- staff meeting on district priorities. A questionnaire sent to area schools and a thorough review of available literature revealed no existing program to use as a role model . The Corps of Discovery program attempts to meet the need for encouraging and rewarding academic excellence.

Newsbulletin Vol. 10, No. 7, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Newsbulletin Vol. 10, No. 4, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

One Lindenwood Experience, Frank Michael Gallagher

Theses

Unavailable.

An Exercise In Art Curriculum Design, Vicky Enochs

Theses

Unavailable.

Newsbulletin Vol. 9, No. 35, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

A Process For Selecting Multi-Cultural Instructional Material, Edward E. Brown

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this present study is to obtain data related to textbooks used by personnel within the Renton School District, i.e. teachers at all levels, librarians, Directors of Social Studies and Language Arts curriculums, Library Specialists, etc., perceptions of the multi-ethnic effectiveness of the Social Studies and Language Arts curriculum and to assess the discrepancies in perceptions of these curriculums.

Newsbulletin Special Bulletin On Instructional Technology, April 21, 1981, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Developing A Standardized Hawaiian Orthography, William H. Wilson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

The Relationships Among Principal Trust, Leadership Style, And Perceived Administrative Effectiveness In Indiana Secondary Schools, Anthony Michael Lux

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The present study was designed to investigate the relationships among principal trust, leadership style, and perceived administrative effectiveness in Indiana secondary schools. A review of related literature and research substantiated a need for the study. The instruments used in the study to answer the research questions were Carl Edwards' Situational Preference Inventory, to identify leadership style; Will Schutz's Perceptions of Administrative Interaction Questionnaire, to identify teacher perceptions of their administrator's effectiveness in the areas of Administrative Decision Making, Communication, General Administrative Ability, and Educational Leadership; and Daniel Kegan's Beliefs scale, to measure the trust level of teachers and principals. The …

Academic Achievement, Self-Concept And Attitudes Towards Reading Of Students In Bilingual And Traditional Programs., Theresa Doris Chretien

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was designed to investigate the comparative achievement in reading and mathematics, self-concept, and attitude towards reading of bilingually educated and traditionally educated students. To determine differences in achievement, 239 third- and sixth-grade students enrolled in bilingual education (French-English) and traditional education classes in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, were pre- and post-tested with standardized instruments in word knowledge, reading comprehension, self-concept, and attitude towards reading. The findings were tested statistically at the .05 level. In academic achievement, there were significant differences between the two groups only in mathematics computation, favoring bilingually educated students at the third-grade level and traditionally …

The Efficacy Of Computer-Based And Tape-Recorded Assistance In Second-Semester Freshman Ear-Training Instruction., Janet Claire Garton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Harmonic dictation materials available in the Ear-Training Laboratory at Louisiana State University were programmed for computer presentation in order to observe the effects of the computer medium in comparison to the traditional laboratory approach. In accordance with the Solomon Four-Group Design, the sixty-two second-semester freshman music theory students were assigned randomly to computer and tape groups. Half of each group was assigned at random to take a pretest which was designed by the experimenter. After six withdrawals from the course, a total research population of fity-six students remained. Members of both the experimental and control groups were asked to practice …

The Development Of A Rating Scale For Assessing Teaching Competencies Of Health Occupations Educators In The State Of Louisiana., Constance Lirette Casente

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The development of a rating scale suitable for assessing teaching competencies of health occupations educators in the State of Louisiana was accomplished by: the development and validation of a questionnaire composed of 155 competency statements within ten components--(planning, teaching, evaluation, management, guidance and placement, school-community relations, student-vocational organization, professional role, coordination of cooperative education and health care environment)--relating to health occupations education programs; ascertaining the level of importance as perceived by incumbent teachers and supervisors of public, secondary and post-secondary health occupations education programs in Louisiana, who were employed during the months of March through May, 1981; ranking these competency …

A Status Study Of Educational Media Services In Selected Institutions Of Higher Education In The United States., Joseph Allan Hutchinson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purposes of this study were (1) to determine the present status of educational media services in institutions of higher education offering doctoral programs in instructional technology; (2) to compare levels of adequacy of educational media services as perceived by educational media directors; and (3) to identify innovative practices, concepts, and emerging trends of educational media services in higher education. A descriptive survey instrument was developed to solicit data concerning staff, budget, educational media services, physical facilities, non-print materials collections, and audiovisual equipment inventories. Survey instruments were sent to the educational media directors of the forty-two universities offering doctoral programs …

The Influence Of Redundancy, Analogies, And Field Dependency Upon Learning Of Scientific Material From Audiotapes., Ellen Jane Wyllie Wydra

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The problems investigated in this study were: (1) Does the use of redundancy and analogies to emphasize the main verbal scientific concepts of an instructional unit facilitate comparable learning for field independent (FI), intermediate cognitive style (ICS), and field dependent (FD) undergraduate college students? (2) Are there differences in the aural, visual, and preferred sense recall of FI, ICS, and FD undergraduate college students? The population consisted of undergraduate education students at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge during the Spring Semester, 1981. The sample was all students enrolled in six sections of two media courses. Instruments used were the …

An Investigation Of Academic Achievement And Selected Self Concept Factors Of Magnet And Nonmagnet Middle School Students., Lola Fonville Soileau

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Magnet schools are one kind of rapidly developing alternative in public education. Because of increasing financial woes and decreasing enrollments in schools, however, innovations in education must prove themselves in terms of students' achievement and development. The purpose of this stud.

Implementing Aespiritic Education: Inservice Program And Option School Design Using Arts Techniques And Devices, Kayleen Pritchard

All Graduate Projects

I put forth for those compelled by committee obligation or those interest~ in my "viewings": 1) what I imagine Aespiritic Education to be; 2) what, why, and how Everett (my community) can benefit from my imaginings; 3) my proselytization (oops! I said I didn't need that) or Inservice for Aespiritic Education; and 4) my formal educational design for Aespiritic Education. I will include a list of definitions, some diagrams, and various devices (particularly in my file) to help clarify my verbage.

Stars And Telescopes : A Resource Book For Teachers Of Lower School Science, Clifton L. Smith

Research outputs pre 2011

This resource book has been designed to meet the needs of teachers of lower school science who wish to gain experience in celestial astronomy in order to conduct an observational evening for lower school science students. The material will be treated at an elementary level, and is intended for teachers who require the acquisition of knowledge, skills and experience in the space sciences...

Proceedings Of The Seventh Annual Science Education Conference: Theme: Science Education In The Eighties, Denis Goodrum (Ed.)

Research outputs pre 2011

No abstract provided.

A Creative Art Program For Three And Four Year Olds, Phyllis R. Kish

Theses

Unavailable.

A Practice-Teaching Program Model For Teacher Training Centers In Iran, Jalil Baharestan-Hanzaei

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem. It is the researcher's opinion that most of the educational administrators in Iran have not fully realized the significance of practice teaching programs in developing and providing competent teachers. As a result, there is no planned design, no guidelines, no model to perform and fulfill the practice-teaching experience, i.e., the absence of a consistent program that includes a practice-teaching component.

Purpose. The main purpose of this study is to develop a viable practice-teaching program appropriate for teacher preparation in Iran. Procedure. This study is descriptive research that typically employs observation, interview, and survey methods. Observation and tentative design were …

Influence Of Education Journals On The Classroom Practice Of California Public High School Department Heads, Jonathan Pearce

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem. Whether high school department heads were stimulated by professional journals to effect classroom change was an unanswered question. Needed was description of the effects of journal literature on the practice of leader-teachers in high school classrooms. Purpose. The study had companion purposes. The first was to discern the impact of journal reading on classroom practice as perceived by the high school department head practitioners themselves. The second was to describe the characteristics of the high school department heads whose practice had been influenced by the journals. Procedures. One thousand two hundred sixty-four California high school English, mathematics, physical education, …

The Effect Of Using Games In The Language Arts Classroom On The Achievement And Motivation Of Ninth Graders, Jan Dineen

Theses

The proposed study would be conducted with fifty to sixty rural, male and female students enrolled in ninth grade language arts classes to determine whether the use of games bas a greater effect on achievement and motivation, than the use of the traditional techniques of lecture and discussion. A modification of the nonequivalent control group design is intended for use which two intact classrooms to test the two hypotheses. The effects of the treatment would be measured by a twenty item achievement test adapted from two other standardized achievement tests and one criterion-referenced test. It would also be assessed by …

Newsbulletin Vol. 9, No. 5, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Wooster Voice. (Wooster, Ohio), 1980-10-03, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 1971-1980

This edition of the Wooster Voice begins with an article about illegal voter registration of college students and a different article about African-American equation. At the bottom of the first page, there is an article about the apprehension and sentencing of a male student that attempted to molest a senior female and actually attacked another female student in the shower. The student pled guilty and served 90 days in Wayne County Jail on charges of sexual imposition and criminal trespassing. Finally, there is information regarding athletics on campus and a number of advertisements for local businesses.

Newsbulletin Vol. 9, No. 3, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Wooster Voice. (Wooster, Ohio), 1980-09-26, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 1971-1980

This issue of the newspaper begins with the announcement of an anonymous gift. According to the president, Henry J. Copeland, a donor (who wished to remain anonymous) donated $1 million to the college in order to add a dimension of religious substance. The president proposed that this money be used for symposia, student travel opportunities, and an endowed chair for the Department of Religion. This edition ends with information about athletic events with the college and a list of advertisements for local businesses.

Newsbulletin Vol. 9, No. 1, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Nova University Graduate Education Module (Gem) Course Descriptions August 21, 1980, Nova University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

No abstract provided.