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A Comparison Of The Performance Of Five Randomly Selected Groups Of 1978-1979 Eighth Grade Students On Five Different Stanford Achievement Test Batteries Standardized In 1929, 1940, 1952, 1964, And 1973, Vaughn D. Chambers

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the test performance of five randomly selected groups of 1978 students on five different versions of the Stanford Achievement Test. Three types of comparisons were made. First, the test scores of the five groups of 1978 students in grade 8.1 were compared with each other on the 1929, 1940, 1952, 1964, and 1973 Stanford Achievement Tests. Second, the test scores of each 1978 test group were compared with the test scores of the 8.1 normlng group for each test. Last, the test scores of 1978 students were compared with the test scores …

A Comparison Of The Performance Of Five Randomly Selected Groups Of 1978-1979 Eighth Grade Students On Five Different Stanford Achievement Test Batteries Standardized In 1929, 1940, 1952, 1964, And 1973, Vaughn D. Chambers

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the test performance of five randomly selected groups of 1978 students on five different versions of the Stanford Achievement Test. Three types of comparisons were made. First, the test scores of the five groups of 1978 students in grade 8.1 were compared with each other on the 1929, 1940, 1952, 1964, and 1973 Stanford Achievement Tests. Second, the test scores of each 1978 test group were compared with the test scores of the 8.1 normlng group for each test. Last, the test scores of 1978 students were compared with the test scores …

Newsbulletin Vol. 8, No. 11, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Preschoolers' Feelings About Children With Physically Handicapping Conditions, Nancy L. Tucker

Student Work

The implimentation of PL 94-142 requires appropriate educational programming for all handicapped youngsters in the least restrictive environment. Some school districts may choose to integrate existing programs rather than to develop new ones. For preschoolers, integration could mean exposure at an early age to conditions that they may not fully understand and may in fact be fearful about.

Instructor Modeled Postural Positions And Their Influence On Instructional Test Scores Of Tenth-Grade Students, Robert L. Bower

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The problem was to determine if instructor modeled postural positions Influence Instructional test scores of selected tenth-grade students. (Abstract shortened.)

Attitudes Toward Items In The Professional Negotiation Process As Expressed By Kentucky School Board Chairpersons And Teacher Association Presidents, William A. Bell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose of Study. Disagreement was prevalent as American school boards and teacher associations attempted to reach consensus on what items should be negotiated at the collective bargaining table. This struggle to reach consensus clearly suggested an uncompromising need for additional research related to this perplexing problem. The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze those items in educational collective negotiations that Here viewed by Kentucky school board chairpersons and Kentucky teacher association presidents as negotiable items suitable for the negotiation process.(Abstract shortened.)

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 25, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Inservice For Elementary Teachers: Activities And Techniques To Motivate Readers, Beverly R. Pontius

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this study is to provide an inservice course of study for teachers of children in grades one through six. The activities and techniques are designed to motivate children who are below grade level in reading and help them develop an interest in reading in the hope that reading may become a pleasure in their lives.

The Effects Of Three Modes Of Presenting Art Reproductions In Art Education., Daniel Gene Vidrine

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Competencies Needed By Secondary Teachers In Business And Office Education In Louisiana., Elizabeth Harmon Newsham

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Status Study Of Educational Media Services In The Public Four-Year Institutions Of Higher Education In Louisiana., Susan Hall Bannon

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Future Doctorates In Education: A Study Of Supply And Demand In Louisiana., Sue Copeland Jones

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

An Attitudinal Survey Of Selected Elementary School Teachers Concerning In-Service Training In Educational Media., Glenn Calvin Wilkins

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Cognitive And Affective Results Of Three Methods Of Presenting Stories To Third Grade Students., Emeline Susan Staples

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Two Methods Of Teaching Music Appreciation., Oscar Lavonia Williams Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Relationship Of Pupil Achievement To The Degree Of Teacher Implementation Of An Individualized Elementary Reading Program., Patience Weidt Keisler

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Development And Evaluation Of A Children's Gospel Principles Course, Lynn R. Applegate

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is the description, defense and critique of a course developed to teach gospel principles to 7- through 9-year-old children. The development process through which the course went, its formative evaluations and summative evaluation are described. The summative evaluation employed the pretest-posttest control group design. Thirty children, ages 7 through 9, were in the evaluation. After the pretest, 15 of the children were taught the 19-lesson course by their parents during a 23-day period. A statistical comparison of the mean pretest-posttest gain scores for the experimental group could significantly more accurately identify examples and non examples of fatih, agency, …

Lesley College Undergraduate Catalog (1979-1980), Lesley College

Lesley Course Catalogs

1979-1980 Course Catalog published by the Lesley College. Original volume available for browsing in the Lesley University Archives.

The Faculty Handbook, Jerry L. House

All Graduate Projects

This project presents a faculty handbook prepared for the staff at Tahoma Junior High School in Maple Valley, Washington, The handbook was designed with two main purposes in mind: 1) to establish two-way communication among staff members as well as staff and administration; and 2) to render the educational process more efficient. The handbook includes fifteen major sections dealing with such topics as duties, rights and responsibilities, school policy and procedures, evaluation, and scheduling. It also includes copies of the forms a teacher will be confronted with through the school year. It was found that a handbook is a credible …

Hierarchical Learning As A Function Of Concise Informational Feedback With Regard To Ability, Age, And Sex Of Identical Twins., Ingrid A. Rimland

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Originated by current demands for accountability in schools and resultant appeals for a return to the use of scholastic feedback, this study investigated the effects of feedback in light of certain characteristics of learning, and in light of student characteristics such as ability, age, and sex. The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of specific informational feedback on hierarchical learning in a controlled laboratory setting, using the experimental controls inherent in identical twins. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children/Revised (WISC-R) was used “unconventionally” as a series of discrete hierarchical learning tasks subject to concise experimental manipulation. Possible …

The Development Of A Consensus Model To Select, Establish And Implement Minimal Competencies In California Unified School Districts, Ralph Lee Blumenthal

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to provide a model for California unified school districts to establish minimal competencies and to provide added direction, guidance and support to those districts that had already adopted them. The model was based on a consensus of selected unified · school districts throughout California. It sought to establish a step-by-step process which any school district could follow. To accomplish this purpose, the following objectives were addressed:

1. To specify minimum competencies in identified curriculum areas

2. To ascertain who will recommend to the Board of Education the minimum acceptable levels of student performances and …

Attitudes Of Elementary Principals And Kindergarten Teachers Toward Mandatory Kindergarten And Optional Pre-Kindergarten Programs In Iowa, Janice E. Woods

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This thesis research provided background for the Iowa Association of Elementary Principals on the current status of early childhood education in the fifty states. It also determined the support for mandatory kindergarten and optional pre-kindergarten programs among elementary principals and kindergarten teachers in Iowa. This data was sought to provide information for the Iowa Association of Elementary School Principals for possible legislation requiring mandatory kindergarten and optional prekindergarten programs in Iowa.

One aspect of the study involved compilation of data reported by the department of public instruction in the fifty states. A second aspect concerned a survey of elementary principals …

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 …

The Effects Of Four Proxemic Zones On The Performance Of Selected Sixth-, Seventh-, And Eighth-Grade Students, Joseph F. Miller

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The problem of this study was to assess the effects of four proxemic zones (intimate, personal, social, and public) on the performance of randomly selected sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students from East Tennessee State University Laboratory School. Method. Literature was reviewed in order to define the concept of proxemics, to present evidence of the Importance of proxemics in human cultures, and to provide specific educational research findings dealing with the concept of proxemics. The 120 subjects of the study were randomly selected from the sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade population of the East Tennessee State University Laboratory School. The subjects …

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

Theses

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Word Processing In The Omaha Metropolitan Area And Implications For Business Education In The Area, Margaret Dixon Shearer

Student Work

The problem to be investigated is to what extent the concept of word processing has been adopted by businesses in the Omaha metropolitan area and implications for business education in the schools of the area. This problem can be divided into several sub-problems.

Energy Guidelines For School Facilities, Nancy C. Hicks

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of the study was to determine energy conservation practices in selected school systems and to identify practical means of efficient utilization of energy resources as they relate to educational facilities. As a part of this study, guidelines to improve the utilization of energy resources in practical ways were developed. (Abstract shortened.)

1978 Oru Commencement Address - Jesse Jackson, Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

ORU Archival Collection

This is a transcript of the 1978 commencement address at Oral Roberts University held on April 30th, 1978. The address was given by civil rights leader, Reverend Jesse Jackson who also received an honorary doctorate from ORU. Jackson talked about ORU's reputation for racial integration and equality and challenged the students and university to continue to live out the dream of equality in education.