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A Program For Pregnant School-Age Girls In The East Baton Rouge, Louisiana School District: A Follow-Up Study With Implications For Functional Education., Judith Mary Singer

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Varying Exercise Stress Upon Skin Temperature During Exercise And Through Recovery., Richard John Smith

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Roles Of Area Specialized Positions As Perceived By Mississippi Extension Personnel., James Ralph Carpenter

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Videotaping As A Factor In Self-Concept Changes Among Student-Teachers., Gary Dwain Ellerman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Organizational Climate Of Schools Administered By Female And Male Elementary School Principals., K. Jessie Kobayashi

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare the organizational climate of schools administered by female elementary school principals with those administered by male elementary school principals as perceived by teachers. A comparison was made to determine differences in the perception of teachers of (1) organizational climate, (2) specific behaviors of each group of principals; and (3) specific behaviors of the staffs working with each group of principals. The population for this study was comprised of teachers in public schools which serve pupils in kindergarten through grade eight or any portion thereof. A random selection of fifteen staffs working with …

The Effects Of Teacher In-Service Training In Values Clarification On Attitudes Of Elementary School Students Toward Themselves, School, And The Teacher, Michael Nathan Coy

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM: The primary objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of implementing a teacher in-service training program in values clarification on the attitudes students develop toward themselves, school, and the teacher.

PROCEDURE: Two kindergarten through sixth grade elementary schools served as the experimental and control groups for the study. Ten classes of third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students participated in the experimental group and eight third through sixth grade classes of students served in the control group. The teachers in the experimental school received sixteen days of in-service training in values clarification between August 31, 1973 and …

Towards An Interactional Theory Of Educational Therapy, Johanna R. Goldsmith Bauer

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM: The development and presentation of theoretical assumptions about the interactional aspects of educational therapy for the severely dysfunctional pupil.

PURPOSES: To provide a conceptual framework for the study of educational therapy as practiced and to develop a baseline for further research into psycho-educational strategies and their outcome.

METHOD: An examination of systems and communications theory literature for models applicable to the educational-therapist-pupil dyad and of the use of field observations of educational therapists' behaviors.

FINDlNGS: An application of communications theory models and observations of educational therapist teaching behaviors seem to suggest the following theoretical assumptions: Initial, or first order …

A Model To Determine Low-Income Consumer Knowledge And Use Of The Health Care System For Planning An Extension Education Program., John Paul Duke

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Educational And Occupational Experiences Of Louisiana High School Graduates., James Cloice Letlow Sr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Integration Of Programmed Instruction With Instructional Television In A Health Education Program., Richard Joseph Jude O'Connor

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Of Selected Variables To Consumer Knowledge Of Beef In Selected Areas Of Mississippi., Duane H. Tucker

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Educational Needs Of Potential Office Managers., Mary Nelda Hughes Spinks

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Role And Role-Performance Of Members Of County Extension Advisory Committees As Perceived By Selected Committee Members And County Extension Directors In Florida., William Carlton Smith Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate Florida County Extension Directors* and county Extension advisory committee members* perception of the roles and role performance of county Extension advisory committees. This purpose evolved from Extension personnel experiencing varying degrees of success in the committee approach to Extension program development. It was felt that this could be due to a lack of common understanding by Extension agents and committee members of the roles and functions of advisory committees. Two, similar but separate, mail questionnaires were sent to the County Extension Directors and 303 members of the over-all Extension advisory committee in …

The Effects Of A Structured And Unstructured Kindergarten Program On The Readiness Scores Of Children In Selected Public Schools In Lafayette Parish, Louisiana., Mary Coletta Mcdonough Newkome

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The major purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference in readiness test scores between students who participated in a structured kindergarten program and those who participated in an unstructured program. This investigation also sought to examine the achievement of students relative to certain variables, such as morning and afternoon session, race, sex, preschool attendance, French spoken in the home, place of residence, birth order, and father's years of education. The relationship of variables to test scores was studied in terms of the total population of kindergarten children, as well as in terms of the …

Factors Related To Success In The Secondary Teacher Education Program At Louisiana State University., David Lucious Blackwell

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Selected Variables Affecting Job Satisfaction And Motivation Of Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service Agents., Alvia Franklin Fugler

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Tips : Resources For Teachers, Lenard A. Hall, Stephanie Mctaggart

Research outputs pre 2011

This small booklet is designed as a ready reference for teachers who are confronted with a problem or engaged in a particular activitity in the primary school.

All books which are listed are considered useful. However, those with annotations are considered more useful in the general classroom.

A Study Of The Political Attitudes Of North Dakota High School Seniors., Wayne Godfrey Sanstead

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Impact Of The Exemplary School Program In Mt. Adams School District #209, John M. Schmella

All Master's Theses

This study investigated the effects of an exemplary program on the academic achievement of grade three and four students in the Mt. Adams School District. Students in grades three and four were paired on a basis of sex, ethnic origin, IQ, age, and socio-economic status. Achievement was determined with the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. Students in the selected grades in 1971 were compared with students in the same grades in 1973. The test scores of the groups and sub-groups were given a test with the level of significance of .05. Forty-two of forty-four t tests showed the program had …

Analysis Of Content Of Four Reading Programs For Students With Moderate Intellectual Disabilities, Susan D. Peters

All Master's Theses

This paper presents a content analysis of four reading programs being used by the moderately intellectually disabled in three Intermediate School Districts in the state of Washington. The four programs analyzed were Distar Reading I, Edmark Reading Program, Language Master Card Programs, and Programmed Reading--Webster. The learning characteristics defined for this educational group were perception, discrimi­nation, mediation, retention, concept learning, generaliza­tion, transfer, problem solving, and motivation. Each program was analyzed as to its incorporation of each of the specified learning characteristics.

An Investigation Into The California Opportunity Program., Peter Judson Mackby

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe the California Opportunity Program and to determine if the program was meeting its legislative mandate to assist students in resolving problems impeding success in regular classes.

PROCEDURES: Six school districts were selected from the one hundred twenty-four California school districts operating Opportunity Programs at the secondary level during the 1972-73 school year. The Opportunity Program in each school district included in the study was described on the basis of interviews with school district administrators, building administrators, instructional staff, students, and classroom observation. Data Here collected from each school district regarding student …

James Pinckney Kinard Papers - Accession 8, James Pinckney Kinard

Manuscript Collection

The James Pinckney Kinard Papers consist of family history charts of the Kinard family and related Kuhn and Summer families, and a Kinard family history, personal correspondence including letters to and from his wife Lee Wicker Kinard (1873-1963), their daughter Nelle Kinard, and other family members, business correspondence, financial papers, literary manuscripts, scrapbooks, and photographs pertaining to Kinard’s student days at the Citadel, his personal and family affairs, his teaching career, his presidency of Winthrop, and his efforts to get his literary manuscripts published. This collection consists primarily of correspondence and offers an informative insight into the personal lives and …

Sex-Role Stereotyping As A Function Of Counselors' Judgments, Susanna Nieman Grossman

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine counselors' expectations as they pertain to sex-role stereotyping of both males and females. This study represents an attempt to partially replicate the research of Braverman et al. (1970).

The subjects were 120 high school and community college counselors randomly selected from California public schools and 60 counselors-in-training randomly selected from five California public and private universities.

Data were gathered with the Stereotype Questionnaire. It is composed of 38 bipolar items each describing a characteristic attribute of an individual. Each counselor and counselor-in-training completed one of three forms--adult, male, or female. Data were …

A Study Of The Effects Of A Creative Thinking Skills Program On Intermediate Grade Educationally Handicapped Children., Lawrence Wesley Sharpe

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Statement of the Problem: The problem of this study was to determine if the verbal and figural creative abilities of educationally handicapped children can be appreciably enhanced through an educational environment using brainstorming and programmed instruction techniques

Intergroup Attitudes In Kindergarten Children: Their Relationship To Parental Child-Rearing Attitudes., Vicki Fuller Arnolt

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

0203-1 Committees On: Criminal Justice, School Election Laws, Federal And State Lands, Personnel, Education, Health, Environment, Welfare, And Institutions, Land Use, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

Taylor University Magazine (Fall 1973), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Fall 1973 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Teaching The Faith: Models And Methods, Stephen A. Schmidt

Concordia Theological Monthly

Now our task is far more limited. I want to focus on the Christian classroom and specifically on the act of teaching the faith. I will develop my remarks in two parts. The first consideration will deal with past and present models used within the church to define the teaching act designed to teach faith. Secondly, I will attempt to underline crucial concerns toward a useful teaching method not only for the 1970s but for the future as well.

Interview With Lois French, Donald Raichle, Lois French

Interviews

This interview was conducted by Prof. Donald Raichle in preparation for his book From a Normal Beginning: the Origins of Kean College of New Jersey, printed in 1980. It’s a transcript between Lois French and Raichle.

In this interview, French reflects on her career at Newark State Teachers College.

Interview With Jane Plenty, Donald Raichle, Jane Plenty

Interviews

This interview was conducted by Prof. Donald Raichle in preparation for his book From a Normal Beginning: the Origins of Kean College of New Jersey, printed in 1980. It’s a transcript between Jane Plenty and Raichle. In this interview, Plenty details on her nearly 20-year teaching career at Newark Normal School.