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Survey Of Education Of Aboriginal Children In Selected Western Australian Schools : (Preliminary Survey), C. Makin, D. Ibbotson

Research outputs pre 2011

Information was sought late in 1972 about problems encountered by teachers in schools with a fairly high proportion of Aboriginal children. For this purpose a questionnaire was designed to elicit information about the school situation, the surrounding community, enrolment, age and experience of the teaching staff and actual pedagogical problems encountered and methods of dealing with them. Another principle aim was to ascertain the extent to which the curiculum had been adapted to local situations and to determine what implications this might have for pre-service and in-service training.

The Lesley College (1973-1974), Lesley College

Lesley Course Catalogs

1973-1974 Course Catalog published by the Lesley College. Original volume available for browsing in the Lesley University Archives.

A Study Of Bilingualism And Self-Esteem Among High School Children Of Chinese Decent In New York City, Siew-Keok Chua

Honors Papers

Approach of the study: The present report is divided into five chapters. Chapter II begins by considering the literature of bilingualism which has been written during this decade in sociological, linguistic, and psychological fields. It goes further to describe briefly bilingual education, which has very recently developed to be used as effective education for ethnic group children. The attempt of this study is to test the hypothetical assumption in socio-psychological aspect of ethnic children. In Chapter III, the focus is moved to the survey. Here I attempt to indicate how the relevance of research work may be influenced by methodology …

A Submission For The Award Of A Diploma Of Teaching, Churchlands Teachers College

Research outputs pre 2011

The Churchlands Teachers College was established in 1972 and at September, 1973, had a total enrolment of 422, including 253 first-year students and 169 students in their second year of primary training. The programme is being developed in accommodation designed on similar principles to the open-area primary schools which are being established in Western Australia. Teaching blocks are modular cluster units, each of which typically comprises a large open area surrounded by teaching areas of adjustable size, a tutorial room and staff studies. The teaching blocks are positioned in close relationship to the centrally-placed buildings of the Educational Resources Service …

Effects Of A Contingency Management Program On Reading Rate And Spread Of Effect With Primary Mildly Intellectually Disabled Children, Leo Carl Beck

All Master's Theses

This paper presents a study dealing with increasing reading rate, with primary, language delayed youngsters. The program was designed to see if rate could be increased with contingent (CRF) as opposed to differential (DRO) reinforcement with no drop in selected variables (comprehension, vocabulary, articulation and auditory discrimination). Reinforcement consisted of tokens paired with social praise. Rate did increase for the duration of the study and the selected variables remained essentially constant.

Recommendations include replication of the study with precise administration of schedules.

A Comparative Study Of Twelfth-Grade Social Studies Using A Student-Activity Method, A Traditional Method, And A Combination Traditional-Activity Method Of Instruction., James Edward Darcy

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The problem statement. The twelfth grade social studies in the Merced Union High School District had been traditional in its organization and structure until the mid 1960's. ¹⁰ At that time the district-began to encourage teachers of government to draft new goals and innovate new methods of instruction in the government curriculum. Three separate methods of teaching twelfth grade social studies emerged as a result of that encouragement. In the Atwater High School, an activity-centered approach uses team teaching in which the emphasis is on having students involved in "doing" rather than listening and reading about government. This method includes …

A Study Of Selected Walt Disney Screenplays And Films And The Stereotyping Of The Role Of The Female, Jerry P. Houseman

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Given this large involvement that children have with motion pictures, an educator is moved to inquire into the possible effects that movies might have upon them. It, therefore, seems appropriate that an educational dissertation be undertaken concentrating on Disney Production films, since as indicated by the foregoing, they are so universally viewed by American children.

Statement of the problem:

This study attempted to (1) analyze the five screenplays listed on page 6, (2) show two Disney films based on the screenplays analyzed to groups of children and administer a questionnaire to them. The investigator used the obtained data to determine …

Changes In Scholastic Achievement And Intelligence Of Indian Children Enrolled In A Foster Placement Program, Linda Ouida Willson

Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the long-term effects of the Indian Placement Program on the enrolled students' scholastic achievement as measured by standardized tests given in the schools. It also examines intelligence test scores and changes in them during years in the Program. The following effects on achievement were also examined: sex, age and grade at initial placement, and the child's adjustment as measured by number of foster homes in which he had been placed.

A Scale Of Social Functioning Studied In Relationship To Persistence Or Withdrawal By Junior College Students, Barbara Charlesworth Painter

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study considered a scale of social functioning as one measure toward understanding the problem of attrition at a selected Junior college. It was concerned with the use of the Heinler Scale of Social Functioning (SSF) as an aid to the counseling function. The purpose of the study was to use this scale to neasure life satisfactions and frustrations of a stratified sampling of students who left the junior college before the end of their first quarter and students who per- sisted and registered for the second quarter. The scale has had little former use within an educational setting and …

A Comparative Study Of Creativity In Comprehensive And Continuation High School Students, Grades Eleven And Twelve., Russell Louis Chimento

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study to investigate and compare relationships which exist between the tested creative behavior or eleventh and twelfth grade continuation high school students and their counterparts in a comprehensive high school. Creativity scores were obtained for each of three ranked IQ groups of students tested at each of the two participating schools. Creativity scores were obtained for each of the four creative ability factors, Fluency, Flexibility, Originality, and Elaboration as measured by the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, Figural--B.

An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Creativity And Socio-Economic Status, Race And Sex Of Seventh-Grade Pupils., Ennis Ray Mcdaniel Jr.

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the relationship between the selected variables of socioeconomic status (SES), race and sex of seventh grade students as measured by the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, Verbal Form A and Figural Form B were administered to 192 seventh grade students. Fouty-eight Asain, 48 black, 48 Spanish surnamed and 48 white students, each equally distributed across the SES levels were chosen using a partially stratified random sampling procedure. Half of each group was male. The data were analyzed using a three way analysis of variance procedure.

The Effect Of Feedback Of Quiz Results On Achievement In Introductory College Economics., William Guilbert Darling

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem: Kelley's "Teaching Information Processing System (TIPS)” provides informative feedback (IF) from non-credit quizzes to students, teaching assistants, and instructor. Differentiated assignments are made according to quiz results. TIPS classes achieve reliably higher midterm scores than control classes in introductory economics; no final examination comparisons have been reported. TIPS may be an important contribution to educational technology, but questions may be raised about (1) the contribution of quizzes-cum-feedback-to-students to achievement, as measured by the. Test of Understanding in College Economics (TUCE), and (2) the effects of the interaction of personality variables and informative feedback (IF) intervals on achievement.

Purposes: 1. …

The Future Continuing Professional Development Needs Of School Principals As Viewed By Principals, Superintendents, Teachers, And Boards Of Education, Nicholas Joseph Gennaro

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

If renewal programs are to be re-defined, planned, and implemented, then a basic question must be posed. What are the continuing professional development needs of school principals for the future and how do educational administrators, teachers, and boards of education perceive these needs?

An Organizational Typology : The Nature Of An Incongruent Organization, Ursula Loree Shepherd

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The research group was also anxious to take on this study because it was just following the first welfare worker’s strike in California. This had occurred at the agency in question and provided a situation in which the team would receive maximum cooperation. It was expected that the agency would be more likely to implement the team’s suggestions.

As the study progressed the questions which became of most interest were those which related to the issues of whether or not the organization could function well, where the sources of power and goal-setting lay, and what could be done. After a …

A Study To Determine The Effects Of A Counselor - Student - Teacher - Parent Contractual Agreement Upon The Behavior And Achievement Of Middle School Problem Children., Dorothy R. Whitford Frost

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem children present a major concern in the field of education. Because they are not adjusting to the socially-acceptable behavior norms of their environment, they disrupt their own progress and the learning efforts of their classmates.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of school counselors involving problem children in a middle school with their teacher and parent(s) in a contractual agreement. This contractual agreement was based upon Glasser's Reality Therapy and tailored to the individual problem child's own needs, in order to help him to improve his behavior and achievement.

PROCEDURE: The treatment group was …

A Comparison Of Two Methods Of Increasing And Maintaining Reading Speed, Accuracy, Vocabulary And Comprehension Among Sixth-Grade Pupils In A Culturally Disadvantaged Neighborhood., Milton Mellanauth Sankar

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Tutoring And/Or Being Tutored On The Reading Achievement Of Underachieving Fourth-Grade Students In A North Dakota Public School District., Edward Lawrence Gomez

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Information Need, Form, Source, And Use As Perceived By Elementary Educators., Ronald M. Torgeson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Feasibility Of Cooperative Staff Utilizations Of Five Rural Public School Districts Of Kittson County In Northwestern Minnesota, William R. Nachatilo

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Education In American Democratic Thought, Barry P. Sullivan

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Between Certain Piagetian Logical Thinking Tasks And The Subtraction Ability Of First-Grade, Second-Grade, And Third-Grade Children., Marvin Lee Sohns

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This investigation was conducted to explore the comparison between first, second, and third grade children’s ability to subtract and their ability to think logically as measured by conversation of numerical quantities, seriation, and quantitative class inclusion tasks.

The Inkwell, Armstrong State College

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

A Guide For Boarding Home Parents Getting To Know You, Judith Kleinfield, Jennifer Christian

ISER Reports

No abstract provided.

Interview With Lenore Vaughn-Eames, Donald Raichle, Lenore Vaughn-Eames

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 Lenore Vaughn-Eames and Raichle. In this interview, Vaughn-Eames reflects on her time at Newark State College.

Interview With Rocco Lorusso, Donald Raichle, Rocco E. Lorusso

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 Rocco Lorusso and Raichle.

In this interview, Lorusso reflects upon his journey from student to faculty member at Newark State College, detailing how the institution influenced his passion for the arts and progressive education.

Interview With Eugene Wilkins, Donald Raichle, Eugene G. Wilkins

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 Eugene Wilkins and Raichle.

In this interview, Wilkins discusses his career as the president of Newark State College, one that led the institution through a particularly transformative era.

Interview With John Hutchinson, Donald Raichle, John Hutchinson

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 John Hutchinson and Raichle.

In this interview, Hutchinson reflects on the college's evolution from a normal school to a teacher's college, his own career, as well as certain strengths and weaknesses of the college.

A Study Of Non-Manual Vocational Adjustment Of Twenty-Five 1970-1971 Work Experience Program Graduates, William E. Chaney

Student Work

Chapter One presents the background of the study and a general description of the study. Included In this chapter are: (1) an explanation of the Work Experience Program, (2) an introduction to the study, (3) the statementof the problem studied, (4) the hypotheses on which the research were based, (5) an assumption of.the results of the study, (6) the significance of the study, (7) definitions of terms used in the study, (8) delimitations assigned to the study, (9) procedures used in collection of data, and (10) procedures used in the treatment of data. Chapter One concludes with a brief overview …

A Study Of Growth In The Southside Independent School District From 1949 To Present, Alice Luna Martinez

Theses & Dissertations

This study has been undertaken to show how the development of a school system, the Southside Independent School District, came about as a result of community needs and under the leadership of the administration, namely the superintendent. To give a full account of the district's growth, it is necessary to first trace the history of the community-one astoundingly rich in tradition, dating back to the days of the Spanish land grants.

A Design For Advanced Preparation Of Educational Researchers. (Volumes I And Ii), Fon R. Belcher

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Statement of the problem. The central problem of this study was twofold: (1) to determine whether the educational research preparation offered by selected colleges and universities bore out the findings of critics, and (2) to synthesize and synergize opinions and facts regarding educational research, as expressed by men active in the field, into a flexible proposal whereby individual student's programs in research preparation could be "custom-made" to suit their most obvious research needs. (Abstract shortened.)