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An Assessment Of The Self-Actualizing Education Program, Kathleen Pope

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Elementary school teachers enrolled in the Self-Actualizing Education training course were tested prior to and following the ten-week in-service course to measure to what extent teachers improved interpersonal communication skills in discussions with students. Teachers' positive responses (e.g., listening, owning personal feelings, offering choices to students), teachers' negative responses (e.g., judging, lecturing, rescuing), teacher talk vs. student talk, and the frequency of student misbehaviors were considered. Audio tape recordings were made of teachers as they dealt with student problems in a group discussion and in an individual discussion. Also, student misbehaviors were recorded during a 15-minute observation time.

The data …

Teaching Ability And Sexuality, R. Creasey

Academic History

The author discusses reconciling their sexual identity and their chosen profession.

Mat-Sea-Cal Oral Language Packets, Janet L. Esquivel

All Graduate Projects

This project is the development of a curriculum of language packets in Spanish dealing with the communication concepts which are tested in the MAT-SEA-CAL Oral Language Proficiency Test. The packets develop one specific skill in each of the communication concepts: numerality, temporality, spatial relations, identification, classification, case relationships, interrogation, and negation. The packets are designed for native Spanish speakers, grades K-3, who have certain structural problems in oral Spanish.

Judicial Input Into Policy Formulation: Case-Scenario Analysis And Educational Policymaking, Susan W. Brecher

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Identification Of And The Training Of The Vocal Range Of Three-Year-Old Preschool Children., Bonnie Lynn Harkey

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.

A Model For Determining Faculty Workload In Schools Of Nursing., Ellienne Todd Tate

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.

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.

Effects Of Prehydration With Selected Liquids Upon Exercise In A Hot And Humid Environment., William Irvin Dickens Ii

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

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

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Historical And Technical Development Of Clarinet Transposition., Gloria Mcilwain Giammanco

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Status Of English Teaching In Louisiana Public Secondary Schools., Karen Bernadette Petit Poirrier

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Freshman Achievement At Louisiana State University At Eunice In Terms Of Certain Factors., Nancy Ann Lyons Webb

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 …

Reading Strategies For Content Teachers, Constance Dallman Luna

All Graduate Projects

This project, designed for content teachers wishing to improve their students' reading skills, includes lesson plans, procedures, and materials for learning modules in the following content field reading problem areas: readability, vocabulary, diagnosis, questioning, using the textbook, organizing for instruction, and notetaking and listening. The key recommendation was that the project be seen as an evolving process and not as an end product.

The Heritage Arts Project: A Bridge Between Generations, Roz Flax

Theses

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Johnson Family Papers - Accession 162, Johnson Family

Manuscript Collection

The Johnson Family Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, reports, newspaper clippings, financial records, photographs, and other records relating to the family of David Bancroft Johnson, founder and first president of Winthrop (1886-1928) including, his wife Mai Rutledge Smith Johnson (Class of 1898), and their children, David Bancroft, Jr., Burgh, and Suzanne Johnson. The collection covers topics concerning David Bancroft Johnson’s work with the Columbia, South Carolina school system and the origins of Winthrop. Correspondents include Edward Southey Joynes, J.C. McCurry, Frances W. Parker, A.D. Mayo, William G. Burgin, and W.R. Bradford among many others.

A Comparative Study Of The Effects Of Two Approaches To Teaching Reading Comprehension On Achievement Of Fourth And Fifth Grade Students Of Middle And Low Socioeconomic Status, Alfred John Gordon

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem: The problem was divided into two parts. The first part investigated the question whether students who were taught reading comprehension skills by the PIRAMID objective-based approach showed a greater gain than students who were taught the same skills by use of the basal reader approach. The second part was to ascertain the degree of concordance between results of the criterion-referenced test (CRT) and results of the norm-referenced test (NRT).

Purpose: The purpose was twofold: (1) to compare gains in reading comprehension achievement of an experimental group with gains of a control group, and (2) to compare the pretest and …

Attitudes Toward Women Held By California School District Board Members, Superintendents, And Personnel Directors Including A Review Of The Historical, Psychological, And Sociological Foundations., Hilda Nees Beck

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem: Women, although comprising the preponderance of the teaching force, are represented in small numbers at higher level school district administrative positions. Their numbers have been decreasing :in California despite federal and state laws mandating equal opportunities for women. The low proportion of women in these positions has been attributed to their lack of qualifications, their lack of aspiration, and their poorer performance as administrators. Others have cited such factors as discriminatory policies and practices of school districts and the attitude toward women held by those who select administrators and responsible for that.under representation of women at higher levels. These …

The Impact Of Parent Effectiveness Training On Parent Attitudes And Children's Behavior., Alice Gates Lewis

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to assess the impact of Parent Effectiveness Training (PET) on a rural-suburban population, The population under study was chosen from the unincorporated towns of Oakley and Knightsen, California, located 70 miles northeast of San Francisco, in the San Joaquin Valley . Sixty parents were chosen randomly from the parent rosters of Oakley and Knightsen Elementary Schools. They were randomly assigned to one of three groups, two being experimental and one control.

The instruments used to assess the training were the Parent Attitude Survey Scale (PASS); the Dogmatism Scale (D-Scale); the Devereux Elementary School Behavior Rating Scale …

A Study Of The Emphases Of Mildred Agnes Dawson In The Education Of Children In The American English Language Arts., Dorothy Gayle Hightower Woolley

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The present study was designed to examine and explore Dawson’s empahses on four strands in language learning for teachers and students of the United States of America. This study sought to find and isolate those major emphases made by Dawson in the language arts strands of oral language, reading, written composition, and grammar.

Images, Learning, And Teaching., George Woodrow Gagnon Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Description Of The Role Of The Public School Science Supervisor: 1895 To 1976, Judy Harmon

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Problem. The problem was to investigate the role of the public school science supervisor in the United States as perceived by recognized authorities, through the identification and description of beginnings, developments, trends, and projections found in scientific and educational literature. (Abstract shortened.)

Alumni Programs Newsletter, October 1977 (Vol. 1 No. 1), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

This is the first issue of the Nova University Alumni Newsletter to be published monthly for the purpose of serving as a communication link between the university and its graduates and among its graduates. This is your Newsletter. It will be as valuable to you as you wish to make it. The editorial staff is dependent upon you for sending information about you and your fellow graduates, about your aspirations and concerns, your needs and successes. Call or write the alumni office to let us know what you are thinking about, and the ways in which this publication can help …

Intercultural Communication: An Educator’S Personal Point Of View, Jay Fox

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Everybody Is Ignorant, Only On Different Subjects, Eliot Butler

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

The Status Of Science Supervision In Florida School Districts, Roy F. Ellis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Follow-Up Study Of The 1970 Self Study And Evaluation Recommendations For Physical Education In The Omaha, Nebraska Public Secondary Schools In Order To Determine The Degree To Which Those Recommendations Were Implemented, Glenn E. Mitchell

Student Work

The purpose of this sutdy was to determine the degree to which the Omaha Public Senior High Schools have implemented the physical education recommendations made by the self-study teams in 1970, as they prepared for a North Central Association evaluation.