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An Investigation Of The New Scott-Foresman Basic Reading Tests, The Lee-Clark Reading Readiness Test, The Lee-Clark Reading Tests, And The Gates Reading Readiness Test In Primary Grades, Milton A. Dallman

All Master's Theses

There were four purposes for the study: 1. To determine the interrelationships existing between the primary grade tests within the New Scott-Foresman Basic Reading test series. 2. To determine the relative efficiency of two reading readiness tests, the Lee-Clark test and the Gates test, in predicting children’s later success in reading. 3. To determine the relative efficiency of the Lee-Clark Reading Test: Primer and the Lee-Clark Reading Test: First Reader in predicting subsequent success in reading. 4. To establish norms for the New Scott-Foresman Basic Reading Tests that may be used in the community in which the study was conducted.

Manuscript Writing Present Practices And Extension Trends Within Schools Of The State Of Washington, John W. Wingate Jr.

All Master's Theses

In assuming this study, the author purported to ascertain both the potential and the limitations of manuscript-style hand-writing. A more important goal was to probe the existing fallacies and beliefs that surround one of the most controversial areas in the field of language arts, manuscript-style handwriting. The most important goal was to diagnose the usage and extension trends of manuscript writing within the elementary schools of the state of Washington.

A Study Of The Pilgrim Holiness Schools In The United States, Arlene Rothwell Lynch

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Appraisal By The Graduate Students Of The Terminal Education Program At Wenatchee Junior College, Alice A. Low

All Master's Theses

Wenatchee Junior College has been cognizant of the fact that its terminal program needed revision and expansion. The results of this study which have expressed the opinions of those students who have graduated from a two year course have revealed a number of conclusions and implications for further study which may be helpful in any type of curriculum revision.

Improving Reading Instruction In The Intermediate Grades Through Participation In A Specially Planned Supervisory Program., Thomas Ray Landry

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Status Of The Retired White Teachers Of Louisiana., Lena Young De Grummond

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of One-Year Shorthand Programs In Secondary Schools With Particular Reference To The Public Secondary Schools Of Iowa, Darrell G. Jones

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Increasing demands are being made of school administrators to enrich the curriculums of the secondary schools. The curriculums of many secondary schools are already expanded to the bursting point. Nevertheless, pupil needs must be satisfied. A careful scrutiny must be made of each offering in the secondary school curriculum. It must be determined whether or not each offering is justified. As the number of offerings in the curriculum must be limited, the curriculum offerings should be constantly reappraised. This study is intended to serve as an evaluative aid in the consideration of the place of the one-year shorthand program in …

A Study Of Elementary Nonresident Pupil Tuition Payments In The Schools Of North Dakota, James W. Wiese

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Systematic Developmental Reading Instruction At The Junior High School Level Upon Reading Ability And General Achievement., Gaston Louis Coussan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A History Of The Higher Education Of Negroes In The State Of Louisiana., David Coughlin Marshall

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Catalog, 1955-1957, Anderson University - South Carolina

Catalogs

The 1955-1957 academic catalog and introduction to the college.

A Handbook To Aid In The Control And Coordination Of The Athletic Program For The Moses Lake Schools, Moses Lake, Washington, James Talmage Adamson

All Master's Theses

As athletic director of the Moses Lake school system, it has been this writer's responsibility to organize, coordinate and conduct the athletic program. Moses Lake has been undergoing a period of tremendous growth, which has resulted in an increase of student enrollment and the necessity of increasing the athletic program. To effectively operate a good program under this condition, it has become necessary to establish some method which will serve the following purposes: (1) the dissemination of information concerning the athletic program for coaches, administrators, teachers, students and parents; (2) the clarification of athletic philosophy, duties, standards and regulations; (3) …

An Examination Of The Programs For Education Of Gifted Children In United States, Margaret Ackerman

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was (1) to examine the provisions for gifted children made in the schools of the United States, (2) to consider the relative merits of the various procedures, and (3) to consider ways in which these procedures are applied, and (4) to describe the methods which the average teacher can use in her classroom.

A Study To Determine The Effect On Student Achievement Of Graphic Materials Integrated In A Fifth Grade Curriculum, Harold Irving Goodwin

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of pupil achievement resulting from specific instruction in the interpretation of graphic materials. The experimental method employing four control classes and four experimental classes was the research technique used.

A Survey Of The Arithmetical Concepts Of Children In The Elementary Grades Pertaining To The Use Of Money, Eyler L. Elliot

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study: (1) to survey the present concepts of money and its use, in a specific elementary grade level, in a cross section of a city that included all socio-economic levels; (2) to determine the extent to which knowledge of economic concepts is related to socio-economic level; and (3) make suggestions as to areas where greater emphasis towards understanding of money concepts should be placed.

A Study To Ascertain The Merits Of The Corrected Test And The Study-Test Spelling Methods, James Arnold Rowan

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to compare the merits of the relatively new corrected test spelling method with the older, seemingly more widely-used study-test spelling method. The experiment was conducted to give the writer an overview of the different spelling methods so that an adequate spelling program may be conducted in the writer’s classroom.

The Organization And Administration Of The Noon-Time Program At Pasco High School, Russell A. Wiseman

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to establish a program that would enable Pasco High School students to more adequately make use or noon-hour leisure and to facilitate their wiser use of leisure time in the future. To more clearly picture the program organized and to understand the historical material, various terms were introduced tor clarification so as to discriminate concepts and ideas advanced by various authors. Education terminology in many cases differed, but the intention of the writers was generally the same. The ideas of the study were framed in light of those statements.

An Investigation Of The Inter-Relationships Among Certain Personality Tests And Ratings And Their Relationship To Academic Success In A Teacher’S College, Donald H. Duncan

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this investigation is to find; (1) what relationship exists between self ratings attained from a personality inventory and dormitory supervisor ratings on a standard scale, (2) what relationship exists between scores on a personality inventory and college grade point average, and (3) what relationship exists between dormitory supervisor ratings and college grade point average.

Christian Education As Reflected In The Discipline Of The Methodist Church, Riza Zernov

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Christian Education Among The Migrants, Mildred Williams

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Vanguard (Vol. 2, No. 1), Jan-Feb 1955, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

A strange church stands near the corners of 14th Street and Convent Avenue in New York City--in Harlem, in fact. The strange church is the former historic St. Matthew's Church, now become Mount Zion Church.

A Determination And Appraisal Of The Content Of Freshman General Mathematics Courses In Selected Colleges And Universities., Zachary Taylor Gallion

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Juarez Stake Academy, Dale M. Valentine

Theses and Dissertations

While the history of the Latter-day Saints who colonized in Mexico is probably not generally known by the majority of Latter-day Saints living throughout the world today, it nevertheless comprises an exceptionally colorful and exciting chapter of the history of Mormonism. The Latter-day Saints who went to Mexico created there a culture and society which has never been duplicated. Probably one of the chief concerns of the Mormon Colonists in Mexico was to establish in their society a culture which would be lastingly enduring and which would progressively improve. Secondly, it is also probable that they were passionately desirous of …

A Study Of The Graduation Requirements Of The Montana Public High Schools 1954-55, Kenneth Bert Card

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

A Survey Of The Hidden Costs Of Tuition In The Class C High Schools Of North Dakota In 1954-1955, Sigurd K. Rimestad

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Old Cokesbury In Greenwood County, South Carolina: Religious And Educational Center In Nineteenth Century, John W. Moore

Methodist Books

The sketch in this booklet was wrltten at the request oft The Index-Journal of Greenwood by John W. Moore and was published in The Index-Joumal in three installments, appearing on Aug. 12, Aug. 26 and Aug. 27, 1954. Th author, who now makes his home at Mount Pleasant. S. C., first wrote a shorter sketch about Cokesbury which was published in two installments in the Charleston (SC) News and Courier in February 1954.

A Study Of Selected Problems In The Administration And Supervision Of Local Programs For The Mentally Deficient In The State Of Washington, Gordon Richard Hauck

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was (1) to discover, in selected areas, existing practices in administering and supervising programs for mentally deficient children in Washington State; (2) to discover what common methods were being employed in meeting difficulties in the selected area; and (3) to develop the finding in such a manner that it would be of concrete help to districts contemplating or actually operating such programs.

A Study Of Administrative Policies And Procedures For Girls' Physical Education In Selected Secondary Schools Of Southern Utah, Ann L. Lamb

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Each person in education from the Commissioner of Education down to the classroom teacher is concerned with administration. Each has administrative duties. The way these duties are conducted and carried out will have a direct influence on the outcome of any physical education program and each child within this program.

Through the Tenth Amendment responsibility for the administration of education has been turned over to the various states. Most of the states through their constitutions place the responsibility upon the legislature to provide for organization and maintenance of public school systems. This body then draws up the statutory laws and …

A Study Of Continuation Education Practices In Small California Secondary Schools, Clarence Joseph Golomb

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The main purpose of this study was to discover if and why some small California secondary schools fail to provide continuation education.

The study involved two problems: First, to show the arrangements, methods, and problems encountered in carrying out statutory provisions concerning continuation education in small secondary schools; Second, to determine the attitude of secondary school administrators toward continuation education.

Mormon Education In Theory And Practice 1830-1844, Virgil B. Smith

Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was to discover and classify "Mormon" ideas current between 1830 and 1844 relating to educational theory and practice, and to compare the theory and practice. The hypothesis is that there were discrepancies in the theory and the practice.