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Teacher Flexibility In Relation To Classroom Teaching Behaviour And Perceived Teacher Effectiveness, Petra Duschner

Digitized Theses

The goal of this study was to investigate relationships among teacher flexibility, classroom teaching behaviour, and perceived teacher effectiveness in a sample of 95 secondary school teachers. Teacher flexibility was defined as a global, multifaceted characteristic consisting of both a cognitive and personality component. Three paper-and-pencil measures of each component of flexibility were employed. Frequency of occurrence of specific teaching behaviours and overall teaching effectiveness were rated by students in classes taught by participating teachers, using a 40-item teaching evaluation form.;The results provided very little support for an underlying unidimensional teacher flexibility construct in either the cognitive or personality domain. …

Conflict Management After Rbo: From Process To Procedure, Paul Douglas Bergman

Digitized Theses

The Ontario Ministry of Labor offers a program called Relations By Objectives (RBO) which was used forty-eight times between 1979 and 1985 to help management and union improve their relationships.;Certain writers in the Industrial Relations field have recently questioned the program's ability to create any significant improvements in management-union relationships, suggesting that the program's assumptions and techniques are inappropriate in a union-management setting.;This thesis tracks the RBO program back to its roots--citing original sources where necessary--to illustrate that the Relations By Objectives program has strong theoretical links, and has the potential for significant changes in management-union relationships. The research then …

Lecture 12: U.S. Education- Committing Hara-Kiri?, Ross Allen

Last Lectures

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A Study Of Self-Perceived Current And Desired Career Stages Of Federal Government Engineers And Public School Educators In The Central Florida Area, Dennis Stephan Duke

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the perceptions of public school educators and Federal Government engineers in the Central Florida area to determine their self-perceived current and desired career stages (Dalton, Thompson and Price, 1977). The influences of age, education and tenure variables on these perceptions and on the employee's preference for a technical or managerial career track were also examined. The rationale for the study is based upon findings in the literature which indicate that both occupations are experiencing motivation and retention problems caused by the requirement to leave classrooms or technical engineering positions and enter management ranks in order to gain …

Grievance Mediation Of Contracual Disputes In Public Education, Sylvia Skratek

Journal of Dispute Resolution

This summary provides an overview of the findings of the study. There are, of course, many findings in the body of the report which are not summarized here, and interested readers are encouraged to examine the full report for these details.

The Unitariness Finding And Its Effect On Mandatory Desegregation Injunctions, L. Kevin Sheridan, Jr.

Fordham Law Review

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An Analysis Of An Economic Classroom Reward System To Encourage Academic Achievement, Susan Louise Pendleton Tucceri

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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The Development Of A Software Catalog For Reid School, Springfield, Ohio, Bonnie Brooks Cummings

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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Higher Education And Life Chances: A Study Of Occupational Attainments And Attitudes Among Some Public University Graduates, Richard Peter Talbot

Doctoral Dissertations

This study investigates the post-graduate educational and occupational experiences of the 1968 and 1978 graduates of a state flagship university. First, it explores the influence of parental variables upon respondents' choice of curriculum and of post-graduate study. Second, it examines the occupational placement of the respondents by cohort and by gender. Third, it explores the present attitudes of the respondents by cohort and gender.

A stratified random sampling of the graduates (N = 433) via a mailed survey questionnaire shows that more men than women in the 1968 cohort return their forms. There is the suspicion that only those who …

The Comparative Effects Of Two Instructional Strategies On Second-Graders' Reading Comprehension And Writing Ability (Story Mapping; Summary), Sandra Westbrooks

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This study investigated the influence of writing instruction on the reading comprehension and the syntactic writing development of second-grade students. Research has shown that instruction in writing summaries can increase reading comprehension and improve writing skills significantly. Thus, this study attempted to determine the effect of writing instruction on reading comprehension and syntactic writing development. This study employed two second-grade classrooms. Classrooms were randomly assigned to experimental or control groups. Within each group, subjects were divided into low, average, and high reading ability subgroups. Reading ability was determined according to scores received on the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS), …

A Description Of The Meaning-Making Strategies Reported By Proficient Readers And Writers., Sarah H. Martin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to develop a description of the cognitive strategies reported by proficient readers and writers as they completed a variety of reading and writing tasks. Seven above-average, twelfth-grade students were selected as subjects from teacher recommendations and standardized test scores. Each subject was involved in five data collection sessions: (a) a writing assessment/think aloud practice session, (b) writing a reflexive task, (c) writing an extensive task, (d) reading a concrete text, and (e) reading an abstract text. All sessions were held with subjects individually. The data collection techniques included: (a) recording the thoughts subjects reported …

Education And Human Resource Development: The Case Of Saudi-Arabia, Nehal Fouad Alfy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

College Of Technology, Bolton Street Prospectus 1987-88, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

Prospectus: Bolton Street

Courses for the College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.

Occupational Ethos Of Executive Directors Of State Councils On Vocational Education., Michael B. Moon

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The fundamental purpose of this study was to describe the occupational ethos of Executive Directors of State Councils on Vocational Education. As the literature concerning education-related occupational ethos is sparse, the study was an effort to contribute to the literature and to provide an understanding of the occupation of Executive Director of State Councils on Vocational Education. The description of the ethos was derived from two significant viewpoints--orientations and sentiments exhibited by the executive directors. Collection of data for this study was accomplished through two means. The first method involved elite interviewing of a sample of 15 current executive directors …

A Longitudinal Study Of Changes In Reading Comprehension Of Individual Elementary Students, Virginia K. Reynolds

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The purpose of this study was to determine what changes occur in individual students' reading comprehension during the non-instructional time period of summer vacation compared to the changes that occurred during an equal instructional time period. Data were obtained from 96 students enrolled in the third, fourth, and fifth grades of an urban public school. The Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests, Level C and Level D, Forms 1 and 2, were used to evaluate students' changes in reading comprehension. The three intelligence levels, established through ranking of the Otis-Lennon Mental Abilities Test scores, and three grade placements were used as independent variables …

A Study Of Preschool Directors' And Elementary Principals' Perceptions Of Planning For Children's Transitions From Preschool To Kindergarten, Edward Mitchell Greene

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This investigation examines the perceptions of elementary principals and preschool directors in the areas of (a) communication and coordination, (b) child-related information, and (c) program and professional development opportunities. A Likert scale was used to record the levels of agreement, and a formality scale was used to record the presence or absence of practices or policies. Thirty-five elementary principals and thirty-seven preschool directors responded to the survey mailed to each licensed preschool program director and public elementary school principal in a major metropolitan county of Indiana. The two-tailed independent t -test (p $<$.05) was used to determine if significant difference existed between the two groups. The chi-square analysis (p $<$.05) was used to analyze frequency data. As a result of the survey analysis several conclusions were reached. The importance of planning and coordinating children's transitions between preschool and kindergarten is perceived to be important. Information about children's previous experiences is useful in planning for children's entry into school. Program and staff development opportunities are important to preparing for children's transitions between settings. Information about child development and its implications for appropriate practices are known to both groups of respondents, but the information is not used in planning for children's transitions. Preschool directors feel the most useful sources of information about program practices and guidelines are teacher training institutions, while elementary principals prefer school corporation inservices. One recommendation based on this study is to replicate the survey with a larger and more diverse sample to examine the interactions between subgroups of independent variables. Also, the goals and uses of readiness tests and screening instruments should be studied in the preschool and elementary settings. The nature of teacher training and leadership development programs in higherEducation should be examined to determine how they promote the development of skills related to planning for children's transitions.

Microcomputer Competencies Needed By Industrial Arts Teachers As Perceived By Industrial Arts Teacher Educators In Midwestern States, Hsi-Chi Hsiao

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Today's rapid advancements in technology demand the use of microcomputers inEducational settings. The field of industrial arts must increase its involvement in computer technology to meet the needs of the changing society. The purpose of this study was to identify the microcomputer competencies that were perceived by industrial arts educators as needed to integrate microcomputers into industrial arts programs in the public schools. The results may serve as guidelines for industrial arts teacher training institutions in the selection of training content areas and for in-service industrial arts teachers in the identification of in-service training programs which meet their needs. The …

The Maintenance Of Treatment Effects For Families Of Aggressive Boys Participating In Social Learning Family Therapy, Thomas V. Sayger

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This study investigated the effectiveness of a time-limited social learning family therapy model in maintaining treatment changes in families of aggressive, second- through sixth-grade boys. Twenty of 28 families completing a treatment program offered by the Family Therapy Project at Indiana State University also completed follow-up assessments nine to twelve months following their termination from treatment. These families completed instruments to assess the maintenance of treatment gains in the areas of child behavior, family environment/relationships, family problem-solving abilities, parental depression, and marital adjustment/satisfaction. The following instruments were used to determine treatment gains and maintenance on the aforementioned variables: Daily Behavior …

Gender And Journals: Life And Text In College Composition, Cinthia Lee Gannett

Doctoral Dissertations

Since journals were introduced into the composition curriculum in the 1960's, they have become increasingly important components both of writing and writing across the curriculum courses. Yet the available literature shows we know little about the historical and social contexts of journal and diary keeping. This dissertation looks at the ways gender informs our students' attitudes toward and experience with journal keeping in both academic and nonacademic settings.

Using three men's and three women's journals as the focal point of my discussion, I find striking sex differences both in the quantity and in the "qualities" of the journals they wrote. …

Cognitive Strategy Training Effects On Reading Comprehension In Learning-Disabled Readers., Erin Cuccia Agostini

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was conducted to investigate the hypothesis that learning disabled children with reading deficits demonstrate a "production deficiency" by failing to spontaneously employ appropriate cognitive strategies in reading situations. Moreover, it was anticipated that providing them with explicit instruction regarding these strategies would improve their comprehension. Thirty learning disabled seventh- and eighth-grade students were randomly assigned to one of three training conditions: (a) summarization, (b) self-questioning, and (c) control. The effectiveness of the training strategies was assessed by having students write an 80-word summary and answer a 10-item multiple choice comprehension test on each of two passages during three …

An Analysis Of Management Practices---Louisiana Sheep Producers Association, 1986., Terry Lee Dumas

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The objectives of this study were: (1) To develop a personal profile of the membership of the Louisiana Sheep Producers Association (LSPA). (2) To determine the relationship between flock management practices followed by members of LSPA and their purpose for producing, size of operation, age and education. (3) To determine the educational needs in sheep production. The data were obtained by a mail questionnaire sent to 275 of the 304 members of LSPA. A total of 189 members engaged in sheep production returned the surveys. Chi-square, analysis of variance and correlation analysis was used to determine statistically significant relationships (.05 …

The Effect Of Vocal Modeling On Pitch-Matching Accuracy Of Children In Grades One Through Six., Georgia A. Green

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of adult female, adult male, and child vocal modeling on the pitch-matching accuracy of children in grades one through six. Because singing is a basic component of the elementary music curriculum and is a skill which a child will continue to use throughout his/her life, it is important to determine how a child can most successfully develop and use his/her singing voice. Existing literature indicates that those factors which most directly affect a child's singing ability are maturation, auditory discrimination, vocal range, and vocal modeling. Conflicting results exist as to …

The Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service: A Descriptive History Of Its Origin And Development. (Volumes I And Ii)., Edwin Clark Forrest Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation studies the conditions which brought the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service (LCES) into existence in 1914 and which have sustained it for over 70 years. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that 40 percent of Russia's population consists of farmers and that approximately 70 percent of China's population are farmers. The significance of these figures in relation to productivity is apparent when contrasted with the United States farm population of 2 percent. The current high level of production in American agriculture, sustained by such a small percentage of the population, is not an accident, as Professor Roy V. Scott, …

Spacing Of Repetitions And Contextual Interference Effects In Motor Skill Learning., Harry John Meeuwsen

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Three experiments are reported that examined the possibility that the contextual interference effect in motor skill learning is a variation of a multiple trial spacing of repetitions effect. Specifically, the question why a non-spaced condition in a spacing of multiple trials motor learning paradigm has not produced predicted retention deficits. Subjects in all experiments learned to perform a simple motor skill in a criterion movement time. Experiments 1 and 2 examined why spacing of multiple trials did not produce expected retention performance benefits in previous spacing experiments. The results of Experiment 1 and 2 showed that the randomness of the …

An Investigation Of The Inference And Mapping Components Of The Componential Theory Of Analogical Reasoning., Catherine Sheard

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Sternberg's componential theory of analogical reasoning (1977) provides a series of steps that may be followed in order to solve analogies. According to Sternberg, when given a simple analogy (in the form A:B::C: (D$\sb1$, D$\sb2$, D$\sb3$)) the reasoner: (a) encodes the terms of the analogy, (b) infers the relation between A and B, (c) maps the relation between A and C, (d) applies a relation analogous to the inferred one from C to each answer option, choosing the closer option, and (e) responds. The purpose of this research was to further investigate the inference and mapping processes of the componential …

Factors Affecting Developmental College Readers' Abilities To Mobilize And Use Prior Knowledge., Rhonda Holt Atkinson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the study was to examine differences in comprehension scores and recall of expository text by developmental college readers following manipulation of traditional and technological factors affecting use of mobilized prior knowledge. This research differed from previous research in three ways. First, it endeavored to determine if a visible link between old and new knowledge would enhance comprehension and recall. Second, it compared traditional (verbal statements) and technological (computer-mediated) methods of linking prior knowledge and new information. Third, it featured the use of individual brainstorming as a means of mobilizing schemata. The literature review focused on theory and …

The Effects Of Applicant Sex, Applicant Attractiveness, Rater Sex And Sex-Role Stereotype On The Evaluation Of Applicants., Nadia Ann Bugg

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was designed to test the main effects and interaction effects of applicant sex, applicant physical attractiveness, rater sex, and rater sex-role stereotype on the ratings of applicants in the screening phase of undergraduate student admission procedures. The participants were undergraduate students in the allied health sciences at a regional university in the southeast. The experimental task consisted of rating hypothetical applicants on overall suitability, a series of adjectives which reflect personality characteristics of the applicant, and assigning causal attributions for the past performance of the candidate. Each subject evaluated four hypothetical applicants: attractive male, unattractive male, attractive female …

Acceptability And Effectiveness Of Group Contingencies For Improving Spelling Achievement., Timothy Lawrence Turco

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This 12-week study conceptually merged cooperative learning and group contingency approaches to classroom interventions to assess how varying task and incentive structures affect fifth-grade students' spelling achievement, social status, and perceptions of treatment procedures. The study used two groups (treatment and control group) of fifth-grade students. The students in the treatment group were actively involved with one of six group contingency procedures designed to improve spelling performances. The conditions for students in the treatment groups varied on dimensions of task structure (group or individual) and incentive structure (interdependent, dependent, or no incentive). Treatment acceptability, spelling achievement, and peer nominated social …

The Relationship Between Supervisory Methods And Teacher Self-Concept As A Teacher And As A Person., Annis Dowden Tarver

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was designed to test the relationship between methods of supervision used during the supervisory conference and teacher self-concept as a teacher and as a person. The method of supervision, the independent variable in the research design, was either clinical supervision using the Hunter (1980) method or traditional supervision. The clinical method of supervision used specific, diagnostic, and prescriptive feedback given by the supervisor during a series of supervisory conferences that followed the five types of supervisory conferences proposed by Hunter. The traditional method of supervision used general and non-specific feedback given by the supervisor during a series of …

Educational Research And Educational Policy-Making: A Case Study Of Local Level Utilization., Marie Stafford Lacour

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examined the relationship between evaluation of curriculum policies and utilization of evaluative results at the local level. The central question in the study concerned the influence of locally conducted evaluative research on the nature and extent of organizational policy decision making. Public school decision makers from four levels of responsibility participated in the study. School board members, central office administrators, principals and teachers were asked to respond to a summary of the results from a study evaluating a local curriculm problem and to answer a questionnaire documenting respondent perception of the relevance of local research to policy decisions. …