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Newsbulletin Vol. 8, No. 2, Salve Regina College

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Newsbulletin Vol. 8, No. 1, Salve Regina College

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1979 Vol. 23: Spiritan Works Of Education, The Generalate Team

Information Documentation (English)

l/D 23 -- The Generalate Team Sept.-Oct. 1979 -- Spiritan Works of Education -- (pg. 1) -- History -- (pg. 1) -- Their Successors -- (pg. 2) -- Our works of Education Today and Tomorrow -- (pg. 3) -- Our Common Spiritan vocation -- (pg. 4)

Adult Vocational Education Students In Fairbanks, Judith Kleinfield, Robert Travis, Lynn Wright

ISER Reports

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Henri Temianka Correspondence; (Bodnar), Nina Bodnar

Henri Temianka Correspondence

This collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 32, Salve Regina College

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Assessment Of The Degree A Piagetian Program Is Implemented In The Omaha Prekindergarten, Peggy Ann Wiles

Student Work

Piaget is perhaps the most prominent learning theorist influencing preschool education. This influence is appropriate because Piaget's theory interprets the child's cognitive development from birth to adolescence, thus making it a unique developmental perspective for early education. Piaget's investigations regarding what intelligence is and how it develops have revealed that cognitive development occurs in four major stages.

A Study Of Advantages And Disadvantages Of Mainstreamed Hearing Impaired Students In A Regular Public School Classroom, Otis Perry

Student Work

On November 29, 1975, President Ford signed into law a multi-billion dollar aid measure to assist states in educating handicapped children. P.L. 94-142 requires that a state must agree to establish a goal of serving all handicapped children between the ages of three and eighteen by September 1, 1978, and children between three and twenty-one by September 1, 1980, in order to qualify for Federal Assistance. The Federal Assistance provided for this program is substantial as it will provide 40% of the excess cost for Special Education. This excess cost reaches its full potential no later than 1982.

Preschoolers' Feelings About Children With Physically Handicapping Conditions, Nancy L. Tucker

Student Work

The implimentation of PL 94-142 requires appropriate educational programming for all handicapped youngsters in the least restrictive environment. Some school districts may choose to integrate existing programs rather than to develop new ones. For preschoolers, integration could mean exposure at an early age to conditions that they may not fully understand and may in fact be fearful about.

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 31, Salve Regina College

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How To Make A Token Economy Work: Goals And Variables Of Token Economies With The Institutionalized Mentally Retarded, Laura Ann Wade

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Token systems of reinforcement are an increasingly popular method of modifying the behavior of the institutionalized mentally retarded. The dramatic success of the token economy has resulted in its programmatic use without full consideration for the relevancy of treatment goals and the numerous variables that may contribute to the successful implementation and maintenance of the token economy. An examination of the treatment goals found in the existing literature reveals that two orientations presently exist: management/control and therapeutic/educative. Furthermore, a review of the literature reveals differing methods or variables may contribute to achieving a successful token economy with the mentally retarded. …

A Study Comparing Religious Education Achievement Scores Between A Group Of Parochial School Pupils And Confraternity Of Christian Doctrine Pupils, Laverne C. Iaffaldano

Student Work

Throughout the history of the Catholic Church, teaching, to transmit the Christian message, has been an important function. In the modern Church, the teaching ministry continues to be a primary concern.

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 30, Salve Regina College

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Henri Temianka Correspondence; (Armstrong), Henri Temianka

Henri Temianka Correspondence

This collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.

Henri Temianka Correspondence; (Armstrong), Neil M. Armstrong

Henri Temianka Correspondence

This collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.

Perceived Inservice Needs Of Regular Classroom Teachers For Incorporating The Handicapped Child In The Regular Classroom, Terry Zoucha

Student Work

The evidence supporting mainstreaming from the first day of the first year of school is positive and strong. For children who have been identified as needing special education before the usual school age reports of effective integration date as far back as 1962. The practice was operating system wide in Tacoma, Washington, even earlier (Bertness, 1976, pp. 55-58).

Henri Temianka Correspondence; (Bodnar), Nina Bodnar

Henri Temianka Correspondence

This collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.

A Profile Of The Primary Grade Teachers In The Catholic Schools In The Metropolitan Area Of The Archdiocese Of Omaha, Luvern A. Gubbels

Student Work

The casual observer can see that the field of education involves students, teachers, buildings, materials, administrators and taxes to name a few ingredients. Even this casual observer must realize that education is a many faceted endeavor and all facets must be synchronized and harmonized to yield the results necessary to meet its goals.

The Interrelationships Of Parent, Teacher, And Student Attitudes Toward Mathematics And Student Achievement In Mathematics, Sandra L. Blevins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to measure and analyse the relationships between the expressed attitudes toward mathematics of selected seventh grade students, their parents, and their former elementary school teachers and to relate these attitudes to student achievement In mathematics in elementary school. (Abstract shortened.)

A Survey Of Program Provisions For Gifted Students In Virginia, Joseph R. White

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to obtain information on program provisions for gifted students in Virginia. Characteristics of an adequate program for the gifted were ascertained through use of a gifted program evaluation model developed by Joseph S. Renzulli and Virgil S. Ward entitled Diagnostic and Evaluative Scales For Differential Education For The Gifted, "DESDEG". The review of literature indicated that DESDEG provided a structural framework in the analysis of programs for gifted students. The descriptive survey method of research was used to conduct the study. The instrument utilized for this study was a questionnaire/opinionnaire developed around the five …

Identifying Criteria For The Conduct Of Professional Negotiations And Analyzing Opinions Of Tennessee Public School Superintendents Toward The Criteria, William J. Morrell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of the study was to identify criteria for the use by public school administrators and their staffs in conducting matters pertaining to professional negotiations and to analyze opinions of Tennessee public school superintendents toward selected criteria. Interrelationships were tested among nine independent variables and ten dependent variables. (Abstract shortened.)

Instructor Modeled Postural Positions And Their Influence On Instructional Test Scores Of Tenth-Grade Students, Robert L. Bower

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The problem was to determine if instructor modeled postural positions Influence Instructional test scores of selected tenth-grade students. (Abstract shortened.)

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 29, Salve Regina College

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Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 28, Salve Regina College

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Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 27, Salve Regina College

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Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 26, Salve Regina College

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Recent Publications, Journal Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Bakke, DeFunis, and Minority Admissions: The Quest for Equal Opportunity

By Allan P. Sindler.

Sindler describes the admissions programs at the Universities of Washington and California-Davis, and the respective experiences of Marco DeFunis and Allan Bakke that preceded their litigation. Then, documenting the disparity in academic qualifications between accepted minorities and rejected nonminorities, Sindler addresses the broad issue before the courts. Is the reservation of academic "places" for minorities an inherently two-track system, which operates as an illegal quota to exclude "better-qualified" applicants; or may a school utilize race as a basis for selection in order to fulfill other commitments …

The Salience Of Parent Education For Adolescents: Gender And Gratification Orientations, Katrina H. Miller

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this study was to test the relevance of parent education for high school students in terms of interest, concerns, expectations and experiences of the adolescents regarding children. The ability to delay gratification and gender served as independent variables. Weaver's (1977) "Adolescent Interest Survey" was administered to 179 high school students enrolled in three different programs in semi-rural northern Utah. These programs were objectively classified to represent two levels of ability to defer gratification. Regular high school stud ents, male (N=51) and female (N=52) were treated as "deferrers of gratification". Potential dropout students, Males (N=26) and females (N=23) …

Vocational Education In Alaska: Central Issues And Problem Areas, Arthur E. Hippler, Patricia Derouche, William Alves

ISER Reports

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Attitudes Toward Items In The Professional Negotiation Process As Expressed By Kentucky School Board Chairpersons And Teacher Association Presidents, William A. Bell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose of Study. Disagreement was prevalent as American school boards and teacher associations attempted to reach consensus on what items should be negotiated at the collective bargaining table. This struggle to reach consensus clearly suggested an uncompromising need for additional research related to this perplexing problem. The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze those items in educational collective negotiations that Here viewed by Kentucky school board chairpersons and Kentucky teacher association presidents as negotiable items suitable for the negotiation process.(Abstract shortened.)