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The Development And Validation Of An Assessment Instrument To Measure Environmental Education Competencies For Level Iii Of The Elementary Teacher Training Program At Utah State University, Francine Fukui

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this study was to construct and validate an assessment instrument which could effectively measure the impact of implementing an environmental education component to the Level III program of the elementary teacher training program at Utah State University. It was the hope of this researcher that the test would also be administered to Level III students upon completion in subsequent quarters to indicate individual competence in environmental education.

Care was taken in the construction of the instrument to assure content validity of concepts considered important by local, university, and state environmental education reviewers. A preliminary form of the …

Results Of Kindergarten Roundup Screening: Rural Versus Suburban Children, Karen Mumma

Student Work

Language is the vehicle for learning and the child who does not possess adequate language skills is handicapped in all areas of school instruction. Additionally, society evaluates child and adult in the academic setting, socially, and on the job by their ability to manipulate the English language. The school's accelerating expectations of entering kindergarteners has put additional pressures on the majority of children. The research in developmental linguistics has shown that a certain level of maturity must be reached before tasks can be learned. The problem for the entering kindergartener whose language development is depressed is compounded.

A Follow-Up Study Of Ninth Grade Students In The Omaha, Nebraska Public Schools Who Were Expelled For The Use, Possession, Or Sale Of Marijuana During The 1977-78 School Year, Janet M. Belle

Student Work

The Select Committee on Crime reported that the youth of the nation are suffering from a deadly disease; a dependency upon drugs. The youth are being decimated and slowly destroyed by a drug epidemic. The drug crises in the schools greatly exceeded the worst expectations.

The Effect Of Family Sculpting On Perceptual Agreement Among Family Members, John Bruce Jessen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of family sculpting on perceptual agreement among family members.

Thirty families, each consisting of a father, a mother, and a child twelve years old or older, from areas of northern Utah and eastern Idaho participated in the study. The following instruments were administered to all individuals: a biographical questionnaire containing items regarding age, sex, occupation, education, number of years married for parents, and birth order position for children; the Interpersonal Check List in which each family was to describe him/herself and the other members of the family; the Family …

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 25, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 24, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Letters
• Residents Evicted for In The Pines Violations
• Abernathy Speaks Here
• News
• Features
• Music Notes
• Cinema-Scope
• Classified
• Sports

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 23, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of Successful Strategies Used In Elementary And Secondary Schools Designed To Reduces Vandalism., Gerald Edward Ryan

Student Work

Vandalism in American schools is reaching epidemic proportions. There seems to be no simple answer to the question, “Why are American schools experiencing an upsurge in vandalism?” Vandalism has become an elusive problem which has thus far defied solution.

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 22, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 21, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 20, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Newsbulletin: Special Symposium Edition, March 13, 1979, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 19, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Implementing A Personalized Approach In The Remedial Reading Program, Shirley Burton Einarsson

Graduate Student Projects

A personalized reading program has been developed for a Title I remedial reading program in grades one through six. Providing an Instructional reading program that best meets the needs of each student was a major goal. The four instructional categories included were decoding skills, comprehension, vocabulary development, and dictionary and study skills. A system has been developed for recording performance in these areas, plus conferences and books read. The aim was to help each child reach his maximum learning potential.

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 18, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Personality Characteristics Of Dramatics Majors At Selected Institutions Of Higher Education In Tennessee, Marguerite G. Parris

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of the study was to determine significant differences and likenesses in personality characteristics of dramatics majors. A secondary purpose was to ascertain whether personality studies of this type might be effectively used by supervisors, departmental heads, and/or instructors in guiding students interested in dramatics in their choices of majors, colleges, and ultimately careers. Eighty-seven female dramatics majors and seventy-two male dramatics majors enrolled in nine colleges and universities in Tennessee volunteered to participate by taking the Omnibus Personality Inventory, the measuring instrument used for data gathering. The one-way analysis of variance was used to ascertain any significant …

Perceptions Of Teacher Educators And Public School Principals Concerning The Importance Of Selected Behaviors For Beginning Teachers: A Q Study, Jean C. Flanigan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors of agreement or disagreement between a group of public school principals and a group of teacher educators concerning their perceptions of the relative Importance of specific teaching behaviors to the success of the beginning classroom teacher. (Abstract shortened.)

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.

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. 17, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 16, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 15, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Newsbulletin Vol. 7, No. 14, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Education, Minority Leland Letter To High School Counselors For Assistance For Students To Oberlin College, The Mickey Leland Papers & Collection Addendum. (Texas Southern University, 2015)

Series 10: Public Relations 1973 - 1983

No abstract provided.

Newsbulletin Vol. 6, No. 14, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Education, African-American Letter To Hisd To Reinstate Black History Month 1/18/1979, The Mickey Leland Papers & Collection Addendum. (Texas Southern University, 2015)

Series 9: Political Affairs, 1972 - 1989

No abstract provided.

The Courts, Congress, And Educational Adequacy: The Equal Protection Predicament, Betsy Levin

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Significance Of Projecting Enrollment In Determining School District Apportionment Revenue In Washington State For 1979, Charles M. Plesha

All Graduate Projects

The enrollment of the Sunnyside School District for the 1979-80 school year was estimated. This enrollment figure determined the potential staff allocation size, which in turn determined the 3010 apportionment revenues from the state. Revenues, likewise, determined the district's 00, 30 and 97 programs' staff expenditures. Those predictions were made for the general fund budget only. In addition, other revenues received from the state by Sunnyside School District, which effected the 3010 apportionment account, were explained. Actual historical enrollment data of Sunnyside School District No. 201 were utilized to make all projections as meaningful as possible.

The Web Magazine 1979, November/December, Debbie B. Putnam

The Web Magazine

The Web Magazine focuses on alumni news and campus events from Gardner-Webb College; now Gardner-Webb University. This issue highlights the groundbreaking ceremonies for the new convocation center at Gardner-Webb. The beginning semester of Graduate Studies was anticipated to begin in 1980. There were also major fundraising attempts during this time period, with a 50,000 dollar donation given anonymously. Patrick Spangler became the Convocation Center General Chairman, and took on the responsibilities of governing all other chairmen on this project. There was an outlook for the Gardner-Webb basketball season given by Randy Alexander, the Sports Information Director. Michael Stephens, a psychology …