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Alvin Laroy Duckett Papers - Accession 36, Alvin Laroy Duckett

Manuscript Collection

The Alvin LaRoy Duckett Papers consist of correspondence, lecture notes, reading lists, tests and newspaper clippings relating to Dr. Duckett’s position as a professor of history at Winthrop College (1950-1967). Also included is a thesis (1956) and a rough draft, final draft, and book reviews pertaining to his book John Forsyth: Political Tactician (1962). Although the papers range from 1941 to about 1966, the greater part of the collection concerns the years of his employment at Winthrop.

(1976) The Teacher As Liberator: A Nietzschean View, Ann Margaret Sharp

Collected Papers of Ann Margaret Sharp

It is Nietzsche's view that it is the main task of the educator to reach out for the student and to become his agent of liberation, aware that the end result will inevitably be the creation of men who will come into conflict with the prevailing norms of society and who will begin the process of the creation of new values for mankind. In order for this value-creator to become a reality, educators must will his existence consciously and then set about systematically to form him.

An Investigation Of Eighth Grade Pupils' Understanding Of Quantitative Concepts From United States History Textbooks, Harold Lee Bush

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM: The problem of this study is to determine the extent to which eighth grade students understand quantitative concepts expressed in United States History textbooks.

PURPOSE: This investigation was conducted to explore the types of quantitative concepts found in eighth grade United States History textbooks, the students' understanding of these concepts, and the relationship between their understanding of these concepts and the variables of math achievement, reading achievement, and grade point average.

PROCEDURES: Two hundred sixty-three students from twelve eighth grade classes in three neighboring school districts were given a Test on Quantitative Concepts designed by the investigator. The students …

Conflict Between The Judiciary And The Legislature In School Desegregation, Edward P. Meyers

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Parent Education Program Designed For Reinforcement Of Selected Reading Skills For Primary Level Students, Naomi Roberson

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In this paper, it is the purpose of the author to develop a parent education program to reinforce selected primary level reading skills in primary students through student-parent activities in the home, school, and community.

Specifically, this program will be designed for parents of primary level participants in the Title I Reading Program in the Baker County School System in Macclenny, Florida. The ideas presented here should be generally applicable to parents of primary level reading students in any setting, taking into account the adaptation to specific local community resources and the consideration of school policies in differing localities in …

A Survey Of Instructional Handwriting Practices And Policies In North Dakota Among Second, Third And Fourth Grade Teachers And Their Attitudes Toward These Practices And Policies, Ladonna May Whitmore

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Exploratory Content Analysis Of Creative Thinking In Elementary School Science Textbooks For Grades One, Three, And Five., Anthony Thomas Rinaldi

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the content of textbooks for levels one, three, and five of six elementary science series to determine the extent to which the development of creative thinking skills was emphasized.

Decision-Making: A Model For Optimization Of Input-Output Relationships In Urban Compensatory Education Programs., William G. Webster Sr.

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was to develop a model for (1) statistical analysis of arrays of input in urban Compensatory Education programs, and (2) prediction of optimum arrays of such input as an adjunct to decision-making in future program formulation. The ultimate purposes of the research engaged in were: (1) improvement of administrative and curricular strategies in urban education by elimination of effort-duplication and expenditure-duplication; and (2) development of a statistical device with applicability to both decision-oriented and conclusion-oriented research for ongoing program improvement.

Enrollment Projection, Instructional, Noninstructional Implications And Alternative Uses For Vacant Or Unused Facilities In Decreasing Enrollment School Districts., Frederick A. Wentworth

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The study was an attempt to identify some of the problems associated with declining enrollment within selected California School Districts.

A Comparison Of An Extended Individualized Reading Instructional Program With The Regular Reading Instructional Program And Its Effects Upon Reading Skills Of Selected Black Junior High School Students Who Areunderachieving In Reading., Lily Burn (Titer) Small

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study to investigate the premise that if a reading program is based on individual interest, those individuals participating in the program will be motivated to read and will make greater gains in vocabulary skills, comprehension skills, and total reading skills than those taught by a non-individualized approach. The research undertaken fer this study utilized thirty-nine, Black, seventh grade students who were underachieving in reading. These subjects were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and two control groups.

The analysis of covariance procedures were used to measure gains in vocabulary achievement, comprehension achievement, and total …

Preferences For Serrano-Priest Finance Proposals Expressed By California Superintendents., Thomas Arthur Wilberding

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: The financial implications of Serrano vs. Priest have caused a great amount of concern in California among the superintendents of the school districts at all levels of organization. The purpose of this study was to determine how superintendents throughout the state felt about the finance plans suggested in the Jefferson decision in terms of each plan's impact on their school district.

A Study Of The Relationship Between Racial Mix And Academic Progress, Interracial Friendships, And Pupil And Parent Attitudes In The Elementary School, Julius Walter Gunnarsen

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

THE PROBLEM: This study addressed the problem of what relationship exists between the racial mix of the elementary school, independent of social class mix, and the academic progress, interracial friendships, and attitudes toward school of educationally disadvantaged pupils. Also investigated was the problem of what relationship exists between the racial mix of the school, with social class mix controlled, and the parents' attitudes toward school.

THE PROCEDURE: One hundred seventy-six fourth and sixth grade pupils, classified as educationally disadvantaged under the terms of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title I, were randomly selected from three schools in …

A Study Of The Attitudes Of Public School Teachers Toward Instructional Television In American Samoa, Logoleo Tele'a V. Faleali'i

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to provide evidence of institutionalization of ITV in the public schools of American Samoa. According to Evans, attitudes of users of innovations, such as ITV, provide evidence of institutionalization. This study proposed, in congruence with Evans' theory, to survey the attitudes of public school teachers toward ITV in American Samoa.

PROCEDURES: The descriptive method was used to conduct the investigation of teacher attitudes toward lTV. The research was limited to a survey of the attitudes of all elementary, secondary, and contract teachers in American Samoa. The questionnaire was designed to sample teacher attitudes …

Evaluation Of Elementary Principals In New York State, Anthony Francis Ruocco

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PURPOSE; The purpose of this study was to review the literature related to evaluation of elementary school principals, to identify current practices, and to develop a model which would include evaluation areas of responsibility, the nature of elementary principal responsibilities and competencies, the procedure for evaluating elementary school principal functions, and how such evaluations should be utilized.

Job Satisfaction Of School Superintendents In California., Richard Fairchild Cochran

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of job satisfaction of school superintendents in California. Additional purposes were to determine the differences in job satisfaction of elementary, secondary and unified school superintendents; to identify and quantify factors of the work environment which contribute to and detract from job satisfaction; and lastly, to compare variations in school superintendents job satisfaction related to age, experience as a superintendent, size of school district, location of school district, school district assessed valuation, socio-economic status of community and percent of non-white students in the school district. The need for the study …

The Educational Sojourn Of The Returned Iranian Alumni From University Of California, 1963-64--1973-74, Hutan Yassai Ardakani

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PROBLEM: The flow of returning Iranian graduates from American educational institutions has focused attention upon the educational experiences of the graduates and the extent to which they are able to utilize their training for employment in Iran.

PURPOSE: The major purposes of this study were to analyze (.1) the degree of satisfaction of the sojourn period in terms of the academic, economic, arid social experiences of a group of Iranian alumni who have returned to Iran, and (2) the relevancy and applicability of their American education.

METHODOLOGY: The sample for this study was a group of Iranian graduates from the …

The Effectiveness Of Contacting Nonattending Adult Students As Measured By Return Attendance, Dropouts And Reenrollment, Ralph Leland Moody

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem: To determine the relative effectiveness of four methods of contacting non-attending adult students with an invitation message to return to class. The four methods used to contact students were (1) personally, (2) by telephone, (3) by letter, (4) no contact (control).

Purpose: The major purpose of this study was to analyze (1) the proportion of classes students attended after being absent and then being contacted by a volunteer, {2) the dropout rate of students after being contacted by a volunteer, and (3) the reenrollment rate of students after being contacted by a volunteer.

The Role Of Educational Leadership In Managing A Change Process., Burnell Evart Johnson

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to select a sequence of steps as a model change process and then compare that sequence with the steps followed by the Berkeley Unified School District during the change process embodied in the development and first year's implementation of its Experimental Schools Project.

Deliminations: The study was limited to the Experimental Schools Project of the Berkeley Unified School District from December 28, 1970, through June 30, 1972. That project involved approximately one-third of the students and teaching staff of the district.

Procedures: The primary source of data was a structured in-depth interview with …

Educating For Freedom: Northern Whites And The Origins Of Black Education In The South, 1862-1875, Ronald E. Butchart

Graduate Dissertations and Theses

The northern white men and women who organized the first schools for the American blacks in the South, during and after the Civil War, did so for a wide variety of reasons. They were often in sharp disagreement with one another over ends and means. Each took as his point of departure a particular view of the future of the Afro-American in American society, and shaped his educational ideology around that vision. Some assumed that the freedman, like all other Americans, would move into the mainstream, free to do and become what he chose, limited only by his own intrinsic …

Separate Factor Analyses Of The Iowa Test Of Preschool Development For Groups Of Black And White Children, Stephen Wayne Blake

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

In the present study the factor structure of the Iowa Test of Preschool Development (ITPD) was examined separately for black and white children to assess the construct validity of the ITPD scales for each racial group and the degree to which factor structures of the black and white groups were congruent. Since the ITPD is intended to be used as a basis for programs involving individual assessment and remediation of the problem areas identified, it is advantageous that its construct validity be established. Intercorrelations of the scaled scores on the eight level I skill area achievement indexes (ages 2 to …

Marguerite Tolbert Papers - Accession 184, Emmie Marguerite Tolbert

Manuscript Collection

Marguerite Tolbert was a Winthrop alumna (Class of 1914), club woman, educator, Winthrop Board of Trustee member, and administrator with the Opportunity School in Columbia, South Carolina. The Marguerite Tolbert Papers consist of biographical data, newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, a copy of her thesis titled, A Survey of Negro Elementary Schools of Oconee County (1940), a scrapbook, and other papers, mainly relating to her career as an educator and to her student days at Winthrop (1911-1914).

The History Of The Emery Stake Academy, Paul Robert Tabone

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to provide a study of the early Church educational program in Southeastern Utah, especially the Emery County area. This study is to trace the growth and development of one aspect of this program from 1889 to 1922, and to lend special emphasis to the founding and location of the Emery Stake Academy, the buildings and their development, the growth of the curriculum, the enrollment, the activities, and the influence of the Academy upon the area.

The Public Relations Practices Of Directors Of Institutes Of Religion Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints In California, 1974-75, Ronald Charl Louw

Theses and Dissertations

Seventy-five directors of the Institutes of Religion of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in California, responded to a questionnaire regarding their public relations' practices. Institute directors with formal training in public relations utilized more practices, an average of 30.4, than directors without formal training who used an average of 26.9 practices. Institute directors in different locations (divisions) did not differ in the average number of practices used. Seventeen percent of the directors had structured public relations' programs. Directors emphasized more frequently public relations practices relating to priesthood leaders (72 percent) and students (67 percent) than practices relating …

Newsbulletin Vol. 3, No. 17, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

The Langston Letter December 1-7, 1975, Langston University

Langston Letter

No abstract provided.

0212-1 Report To The Colorado General Assembly: Recommendations For 1976 Committees On: Penitentiary, Agriculture, State Affairs, Business Affairs And Labor, Education, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

0212-3 Report To The Colorado General Assembly: Recommendations For 1976 Committees On: Judiciary, Finance, Property Tax Assessment Practices And School Finance, Federal And State Lands, Denver Metropolitan Water, Legislative Procedures, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

Parental Attitudes Toward Their Retarded Child, Barbara Burman Bronston

Student Work

The attitudes parents have towards their retarded child are formed by many people. Previous contact and knowledge about mental retardation is one. The others are, contacts with the medical profession, reactions from other family members, and how the community supports and helps this group of people. Guilt and anger that parents have also contribute to their attitudes. In many cases the parents will feel a groundless personal guilt. (World Health Organization, 1954).

The Relationship Between Qualified And Non Qualified Teaching Personnel In The Nigerian Educational System, Edem C. Umo

Student Work

Nowadays, education is regarded as the key, not only to economic stability of a nation but also to the political and social advancements. This growing consciousness to the importance of education, has in recent years almost doubled the pace of educational improvements in many countries. While the advanced nations are busy adjusting their educational systems to suit their objectives and changing needs, the developing nations try to imbibe and adapt their local situations. As in many other parts of Africa, Nigeria is no exception to making some educational progress.

A Study Of The Attitudes Of Parents And Graduates Toward The Group Guide Program In Technical High School, Grace Leonn Davis

Student Work

The members of the Omaha Board of Education, through the office of the Superintendent of Schools, made provisions for the school year 1972 to 1973. One of the changes was to revise the curriculum. A Task Force was formed in June of 1972, to work on curriculum revision and staffing. The Task Force was composed of fifty-two persons from the Omaha School System. The Task Force included teachers from Technical High School, teachers from other high schools, Administrators from Technical High School and the Central Administration.