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The Effects Of Perceptual-Motor Training And Music On Perceptual-Motor Development And Behavior Of Educable Mentally Retarded Children., Joe Marlan Elrod

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Diagnostic Study Of Whole Number Computations Of Certain Elementary Students., Leslie Clyde Ellis

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Pain Tolerance And Cardiac Response To Pain Of Low And High Anxious Subjects Before And After Exercise., Alice Diane Daniels

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation And Analysis Of Educational Programs For Nursing Home Administrators., Robert William Haacker

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Relative Importance Of Teachers And Parents In The Foundation Of Negro And White Students' Academic Self-Concept, Judith Kleinfield

ISER Reports

No abstract provided.

A Follow-Up Study Of A Public Law 89-10 Title Iii Elementary And Secondary Education Act Project, Patricia Ann Clark

All Master's Theses

This paper presents a follow-up study of a Public Law 89-10, Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III project, number 754, The Central Washington Regional Supplementary Center that served public and parochial schools in the nine central Washington counties.

Data were gathered by the questionnaire technique and site visitations.

Recommendations included investigating the possibility of requesting additional Title III funds and providing workshops to instruct teachers how to fully utilize the instructional materials and equipment provided by the Regional Center.

Aerospace And Environmental Education As An Interdisciplinary Curriculum In The Middle School, James Brooke Madill

All Master's Theses

This paper presents the union of aerospace and environmental education, and from their common ground draws a direct relationship with all subjects in the curriculum. This program was designed to demonstrate the feasibility of developing the middle school program around intrinsically interesting exploration in two fields of science which are of extreme importance in the world today. Following examples of possible connections with other areas in the curriculum a method of presentation is explored.

The Generalization Of Moral Judgment: An Exploratory Study, Frederick Charles Mccarthy

All Master's Theses

This paper presents a quasi-experimental study testing the consistency hypothesis of Lawrence Kohlberg with regard to the acquisition of moral qualities and ability to form moral judgment in fifth graders. The study involves thirty-two Catholic grade school children at the fifth grade level. Its scope is limited by Kohlberg 's reluctance to release information for data analysis. Recommendations include additional testing to confirm the trend of the limited sample, and suggestions for revised methodological changes in the experiment.

A Longitudinal Comparison Of Attitudes And Achievement Of Sixth Grade Children In Traditional And Modern Mathematics Programs, Magit E. Mcguire

All Master's Theses

New mathematics has been part of the elementary

school curriculum long enough to be seriously evaluated by

educators. The problem investigated was as follows: has

the new mathematics improve children's mathematical attitudes

and achievement?

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether

sixth graders who have attended school throughout the modern

mathematics era have achievement levels and attitudes that

are different from sixth graders who attended school when

the more traditional programs were offered.

Evaluation Of Three Self Report Measures In The Early Identification Of Underachievers, Jane Melville

All Master's Theses

Three self report measures were employed to identify the

underachievers among 51 third graders. Ability was assessed by the

California Test of Mental Maturity. Achievement was measured by the

Stanford Achievement Test and final GPA. Results were nonsignificant,

but in the predicted direction. Self reports of students average or

below in ability, SAT, or GPA were significantly lower, although most

of these students were not defined as underachievers.

The National Council For The Social Studies And The American Historical Association, 1945-1970: Convergence Or Divergence?, Garth Howard Magee

All Master's Theses

The study focused on three areas of secondary level social

studies education: teacher preparation, integration of the

social studies, and the purposes of social studies education.

The main sources used for the study were presidential addresses

by the leaders of both groups, editorials in the official journal

of each organization, committee reports by each group, and

various pamphlets, books, and articles by committees or officials

of each organization. Conclusions and recommendations were

stated at the end of each chapter.

The Relationship Of Eye-Hand Dominance To Visual-Motor Performance, Terry Livingstone Mitchell

All Master's Theses

Thirty-six crossed eye-hand dominant and an equal number of lateral dominant fifth grade students were compared on mirrortracing and handwriting tasks. Results showed that being crossed dominant did not have a significant effect on either handwriting or mirror-tracing when the preferred hand was used. The commonly held theory that being crossed eye-hand dominant is a handicap to normal language development was not supported by this study.

The Role Of Stimulus And Label Familiarity In Concept Learning, David W. Philips

All Master's Theses

Performance on a concept learning task was investigated by employing familiar and unfamiliar stimulus patterns, three pretraining conditions, and two conceptual rules. Subjects were given either observation or preliminary paired associate practice in labeling shapes with meaningful or nonsense labels and were then required to solve a concept learning task to criterion. It was found that tasks involving familiar stimuli were learned more rapidly than those involving unfamiliar stimuli, and that meaningful verbal pretraining for unfamiliar stimuli resulted in more rapid learning than observation or nonsense label pretraining.

Conservation Concepts Of Migrant And Resident Mexican-American And Resident Anglo Six- And Seven-Year-Old Children, Tom E. Morris

All Master's Theses

This study presents the comparison of conservation levels of six- and seven-year-old children from three different ethno-cultural backgrounds- migrant Mexican-American, resident Mexican-American, and resident Anglo. Scores on conservation tasks were analyzed by age and culture using a two-way Analysis of Variance. Mexican-Americans in the sample school were found to be at a significantly lower level of conservation.

A discussion of possible cultural effects, and educational and research recommendations were given.

A Comparative Study Of Difference In Social Maturity Levels For Ninth Grade Students Residing In A Rural Setting And Those Residing In An Urban Setting, Ruth Newland

All Master's Theses

This paper presents a comparative study of differences in social maturity levels for urban and rural ninth grade students of East Valley High School in Moxee School District #90. The study was designed to test social maturity levels of both groups by administration of the Bell Adjustment Inventory. Evaluation of the results followed showing some significant differences.

Recommendations included additional trial testing and suggestions for some modification of existing guidance program and incorporation of the Inventory into the regular testing program.

The Effects Of A Varied, Short Term Art Program On The Attitudes Of Pupils In A Juvenile Detention Center, Sigrid B. Sowell

All Master's Theses

This study concerned 50 secondary students in a school art program in a juvenile detention institution. These students were administered a nine-item, five-choice pretest-posttest questionnaire to measure attitude changes toward art and school as a result of a varied, short term art program designed for their needs. The program was structured to be motivational and to insure success for reach individual student. Pupil attitudes toward art and school were found to be more positive in all areas.

Effects Of Contingency Management On Grade Level Achievement Of Secondary Special Education Students, Richard L. Swanby

All Master's Theses

This study presents a comparison of grade level achievement for secondary special education students of non-reinforcement and reinforcement periods. The program was designed for 26 special education students between grade 9 through 12 at Selah High School. A statistical evaluation was done between the non-reinforcement and reinforcement periods.

Recommendation included that the program may be an effective means of educating secondary special education students.

Realiability Of Koppitz's Emotional Indicators On The Human Figure Drawings Of Children, Marcus J. Miles

All Master's Theses

The study was designed to investigate inter-scorer

consistency and test-retest reliability of Koppitz's

"Emotional Indicator11 scoring system for human figure drawings.

Drawings were secured from 438 t hird grade pupils.

A test-retest interval of one month was employed.

Phi coefficients ranging from . 75 to . 81 were found

for inter-scorer consistency between three judges . Twenty-eight

of Koppitz 1 s 30 "Emotional Indicators" and her all

important total score category yielded test-retest phi coefficients smaller than .43.

The Effects Of Full-Time Clerical Employment On The Business Skills And Environmental Perceptions Of Beginning Office Workers., Larry Mardell Jones

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Preparation Of Middle School Teachers, David T. Lyle

All Master's Theses

This paper pre sents a study undertaken to determine what recommendations

middle school principals would make regarding the training

of prospective. middle school teachers.. A questionnaire was used to

gather recommendations from the princ pals regarding the desired academic preparation and attitudes, and on possible changes in teacher

certification practices.

Educational Opportunity Provided County Juvenile Facility Detainees In The State Of Washington, Theodore Robert Williams

All Master's Theses

This paper presents a study of educational opportunities for youth detained in county juvenile facilities. Selected public school districts, intermediate school districts, and detention facilities in the state of Washington were contacted to get both factual information and opinion.

Recommendations included suggestions that at least one teacher be provided for each facility, that school districts become more involved, and that additional study of actual detention schools be conducted in search of a model.

An Analysis Of The Relationship Between High School Size And College Completion Of North Dakota High School Graduates., Lloyd Oscar Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Extreme Variation Of Syllabic Intensity Upon Straight Copy Typewriting Performance., Joan Shaveland Diehl

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Instructional Style And The Intellectual Performance Of Indian And Eskimo Students, Judith Kleinfield

ISER Reports

Three 1970-71 studies concerning the styles of instruction that lead to higher intellectual performance among village American Indian and Eskimo high school students are presented in this final report of observations of teachers and students in several Native boarding schools and/or integrated urban high schools in Alaska. The first study, an ethnography, describes the problems of these students and their teachers, and suggests a typology differentiating effective and ineffective teachers. This ethnography suggests that the teachers degree of personal warmth versus professional distance, and degree of active demandingness versus passive understanding, are fundamental dimensions separating successful from unsuccessful teachers. The …

A Study Of The Humanization Process In Gabriel Marcel's Philosophy Of Education, Eugene R. Connelly

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study To Determine Reasons Why Lds Students Were Not Enrolled In Lds Seminary In The Southern Alberta Seminary District During 1970-71, Robert Owen Mcclung

Theses and Dissertations

Religious education in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as given by the seminaries is to help youth achieve a meaningful testimony that God lives, Jesus is the Christ, and Joseph Smith is a prophet of God. The purpose of this study was to determine why some youth were not taking advantage of this training by enrolling in seminary.
It was determined that the teachers were a negligible reason for lack of enrollment. Rather, the reasons stemmed more from a lack of awareness of the nature of the seminary program by some priesthood leaders, by the youth and …

The Effect Of Kindergarten Attendance On Later School Experiences, Janice Louise Trevan

Master's Theses

Problem

It is estimated that about one-half of our nation's six-year-olds receive their initial formal education when entering first grade. Many authorities in the field of education feel that an early childhood educational experience may be a causative factor in a child's later academic and social adjustment in school.

The purpose of this study was to: (1) compare the academic achievement and social adjustment of first-grade children who have had kindergarten experience and first grade children who have not had kindergarten experience; and (2) compare the academic achievement and social adjustment of fourth grade children who have had kindergarten experience …

The Planning, Implementation And Operation Of A Flexible Schedule : A Case Study, Everett C. Knudsvig

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Analysis Of The Effect Of A Multi-Media Instructional Systems Approach With A Traditional Teacher-Directed Group Approach In Collegiate Intermediate Typewriting., Marianne Elizabeth Frye

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Assessment Of Five Methods Of Information Dissemination To North Dakota Educators., Kent James Horne

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.