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Recreation Needs Of Pre-Adolescent Girls In Selected Public Schools, Michael Aune Aug 1977

Recreation Needs Of Pre-Adolescent Girls In Selected Public Schools, Michael Aune

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

There was a need to determine the recreation needs of girls in the pre-adolescent age range of nine through fourteen years old so that municipal recreation professionals may program activities to meet the desires of this specific population. In order to do this, a testing instrument was developed. The test, a recreation preference schedule, used closed questions exclusively, unlike many of the available checklist surveys. The recreation preference schedule was modeled after the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule that was used in counseling. The new test, containing one hundred questions, utilized ten recreation activity categories. It was checked for reliability and …


Individualized Science Instruction In The Middle Schools & Junior High Schools In Kentucky, Rita Byars Aug 1977

Individualized Science Instruction In The Middle Schools & Junior High Schools In Kentucky, Rita Byars

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A study was made of the individualized science instruction in the middle schools and junior high schools of Kentucky. The status of the programs was investigated by an information survey. The instrument sought answers as to the size of the schools, organization of the schools, kinds of science taught and the frequency of use of individualized science approaches. Methods of financing and the administering plans, the objectives of the plans, and the strategies implemented to achieve these were parts of the study. Questions designed to elicit details about the requirements of an individualized program included the increase in laboratory activity …


Teaching French Culture: A Unit Based Upon The Affective Value System, Carl Garrott Aug 1977

Teaching French Culture: A Unit Based Upon The Affective Value System, Carl Garrott

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study was not simply to construct a unit but to provide an approach to teaching language by combining language and culture in appropriate for advanced high school students French.

For the purposes of this study seven affective values were chosen as representing the most suitable basic listings: (1) l'individualisme; (2) l'intellectualite; (3) le realisme; (4) la famine; (5) la religion; (6) is justice: and (7) la Patrie. armed with the seven values i-or the author of this project, and the grammatical skill, the next step was the actual composition of the historiettes. It became quickly apparent …


Ua68/1 Forum, Wku Potter College Of Arts & Letters Apr 1977

Ua68/1 Forum, Wku Potter College Of Arts & Letters

WKU Archives Records

WKU Potter College of Arts & Letters faculty newsletter regarding faculty research and publications. This issue includes:

  • Mounce, Robert. As I See It - Fletcher Byrom
  • Jackson, Carlton. History at Western Kentucky University: A Rationale
  • Glaser, Joseph. Nature's Mystic Book: A Report from the New Biology


Ua3/4/1 President's Correspondence/Subject File - Continuing Education, Wku President's Office Jan 1977

Ua3/4/1 President's Correspondence/Subject File - Continuing Education, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Memoranda dated August 5, 1975 through January 26, 1977 regarding Continuing Education housed in Dero Downing's presidential files. Correspondents include Dero Downing, Harry Largen, Paul Cook, James Davis, Raymond Carvens, Lynn Greeley, Rhea Lazarus and Carl Chelf.

Includes titled memos:

Bowling Green Community College, 8/5/1975

The Changing Profile of the College Student, 6/11/1976

Continuing Education: Congressional Comments, 5/1976

Proposed Reorganization for Continuing Education and Public Service Programs, 5/26/1976, includes organizational chart


Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 48, No. 5, Wku Alumni Relations Jan 1977

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 48, No. 5, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Archives Records

Quarterly magazine created for WKU alumni. Regular features are Hilltopics, Sports, Alumni Newsgrams and Notes and In Memoriam. This issue includes:

  • Armstrong, Don. Free Enterprise and Free People
  • Bennett, Jo. Bye-Bye Blackbirds
  • Given, Ed. Hilltopper Basketball Pre-Season Practice
  • Martray, Carl. The Teacher Corps and Discipline Strategy
  • Rich, Gene. The Teacher Corps and the Reading Specialists
  • Nye, Ken. Cooperative Education
  • Snodgrass, Jim. One of the Answers Solar Energy
  • McConnell, Winnie. Water Resources for Teachers
  • Engineering Technology Programs Reaccredited
  • Bennett, Jo & Jim Highland. Restoring Ft. Williams
  • Orendorf, Jo. Robert Ogden: Rest Easy
  • Great American Pastimes: Homecoming
  • Talisman & College Heights Herald …