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An Experimental Study Of The Relationship Between Color Blindness And Reading Achievement In The First Grade, Arleen L. Olson Aug 1963

An Experimental Study Of The Relationship Between Color Blindness And Reading Achievement In The First Grade, Arleen L. Olson

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to investigate and analyze the reading achievement of color blind children at the end of the first-grade in five randomly selected Albuquerque Public Elementary Schools to determine if there are any significant differences in their reading achievement and that of color vision children with similar I.Q. scores and to find if there is a relationship between this defect of vision and reading achievement.


A Report Of Fifth Grade Arithmetic Program In Which Intra-Class Grouping Was Emphasized, Harley Maggart May 1960

A Report Of Fifth Grade Arithmetic Program In Which Intra-Class Grouping Was Emphasized, Harley Maggart

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Since education as a science is relatively young, much research still remains to be done to improve techniques and methods of teaching children in light of their native abilities.

It was the purpose of this study (1) to show the effects of grouping in a fifth grade arithmetic class in terms of change in skills and attitudes and (2) to show examples of activities and materials used to promote growth in understandings and skills within different groups.


A Study Of The Betts Ready To Read Tests: Their Predictive Values In Determining Reading Achievement And Their Comparison With Other Predictive Measures, Charles L. Mills Jun 1941

A Study Of The Betts Ready To Read Tests: Their Predictive Values In Determining Reading Achievement And Their Comparison With Other Predictive Measures, Charles L. Mills

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The ability to read is basic to the acquisition of knowledge in all school subjects. Consequently, classroom teachers have long been interested in what determines readiness for reading, and in tests which will predict reading achievement. Prominent among those which have appeared in recent years is the Betts Ready to Read Tests which in reality are a series of twelve individual vision tests that require expensive equipment, a great deal of time, and a certain amount of technical skill to administer, score, and interpret.

The purposes of this investigation are (1) to determine the predictive values of the factors of …