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A Comparison Of Two Instructional Methods In Teaching An Introductory Course In Health, Charlotte Mitchell

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of the independent study method of instruction in promoting health knowledge and health attitude change. The experimental method was compared to the traditional classroom model of instruction.

A random sample of ten subjects was taken for the experimental group and matched control subjects were then selected. Control subjects were chosen based on the demographic variables of age, race, sex, academic classification and grade point average.

A pretest-posttest design using two standardized instruments was employed to measure the health knowledge gain and health attitude change. Data was statistically analyzed by use …

The Effects Of Certain Value Clarification Activities Upon Job Corps Enrollees, Donald Nims

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The Job Corps program is designed to provide academic and vocational training to high school dropouts. It is assumed that in order for a young person to succeed in our society certain values, such as good health, education, job satisfaction, and desire to earn an acceptable pay, are required. Job Corps seeks to foster these values in the young men and women who enter this training program. To evaluate the effectiveness of this process a study was conducted regarding the effect of value clarification on male Job Corps enrollees. Over a ninety-day period an experimental group of twenty (20) enrollees …

Acer Newsletter No. 34 November 1978, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive

No abstract provided.

John Brown's Raid At Harpers Ferry And The Sectional Crisis In North Carolina, Victor B. Howard

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

An article by Victor B. Howard published in the October 1978 issue of the North Carolina Historical Review, pages 396-420.

Scanning Electron Micrographs Of Mississippian Age Conodonts From Southwestern Virginia, West Virginia And Kentucky, James R. Chaplin

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A report submitted to the Faculty Research Committee by James R. Chaplin on August 30, 1978 on scanning electron micrographs of Mississippian Age conodonts from Southwestern Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky.

An Examination Of The Effectiveness Of A Junior High School Career Exploration Program In The Hopkins County School System, Cynthia Mason

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem investigated in this study was a comparison of the effectiveness of a career exploration program in a junior high school curriculum versus a traditional curriculum with regard to increased career competence and positive attitudes toward the world of work as measured by Form A-1 of the Career Maturity Inventory.

The population for this study consisted of the ninth-grade classes of two Hopkins County Schools. The subjects for the control group (South Hopkins) consisted of 25 ninth-grade students who had not been exposed to a career exploration program and the subjects for the experimental group (Madisonville Junior High School) …

Acer Newsletter No. 33 July 1978, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of The Expenditures Of The Robertson County, Tennessee, Pupil Transportation System, James Talley Sr.

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study represents an attempt to discover high cost areas in the Robertson County Pupil Transportation System by comparing the pupil transportation expenditures of Robertson County with pupil transportation expenditures of four counties of comparable size.

The data used was that submitted to the Tennessee State Department of Education by Anderson County, Franklin County, McMinn County, Roane County and Robertson County and published in annual reports for 1974, 1975, and 1976. The pupil transportation expenditures for each county were averaged for the three-year period and the mean was used as a basis for comparison to determine relative high costs. Robertson …

Acer Newsletter No. 32 April 1978, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive

No abstract provided.

Summary Report 1974/78, Center For International Education

211d: Non-Formal Education Grant

No abstract provided.

A Memo To Developers, Robert Russell

Non-Formal Education

Between January, 1976 and September, 1977, a nonformal education team from the University of Massachusetts (U.S.A.), Center for International Education engaged in an exploration of cultural groups as potential community development resources. As part of its nonformal education project with the Peoples' Educational Association (P.E.A.) the UMass team also worked closely with the Institute of Adult Education (I.A.E.) at Legon. The P.E.A. has four active cultural group branches in the eastern region and these formed the core of the research. It is our belief that the findings of this study will be of great interest to development agencies and we …

¡Permitan Que Jorge Lo Haga!, James Hoxeng

Non-Formal Education

En el Proyecto de Educación No Formal nos propusimos crear materials y procesos que pusieran en práctica algunos de los principios de este tipo de educación que comenzaban a manifestarse.

Diseño Del Proyecto:

1. Los materiales

Los materiales se condicionaron a la utilización universal y al manejo por personas no profesionales. Se concetraron en la alfabetización, las matemáticas y algunas técnicas para despertar el conocimiento de sí mismo. El esfuerzo se orientó al desarrollo de juegos que obligan a la participación colectiva y estimulan el diálogo.

2. La Diseminación del programa

Hicimos convenios con seis organizaciones para que utilizaran los …

Human Resources 1978-79, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Human Resources

IPEDS Human Resources annual report contains the following information: • Employees by primary occupational activity, faculty status, full and part time (collected separately for medical schools) • Full-time instructional staff by academic rank, gender and function • Total salary outlay and number of months covered by academic rank and gender

Fall Enrollment 1978-79, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Fall Enrollment

IPEDS Fall Enrollment annual report contains the following information: • Full- and part-time fall enrollments by level, by race/ethnicity and gender of student • Number of students engaged in distance education, by level and location • Age distributions by student level (odd-numbered years) • State of residence of first-time first-year students (even-numbered years) • Total number of students in the entering class • Fall-to-fall retention rates of full-time and part-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (less than 4-year institutions), and first-time bachelor’s degree-seeking students (4-year institutions)

Adolescent Sex Information Sources: 1964-1974, George E. Dickinson

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

An article by George E. Dickinson published in the Winter 1978 issue of the Adolescence, pages 653-658.

Enrollment Report - Fall 1978, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Enrollment Reports

The Enrollment Report provides administrative and delivery-site information on enrollment headcount and student credit hours, as well as the demographic characteristics of enrolled students. The purpose of this profile is to provide the undergraduate and graduate enrollments and student credit hour information by college or equivalent academic unit, class, gender and ethnicity.