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The Influence Of Favorable Context On Questionnaire Response, John M. Peterson

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Previous research has shown that the responses to items in a test of the affective domain are not affected by context when the items are embedded in different random subtests. Other studies in the affective domain show that the mean responses of items are influenced by the favorableness item compositions of the subtests. In multiple matrix samples, subtests of an entire test are taken by subgroups of a population. The influence of favorableness item composition on the total score of a given dimension in the affective domain has not been studied. This study offers evidence toward the following questions: (1) …

The Cloze Procedure: Its Sensitivity To Constraints Across Sentences, Tetsuro Chihara

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This experimental study was to determine whether or not cloze procedure is sensitive to constraints that range across sentence boundaries. Two passages of prose were selected and two cloze tests were constructed over each passage. The sequential type was constructed by a standard word-deletion procedure. In the scrambled type, the sentences of each passage of prose were systematically shuffled. There were 56 items in the sequential type of passage A, and the same 56 in scrambled order in A. There were 48 items in each form of B. The design was counterbalanced for passage and order. Forty-one native speakers of …

The Classroom Behavior Assessment Scale, Linda Beth Brooks

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this investigation was to test the predictive valid­ity of the Classroom Behavior Assessment Scale (CBAS). The CBAS, a be­havioral checklist, was designed to be used as a screening device for the detection of possible emotional/behavioral disorders in young chil­dren. The investigation was conducted using both mean and median CBAS scores of children who were recommended by the Educational Appraisal and Review committee of Albuquerque Public Schools for Special Education programs, and those who were not recommended for Special Education programs by that same committee. The hypotheses for this investigation were stated in the null form. Hypothesis 1. …

An Investigation Of The Relationship Of Ethnicity And Sex To Intelligence And Certain Dimensions Of Creativity, Viola Roberta Sierra

Special Education ETDs

This study was designed to investigate: (1) differences in certain dimensions of creativity between Anglos and Chicanos; (2) differences in certain dimensions of creativity between males and females; and (3) the relationship between certain dimensions of creativity and intelligence for (a) the total group, (b) for Anglos, (c) for Chicanos, (3) for males, and (e) for females.

The general hypotheses tested were that: (1) there would be no significant differences between Anglos and Chicanos and between males and females with respect to composite creativity and the dimensions of fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration as measured by the Torrance Test of …

The Effects Of Perceptual Conditioning Upon Decoding And Encoding Abilities Of Children With Low Achievement, James D. Hall

Special Education ETDs

THE EFFECTS OF PERCEPTUAL CONDITIONING UPON DECODING AND ENCODING ABILITIES OF CHILDREN WITH LOW ACHIEVEMENT

James D. Hall Department of Special Education The University of New Mexico, 1976

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two decoding training procedures upon the decoding and encoding abilities of third grade children with low achievement. The methods studied were Perceptual Conditioning (Glass, 1971a) and Perceptual Conditioning with an added spelling step. An experimental group of 24 third graders, who pretested at or below the 3.8 grade level on the Diagnostic Reading Scales word lists, were randomly assigned to one …

Potential Physical Educator's Perception Of The Role Of Physical Education, Marc Mauseth

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

This study was conducted for the purpose of gathering information in order to better understand the perception of the role of physical education held by those students in teacher preparation programs in physical education. Based upon a review of the literature and informed speculation, a question­naire was formulated which gathered data from seven independent variable groups and about students' perceptions of fourteen different roles for physical education.

The questionnaire was completed by 349 students at the University of New Mexico, Ohio State University, State University of New York at Brockport, and the University of Oregon, enrolled in required professional courses …

Effects Of A Creativity Program On The Creative Thinking Abilities Of Behaviorally Disordered Elementary Children And Regular Elementary Children, Betsy Jaclynn Loewenherz

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine and compare whether a structured creativity program would improve creative thinking abilities in elementary behaviorally disordered children and elementary regular children. The study examined creativity as a process and contended that behaviorally disordered children would profit synonymously with regular children from learning to think creatively by increasing their repertoire of appropriate responses. The subjects were located in a special adaptation class for the behaviorally disordered and a regular classroom. Hereafter, the term regular children as it appears in the study refers to children undiagnosed for special needs and placed in the regular …

Modifying Behavoirs Of Patients With Known Essential Hypertension, Carolyn E. Maller

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The phenomenon of patient noncompliance with hypertensive treatment regimes is clearly documented and detrimental to optimal treatment and control of hypertension. This study represented an effort to add yet another approach to the problem of noncompliance. The central question formulated for this study was: can a program of behavior modification, applied in a clinical setting, increase knowledge and change behavior significantly to comply with hypertensive regimes? A Hypertension Clinic was organized and conducted over three months. A total of thirty-three hypertensive patients comprised three groups: one attention-placebo group, one experimental group and one control group. Group sizes were sixteen, thirteen …

The Effect Of Parent Intervention On Academic Progress Of Learning Disabled Children, Carol Lee Byler

Special Education ETDs

This thesis project was designed to investigate the implications of involving parents of learning disabled children in on academic objective. Academic progress was measured through the use of continuous recording procedures. The main hypothesis, stated in null form, was: there will be no statistically significant difference in the mean scores of six learning disabled subjects on specified academic behavior before and after treatment involving parents as the intervention strategy.

The research results (analyzed by the mean-median/chi-square design, P < ·.05) indicated significant difference in the mean scores of four of six learning disabled subjects. Further analysis (analyzed by the Wilcox Sign and Rank Test, P < .05) indicated significant growth in the group as a whole. It was concluded that further research in a variety of settings with a variety of subjects is needed to substantiate these results and to gain further insights concerning the effects of parental involvement in the total school process.

Predicting Success In Professional Training And Promotion For Air Force Noncommissioned Officiers, Geroge Mcclain Pittman

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study was performed to determine the relationship between the Administrative Airman Qualifying Examination, class standing in professional school and quickness of promotion of Air Force Noncommissioned Officers.

The Administrative AQE was chosen for study because studies have shown it to be unreliable a predictor of success in technical training and its validity has not been tested as a predictor of success in either professional training or promotion.

The sample of subjects consisted of three hundred and forty-four Air Force Noncommissioned Officers. This sample is representative of the population of Noncommissioned Officers who have taken the Airman Qualifying Examination (AQE) …

The Validity Of The Home Bilingual Usage Estimate In Determining Language Dominance, Richard F. Rodriguez

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of the Home Bilingual Usage Estimate, a test designed to determine whether English or Spanish is the dominant language spoken by and to the child. The Dos Amigos Verbal Language Scales, a teat which measures the ability of the child to express word opposites in English and Spanish was used as the criterion. On the basis of differences between English and Spanish performance a language dominance can be determined. Specific hypotheses were that: (1) the Home Bilingual Usage Estimate score of English Language usage will be positively and significantly related …

The Eisenhower Middle School Individualized Mathematics Program, Its Structure, Organization And Strategies, And The Effects Of Individualization On Student Achievement In Mathematics, Ellen Menasco Brown

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of the study was to describe the structure, organization, and strategies of the Eisenhower Middle School mathematics program and to evaluate the effects of an individualized mathematics program on the students achievement in mathematics at Eisenhower Middle School. The study was limited to the students at Eisenhower Middle School, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the school year, 1974-75. There was an average of 199 seventh graders and 241 eighth graders that participated in the program. The hypothesis of the study was that there were no significant differences in the performance of the students in the mathematics program at …

Preliminary Studies In The Acquisition Of Portuguese Morphology By Brazilian Children, ZéLia D. Mediano

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The first major purpose of this study was to find out how Brazilian children internalize some Portuguese morpho­logical rules. The second major objective was to compare the findings with findings from other languages and with universals in the acquisition of morphology.

A research instrument was constructed to measure the productive aspects of substantive plurals, regular and irregular verb inflections, diminutives and augmentatives, and compound words. Real and nonsense words were used.

The population consisted of middle-class children attending private schools in the city of Rio de Janeiro. A sample of 210 children was randomly selected: 30 in each age group …

Assertive Training For Short-Term Psychiatric In-Patients, John P. Shethar

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of assertive training with short-term psychiatric patients. The sample consisted of 36 subjects--18 males and 18 females--who were hospitalized patients at the Bernalillo County Mental Health Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Patients were asked to participate in the study upon admission, and were randomly assigned to groups of six to either of two control conditions or to an assertive training condition. The Assessment-Only control group was only administered pre- and post-tests. The Placebo Control group received ten hours of painting and drawing between the pre- and post-tests. TLe experimental groups …

An Empirical Investigation Of Three Methods For The Reduction Of Frustration Induced Aggression By Symbolic Modeling, George C. Samerotte

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

The present study was designed to test the effects of various types of film content upon the subsequent aggressive and altruistic behavior of male and female nursery school children who differed in their initial tendency for performing overt aggressive behavior. A mild frustration manipulation was employed prior to exposing subjects to one of five film contents. Subjects viewed one of the following: (1) an aggressive film in which the central character (a lion) physically and verbally attacked another character (a wolf), (2) a similarly aggressive film with the same characters, but in this version the victim became the aggressor midway …

Long-Term Predictive Validity Of College Admission Tests For Anglo, Black, And Mexican American Students, Carmen Casillas Scott

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

The purpose of the study was to examine standardized college entrance examination test scores to determine if these may be appropriately used to predict long-range academic success.

The design of the study was based on the procedure developed by Gulliksen and Wilks (1950) in which errors of estimate, slopes, and intercepts for the regression of a criterion variable on a single predictor, or on a best weighted combination of predictors, were compared sequentially. The finding of a significant difference between groups in the standard error of estimate would mean that the groups differ with respect to amount of error in …

A Special Education Program Design For Small, Rural Schools, Melody Peers Mccormick

Special Education ETDs

The small, rural school, even when it is a part of a larger system does not generally have ready access to special education programs. The purpose of this investigation was to design and implement a minimum intervention program which would involve no additional staff, facilities, or expenditures. The minimum intervention program designed utilized a cross-age tutoring program which effectively removed students from one classroom and left it free to be utilized as a special education room for a specified period of time three days a week. The teachers identified children whom they felt needed special help. There were two main …

Thoughtful Language, R. Joy Seymour

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Thoughtful Language discusses the frustration Seymour saw as students used workbooks. Her described teaching experiences and feelings lead to an evaluation of and objectives concerning the most significant language skills and student attitudes. The author read over three hundred books and/or articles concerning student-teacher attitudes, motives and the most effective English learning experiences; ninety-six references appear in the bibliography. That library research, the evaluation, and objectives form he bases of a language arts program that was established in the author's school. That program begins with all teacher-selected materials and assignments and leads to all student­selected materials and one weekly writing …

Ambiguity In Language: Existential And Educational Aspects, Dominick F. Rossi

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

Any method which is designed to teach language arts in an educational setting is a reflection of an interplay between experience and language, with language a unique form of that representation. There is no one-to-one relationship between experience and language; it is not a re-enactment of reality, but its symbolic retelling. Thus, the alternatives available to teach a child ways to handle his experiences in order to make chem communicable are based on how one chooses to allow language to symbolize activity.

Experience may first be reduced to specific commonalities which will render these experiences suitable for communication. The effect, …

A Violation Of Trust: Federal Management Of Indian Forest Lands, Rich Nafziger

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This is a red paper about the importance of Indian timber for tribal development, the environment, and the development of the country. Management of Indian forests as a shared responsibility of Tribal and Federal governments and a proposal of change documents are included.

Decisions, Decisions: Indian Control Of Indian Resources, Maggie Grover

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This file contains a set of papers based on a series of seminars and research conducted by Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO) for Indian tribal decision makers articulates the problems that tribal decision makers must deal with, to supply information that may be useful in making future decisions concerning Indian control on Indian resource development.

Indian Tribes As Developing Nations, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio)

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This is a report from training sessions held at the Johnson Foundation's Wingspread Conference Center in Racine, Wisconsin September 21-23, 1975 for tribal decision-makers from the Great Lakes Area.

Getting A Fair Deal In Mining Projects, Stephen Zorn

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This paper summarizes a number of different ways in which resource owners, including both Native American tribes and developing country governments can obtain a fair share of the value of these resources when they are exploited.