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The Professional Status Of Teachers In The Southern Appalachian Region, William Lyle Evernden

Masters Theses

The problem in this study was to investigate, analyze and assess the progress made toward the development of a teaching profession in the Southern Appalachian Region.

A Study Of Public School Finance In The Southern Appalachian Region, Archie Reece Dykes

Masters Theses

This study was directed toward an investigation and analysis of various aspects of public school finance in the Southern Appalachian Region with emphasis on trends in public school revenues and expenditures as they related to the changing setting in which the schools operated.

Parental Influence On Walland High School Students, Leroy Gooden

Masters Theses

Statement of the Problem: The problem of this thesis was to evaluate Walland High School with respect to the attitude of the parents toward the physical needs of the school, the methods used in teaching the students, the relationships existing between the students and the teachers, the social and recreational activities of the school and, the relationships existing between the school and the community.

Quantitative Standards For The Implementation Of Qualitative Standards In Student-Teaching Programs, Dan B. Cookie

Masters Theses

This study was selected because there was evi­dence that some defensible quantitative standards were needed to implement the desirable practices which would be consistent with the philosophies set forth in the standards of both the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the National Council for Accreditation or Teacher Education. Recognizing that the value or the student teaching experience depends to a large extent on the quality and the quantity of the types of experiences provided during student teaching, and the supervision or the program, the writer has identified two major purposes of the study as follows:

1. To …

The Relationship Of Behavioral Patterns Of Selected Superintendents To The Process Of Public School Desegregation, Harry Smith Blanton

Masters Theses

The problem in thi s study wa s to attempt to determine the results or effects on desegregation of varying behavioral patterns of school superintendents which developed when selected school systems attempted to bring about racially integrated school systems.

An important factor to be considered was the actions of various groups within the community and the effects these actions had on the shaping of the behavioral patterns of the superintendents. It was also necessary to look at various other issues which led up to and followed the desegregation issue in order to get a complete report of the behavioral patterns …

The Application Of Elementary Statistics In Analysis Of Data By Selected Secondary School Students, Charles Martin Bridges Jr.

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the ability of apt secondary school students to apply principles of elementary probability and statistical inference in the analysis of data following a semester of instruction in statistics and elementary probability.