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All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

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Selection, Preparation, And Utilization Of Teacher Aides In The Elementary Schools In The State Of Utah, Louis D. Griffin May 1970

Selection, Preparation, And Utilization Of Teacher Aides In The Elementary Schools In The State Of Utah, Louis D. Griffin

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study was designed to compare the methods of selection, preparation, and utilization of instructional teacher aides in the elementary schools in the State of Utah with the guidelines prescribed by the Utah State Board of Education for the selection, preparation, and utilization of instructional teacher aides.

A descriptive questionnaire was mailed to each elementary school teacher in the State of Utah to whom an instructional teacher aide had been assigned during the 1969-70 school year. The questionnaire was also mailed to each elementary school principal in the state where an instructional teacher aide or aides were used during the …


Reading Abilities Of Vocational Trade And Industrial Education Students In Granite School District Relative To Readability Level Of Textbooks, William E. Mckell May 1970

Reading Abilities Of Vocational Trade And Industrial Education Students In Granite School District Relative To Readability Level Of Textbooks, William E. Mckell

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The reading abilities of trade and industrial education students enrolled in the six trade and industrial education courses of automotive mechanics, building construction, drafting, electronics, machine shop, and welding in the six high schools of Granite School District were studied in relation to the rated readability of basic textbooks used in those courses. Additional relationships were studied between student reading abilities and intelligence, between course grades and intelligence, and between course grades and reading abilities.

The mean reading ability of the 388 trade and industrial education students included in the study assessed by administering the California Reading Test for grades …