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An Evaluation Of The Precision Teaching Project, Jerilynn Dorow Dec 1978

An Evaluation Of The Precision Teaching Project, Jerilynn Dorow

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Learner Verification And Revision Of A Programmed Text Teaching Stock Market Concepts And Operations To High School Introductory Business Students, Edward T. Huth Dec 1978

A Learner Verification And Revision Of A Programmed Text Teaching Stock Market Concepts And Operations To High School Introductory Business Students, Edward T. Huth

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Report Of An Internship In The Office Of Curriculum Planning And Evaluation In Grand Rapids Public Schools, Joseph Steven Miller Dec 1978

Report Of An Internship In The Office Of Curriculum Planning And Evaluation In Grand Rapids Public Schools, Joseph Steven Miller

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Report Of An Internship In Public Relations At Western Michigan University, John G. Dezek Dec 1978

A Report Of An Internship In Public Relations At Western Michigan University, John G. Dezek

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Report Of An Internship In The Three Rivers Community Schools, Three Rivers, Michigan, Janis Monreau Morton Dec 1978

A Report Of An Internship In The Three Rivers Community Schools, Three Rivers, Michigan, Janis Monreau Morton

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Structured Versus Unstructured Instruction On The Generalization Of Language Concepts In The Preschool Child, Cheryl A. Milford Dec 1978

The Effects Of Structured Versus Unstructured Instruction On The Generalization Of Language Concepts In The Preschool Child, Cheryl A. Milford

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Mastery Of Course Material As A Function Of Workbook Assignments And Test Frequency, John S. Corbett Aug 1978

Mastery Of Course Material As A Function Of Workbook Assignments And Test Frequency, John S. Corbett

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Behavior And Cost Analysis Of Two Remediation Procedures, Theodore D. Apking Aug 1978

A Behavior And Cost Analysis Of Two Remediation Procedures, Theodore D. Apking

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Process By Which A Central Administrative Office Functions In A Selected School System, D. Bruce Galland Aug 1978

A Study Of The Process By Which A Central Administrative Office Functions In A Selected School System, D. Bruce Galland

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Comparison Of Work Samples And A Psychological Test In A Vocational Evaluation Program, Charles Dircken Aug 1978

Comparison Of Work Samples And A Psychological Test In A Vocational Evaluation Program, Charles Dircken

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Internship Experience At The Office Of International Student Services, Chantra Nimityongskul Aug 1978

An Internship Experience At The Office Of International Student Services, Chantra Nimityongskul

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Comprehensive Evaluation Of Elementary Education In The Springfield School District, James R. Mcnutt Aug 1978

A Comprehensive Evaluation Of Elementary Education In The Springfield School District, James R. Mcnutt

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Peer And Monitor Feedback On Correction And Descriptive Skills Of Tutors, Cassandra Maddox Aug 1978

The Effects Of Peer And Monitor Feedback On Correction And Descriptive Skills Of Tutors, Cassandra Maddox

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Survey Of Job Activities Of Entry-Level Employees In Accounting/Bookkeeping/Recordkeeping Positions In Relation To The Michigan Vocational/Technical Program Performance Objectives For Bookkeepers With Implications For Secondary School Curriculum, Kathryn R. Tomaszewski Aug 1978

A Survey Of Job Activities Of Entry-Level Employees In Accounting/Bookkeeping/Recordkeeping Positions In Relation To The Michigan Vocational/Technical Program Performance Objectives For Bookkeepers With Implications For Secondary School Curriculum, Kathryn R. Tomaszewski

Masters Theses

Statement of the Problem

The purpose of this study is to provide sufficient data for determining whether the accounting curriculum in the Grand Rapids Public Schools is providing the training needed by entry-level accounting/bookkeeping/recordkeeping employees for the job tasks defined in the Michigan Department of Education Recommended Minimum Vocational/Technical Program Performance Objectives for Bookkeepers, and to provide data for possible revision of the curriculum.


An Internship Experience At The Specialty Products Division Brown Company, Ronald L. Freemire Apr 1978

An Internship Experience At The Specialty Products Division Brown Company, Ronald L. Freemire

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Modification Of Verbal Deficits Of Rural Teachers, Elizabeth Zissu Apr 1978

Modification Of Verbal Deficits Of Rural Teachers, Elizabeth Zissu

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Prompting And Stimulus Novelty On The Frequency Of Play With Toys, Gloria J. Gasparotto Apr 1978

The Effects Of Prompting And Stimulus Novelty On The Frequency Of Play With Toys, Gloria J. Gasparotto

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Conversion Of The Community Unit School District Number One 1978-79 Chart Of Accounts To The Chart Of Accounts In The Illinois Program Accounting Manual, Terry W. Weir Jan 1978

Conversion Of The Community Unit School District Number One 1978-79 Chart Of Accounts To The Chart Of Accounts In The Illinois Program Accounting Manual, Terry W. Weir

Masters Theses

Section 2-3.27 of the School Code of Illinois requires the State Superintendent of Education to formulate and approve forms, procedures, and regulations for school districts in proper accounting of all receipts and disbursements; and to publish and keep current manuals, in loose-leaf form, relative to budgetary and accounting procedures.

At the present time the state has issued two accounting guidelines, the Illinois Financial Accounting Manual and the Illinois Program Accounting Manual. Community Unit School District Number One is currently using the chart of accounts from the Illinois Financial Accounting Manual for Local School Systems, Circular Series A, Number 246, revised …


Updating The Title I Needs Assessment And Project Proposal For The 1978-79 School Year, Mary Emma Thompson Jan 1978

Updating The Title I Needs Assessment And Project Proposal For The 1978-79 School Year, Mary Emma Thompson

Masters Theses

The field experience consisted of updating the needs assessment and the Title I Project Proposal for the 1978-79 school year for Pittsfield Community Unit District #10.

One measure of the level of achievement for the students was the use of the 1977 results of the annual testing program. Test scores from the Metropolitan Readiness Test for grade one, the S.R.A. Achievement Test for grades two through eight, and the California Achievement Test for grades nine through twelve were used. For grades one through eight students were classified as at or above grade level, .5 grade below grade level, 1.0 grade …


An Internship In Administration, Jerry Joe Newell Jan 1978

An Internship In Administration, Jerry Joe Newell

Masters Theses

The Field Study consisted of an internship in administration. An internship in administration in the field of vocational education appeared most beneficial to interests and objectives of the writer. The internship was served under the supervision of the director of vocational education and athletics. Activities in which the writer was involved within the athletic department offered limited value towards administrative experience beyond general supervision at athletic events. These activities were not a concern of the internship, since they would not normally be responsibilities of the vocational director.

A considerable part of the internship involved the routine management of the vocational …


Desegregation For Orville Spencer School And One Year's Program Toward An Integrated School And Community, Lorraine S. Peterson Jan 1978

Desegregation For Orville Spencer School And One Year's Program Toward An Integrated School And Community, Lorraine S. Peterson

Masters Theses

During the school year 1976-77, Decatur School District #61 completed the desegregation of the schools so that they were in compliance with the plans drawn up for the State of Illinois under direction of the State Board of Education and State Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Joseph Cronin. This paper is an account of the programs instigated and carried out during the second year the Decatur plan was in operation in Orville Spencer School, Decatur, Illinois.

Orville Spencer School is situated in the northeast section of the city of Decatur. The population here is mainly blue-collar workers and low income families. …


Creating An Environment Which Produces Improved Student Writing, George David Brown Jan 1978

Creating An Environment Which Produces Improved Student Writing, George David Brown

Masters Theses

Plato said, “When the mind thinks, it talks to itself.” The mind must use words when developing ideas, when formulating concepts, when digesting and assimilating information. When the student writes, the mind should think. However, this does not always occur. The main problem in student writing is that the student does not think. For writing is thinking, the most exact and exacting kind of thinking.

This thesis suggests that in order to improve student writing, the conditions for improved thinking must exist. These conditions would include a change or environment from the traditional, authoritarian one to an open, self-appraising one. …


Development Of Institutional Research At Eastern Illinois University, Mohammad Saeed Buraiky Jan 1978

Development Of Institutional Research At Eastern Illinois University, Mohammad Saeed Buraiky

Masters Theses

The history of the Office of Institutional Research and Studies at Eastern Illinois University is a recent one. Its existence as an office performing some aspects of institutional studies began in 1968. Studies in the areas of institutional costs, physical plant costs and space management were conducted at that time under the supervision of an Administrative Assistant to the Vice President for Development. In 1971 the officer in charge of institutional research was given the name of Director of Institutional Research and Studies but the office remained under the direct administration of the Office of the Vice President for Administrative …


Instructional Systems And Curriculum Development, Robert A. Conroy Jan 1978

Instructional Systems And Curriculum Development, Robert A. Conroy

Masters Theses

The field of curriculum development is one of vital significance with respect to the field of education as a whole. This field represents a complex and sometimes worrisome aspect of educational administration. Many of the problems of today's system stem from inadequacies in the curriculum.

This thesis is presented as a possible aid in the correcting of three of curriculum development's most significant concerns: relevancy, accountability, and individualization. The statement of the thesis problem is: How can the integration of instructional systems aid in making curriculum more relevant, accountable, and individual?

It is the proposal of this thesis to answer …


The Development Of A Parent Volunteer Program At Beckemeyer School, Earl Meier Jan 1978

The Development Of A Parent Volunteer Program At Beckemeyer School, Earl Meier

Masters Theses

This field study provides an experience log with a summary of all activities. In addition, various documents and communications to parents are included. Four handbooks are presented that were developed through this year long study. Additional suggestions are presented that are helpful in developing a parent volunteer program.

The experience and knowledge gained through this study was immeasurable. The handbooks created will serve: (1) as a guide to the classroom teacher and the volunteer; (2) to establish procedures in establishing a volunteer program; (3) to provide information about the overall score of a volunteer program; (4) and finally, to provide …


Dissemination Of The Career Exploration/Occupational Information Planning Curriculum Guides For Use At The Junior High/Middle School Level, Dorothy M. Lawson Jan 1978

Dissemination Of The Career Exploration/Occupational Information Planning Curriculum Guides For Use At The Junior High/Middle School Level, Dorothy M. Lawson

Masters Theses

Objectives of the Field Study

  1. To develop an in-service workshop to disseminate the Career Exploration Occupational Information for the Junior High/Middle School, A Planning Curriculum Guide, to administrators and instructors in junior high/middle schools.
  2. To develop an in-service package which would be used during the DAVTE workshop which in turn could be used by the participant to in-service personnel in their own LEA workshop.
  3. To conduct four workshops within the state which would both in-service junior high/middle school personnel and disseminate the planning curriculum guide.
  4. To develop and mail a brochure describing the workshop.
  5. To prepare a follow-up evaluation. …


A Comprehensive Career Guidance System For Southeastern Illinois, Richard Dale Murbarger Jan 1978

A Comprehensive Career Guidance System For Southeastern Illinois, Richard Dale Murbarger

Masters Theses

The Illinois Office of Education, Department of Adult, Vocational and Technical Education, made available on a competitive basis in November of 1977, grant funds for the establishment of nineteen Career Guidance Centers. The twofold mission determined for the centers was to assist public and private educational agencies in the improvement of vocational guidance services for students and to provide specialized guidance services for out-of-school individuals.

The impetus for improving vocational guidance and counseling services, including the "Center" approach and the funds available for grants, emanated from Section 134 of the Amendments to the Vocational Education Act of 1963, Public Law …


Advisory Council Operations In A Small School District, Jerry R. Wesley Jan 1978

Advisory Council Operations In A Small School District, Jerry R. Wesley

Masters Theses

This field study is a descriptive analysis of the creation and operation of a general advisory council currently functioning in the Witt Unit School District Number 66, Witt, Illinois. Included within this field study is a description of the procedures used to create the Advisory Council and an analysis of the current operations of the Council along with recommendations for its continued operation.

The author has tried to provide a framework that could be utilized by others who desire to create advisory councils or conduct evaluations of existing councils. Chapter I provides information on the setting for this particular study. …


Programs Benefitting Gifted Students In Charleston, Illinois, Dorothy L. Swartzbaugh Jan 1978

Programs Benefitting Gifted Students In Charleston, Illinois, Dorothy L. Swartzbaugh

Masters Theses

This field work experience for the Specialist degree in Educational Administration at Eastern Illinois University involved a study of the gifted program in Charleston, Illinois, seen from two aspects: the state reimbursed gifted program as well as the local school's independent effort for its top students. The writer's method of inquiry combined library research and 40 interviews with teachers, administrators, and authorities on gifted students.

At first the term "giftedness" had to be defined. The word has grown from the original meaning of "intellectual or academic aptitude," based on intelligence tests, to a meaning so broad as to be scarcely …


A Building Program Study, Joseph D. Stokes Jan 1978

A Building Program Study, Joseph D. Stokes

Masters Theses

The purpose of this field study is to explore the need for a building program, to give recommendations for the best building site and why, and to check the feelings of the community on the passing of a referendum in Community Unit #3, Palestine, Illinois.

This study included an evaluation of both the elementary and the high school buildings. This included the condition and availability of classroom space and special education space.

The best possible site for a building program and reasons for the choice site were considered.

The community of Palestine in the past has passed referendums for building …