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Organizing The Class For Reading Growth, Jack Richard Stapelton

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purposes of this study were (1) to determine and evaluate some of the reading skills that would prove most valuable in the intermediate reading program, (2) to outline the best ways of analyzing the individual child's ability to use these skills, and (3) to collect and develop in an appendix for classroom use various inventories, check lists, standardized tests, and informal tests of appraisal.

Ability Grouping In English Classes Of The Secondary Schools: A Survey With Emphasis On Students Of Low And Superior Abilities, Jane Lorraine Gruver

Graduate Student Research Papers

This paper will discuss ability grouping, particularly as applied to the English classes of the secondary school. Special attention will be given to plans recognizing the student of low ability as well as to courses especially evolved for the gifted student. Although guidance and counseling are associated with grouping, they will not enter into the scope of this paper except incidentally.

A Survey Of Methods Of Spelling Instruction And Analysis Of Textbooks Which Incorporate These Methods, Helen Gladys Hudson

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to discover what general procedures in spelling instruction are considered necessary in good spelling pedagogy, regardless of what series ot texts, or whether any text, is used. In addition, the purpose was to find the specific methods of instruction believed to be most productive of good results and the texts incorporating these methods.

The Role Of The Homeroom In Today's Junior High, Donald T. Murray

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was (1) to identify some of the deficiencies commonly found in junior high school homeroom programs and (2) to identify the causes of these deficiencies in such a way that some course or courses of action might suggest themselves as a means of correction.

Integrating The Teaching Of Art Appreciation With Creative Activities In The High School, John G. Naasz

Graduate Student Research Papers

Practical agreement exists in regard to fundamental objectives in art education. It has long been realized that the teaching of appreciation meets one of the objectives of art education, but there are many theories as to how it should be taught. Very few art teachers really understand and use the most important theories of educational philosophy and psychology. This study intended to show that there has been a great change in the teaching of art and appreciation since its introduction into this country. Another purpose was to review past and present beliefs and theories of teaching appreciation and arrive at …

Individualized Progress In Primary Reading Program, Betty Ann Schultz

Graduate Student Research Papers

This study attempted to review literature to discover plans, especially the individualized plan used by some educators for meeting individual reading differences. First it is necessary to establish a philosophical basis for the individualized approach in education.

Fundamental Criterion And Classification Variables As A Basis For Ability Grouping, Roland W. Sloan

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to attempt to find how effective ability grouping is in other educational systems, also, to find fundamental criteria and classification variables to aid as a basis for grouping by ability. Often schools are not adequately prepared to make the best use of these new methods. Very often the teachers do not understand some of the philosophies of these new movements. Sometimes, through ignorance or partial knowledge, educators misuse and abuse a new method until it comes into disfavor with the administration and faculty. Consequently, the movement may be discontinued or severely cut. The classroom …

A Guide To Planning And Equipping A Local Production Laboratory, Carl E. Tingelstad

Graduate Student Research Papers

The problem was: What factors should be considered in planning and equipping a local production laboratory to become an integral part of a large school district instructional materials center.

Establishing An Integrated Instructional Materials Service, Elsie Eggebroten Tompkins

All Master's Theses

This study attempted to discover if Washington school administrators believed it would be helpful to integrate library, textbook, and audio-visual materials into one instructional materials service. The three aspects of the problem to be explored were (1) the feasibility of the proposed service in actual schools in Washington, (2) the qualifications thought necessary for the director of such an integrated service, and (3) the degree to which our schools already approached an integrated instructional materials service.

Adequacy Of Preparation Felt By Those Who Obtained Degrees In Administration And Supervision At Central Washington College Of Education, Marjorie Irene Bradford Mathers

All Master's Theses

This study tried to determine the degree to which students who earned their master’s degree between the years 1957 and 1960 felt prepared for an administrative position.

Delayed Reinforcement And Delayed Response In Discrimination Learning Of Developmentally Retarded Children, Robert Preston Gelhart

All Master's Theses

As a preliminary investigation of delay factors in discrimination learning, the present study was designed primarily to contrast the effect of a short delay in response with the same duration of delay of reinforcement in order to evaluate the possibility that reinforcement-delay alone during the standard response-delay experiment is responsible for decremental effects.

A Comparison In Scholastic Attainment Of The Athlete And Non-Athlete At Edmonds Junior High, Kenneth Edward Sturm

All Master's Theses

This study was an attempt to shed more light on scholastic attainment of athletes in the junior high school. The purpose was not to justify the inclusion or exclusion of interscholastic sports in the junior high school, only to determine what effect these sports have on an individual’s grades.

An Experiment With A Technical Unit For Teaching Fiction In The High School, Allen R. Goodell

All Master's Theses

This unit will attempt to provide both new and experienced teachers with a practical, easily administered guide for the effective teaching of short stories.

A Survey Of The Present Status Of Classroom Music In The Tacoma Public Schools, James M. Trotter

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was (1) to survey teachers of grades four, five and six in the Tacoma School System to determine how many believe music should be taught by a special music teacher, the classroom teacher, or both; (2) to determine the amount of time allowed each week, in the grades surveyed, for teaching music; (3) to discover the attitudes of teachers surveyed toward music and its relation to the over-all school program; (4) to discover their attitudes toward music teachers; (5) to receive suggestions from classroom teachers as to how the music program in grades four, five, …

Some Approaches To The Teaching Of Reading, Lillian Ida Kelly

Graduate Student Research Papers

Because of the writer's desire to learn more about the individualized reading approach and the textfilm approach, these two areas have been chosen for specific investigation and elaboration. It was the purpose of this study (1) to discover what opinions certain authorities hold regarding the various approaches to reading, (2) to investigate some recent specific experiments in the teaching of reading, and (3) to make some generalizations concerning the various broad approaches to reading and the specific results obtained through experimentation.

Mechanical Aptitude Tests As A Guide To Enrollment For Industrial Arts In The Sarasota Junior High School, Melvin Cline

Research Problems, 1947-1991

This study was undertaken to use the mechanical aptitude test in determining if the proper students are making the best use of the available shop facilities at Sarasota Junior High School, Sarasota, Florida.

Books, magazines, bulletins, questionnaires, mechanical aptitude and other test results were used in compiling this information.

An attempt has been made to point out deficiencies and inconsistencies in the present arrangement and to make recommendations for their correction. The following recommendations were proposed:

(1) Aptitude testing should be continued;

(2) all those counseling students on enrollment should be held to become better informed as to the importance …

A Correlation Between Space I.Q. And Performance In Basketball, Lynn E. Samford

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine if there is any correlation between space I.Q. as measured on the SRA Test and performance in basketball at Prosser Junior High School during the years 1956-1960 and Prosser High School during the years 1958-1961.

A Survey Of Existing Measures For Remedial Readers In The Elementary Schools Of Pierce County, Robert L. Trask

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to determine what measures are being taken for remedial readers in the elementary schools of second class districts in Pierce County.

An Experimental Laboratory Approach To The Teaching Of Botany In The Secondary Schools, Robert F. Miller

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It was the purpose of this study: (1) to evaluate new techniques that utilize an experimental laboratory approach in the teaching of botany, and (2) to develop a laboratory manual based on the results of the experimentation emphasizing basic plant physiological concepts that can be easily used by high school sophomores.

The Need For Instruction On International Communism, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Powell Speeches

No abstract provided.

A Language Arts Program For Pasco Senior High School Arrived At Through Group Participation, Doris L. Lisk

All Master's Theses

This study through group consideration, attempted to devise an actual course of study for the language arts at Pasco Senior High School, Pasco, Washington, that would (1) insure basic achievements in each of the language arts for each student; (2) eliminate duplication in teaching previously learned material; (3) give the student opportunity to do makeup and/or catch-up work if necessary without the competition presented by more advanced students; (4) keep alive and foster (by advancement) students’ interest in English; (5) give opportunity for the student to cover as much of the language arts as his ability and ambition permit; and …

A Study Of The Use Of Visual Aids In The Instruction Of Bookkeeping In Illinois, Charles H. Baird

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Program-Approach To The Study Of Poetry, Rex Alan Romack

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.