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Western Kentucky University

1971

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

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Performance In The Jumps Decathlon Related To The Triple Jump, Sean Power Jul 1971

Performance In The Jumps Decathlon Related To The Triple Jump, Sean Power

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of the study was to determine the validity of the Jumps Decathlon test (or battery of tests) as a predictive method for recognizing a potentially good triple jumper.


A Comparison Of Two Methods Of Teaching Drawing To High-School Students, Olive Wittman May 1971

A Comparison Of Two Methods Of Teaching Drawing To High-School Students, Olive Wittman

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In order to gain some evidence as to what difference the use of some particular instructional methods would make, an experiment was carried out. The experiment reported in this study is an example of a small investigation which an in-service art teacher can make, along with his regular teaching. It compared the effects of two instructional methods or to different teacher behaviors, on the students, in teaching drawing. Two classes of students were taught drawing by the same instructor who deliberately modified the degree of "directiveness" used in his teaching. In the "directed" group the teacher employed a strict instructor-controlled …