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Development Of An Instrument To Measure Student Attitudes Toward God Using Semantic Differential, Joyce A. Morse
Development Of An Instrument To Measure Student Attitudes Toward God Using Semantic Differential, Joyce A. Morse
Master's Theses
The study had two objectives
(1) to construct an instrument, which would, measure students' attitudes toward God, and
(2) to use the instrument in a small pilot study to test its usefulness.
The instrument was patterned after the format of Osgood's Semantic Differential and each subject was asked to make judgments on five different concepts about God. Each concept was judged by pairs of bipolar adjectives on a rating scale of one to five, with five, being the most-positive.. The thirteen bipolar adjective pairs used in the. final .instrument were used only after two item analyses proved them to be …
The Relationship Between The Self-Concept And School Achievement In The Disadvantaged Child, Aneesi B. Nakhle
The Relationship Between The Self-Concept And School Achievement In The Disadvantaged Child, Aneesi B. Nakhle
Master's Theses
PURPOSE
The purpose of the study was to determine the extent of the relationship between the self-concept and the academic achievement of the disadvantaged child.
METHOD AND PROCEDURES
The subjects studied were randomly selected from an inner city elementary school. The sample consisted of 97 black and 8 white children of ages 9 to 13, in a nongraded school. The pupils were administered the California Achievement Test Level 3 Form B, and the California Test of Personality, Level 2, Form AA. Both tests were administered during the month of April 1972. The statistical treatment of the data consisted of obtaining …