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The Effectiveness Of Using Increased Increment Track And Field Scoring Tables With Female University Physical Education Students, Douglas Coghlan Aug 1967

The Effectiveness Of Using Increased Increment Track And Field Scoring Tables With Female University Physical Education Students, Douglas Coghlan

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

There were two purposes involved in this study. The first objective was to construct increased increment scoring tables for selected track and field events based on the achievement of female physical education students at Rhodes University, South Africa, using the initial performances recorded by the students in each event during the years 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965 and 1966. Secondly, the tables were used to test the effectiveness of the increased increment principle in predicting the improvement of the students in subsequent trials during the same period.


Trends In Educational Thinking Respecting Classroom Control As Revealed Through Professional Periodicals 1960-1965, Jane Stevenson Aug 1967

Trends In Educational Thinking Respecting Classroom Control As Revealed Through Professional Periodicals 1960-1965, Jane Stevenson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the disciplinary trends in educational practice as reported in professional journals comprising the period 1960-1965 and emphasizing, particularly, discipline of pupils in elementary schools. Educational movements of the past concerning discipline have directly influenced that phase of present-day education. By considering the historical background of the problem, current conceptions and practices could be more adequately interpreted.


The Relationship Of Educational, Economic & Social Characteristics Of The Degree Of Desegregation In The Public Schools Of Kentucky, J. Frank Yeager Jul 1967

The Relationship Of Educational, Economic & Social Characteristics Of The Degree Of Desegregation In The Public Schools Of Kentucky, J. Frank Yeager

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem in this study was to examine the relationship of social-climate to the degree of desegregation in the public schools of Kentucky. This study attempted to determine the relationship of educational, economic and social characteristics of those school districts with bi-racial student bodies operating in Kentucky and the degree of desegregation experienced voluntarily by those districts during the period from 1955-56 school year through the 1963-64 school year.