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A Correlational Study Of The Effect Of Per Pupil Expenditure On Standardized Third Grade Reading Scores In Missouri, John Arthur Dunahm Jr.

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Funding of education has long been a major topic of discussion in both the public and political arenas. How tax dollars are spent in the area of education is now at the forefront of this debate with the advent of mechanisms which are designed to hold schools accountable for their funding. The chief mechanism of accountability is standardized testing achievement by students.

In this study, per-pupil expenditures for schools districts in the state of Missouri, for the years 1998 and 2002, will be examined as a correlation to high student achievement on the Missouri Assessment Program third grade communication arts …

A Comparison Of Occupational Stress Between Elementary And Secondary School Counselors, Denise L. Dismukes

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The purpose of this study is to compare the occupational stress felt by school counselors at the elementary level to the occupational stress felt by secondary school counselors. Occupational stress is measured using the Occupational Stress Inventory Revised Edition (OSJ-R). Participants in this study are employed school counselors randomly selected from the Directory of Illinois Public Schools and the Missouri School Directory. Analysis of the data is conducted using a 2-sample t-test of means to determine if the level of occupational stress differs in the two groups. Results of this study suggest that there is a difference in the occupational …

The Impact Of An At-Risk Program In An Elementary School, Christine Ann Crawford

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The purpose of this project is to examine the effect:, of an elementary At-Risk Program. Challengers. over a nine month period. The intent of this. program was lo increase student self-concept and academic achievement measured by grade point averages. Identification of students who participated in this study was done by a needs assessment survey completed by the teachers. The needs assessment survey includes identifying characteristics for students "at-risk." The control group consisted of students who were identified as "at-risk", but did not participate in the program. Data collection included scores on the Pier-Harris Self Concept Scale and teacher input on …

Mmtic As An Indicator Of At-Risk Elementary And Middle School Students, Karen Allen

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The Impact Of Year-Round School On Stress In Elementary School Teachers, Henriette Ingeborg Baker

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In an effort to assess the impact of year-round school on teacher stress, a sample of 39 elementary school teachers from a year-round school was compared with a sample of 35 teachers from an elementary school in an adjacent district that is on a traditional schedule. A measure of teacher stress, the Teacher stress Inventory (TSI), was administered to the teachers after they had completed one-half of the school year. Analysis of the data revealed that there was no significant difference in stress levels between the year-round teachers and the teachers on the traditional schedule. Stress levels were in the …

Effect Of Developmental Spelling Level On Spelling Achievement, Karen Finn Edwin

Theses

Purpose of the Study

The purpose of this study was to compare the developmental levels of spelling in first and second graders with measured performance in the classroom over a period of ten weeks.

It was the hypotheses of t his study that children in first and second grade who were functioning at pre-Phonetic stages of spelling abiIity would have difficulty passing weekly classroom spelling tests . A second hypothesis was that students who were developmentally at higher levels would be able to achieve better on weekly spelIing tests.

Procedures

In this study the spelling achievement of thirty-six first graders …

Opinions Of Elementary Teachers Regarding The Effects Of Hugging Students, John E. Graham Iii

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Assessing Writing Skills Of Grades 3-6 In The Francis Howell School District, Ronald D. Brewer

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This project was an exercise in assessment of student writing in the Francis Howell School District. This district began a writing program in the fall of 1986, emphasizing 45 minutes of daily writing instruction and practice each school day . After approximately 44 weeks of exposure to the program, the assessment was conducted in the winter of 1988.

A published narrative essay test, the CAT Writing Assessment System, was given to 280 randomly selected students in grades three through six. Of these, 80 were used in the training of a rater team which then inter-scored the remaining 200 essays. They …

Beethoven And Some Of My Other Pals: A Collective Biography Of Composers Directed Toward The Reading Needs Of The Later Elementary Child, Shirley Ann Cogan

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The book manuscript, Beethoven and Some of My Other Pals , is a non-fiction collective biography of nine composers who are particularly associated with Munich , Bavaria, and Salzburg and Vienna , Austria . The book manuscript is directed toward the reading needs of the later elementary child (ages 10, 11, and 12).

The format includes letters from the author during her musical pilgrimage in July , 1986 to the aforementioned cities. In order to personalize the material, the letters are addressed to her nephew in the United States . Each biography spans the life of the subject from early …

A Utilitarian Approach To Spelling, Peggy Jean Laws Korane

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Traditionally, most spelling curricula includes the routine of introduction, practice, and testing of a weekly spelling lesson. This mundane repetition need not become a nemesis. The following spelling curriculum is a utilitarian approach to a spelling curriculum for the future. With this utilitarian approach, it can be made to enhance other work being performed in the classroom, making all experiences valuable in meaning other than learning a group of predetermined words chosen at random.

This utilitarian spelling program has been created because of a need to enhance legitimate meaning in the study of spelling. Past experiences have determined that students …

A Survey On Homework With A View Towards Developing District Guidelines For The Elementary School, Ginger Kinion

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This researcher has been interested in the subject of homework for some time and has felt the pressure from parents to provide more homework for students . Many school districts do not provide homework policies or guidelines for teachers . The purpose of this study was to find answers to such questions as: 1) What has research found about the effectiveness of homework in the elementary schools? 2) What are the opinions of parents, students , and educators on the subject of homework? 3) What are the advantages and disadvantages of homework? 4) How can a homework policy be developed …

An Investigation Of The Library Education Of Teachers In The Lutheran Elementary Schools In The Saint Louis Area, Joanne Bader

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This study was designed to investigate the library education of teachers in the Lutheran elementary schools in the Saint Louis area. It vas hypothesized that teachers were not prepared to use the library as it should be used, partly because they had not been taught to do so, and that their feelings of how adequately trained they were would depend on when and where they had received their education. Elementary teachers, a total of 244 teachers, in twenty-nine schools were surveyed. Results indicated that generally the teachers are not well trained in formal courses in library education, but obtained most …

Strategies For Second-Language Acquisition In The Elementary School Classroom, Grace C. Washington

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No abstract provided.

Instrumental Music Guide: Grades 5-9, Joan Joy Coerver

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