Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Education
The Relationship Between Education Adn Socialization Input And Social And Behavior Outcomes, In A Controlled Group Of Educable Mentally Handicapped, Joanne Marie Higgins
The Relationship Between Education Adn Socialization Input And Social And Behavior Outcomes, In A Controlled Group Of Educable Mentally Handicapped, Joanne Marie Higgins
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The purpose of this research project was to study the socio-economics of a controlled group of educable retardates who had completed their formal education.
In 1965 the researcher investigated the mentally retarded students enrolled in the davenport, Iowa, Taylor and Marquette Schools and compared them to their parents and siblings. The pupil’s studies comprised three groups: (1_ a trainable group represented by pupils from 25 families; (2) a group of educable mentally handicapped students with known organic involvement represented by pupils from 165 families; and (3) a group of educable mentally handicapped pupils with no known organic involvement sufficient to …
An Ermerging Model For A New System Of Education In New York State, David Elliot
An Ermerging Model For A New System Of Education In New York State, David Elliot
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
This document has been written to serve two distinct but related
purposes. First, it is an attempt to describe a set of educational experiences which will be developed by a consortium of county-wide agencies to meet the existing as well as the emerging needs of learners in Rockland County, New York. To this end, a theoretical operational construct is explicated and the implementation strategies and tactics which are felt to insure a high degree of success for the program relative to realities extant in Rockland County are outlined. Second, an extended rationale reflecting the status of the American society, the …
Self-Actualization And Persistence In Selected Vocational Curricula For First-Time Entering Students At A Community College, Charles J. Mast
Self-Actualization And Persistence In Selected Vocational Curricula For First-Time Entering Students At A Community College, Charles J. Mast
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Investigated personality factors associated with self-actualization among first time entering students at a predominately trade-technical community college. The Ss were 529 students enrolled in liberal arts and trade-technical programs. The Ss were administered the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) and the results formed the basis of two analyses.
I. A 2x2x2 (eight cells) factorial analysis included length of attendance, vocational choice, and age, applied to each of the 12 POI scales. It was found that: (1) POI measures did not differentiate between persisters and drop-outs over a one semester period; (2) that liberal arts students received better POI scores than did …