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The Feasibility Of School District Reorganization In The Upper Kittas County, Donald G. Woolley

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a need for reorganization in the Upper Kittitas County. If reorganization is deemed necessary, this study will propose a plan by which this reorganization can be carried out.

A Comparative Study Of Individualized And Basal Reading Methods In First Grade, Zelda Maggart

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Today’s children live in a world of words. From nursery days onward they are in contact with reading in many forms. They face a future filled with a multitude of technological and social problems, each one needing attention and understanding of citizens educated to the highest degree consistent with abilities and interests. Reading is at the center of an effective educational program. While research indicates that children read better today than ever before, reading programs must not be permitted to become static. New ways must be found to improve the teaching of reading.

A Proposed Plan For The Improvement Of Instruction In Central School Through The Supervisory Activities Of The Teaching Principal, John P. Norling

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study (1) to survey the importance of the role of the elementary principal in improvement of instruction, (2) to make a limited study of professional literature, in order to discover ways and means by which the elementary principal provides more effective supervisory services, (3) to present a proposed program for improving the supervisory services of the principal in Central School which would result in an improvement in instruction, and (4) to conclude the study with selected summarizing statements.

A Survey Of The Administration Of Noninstructional Personnel In The Richmond Public Schools And Other School Divisions With Comparable Enrollments, Harold David Gibson

Master's Theses

School personnel administration.is concerned with two basic categories of employees: teaching and nonteaching or instructional and noninstructional. How they differ in definition and classification and which employees of a school division fall into the respective categories, especially the noninstructional classification, is the purpose for the survey to be reported in the succeeding chapters of this investigation. Little or no professional literature· exists to clarify this issue. Consequently, 'it is the desire of the writer to report and analyze what is presently being done in the administration of noninstructional employees.

A Study Of Teacher Absences In The Elementary Schools Of The Highline School District Of King County, Washington, Thurmon M. Keller

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study (1) to classify causes of reported teacher absences; (2) to compare frequency of absences in men and women teachers; (3) to determine months of the year and days of the week showing the greatest number of teacher absences; (4) to compare absence patterns in married and unmarried teachers; (5) to determine age groups of teachers having the greatest frequency of absences; and (6) to determine whether extended sick leave provisions and duty-free noon hours have had any substantial effect on teacher absence patterns.

A Proposed Program For Improving School-Community Relations In The Okanogan School District, James Willard Derting

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study (1) to recognize the need for an effective school-community relations program; (2) to review, through professional literature, the methods by which schools in various communities have improved their public relations program; (3) propose a program that could be used in Okanogan School District, and to arrive at a summary and certain concluding statements.

Flexible Scheduling, Stanley R. Schmick

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study is to show that we are recognizing and learning ways to cope with the problem; namely: how to return the use of time, space, numbers, and content to those who need it--the teachers and their students--in even the larger schools that symbolize so well our concept of education for all youth. We are also learning how to cope with an equally important additional problem; how to treat a pupil as an individual even though he is one in a great mass of students. Solving these two problems constitutes the exciting challenge of our day. During …

A Modified Approach To Flexible Scheduling At Carmichael Junior High School, Richland, Washington, Henry Vernon Yonce

Graduate Student Research Papers

It is the purpose of this study to judge the practicality of introducing a modified flexible schedule in Carmichael Junior High School, Richland, Washington.

A Survey Of The General Educational Development Program Of Military Personnel At Fort Lewis, Washington, Gordon Everett Newton

All Master's Theses

The purposes of this study are to (1) determine the criteria guiding the General Educational Development of Military Personnel Program, and (2) evaluate existing programs according to each criteria, and (3) make any necessary recommendations regarding continuation or revision of existing programs.

A Survey Of The Attitudes Of Biology Teachers In The State Of New Mexico Toward The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Program, Frizelle La-Gretta Aguilar

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

There has been a lot of discussion about the advances in science today and the need for better scientific training at the high school level. During the past decade, there have been research projects developed to up-grade the courses and include more sophisticated materials in the students' biology curriculum at the earlier grade level.

A Study Of The Relationship Between Anxiety And School Achievement, Ervin F. Holle

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The theory that anxiety is an important factor in the school performance of individuals, particularly children, has received increased attention in recent years. The noted psychologist Jersild called attention to the problems:

Fear exists so generally in contemporary life that our time has been called the “age of anxiety.” The present age is probably no more fear-ridden than earlier periods in history; instead, we perhaps recognize the inroads of fear more clearly and acknowledge them more openly than we did in the past.

Sarason and his associates conducted research for several years concerning themselves with the problem of the “relationships …

Persistent Students And Dropouts With Reference To Factors Associated With Early School Withdrawal., Abraham Demetrio Paler

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

No abstract provided.

A Survey Of Audio-Visual Practices In The Large Schools In New Hampshire, W. M. Cleveland

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It was the purpose of this survey to find out what towns, cities or school unions in the State of New Hampshire have done with audio-visual aids in their large schools. Its questions attempt to discover to what extent the individual unit has utilized its program of audio-visual aids, giving special attention to personnel responsible for the program and to money spent for these aids, both as a whole and per pupil.

An Evaluation Of The Differences Among Lower, Middle And Upper Socio-Economic Groups In The Sixth Grades In The Ogden City Schools With Regard To Scholastic Achievement, Milton Kendrick

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

There are some inadequacies in our American way of life. One of these is the inadequate help and attention given to the problem of children who become shackled with their lower class environment with little or no desire or incentive to rise above this. The major challenge to any teacher is the ability to stimulate and inspire children to achieve or succeed. There are different degrees of achievement. For one child, great achievement is not the same as for another. The realization of this prompted the decision to see what differences in achievement exist among the three main socio-economic classes. …

West Virginia Higher Education Long-Range Enrollment And Operating Budget Projections, Billy Gean Dunn

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

THE PROBLEM

The purposes of this study were (1) to project the enrollments and resulting student credit hours produced for each institution of higher education in West Virginia between 1963 and 1975 and (2), based on enrollments and other factors, to project the operating budget needs for each institution between 1963 and 1975.

Projections were made for each of the twenty institutions of higher education in West Virginia and for state higher education as a whole. Primary importance of the findings was in the application by each institution in long-range institutional research and planning.

PROCEDURES

Enrollments for each institution were …

The Extent To Which The Union At Eastern Illinois University Meets Its Stated Objectives, Tymon Frederick Mitchell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Teacher Turnover In The Coles County Public Elementary Schools Of Illinois: 1959-60 Through 1963-64, Gary L. Howrey

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

Teacher Reaction To Teacher Evaluation In Ventura County, California, Wilbur F. Powell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

A Survey Of Kansas High School Relative To The Initiation Of A Guidance Program, Janet Holley

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of The Placement Service At Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Ill., Gary E. Price

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.