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Analyses Of Admission Procedures For Waiting List Applicants And Retardates Admitted To New Mexico Institutions In Fiscal Years 66-67 To 70-71, Edward Eloy Martinez

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

The nature of this study was three-fold: (a) histor­ical, (b) statistical, and (c) descriptive.

New Mexico is one of nine states with written cri­teria for a point system 􀀰or admission of retardates to institutions from waiting lists. The historical portion of this study presented a background of the three insti­tutions in New Mexico and the development of the point priority system upon which their admission procedures are based.

The statistical analyses were utilized to test the admission procedures of the three institutions over the past five fiscal years.

A comprehensive study of waiting list applicants and institutionalized retardates had· not …

Estudio De Casos De Toxicomanos: Ex-Adictos A Heroina, Maria Alicia Ruiperez

Special Education ETDs

Due to the growing restlessness created by the continuous, systematic and indiscriminate use of drugs in North American society, it is generally agreed upon by most scientists that there is an urgent and indispensable need for scientific research in this area.

The essential base for the construction of a general theory about drug addiction and its individual and social implications, undoubtedly takes its roots from research and case studies differentiated by (1) personality types, (2) ethnic groups, (3) social class origin, (4) different types of drugs, (5) circumstances of addiction, and (6) various forms of rehabilitation.

The narrowing down to …

A Measurement Study Of Attitudinal Interactions Of Selected Vocational School Teachers And Students Concerning Attendance And Grades With Implications For Administrator Training, James L. Maw

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study was designed to measure attitudinal interactions of selected vocational school teachers and students concerning grades and attendance, school policy problems, at a Technical Vocational Institute. This was done in an attempt to determine whether students and teachers viewed themselves and existing attendance and grading policy as constants or variables. It was assumed that those receiving scores indicating they considered themselves constants would be more likely to support the existing policy while those receiving scores indi­cating they considered themselves variables would be more likely to desire a policy change.

Teachers and student attitudinal interactions were measured and plotted on …

The Effect Of A Bilingual Program Used In Nine First Grade Classrooms With Spanish Surnamed Students In The East And West Las Vegas Schools, Juanita D. Montoya

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a bilingual curriculum for Spanish-surnamed First Grade students in three classrooms in East Las Vegas City Schools and six classrooms in the West Las Vegas School System.

A Comparison Of Raw Scored Of Two Second Grade Groups On A Reading Test Based On The Phonology, Morphology And Syntax Of The First Nine Levels Of The Miami Linguisic Readers, Sally L. Pavletich

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study was designed to develop a criteria testing instrument for the Miami Linguistic Reading Program. The children involved in the study were two groups of second grade students taught to read by means of a reading program based on linguistic principles and two groups of similar students taught to read through a conventional basal program. The children were tested at the end of second grade, using a reading performance test prepared by the investigator. The study was designed to answer the following questions:

1. Is there a difference in reading test performance of second grade children who have had …

A Comparative Study Of How Parents From Different Social Classes Perceive School Health Services, John Joseph Pelizza

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

This study was designed to determine attitudes of parents from three different social classes toward school health services. The social class status of parents was determined by the use of Duncan's Social Class Index. This Index, consisting of four hundred forty-six occupations, was divided into a decile scale against which each parent's occupation was checked for a corresponding decile number. If a parent's occupation was not on the Index the investigator subjectively decided on a rating using Duncan's Social Class Index as a guide.

Parents of children enrolled in nine elementary schools (Pajarito, Coronado, Duranes, Inez, Monte Vista, Carlos Rey, …

Education And Space In The Museum: A Structural Model, Margaret Ann Ramsey

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of Purpose. The purpose of this investigation is to identify which elements are operating in a museum in order to determine the underlying structure of space and thereby build a model. A second­ary purpose is to synthesize various fields, including the social sciences, in order to understand better how space operates in a museum. The study treats the use of space as an educational problem.

Procedure. The method of structuralism is applied to identify which elements operate in a museum in order to find the underlying structure of space. After these elements are identified, they are used in constructing …

Children's Books By New Mexico Writers, Margaret J. Homan

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the books in children's literature written by New Mexico writers. Major emphasis was given to those books published from 1950 to 1970. The study identified only the New Mexico writers of children's books who claimed the state as their place of residence while writing their books. The study identified and analyzed those books which an elementary school child would enjoy. Initially the study began by identifying New Mexico writers of books for children from lists of New Mexico writers which contained writers of both adult and children's literature. The lists …

The Effect Of Work-Study Programs On Certain Student Behaviors, Stanley Schneider

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

With the number of drop-outs on the increase, the federal, state and local agencies, as well as private industry, have become involved with methods of student retention. The Vocational Amendments of 1968 have given impetus to work-study programs of various types for the possible retention of these students.

The null hypothesis of this study was that the work-study programs examined do not change the characteristics of the potential drop-out which were used to identify him as a potential drop-out.

The study took place at North Babylon, New York. There a general work-study program known as the School to Employment Program …

The Function Of Socialization: Compliance As It Affects Person And Role Power In Coaching And Teaching Experience As Professional Preparation For The Principalship, David Morris Schmitz

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The purpose of this study was to create and empirically test a theoretical model describing compliance structures utilized by the coach, teacher, and principal to control subordinates. The problem was to determine whether compliance structures used to control subordinates in a previous role socialize a coach or teacher to behave in certain ways on becoming a principal. In addition, background and situational variables were analyzed to determine if these variables had an effect on the leader behavior of public school principals.

Changes In Self-Concept Resulting From Outward Bound Type Activities, Edward Rhudy

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a significant change in self-concept resulting from a non-resident outward bound type program on a selected group of males and females. The design of this study was experimental, involving the nonrandomized pretest, posttest single group. This study of the effects of outward bound type activities was conducted in the natural areas, mountains and semi-arid regions surrounding Albuquerque, New Mexico during the spring of 1971. The Outward Bound class has been a part of the Physical Education Service Program at the University of New Mexico for the past four semesters. …

Basic Skills Differences Between Fifth Grade Anglo And Spanish-Surnamed Students In The Albuquerque Public Schools, Cecillio Orozco

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to fulfill a need in research to identify possible specific differences and/or likenesses in basic skills between the Spanish-surnamed and his Anglo-American counterpart at the fifth grade level.