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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 …

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 …

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 …