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Pacific Review December 1981, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Of Reading Achievement To Visual And Auditory Perceptual Recall For Elementary School Pupils In A Multi-Ethnic Setting, Vicki L. Brummel Barber

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study was undertaken to explore the relationship between perceptual recall abilities and academic performance in the area of reading.

Pacific Review November 1981, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

Pacific Review October 1981, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

Comparison And Analysis Of The California Master Plan For Special Education Annual Evaluation Report And The United States Office Of Special Education Program Administrative Review Of California, Russell Vincent Riley

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the compliance and implementation levelsof special education services in California during the 1979-80 academic year. Data sources used for this study included (a) an analysis of 20 Northern California Monitor and Review (MAR) reports, (b) the descriptive state data contained in the 1979-80 California Master Plan Report, and (c) the evaluation data from the United States Office of Special Education Program Administrative Review (PAR) of California for 1979-80. A portion of the research objectives were answered through the development of an analysis methodology for the MAR reports compatible with the Statistical Package …

A Study Of Licensed Family Day Care Providers' Views Regarding Regulations, Harriet Chaimovich Neal

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

PURPOSE: Licensed family day care providers in two northern California counties were surveyed to ascertain their views about current licensing regulations and four alternatives. The resulting data can be used by the legislature, the licensing agencies, and other groups involved in planning for improvement and expansion of child care services. PROCEDURES: Opinion statements were written which contained key elements of the present licensing system and four alternatives. Part I of a questionnaire was c·omposed of these statements. Part II consisted of five items which solicited demographic data which could be related to views on regulatory issues. The questionnaire was pilot …

Pacific Review September 1981, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

Pacific Review May 1981, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Administrative Roles Performed By Public School Superintendents And Chief Executive Officers In Industry In Two California Counties, Lorraine Bassett Scott

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if public school superintendents and chief executive officers in industry spend similar amounts of time in selected roles.

Pacific Review April 1981, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

Pacific Review March 1981, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

Pacific Review February 1981, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

Animals And Their Rights In Our Society : An Action Research Project In Unit Plan Form, Julie Hinson

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this action research project was to develop and implement in a sixth grade class, a unit focusing on animals. It was the present researcher’s belief that by exposing children to the problems concerning animals this exposure would in turn develop more sympathetic attitudes toward animals. With this change of attitude and awareness, as well as the thoughtful production of possible solutions, there is hope for the animal, his kingdom, and our own survival and preservation.

Improving The Athletic Performance Of Highly Skilled College Volleyball Players Through The Use Of A Videotape Treatment Package, Steven Keating Lowe

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

A multiple baseline across behaviors design was used to test the effectiveness of a treatment package involving the use of a videotape recorder to improve the performance of college women volleyball players. The subjects were four highly skilled athletes, as evidenced by thei.r participation in the University of the Pacific volleyball program, ranked second nationally during the 1980-81 season. The treatment package consisted of the following: (a) zooming in with a video camera on particular aspects of the players' performances; (b) attempts to change only one aspect of the performance of a skill rather than the entire skill; (c) cueing …

A Proposed Model Program For The Preparation Of Educational Administrators In India, Ronald Shaw

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem: The existing facilities and arrangements for the training of educational administrators in India are totally inadequate. In a struggling new democracy where.some twenty million babies are born each year, where great strides have already been made in the field of education in the last three decades, greater attention needs to be given to the training of teachers, teacher educators and educational administrators on whose shoulders rests the responsibility of the organization of education and the spread of literacy which is so basic to its functioning as a democracy. Presently, educaational administration is not looked upon as an area of …

A Practice-Teaching Program Model For Teacher Training Centers In Iran, Jalil Baharestan-Hanzaei

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem. It is the researcher's opinion that most of the educational administrators in Iran have not fully realized the significance of practice teaching programs in developing and providing competent teachers. As a result, there is no planned design, no guidelines, no model to perform and fulfill the practice-teaching experience, i.e., the absence of a consistent program that includes a practice-teaching component.

Purpose. The main purpose of this study is to develop a viable practice-teaching program appropriate for teacher preparation in Iran. Procedure. This study is descriptive research that typically employs observation, interview, and survey methods. Observation and tentative design were …

Implementation Of A Year-Round High School Program, David James Mussatti

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify the feasibility of implementing a year-round high school program. Specific attention was given the following topics: (1) The process used in considering the feasibility of implementing a year-round program; (2) The steps taken in implementing such a program; (3) The effect of year-round operation on potential areas of concern. The study further identified the reasons why certain high schools dropped year-round programs. Procedure. The basic technique employed for this study was a descriptive approach utilizing a questionnaire completed by school districts implementing year-round high school programs. Questionnaire items were developed based on …

Influence Of Education Journals On The Classroom Practice Of California Public High School Department Heads, Jonathan Pearce

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem. Whether high school department heads were stimulated by professional journals to effect classroom change was an unanswered question. Needed was description of the effects of journal literature on the practice of leader-teachers in high school classrooms. Purpose. The study had companion purposes. The first was to discern the impact of journal reading on classroom practice as perceived by the high school department head practitioners themselves. The second was to describe the characteristics of the high school department heads whose practice had been influenced by the journals. Procedures. One thousand two hundred sixty-four California high school English, mathematics, physical education, …

The Effects Of Chinese Character Recognition Instruction On The English Reading Readiness Skills Of Chinese- And Non-Chinese-Speaking Kindergarten Students, Victoria Wai Jew

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The Problem. Presently Chinese bilingual educators are divided in their opinions on the desirability of introducing initial reading in Chinese in an American school setting. A review of research studies found that data on the effects of Chinese reading instruction in a bilingual program was lacking. The present study was designed to examine the effects of Chinese character recognition instruction on the English reading readiness of Chinese and non-Chinese speaking kindergarten students. The study attempted to provide baseline data, information and recommendations for further research for Chinese bilingual education programs. Procedures. A quasi-experimental design using control and experimental groups was …

The Effectiveness Of Administrative Pre-Service Training As Perceived By Public School Principals Trained Under The Ryan Act, Paul Michael Hewitt

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of administrative pre-service training under Ryan Act programs. The study was concerned specifically with (1) determining the competencies considered most important by principals, (2) determining the adequacy of training on identified competencies, (3) determining if principals from the elementary, junior high, and high school levels had different competency needs, and (4) determining if principals from the elementary, junior high, and high school levels view the adequacy of their training differently. Procedure. A survey instrument containing thirty-seven competencies organized into six general categories was developed through a review of the …

The Effects Of Classroom And Counseling Intervention On The Moral Development Of Junior High School Students, Paul Romualino Madarang

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the relationship between various forms of intervention and gender on the moral development of junior high school students. The three types of intervention identified and studied were: (a) a classroom values education program, (b) crisis counseling, and (c) a combination classroom-counseling intervention. The cognitive-developmental approach of Lawrence Kohlberg served as the theoretical base for this study. In order to determine the effects of the two variables on the moral reasoning of children, 195 junior high school students were divided into three treatment groups and one control group. Students were pretested using the Defining Issues Test (DIT). Treatment …

A Study Of Gross' Theory On Implementing Organizational Innovations: The Case Of Bilingual Education, Roger Tom

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to test, modify and refine the theory developed by Gross and his associates on implementing organizational innovations by applying it to the attempt to implement a bilingual education project.

Procedures. Criteria were established for the selection of the school site. Once the site was selected, the data were collected through classroom observations, staff interviews, questionnaires, and available school documents. The data were analyzed with regard to their fit or lack of fit with elements of Gross' theory. Factors not accounted for in the theory were identified.

Findings. The findings of the study substantially …

Utilization Of New Educational Media In Reading Methods Courses In California Teacher Education Institutions, William Orville Woolley

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequencies of the use/non-use of both selected commercially and locally produced new educational media software by faculty members who taught reading methods courses in California teacher education institutions. It also sought to investigate the reasons the faculty members gave for their use/non-use of the selected new educational media hardware and software. Procedure. Five California reading instruction educators were interviewed concerning their use of new educational media in their reading methods courses. From the results of those interviews, a mail questionnaire was prepared. The questionnaire was validated and the reliability was …

Attitudes Towards Public School Teachers Strikes, Kenneth Harold Arnold

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem. Teacher strikes have increased from a single strike in the late fifties to approximately 180 in the past year, 1980. This has presented quite a dilemma for the public school sector. The problem in this study was to investigate the attitudes held towards teachers' strikes by public school Teachers, administrators, board of trustee members, and members of the general public. The study also attempted to determine if there was a significant difference in the attitudes, held by these groups in communities which had experienced a teacher strike and those who had not. Finally, the variables of sex, age, marital …

An Epidemiologic Study Of Toxoplasmosis In Pregnant Women, Joyce Moell Matzen

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Life Cycle and Transmission

Toxoplasmosis is a disease produced by infection with the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, an intracellular parasite which was first isolated from the North African rodent, Cyterodactylus gondii, in 1908. Since that time, this organism has been shown to have worldwide distribution and is probably the most common parasite of mammals, birds and reptiles (Remington., 1960). In 1965, Hutchinson described toxoplasma oocysts in cat feces, but it was not until 1970 that the life cycle of the organism was disclosed. The felidae represent the primary host for toxoplasma and are the only animals known to harbor the intestinal …

Synchronized Slide-Tapes In The Physics Laboratory, Loren Quan

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Media play a large part in most of our daily lives. We watch television; we go to the movies; we listen to the radio. For years educators have been adapting media-related technological advancements for the purpose of teaching in the classroom. Here at the Physics Department of the University of the Pacific, we have adapted the medium of synchronized slide-tapes for use in the laboratory component of our calculus-based introductory physics course.

A Study Of The Relationship Of Reading Achievement, Linguistic Awareness, And Conservation In Third Grade Children, Kathleen S. Duren

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the competencies of third grade students on linguistic awareness and conservation tasks, and to determine if these skills were related to reading achievement. Two measures of linguistic awareness were used in this study, the Concepts About Print (Sand) Test and the "Technical Language of Literacy" ("TLL") subtest of the Linguistic Awareness in Reading Readiness Test. The Concept Assessment Kit--Conservation (CAK-C) was used to determine conservation skills. The possible relationship between conservation and linguistic awareness was also explored.

The Appropriateness Of Selected Inservice Education Programs As Perceived By Seventh-Day Adventist Educators, George Alvah Bronson Jr.

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem. When considering specific instructional areas associated with the performance of teachers, do teachers and administrators in the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) school system differ in their perceptions regarding the appropriateness of inservice education programs? Procedure. Three sample groups were derived from the population of SDA educators in California. These groups included: administrators at the district level; administrators in elementary and secondary schools; and elementary and secondary teachers. Of the 298 questionnaires distributed, 86.9 percent were returned. Various statistical procedures were used to determine if perceptual differences existed between: administrators and teachers; elementary and secondary teachers; male and female teachers; to …