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An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Seriation And Classification Skills In Young Children, R'Delle Marie Anderson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The results of the Benziger Early Learning Assessment (BELA) classification and seriation subtests previously administered to 359 white, primarily middle-class preschool and primary grade school children were analyzed to determine the degree of relationship, interaction and parallelism between these two cognitive skills across age groups of children. In addition, the existence of any sex differences in performance was examined. The 359 children were grouped into three successive age groups at six-month intervals beginning with the age of four years and six months.

Results indicated that the relationship between seriation and classification, as measured by the BELA, was positive and quite …

The Use Of Classroom And Home-Based Reinforcement To Increase Verbal Responses To Questions In Preschool Children, Katherine Anne Muir

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Descriptive Analysis Of A College Day Care Center, Rena N. Rice

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This paper is a descriptive analysis of a college day care center, situated on the campus of one of the community colleges of the City University of New York, which services the pre-school children of full-time matriculated day students. The Center is administered by the student-parents, under the supervision and guidance of the faculty Coordinator, who is a professor in the Department of Student Services. The teaching staff consists of a New York State certified Teacher-Director and Group Teacher, and an Assistant Teacher, all full-time, and numerous part-time work­study student aides.

Chapter I contains a review of the literature on …

Educational Change In A School Mandated "Open": As Seen Through The Eyes Of An Advisor, Helaine R. Meisler

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This paper is a study of educational change as I observed it during my experience as an advisor in a public school in East Harlem. I had been hired by Creative Teaching Workshop as an advisor in its Advisory Service program. Schools which were involved in the program received two full days per week of advisory time.

British Education: Infant And Junior Levels, Ann Bucken

Graduate Student Independent Studies

No abstract provided.

Children's Book Festival, Karen Rowell, University Of Southern Mississippi

Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival Programs

The tenth annual Children's Book Festival held on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1977.

This Is The Mother, This Is The Father, This Is The Child., Cheryl Hawkins Johnson

Graduate Student Independent Studies

No abstract provided.

A Hands-On Museum For Children, Stephanie Townsend

Graduate Theses

This paper concerns itself with the preparation for the development of a children's hands-on museum. Included is a definition of such a museum, a rationale for this type of museum, organizational considerations of a community museum, four exhibits intended to stimulate and guide children's cognitive processes, and a brief summation. The rationale for this children's museum is derived primarily from Piaget's theory of cognitive developmental psychology. Thus, the exhibits are exemplars of Piagetian curriculum. The organization section emphasizes Guthe's philosophy concerning museum organization.

A Study Of The River : Social Studies As The Core Of The Curriculum For Five And Six Year Olds, Carol Yahr Tucker

Graduate Student Independent Studies

Using social studies as the core of the curriculum is an effective educational framework for five and six year olds. When this curriculum starts with the children's life experiences and goes on to study some aspect of their community or environment, children can begin to understand the interconnectedness of the adult world. Young children feel the excitement of learning when they immerse themselves in a study; they find that learning can be a vital process related to their needs and experiences, rather than a dry transfer of skills and pre-existing bodies of knowledge.

First Grade Teachers Can Learn To More Accurately Identify Specific Learning Disabilities In Their Children, Pauline Georgakis

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

An applied project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Education Specialist at Morehead State University by Pauline Georgakis on May 4, 1976.

Children's Book Festival, Karen Rowell, University Of Southern Mississippi

Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival Programs

The ninth annual Children's Book Festival held on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1976.

The Creative Process: A Symposium, Charlotte B. Winsor

Books

A collection of papers encompassing an education conference about the creative process, in honor of Lucy Sprague Mitchell - founder of Bank Street College. The collection examines the creative process theoretically through psychodynamic and Piagetian viewpoints, as well as the effects of creativity on cognition and development. The works cover a large range of discussions on creativity and include an array of studio-workshop reports using music, food, needlework, and many more materials to stimulate creativity.

Bear That Wasn't (1946/2010) By Arthur Frank Tashlin, Gareth B. Matthews

Picture Books

What happens when a bear wakes from hibernation to find his forest home has been replaced by a human factory? What if the bear can't convince the factory workers, vice presidents, or president that he is, in deed, a bear and shouldn't be put to work in the factory? In reviewing Frank Tashlin's The Bear that Wasn't, Gareth B. Matthews discovers philosophical themes including dreaming and skepticism, being and nonbeing, appearance and reality, and the foundations of knowledge.

Separate Factor Analyses Of The Iowa Test Of Preschool Development For Groups Of Black And White Children, Stephen Wayne Blake

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

In the present study the factor structure of the Iowa Test of Preschool Development (ITPD) was examined separately for black and white children to assess the construct validity of the ITPD scales for each racial group and the degree to which factor structures of the black and white groups were congruent. Since the ITPD is intended to be used as a basis for programs involving individual assessment and remediation of the problem areas identified, it is advantageous that its construct validity be established. Intercorrelations of the scaled scores on the eight level I skill area achievement indexes (ages 2 to …

Long-Term Effects Of Home-Based Preschool Enrichment, Mark Vincent Cunningham

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study was designed to measure the effect of the Home Start Project upon school achievement as measured by the third grade scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. The non-randomized posttest-only control group design was utilized in this research project. Subject selection consisted of those forty-four subjects for whom prior comparisons had been drawn concerning Horne Start subjects. However, it was possible to locate only 31 Home Start subjects (22 black and 9 white) and 31 of their older and Non-Home Start siblings (22 black and 9 white). The ITBS September scores of Home Start children were compared …

Learning Through Expressive And Representational Experiences In Social Studies : Eight-And-Nine-Year-Olds Study The Netsilik Eskimos, Joan Cenedella

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The following paper is the record of a study of the Netsilik Eskimos that took place in a group of twenty-five eight and nine-year-olds in 1973. Included in the paper are a description of the school, the classroom, and the children involved; a brief discussion of the overarching concepts inherent in the content of the study; a record of the ways in which the study was presented to children; and finally, a detailed description of the children's work. The point is made throughout the paper that the children learned through expressive experience in the study and that this expressive experience …

The Integration Of Affective And Cognitive Concerns In Educational Programs, Elaine Avidon

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The social and political confrontations of the 1960's forced public school educators to reassess many of their values. Among the crucial issues which resurfaced as a result of this reassess­ment was the basic question of why some students were learning while others were not. This independent project addresses itself to that question. In particular, it presents one approach .which, when used responsibly, can alter the patterns of non-· learning that exist for so many young people attending schools today.

The integration of affective and cognitive concerns has been written about by many educators. It is also the topic of this …

Children's Book Festival, Karen Rowell, University Of Southern Mississippi

Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival Programs

The eighth annual Children's Book Festival held on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1975.

"Project Dial": An Early Childhood Screening Program, Lewis S. Sarff

Masters Theses

This field study addressed the problem of "actively seeking" out and identifying children (ages 3 to 5 years) likely to develop late learning problems upon school enrollment. The procedures developed and reported in this paper deal with initial public relations, facilities, personnel, an evaluation instrument Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning (DIAL), hearing and vision testing, and reporting of results to parents and school personnel.

The paper also includes means and standard deviations for DIAL subtest scores by one year age groups and by sex, as well as simple and multiple r's for each of the DIAL variables individually …

An Assessment-Diagnostic Center For Pre-School Public School Handicapped Children In Illinois: The Rend Lake Project, John Powell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of A Short Term Preacademic Total Approach Program On The Language Development Of Disadvantaged Children, Doug Richter

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This research tests a short term total academic language development program on the development of language delayed children. It was hypothesized that an increase in vocabulary and response length after a six week treatment program would be reflected on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and the Mean Length of Response Test. The treatment program utilized both the group and tutorial approach emphasizing the basic skills associated with listening, language, reading, writing and arithmetic. The subjects were nine-preschool Head Start children participating in a summer program at Western Kentucky University. A comparison of the performance on pre and post test revealed …

Assessment Of Economic And Social Benefits Of Day Care And A Budget Proposal For A Hypothetical Day Care Center, Nancy K. Lecrone

Business and Economics Honors Papers

This 31 page thesis examines the history of child care, women in the workforce, and a proposal for a day care center.

Humanizing Learning Through Open Classroom Procedures And Self Discovery Methods (A Personal View), Mamie Gumbs

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This paper explores humanized learning, the open classroom procedures and self-discovery methods.

Beginning An Open Classroom In A Public School: A Personal Experience, Donna C. Degaetani

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This paper describes the author's interest in the concept of open education. The author includes background information on the history of the open classroom program's inception and development.

Children's Book Festival, Karen Rowell, University Of Southern Mississippi

Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival Programs

The seventh annual Children's Book Festival held on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1974.

Sylvester And The Magic Pebble: A Song-Story Adapted From A Story By William Steig, Myrtle Whipple

All Graduate Projects

This project was to develop a song-story for second grade from William Steig's story, Sylvester And The Magic Pebble. A song-story is a narrative in which part of the plot is told in song. The songs enhance and interpret the feeling or emotion of the story. The purpose of this project was to create a medium for learning in language arts, music, and art; to elevate the self-image of the children who need it; and to provide a rewarding experience that would bring enjoyment and satisfaction to the children.

Relationship Of Perception And Production Of /R/ In Three-Year-Old Children, Gloria Schuck Bronsema

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Much of the literature suggests a relationship, still obscure, between the production and perception of speech sounds. Investigators of speech perception have, for the most part, studied children of school age. This study, however, was concerned with the production and perception at one stage of development, i.e., at the threeyear-old level. Specifically, this investigator compared the perception of /r/ and /w/ words. Two groups of three-yearold children, sixteen who said /r/ correctly (called the r/r group}, and sixteen who substituted /w/ for /r/ (called the w/r group} were subjects in this study. The eight boys and eight girls in each …

Children's Book Festival, Karen Rowell, University Of Southern Mississippi

Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival Programs

The program for the sixth annual Children's Book Festival held on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1973.

A Descriptive Study Of An Approach To Teaching Reading In An Open Classroom, Helen Haratonik

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The following is a descriptive study of a reading program that was designed in Public School 3 in Greenwich Village.

Efficacy Of Reinforcement In An Observational Paradigm, Charles M. Krizic

Masters Theses

Study investigated the effectiveness of reinforcement in an observational paradigm where the dependent variable was indicated by increased morphological resemblance of an observer (O) after viewing a model (M). The stimulus was a series of novel responses recorded on videotape with each child viewing the tape individually. The subjects were 32 Head Start males divided into four groups. The first group was administered verbal praise prior to the modeling session. The second served as the vicarious reinforcement condition and observed an adult praise the model. The third group received direct reinforcement during the test for acquisition. The control group received …