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A Field Study To Effect Changes In Academic Achievement Levels Of Underachieving Seventh-Grade Students, Raymond J. Gargiulo

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The purpose of this study was to improve the academic performance of underachieving seventh-grade students. Specific focus of the study was on improving reading achievement by using within-class instructional grouping to accommodate the range of achievement in the classroom and by matching various instructional materials to the learners' levels of reading (hereafter referred to as the open classroom concept). The study was also design to evaluated associated improvement in arithmetic and social studies skills, as well as the degree of school satisfaction demonstrated by students in the open classroom environment. Another factor measured by the study …

Family Income, Voting Behavior, And Financial Referendums:Educational Finance And Politics In Albuquerque, 1968-1969., Richard V. Hatley

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study (1) described and analyzed the relationship between family income and voting behavior in four 1968-1969 public school financial referendums in Albuquerque, New Mexico, (2) investigated ether variables which might be related to voter responses in such elections, and (3) developed a method for studying school election voting behavior.

Retraining Efforts And Labor Force Status: Differential Effects Of Selected Demographic Variables, John Terry Abrahamson

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The Manpower Development and Training Act (M.D.T.A.) is the largest and one of the oldest of the federal manpower programs. This study is of the M.D.T.A. experience in one state during a one and one-half year period. The sample was limited to those who completed institutional type training programs. Data used were collected in the normal process of program operation and included characteristics of trainees, individual trainee termination information and the post-training report one year after completion of training. The problem was to create sets of relationships, of both theoretical and practical significance, between pre-training characteristics of trainees and post-training …

An Analysis Of Administrator And Student Leader Views Of Student Discontent And Solutions On One University Campus., Harold Peter Menninger

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation was to analyze problems of and solutions to student discontent as viewed by university administrators and student leaders. In addition, the responsibilities, future, and roles of these two groups were investigated, along with questions about the involvement of faculty and students in protest issues and their value positions. Talcott Parsons' theoretical framework, which includes the concept of functional imperatives, was used to achieve deeper interpretation of the results. Several hypotheses derived from Parsons' theory were set forth and tested.

Data were collected on the respondents' personal backgrounds, on reactions to stud��nt discontent and its solutions, …

Policies And Procedures Employed By Personnel Administrators In The Recruitment Process Of Public School Teachers In Virginia, Gabriele Sylvia Blankenship

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

A Descriptive Survey Of Elementary Teachers' Attitudes Toward Faculty Meetings, Charles Clay

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

The Need For Assistant Elementary School Principals In The Public Schools Of Norfolk, Virginia, Joseph Lee Wiggins

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

A Need Assessment And Proposed Curriculum For Low Socio-Economic Elementary School Children., Mary Ann Jenkins Brewster

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study was concerned with the problems of curriculum in disadvantaged areas. The purposes were to evaluate present curricula and also to discover the relationship of teacher training and teacher attitude to the major problems in low socio-economic areas.

Three third grade classes of various percentages of ethnic and racial groups were used. All schools were located in deprived areas.

Class One had 64.3 per cent Black, 25 per cent Spanish surnamed, 3.5 per cent Indian, and 7.2 per cent Anglo students. Class Two's percentages were 80 per cent Spanish surnamed, 8 per cent Black, 8 per cent Anglo, and …

Problem Solving Abilities And Psychomotor Skills Of Navajo Indians, Spanish Americans And Anglos In Junior High School, Rajabather Jayagopal

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The Problem

The purpose of this study was to investigate the problem solving abilities of Navajo Indians, Spanish Americans and Anglos in two schools of Albuquerque, using WISC performance subtests as criterion measures and including the five psychomotor skills, perception, visual set, emotional set, physical set and fine motor acts as predictor variables at intra- and inter-ethnic levels.

Procedures

The study was divided into the following parts: (1) review of the pertinent literature, (2) design of the study outlining selection of subjects, selection and application of test instruments and compilation and treatment of data, (3) presentation, analysis and interpretation of …

La Fortalecita:A Study Of Low-Income (Urban) Mexican Americans And The Implications For Education., Richard Werner Arndt

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to examine the life-style coIIU:1on to La Fortalecita, a low-income Mexican-American community comprising approximately 300 inhabitants and located within an urban population center exceeding 300,000, and to discuss certain educational implica­tions arising from the findings.

An Investigation Of Occupational Values Held By A Group Of Rural Northern New Mexico Senior High School Students, Bill Leslie Johnson

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The general objective of this research was to make certain predictions concerning occupational values from the cultural values of the three major ethnic groups represented in northern New Mexico—Anglo, Spanish-American, and Indian. A corollary to this main purpose was an investigation of the effect of maturation and sex upon occupational values. The research problem, then, centered upon analyzing differences in patterns of occupational values among various categories of individuals.

A Comparative Study Of Middle Schools And Junior High Schools In New York State., Edward L. Davis

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study was undertaken to determine to what extent the middle school, in actual practice, is doing a better job of meeting the needs of young adolescents than its predecessor, the junior high school.

Thirty-five middle schools and thirty-five junior high schools were paired in terms of school population, soci-economic conditions, and geographical location.

Letters and questionnaires were sent out to principals of schools included in this study. The study was explained to these administrators and the need was stressed for the return of all questionnaires for the completion of the study.

The summary of the findings indicated some differences …

Commitment, Opportunity, And Vision (Chapel Talk), Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Dictation Procedures And Related Practices In Offices In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Hazel Powell

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The problem.

The purpose of this study was to determine and to analyze the procedures and related practices that characterize office dictation as it is given in representative offices in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Procedure.

Interviews held with forty dictators of office dicta­tion and the forty persons who transcribed their dictation yielded cur­rent data concerning dictation procedures. Organizations represented were distributors of goods and services, educational institutions, gov­ernment, manufacturing businesses, military establishments; and- service organizations. One-half of the dictators were asked to dictate three or four items each to be tape-recorded as a supplement to the interviews.

Findings and conclusions.

Findings …

The Influence Of Leadership In The Growth Of Positive Self-Concept, Orval David Hughes

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of the establishment of a para-military program in a large comprehensive high school. Specifically, the study compared two educational programs operating within the same school; one, the traditional program with objectives oriented to intellectual achievement, the other, a para-military program with objectives oriented to developing qualities of citizenship through experiences in leadership. The study attempted to discover how leadership experiences influenced the growth of positive self-concept. The experiment followed a non-randomized pre-test - post-test design with the experimental group composed of students of the para­military program (a Naval Junior ROTC), …

The Relationships Between The Illinois Test Of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Reading Performance, And Iq Of Third-Grade Children., Miyoshi Ikeda

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The clinical model of reading as a communication process provided a theoretical basis for this study. This exploratory research was carried out to investigate the relationships between the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Revised Edition, reading perform2nce, and IQ of children in regular third-grade classrooms.

The Use Of I/T/A In A Special Summer Remedial Reading Program, Dianne Mair Sego

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Purpose of the study: The purpose of this study was to determine the efficiency of the use of the Initial Teaching Alphabet as a remedial reading teaching technique. Six children who failed to learn a basic sight vocabulary from their respective basal text reading programs in the first or second year of school were chosen as participants.

Procedure: In May, 1967, he pupils were tested with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children to determine the intelligence quotients of each child. All of the boys received a score which placed them within the lower limits of the average rang of intelligence. …

Quarter Century Retrospect (Article For Alumni Program), Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Type Of Reinforcer On Several Lower-Class Cultural Groups., Irene D. Hassett

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Seventy-two is (half males, half females) from each of four lower-class cultural groups, i.e., Anglo, Black, Spanish-American, and Navaho, were randomly assig ed to four reward conditions: money, candy, personal-praise, and performance-directed-praise. Each S was given a 10-minute marble dropping task, in which the third minute was designated as the baseline. D ring minutes four through ten, two response measures were derived for each S: rate of response, and a reinforcer effectiveness score. Data on both of these measures were subjected to an analysis of variance. One female graduate student in psychology tested all of the Ss. The following hypothesis …

Technological In-Migration And Curricular Change: Educational Politics In Albuquerque, 1945-1965, William M. Hales Jr.

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of problem. While the migration of the rural poor to the urban ghetto is an important and much-discussed demographic movement which has challenged the adaptiveness of the American public school, a less-noticed migration, spawned by the rapidly expanding technology, has been occurring. Defense industries, particularly those related to space exploration and atomic energy have developed new sites for expansion. This expansion has brought with it a steady flow of scientists and technicians into the new localities, placing great stress on local institutions, including the schools. This study investigated the impact of a large in-migration of scientists and technicians on …

A Study Of The Reading Background And Current Program Practices In Reading Used By Elementary Principals In Washington's Second Class School Districts, Kenneth William Anderson

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to determine the degree to which the training and backgrounds possessed by elementary principals affect their actions as leaders of reading instruction with their buildings.

A Factor Analysis Of The Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test Across Four Ethnic Groups, William Robert Merz

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

A study was conducted to examine the factor structure of the Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test (DAP) item responses across four ethnic groups. The Man Scale of the test was used: 1338 Anglo, Black, Mexican American, and Yucca Indian first grade boys and girls were included. The children were 6, 7, and 8 years old. Californian Achievement Test (CAT) performance was included in the investigation.

Age and sex variables were correlated with Goodenough-Harris item responses and CAT subscores. Correlation matrices were reduced by principal components analysis with orthogonal rotation to simple structure.

Similar factor structures were obtained across the four ethnic groups. …

An Investigation Of The Relationships Between Organizational Climates Of Schools And Teacher Leadership Dimensions, Willie Sanchez

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The importance of this study rests upon its contributions to the study of the effects of system characteristics upon teacher effectiveness. Organizational climates of schools have a pervasive influence over the behaviors of teachers, and, in turn, upon pupils. The organizational climates of schools have been studied and their ideal profiles have been plotted. The effects of teachers' behaviors upon pupils have also had extensive consideration. However, the effects of the characteristics of the whole school upon intermediate and primary participants have not been studied. In particular, no studies have been done on the effects of the climate of the …

Christianity And Intellectual Respectability, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Personnel Practices Related To Teacher Aide Programs, Kent H. Pratt

All Master's Theses

A growing number of school districts have used teacher aides or paraprofessionals. State Boards of Education have voiced concern that directors and administrators develop and follow sound personnel policies in the hiring of teacher aides. It was the purpose of this study to propose guidelines for (1) selection of teacher aides, (2) training of teacher aides, (3) supervision of teacher aides, and (4) evaluation of teacher aides. The increasing use of teacher aides has focused attention on a need for an organized program related to the problem. This study investigated programs which proposed guidelines administrators and teachers could use in …

An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Visual Perceptual Abilities And Reading Achievement, Dale L. Melada

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It has long been recognized that reading problems may be of multiple causation. Some research studies have shown that certain visual perceptual abilities are related to success in early school learning and in beginning reading, but present tests commonly used do not point out strengths, weaknesses, or individual differences in visual perception among "normal children." The high percentage of children with reading disabilities, and children, boys especially, whose reading is not commensurate with their abilities warrants the need for the study presented. The purpose of the study was two-fold. Its first intention was to evaluate two visual perceptual tests, the …

A Study Of The Effect Of A Public School Attendence Counselor Upon Attendence And Achievement For A Group Of Navajo Elementary School Students Grades 4-6, John Pinto

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the Problem

It was the purpose of this study to investigate the effect of a public school attendance counselor on (1) school attendance and (2) school achievement for a group of Navajo elementary school children grades 4-6. Two null hypotheses were set up to be tested:

1. There are no significant differences in attendance between those schools with an attendance counselor and those schools without an attendance counselor.

2. There are no significant differences in school achievement between those schools with an attendance counselor and those schools without an attendance counselor.

Procedure

The sample consisted of a total …

The Middle Term, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

Not the January inter-term, but the middle term in the syllogism of life.

Leadership Through Sharing ('Tis And 'Taint), Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

State And Outlook Of The University (Opening Dinner Talk), Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.