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A Sociometric Investigation Of The Persistency Of Choice In Grade Levels Two Through Six, Dolores Lapointe Linton

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the problem. There is a general conjecture among elementary school teachers that friendships and social preferences in the lower elementary grade fluctuate considerably, and that they tend to become increasingly more stable in the higher elementary grades, sometimes to the detriment of a well-ordered child society. Statements such as, “the younger ones don’t care with whom they are friendly,” and “Their best friends change every week” express the general feeling of instability and fluctuation in the lower grades. By contrast, many persons teaching in grades four to six feel that there is a tendency toward the development of …

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Diaries written by former English professor Gordon Wilson to WKU president Kelly Thompson reminiscing over old times at Western Kentucky University.

• 4:30 PM, 3/22/1964
• A Common Cultural Background, 3/12/1964
• A Widening Influence, 3/4/1964
• Again & Again, 3/19/1964
• An Unending Process, 3/12/1964
• Curriculum, Curricula, 3/1/1964
• If?, 3/9/1964
• Learning in the One-Roomed Country School, 3/2/1964
• Loses & Gains, 3/11/1964
• Our Big, Big Group, 3/18/1964
• Our Small World, 3/2/1964
• Preparation of Our Faculty, 3/24/1964
• Programs, 3/19/1964
• Recognition of Research, 3/6/1964
• Second Wind, 3/1/1964
• Simplicity & Sophistication, 3/28/1964
• So Young & Yet So Old, 3/3/1964
• Some Evidences of Culture, 3/4/1964
• Some Lost History, 3/28/1964 …

A Study Of The Relationship Between Reading Disability And Antisocial Behavior., Mildred Tate Riebsomer

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This research is designed to explore the relationship between reading disability and intelligence, antisocial behavior, and social acceptance within the class of selected third grade students at Barcelona Elementary School during the academic year 1961-1962.

An Examination Of Written School Policies As They Pertain To School Leadership, Ralph L. Von Kaenel

All Master's Theses

The result of this study will serve as an aid to help build a better understanding between the different units of the school. It will serve as a guide to the prospective administrator by listing an acceptable standard of responsibilities and duties for each position in our local schools, if such exists.

An Analysis Of The California Achievement Test Scores Given To The Sixth-Grade Pupils In The White Schools Of Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana, Melba Lee Gibbons

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study was an analysis of the California Achievement Test Scores given to the sixth grade pupils in the white public schools of Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana, in April, 1962, to determine the significant difference in the achievements measured with the following factors: (1) Sex, (2) Foreign language background, (3) Family Income, (4) Education of parents.

A Handbook Of Suggestions For Building School Library Collections; A Report Of Procedures And Plans For The Sandia Base School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Miyoshi Ikeda

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purposes of this study were (1) to present a descriptive study of how an elementary school organized a centralized library, and (2) to formulate long-range plans to meet the quantitative standards set up by the State Board of Education, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the American Library Association.

"Development Of Ability To Think" As A Purpose Of American Education: A Philosophical And Scientific Analysis, Charles Albert Glatt Sr.

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

One outstanding characterization of public education in the United States is the lack of consensus about the central or primary purpose for even having an educational system. Due to the decentralized nature of American public education, there is no national agency with power to control, to direct, or to supervise the policies which guide the work of the many schools.

Liberty In Liberal Arts (Article For Tu Bulletin), Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Of Certain Selected Variables To First Grade Achievement, Carl Walker

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Educators have long been aware of the need for adequate predictors of school achievement for first grade pupils. Moreover, there is growing interest in the screening of school beginners, both as a means of determining their readiness for learning and as a way of identifying early those children with potential difficulties so that they can be given required attention at a time when it will be most beneficial.

A Comparative Study Of The Understanding Which Bilingual Students Have Of The Multiple Meanings Of English Words, Stephen Grant Hess

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the understanding which certain bilingual students have of the different meanings of some words in the English language in comparison to the understanding which Anglos have.

Marks Of A Whole College, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Employment Of Certificated Personnel Of Ethnic Minority Groups In Stockton Unified School District, 1947 To 1962, Stanley Earl Sandelius

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The two main purposes of this study were to document the events leading to the establishment of the nondiscriminatory employment policy for certificated personnel from ethnic minority groups in the Stockton Unified School District and the subsequent practices which have developed since the adoption of the policy in 1947.

Schools And The Ghost Towns Of New Mexico, Mary Ann Kinsey

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the problem. It is the purpose of this study to make a historical investigation of the schools and the host towns of New Mexico. It is proposed that:

1. The schools were an important factor in the ghost towns of New Mexico.
2. The contributions of the schools in the ghost towns of New Mexico were extensive and significant.
3. The schools reflected life in the ghost towns of New Mexico.
4. The schools affected life in the ghost towns of New Mexico.

A Conscientious Principal Learning His Way In Administration, George Harris

Graduate Student Research Papers

The author created a fictional case study as a problem for future school administrators to think about. The case study touches upon human resources problems among faculty and restrictive school fundraising laws.

A Functional-Recognition Experiment In Spelling To Determine Extent Of Use And Mastery, James W. Hughes

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine if there is any significant difference in spelling achievement on a fifth-grade level between an experimental group using a functional-recognition approach to weekly spelling lists for a period of four weeks, as compared with a control group which does not apply the functional-recognition approach, but which has equal time for study and writing.

The Greenbook, Faculty Handbook, 1962-1963, Marshall University Academic Affairs

The Greenbook

This handbook attempts to collect into one publication statements of those policies and procedures which are in frequent use. It should contribute to progress toward the solution of problems facing Marshall University in its day-by-day operation. Members of the faculty and administrative staffs, those who have long been with us as well as those who are new, will do well to keep the publication and consult it regularly.

This publishing venture represents another forward step in Marshall's working procedure. As we turn its pages, let us remember that we shall continue to need, for the solution of University problems, a …

A Comparison Of Role Perceptions Of Selected University Presidents And Their Reference Groups, Fern D. Stout

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The university presidents, as chief administrators of a complex institution, must deal with a variety of problems: buildings, money, organization, legal provisions, educational programs, and people. Campbell points out that school administration also deals with the values, beliefs, and feelings of people. Unfortunately, there is little assistance from research upon which the presidents can rely in dealing with the human elements involved in university administration, and to a large extent people are the crucial elements in administration. People within the university structure, and outside, have varying and often conflicting expectations of how the university presidents should act. The presidents themselves …

Spiritual Shock-Absorbers, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

Why Church Affiliation? (Chapel Talk), Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Analysis Of State Handbooks For The Administration Of Secondary Schools, Sister M. Ann Cotta

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to compare the administrative handbooks for secondary schools developed in state departments of education to ascertain the policies and practices that a majority of the states prescribe for their secondary schools in certain major areas of administration; (2) to analyze the handbook for secondary schools of the State of New Mexico to determine the extent to which policies and practices in New Mexico conform or do not conform to the policies and practices followed by most of the states; and (3) to develop recommendations for revision of the New Mexico handbook in …

The Reading Achievement Of Eleventh And Twelfth Grade Indian Students And A Survey Of Curricular Changes Indicated For The Improved Teaching Of Reading In The Public High Schools Of New Mexico, Irving D. Townsend

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The indigenous natives of the Western Hemisphere known as Amerinds, are endowed with numerous Mongolian characteristics indicating the racial stock from which they have derived. Today, those Amerinds residing in North America are known as American Indians, whose numbers total well over 400,000 in the United States. Of this total there are some 110. 000 living in the Southwest of which over 45,000 reside in New Mexico. This Indian population broadly includes a portion of the Navajo Tribe, which constitutes the greater percentage of the total, the Apaches, and the numerous groups of Pueblo Indians. There were undoubtedly earlier probes …

The Application Of The Meaning Theory To The Teaching Of Arithmetic In Selected Third Grade Classes Of Indian Children In The Public Schools Of New Mexico, Hitoshi Ikeda

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purposes of this study were (1) to initiate in selected third grade classes in New Mexico, a planned program of arithmetic instruction based on the meaningful approach to the teaching of arithmetic; (2) to determine the effectiveness of the program in terms of children's achievement in arithmetic; and (3) to determine the attitude of pupils and teachers toward the program of instruction.

An Experimental Study Of The Effect Of Teaching English Grammar From The Traditional And Structural Approaches, Bobbie Carlene Anthony Walker

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It was the purpose of this study to conduct an experiment in a junior high school classroom situation to compare, through pre-testing and post-testing, the achievement of a group of ninth grade students taught English grammar from a traditional approach, the achievement of a group of ninth grade students taught English grammar from the structural approach, and the achievement of a group of ninth grade students taught literature in English class with no specific instruction in grammar, with the evaluation to be limited to measurement to gains or losses in the ability of students to (1) recognize specific types of …

Adequacy Of Preparation Felt By Those Who Obtained Degrees In Administration And Supervision At Central Washington College Of Education, Marjorie Irene Bradford Mathers

All Master's Theses

This study tried to determine the degree to which students who earned their master’s degree between the years 1957 and 1960 felt prepared for an administrative position.

Establishing An Integrated Instructional Materials Service, Elsie Eggebroten Tompkins

All Master's Theses

This study attempted to discover if Washington school administrators believed it would be helpful to integrate library, textbook, and audio-visual materials into one instructional materials service. The three aspects of the problem to be explored were (1) the feasibility of the proposed service in actual schools in Washington, (2) the qualifications thought necessary for the director of such an integrated service, and (3) the degree to which our schools already approached an integrated instructional materials service.

General Education, Milo A. Rediger

Milo Rediger Writings & Addresses

No abstract provided.

An Experiment In Second-Language Instruction Of Beginning Indian Children In New Mexican Public Schools, Leroy Condie

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It was the purpose of this study to determine whether, and to what degree, the quality of instruction of non-English-speaking beginning Indian children could be improved by the (1) elaboration of the curriculum of selected beginning classrooms to provide wider learning experiences for the children, and (2) acquainting the teachers of these classrooms with aids, skills, and techniques judged to be effective in teaching oral English to Indian children and in promoting readiness for reading.

The study, as is seen, was in actuality an experiment in curriculum building and teacher education focused upon a specific instructional problem, namely: teaching a …

An Analysis Of The Allocation Of State Support To Pupil Transportation In New Mexico, Lloyd Laverne Cockrell

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The origin and development of pupil transportation in the United States has been influenced by social, economic, and technological factors. In an interdependent way, these factors have directed and controlled the evolution of pupil transportation. The reason for transporting pupils to school are rooted in the elements of our rural culture and in the social, economic, and technological forces acting upon it. The American farmer, by living on the land he tilled, helped to introduce forms of rural social structure which made pupil transportation inevitable. The needs of early rural people were met by the establishment of social organizations such …

The Development Of Certification Practices In New Mexico And The Study Of The Relationship Between These Practices And Improved Educational Levels In The State, John A. Barrett

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It was the purpose of this study: (1) to trace the historical development, through various levels, of the certification of professional educational personnel in New Mexico; (2) to note the extent to which the schools of the state had reached or exceeded state-prescribed standards for their educational personnel from 1912 to 1958; and (3) to use widely accepted factors which may indicate whether improved educational levels in the state had accompanied higher certification requirements. Factors which were used as indicators are the following:

Number of new eighth grade graduates as a percentage of the population.

Number of new high school …

The Indian Child's Status In New Mexico's Public Elementary School Science Programs, Carol M. Charles

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In the year 1950, public laws 815 and 874 were formally added to the federal statutes through action by the Congress of the United States. This legislation provided federal funds to public schools under conditions which enabled and encouraged their integration of Indian students. Overall, such integration was advantageous to Indian groups. Since the 1920's the conviction that Indians learned better in the public schools, where there was increased contact with the majority culture, had been growing. Recent research, involving Indian students from mission schools, federal schools, and public schools, supported this conviction. The transfer of students from Bureau of …