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The Effect Of A Visual Perception Handwriting Program On The Acquisition Of Handwriting Skills, Joanna R. Jones

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of the study was to determine if first grade students could gain control of the handwriting skill with greater perfection of letter formation through the simplified method devised by the investigator than through

a combination of commercial handwriting programs used by the control group. Participating in the program were forty-eight first-grade students from a rural school in New Mexico. No significant difference resulted between the experimental handwriting program emphasizing visual perception and the control handwriting program with little emphasis on visual perception.

Cognitive Style, Individual Differences And Educational Practice, Karen L. Van Til-Sanchez

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The study presents a review of the literature on cognitive styles, both in relation to the literature which deals with the field as a whole and in relation to specific research literature on the four major studies of cognitive styles: 1) H.A. Witkin on field independence/dependence; 2) Jerome Kagan on reflection/impulsivity; 3) R.W. Gardner and G.S. Klein on cognitive control; and 4) James Bieri on cognitive complexity. The major theses and lines of study are presented for each of theses major studies on cognitive style and their approaches to cognitive style compared. The literature which deals with the field as …

Relationship Of Modes Of Instruction And Bilingualism To Achievement In Library Skills, Norma Carmen Bobotis

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Numerous research studies have been conducted on the education of Mexican-American students stressing IQ test results, as well as cultural and socioeconomical factors. Very little, however, has been done on academic achievement of Mexican-Americans as compared to Anglo-Americans using different modes of instruction. The purpose of this research was to study the short-term achievement of Spanish and non-Spanish-speaking Mexican-American students as compared to Anglo-American students using three modes of instruction. A visual, an oral, and a performance-based mode of instruction to teach library skills was used in this study.

Educators' Attitudes Toward Bilingual-Bicultural Education, E. David Atencio

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to determine if elementary school teachers' or elementary school principals' attitudes toward bilingual­bicultural education differed in relation to various background or demographic variables. Also of primary importance to this study was the investigation of the attitudes of elementary school teachers and elementary school principals toward four extant myths related to bilingual-bicultural education. The four myths studied were (1) bilingual-bicultural education is not needed in America; (2) there are no economic benefits to be derived from bilingual-bicultural education; (3) bilingual-bicultural education is un-American; and (4) bilingual­bicultural education is a remedial program.

Cognitive Decentering In Young Adults: A Piagetian Perspective On The Writing Process, Christopher Brooks Behling

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The major thrust of the study was to question if Piaget has overstated the case for cognitive decentering ability in the cognitive behavior of young adults. A second purpose, involving the contention that cognitive decentering behavior plays a very basic role in determining the success of a written message, was to provide descriptive information concerning the impact of Piaget's theoretical paradigm on decentering performance in the framework of analytical writing. The sample consisted of forty-six university freshmen matched on the variables of sex, age, and ethnicity with forty-six law school students. Subjects were tested individually on three Piagetian tasks assessing …

Society And Primary Schools In Spain, 1896-1936, David Van Holtby

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The study is an historical interpretation of the major determinants of educational reform in Spain's primary schools between 1898 and 1936. Interest in improving public primary education arose after discovery that the lower classes needed citizenship training to effect the regeneration called for in 1898. Attempts to introduce such programs, though, encountered economic, political, and socio-cultural obstacles, but because of the urgency of finding an instrument of social control some of the reforms were adopted. The educational proposals of 1898, originally opposed by the church and conservatives, were modified when embraced by the Right during the dictatorship of Primo de …

The Leadership Of The Academic Dean As Perceived By Cosmopolitan And Local Faculty Members In Selected Liberal Arts Colleges, Janice Baker Corzine

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This study examined the relationships among latent social identities of small liberal arts college faculty mem­bers and the social power bases of the academic dean. For many years, Gouldner's (1957) cosmopolitan-local construct, which conceptualizes cosmopolitan and local latent social identities in organizational participants, was utilized by researchers to explain differing organizational loyalties, professional commitments, and reference group orientations among professionals. Recent studies have indicated, how­ever, that two mixed types, the local-cosmopolitan and the indifferent, should join the cosmopolitan and the local to form a fourfold typology of latent social role (e.g., Goldberg et al., 1965; Delbecq and Elfner, 1970; Miller …

A Comparison Of Behavioral Self-Management, Bibliotherapy, And Social Pressure Treatment For Obese Adolescents, Carol Germain Mowbray Bruner

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Modification of eating behavior in obese adolescents was attempted through self-management training by bibliotherapy with and without personal therapist contact, and compared for weight loss effectiveness to an attention-placebo social pressure treatment, in lieu of a conventional untreated control group. These groups of girls (N=44; ages 11 – 18 years), at least 15% overweight, received, respectively: 1) 10 weekly self-management weight control didactic meetings in a group social pressure settings, plus an instruction manual providing lessons completed at home concerning self-control of eating behavior which were commented upon and returned by the therapist each week (Group 1M+SPo, instruction manual plus …

Cerebral Lateralization And Adult Second Language Learning, Fairlee Winfield Carroll

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Learner-focused investigations of foreign language learning have centered mainly on socio-affective factors, the effects of the native language, and the course of grammatical development. Although intrinsic neurophysio­logical limitations have been suggested, neurolinguistic research evidence obtained with normal subjects has been lacking. An investigation is made of cerebral processing during adult second language learning utilizing the dichotic listening technique. Results are of educational importance in that they are indicative of processing strategies related to the specialization of the right­cerebral-hemisphere for a holistic mode and the speciali­zation of the left-cerebral-hemisphere for an analytic mode.

Jean Piaget's Theory Of Equilibration And The Self-Regulating Behavior Of Sixteen Children, Luisa Crucita Chávez

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

An investigation is made of Jean Piaget's theory of equilibration, and of the equilibrating behavior of sixteen children in school. It is demonstrated that equilibration could be a valid construct from which to view children's behavior--especially learning behavior. It is also demonstrated that a sound curriculum base can be derived from the equilibration theory of Piaget. Questions about educational pedagogy can be cast in terms of equilibration theory.

An observational study is made of sixteen children's self-regulating (equilibrating) behavior in their classroom environments. The children differ in mental structure in terms of sex, level of development, level of curiosity and …

An Analysis Of A Nontraditional Baccalaureate Degree Program: The Bachelor Of University Studies At The University Of New Mexico, Patricia Ann Ormsby Blette

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In 1969 the faculty of the University of New Mexico (UNM) app oved a proposal for a new degree program submitted by the Committee on the Enhancement of the Educational Process (CEEP). The new degree, entitled t11e Bachelor of University Studies (BUS), would be a non-traditional degree with few of the structure that characterized existing degree programs at UNM. The BUS would give students the option of developing unique, interdepartmental, and inter­college degree programs that could not be formulated in any other degree-granting colleges of the University.

The Effects Of Sex Role Stereotyping On The Educational And Career Choices Of College Students, Zahra Habibi

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purposes of this study were : (1) to explore the differences in sex-role stereotyping between college students selecting traditionally sex-appropriate fields of study (Traditionals) and students selecting traditionally sex-inappropriate fields of study (Pioneers), and (2) to examine the differences between the two groups in terms of some specific factors assumed to be related to the development of sex-role stereotyping, i.e., specific parental characteristics, peer influence and school experiences.

Subjects of the study were 222 junior and senior students from 8 departments of the University of New Mexico. Four of them were assumed to be traditionally male dominated fields-namely, civil …

Television As A Source Of Stereotypes, Amy Lange Atkins

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the Problem

The purpose of the research was to explore the manner in which culturally related images of Anglo-Americans projected by television were related to stereotyped attitudes in Mexican­American children in the Southwest. Previous evidence indicated the more personal experience one has with a cultural group, the less one might tend to believe the stereotypes projected by the mass media of that cultural group. This study was an extension of previous studies which examined the relationship between these variables.

Procedures and Methods

A survey of a sample group of Mexican-American children was conducted using a questionnaire-interview method. Data …

The Effects Of Biofeedback Training On The Attention Span Of Hyperactive, Learning-Disabled Children, Sol S. Gould

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In applying biofeedback to the field of hyperactivity, this study investigated whether children diagnosed as hyperactive, learning-disabled can be trained to demonstrate control of their autonomic nervous system as evidenced by biofeedback temperature control. Assuming that such learning can occur, the study attempted to determine the extent to which such training may affect the attention span of the subjects. All of the children participating as subjects were between 8 and 10 years of age and attending the Albuquerque Public Schools. The study utilized a randomized group pretest-posttest design. Four evaluation instruments used to measure the dependent variables included: the Gould …

An Evaluation Of The Institutional Goals Inventory For Graduate Education Goals Identification, Carroll Lee Hall

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Change has occurred throughout the history of higher education. Today declining enrollments, decreasing revenues, and demands for new types of programs have placed pressures for innovative changes in graduate education. With the approach of a more austere era in higher education, it has become important for graduate schools to answer questions such as: "What are you presently doing?" and "What do you intend to do in the future?" One method for answering these questions is to reach clear and concise understandings of the goals held by campus constituents. Stated goals help tie together assumptions, values, and hopes into a coherent …

The Relationship Of Socioeconomic Status, Occupational Aspiration, And Ethnicity To The Anomia Of High School Freshmen And Sophomores, Alejandro Perez

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This study analyzed the relationship of several variables assumed to be significant in producing anomia, a variant of alienation. The variables analyzed were socioeconomic status, occupational aspiration, and ethnicity.

Freshmen and sophomore high school students were identified by ethnic group (Mexican-American and Anglo-American), socioeconomic status (high, middle, and low), and occupational aspiration (high, middle, and low). In order to investigate a commonly presumed characteristic of ethnicity, students were also classified as to the degree of acceptance of the open­ class ideology (high, middle, and low).

Analysis of covariance and t-tests were utilized to test the differences among different levels of …

Milingimbi Aboriginal Learning Contexts, Stephen George Harris

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The main purpose of this study is to provide information for teachers of Australian Aboriginal children about how learning is achieved 'n a fairly traditionally oriented Aboriginal society. The main stimulus for this study was the recognition that bilingual education is only one aspect of bicultural education, and that on its own vernacular literacy does not sufficiently capitalize on culturally conditioned strengths and expectations about learning processes. The research as necessary for several reasons: no detailed study of traditional Aboriginal learning methods has ever been conducted and most whit I Australians, including those teaching Aboriginal children, are not familiar with …

A Classification System For Independent Learning, Lon A. Cottingham

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Independent learning is frequently subscribed to by educational reformers, theorists, researchers and practitioners. Although attempts are being made to implement and to investigate this goal, there is little evidence that a comprehensive description of independent learning has been developed. Yet, a comprehensive description is needed if independent learning is to be treated thoroughly and systematically. The purpose of this dissertation is to construct a classification system that delineates major classes and sub-classes of independent learning behaviors. Having formed such a classification system, educators should be able to discuss and further develop programs for independent learning with greater precision.

Leadership Motivational Structure And Manipulative Behavior, David Akintola Jiboyewa

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The central aim of this study was to determine whether a relationship exists between leader personality structure (as measured by Fiedler's LPC instrument) and manipulative behavior (as measured by Christie's and Geis's Machiavellian V scale). A major thesis of this study was that since both manipulation and leadership are concerned with attempts to influence the behavior of others, those in leadership positions must be regularly engaged in manipulative behavior. While the study of manipulative kills of leaders may have strong implications for organizational effectiveness, this study was concerned neither with effectiveness of the group per se nor with performance of …

Job Satisfaction In Pharmacy Education: A Study Of The Applicability Of Herzberg's Dual-Factor Theory To Pharmacy Faculty Members, Harold Lewis Bober

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The major objective of this study was to test the applicability of Herzberg's dual-factor theory to adminis­trator and non-administrator faculty at the 72 accredited colleges and schools of pharmacy in the United States. Of the 360 faculty members selected for the population sample, 202 (56%) returned usable questionnaires which provided the essential data for the study.

Availability As A Measure Of The Oral Spanish Lexicon Of The Pre-K And K Chicano Child In Tucson, Arizona, Wm. James Fisher Ph.D.

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the Problem

The purposes of this study are:

1. To use “availability” as a method for eliciting Spanish oral speech representative of young Chicano children.

2. To obtain a corpus of content words that reflect the oral Spanish spoken by a selected population of the Pre-K and K students in Bilingual Education Programs in Tucson, Arizona.

3. To analyze the corpus of lexical items for phonological variant forms when compared to standard Spanish and local Spanish and to note how the lexical items reflect the children's cultural and socio-economic background.

Procedure

Using the concept of "availability," a questionnaire …

Evaluation Of Direct Instruction In Cloze Procedure, Iola W. Harding

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In cloze procedure the reader must replace, with some degree of accuracy, the systematically deleted words. Responses to cloze deletions are influenced by the reader's understanding of syntax, morphology and lexical items.

Much of the cloze research which followed Wilson Taylor's first publication on the subject in 1953 has centered on methods of cloze construction as an evaluation instrument with emphasis on test validity, scoring and interpretation. Studies assessing the potential of cloze as an instructional device for improving reading skills are more recent and less conclusive.

The Effect Of Immediate Student Initiated Visual Feedback On The Perceived Instructional Effectiveness Of Selected Secondary Student Teachers, Judy Reinhartz

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Purpose

The study was undertaken to determine the effect of immediate student initiated visual feedback on the perceived instructional effectiveness of secondary student teachers with reference to nine process variables. The primary purpose of the research was to measure the change of student teacher instructional effectiveness as perceived by secondary students. A second purpose of the study was to measure the effect of immediate student initiated visual feedback on nine selected process variables. The nine variables were: ( 1) Clarity of Instruction; (2) Explanation During Instruction; (3) Enthusiasm During Instruction; (4) Task Orientation; (5) Learning Opportunities Other Than Listening; (6) …

A Study To Compare Participants And Nonparticipants In High School Hospitality Cooperative Programs On Selected Employment Factors, Michael Gass

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The problem was to determine, on the basis of selected factors, whether there were differences in performance between high school hospitality cooperative education students and students who worked in the hospitality industry but who did not participate in a hospitality program.

The study sample consisted of students from two New Mexico and two Arizona high schools. Fifty-nine of the students were enrolled in 2 hospitality related cooperative education course. The remaining 49 students were working in fac hospitality industry but were not enrolled in a hospitality program.

The following null-hypotheses were tested at the .05 level and accepted:

1. The employee …

Manipulative Skills And Educational Personnel, Eduardo A. Ahumada

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

A primary purpose of this study was to determine the Mach V norms for educators in elementary education, secondary education, guidance and counseling, and educational administration as well as for the group as a whole. A second primary purpose was to investigate the possibility of a relationship between an individual's interpersonal interaction style and his predicted "success" as a school administrator.

The study employed a sample of 226 practicing educators taken from a universe of 758. Building upon the work of Machiavelli, Christie and Geis developed the Mach V Scale which is drawn from their interpersonal interaction model. The Mach …

The Portrait Of American Indians In Children's Fictional Literature, Juanita O. Cata

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to analyze the portrayal of American Indian characters found in children’s fictional literature. It sought to determine the kinds of characteristics most commonly attributed to American Indians in children’s stories; wether or not misinformation was present; wether or not stereotypes were used; and whether or not there were any changes in characterizations related to time periods. Differences in portrayals by Indian and non-Indian authors and by experienced and less experiences authors were also investigated.

Five hundred and four American Indian characters from 401 children’s fictional stories published between the years 1900 and 1972 were …

Principals' Perceptions Of Factors Affecting Middle Schools, Clarence E. Pegues

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of the study was to compare the perceptions of junior high school principals and middle school principals concerning the aspects affecting conversion of junior high schools to middle schools.

A questionnaire was used to collect responses from junior high school and middle school principals. The questionnaire, designed to elicit data, was mailed to twenty-two junior high school and middle school principals employed in the Albuquerque Public Schools system. The respondents were divided into two groups: (1) junior high school principals, and (2) middle school principals. The latter were further divided to identify middle school principals who had been …

An Experimental Study Of Micromolar Speed-Building Instruction And Anxiety-Directed Treatment To Determine The Effects On Dictation Errors In Gregg Shorthand, Jean Arlone Berch

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This twofold-experimental design was conducted to determine the effects of Micromolar speed-building instruction and anxiety-directed treatment on dictation errors in Gregg shorthand. Two psychological theories were used in the learning environment.

Levels Of Processing In Children's Memory Development, Robert Clark Evans

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Problem

The purpose of this study was four-fold: (1) to extend the adult based procedure employed in the study of levels of processing in memory to the developmentally young; (2) to determine whether the levels of processing effect manifests itself in children as young as those in first grade; (3) to study the development of the dynamic memory system unencumbered by developmentally influenced strategies in the areas of metamemory, encoding, organization and storage, and retrieval; and (4) to study the developmental nature of encoding time as a further check in the validation of the adult levels of processing procedure.

Procedures …

Cost Analysis Of Early Childhood And Basic Elementary And Secondary Public School Programs In New Mexico, J. Placido Garcia

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The primary objectives of this study were: (1) to determine program cost indices for early childhood education, grades 1 through 3, grades 7 through 9, and grades 10 through 12 educational programs; and (2) to compare the program cost indices developed in this study to program cost indices established in New Mexico law for the purpose of determining the accuracy of those legal indices.

The required data for the study were organized into three broad categories: pupil-accounting, personnel accounting, and actual operational expenditures by each of the educational programs being studied.