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A Survey Of The Effectiveness Of Grouping By Reading Ability At The Elementary Level, Brian Glenn Kelley Aug 1967

A Survey Of The Effectiveness Of Grouping By Reading Ability At The Elementary Level, Brian Glenn Kelley

All Master's Theses

This study will report the findings of a survey of the literature published between 1962 and 1967. The survey of the literature was limited to grouping by reading ability for the purpose of determining whether or not grouping by reading ability is an effective educational tool which enhances the students' opportunities for achievement.

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The Administration Of The Counseling Program In The Junior High Schools Of Yakima, Washington, Gregg E. Hals Aug 1967

The Administration Of The Counseling Program In The Junior High Schools Of Yakima, Washington, Gregg E. Hals

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to (1) establish the need for a sound counseling program in the junior high school; (2) indicate difficulties found when the counseling program serves the administrator rather than the students; and (3) offer positive recommendations for administration of a counseling program of specific value to junior high school students in Yakima, Washington.

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Attitude Change In Student Teachers And Its Relationship To Cooperating Teachers’ Ratings Of Student Teachers, Dennis Charles Hudson Aug 1967

Attitude Change In Student Teachers And Its Relationship To Cooperating Teachers’ Ratings Of Student Teachers, Dennis Charles Hudson

All Master's Theses

The purpose of the study was to investigate changes in student teachers' attitudes occurring during student teaching. Specifically, the concern was to determine the relationship of these changes to the influence of the cooperating teachers' attitudes.

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A Comparative Study Of A General And Linguistic Language Approach In A Sixth Grade Classroom, Vernon L. Neland Aug 1967

A Comparative Study Of A General And Linguistic Language Approach In A Sixth Grade Classroom, Vernon L. Neland

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to show that the linguistic approach, Harbrace series, will not produce higher language understandings than the general language-experience approach 9 Pollock and Straub series. The member of this study were culturally deprived sixth grade students at Garfield, Yakima, Washington.

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A Study Of The Effects Of Democratic Coaching Procedures Upon Members Of A High School Basketball Squad, Robert Abraham Moawad Aug 1967

A Study Of The Effects Of Democratic Coaching Procedures Upon Members Of A High School Basketball Squad, Robert Abraham Moawad

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine whether certain attitudinal and behavioral changes would occur among players as a result of participation in a season of varsity basketball in which they were democratically involved in decision making.

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A Study Of Class Placement For The Educable Mentally Retarded, Lucretia A. Osen Aug 1967

A Study Of Class Placement For The Educable Mentally Retarded, Lucretia A. Osen

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to (1) examine available research and studies relevant to the subject of placement of the educable mentally retarded, and (2) to determine the effectiveness of the programs for the educable mentally retarded; and to report on the findings in literature as well as interpret the findings in the light of present day situations.

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The Effects Of A Progressive Weight Training Program Compared To A Non Weight Training Program On Performances In Track And Field Athletics, Larry W. Pope Aug 1967

The Effects Of A Progressive Weight Training Program Compared To A Non Weight Training Program On Performances In Track And Field Athletics, Larry W. Pope

All Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this study to compare a progressive weight training program with a non weight training program as conditioning methods for performances in track and field athletics.

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A Comparison Of The Attitudes Of Teachers And Parents Toward Discipline, James R. Watson Aug 1967

A Comparison Of The Attitudes Of Teachers And Parents Toward Discipline, James R. Watson

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to measure and compare the attitudes of teachers and parents toward discipline. The null hypothesis on which this study was based was that there would be no statistically significant difference between the attitudes of teachers and parents toward discipline.

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A Survey Of The Relative Merits Of All-Weather Tracks And Traditional Tracks, Elwood Paul Furseth Aug 1967

A Survey Of The Relative Merits Of All-Weather Tracks And Traditional Tracks, Elwood Paul Furseth

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the advantages and disadvantages of all-weather and traditional track surfaces. Factors to be considered are: (1) installation and maintenance costs; (2) need for repairs and projected life; (3) utilization of the track; (4) satisfaction with track surface; and (5) evaluation of tracks.

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A Scale For Assessing Self-Concept Of Perception Of Independence In Learning And Its Relationship To Underachievement In Intermediate Grades, Michael L. Clark Aug 1967

A Scale For Assessing Self-Concept Of Perception Of Independence In Learning And Its Relationship To Underachievement In Intermediate Grades, Michael L. Clark

All Master's Theses

A total study consisting of three parts was conducted at Hebeler Elementary School (HES) , the laboratory school for Central Washington State College (CWSC). The study was concerned with the measurement and development of independence in learning with intermediate grade students.

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Comparative Study Of Recitation And Review In Seventh Grade Programmed Geography, Jacob Max Setzer Aug 1967

Comparative Study Of Recitation And Review In Seventh Grade Programmed Geography, Jacob Max Setzer

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two methods of reinforcing learning gained from programmed material in seventh grade geography classes. The means used for evaluating effectiveness were: (1) comparing retention of the factual knowledge of the material by students exposed to the two methods immediately after completing the material, and, after a time lapse of six months, and (2) comparing the ability of students to transfer their factual knowledge of the material immediately after completing the material, and, after a time lapse of six months.

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Junior High School Football Program, H. Keith Shahan Aug 1967

Junior High School Football Program, H. Keith Shahan

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to study the junior high school football program regarding organization, procedure, and format. This study will attempt to (1) show the basic needs of junior high school age boys, (2) discuss the advantages of the junior high school program, (3) discuss the disadvantages of the junior high school program, and (4) present recommendations for changes which could insure a better program.

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A Survey Of Small School Instrumental Music Curriculums And Performance Activities In The State Of Washington, Harold Dennis Greig Jul 1967

A Survey Of Small School Instrumental Music Curriculums And Performance Activities In The State Of Washington, Harold Dennis Greig

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to make available information pertaining to the small school instrumental music program in the hope that such information may lead to improvement in small school instrumental music.

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A Study Of Show-And-Tell In Grade One, Rosetta Markovic Jul 1967

A Study Of Show-And-Tell In Grade One, Rosetta Markovic

All Master's Theses

This study was concerned with the importance of existing show-and-tell objectives and with an attempt to make this time of more value to the children. The possibility of improving show-and-tell time is examined by experimenting in the classroom with both the voluntary non-planned and the carefully planned procedure in introducing items and topics to be shared.

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A Comparison Study Of The Word Analysis Skills In Five Spelling Textbook Series With The Macmillan Reading Program, Delfina Lidia Prairie Jul 1967

A Comparison Study Of The Word Analysis Skills In Five Spelling Textbook Series With The Macmillan Reading Program, Delfina Lidia Prairie

All Master's Theses

This study is an attempt to select a spelling textbook from one of the five leading publishing houses that will correlate most highly with the~ sequential development of word attack skills introduced in The Macmillan Reading Program from grades two through four.

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Developing And Utilizing Audio-Visual Aids In The Naches Valley School District, James P. Ward Jul 1967

Developing And Utilizing Audio-Visual Aids In The Naches Valley School District, James P. Ward

All Master's Theses

The problems confronted by the present study included (1) identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the audio-visual program in the Naches Valley School District; (2) determining possible changes; and (3) implementing changes, if found necessary.

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The Relationship Between Criteria For Admittance To The Teacher Education Program And Performance In Student Teaching At Central Washington State College, James Preston Koch Jul 1967

The Relationship Between Criteria For Admittance To The Teacher Education Program And Performance In Student Teaching At Central Washington State College, James Preston Koch

All Master's Theses

At this point, the entrance criteria have an unknown relationship with success or non-success in student teaching. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the criteria for admittance into the teacher education program at CWSC and success or non-success in student teaching. Specifically, the purpose will be to identify the predictive utility of the teacher education entrance criteria as they relate to discriminating between levels of success in student teaching.

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A Study Of The Retention Of Five Selected Mathematical Concepts Of Seventh Graders In The Coulee Dam Public School System As Based On The Inductive And Deductive Methods Of Teaching, James Prehm Jul 1967

A Study Of The Retention Of Five Selected Mathematical Concepts Of Seventh Graders In The Coulee Dam Public School System As Based On The Inductive And Deductive Methods Of Teaching, James Prehm

All Master's Theses

The inductive and deductive methods of teaching for retention were compared in this study. It was also the purpose to determine whether there were significant sex differences in retention when the two methods were compared. Therefore, five hypotheses were tested.

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An Evaluation Of The Intermediate Progress Report Of The Wenatchee Schools, Jan Gerry Theriault Jul 1967

An Evaluation Of The Intermediate Progress Report Of The Wenatchee Schools, Jan Gerry Theriault

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was (l) to evaluate the present progress report extensively and critically; (2) to determine the attitudes and opinions of the teachers and parents toward the present progress report; (3) to make the results of the study available to the school district.

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A Comparative Study Of The Performance Of Students In Gregg Shorthand, Diamond Jubilee Series, And Forkner Shorthand In The Seattle Public Schools, Pearl M. Ribling Jul 1967

A Comparative Study Of The Performance Of Students In Gregg Shorthand, Diamond Jubilee Series, And Forkner Shorthand In The Seattle Public Schools, Pearl M. Ribling

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study (1) to compare end-of-the-year achievement of the students taking Gregg Shorthand with those taking Forkner Shorthand in the Seattle Public Schools, (2) to make an error analysis of student transcripts to determine the kinds of transcription errors that were made, and (3) to determine whether any particular errors were more prevalent in one shorthand system than in the other.

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A Study Of Selection, Duties, And Responsibilities Of The Television Teacher, Robert Dean Larsen Jul 1967

A Study Of Selection, Duties, And Responsibilities Of The Television Teacher, Robert Dean Larsen

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to develop guidelines for: (1) selecting a television studio teacher; and (2) introducing him to his duties and responsibilities.

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Status Of Kindergarten Teachers In The State Of Washington, Charlotte Yost Mccartney Jun 1967

Status Of Kindergarten Teachers In The State Of Washington, Charlotte Yost Mccartney

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the educational background of teachers currently teaching kindergarten in the State of Washington.

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An Evaluation Of Commonly Used Speech Articulation Tests From The Standpoint Of A Public School Therapist, Donna M. Harris Jun 1967

An Evaluation Of Commonly Used Speech Articulation Tests From The Standpoint Of A Public School Therapist, Donna M. Harris

All Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this study to administer five commonly used tests and evaluate them according to ease of administration and the value of the information received. Because this study is to be essentially exploratory in nature, and not experimental, the evaluation of the tests will be largely subjective and will attempt to compare factors involving the administration of the tests to the child, the check sheets used to record information, and the adequacy of the information resulting from the administration of the various tests.

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Relationship Between Perceptual Mode And Reading Ability In College Students Enrolled In A Reading Improvement Program, Mildred Norene Higgins Jun 1967

Relationship Between Perceptual Mode And Reading Ability In College Students Enrolled In A Reading Improvement Program, Mildred Norene Higgins

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study (1) to determine the relationship between mode of visual perceptual discrimination and the ability to benefit from a college program in reading improvement and (2) to determine the relationship between mode of visual perceptual discrimination and ability to read prior to participation in the reading improvement program.

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A Survey Of The Qualifications Of Reading Specialists Teaching In Governmental Supported Reading Programs In The Washington State Public Schools, Derward Herbert Tozer Jun 1967

A Survey Of The Qualifications Of Reading Specialists Teaching In Governmental Supported Reading Programs In The Washington State Public Schools, Derward Herbert Tozer

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to survey consultants involved in reading programs in the public schools in the state of Washington in an effort to obtain factual data on their level of preparation in reading. These consultants were also asked to indicate the training and qualifications they felt necessary for the positions they hold. An additional purpose was to obtain from research, criteria for the training of reading specialists.

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The Relative Effects Of Immediate And Delayed Reinforcement On A Programed Learning Task, A. Lee Parks Apr 1967

The Relative Effects Of Immediate And Delayed Reinforcement On A Programed Learning Task, A. Lee Parks

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study (1) to compare the effects of immediate knowledge of results and delayed knowledge of results on a programed task to determine which, if either, would result in superior learning; and (2) to explore the effect of these two variables on the amount of retention of learning over time.

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A Study In The Use Of An Inductive-Deductive Audio-Lingual Approach To Teaching Standard English Usage, Douglas Delano Patterson Jan 1967

A Study In The Use Of An Inductive-Deductive Audio-Lingual Approach To Teaching Standard English Usage, Douglas Delano Patterson

All Master's Theses

If an aspect of the English teacher's job is to teach the non-standard speaker a different language (in part, at least), perhaps teachers should examine the process through which the child first learns his language. It would seem logical that this same process be followed as nearly as possible in training the non-standard speaker to speak standard English.

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Predicting Reading Readiness From Human Figure Drawings, Charles W. Williams Jan 1967

Predicting Reading Readiness From Human Figure Drawings, Charles W. Williams

All Master's Theses

This study was undertaken specifically to aid the Arlington Elementary School in Tacoma, Washington. The expressed need of this school was to find a best predictor of the readiness of kindergarten age children to begin formal reading programs. It was hoped that an adequate yet easily administered and scored instrument could be found to place students in appropriate first grade ungraded reading groups.

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An Extension Of The Reinforcement Contiguity Issue – The Effect Of Retention In The Goal Box After Reinforcement, Marilyn L. Grey Dec 1966

An Extension Of The Reinforcement Contiguity Issue – The Effect Of Retention In The Goal Box After Reinforcement, Marilyn L. Grey

All Master's Theses

This study investigated one prediction of Guthrie's theory of learning (1936, 1952)--that retention in the goal box after reinforcement increases the likelihood of incompatible responses to the goal stimuli and, thus, decreases learning. Three measures of learning were used: number of trials to criterion, total number of correct trials in the first twenty trials, and number of subjects who met criterion of five successive correct responses within forty trials.

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A Study Of The Relationship Between Extracurricular Activities And The Success Of College Women, Sherrill Ann Ortman Dec 1966

A Study Of The Relationship Between Extracurricular Activities And The Success Of College Women, Sherrill Ann Ortman

All Master's Theses

The four purposes of this study are: 1. To determine the correlations between: a. extracurricular participation hours and predicted GPA, b. extracurricular participation hours and actual GPA, and c. predicted GPA and actual GPA, for those CWSC women majors in physical education who met the criteria for inclusion in this study; 2. To determine the magnitude of the effect of predicted GPA upon the correlational relationship between extracurricular participation hours and actual GPA; 3. To determine the correlations between: a. extracurricular participation hours and predicted GPA, and b. extracurricular participation hours and actual GPA, both for successful and for non-successful …

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