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The Cuba High School Experimental Program In Nongraded English, Robert J. Smith

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There are two observations about which few people would disagree: that (in modern terminology) individual differences do exist (some people can do things that others cannot do), and that some learnings must be sequential (a child must learn to make noises before he can learn to talk). That individual differences do exist in virtually any area that can be isolated for inspection has been shown in many studies and experiments; that their existence has strong implications in education has also been repeatedly shown.

The Effectiveness Of Follow-Up Procedures For Televised Music Instruction, Vera E. Snyder

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Problem and significance. A conservative estimate shows that there are approximately 121,000 elementary school pupils regularly viewing educational television in New Mexico. Of this number, 66,000 are “enrolled” in science, 7,000 in Spanish, and 48,000 in music. For the KNME-TV program, Music 6, there are an estimated 15,000 sixth-grade students enrolled. For a state with a population of approximately 1,100,000, these are rather impressive figures---particularly since educational television has gained prominence only in the last decade. Researchers attempted to evaluate the effectiveness of this medium have produced hundreds of reports showing “no significant difference” between educational television and ordinary classroom …

A Comparative Study Of Individualized And Basal Reading Methods In First Grade, Zelda Maggart

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Today’s children live in a world of words. From nursery days onward they are in contact with reading in many forms. They face a future filled with a multitude of technological and social problems, each one needing attention and understanding of citizens educated to the highest degree consistent with abilities and interests. Reading is at the center of an effective educational program. While research indicates that children read better today than ever before, reading programs must not be permitted to become static. New ways must be found to improve the teaching of reading.

Electronic Data Processing In Small Colleges And Universities., Carl Herbert Ivey

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During its initial development the electronic computer was associated with the areas of research and technology. Moat people thought of the computer almost exclusively as an instrment of the research elite capable of functioning aa a device in scientific research.

A Survey Of The Attitudes Of Biology Teachers In The State Of New Mexico Toward The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Program, Frizelle La-Gretta Aguilar

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There has been a lot of discussion about the advances in science today and the need for better scientific training at the high school level. During the past decade, there have been research projects developed to up-grade the courses and include more sophisticated materials in the students' biology curriculum at the earlier grade level.

A Study Of The Relationship Between Anxiety And School Achievement, Ervin F. Holle

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The theory that anxiety is an important factor in the school performance of individuals, particularly children, has received increased attention in recent years. The noted psychologist Jersild called attention to the problems:

Fear exists so generally in contemporary life that our time has been called the “age of anxiety.” The present age is probably no more fear-ridden than earlier periods in history; instead, we perhaps recognize the inroads of fear more clearly and acknowledge them more openly than we did in the past.

Sarason and his associates conducted research for several years concerning themselves with the problem of the “relationships …

Textbooks Used In The Elementary Schools Of New Mexico (1846-1964), Mildred Gunn Fitzpatrick

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Textbooks have been highly influential in developing the instructional program in American schools. Next to the teacher, textbooks have had a more significant part in determining what has been taught and how it has been taught than any other single influence (Maxwell, 1921, p.1; Tidwell, 1928, p.1; N.E.A., 1962, p.23; Carpenter, 1963, p.278). Textbooks reflect the trend of current educational thought; therefore, the development of a broad picture of textbook use in New Mexico should provide a better understanding of instructional programs both in pioneer-day and present-day schools systems. A study of textbooks should also provide information about the general …

Persistent Students And Dropouts With Reference To Factors Associated With Early School Withdrawal., Abraham Demetrio Paler

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A Survey Of Audio-Visual Practices In The Large Schools In New Hampshire, W. M. Cleveland

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It was the purpose of this survey to find out what towns, cities or school unions in the State of New Hampshire have done with audio-visual aids in their large schools. Its questions attempt to discover to what extent the individual unit has utilized its program of audio-visual aids, giving special attention to personnel responsible for the program and to money spent for these aids, both as a whole and per pupil.

An Experimental Investigation Of Relative Effectiveness Among Three Different Arithmetic Teaching Methods., Jimmie Joe Greathouse

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A substantial body of literature and theory trends during the past decade was aimed at upgrading elementary arithmetic programs. Generally, it advocated that educational improvement could be much greater in the future than it had been in the past if newer instructional processes and newer instructional materials were implemented in elementary school arithmetic programs. The impetus created by this literature is continuing at the present time. Currently, research and pilot projects in elementary school arithmetic instruction, experimental arithmetic curricula, commercial arithmetic textbooks, and university elementary teacher-education programs are cooperatively promoting widespread implementation of meaningful arithmetic teaching approaches and materials.

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

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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 …

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

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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 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

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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

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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.

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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.

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

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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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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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 …

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

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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

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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

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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

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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 …

How Exceptional Children Function In Regular Classrooms, Kathryn Stephenson Talley

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Statement of the problem: This study attempts to determine the degree of efficiency with which exceptional children function in regular classrooms and the extent of their social acceptance.

Importance of the study: Because it is necessary for a large percentage of exceptional children to be educated in the regular classrooms of the public school system, it is important to obtain information concerning the achievement such children make in this situation and the degree of social acceptance they are able to win in the peer group.

Delimitation of the problem: This study is concerned with teacher-selected exceptional children from twenty-one sixth-grade …

An Experimental Laboratory Approach To The Teaching Of Botany In The Secondary Schools, Robert F. Miller

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It was the purpose of this study: (1) to evaluate new techniques that utilize an experimental laboratory approach in the teaching of botany, and (2) to develop a laboratory manual based on the results of the experimentation emphasizing basic plant physiological concepts that can be easily used by high school sophomores.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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 …