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An Analysis Of Teachers’ Perceptions Of Classroom Management, Edward A. Anderson Jul 1968

An Analysis Of Teachers’ Perceptions Of Classroom Management, Edward A. Anderson

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to compile data supplied by educators of the Tacoma Public School District who responded to questionnaires designed to report information related to classroom management; and (2) to analyze the above mentioned data in an effort to determine how beginning teachers perceive classroom management practices and procedures, and to note changes of practice during initial teaching experiences.


The Relationship Between Achievement, Intelligence, Personality, And Sociometric Test Scores And The Number And Types Of Questions Asked By Students Of A Fifth-Sixth-Grade Class, Howard Morris Call Jul 1968

The Relationship Between Achievement, Intelligence, Personality, And Sociometric Test Scores And The Number And Types Of Questions Asked By Students Of A Fifth-Sixth-Grade Class, Howard Morris Call

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to systematically gather data based on actual classroom episodes, which would verify or deny previous findings. More specifically, the purpose was to evaluate questions asked by a fifth-sixth-grade class through a pre-determined classification, to show the relationship between questioning and the following measures: achievement, intelligence, personality, and sociometric measures, and to determine if age or sex is a relative factor in question asking.


A Study Of Grading Art Work Concerning Secondary Art Instructors In The State Of Washington, Darwin Dean Evans Jul 1968

A Study Of Grading Art Work Concerning Secondary Art Instructors In The State Of Washington, Darwin Dean Evans

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to assess in a controlled manner the extent of concurrence among secondary art instructors in the State of Washington with respect to the grading of certain art work produced by juniors in a secondary school.


A Summer Conservation Education Program For Intermediate Grade Children, Alfred John Palm Jul 1968

A Summer Conservation Education Program For Intermediate Grade Children, Alfred John Palm

All Master's Theses

The writer will develop a three-week program of class study in the areas of conservation of our outdoor natural resources and recommended camping skills. The three-week class session will be followed with a one-week camping program. During the course of this study, the major objective will be to design a program of conservation for intermediate school students. The study should also present some of the possible social values to be gained from such a program.


A Comparative Study Of A Linguistic And A Traditional Approach To Spelling, Dale Henry Sayler Jul 1968

A Comparative Study Of A Linguistic And A Traditional Approach To Spelling, Dale Henry Sayler

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to compare a modern linguistics method in spelling instruction to a previously used traditional method to answer the question: Is the linguistic method more effective than the traditional method in teaching spelling?


What Makes A Good Kindergarten?, Shirley Jean Riel Jul 1968

What Makes A Good Kindergarten?, Shirley Jean Riel

All Master's Theses

The problem is to find what constitutes a positive kindergarten program; and the purpose of this study is to analyze the value of kindergarten as a necessary part of every school program.


The Development Of Colored Multi-Layer Transparencies For Coaching Football, Walter Harvey Arlt Jun 1968

The Development Of Colored Multi-Layer Transparencies For Coaching Football, Walter Harvey Arlt

All Master's Theses

The purpose or this study was to develop transparencies to more greatly utilize the overhead projector in the instruction and coaching of football.


An Operational Handbook To Guide The Administrative Intern, Ben E. Farrell Jun 1968

An Operational Handbook To Guide The Administrative Intern, Ben E. Farrell

All Master's Theses

The purposes of this study were to (1) investigate the various areas of learning presented to an intern in educational administration, (2) to develop examples of forms and procedures for study guides, and (3) to compile these experiences for presentation of An Operational Handbook to Guide the Administrative Intern. Hopefully the handbook will form a basic bridge between theory and practice.


A Study Of What An Elementary Principal Should Know About The First Grade Reading Program, James Edward Devine Jun 1968

A Study Of What An Elementary Principal Should Know About The First Grade Reading Program, James Edward Devine

All Master's Theses

Since most formal reading instruction begins in the first grade, it was the purpose of this study to provide elementary principals with information on certain phases of the first grade reading program. Those phases seen as important to this study include basic methods, skills, materials, and evaluation procedures used in teaching reading.


The Relationship Of The Institutionalized Juvenile Delinquent’S Self-Concept To Reading Achievement And Iq, Donald L. Lorentsen Jun 1968

The Relationship Of The Institutionalized Juvenile Delinquent’S Self-Concept To Reading Achievement And Iq, Donald L. Lorentsen

All Master's Theses

The literature has suggested that delinquents are characterized by a reading disability and a negative self-concept. The problem was to determine if there was a significant correlation between the measured self- concept and reading achievement, self-concept and IQ, and reading achievement and IQ of Institutionalized Juvenile Delinquents. A secondary purpose of the study was to determine if there was a significant difference between the self-concept of the present sample and the self-concept of the standardization sample used in the Piers-Harris Self-Concept Scale.


An Investigation Of The Inter-Relationship Of Library Aptitudes And Library Skills Instruction At Central Avenue School, Tacoma, Washington, Dorothy Louise Sturdivant Jun 1968

An Investigation Of The Inter-Relationship Of Library Aptitudes And Library Skills Instruction At Central Avenue School, Tacoma, Washington, Dorothy Louise Sturdivant

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to determine the influence of systematic library skills instruction on the library aptitude of growing children in their use of school library facilities and on the scope of their recreational reading, by means of an instrument designed to measure application of skills.


A Study On The Effectiveness Of The Neurological Impress Method As A Remedial Reading Technique, Anthony Cairl Embrey May 1968

A Study On The Effectiveness Of The Neurological Impress Method As A Remedial Reading Technique, Anthony Cairl Embrey

All Master's Theses

There are many students who have quite serious reading problems which are not attributable to below normal intelligence. The task of this research was to determine the effectiveness of the Neurological Impress Method of reading instruction with these kinds of students. The method was evaluated in terms of its effect on the students' reading comprehension and reading vocabulary.


A Comparative Study Of Slide Technique For The Trombone, James T. Mcdowell May 1968

A Comparative Study Of Slide Technique For The Trombone, James T. Mcdowell

All Master's Theses

Professional trombonists and teachers of the instrument do not agree on the various aspects of slide technique. The purpose of this paper is to compare slide techniques for the trombone. Therefore, basic concepts of holding the instrument will be examined, as well as concepts about the manipulation of the slide.


An Investigation Of The Pre-Planning Phases Of The Vale School Team Teaching Program, Conrad W. Lautensleger Mar 1968

An Investigation Of The Pre-Planning Phases Of The Vale School Team Teaching Program, Conrad W. Lautensleger

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to investigate the nature and sequence of the preliminary planning accomplished prior to the actual initiation of the Vale Elementary School team teaching program. This paper will not attempt to establish a relationship between improved instruction and elementary team teaching.


Validity Coefficients, Norm Tables, And Expectancy Tables Based On Central Washington State College Students’ Performance On The Washington Pre-College Tests, Kathleen Elizabeth Wall Jan 1968

Validity Coefficients, Norm Tables, And Expectancy Tables Based On Central Washington State College Students’ Performance On The Washington Pre-College Tests, Kathleen Elizabeth Wall

All Master's Theses

The study was developed with three purposes: to develop WPCT normative data for Central Washington State College (CWSC), to establish the validity of the WPCT for CWSC, and to provide expectancy tables for the use of school guidance personnel in counseling students who are present or anticipate attending CWSC.


The Identification Of Concepts, Concept Clusters, Objectives, And Suggested Organizational Patterns For The Teaching Of American History At Mount Si High School, M. Dale Leavitt Jan 1968

The Identification Of Concepts, Concept Clusters, Objectives, And Suggested Organizational Patterns For The Teaching Of American History At Mount Si High School, M. Dale Leavitt

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to assist in the evaluation of the social studies by identifying concepts, concept clusters, and objectives. Suggestions for scheduling and grouping consistent with instructional objectives and which may be used as models for planning and organizing for the teaching of American History at Mount Si High School are presented.


A Comparison Of Self-Concept Scores Before And After Three Months Job Corps Experience, Alan I. Marshlain Jan 1968

A Comparison Of Self-Concept Scores Before And After Three Months Job Corps Experience, Alan I. Marshlain

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to determine if a significantly more positive self-concept is developed after approximately three months of Job Corps experiences.


A Study Assessing Changes Occurring In Kindergarten Children At Central School, Hoquiam, Washington, During The School Year 1967-1968 In Terms Of Readiness And Academic Growth, Elizabeth Pinkley Morris Jan 1968

A Study Assessing Changes Occurring In Kindergarten Children At Central School, Hoquiam, Washington, During The School Year 1967-1968 In Terms Of Readiness And Academic Growth, Elizabeth Pinkley Morris

All Master's Theses

A group of fifty-one kindergarten children (23 boys and 28 girls) from Central School in Hoquiam, Washington, were studied for the purpose of evaluating changes occurring during the school year in terms of readiness and academic growth. A series of tests were given in October and November as an inventory of the child's background of skills and readiness in the fall, and the tests were repeated in May to measure any change occurring during the school year.


A Study To Determine The Effect Of Picture Interpretation On The Achievement Of Culturally Deprived Second Grade Pupils, Jane Henriksen Smith Jan 1968

A Study To Determine The Effect Of Picture Interpretation On The Achievement Of Culturally Deprived Second Grade Pupils, Jane Henriksen Smith

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to determine whether second grade children from a low socio-economic area, taught with the use of flat pictures and the interpretation of such pictures to build vicarious experiences in the social studies program in correlation with other subject areas, will achieve as well as, or better than, second grade children from the same economic area who will be taught without such an abundant use of flat pictures.


Standardization Of A Library Skills Test For A Metropolitan School District, David Gearhart Sanford Dec 1967

Standardization Of A Library Skills Test For A Metropolitan School District, David Gearhart Sanford

All Master's Theses

The purpose of the study was the standardization of a library skills test for Tacoma, a metropolitan school district of approximately 34,000 pupils in the State of Washington. The test was standardized on the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth grade populations of the district using representative samples. Answers were sought to the following questions: (1) Is the library skills test appropriate for the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth grades in Tacoma? (2) Is the test appropriate for both boys and girls at these grade levels?


Evaluation Of The Non-Graded Primary Reading Program At Munich Elementary No. 1, Charles R. Hammill Aug 1967

Evaluation Of The Non-Graded Primary Reading Program At Munich Elementary No. 1, Charles R. Hammill

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to (1) evaluate the implementation procedures of the nongraded reading program at Munich Elementary No. l; (2) determine whether reporting and recording student progress met the needs of the students and teachers; (3) discover any difficulties inherent in the present system of assigning and grouping children; and (4) relate the level of achievement experienced in this program to the previously employed program as revealed by an opinion survey of the teachers involved in the program.


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.


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.


Exploring The Use Of An Operant Technique In Teaching Spelling To Emotionally Disturbed Socially Maladjusted Children, Robert Lloyd Myers Aug 1967

Exploring The Use Of An Operant Technique In Teaching Spelling To Emotionally Disturbed Socially Maladjusted Children, Robert Lloyd Myers

All Master's Theses

In this study an attempt was made to statistically analyze the effects of using money as a reinforcer when teaching spelling to emotionally disturbed, socially maladjusted children. Equivalent forms of the California Achievement Tests and weekly spelling test scores during a four-week, non- reinforced period were compared with similar scores for a four-week, reinforced period.


The Development Of Self-Teaching Aids For Library Skills For Morgan Junior High School, Reva Dale Bayless Aug 1967

The Development Of Self-Teaching Aids For Library Skills For Morgan Junior High School, Reva Dale Bayless

All Master's Theses

The problem was the development, organization, and sequential use of visual materials in a junior high program of teaching library skills. The emphasis in the use of these materials was placed upon individual self-teaching.


Variable Reinforcement Schedules On A Teacher-Constructed Test, Michael Stephen Palanuk Aug 1967

Variable Reinforcement Schedules On A Teacher-Constructed Test, Michael Stephen Palanuk

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate timing of reinforcement and its relationship to performance on a teacher-constructed test. More specifically, it was concerned with the extent that reinforcement timing influenced learning of seventh grade general science material in physical geology.


The Improvement Of Perceptual Ability For Educable Mentally Retarded Children Through The Use Of Gymnastics, Victor W. Lowe Aug 1967

The Improvement Of Perceptual Ability For Educable Mentally Retarded Children Through The Use Of Gymnastics, Victor W. Lowe

All Master's Theses

This paper was an attempt to show the relationship between gymnastics and perceptual behavior, with mentally retarded children.


Analysis Regarding Parental Knowledge Of Services For The Mentally Retarded, Stanley F. Gomulkiewicz Aug 1967

Analysis Regarding Parental Knowledge Of Services For The Mentally Retarded, Stanley F. Gomulkiewicz

All Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this study (1) to determine what parents know about the services that are available for the mentally retarded in the State of Washington; (2) to report these findings; and (3) to compare these findings with the services and facilities that are available in the state.


A Flexible Music Schedule For A Small High School, Frederick H. Malcolm Aug 1967

A Flexible Music Schedule For A Small High School, Frederick H. Malcolm

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to organize an effective music schedule which would help the music teacher to: (1) include music as a basic and accepted part of the total curriculum; (2) insure that music would stand in harmonious and consistent relationship to the total school curriculum within a six-period day; (3) provide a fine balance between all aspects of the music program; (4) serve a maximum number of students; (5) allow qualified and talented pupils to participate in both instrumental and vocal music.


A Comparison Of Two Textbooks Used In An Eighth Grade Slow Learner Mathematics Program, Douglas Kirk Pederson Aug 1967

A Comparison Of Two Textbooks Used In An Eighth Grade Slow Learner Mathematics Program, Douglas Kirk Pederson

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to determine whether a textbook designated for use with slow learners was a more suitable teaching device than the regularly assigned textbook. It was the hypothesis of this study that slow learner mathematics students would show no significant differences in achievement due to the utilization of different texts.