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An Analysis Of The Optimum Learning In Regular Classrooms Project In Charleston, Illinois, Patricia Tucker Chaney

Masters Theses

The Optimum Learning in Regular Classrooms Project is an adoptive-adaptive ESEA Title IV-C project with two purposes: (1) to provide more effective educational service to children with special needs through training the mainstream teacher to diagnose these special needs as well as implement solutions for such children on an ongoing basis, and (2) to provide more efficient support services to the mainstream teacher in his/her efforts to meet the special needs of exceptional children, whether handicapped or gifted.

Four main aspects of the project are examined:

Classroom organization. All classrooms were organized at least in part into learning centers. This …

Expectation Of Gifted Children In The Primary-Secondary Transition., M. E. Poole, A. J. Williams

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Despite the comprehensiveness of the creativity literature, there are few studies that deal directly with the perceptions of creative children in their everyday concerns. Increasingly, however, educators are turning to ethnomethodology as providing wider and more appropriate knowledge for their purposes.

First Grade Teachers Can Learn To More Accurately Identify Specific Learning Disabilities In Their Children, Pauline Georgakis

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

An applied project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Education Specialist at Morehead State University by Pauline Georgakis on May 4, 1976.

The Elements Of Mathematics Program: How Can It Be Evaluated?, Marilou Shames Giacofci

STEMPS Theses & Dissertations

The Central Midwest Educational Research's (CEMREL) Elements of Mathematics Program (EM) for gifted students was piloted in Tidewater for five years. Before deciding whether to continue or expand the program, it was necessary to devise a method of evaluating the program's effectiveness. In the process of this evaluation, two separate com­parisons were made:

- a lateral comparison between an experimental and an existing control class over a period of four years, and

- a longitudinal comparison of successive experimental classes over a four year period.

Lateral Study

To insure comparability between the experimental and control classes, both were administered the …

An Evaluation Of Child Treatment In The Braves Group At The Dale H. Farabee School, Audrey Conley

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

An applied project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Education Specialist at Morehead State University by Audrey Conley on July 25, 1974.

Ua11/1/5 Hilltoppers In The News, Wku University Relations, Skip Church

WKU Administration Documents

Hilltoppers in the News radio program regarding the student fair and science fair.

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 42, No. 3, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

WKU alumni magazine. Features the following articles:

• Corts, Paul. Western's Honors Program Forges Ahead
• Gray, David. Students Still Work Their Way
• Mefford, David & Roy Reynolds. Reaching Out for the Good Student
• Lawrence, Fred. Nick Rose All American
• Yeager, Randolph. A Westerner Remembers Harry Truman
• Scarborough, Clarice. Western Goes to Mexico
• Dillard, Gary & Rudolph Prins. Western at Tech Aqua
• Lawrence, Fred. Student Teaching - a la Guatemala
• Corts, Paul. Theatre Study Goes British
• Thompson, Kelly. The Most Unforgettable Person I Have Ever Known . . . Henry Cherry
• Commonwealth in a Capsule - Kentucky Building
• Adams, Ronald. Teacher Evaluation …

Ua35/11 Student Honors Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 1, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

Articles written by honors program students. They were originally research projects, class papers or essays written for academic credit, but in each case the student has done further work editing and improving his or her manuscript for this publication. The articles represent a broad range of interests and disciplines, and they indicate a healthy attempt on the part of at least some students to dig for deeper knowledge and understanding than is usually associated with undergraduate study.

• Harris, James. The Trent Affair; Restraint vs. Irresponsibility
• Massey, Scott. Foolishness
• Oskins, Doug. Reuse of Sewage as a Potable Water Supply
• Alvey, Richard. …

The Effects Of Contingent And Non-Contingent Reinforcers On Intelligence Quotients, Donald T. Edwards

All Master's Theses

Eighty Caucasian fourth and fifth grade boys and girls were matched according to grade, sex and Total IQ on the California Short-Form Test of Mental Maturity. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale of Children was then given under four randomly assigned incentive conditions: 1) Tokens contingent upon correct responses, 2) Praise contingent upon correct responses, 3) Non-Contingent Tokens and 4) Non-Contingent Praise.

An analysis of variance of the Verbal, Performance and Full Scall IQs showed no significant differences between incentives. Similarly, comparisons by grade and sex indicated no significant differences.

Three Projects Attempted By The Flora Grade School District During The 1970-71 School Year, Gerald Hearring

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Examination Of The Phonological Pairing Of Content And Function Words With Educable Mentally Retarded Children, Brenda Booker Miller

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the Graduate School at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Education by Brenda Booker Miller on April 26, 1972.

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 40, No. 4, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

WKU alumni magazine. Features the following articles:

• Dickey, Debbie. Teachers of Tomorrow: Learners of Today
• Given, Ed. Miracle Worker: Athletic Trainer Russell Miller
• A Week in the Life of Professor X
• Those Were the Days, My Friend 1949-1950
• Conway, Sheila. The Sky Show is Right Inside - Hardin Planetarium
• Robe, Harry. Psychology Students Do Their Thing - Research
• Downing, Dero. Address at Founders Day Luncheon
• Stephens, Blackburn. Advice to ROTC Graduates
• Hauser, Philip. Implosion, Explosion, Displosion
• Wassom, Earl. The Mini Library - A Product of Technology
• Brumfield, Stanley. Caution: Human Beings Here Handle With Care - University Counseling Services
• Armstrong, …

Ua35/11 Installation Program, Phi Eta Sigma

Student Organizations

Installation program for the Phi Eta Sigma freshman honor society.

A Survey Of The Facilities In The Norfolk City Senior High Schools For The Gifted Student, Ernest Henderson Knox

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

A Comparison Of The Fourth And Fifth Grade Achievement Of Younger And Older School Starters Who Have An Above Average Intelligence Quotient, Mary Ann Williams

STEMPS Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

A Study Of Child Rearing Attitudes Of Mothers Of Gifted Children, Kemme Lynne Caldwell

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not any differences exist between the attitudes toward child rearing and family life of mothers of gifted children and the attitudes toward child rearing and family life of mothers of non-gifted children of the same age, living in the same community, and attending the same schools.

A Survey Comparing Aspects Of Programs For The Able Student At Lochburn Junior High School In The Clover-Park School District To Selected Junior High Schools From Throughout The United States, Larry Allen Carlson

All Master's Theses

Even though programs for the talented have been expanding in this country for the last thirty years, the "knowledge explosion" currently being experienced in the United States suggests that even more must be done to fully develop the potential of the highly able student.

Relevance And Higher Education: Proceedings Of The Third Annual Meeting Of The National Collegiate Honors Council, 1968, Walter D. Weir

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs

The papers in this volume were presented at the third annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council at the Olympic Hotel in Seattle, Washington, October 18-20, 1968. The papers indicate our focus on the problems of the relevance of curricula to learning and the relevance of higher education to the world. Black and white students alike urged us to make our programs, our curricula, and our concerns more relevant to the moral and social issues of our time, more relevant to a truly liberal education.

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1- Relevance: An Introduction • Walter D. Weir

Chapter 2- And …

Ua3/3/1 Annual Awards & Senior Day, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Script of WKU annual awards day program listing participant and award winners.

Ua64/4 Scrapbook, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Administration Documents

Scrapbook created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding the Summer Leadership Institute and other work done during 1966 and 1967.

Proceedings Of The Second Annual Meeting Of The National Collegiate Honors Council. Washington, D.C., October 20-22, 1967, Walter D. Weir

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs

The National Collegiate Honors Council conducted its second annual meeting at the Statler-Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C., October 20-22, 1967. About 230 faculty members, administrators, and students attended this meeting. The proceedings of that meeting are contained in this volume. The meeting was basically devoted to three concerns: (1) the problem of liaison between secondary schools and college honors programs; (2) problems and developments in the offering of science courses for honors students; (3) the exchange of information about problems and new directions in the honors program of those participating in the meeting. For the most part, the papers in this …

Implementing A Gifted Program In An Elementary School Of Three Hundred Students, Milburn B. Wardell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Enrichment Program In Science For Gifted Children In Grades One And Two, Margery Alice Skeen

All Master's Theses

This paper is a review of the literature and presents a number of suggested concepts that could serve as an enrichment program in science for the gifted child in grades one and two.

Ua3/3/1 Annual Awards & Senior Day, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Script of WKU annual awards day program listing participant and award winners.

Proceedings Of The First Annual Meeting Of The National Collegiate Honors Council. University Of Kansas, Lawrence, October 22-24, 1966, Walter D. Weir

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs

The National Collegiate Honors Council held its first annual meeting on the campus of the University of Kansas, October 22-24, 1966. The proceedings of that meeting are contained in this volume. This new association is a response to the expressed desire of many hundreds of educators throughout the country that, when the Inter-University Committee on the Superior Student (ICSS) was terminated in 1965, a national organization of individuals as well as institutions be formed. The new organization would carry on some of the functions of ICSS but would be free also to develop in ways appropriate to the present status …

Ua35/11 Perspectives On Contemporary Man, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

Lectures delivered by WKU professors to the Freshman Colloquium in the fall of 1964. The Freshman Honors Colloquium is a special course open only to freshmen students whose test scores, on the battery of tests administered to all entering freshmen, fall in the upper 15% and who graduated in the top quarter of their high school graduating class. The book lists the participants in the colloquium.

Lectures:

• Bailey, Donald. What is a Man, According to a Biologist?
• Nash, Ronald. A Philosopher Looks at Man
• Tachau, Charles. A Theologian Looks at Man
• Watson, John. A Sociologist Looks at Man
• Shedd, Charles. …

A Study Of The Creative Thinking Abilities Of Teachers And The Tested Creativity Of Their Pupils, Florine Creekmore

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the creative thinking abilities of teachers and the tested creativity of their pupils.

Ua3/4/1 Recognition Of Academic Achievement, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Program from freshman honors recognition ceremony.

A Study Of The Accelerated Program In The Chesterfield County School System, Charles Willard Krause

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Summary Of The Traits Of Mentally Superior Children And The School Programs For Their Education, Ann M. Hall

Graduate Student Research Papers

This paper is an attempt (1) to enumerate some of the physical, social, intellectual, and personality traits of the mentally superior child with the hope that it might help the classroom teacher to understand him as a whole person; (2) to trace the highlights in the development of the research on the mentally superior child through the review of the literature; and (3) to Smmarize and describe some of the educational programs that have been set up to meet the educational needs of the mentally superior child.