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The Relationship Between Fifth Grade Children's Performance On The Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test Of Auditory Discrimination And Ratings Of Attention Given By A Teacher Using The Devereux Elementary School Behavior Rating Scale, Carter Gordon Brower

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship of children's performance on the Noise Subtest of the Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock (GFW) Test of Auditory Discrimination and ratings in Classroom Disturbance and in­attentive-Withdrawn from the Devereux Elementary School Behavior Rating Scale DESB.

The sample consisted of a single fifth grade class in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The class contained 29 students, but nine of these were eliminated because of auditory discrimination problems as measured by the GFW Test of Auditory Discrimination. According to the school records, none of the subjects had any significant hearing loss.

Data were analyzed with the Spearman Rank …

Effects Of Parent Participation On The Arithmeticl Computational Skills Of Fourth Grade Students, Yvonne Hamburg

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of the is study was to investigate the effects of parent assistance upon academic achievement. The total I number of randomly selected subjects in the experimental group (parent participation) was 15. There were 17 subjects in the control group. Participating parents received instructions in the use of arithmetic materials. Sets of four tasksheets and flashcards in the basic facts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, were sent home each week. In addition, participating parents were asked to complete a 10 item 91uestionnaire before and after the program in order to measure parental attitude toward assisting with academic tasks …

A Comparison Of First Grade Children With Kindergarten And Non-Kindergarten Backgrounds, Robert Gregory Walsh

Special Education ETDs

The entire first grade of an elementary school in Albuquerque was divided up into two groups; one group consisted of those who had attended kindergarten and the other group was made up of those who had not attended kindergarten. The hypothesis for this study was that kindergarten attendance would affect the academic achievement of first graders in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when tested at the beginning and end of each school year. The Wide Range Achievement Test (1965 Revised edition) was administered early in first grade and at the end of first grade. The test was designed to measure academic achievement …

Behavioral Characteristics Of The Ideal Student As Perceived By Engineered Class-Students, Regular Classroom Students, And Their Teachers, Michael Henry Stuart

Special Education ETDs

Perception of behavioral characteristics of the ideal student by three groups of elementary school pupils and their teachers was examined. In May, 1973, 5 students from an engineered classroom, 5 special education referral students, and l0 regular classroom students completed a behavioral Q-sort of 25 classroom related behaviors, describing the ideal student. The sorting of each student was correlated with the sorting of his teacher concerning the ideal student using an adaptation of the Pearson product­moment correlation coefficient formula. The Mann-Whitney U Test was then applied to determine significant differences in student-teacher correlations among the three groups. Significant differences were …

Effect Of A Feedback System On Word Recognition Of Primary Children In A Tutorial Project, Verlinda Parnell Townsend

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a feedback system on word recognition gain. The subjects were six primary students referred to the resource room for reading problems. A cross-age tutorial project was established in which the subjects were tutored, using flash cards, for two 15 minute sessions each day. The feedback system, in the form of daily rate measures and charts, included the manager, the tutor, and the subject. In the first session, Condition A, the subjects received feedback on a one minute rate sample of reading performance and were allowed to chart the number …

The Effects Of Auditory Training On Word Recognition Achievement Of First Grade Students, Nila Jaramillo

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the efficacy of auditory discrimination and memory training on word recognition achievement of first grade students. First graders of ostensibly average intelligence and free of apparent observable organic deviations participated in this experiment. Twenty children were alternately assigned to the Experimental Group (n=10) and to the Control Group (n=10). Stimulus material consisted of commercially available instructional and program materials. While the series encompasses five sequential areas of development, only auditory discrimination and auditory memory were included for the purpose of this study. All subjects were administered the word recognition subtest from the …

The Effects Of Three-Dimensional Objects Vs. Two-Dimensional Objects In A Serial Positions Task On The Short-Term Memory Of Elementary School Children With Low Intelligence, Alice Dye Maechtlen

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of three-dimensional stimuli versus two-dimensional stimuli in a serial positions task on the short-term memory of elementary school children with low intelligence. The specific hypothesis was that elementary school children with low intelligence would have greater short-term memory response accuracy on a serial positions task with three-dimensional objects than with two-dimensional objects. Fourteen fourth, fifth, and sixth graders whose IQ scores ranged from 60 to 85 were selected from regular classrooms in a middle income area in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Each subject was given the serial positions task with the …

Attitude Change Of Couples Involved In A Sexual Therapy Program., Ruth Thurlow Caplan

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this investigation was to study the changes in attitude of a group of sexually inadequate couples after a sexual therapy treatment program. This investigation utilized a three group design. The experimental group consisted of five committed couples who had sought treatment of difficulties in the sexual aspects of their relationship and had indicated some degree of inadequacy in this area on the part of one or both partners. In addition, another couple participated as a special case since no symptoms were present. The first control group consisted of six similarly sexually inadequate couples who agreed to wait …

The Effects Of Individualized Instruction On Mathematics Achievement In Third Grade, Ann Wheeler Hurt

Special Education ETDs

This study was conducted to determine the effects of individualized instruction on mathematics achievement in the third grade. Hypotheses were that: (1) individualized instruction would result in greater mathematics achievement than group instruction in mathematics, and that (2) individualized instruction would result in greater interest in mathematics than group instruction in mathematics.

Forty third grade students from each of two geographically adjacent elementary schools were randomly selected to comprise the experimental and control groups. The Metropolitan Achievement Test, Elementary Arithmetic Form B, Otis-Lennon Mental Ability Test, Elementary Level I-Form J, and an interest questionnaire were administered to both groups. A …

Test-Retest Reliability Of The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test With Fourth-Grade Public School Children In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Alan Lowell Lafon

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine the test-retest reliability and standard error of measurement of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) based on a sample of fourth-grade public school children.

The PPVT is a test designed to provide a stand­ardized estimate of a person's verbal intelligence through measuring his receptive vocabulary. The PPVT is a frequently used test in the appraisal and evaluation of children ln the state of New Mexico and the Albuquerque Public School System. The PPVT was standardized on a sample of white children from Nashville, Tennessee. No cultural, socio-economic or geographic precautions were used …

Relationships Between Sociometrics And Academic Achievement Among Four Groups Of Children In Selected Class Placements., Louis Carri

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this investigation was to compare academic achievement and social class standing among four groups of exceptional children attending school.

Subjects for this investigation were selected from the following educational settings: Group I (N=10) – Self-contained classes for the emotionally disturbed, Group II (N=9) – Public school operated resource rooms for the learning disabled and/or emotionally disturbed, Group III (N=10) – Educational Professional Development Act resource rooms for the learning disabled and/or emotionally disturbed and Group IV (N=6) – A control group of subjects diagnosed as needing special education services but remaining within regular class placement and receiving …

An Investigation To Determine The Relationship Of Anxiety And Reading Disability And To Study The Effects Of Group And Individual Counseling On Reading Improvement, Bernard Herman

Special Education ETDs

The purpose or this study was (1) to investigate the relationship or anxiety and reading improvement, (2) to determine whether a consistent therapeutic approach can effect a reduction in manifest anxiety, and (3) to compare the effectiveness of group and individual counseling in (a) the reduction of manifest anxiety and (b) reading improvement.

Subjects for the study were forty-five school students in grades eight and nine attending a public junior high school. The sample selected consisted or those students in remedial reading classes who were determined to be "high anxious” according to their scores on the Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale …

A Comparison Of Self Concepts, Values And Occupational Orientations Among Three Groups Of Adolescents., Joseph F. Bertinetti

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to investigate certain differences or similarities that exist between students presently attending a progressive school in Albuquerque, New Mexico; and students who have traditional high schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico; and students who have applied to attend Freedom High School. The latter group was comprised of students presently attending conventional high schools and former students who had already dropped out of school and were not currently engaged in a formal educational experience.

The Effects Of Maternal Stimulation On Early Language Development Of Mexican American Children, James Lee Gonzales

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine the nature and extent of language stimulation provided at home by mothers of four preschool age, disadvantaged Mexican-American children. A secondary purpose of the study was to determine whether mothers of this sample of children could use verbal expansions to stimulate their children's language development. Specifically, the study attempted to obtain information relative to the following questions:

1. Is language retardation evident at an early age?

2. Do mothers provide verbal feedback for their children's verbal utterances?

3. Does a mother's attitude toward child rearing influence the nature of language stimulation provided …

Estudio De Casos De Toxicomanos: Ex-Adictos A Heroina, Maria Alicia Ruiperez

Special Education ETDs

Due to the growing restlessness created by the continuous, systematic and indiscriminate use of drugs in North American society, it is generally agreed upon by most scientists that there is an urgent and indispensable need for scientific research in this area.

The essential base for the construction of a general theory about drug addiction and its individual and social implications, undoubtedly takes its roots from research and case studies differentiated by (1) personality types, (2) ethnic groups, (3) social class origin, (4) different types of drugs, (5) circumstances of addiction, and (6) various forms of rehabilitation.

The narrowing down to …

A Study Of The Communications Between High School Counselors And Principals In The Albuquerque Public School System, Carroll L. Baruth

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine: (1) the existing and desired means of communication between counselors and principals in the Albuquerque public high schools as viewed by counselors; and (2) the existing and desired means of communication between counselors and principals in the Albuquerque public high schools as viewed by principals. In this study it was hypothesized that there would be no significant difference between the existing and desired means of communication among counselors, or among principals; and that there would be no significant difference between the existing means of communication as viewed by both counselors and principals, …

A Follow-Up, Socio-Economic Study Of Special Education Graduates In The Albuquerque Public Schools, Eloy R. Gonzales

Special Education ETDs

Statement of the Problem

This study investigated and evaluated the social and occupational adjustment status of individuals previously labeled as educable mentally retarded (EMR) who had graduated during the past decade from the Albuquerque Public Schools' (APS) Special Education program. The study also attempted to determine if this population was still functioning at a subaverage intellectual level previously determined by an individual test of intelligence which was the primary basis for their placement in an EMR class.

Procedures

A population of 71 subjects once classified as EMRs who had attended the APS Special Education classes in the past decade, and …

The Effectiveness Of Structured Sociodrama In Altering The Classroom Behavior Of Fifth Grade Students., Karen Adele Abraham

Special Education ETDs

Statement of the Problem

The purpose of the investigation was to examine the effectiveness of a learning theory approach to group counseling with fifth grade "problem" students. The study was designed to determine whether group counseling using the Winning Game Approach would decrease disruptive classroom behavior.

Procedures

The subjects for the study consisted of eighteen fifth grade students. Twelve of the students were identified by their teachers as having the most difficulty adapting to the classroom setting. Six of the students were identified by their-teachers as having adjusted well to the classroom setting.

In the study there were three groups: …

Factors Affecting The Auditory Memory Span Of Mentally Retarded Subjects., Elizabeth Smyth Hirsch

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to investigate the short-term auditory memory of a group of institutionalized mentally retarded subjects. The effect of manipulating methods of presenting the digits in a digit span test was examined and the relationships between auditory memory for digits and various subject variables were explores. The hypotheses studied were: 1) There will be no significant difference in digit span scores because of a difference in the rate of presentation of the digits; 2) There will be no significant difference in digit span scores when a reward is given for the correct answer; 3) There will …

The Effects Of Sequencing Early Laboratory Experiences In Special Education., Benjamin L. Brooks

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the extent to which the attitudes of students in an introductory course in special education might be affected by utilizing different sequencing of laboratory experiences. The study also explored the effects sequencing of laboratory experiences in four areas of exceptionality had on the stated preferences for working with one type of exceptionality as opposed to another.

The Effect Of Inservice Training And Teacher Involvement Upon Teachers' Acceptance Of Integration Of Emr Students In Regular Classrooms, Judith Harkness Dettre

Special Education ETDs

Statement of the Problem

The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether an inservice workshop could be instrumental in persuading regular class teachers to accept integration of EMR pupils in the regular classroom. The study also explored the relationship between teachers' initial degree of involvement with integration and their end-of-experiment acceptance of integration. The hypotheses of the study were: ( 1) There will be no significant difference in end-of-experiment Acceptance of Integration Scale scores for regular class teachers who participated in the workshop and those who did not; (2) Teachers initially identified as "relatively involved" or "relatively uninvolved" on …

A Study Of Differences In Measures Of Over-Protective Attitude Between Mothers Of High And Low Functioning Mongoloid Children, Richard Strong Mechem

Special Education ETDs

Statement of the Problem

The present study was designed to investigate whether the mothers of a group of Mongoloid children, defined as High-functioning children, would demonstrate an attitude of greater overprotection on the Parental Attitude Research Instrument than a group of mothers whose Mongoloid children were defined as Low-functioning.

The study of such congenitally handicapped children provided the opportunity to differentiate maternal attitudes that might be related to intellectual and social differences between the two groups of Mongoloid children. It offered a unique opportunity to sort out those parental reactions which are primary factors in producing a child's behavior disorder …

Basic Types Of Vocational Identity: A Synthesis Of Values And Vocational Aspirations Of College Students, Edward Bruce Potter

Special Education ETDs

The basic proposition that systematic associations exist between vocational aspirations and vocational values was amply supported by this investigation. Fundamental dimensions, syntheses of various of these associations, were found to describe and to differentiate between basic types of vocational identity. A model, also formulated as a synthesis of several findings, revealed a generalized pattern of relationships among vocational fields.

The focus of this study was upon the utilization of vocational values variables in the description of differing types of vocational identity. The values variables employed several life satisfaction source items, religious preferences, and a set of items dealing with the …

Visual And Stereognostic Perception Of Mentally Retarded Adolescents, Patricia Moehrig Mershon

Special Education ETDs

The Problem

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of sensory modality training on institutionalized mentally re­tarded adolescents. The primary investigation concerned the effect on retardates of sensory modality training with an op­portunity for learning when compared to the effect on a compa­rable group given the same training with no opportunity for learning. The secondary investigation was the comparison of responses of three groups on the criterion task; one group having been trained with a tactual modality, one with a visual modality and one with combined tactual and visual modality. The sample included an equal number of …

A Comparison Of Blind And Seeing Children's Verbal Concepts Of The Primary, Secondary And Tertiary Colors: Emotional, Psychological And Physical Descriptive, Norma Gulley

Special Education ETDs

It was the purpose of this study to compare verbal concepts of color of both seeing and blind children. This comparison was undertaken to see if the blind child has both emotional-psychological and physical-descriptive concepts of color which are similar to those of seeing children when expressed verbally. This was done by interviewing a group of blind children and a group of seeing children and asking them what they thought and felt concerning color. This study was concerned with primary, secondary and tertiary colors. These colors were chosen since from them all other colors can be mixed in their truest …

An Experimental Study Of The Relationship Between Color Blindness And Reading Achievement In The First Grade, Arleen L. Olson

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to investigate and analyze the reading achievement of color blind children at the end of the first-grade in five randomly selected Albuquerque Public Elementary Schools to determine if there are any significant differences in their reading achievement and that of color vision children with similar I.Q. scores and to find if there is a relationship between this defect of vision and reading achievement.

A Study Of Three Cases Of Extreme Reading Disability, Dora Francis Hardy

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was (1) to relate three cases of severe reading disability in which the condition variously described as strephosymbolia, congenital alexia, or mirror vision has been considered a contributing cause of the reading handicaps; (2) to present the opinions held by various authors concerning such cases; and (3) to describe various types of remediation attempted for such cases.

Art Education In The Therapy Program Of The Cerebral Palsied Child From Eighteen Months To Eleven Years Of Age, Eleanor Suggs

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent art education, as art activity, is used in the therapy program of the cerebral palsied child.

This study deals with the art activities of children eighteen months up to eleven years of age. These children were enrolled in organizations set up for the purpose of providing educational and/or therapeutic facilities for children with brain damage or orthopedic problems.

A Study Of The Educational Opportunities Offered Handicapped Children By The Public Schools In New Mexico, Pearl Esther Thompson

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study is to survey the educational opportunities provided for handicapped children by the public schools in New Mexico in 1954-1955.

This study also seeks to list the legal regulations governing the establishment of such school programs for handicapped children in different cities and towns in the state; the number of children who are receiving instruction in the different school districts within the state; to evaluate the present facilities in regard to their adequacy of educational training for these children; and to determine what five selected cities in the United States are doing for handicapped children in …