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Building And Maintaining A Chapter Library: A Guide, Charles G. Eberly

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

150 Years Of Education In Maine, Kermit S. Nickerson

Maine Collection

150 Years of Education in Maine

Kermit S. Nickerson, Deputy Commissioner of Education

State of Maine, Department of Education, Augusta, 1970.

Sesqui-Centennial History of Maine's Educational System and the Growth and Development of the Maine State Department of Education.

Contents: Foreword / 150 Years / Part I - Education in Maine Prior to 1900 / Part II - Development of the State Department of Education

A Study Of Personnel Practices Related To Teacher Aide Programs, Kent H. Pratt

All Master's Theses

A growing number of school districts have used teacher aides or paraprofessionals. State Boards of Education have voiced concern that directors and administrators develop and follow sound personnel policies in the hiring of teacher aides. It was the purpose of this study to propose guidelines for (1) selection of teacher aides, (2) training of teacher aides, (3) supervision of teacher aides, and (4) evaluation of teacher aides. The increasing use of teacher aides has focused attention on a need for an organized program related to the problem. This study investigated programs which proposed guidelines administrators and teachers could use in …

Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Administration Documents

Quarterly report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process from September 1 through November 30, 1969.

An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Visual Perceptual Abilities And Reading Achievement, Dale L. Melada

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It has long been recognized that reading problems may be of multiple causation. Some research studies have shown that certain visual perceptual abilities are related to success in early school learning and in beginning reading, but present tests commonly used do not point out strengths, weaknesses, or individual differences in visual perception among "normal children." The high percentage of children with reading disabilities, and children, boys especially, whose reading is not commensurate with their abilities warrants the need for the study presented. The purpose of the study was two-fold. Its first intention was to evaluate two visual perceptual tests, the …

A Study Of The Effect Of A Public School Attendence Counselor Upon Attendence And Achievement For A Group Of Navajo Elementary School Students Grades 4-6, John Pinto

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the Problem

It was the purpose of this study to investigate the effect of a public school attendance counselor on (1) school attendance and (2) school achievement for a group of Navajo elementary school children grades 4-6. Two null hypotheses were set up to be tested:

1. There are no significant differences in attendance between those schools with an attendance counselor and those schools without an attendance counselor.

2. There are no significant differences in school achievement between those schools with an attendance counselor and those schools without an attendance counselor.

Procedure

The sample consisted of a total …

Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Administration Documents

Quarterly report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process from June 1 through August 31, 1969.

An Analysis Of The Formal Political Process Affecting Major Education Bills In The New Mexico State Legislature, 1969., Maurice Edward Mailton

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The process of educational policy making has received increased attention as sharper criticism has been directed at educational policy both from within and outside the educational profession. Although there is a long history of research on policy making in education, much of the recent work has grown out of the emphasis by political scientists on leadership and decision-making at the community level. New Mexico is no exception. With one recent exception, little research is now available on policy making in New Mexico education.

Performance Criteria For The Elementary School Principal In Developing Curriculum To Be Used In A “Cooperative” Team Teaching Approach To Instruction, Allan Lee Holmquist

All Master's Theses

This study proposes to see what percent of the principals surveyed, by means of a questionnaire, agree or disagree that they fulfilled the stated roles for developing curriculum for use in a "cooperative" team teaching approach to instruction in their schools. This study also proposes to test the following null hypothesis: There is no significant difference between the responses made on each role by principals in an urban or suburban school setting.

A Study Of Deterrents To Effective Teaching And Learning At Granite Falls Junior-Senior High School, Harry Arnold Raab

All Master's Theses

Through the use of a set of questionnaires it was the intention of the writer to identify some deterrents to effective teaching and learning that exist in Granite Falls Junior-Senior High School.

Education In The Marshall Islands Under United Nations Trusteeship Administered By The United States, Vernell C. Pinson

All Master's Theses

The lack of a handbook in the schools of the Marshalls District has resulted in valuable information and history being lost in each successive turnover of personnel in the Trust Territory. Every year brings a group of new recruits into the educational system. This particular handbook contains valuable information on the past history and specific terminology required of one who will teach in this area. Special emphasis was given to the educational system in the Marshall Islands.

The Relationship Of Work Experience To Industrial Arts Teaching, Gerald John Smith

All Master's Theses

This study will attempt to answer two major questions: (1) What type of work experience in industry Washington industrial arts teachers have had, and (2) whether work experience in industry is related to their teaching of industrial arts subjects.

An Analysis Of The Effect Of The Informal Political Process Upon Three Education Bills, New Mexico State Legislature, 1969, H. Fred Pomeroy

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study investigated the informal political process operative within one state legislature, the 1969 New Mexico State Legislature, in relation to three education bills. A conceptual framework by Lewis A. Froman, Jr. proposed the following questions within which the study was framed: (1) Who are the leaders in the political process? (2) What are the leader's resources (values, beliefs and attitudes)? (3) What is the intensity of the leader's attitudes? (4) What decision-making systems are used?

Ten major lobbyists cooperated the research by providing data pertinent to Froman's categorical questions. The data were collected from pre-legislative session interviews and interviews …

Board Of Trustees Minutes 1969-1970, Indiana State University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Centralized Libraries In Public Elementary Schools In New Mexico, Thelma Jean Kelley

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the present library programs in the elementary public school libraries of New Mexico and to make recommendations for improvement based upon the national standards established by the American Association of School Libraries (1960). In November, 1965, 470 questionnaires with a cover letter were mailed to the 470 school principals in elementary schools of New Mexico. The percentage of return was 34.2. Of those responding, only 83 schools reported centralized libraries. These 83 returns were considered the usable questionnaires for the study. Schools were classified by size according …

Ua68 Development Of The Potter College Of Liberal Arts, Wku Potter College Of Arts & Letters

WKU Administration Documents

A history of the development of WKU Potter College of Arts & Letters from 1906 to 1969. Includes information regarding the departments of art, English, foreign languages, history, music, speech and theatre.

A Replication Of Gouldner's Latent Role Identifications Of Cosmopolitan And Local In A Public High School, Ronald S. Godwin

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

A Study Of The In-Service Education Programs Available To Elementary Principals In Spokane, Stevens And Whitman Counties, William Harold Bourne Jr.

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the availability of in-service education programs to elementary principals in a selected geographical area, to determine who planned the programs, what types of programs were available and what areas of study were included in these programs.

An Investigation Of Audio-Visual In-Service Education In The Secondary Schools Of Oregon, Jerry L. Nutt

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to survey the secondary schools of Oregon to determine the status of audio-visual in-service education programs. It is the intent of the researcher to select from current literature general principles directly related to audio-visual in-service education. After identifying the principles through a careful study of the literature, a questionnaire will be constructed to determine how well the principles are being met by Oregon secondary schools.

A Survey Of The Attitudes Of Prospective And Experienced Secondary School Teachers Toward The Junior High School, Jeanne Burress Hubert

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The prospects for the future of the junior high or middle school movement are only as bright as the outlook for securing sufficient qualified and willing teachers. The need is clear. The junior highs and middle schools of our nation need more and better teachers—teachers by choice and by education prepared to work with pre-and young adolescents. The recruitment and preparation of such teachers is seriously hindered by 60 years of neglect, suppression and degradation forced upon the junior high and its teachers. The actual discriminatory practices of salary differences, qualification or ability differences, which forced the junior high to …

A Follow-Up Study Of Secondary Education Graduates Of 1962 And 1966, Eve C. Iacoletti

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

A 24-item questionnaire was sent to 123 graduates of the University of New Mexico’s Department of Secondary Education from the classes of 1962 and 1966 exclusive of graduates of specified departments such as industrial education and business education. The majority of the questionnaire items were for descriptive data collecting; five items sought evaluations of one kind or another while a final item sought open-end responses. The return rate was 86 per cent with 105 of the graduates responding. Data handling was accomplished by means of computer tabulation and multiple sorts on a mechanical sorting machine. The open-end question was hand-tabulated …

The Relationship Between Self-Concept, Intellectual Ability, Achievement, And Manifest Anxiety Among Select Groups Of Spanish-Surname Migrant Students In New Mexico., Geneva B. Gillman

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Nowhere in the world today, nor in time past, can an educational system be found which is charged with greater responsibilities than the American schools. Commager emphasized this idea when he stated that, "no other people ever demanded so much of education as have the American people. None other is served so well by its school and education." (Thayer, 1960). Even though the American schools are considered to have been better than those in most other areas of the world, the alarmingly high percentage of dropouts, as well as the increasing crime rate across our land, has caused educators to …

A Comparative Validity Study Of Readability Formulas, Joanne Erwin Edelman

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine the comparative validity of seven readability formulas and revisions of three of these formulas. The formulas employed were the following: the Lorge, the Yoakam, the Flesch reading ease, the Dale-Chall, the Farr-Jenkins-Paterson, the Tribe, the Fry readability graph, and the Powers-Sumner-Kearl revisions of the Flesch reading ease, the Dale-Chall, and the Farr-Jenk1ns­Paterson formulas. The hypotheses tested in the study were that there were no significant differences (1) among readability scores predicted by the original formulas; (2) between each revised formula and its original version; (3) among the readability formulas and revisions of …

Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Administration Documents

Quarterly report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process from April 1 through May 31, 1969.

An Experimental Study Of The Impact Of Typewriting On Language Arts Skills Among Students In Elementary School, Jeanne Popejoy Smith

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It was the purpose of the study to compare test data collected from students before and after touch typewriting was taught to a group of 36 first grade students and 50 third grade students, and to determine whether the test data contained statistically pertinent evidence which would indicate that for elementary school students, learning to touch typewrite could effect their learning in the language arts skills. Four groups, one experimental and one control group from each grade, were given an intelligence test at the beginning of the study, and a reading test and a specially constructed test on spelling, punctuation, …

Leadership Behavior Of Department Chairmen In Selected State Institutions Of Higher Education, Glenn Burnett Schroeder

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The Getzels and Cuba social systems model was used to develop hypotheses for obtaining knowledge concerning: (1) the "real'' leadership behavior of chairmen as described by themselves and faculty, (2) the "ideal" leadership behavior of chairmen as described by deans, themselves, and faculty, and (3) responsibility, authority, and delegation behaviors reported by deans and chairmen. Normative data about the selection. administrative role, tenure, leadership training, and experience of incumbent chairmen were also gathered.

A Comparative Study Of The Graded And Ungraded Elementary Schools., Sondra L. Cohn

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine if there were significant differences in the scholastic achievements of children trained in an ungraded elementary school and those trained in a graded elementary school.

Children attending the only ungraded school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1966 were tested after attending that school for three consecutive years, and again after five years. A neighboring graded elementary school was used for comparison in the experimental grouping. Another pair of neighboring graded schools was utilized as a control group. The total sample tested was 140 students.

The hypotheses of the study were that significant …

An Experimental Study Of The Effects Of Hearing Deficiencies On Reading Ability, Wayne Robert Weimer

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Purpose of the study: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of hearing deficiencies on reading achievement. The study also investigated and analyzed the significance of giving special consideration to the teaching methods when teaching those children who have hearing impairments. A further consideration of the study was to investigate teacher perception of children with hearing defects through a comparison of teacher listings of suspected cases and audiometer sweep test identification.

Procedure: In September, 1968, teachers were asked to list children suspected as being hard-of-hearing. Fifty-seven hard-of-hearing children and 372 normal hearing children from a total of …

An Experimental Study On The Effect Of Highly-Directed Versus Non-Directed Homework Assignments On Student Achievement, John Robert Micklich

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Description

The study was conducted at Northern Arizona University during the fall semester of 1968. It involved a total of six instructors, all full time members of the mathematics faculty, and 304 students; 203 in 6 classes of general mathematics and 101 in 61 classes of college algebra.

The directed homework classes received assignments that were taken up at the next class meeting, graded, scored, re­corded, and returned. The non-directed classes received the same assignments, but the homework was not taken up. There were lectures and discussion in both groups prior to assign­ing homework and after it was turned in. …

The Effect Of Studying The Structure Of Concepts And Cognitive-Emphasis Social Studies Units On Selected Cognitive Processes Of Fifth-Grade Children, Margaret Smith Greer

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of two types of treatments which were designed to increase the efficiency of the cognitive functions, Discrimination, Inference, and Generalization and to decrease the tendency to be Overcautious or to Overgeneralize in processing given data. The Concept Structure Study Program was planned to provide an understanding of the meaning elements and the arrangement of elements which together comprise the structure of concepts at varying levels of complexity. The Cognitive-Emphasis Social Studies Units were designed to facilitate the formation of simple-to-complex concepts by differentiation of relevant from irrelevant data, grouping of …