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Assertive Training For Short-Term Psychiatric In-Patients, John P. Shethar

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The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of assertive training with short-term psychiatric patients. The sample consisted of 36 subjects--18 males and 18 females--who were hospitalized patients at the Bernalillo County Mental Health Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Patients were asked to participate in the study upon admission, and were randomly assigned to groups of six to either of two control conditions or to an assertive training condition. The Assessment-Only control group was only administered pre- and post-tests. The Placebo Control group received ten hours of painting and drawing between the pre- and post-tests. TLe experimental groups …

Thoughtful Language, R. Joy Seymour

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Thoughtful Language discusses the frustration Seymour saw as students used workbooks. Her described teaching experiences and feelings lead to an evaluation of and objectives concerning the most significant language skills and student attitudes. The author read over three hundred books and/or articles concerning student-teacher attitudes, motives and the most effective English learning experiences; ninety-six references appear in the bibliography. That library research, the evaluation, and objectives form he bases of a language arts program that was established in the author's school. That program begins with all teacher-selected materials and assignments and leads to all student­selected materials and one weekly writing …

Group Psychotherapy Effects On Internal-External Locus Of Control, Richard P. Reed

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The Internal-External locus of control construct (Rotter, 1966) has been investigated in a variety of areas. One area that has not received the attention it should is that of psychotherapeutic applications. Until now there has been no research testing the use of therapy with indi­viduals who fall at the extremes of the I-E continuum. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of short-­term group therapy on changing inmates' expectations of locus of control in a prison population.

The sample consisted of 40 male inmates at the Peni­tentiary of New Mexico. All were self-referred and had been placed …

A Study To Develop Alternative Statewide Higher Education Funding Formula Models For Possible Use In New Mexico, Thomas M. Rawson

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The objectives of this study were: (1) to develop a procedure for categorizing statewide higher education funding formulas; (2) to use that procedure to categorize the statewide funding formulas utilized by fifteen selected states; (3) to simulate the implementation of at least one statewide funding formula from each category using 1972-73 New Mexico data; and (4) to develop several alternative model funding formulas for financing higher education in New Mexico.

The researcher solicited copies of higher education funding formulas (and related documentation) from fifteen selected states. An examination of the procedures used within the funding formulas of these selected states …

An Appraisal Of The Circular Functions Of The Community Colleges In Nine Selected States As Perceived By Their Presidents And The Criteria Of Writers In The Field, Jack May Reynolds

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The purpose of the study was to ascertain the perceptions of selected community college presidents concerning the appropriate curricular functions of the community college as advanced by writers in the field, and whether the programs implemented were in agreement with their perceived curricular functions.

Changes In Student Teacher Dogmatism And Attitudes, George Geer Austin-Martin

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The purpose of this study was to determine what changes in student teacher dogmatism and attitudes occurred during the student teaching experience as a function of the supervising teacher's dogmatism and attitudes as measured by the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale and the Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory.

The population for this study consisted of all students enrolled in education courses during the spring semester of 1974 who had not had field work in the public schools and all Secondary Education students enrolled in student teaching and their supervising teachers. From this population the following sample was selected:

1. A group of 22 …

Teacher Preparation For Social Studies On The Secondary Level As Recommended By Selected Colleges Of Education And As Preferred By Selected School Districts, Clare Ignatia Sharp

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The curriculum changes in the social studies from the expostulatory method with history and economics content, to the inductive method with an interdisciplinary approach which included all the social studies, made it difficult for those prepared in the traditional teacher education patterns to adapt to the "new social studies." It was the purpose of this study to survey the programs recommended by selected colleges of education, and to survey the programs preferred by the school districts. This study also attempted to survey any changes that had taken place in teacher preparation on the one hand, and any changes in teaching …

A Comparison Of The Written And Oral English Syntax Of Mexican American Bilingual And Anglo American Monolingual Fourth And Ninth Grade Students (Las Vegas, New Mexico), Raymond J. Rodrigues

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The major problem investigated by this study was whether or not Mexican American bilingual fourth and ninth grade students represent the same language population in their English syntactic usage as do Anglo American fourth and ninth grade students in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The first hypothesis specified that the distributions of the following variables of the bilingual and monolingual groups were not significantly different in the oral and written modes: average number of words per clause; average number of clauses per T-unit; average number of words per T-unit; total "sentence-embedding" transformations and "sentence-embedding" transformations in headed nominal, non-headed nominal, adverbial, …

Identification Of Infants At Risk For Potential Developmental Problems Secondary To Stress In Their Mothers., Susanne Bradley Brown

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One of the first tasks of mothering is the feeding of the child. It is recognized that certain mothers have difficulty carrying out this function. If the mother has extreme difficulty with this task, her child is at risk for neurologic and the subsequent educational problems.

This study looked at the amount of stress in the mother in the year preceding delivery to the rate of weight gain in her child. The hypothe­sis that mothers with increased stress would have the greatest difficulty feeding their infants could not be accepted. There was, however, an in­dication that once the total stress …

Effects Of Introducing A Unit On Consumer Mathematics Into A Seventh Grade Mathematics Class., Joann Mazzio

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The problem

This study introduced a nine week course of consumer mathematics in a seventh grade mathematics class in a consolidated junior high school in central New Mexico. The three hypotheses tested were that students in a seventh grade class taught subject content from consumer mathematics: (1) would learn traditional skills and applications involving decimals, ratios and percent as well as or better than another seventh grade class taught from the assigned text book; (2) would learn applications of arithmetic skills to consumer-oriented problems as well as or better than students taught from an assigned textbook; (3) Would undergo a …

A Study Of The Developing Elementary Teacher Education Program At The University Of New Mexico, Carolynn L. Reynolds

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The first major objective for this investigation was to study the historical development of the undergraduate program in teacher education in the Department of Elementary Education at the University of New Mexico. The second major objective was to show the direction in which the Department appears to be going along with a rationale for that movement.

In order to accomplish these objectives, the study was divided into three maJor areas: the history of the Departmental program (1962-1968), the current program (1968-1973), and the projected future alternatives for undergraduate teacher preparation in the Department.

A Study Of The Factors Which Affect The Job Satisfactions And The Job Dissatisfactions Of School Superintendents, James Paul Miller

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The present study was an investigation of the sources of job attitudes of school superintendents. The study sample consisted of forty of the eighty-eight superintendents in the State of New Mexico. Demographic data indicated that the sample approximated the national group of school superintendents along several important dimensions, including age, experience, and formal preparation.

The study utilized as its conceptual base the Herzberg Dual-Factor Theory of job satisfaction. The methodology of the study closely approximated that used in the empirical research reported by Herzberg, Mausner, and Snyderman. The presen1t study supports Herzberg' s thesis that the factors associated with job …

From Teacher To Principal: The Rites Of Passage, Jerome J. Miller

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This study dealt with the upward movement of aspirants from the role of teacher to the role of principal. The Hall's movement was viewed from the context of Van Gennep's "rites of passage" and sponsorship. Van Gennep conceptualized the movement from one role to another in three stages. These stages are: (1) separation, (2) transition, and (3) incorpora­tion. Sponsorship is a mechanism for organizational control and serves as a mechanism to facilitate or hinder movement within the organization.

The findings of the study suggest that sponsors with­in the school system resemble the elders of the tribe. By right of their …

Effects Of Dictation And Transcription Instruction On Transcription Errors In Beginning Shorthand, Jean A. Berch

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Lloyd (1972) suggested the importance of simulating realistic business conditions in the classroom to strengthen vocabulary in specific content areas to aid students in the dictation-transcription process. In addition, Turse (1961) also emphasized the fact that students must be able to apply "word sense" when transcribing if they are to retain the correct meaning of the sentence when substituting words of similar meaning for missing shorthand outlines.

The purpose of this study was to determine if various types of instructional techniques given prior to dictation and transcription aid students in reducing their number of transcription errors. Subjects were assigned to …

Anomie, Aspirations, And Delinquency: Implications For Education, John R. Schuster

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The problem of this study is how can youth who have accepted deviant behavior as a pattern be identified. This study investigates relationships among anomie, aspirations, delinquency, and educational achievement, and it theorizes that students who are not anomic, hold high aspirations, and achieve normally in school will not exhibit deviant behavior as a pattern. The antithesis of the theoretical statement is also proposed.

A Comparative Study Of The Relationship Of Self Concept To Achievement In Navajo And Anglo Children., Ronald L. Oldham

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This study was undertaken to develop an empirical basis for the comparison of Anglo and Navajo children in the relationship of their self concept to their academic achievement. There is much research dealing with the way Anglo children view themselves in their interaction with family, friends and the school program. It was felt that additional research was warranted to enable educators to compare more accurately the attitudes of ethnic groups in these areas and better understand the impact of the total school program on academic achievement.

A Study Of Selling Competencies And Their Priorities For Inclusion In The Distributive Education Curriculum., Teddy B. Palmore

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Statement of Problem. The purpose of this study was two fold: (1) to analyze those competencies needed for selling which should be included in a distributive education curriculum and (2) to ascertain what relationships may exist between the perceptions of the student-learners, employers, and distributive education teacher-coordinators in regard to the instructional content which is believed necessary to be taught in distributive education programs.

Procedure. Q-sort decks containing 75 competencies of Knowledges and Understandings, Skills, and Attitudes which are needed in sales-related occupations were sorted by distributive education teacher-coordinators, student-learners, and employers into the following categories: (1) Quite Impor­tant, (2) …

A Comparison Of The Equalization Effects Of Federal And State Public School Fund Distributions In New Mexico, Jose A. Perea

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The purpose of the study was to measure the equali­zation effects of twenty selected New Mexico school fund distributions relative to the school districts' fiscal capacities.

An index of fiscal capacity was developed by dividing the assessed valuation of each school district by the 180 day average daily membership during two target years. The target years, 1968-69 and 1969-70, were selected because the state legislature changed the basic public school distribution formula from a "weighted pupil" index for 1968-69 to a "staffing" index for 1969-70.

The relationship between each of the distributions and the New Mexico Public School Fiscal Capacity …

A Measurement Study Of Attitudinal Interactions Of Selected Vocational School Teachers And Students Concerning Attendance And Grades With Implications For Administrator Training, James L. Maw

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This study was designed to measure attitudinal interactions of selected vocational school teachers and students concerning grades and attendance, school policy problems, at a Technical Vocational Institute. This was done in an attempt to determine whether students and teachers viewed themselves and existing attendance and grading policy as constants or variables. It was assumed that those receiving scores indicating they considered themselves constants would be more likely to support the existing policy while those receiving scores indi­cating they considered themselves variables would be more likely to desire a policy change.

Teachers and student attitudinal interactions were measured and plotted on …

A Comparison Of Raw Scored Of Two Second Grade Groups On A Reading Test Based On The Phonology, Morphology And Syntax Of The First Nine Levels Of The Miami Linguisic Readers, Sally L. Pavletich

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This study was designed to develop a criteria testing instrument for the Miami Linguistic Reading Program. The children involved in the study were two groups of second grade students taught to read by means of a reading program based on linguistic principles and two groups of similar students taught to read through a conventional basal program. The children were tested at the end of second grade, using a reading performance test prepared by the investigator. The study was designed to answer the following questions:

1. Is there a difference in reading test performance of second grade children who have had …

Education And Space In The Museum: A Structural Model, Margaret Ann Ramsey

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Statement of Purpose. The purpose of this investigation is to identify which elements are operating in a museum in order to determine the underlying structure of space and thereby build a model. A second­ary purpose is to synthesize various fields, including the social sciences, in order to understand better how space operates in a museum. The study treats the use of space as an educational problem.

Procedure. The method of structuralism is applied to identify which elements operate in a museum in order to find the underlying structure of space. After these elements are identified, they are used in constructing …

Children's Books By New Mexico Writers, Margaret J. Homan

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The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the books in children's literature written by New Mexico writers. Major emphasis was given to those books published from 1950 to 1970. The study identified only the New Mexico writers of children's books who claimed the state as their place of residence while writing their books. The study identified and analyzed those books which an elementary school child would enjoy. Initially the study began by identifying New Mexico writers of books for children from lists of New Mexico writers which contained writers of both adult and children's literature. The lists …

The Effect Of Work-Study Programs On Certain Student Behaviors, Stanley Schneider

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With the number of drop-outs on the increase, the federal, state and local agencies, as well as private industry, have become involved with methods of student retention. The Vocational Amendments of 1968 have given impetus to work-study programs of various types for the possible retention of these students.

The null hypothesis of this study was that the work-study programs examined do not change the characteristics of the potential drop-out which were used to identify him as a potential drop-out.

The study took place at North Babylon, New York. There a general work-study program known as the School to Employment Program …

An Analysis Of Administrator And Student Leader Views Of Student Discontent And Solutions On One University Campus., Harold Peter Menninger

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The purpose of this investigation was to analyze problems of and solutions to student discontent as viewed by university administrators and student leaders. In addition, the responsibilities, future, and roles of these two groups were investigated, along with questions about the involvement of faculty and students in protest issues and their value positions. Talcott Parsons' theoretical framework, which includes the concept of functional imperatives, was used to achieve deeper interpretation of the results. Several hypotheses derived from Parsons' theory were set forth and tested.

Data were collected on the respondents' personal backgrounds, on reactions to stud��nt discontent and its solutions, …

A Need Assessment And Proposed Curriculum For Low Socio-Economic Elementary School Children., Mary Ann Jenkins Brewster

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This study was concerned with the problems of curriculum in disadvantaged areas. The purposes were to evaluate present curricula and also to discover the relationship of teacher training and teacher attitude to the major problems in low socio-economic areas.

Three third grade classes of various percentages of ethnic and racial groups were used. All schools were located in deprived areas.

Class One had 64.3 per cent Black, 25 per cent Spanish surnamed, 3.5 per cent Indian, and 7.2 per cent Anglo students. Class Two's percentages were 80 per cent Spanish surnamed, 8 per cent Black, 8 per cent Anglo, and …

Dictation Procedures And Related Practices In Offices In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Hazel Powell

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The problem.

The purpose of this study was to determine and to analyze the procedures and related practices that characterize office dictation as it is given in representative offices in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Procedure.

Interviews held with forty dictators of office dicta­tion and the forty persons who transcribed their dictation yielded cur­rent data concerning dictation procedures. Organizations represented were distributors of goods and services, educational institutions, gov­ernment, manufacturing businesses, military establishments; and- service organizations. One-half of the dictators were asked to dictate three or four items each to be tape-recorded as a supplement to the interviews.

Findings and conclusions.

Findings …

The Use Of I/T/A In A Special Summer Remedial Reading Program, Dianne Mair Sego

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Purpose of the study: The purpose of this study was to determine the efficiency of the use of the Initial Teaching Alphabet as a remedial reading teaching technique. Six children who failed to learn a basic sight vocabulary from their respective basal text reading programs in the first or second year of school were chosen as participants.

Procedure: In May, 1967, he pupils were tested with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children to determine the intelligence quotients of each child. All of the boys received a score which placed them within the lower limits of the average rang of intelligence. …

A Comparison Of The Attitudes Of Rural And Urban New Mexico Educators Toward Negotiations, Sanctions, Traditionalism, And Progressivism In Education, William H. Phillips

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The Problem:

Collective negotiations and sanctions are two of the most salient issues confronting education today. The purpose of this study was to identify, measure, describe, and compare the attitudes of New Mexico teachers and principals, both rural and urban, toward the basic issues of collective negotiations and sanctions. In addition, this study compared New Mexico teachers and principals on traditional-progressive attitudes toward education.

A Factor Analysis Of The Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test Across Four Ethnic Groups, William Robert Merz

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A study was conducted to examine the factor structure of the Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test (DAP) item responses across four ethnic groups. The Man Scale of the test was used: 1338 Anglo, Black, Mexican American, and Yucca Indian first grade boys and girls were included. The children were 6, 7, and 8 years old. Californian Achievement Test (CAT) performance was included in the investigation.

Age and sex variables were correlated with Goodenough-Harris item responses and CAT subscores. Correlation matrices were reduced by principal components analysis with orthogonal rotation to simple structure.

Similar factor structures were obtained across the four ethnic groups. …

An Investigation Of The Relationships Between Organizational Climates Of Schools And Teacher Leadership Dimensions, Willie Sanchez

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The importance of this study rests upon its contributions to the study of the effects of system characteristics upon teacher effectiveness. Organizational climates of schools have a pervasive influence over the behaviors of teachers, and, in turn, upon pupils. The organizational climates of schools have been studied and their ideal profiles have been plotted. The effects of teachers' behaviors upon pupils have also had extensive consideration. However, the effects of the characteristics of the whole school upon intermediate and primary participants have not been studied. In particular, no studies have been done on the effects of the climate of the …