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Teacher Effectiveness Training With Prestudent Teachers In Language Arts., Mollie B. Bailey

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Teacher Effectiveness Training (a human relations program developed by Thomas Gordon) on the attitudes of pre-student teachers in language arts as measured by scored on the Minnesota teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI), Rokeach Dogmatism Scale (RDS). Teaching Situation Recreation Test (TSRT), and Public Opinion Questionnaire E (E Scale).

The population for the study consisted of 29 pre-student teachers with language arts majors or minors, enrolled in the course Secondary Education 361 during the fall semester, 1971, at the University of New Mexico. These students planned to practice teach during the …

The Relationship Of Ethnicity And Socio-Economic Status To Student Perceptions Of School Bureaucracy., Thomas Henry Cloyd

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The central concern of this study was to investigate and analyze student perceptions of the school bureaucracy. The findings indicated a relationship between the student characteristics of age, sex, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and total effectiveness, and student perceptions of school bureaucracy. It was also found that students perceive the school more bureaucratically than did a panel of judges’ rating the same school.

Students in nine schools (three elementary, three junior high, and three senior high) in the Albuquerque Public School District served as subjects in this study. The schools were stratified according to the socio-economic status of the school population. …

A Study Of The Relationship Between Teacher Perceptions And Bicultural/Bilingual Affective Interaction In The Classroom, Augustine García

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The Problem

Many school districts and teacher education institutions are initiating bicultural/bilingual teacher inservice training programs. Generally, these programs include two kinds of objectives. The first are "orienting" objectives, such as the development of cultural awareness and Spanish proficiency, to be achieved during the instructional period. Secondly, "performance" objectives are those which are assumed to be reached in the classroom, as a result of the achievement of the "orienting" objectives. This assumption has yet to be investigated.

Statement of the problem. The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a relationship between teacher perceptions of the …

Situations And Language: A Sociolinguistic Investigation, Rosalie Maggio Donofrio

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Statement of Problem

The purpose of this research is to begin to refute the deficit approach to the verbal abilities of poor children. It is the investigator's contention that data collected on poor children's verbal abilities was done in incorrect social situations. Current research indicates that language development is innate. Evidence now indicates, also, that "disadvantaged" children will be non-verbal and/or nonsensical in situations they see as threatening, while in non-threatening situations they display an adequate verbal ability. It is the object of this research to vary socio­linguistic variables, and create symmetrical and asymmetrical situations, in order to test the …

A Writing Seminar For Speakers Of Black English, Patricia Ann Geuder

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Statement of the Problem

The problem was to incorporate the findings of sociolinguistic research in Black English into a writing seminar for lower socio-economic Black students entering an institution of higher learning. This seminar was to be linguistically and pedagogically sound, efficiently structured, and motivationally effective with the result that the written dialect of Standard English would be comprehended and produced during the first term of each student's entry into the institution. The purpose of the study was to investigate the efficacy of the use of contrastive analysis methodology as a means of reducing both the kinds and numbers of …

Multicultural Curriculum Training With Pre-Student Teachers In Language Arts., Martha Weidman Hubble

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Despite serious attempts to increase the educational success of minority groups, culturally diverse learners continue to fail to acquire the educational skills that allow for comforts afforded the majority culture. With stress on developing native and English language skills, important cultural aspects of minority groups' heritages have not been the primary concern. This study relates to two problems in multicultural education1 (1) the inability of teachers to relate to and understand. the culturally diverse learner, and (2) the dearth of teaching materials based on the minority group members' cultural heritages.

Randomly selected from 29 secondary education pre-student teachers in language …

Attitudes Toward Bilingual Education: A Study Of Parents With Children In Selected Bilingual Programs, Lorraine P. GutiéRrez

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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The purpose of this study was to investigate attitudes of parents, whose children were in bilingual programs, toward bilingual education. The study also sought to find if differences existed between income groups in attitudes related to sex, age, mobility, and education.

PROCEDURE

Two hundred and twenty persons (or 110 pairs of parents) whose children were in bilingual programs in ten schools in the Albuquerque Public School System comprised the sample. They were divided into two socioeconomic groups based on occupation, lower-middle and upper-lower, and subdivided by sex, age, mobility and education. A sixty-three item questionnaire was …

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 The Operation, Philosophy, Methodology And History Of Freedom High School, An Alternative School., Donald G. Bruckner

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The purpose of this effort was (1) to study the purpose and operation of Freedom High School, (2) to ascertain its philosophical base and compare it with prevalent theories of education, (3) to analyze the performance of its teachers and students, (4) to experience the Freedom High experiment personally by teaching at the school, (5) to address its implications for secondary education in the future, and (6) to comment and recommend future directions for the school.

The Role Of Business Practicum As An Educational Experience., Justin Frederick Baer

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Business Practicum, for the purpose of this study, was defined as a self-directed learning experience that provided an opportunity for the participants to assume major responsibilities for a full range or office experiences in a real situation by utilizing the resources of the school.

The purpose of this study was to examine Business Practicum in terms of the reactions of the participants and to analyze and evaluate the results.

Three groups of business education graduates were utilized in the study. From the class of 1969, the total group of business education graduates was used--these graduates did not experience Business Practicum. …

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) …

Criteria And Guidelines For The Establishment And Implementation Of Associate Degree Programs In Four-Year Institutions., James Kay Johnston

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The central purpose of this study was to determine criteria for the establishment of associate degree programs in four-year institutions and to gather information that would serve as guidelines to administrators in the implementation of such programs. Information was obtained through a review of the literature, a catalog or bulletin analysis, and a questionnaire sent to directors of associate degree programs in four-year institutions that were members of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.

Estudio De Actitudes Y Comportamiento Del Profesor En RelacióN Con El Fracaso Estudiantil, J. Heriberto Jaramillo Paniagua

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The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between student failure rate and teacher sense of responsibility toward student failure. The sample was selected randomly from officially accredited high schools in a single state in Colombia. The schools from which the sample was drawn were all composed of grades 6 through 12. All full-time teachers in each of the selected schools were required to complete a questionnaire. The questionnaire was intended to determine whether teachers tended to assign the responsibility for student failure to themselves, to the student or to the school system. Biographical information about each teacher …

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 …

Clozentropy Procedure As An Instrument For Measuring Oral English Competencies Of First Grade Children., Hazel Viola Craker

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Testing of oral English competencies in pre­literate children has had two basic problems: tests were either specific to a particular program of instruction or were inefficient in terms of breadth of coverage of the complex language skills required for adequate communication. Cloze Procedure showed promise of efficient sampling of language skills unrelated to any specific instructional program, but was limited by inadequate scoring precision. Clozentropy Procedure in 1968 provided a precise mathematical scoring technique for Cloze Procedure and a valid and reliable measure of the compatibility of the English of foreign university students with that of native university students in …

Teacher Effectiveness:A Study Of The Relationship Between Teacher Personality Characteristics And Anxiety In Elementary Pupils., Ervin F. Holle

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From the theoretical and research literature on personality, interaction and teacher characteristics, a general hypothesis was formulated:

Personality maladjustment of a teacher generates personality maladjustment in the pupils in that teacher's classroom resulting in the pupils' failure to incorporate appropriate information and the maintenance of a state of high anxiety.

Reformulated operationally the hypothesis became: Personality maladjustment of a teacher, as measured by the MMPI, results in the maintenance of high levels of anxiety, as measured by the Sarason anxiety scales, in the pupils of that teacher's classroom.

Forty teachers responded to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and were scored …

Altruistic Therapy, Stephen H. Field

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This dissertation consists of a model of therapy, Altruistic Therapy, as developed by the author and a study to evaluate its efficacy. Altruistic Therapy, which focuses on getting versus giving, consists of helping people recognize their self-defeating patterns of getting and helps them learn to give to themselves and others so that they can come to appreciate themselves and improve their interpersonal relationships. Getting (as defined) is self-defeating because it reinforces feelings of deficiency, places one in a self-defeating bind and disrupts effective communications, cutting one off from others. Giving (as defined) is therapeutic because it focuses on an individual's …

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 …

Reports By Native And Non-Native Speakers Of English On Their Strategies On The Cloze Procedure: Implications For Language Proficiency Testing And Language Learning, Thomas Emil Beck

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This study utilizes an interview procedure to elicit self-report, or intuitive, data from a sample of native and non-native speakers of English, all university students, on their recall of their strategies on the cloze procedure. Interview procedures appear not to have been previously used in the study of behavior on integrative language tests. Thus the primary methodological goal of this study was to determine if the interview procedure would produce valid information of practical use both to language testing specialists and to language teachers. A second major goal was to determine how the use of strategies might differ among native …

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 …

An Educational Attitudinal Synthetic Plane Placement Instrument, Felix Garcia Jr.

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The purpose of the study was to generate a heuristic Educational Attitudinal Synthetic Plane Placement (EASPP) Instrument composed of six major components: (1) the X Coordinate, (2) the Y Coordinate, (3) the eight apexes, (4) the eight octants, (5) the two diagonals, and (6) the clusterings. A quasi-experimental ex post facto design was employed. Thus, the EASPP was created by using a proven, abstract and conceptual attitudinal rating scale--the Kerlinger and Kaya Education Scale and an unproven, experiential and conceptual instrument--a questionnaire developed by this investigator. The intent was to marry a general conceptual and abstract attitudinal response to an …

An Investigation Of Holland's Theory Of Vocational Psychology, Dale Mitchell Johnson

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The purpose of the study was to investigate questions which were generated within three basic areas of Holland's theory of vocational psychology with respect to a sample of technical-vocational students. The three phases of the study were related to occupational classification, personality consistency, and personality patterns as they relate to technical-vocational training success. A sample of 393 students majoring in eleven different technical and vocational fields were administered the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI). All students in the sample were enrolled in, and had completed a substantial portion of their training in technical, vocational, and beauty schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico. …

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 …

A Survey Of Opinions Of Selected Principals Concerning Preparation And Characteristics Of Teachers For Junior High And Middle Schools., Lela Joan G. Brown

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The great majority of those who teach in junior high and middle schools have not experienced a professional preparation intended specifically for teachers of these grades. It would seem reasonable that the teachers for the junior high and middle schools should be prepared in programs specifically designed for teachers of these grades, programs that are distinct and different from either the traditional elementary or secondary type of teacher preparation. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the perceptions of principals of junior high and middle schools concerning what they felt to be important in the preparation of teachers of …

The Analysis Of Missing Data And Its Computer Implementation, John Phillips Grillo

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The major problem for investigation was to get useful information out of missing data, where missing data were defined as items not answered on a returned questionnaire. The author developed a scheme of analysis which can provide information not otherwise obtainable to a researcher using questionnaires. A model developed to categorize missing data was based on the reaction of the subject answering the questionnaire. The model rests on the notion the subject's avoidance reaction to the questionnaire item is his measurable attribute at that time. The mathematical development of the scheme of analysis uses the dichotomy of possible answers--the subject …

Sensitivity To Communication In School Administrators, Stephen G. Hess

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The purpose of this study was to compare the mean scores of a group of school administrators on a test of sensitivity to communication in terms of their sex, age, level of position, and length of time in position. The study employed 155 administrators at the central office and individual school levels in a large Southwest school district. Subjects were given The UNM Conversation Self-Report Inventory (Form 369A/Revised), which was designed to measure the extent of communication sensitivity in respondents. Sensitivity to communication is defined as visualizing the purpose of communication to be one of understanding the feelings of others …

A Bicultural Study Of Value Orientations, Leisure Attitudes And Activity Preferences, Royal G. Jackson

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A significant development of the twentieth-century has been the emergence in the United States and in other industrialized nations of a way of life increasingly oriented toward leisure rather than work. The body of knowledge gradually being formulated to cope with this new concern is still lacking in at least one important dimension. Insufficient attention has been given to the role of value orientations in the formation of attitudes toward leisure and leisure pursuits.