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A case study of effects of accelerated learning methodology on reading gains of ten middle school students in southwest Washington

Creator:: Questad, Beverly A.
Abstract:: Learning disabled students in special education programs have not been demonstrating equal achievement gains in reading when compared to their non-handicapped peers. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Accelerated Learning methods in teaching reading to ten learning disabled middle school students in southwest Washington. Accelerated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: control instruction? No baseline of pre-experiment intervention achievement gain for the subject sample

The context in which student teaching occurs and its effect on student teacher performance

Creator:: Gallagher, Patricia Reed
Abstract:: The central problem of this study was to construct and validate an instrument to measure the complexity of the contexts in which student teaching occurs and to use the instrument in the investigation of factors related to context complexity and its effect on student teacher performance. The instrument to measure...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Instruction, Instructional Support, Physical Facilities, Pupil Char- acteristics, and the School Supervisor

Language and learning : a case study of a Vietnamese unaccompanied minor in a post secondary setting

Creator:: Davis, Kay Mathews
Abstract:: This study was an ethnographic case study of a Vietnamese unaccompanied minor in a post secondary setting. There were two guiding questions for the study: (1) How does the subject perceive language as it relates to educational experience? (2) What kinds of observable personality, cognitive, or affective factors have contributed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: application in academic situations for this subject. 3) Explicit, structured writing instruction may be

The readability of selected fourth, fifth and sixth grade social studies textbooks as determined by the Fry Readability Graph and group informal reading inventories

Creator:: Pruitt, Janet Louise McCracken, 1930-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the readability of three series of selected fourth, fifth and sixth grade social studies textbooks, a total of nine textbooks. Two measurements were utilized: a readability formula (Fry Readability Graph; Knapp, 1971), and group informal reading inventories. The Fry Graph was applied...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: formulated: H 1 There are no significant differences in the mean scores of the urban and rural subjects

Identification of reading and study skills related to academic success in each of ten schools at Oregon State University

Creator:: Haselton, Shirley Schantz
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to identify essential reading and study skills for academic success in each of the schools at Oregon State University. Further, this study related faculty perception of specific skills and scores of subjects who were tested in these skills. The study...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: approximately 11 weeks of instruction while control students received no reading instruction. Grade point

The effects of career planning on self-concept and academic achievement of at-risk middle school students in an urban public school environment

Creator:: Casey, Michael Winfield
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a six-week career planning dropout prevention program on the self-concepts and academic achievement of at-risk middle school students in an inner-city public school environment. The research population consisted of 1,434 students (grades seven, eight and nine) attending an inner...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . It was concluded that: a) There were no significant differences between pre and post measures of

A study of media personnel and faculty perceptions regarding educational technology services in teachers' colleges in Thailand

Creator:: Nontapa, Ruangwit
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: support of institutional instruction and research (Association for Educational Communication and

A comparison of selected basic skills and personality characteristics in Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development (ABE/GED) and Developmental Education students

Creator:: Bennani, Nancy Gabbert
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to determine whether Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development students and Developmental Education students are significantly different in selected basic skills and in selected personality characteristics. The population of the study (N=100) consisted of equal numbers of students enrolled in ABE/GED and DE classes at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: educational experience appear for enrollment and instruction in open door community colleges. Until the last

A cross-racial comparison of the relationship of personality traits, body mass, and physical fitness among junior high school students in Taiwan

Creator:: Lin, Ching-ho
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to compare differences among 18 personality trait scales of the California Personality Inventory (CPI), six American Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (AAHPER) tests of physical fitness, and Ponderal Index (PI, or body mass) measurements for a population of ethnic Chinese and aboriginal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: trait scales and physical fitness tests, but that there were no significant differences between the two

Determining readability by computer analysis using the Fourier transform to calculate the spatial frequencies of words

Creator:: Piepmeier, Karen Swanson
Abstract:: The black and white pattern formed when an individual word is printed on a page was analyzed by the Fourier transform. The Fourier transform produces a sequence of sinusodial functions, usually called spatial frequencies, whose amplitudes depend upon the particular pattern analyzed. These amplitudes were examined to determine if the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: readability. An extensive literature search indicated that there were no studies using the Fourier transform

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A case study of effects of accelerated learning methodology on reading gains of ten middle school students in southwest Washington

The context in which student teaching occurs and its effect on student teacher performance

Language and learning : a case study of a Vietnamese unaccompanied minor in a post secondary setting

The readability of selected fourth, fifth and sixth grade social studies textbooks as determined by the Fry Readability Graph and group informal reading inventories

Identification of reading and study skills related to academic success in each of ten schools at Oregon State University

The effects of career planning on self-concept and academic achievement of at-risk middle school students in an urban public school environment

A study of media personnel and faculty perceptions regarding educational technology services in teachers' colleges in Thailand

A comparison of selected basic skills and personality characteristics in Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development (ABE/GED) and Developmental Education students

A cross-racial comparison of the relationship of personality traits, body mass, and physical fitness among junior high school students in Taiwan

Determining readability by computer analysis using the Fourier transform to calculate the spatial frequencies of words

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