This study was concerned with identifying the program activities
and resources believed necessary to support a districtwide, comprehensive
school health instruction program and investigated the perceptions
of an expert committee composed of persons involved in
school health instruction in the State of Washington.
A questionnaire, developed after extensive review of...
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships
between modern and traditional schools and children's self-concepts.
In order to do this, it was necessary to describe and define the
phenomenon "self-concept" as used in education and to describe what the
author meant by modern...
Purpose of the Study
The education of culturally diverse children has been one of the
focuses of education since the early 1960's. One of the factors
influencing education's inability to deal with the needs of culturally
diverse children is the lack of teacher's foundational knowledge of
language and linguistics as...
The major objective of this study was to seek the reactions
of a group of supermarket managers as to what factors they felt were
necessary to a successful performance in their occupation.
One hundred eighty-four managers employed by a western-based
firm which operates stores in ten states returned questionnaires
rating...
Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this investigation was to measure some of the effects of an elementary science program, the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) on science achievement of certain sixth grade students. Important to the problem was how the SCIS students compared with students exposed to a...
The primary purpose of this study was to develop guidelines for
planning a preservice preparation program which would encompass the
critical issues in community college teacher education identified in
the related literature and by national and state authorities. The
secondary purpose was to suggest a plan for a community college...
Stream buffer strips are an important tool for protecting the stream environment. This research documents the losses from 40 stream buffer strips, in the Western Cascades of Oregon, established 1 to 15 years before the study. Predictive equations are developed
which identify the major reasons for buffer strip losses. Losses...
The Purpose of the Study: The major purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences among the opinions of participating employers, previous participating employers, and non- participating employers concerning cooperative vocational education,. The hypothesis that there is no significant difference among the mean scores for the three...
The focus of this study was to identify persistent
problems in the developmental history of the American
Department of Defense dependents schools in Okinawa, Japan.
The period of time covered was from 1946 through 1978.
The study includes historical descriptions of curriculum
development, obtaining and maintaining school facilities,
and the...