The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a
tutoring program and a traditional program in improving achievement
for students registered in low achiever English classes in reading
comprehension, language usage skills and spelling as well as student
interest in the study of English. For this study...
Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study is to determine the direction of the
emerging role of the teacher aide in Oregon Public Schools and to
make recommendations on the basis of the findings of this study.
Securing and Treating Data
The data for this study were obtained...
Purposes of the Study: 1. To design an instrument for classification of
teacher-child verbal interaction formulating classroom
cognitive patterns of communication.
2. To use the designed instrument in a classroom
outside the pilot program to formulate an apparent
teacher-child cognitive pattern of communication. Securing and Treating the Data:
Information basic...
Statement of the problem:
The study sought to determine whether certain
measurable differences existed between students who had
withdrawn after acceptance into the accelerated mathematics
classes in the Portland schools and students who
had persisted after acceptance into the program. Examined
were: scores on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills,...
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study was to determine if upper division,
undergraduate, elementary education students would demonstrate a
significant change in self-actualization as measured by the Personal
Orientation Inventory following instruction in five (5) communication
skills (paraphrasing, behavior description, description of own feelings,
perception checking, feedback...
The purposes of the study were: (1) to provide a descriptive
analysis and historical record of the undergraduate OSU Fourth Cycle
Urban/Rural-Migrant Teacher Corps program; (2) to follow up former
OSU Fourth Cycle corps members to determine their employment status
and attitudes toward their educational experiences; and (3) to determine...
Thirty preschoolers were tested for language skills using
the Preschool Language Scale (PLS), Peabody Picture Vocabulary
Test-Revised (PPVT-R) Form L, and Sequenced Inventory of Communication
Development (SICD). Each child's age scores on one test
were compared to his/her scores on the other two tests. As a
group, the children achieved...
The Norwegian-Swedish Crisis of 1905 is unique because the two
kingdoms, united in a dual monarchy, separated peacably. The thesis
raises three questions: why did Norway want independence at all, why
was the secession peacable, and can any of the factors which solved
the Crisis of 1905 be injected or...