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Creator:: Olsen, Kris J.
Abstract:: Time is the educational resource educators most desire, but which is in shortest supply. Educators cannot add more days to the 12-month calendar year, or minutes to the day. Whatever control is to be had over the calendar and clock rests in the way time is managed by those in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: regarding a change in a middle school schedule AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Kris J. Olsen for the

Creator:: Link-Jobe, Jannice
Abstract:: This qualitative and quantitative study examines the potential improvement in aggressive student behaviors when a block schedule is implemented in a rural, low socio-economic and multi-cultural middle school. The number of incidents of physical aggression and harassment were obtained from official school records for the years 1992-1996. Interviews were also...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: rural, low socio-economic and multi-cultural middle school. The number of incidents of physical

Creator:: Dexter, Ronald L.
Abstract:: The study attempted to accomplish the following: 1. Identify the causes of absenteeism in an inner-city high school. 2. Investigate and compare the reasons for absenteeism of: (a) boys vs. girls, (b) students with divorced parents vs. students with parents who are not divorced, and (c) bused students vs. resident...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Secondary School Principals in 1973, 1974, and 1975, student absenteeism was listed as the number one

Creator:: Stevens, Clifford W.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of a co-curricular program on the behavior of seriously emotionally disturbed (SED) middle school students. Co-curricular activities are any school-based activities that give students an opportunity to blend the various aspects of their academic learning with personal actions. This was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: oriented interventions for middle school seriously emotionally disturbed students AN ABSTRACT OF THE

Creator:: Clausen, Robert David
Abstract:: The purpose this study was to determine how group counseling influenced attitudes of low-income youth toward self, others, and society. The subjects, all high school age, were participants in an education program held on a college campus during the 1970 regular collegiate summer session. They lived in a residence hall...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: class in a community high school which serves both poverty and middle class homes. The students were

Creator:: Derr, Debra A.
Abstract:: Oregon educational reform efforts are moving ahead with the support of legislation, business and industry, and education. There has been little apparent consideration given to the readiness of tenth graders to make career choices even though the research in the area of career maturity indicates that students at this period...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: years of high school. Either of these options has strengths and weaknesses. However, for the student

Creator:: Willis, James Franklin
Abstract:: The purpose of the investigation was to develop a profile of characteristics, perceptions and expectations of high school students involved in the Washington Tech Prep in Agriculture Statewide Articulation Program (TPAG). The investigation involved nine individual interviews, the responses of 165 students to a forced response survey instrument, and a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: into student characteristics, the dynamics of student career selection, and high school career

Creator:: Tice, Edward Roy
Abstract:: An investigation of the individual perceptions of selected students, teachers, and parents toward the use of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in a careers program was undertaken to provide information about the role CAI plays in the career education curriculum and other curricular areas utilizing CAI. A qualitative methodology was selected which...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: schools throughout the United States in the elementary, middle school, secondary, and college level

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