This study was designed to evaluate the relative effectiveness
of a new college general biology course which utilized an audio -
tutorial laboratory as contrasted with a traditional lecture course.
Five biology classes with 720 students at the Kansas State
Teachers College in Emporia, Kansas, participated in the study.
The...
The purpose of this investigation was to determine if the level
of aspiration procedure consisting of knowledge of results plus goal-setting
possesses a motivational property as reflected in performance
on subject matter criterion instruments above that of knowledge of
results alone in an undergraduate biology course. In addition the
study...
The purpose of this study was to determine the beliefs of home
economics teachers concerning beginning clothing construction skills.
Specifically, the writer was seeking to determine:
1. What sewing skills are essential for beginning clothing construction
students to acquire.
2. What sewing skills are important or desirable for beginning
clothing...
The dynamic philosophy of education as applied to the undergraduate Civil Engineering program has been influenced by such factors
as the introduction of new theories, the demands
and needs of our society and the personnel responsible for teaching.
These changes
are reflected in the curriculum as witnessed
by a historical...
The purpose of the study was to survey aspects of environmental
knowledge and beliefs among Grade 10 students in Australia, in the
belief that such information would be useful for workers in the developing
field of environmental education there.
A survey instrument prepared and used for a similar purpose in...
The study was designed to determine if students using the individualized
instruction method, scored significantly higher on a 30 question
achievement test than did students in more traditional group paced
programs. The study also attempted to determine if attitudes displayed
by educators, as measured on an attitude scale, aided in...
The central purpose of this comparison was to determine the congruence
or difference between two teaching techniques, the programmed
multimedia approach and the traditional teaching method as used in presenting
drug information to eighth grade students in the Mankato,
Minnesota school district. The population sample consisted of 391
students enrolled...
This investigation was designed to determine whether a remediation
program concurrent to enrollment in the Calculus could be used
to reveal and remedy student deficiencies involving pre-calculus topics,
promoting a greater degree of success in the Calculus. The instructional
model for the program that was investigated consisted of pretesting
the...
The central purpose of this study was to identify what animal
science technical competencies are needed by vocational agriculture
instructors and the degree of proficiency they need to perform
these selected animal science technical competencies. The following
questions were considered:
1. What animal science technical competencies are needed
by vocational...
The purpose of this study was to provide information
pertaining to performance levels of Dvorak keyboard operators
through retraining. More specifically, the purposes of
this study were:
1. To compare operator performance rates on the
Dvorak keyboard with operator performance
rates on the Qwerty keyboard.
2. To determine whether keyboard...