Contextual teaching is emerging as an important concept in education reform
efforts. This field study attempts to clarify the concept of contextual teaching by defining
and identifying characteristics found in the research literature, experienced teacher
observations and practices, and students' views of contextual teaching.
The foundation for this field study...
The major purpose of this study was to assess changes
in behavioral understanding and attitudes students may have
experienced in association with their participation in a
high school child development course. In addition, assessments
were made of changes in subject's perceptions cf:
1) marriage role expectation, 2) self-concept, and 3)...
Evidence supporting the contribution of American high school
curricula to student transition from school to work was inconclusive.
Social science research indicated that high school programs had little
effect upon student achievement after leaving school. This study
developed a model to identify factors that influence the transition
from school to...
The investigative study of female teacher leadership at the high school was undertaken to reveal women's leadership roles as they exist and to examine the potential for increasing women's voices in the educational world. The study further desired to identify support systems that could be enhanced to promote and sustain...
A large amount of research has been conducted that establishes that students
of all ages hold conceptions about a variety of science topics that are not in line
with accepted scientific beliefs. These preconceptions have been identified in a
variety of ways in research situations; this study focused on how...
This thesis is a study of the clothing behavior of disadvantaged
adolescents in a rural community as it relates to the factors of social class, security level, peer acceptance and self-selection of clothing.
This study was selected because very little research in clothing
behavior has been done in disadvantaged rural...
This study was an investigation to determine the instructional
media competencies that inservice teachers of secondary education
teaching disciplines recommend for pre-service teachers in their
discipline.
A literature review focused on four main questions:
1. What historical events mark the development of the field
of instructional media?
2. What are...