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Middleton, Doris Marie – 1975
The purpose of this study was to determine whether students enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) English in the senior year in the Memphis (Tennessee) City School System entered college immediately on graduation in greater proportions than students who were enrolled in other senior English courses. It was concluded that the number of students…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, Advanced Students, Doctoral Dissertations
Brucker, Benjamin Wayne, Jr. – 1976
The purpose of this study was to develop and field test a series of modules designed to prepare preservice education students to teach elementary-level language arts. The program included units on creativity, creative writing, listening, handwriting, and spelling. Field testing was accomplished with 37 preservice students enrolled in a language…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Elementary Education, English Instruction
Raaum, Alfhild M. – 1978
Data for this study were gathered from primary sources (interviews, government records, minutes of meetings, correspondence, and tapes of programs), as well as secondary sources including the two reports "The Action Study of Educational Uses of Satellite Communications in Remote Alaskan Villages" and "The Educational Satellite…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Communications Satellites, Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Problems
Vik, Gretchen Nadeen – 1975
This thesis was a descriptive study of developmental writing programs in two- and four-year colleges. The following areas were investigated: identifying students who need extra language skills help; placing students in flexible programs so they can learn what they individually need to know; evaluating materials to teach skills; evaluating…
Descriptors: Administration, College Programs, Developmental Programs, Doctoral Dissertations
Download full textPatterson, R. T., Jr. – 1976
The purpose of this practicum was to implement and evaluate a peer tutoring program designed to raise the reading level of a selected group of low-achieving students at Harry Stone Middle School, an all-black, sixth- and seventh-grade school in the Dallas, Texas, Independent School District. Objectives were twofold: to raise the grade-equivalent…
Descriptors: Black Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Individualized Instruction
Hattman, John William – 1974
This dissertation is part of a study that explains and evaluates a high interest curriculum in the basic communication areas of reading, writing, and speaking. The curriculum is based on the theories that the vital communication skills are more effectively taught when they are unified in reinforcing activities, and that literature in the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Core Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation
PDF pending restorationKrawiec, Walter E. – 1976
This dissertation is a case study of the Van Riper-Hopper House Museum in Wayne Township, New Jersey. The study was undertaken to determine and to illustrate the kinds of educational contributions which local historical museums can make within their communities. Chapter one introduces the nature and scope of the study. A review of related…
Descriptors: Activities, Adult Education, Bibliographies, Case Studies
