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Programmed Instruction in Reading Correlated with Student Characteristics and Program Variables.
Joy, Charles Paul, Sr. – 1975
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an automated programed instructional unit under varying conditions. Students' sex and socioeconomic status as an influence on achievement when interacting with the intervention was investigated along with other facts. The selected literature included a review of representative samples…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Predictor Variables, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness
Comparative Development of Community Services Programs in Relationship to Organizational Variables among Colleges in an Urban Community College District.
Yerger, Benjamin James – 1975
Using a comparative case study method, community services programs at four community colleges in a multi-campus district in California were examined. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationships between three sets of organizational variables--organizational arrangements, program support, and planning procedures--and program…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Advisory Committees, Case Studies, Community Colleges
State Book Award Programs: Putting Children's Choices in the Media Collection. A Scholarly Study.
Greer, Barbara A. – 1992
The purpose of this study was to examine children's choice state book award programs to determine their impact on the media collection and, ultimately, on what students were reading. Questionnaires were sent to 40 randomly selected schools in 5 states (Georgia, Ohio, Texas, California, and Vermont) with active (1991-1992) state book award…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Library Material Selection
A Study of the Relationship of Selected Variables to Achievement in a Basic Communication Skills Course.
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Warming, Virginia Oliver – 1976
One hundred twenty college freshmen in the lowest 20% of their classes participated in a study of the relationships between scores on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test and the Cooperative English Test and varying levels of standing on ACT English and Social Studies and SAT Verbal Tests, by race and gender, controlling for high school grade-point…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Communication Skills, Educational Research
A Study of National Science Foundation Institute Participation and Chemistry Content Preparation of Chemistry Teachers Related to the Academic Achievement of Secondary School Chemistry Students in the Memphis City School System.
Marking, William Michael – 1971
The purpose of this study was to investigate several variables related to teacher preparation and cognitive achievement of high school chemistry students. The teacher population consisted of 35 teachers. Twenty-three hundred student scores on the Cooperative Science Test in Chemistry were collected and categorized for relevant data. Two hundred…
Descriptors: Achievement, Chemistry, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
Educational Usefulness of the Advanced Placement English Course in New York State.
Richardson, Mary W. – 1978
This study investigated the value of the Advanced Placement English course in New York State secondary schools, the college performances of former Advanced Placement and Non-Advanced Placement English participants, the best predictor of accelerants' performances in the first college English course, and which predictors, when combined, stabilized…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Freshmen, Course Evaluation, English Curriculum