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Kains, Susan G. – 1978
This masters thesis is a study of the possibilities of managing various insects for educational or esthetic purposes. The study focused on several insect groups: (1) butterflies, (2) ants, (3) ant lions, (4) tiger beetles, and (5) whirligig beetles. As part of the work on butterfly management a butterfly garden, complete with maintained mud…
Descriptors: Ecology, Entomology, Environmental Education, Environmental Research
Shreffler, Ned L. – 1975
One hundred and ninety four new first quarter freshmen at the Ohio State University went on academic probation at the end of their first quarter. A descriptive study of these students was undertaken using 78 variables from the American College Test Student (ACT) Profile. The purpose was to determine if these students could have been identified…
Descriptors: Academic Probation, College Freshmen, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Mason, Jessie B. – 1978
The report describes the development and implementation of a Prince Georges County (Maryland) special education training institute designed to increase elementary school regular classroom teachers' knowledge and skills relating to teaching mildly handicapped children. The training institute was organized into four modules: identification of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Handicapped Children
Download full textGerig, Gaylord E. – 1975
Described is the Summarized Factorial Assessment Outline (SFAO), a total assessment procedure for educable mentally retarded and learning disabled students which is centered on the three diagnostic processes of identification, interpretation, and prescription for remediation. Following an introduction covering the problem, purpose, need, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education, Identification
Thomas, Jane Kay – 1987
This report was written to provide educators with information on their role in dealing with the problem of child sexual abuse. A review of current literature was conducted to give educators accurate child sexual abuse information, and an annotated bibliography of relevant citations from that review is included. Twenty-seven entries are organized…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Abuse, Elementary Secondary Education, Identification
Turner, Ruth – 1976
A project was proposed to develop a system for the location of unserved handicapped students (3 to 21 years old) and a model for facilitating cooperative planning between the Dallas Independent School District and a major community agency. Efforts to ensure the continuation of these activities included the development of a computerized information…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Luick, Anthony Harlan – 1978
A multi-faceted study followed up 800 children originally administered SCREEN, a comprehensive early identification screening battery. Ss were given an individually administered diagnostic battery: The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA), The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) Verbal Scale, The Beery Visual Motor…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations, Exceptional Child Research, Factor Analysis
Johnston, Patrick S. – 1977
The extent to which juvenile delinquents differ significantly from non-delinquents and probationary-delinquent adolescents in terms of self-esteem and self-concept levels, attitudes toward school, levels of school achievement and failure was investigated. Male students between the ages of 14 and 16 attending three schools in two towns in British…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Anxiety, Delinquency
Metalitz, Beatrice R. – 1976
This dissertation study examined the hypothesis that kindergarten teachers in Rockville, Maryland, perceive that they can identify children with potential or actual learning disabilities as effectively by informal observation techniques as by the use of the structured Maryland Systematic Teacher Observation Instrument (MSTOI). A survey instrument…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Early Childhood Education, Identification, Kindergarten
Woodruff, John – 1987
This report was written to provide educators with information on their role in dealing with the problem of adolescent suicide. A review of current literature was conducted to give educators accurate teenage suicide information, and an annotated bibliography of relevant citations from that review is included. Thirty entries are organized in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Crisis Intervention, Helping Relationship
Feigenberg, Marvin Edward – 1979
The study involving six Philadelphia schools was designed to validate the Circle Test of Honesty as a prescreening technique for identifying candidates for placement in emotionally disturbed (ED) classes. A search of the literature revealed a lack of research correlating moral judgment with identification of disturbed children or with rate of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Sherry, Stanley A. – 1979
In light of the difficulty in making a differential diagnosis among educable mentally retarded (EMR), emotionally handicapped (EH), and learning disabled (LD) students considering only their behavioral characteristics, a study was done to generate descriptive data regarding the behavioral characteristics of such students. Sixty EMR, EH, LD, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Differences
