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Wiseman, Merlyn Dale – 1975
A questionnaire designed to discover the effectiveness of a reading program model for secondary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School system was submitted to the junior and senior high school principals and 24 coordinators. Answers indicated that most schools considered most of the steps in the model, but that they varied the emphasis on…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Models, Program Administration, Program Development
Tanner, Wendell R. – 1977
This project was designed to develop and implement a model for providing a physical education program for the students at Bacon County (Georgia) Junior High School utilizing the resources available. The concept was based on the results of effective programs employing peer tutors as instructors. A corollary goal was to provide positive experiences…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Models, Physical Education, Program Descriptions
Terry, Laura Lynn – 1976
A General Semantics Language Arts program was developed to improve the self-confidence of third-grade pupils. The effectiveness of the program was tested in an experiment involving 165 students. Four treatment group teachers used the program three times a week for ten weeks; control group teachers were not introduced to the program and continued…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Grade 3, Language Arts
Cox, David H. – 1979
A report is given of the work of a study committee selected to plan and implement a sex education program at the secondary level. The committee was comprised of students, parents, and teachers. After examining what other schools in the area had done to meet sex education needs, the committee wrote a statement of philosophy and purpose, reacted to…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Needs Assessment, Program Development, Program Evaluation
Polk, Tobye Pellman – 1976
This dissertation examines the basis for adoption and development of elective English programs in the school district of Philadelphia's 21 comprehensive senior high schools. Personal, structured, executive interviews conducted in the work setting with English department heads were the source of data for the study. It was hypothesized that elective…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Elective Courses
Blackburn, Susan Fleming – 1976
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a structured listening program on 220 first-, second-, and third-grade students enrolled in Title I schools in the ALbuquerque, New Mexico, public school system. All of the students were given the Educational Testing Service's Cooperative Primary Tests: Listening, and the author's own…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Experimental Programs, Instructional Programs
McHargue, Robert Michael – 1975
This study was designed to develop and evaluate new methods of helping college students increase their academic reading efficiency. Three new one-unit courses--identical in reading content, tasks, and skills development, but differing in format, amount of structure, and delivery mode--were developed. The teaching methods in these courses were…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education
Kroll, Ronald C. – 1990
The purpose of this project was to identify academic advising strategies that would be appropriate for the small, private college setting; to develop an academic advising system; and to implement the system through a trial model at Practical Bible Training School in Binghamton, New York. The model consisted of preservice and inservice training for…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Counseling Techniques, Faculty Advisers, Faculty Development
Dotterweich, Andrew H., Jr. – 1974
The purpose of this practicum was to develop, implement, and evaluate an educational program to combat venereal disease. The objectives of the program were: (1) to increase public awareness of the problem of venereal disease, (2) to alert parents and students to the dangers of venereal disease, (3) to enable students to make rational judgments…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Health Education, Instructional Programs
Hensel, Nancy Hove – 1973
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of a creative dramatics program and a creative expression program on the development of basic language concepts, creative thinking abilities, and creative dramatics abilities in kindergarten children. The sample consisted of 58 children divided into three racially and sexually balanced…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Creative Expression, Creative Thinking, Doctoral Dissertations
Heath, Margaret Eleanor – 1975
This study attempted to identify the factors which have had significant influence on English teachers' attitudes and practices concerning the inclusion of career-education concepts, activities, and materials in high school English programs in Florida. Utilizing a stratified random sample, the study sampled 325 English teachers, at 45 of the 203…
Descriptors: Career Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Epner, Marcia Gornick – 1975
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a two semester junior college reading program designed to train teacher aides to assist professionals in reading programs. Null hypotheses were that a training program for paraprofessional reading aides would result in no significant mean score differences in acquired proficiencies…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Drew, Herbert A., Jr.; Lynch, Edward J. – 1975
Described is the development of the Regional Education Assessment Diagnostic Services (READS) project, a collaborative organization of 20 Massachusetts school districts which would enable the districts to provide the diagnostic services mandated by recent state legislation for children having special needs. Among topics covered are the legislative…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Education
Romero, Rhonda Clapper – 1974
This thesis reviews infant learning literature, describes infant education programs, and discusses Piaget's theory of development. Also presented is a curriculum model which is Piagetian in perspective and includes: (1) information on some psychological foundations of infant education; (2) a planning component explaining appropriate settings,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Day Care, Demonstration Programs
Newman, James F. – 1988
This project was conducted to develop a strategic plan to improve the quality of the Master of Business Administration program at Dowling College (Oakdale, New York), focusing on the issue of specialization in the program, the importance of the curriculum in future careers, the quality of instruction, and the quality of college facilities and…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Planning, Curriculum Development, Educational Planning
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