The purpose of this study was to make a critical analysis of the practicality of the outdoor laboratory as a teaching facility in high schools of Midwestern Kansas. The study was limited to operating high schools within an area defined on the...
The purpose of this study was to determine the amount of pre- service preparation in mathematics that had been completed by mathematics teachers in Class A high schools of Kansas as based upon the criteria of semester hours in mathematics and...
The specific problem of this field study was to trace the development of the preparation of secondary teachers at Fort Hays Kansas State College beginning with the fall semester of 1941-42 and ending with the fall semester of 1964-65. This period...
The transition from high school to adulthood for the disabled has become a required process under federal and state laws, and includes the process of making postsecondary education choices. This study compared postsecondary plans of 104 high...
One hundred forty-nine children in grades kindergarten through 12th, ages 5 to 18 years of age participated. Children in this study were referred to special education for an evaluation or for counseling. They were referred for learning...
The purpose of this study was to compare the relationship of self-concept to reading achievement. The study was designed to test the following hypotheses: (1) That children with positive self-concepts are more likely to achieve higher degrees of...
The issue of when children should enter school to ensure later academic success continues to be of concern to educators, administrators, and parents. Numerous studies investigating the age effects on achievement of the youngest and oldest students...
Subjects of this study consisted of 140 university students, including married and unmarried Iren and women at five levels of collegiate education. The instrument utilized for this study was developed by the researcher which included 60 items. The...
The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the relationship of the professional self-concept of staff nurses and intent to stay at current job position. A non-experimental survey design was utilized to investigate staff nurses from rural...
Continued study and extensive reading in the area of school administration indicated that a definite description of the responsibilities of the high school principal did not exist. It also became apparent that a specific graduate program of studies...
This paper will show how the fight to end segregation in public schools that marked the beginning of the modern civil rights movement had its roots in the small Clarendon County town of Summerton, South Carolina, and was spearheaded by the...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the perceptions of elementary school principals, elementary school teachers, and parents of sixth graders concerning the role and function of the elementary school counselor. A list of Kansas high...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the roles and functions of elementary principals. The independent variables investigated were position, year of experience in education, amount of formal education, and gender. The dependent...
A total 70 comparisons plus 70 reoccurring comparisons were made. Of the 70 comparisons made 20 were main effects. Of the 20 main effects 8 were statistically significant. The following main effects were statistically significant at the .05 level:...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the satisfaction of parents attending parent teacher conferences toward parent teacher conferences. The independent variables investigated were ethnicity, level of parent educational attainment,...
The purpose of this research was to collect data in an effort to establish the status of health education in Kansas secondary schools. To meet this end, the questionnaire on the Status of Health Education in Kansas Secondary Schools, an instrument...
The purpose of the study was to appraise the ungraded primary as an administrative device providing for individual differences of pupils through the media of instruction. The study was confined to Miller Elementary School, Dodge City, Kansas, where...
The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of teaching primary reading by incorporating basal readers and methods with a plan of individualized instruction.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of counting tactics in teaching children to hear and to discriminate the correct and incorrect production of a phoneme as they articulate and to compare the teaching of auditory discrimination by...
The purpose of this study was to compare the amount of increase in the Olympic lift total, between one group of subjects using a rack work routine of exercises and another group of subjects using a weight lifting movement routine of exercises. From...
This proposal, prepared for my advisory committee, will describe the relevance of web-based, content-driven systems designed specifically to disseminate elementary education classroom materials and information via the web. Web-based content...
A status-survey design was employed to determine the degree of anger selected client behaviors evoked within practicing therapists and practicum students in training to become therapists. Returned, usable questionnaires included response of 200...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate allocated time in minutes per week, ideal time in minutes per week, and attitude toward art, music, and physical education in the public schools as reported by elementary principals. The independent...
The nurse administrator leadership style influences the professional nurse's perceptions of work effectiveness. In today's rapidly changing healthcare industry, this relationship between leadership style and condition of work effectiveness warrants...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate a transitional first grade program. The independent variables were gender and lunch status. The dependent variables were: scores from the Student Attitude toward Transitional First Grade...
Prejudice is an unreasonable attitude revealed in emotional, verbal, and physical manifestations. Generally, it is caused by fear, hate, and desire for both economic and psychological advantages. Stereotypes of the Negro held by the Whites and over...
Implementing a new student information system is complicated and costly, whether it is for a large university or a small community college. Computerized student information systems have evolved over time beyond simply record keeping systems into...
The purpose of this study was to propose a plan for the unification of school districts in Ellsworth County Kansas to equalize the burden of school support and educational benefits and to provide more efficient school districts which make possible...
The purpose of this research was to investigate university faculty and administrators attitudes toward students with disabilities. The independent variables were gender, academic discipline, rank, position, knowledge of Section 504, education...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the opinions of graduates concerning the education they received in the educational administration preparation program. The independent variables investigated were: position, level of school, school...
The major purpose of this study was to determine the business courses which help the school superintendent and high school principal to better administer their school.
A questionnaire was sent to ninety-four school administrators in Kansas who had...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the changing representation and distribution of school employees across gender, race, and job over the time period from 1973 to 1988 with five -year increments (1973, 1978, 1983, and 1988) in a large...
Retention of registered nurses is affected by a number of factors including, but not limited to, the aging current workforce, differences in women’s career choices, and work environment (Texas Nurses Association, 2000). Dissatisfaction and...
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have reached epidemic proportions. Adolescents and young adults are disproportionately affected because of their risk taking behaviors and immature biological systems (Eng & Butler, 1997). Knowledge and...
