This study investigates the change in reading comprehension ability of a child who has a distinct type of visual dysfunction, scotopic sensitivity syndrome when treated with spectrally modified lenses, Irlen filters. Recent research has indicated...
The purpose for which this study was designed was to present a useful aid to those prospective business teachers who would be considering a teaching position at a Kansas or Oklahoma Junior College. It was the intent of the study to give needed...
This current study was designed to investigate student perceptions of teacher immediacy in United States and Chinese college classrooms, and the relationship between teacher immediacy behaviors and student affective learning. A total number of 218...
Storytelling is considered one of the oldest forms of communication. The purpose of this study is to 1) study the role of oral storytelling comparing African, Native, Hispanic and European American students; 2) examine whether oral storytelling...
Increasingly, educators instruct students with special needs in general instead of special education classrooms even though little evidence exists suggesting that students with disabilities exhibit relatively increased academic responding and...
Recent research dealing with learning disabled children and locus of control have primarily been base don Rotter’s theory of locus of control, in which two basic loci exist: internal or external. Most results have concurred that learning...
This study was designed to compare the effect of different types of extratextual interactions during joint book reading on first-graders’ storybook comprehension abilities. Extratextual interactions are adult utterances incorporated into shared...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the effects o f six f actors: gender, age, race, English proficiency, cultural commitment, and family pattern on secondary school students' preferences for counselors' traits (gender, age, and race)...
The purpose of this study was to compare the attitudes of junior college transfer students toward their junior college and senior college experiences. More specifically, this study was designed to gat her research from transfer students on the...
The purpose of this study was to design a developmental reading program for high school, which will (1) give basic instruction in reading to all students as a part of the curriculum; (2) provide guidance for the improvement of instruction in...
To maintain a school system that offers a curriculum and extracurricular program that best fits the needs of its students, the Board of Education, U.S.D., 431, Hoisington, Kansas recommended that, in 1974, studies be conducted to determine the...
The purpose of this report was to present information in regard to school buildings insurance in Kansas. This study was planned to acquaint administrators, school board members, teachers, and interested parties with possible school buildings...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide the teachers at the Lincoln Elementary School, Hays, Kansas with a guide to go by in preparing the physical education program.
Procedures: The procedures used in formulating the course of study...
As a first step toward revising programs of teacher education institutions, and existing conditions in our school, a study was undertaken to determine the degree of teacher maladjustment among teachers in the Hays, Kansas area. All teachers...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the attitudes toward reading of second and fourth grade students before and after implementing a read-aloud program. The sample consisted of 78 students; 32 from second grade, 46 from fourth grade. ...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the characteristics of effective university professors as determined by student ratings. The following independent variables we r e investigated: gender, classification, GPA, major, and student...
The first purpose of this basic rhetorically-focused writing module is to aid in classroom instruction. There are no texts for seventh, eighth or ninth grades presently available to carry the student step by step through the writing process....
The purpose of this study was to determine which of the following approaches to the teaching of high school chemistry is providing a better background for the college preparatory student: the Chemical Education Material Study, or the traditional...
The research investigated how various forms of organizational structures and institutional characteristics affect the efficiency of administering Federal aid programs. Four hypotheses and 12 pos t hoc hypotheses were tested. The measures of...
The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of individualized reading with a group or nine- and ten-year-old pupils. The study was carried out in the Fort Hays Kansas state College Summer Laboratory School. Subjects participating in...
An investigation has been made of a beginning organic chemistry experiment, the hydrolysis of 2 - chloro-2-methylpropane. The experiment studied was by J. A. Landgrebe in J.Chem.Ed., 41, 567(1964). Also utilized was a similar experiment by R. Q....
The purpose of this study was (1) to determine the procedures employed in identifying intellectually gifted children attending the elementary Catholic schools of the Diocese of Wichita, Kansas; (2) to determine the type or types of programs...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate internalized shame. The independent variables were gender, age, family structure, religious affiliation, and birth order. The dependent variable was the scores obtained by the Internalized Shame...
The problem of this thesis is to determine the extent to which there is direct correlation between a student’s knowledge of general English skills and his performance in reading comprehension and written composition. Certain limitations,...
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of a random sample of local teacher’s association presidents in selected school district s in Nebraska relative to the priorities of competencies in educational administration...
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of a random sample of superintendents in selected unified school districts in Kansas regarding the priorities of competencies in educational administration which they believe...
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the concepts of superintendents in selected public school districts in Nebraska regarding their priorities of competencies in educational administration which they believe superintendents should...
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of a random sample of local teachers association presidents in selected unified school districts in Kansas relative to the priorities of competencies in educational administration...
The problem of this study is to determine whether non-promotion contributes to the academic achievement of the student. The following null hypotheses were designed to be tested by this study: There is no significant difference in academic...
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate and compare perceptions of behaviors desirable to elementary science teachers. A related purpose to this study was to investigate the relationship between these perceived behaviors and the...
In the study of the effects of a teacher-planned literature instructional program, a teacher re ad – aloud program, and a non-specified reading instructional program on the reading attitudes of first and fourth grade students in two rural,...
Statement of the problem: The problem was to determine whether the unit shop or the exploratory shop in the eight grade had been the more influential on decisions of boys to enroll in ninth and tenth grade industrial arts courses.
Methods and...
I. Purpose of Study: The purpose of this study was to evaluate, on the basis of student opinion: 1. The outstanding characteristics of the effective science teacher. 2. Student preference as to instructional procedures. 3. The attitudes of students...
The primary intention of this study was to investigate and determine the concepts of the presidents of the boards in one-hundred elected unified school districts in Kansas regarding their priorities of competencies that they seek in their...
The purpose of this study was to compare the relative importance that teachers and administrators place on selected statements relating to teaching. An inventory was developed containing forty-one statements relating to selected abstracts of...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of an interdisciplinary cognitive fitness program on the fitness knowledge of fourth grade students. The subjects that participated in this study were selected from a population of fourth grade...
The problem of the study is to determine whether a planned listening program in grade three would improve the scores obtained on the Otis Mental Ability Tests. The basic assumption is that giving the subjects to be tested the opportunity to develop...
In this study, the problem was to predict enrollments at Fort Hays Kansas State College from 1963 to 1970, inclusive, so as to aid in preparing for future enrollments and to provide useful information for succeeding studies of this nature. The main...
The purpose of this report was to develop measurements that can be used for predicting success in Plane Geometry in the Worland High School. The specific purposes of this report were (1) to determine coefficients of correlation between Plane...
The purpose of the researcher was to explore Kansas college counseling centers as they existed in the spring semester of 1985. A questionnaire was developed and mailed to 47 counseling centers throughout Kansas. Returned questionnaires were placed...
Teacher questionnaires were distributed to a community public school system that employed 234 teachers. A total of 58 teachers returned usable questionnaires. The questionnaire surveyed teachers' knowledge and attitudes about epilepsy in several...
The purpose of this study was to compare academic performance of students within a culturally diverse intermediate school. It was a comparison of students exhibiting bullying characteristics to the class norm. It was hypothesized that participants...
The purpose of this investigation was to identify academic variables, both before and during the nursing program, that predicted the practical nursing student’s success in educational and licensure processes.
The predictor variables were (a)...
The purpose of this research investigation was to determine the correlational values between testing scores when utilizing the Assessment Technologies Institute™, LLC (ATI) standardized content exams during the third and fourth semesters of an...
This thesis was a descriptive study examining adviser awareness of the Kansas Student Publication Act (1992) as reported by advisers who were members of the Kansas Scholastic Press Association during the academic year 2002-2003. Because there were...
Ageism is a term that has evolved in recent years to describe prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behaviors that occur toward members of the human population as a result of the members' chronological or perceived age. Recent studies suggest...
The purpose of this investigation was to explore rural ambulatory care clients’ perceptions of spiritual needs, the nurse practitioner’s role in meeting spiritual needs, and the effect that age, sex, marital status, and frequency of church...
This study was a factor analytic exploration of responses of psychiatric inpatients to five samples of items taken from a 177-Item Fear Survey Schedule developed by compiling items from all existing fear inventories. The 177-Item FSS was...
The purpose of this investigation was to study and determine types of objectives selected by teachers of beginning speech courses in Western Kansas high schools and to compare these selections with those of certain college speech instructors.
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This study examined the reliability and validity of the Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI) (Mokhtari and Reichard, 2002). Mokhtari and Reichard (2002) developed the MARSI to assess students' metacognitive awareness of...
This thesis is a report on an experimental method of teaching Julius Caesar.
/ Chapter I contains a discussion of methods used in presenting dramatic literature. Also, the results of a survey conducted among leading textbook publishers asking why...
The current trend in special education involves providing services for students with disabilities in general education settings instead of pull-out programs (Cheney & Muscott, 1996). Surprisingly, there is little or no evidence that indicates...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate family structure, quality of family life, academic achievement, grade placement and student gender. Independent variables were family structure, quality of family life, gender and grade placement. ...
The purpose of the researcher was to evaluate the effect of implementation procedures upon self-esteem and the relationship of self-esteem to academic achievement and tested abilities. The subjects consisted of three groups of fourth grade...
The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationship between college entrance test scores and evaluations made by college freshmen of their college preparatory backgrounds in English composition, in reading, and in study...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate opinions pertaining to counseling services received in high school as reported by college students an d to determine the effect of selected independent variables. The following independent variables...
An investigation of family structure, family happiness, and academic achievement was conducted. The subjects for this study were 264 elementary and junior high students from one school. Three instruments were used: SRA Achievement Test, Personal...
Eighty-nine certified teachers of gifted and learning disabled students, employed by educational cooperatives in western Kansas participated in this study. The study employed the sue of questionnaires which were designed to assess the extent to...
The focus of the current study was to examine the academic responding and the social interactions of students with learning disabilities LD in three educational settings: resource room, inclusive classroom, and general education. Two third grade...
The nation's schools are currently in the midst of reassessing their instructional systems and the impact that they have on student achievement. Educational reform efforts are moving education from an isolated, highly autonomous academic model to a...
A lot of research has examined the impact of teacher attitudes on the success of inclusion; however, additional research is needed that compares teacher behavior toward general education students with teacher behavior toward students with severe...
The current trend in special education involves providing services for students with disabilities in general education settings instead of pull-out programs (Cheney & Muscott, 1996), even students with mental retardation (MR). While inclusion may...
The research focus of inclusion in the general education programs is often directed toward the students who have been identified as eligible for special education services. The research on the effects of inclusion on typically developing students...
The teaching of calculus in the high school has been an issue quite heavily debated for the last few years. Educators, mathematicians, and textbook writers have written much concerning how and when to teach calculus. However, few people have...
Critical thinking is considered an important component of nursing science. As an educational principle critical thinking is based on the philosophy that critical thinking is essential to true autonomy in nursing. However, very few studies were...
The purpose of this study was to gather material pertaining to the teaching of basic English fundamentals in the schools of Norton, Phillips, Smith, and Rooks counties in Kansas. From the results of this survey the writer attempted to establish...
The purpose of this study is to find out how a selected group of junior and senior high school English teachers and a selected group of student teachers feel about the adequacy of their preparation for teaching composition, grammar, and usage, and...
This thesis reports research concerning the attitudes of students toward seeking help from an instructor outside of regular classroom sessions. The following hypotheses were tested: (1) there will be a positive relationsh1p between the student's...
This study sought to determine teacher attitudes toward discipline and the relationship between teacher values, and modes of discipline. To test these hypotheses during the Spring of 1983, teachers in three different areas in Kansas complete the...
Attribution has always been a problem for schools of nursing. Fueled by an intensifying nursing shortage, faculty are under more pressure to address attribution.
A correlational non-experimental design was used to examine the relationships...
The present study investigated teachers' ratings of acceptability as a function of student gender, socio-economic status, and intervention type. Using the Intervention Rating Profile (IRP) and case studies to manipulate the variables of interest,...
The ground breaking ceremony for the new coliseum by the student leaders. From the 1916 Reveille: "Roy E. Frey of Sylvan Grove was marshal of the day. Walter E. Scott of Oakley, president of the senior class, presented Lew Wallace of Lucas,...
Ground breaking ceremonies; Sheridan Hall; Fort Hays Kansas State Normal School
The purpose of the study was to examine certain problems related to seventh and eighth grade science programs in a sample area of North Central Kansas and to relate these problems to similar problems which appear to exist in other areas of the...
Very little is known about the perceptions and expectations of students as they progress through a postgraduate program (Phillips, 1980). Using a longitudinal methodology, this study investigated the process of transition and the trajectories of...
A status survey design with predetermined and post hoc groups was employed to investigate what students rated as characteristics of an effective university professor. A professor effectiveness questionnaire designed by Dean and Valdes (1967, as...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the cloze readability procedure as a predictor of student comprehension difficulties in social studies textbooks when compared with standardized reading achievement test scores. As a...
This study examined the relationship of cognitive matching between students and instructors on student grades. The participants were 47 student volunteers enrolled in General Psychology classes at Fort Hays State University, and 19 of their...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the satisfaction of community college students with academics, admissions and registration procedures, non-academic college atmosphere, and facilities. The sample consisted of 142 sophomore community...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate college student identity development. The sample consisted of 109 undergraduate college students. The independent variables investigated were race/ethnicity, gender, undergraduate college...
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The purpose of the researcher was to investigate knowledge, behavior, and prevention beliefs of college students pertaining to HIV/AIDS. The Independent variables were. Gender, Behavior, AIDS education, and media form which most...
This field study obtained information from parents of present and former students who have participated in special education, as well as students presently receiving services in mildly handicapped special education programs, in order to evaluate...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the effect of computer assisted career planning systems on the career maturity of students. The subjects were 83 randomly selected high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. Three levels of...
Local norms in curriculum based assessment (CBA) for Kindergarten and First Grade were developed In Math and Reading for a rural Iowa community school district. One minute CBA probes of Counting Figures, Number RecognItion, Addition, Subtraction,...
The present field study was an archival study that used an adapted version of the Parents as Reading Tutors program utilizing cross-age tutors instead of parents. The study was conducted by a school psychologist employed by the Hays Unified School...
The purpose of this study was to determine the most important relative responsibilities of four selected schools in Western Kansas. An identification of the responsibilities for each of the participating schools was achieved through an analysis of...
Education has come a long way over the course of history. Gone are the days of simply training a student in the technical skills that he or she might need in order to be successful in a career after graduation. Increasingly, colleges and...
ABSTRACT: The current study examined the relationship between the variables: school size, motivation, and college attendance to determine if the size of a student’s high school, along with his/her motivational tendencies, influenced the...
This study was designed to measure the differential effects of traditional teacher-centered instruction and learner-centered instruction on various student variables. The variables measured were: achievement gain, self concept, perceived student...
Distance education has grown rapidly in the United States, reflected by more students and increased numbers of institutions offering distance learning. Studies on distance education primarily focus on domestic distance education in the United...
The purpose of this study was to compare American and Cyprus secondary education, in regard to purposes, content, organization and presentation in an attempt to arrive at unbiased generalizations whereby the two systems might be viewed more...
The purpose of this study was designed to determine if the perceptions of effective communication between student radiographer and patients are comparable. Effectiveness of communication was evaluated by submitting the source credibility scale to...
Student discipline has been a concern for school districts for many years. Many district and school level administrators have made the decision to strictly enforce local and district level discipline policies. The initial logic was intended to...
