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Wood, Edwin Leon – 1976
This study attempted to determine the effects of a twice-weekly, four-month-long, cross-age tutoring program on children's reading achievement levels and self-concepts. A total of 240 students, stratified by grade and sex, were randomly assigned to four experimental groups. Within each group, students were matched by grade: grade four with grade…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Fraad, Harriet – 1975
This dissertation explored the extent and kind of sex-role stereotyping in popular, prestigious, and sex-role defining children's picture books printed between 1959 and 1972. The sample consisted of two categories of popular children's picture books, best-selling golden books and "New York Times" children's best-sellers, one category of Caldecott…
Descriptors: Books, Characterization, Childrens Literature, Doctoral Dissertations
Download full textHellweg, Adele Helene – 1973
A study conducted in the winter of 1973 attempted to investigate how elementary school principals in innovative schools perceive their roles compared to the role perceptions of principals in more traditional school settings. Thirty-two schools were designated as innovative by a panel of four elementary school principals. It was assumed that the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Townsend, Charles Edwin – 1972
The purpose of this study was to determine what relationships might exist between certain characteristics of junior-high and high-school science teachers and student ratings of these teachers. The subjects consisted of all general science, chemistry, physics, and biology teachers who voluntarily requested the services of the Student Reaction…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Junior High School Students, Role Perception
Wilson, Douglas J. – 1973
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of various teaching practices and classroom organizational patterns upon achievement and understanding of science of students studying materials of the Nebraska Physical Science Project (NPSP), an integrated chemistry-physics course, and to investigate these practices and patterns and the role…
Descriptors: Achievement, Chemistry, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
Gilgannon, Nancy Green – 1975
The study examined selected perceptions and attitudes of randomly identified members of the American Vocational Association (AVA) regarding some of the goals and objectives of this organization. The sample was assessed to determine the relationships among isolated variables (collective bargaining, State legislation, Federal legislation,…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Educational Research, Educational Sociology, Leadership Responsibility
