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A Study of Standardized Test Knowledge and Interpretation by Elementary Classroom Teachers

Description: This study surveys a sample of second-, fourth-, and sixth-grade teachers' proficiencies in three areas of standardized achievement test information—knowledge of standardized test terminology, interpretation of standardized tests, and application of standardized test results in program planning. A comparison is also made of teacher knowledge of standardized tests and public school administrators' expectations of teachers' skills. The purposes of the study were to determine elementary teachers' … more
Date: December 1980
Creator: Pugh, Elouise G.
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Management Stress: A Correlational Study of Pragmatic Factors Relating to Educational Administrators

Description: This study provided administrators in a large southern metropolitan public school district an opportunity to participate in a stress-related research study. The questionnaire contained such stress-related probe areas as spiritual beliefs, preferred and imposed (perceived) orders of major-life emphasis areas, professional environment, personal-social environment, and probes into the ethical positions held by the administrators. The professional environment section contained subsets of internal (… more
Date: December 1980
Creator: Lawson, Lewis
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The Selection and Function of School Attorneys in Texas Public Schools

Description: The problem of this study was an investigation of the functions of school attorneys in selected Texas public schools and the methods by which they were selected, as perceived by the school superintendents. The purposes of this study were to determine the extent to which Texas public school districts utilized school attorneys, the procedures used by school districts in employing school attorneys, the functions of school attorneys, and the ideal relationship between the school attorney and the sc… more
Date: December 1980
Creator: White, Lucius James, 1929-
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A Study of Organizational Climate Using the Departmental Structure of Selected High Schools

Description: The problem of this study is to determine if school climate perceptions are stable among the departmental subgroups of the high school. In addition, the study seeks to determine if the subject area of the department or patterns of leadership behavior of the department head (as perceived by teachers in the department) have a significant relationship to how teachers within a department perceive the climate of their school.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Leslie, Patricia J.
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The Effect of an Instructional Program on the Creative Thinking Skills, Self-Concept, and Leadership of Intellectually and Academically Gifted Elementary Students

Description: This study sought to determine the effectiveness of an instructional program for developing creative thinking, a positive self-concept, and leadership among intellectually and academically gifted elementary students in grades four, five, and six. The purposes of the study were to determine the effect of experimental treatment on test scores measuring creativity, self-concept, and leadership; to compare the performance of the moderately intellectually gifted with that of the highly intellectuall… more
Date: August 1980
Creator: Fults, Elizabeth Ann
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A Study to Determine the Competencies Needed by Superintendents in the Area of Public Relations

Description: The problem of this study was to determine specific competencies associated with the superintendent's role in public relations and to determine the relationship between school district size and public relations competencies needed by the superintendent. Conclusions of the study were Public relations competencies for superintendents can be identified in seven competency areas with specific competencies within each area. The seventy-seven specific public relations competencies identified in this … more
Date: May 1980
Creator: Daves, Drennon
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A Study of Organizational Climate and Principal Leadership Behavior in New Elementary Schools

Description: The purposes of this study were to determine, based on the perceptions of teachers and principals, during the first year of operation in new elementary schools: (1) the extent of change in organizational climate, (2) the extent of change in principal leadership behavior, (3) the difference between teachers' and principals' perceptions of climate and principal leadership behavior, and (4) the relationship between the openness factor of climate and the principal leadership behavior factors of con… more
Date: May 1980
Creator: Monk, Betty Jo
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An Investigation of Principal's Leadership Behavior as Perceived by Secondary School Principals and Teachers in Nakorn Pathom, Thailand

Description: This study sought to investigate the secondary school principal's leadership behavior as perceived by secondary school teachers and principals in Nakorn Pathom, Thailand. The study had two purposes: to determine whether significant differences existed between teachers' perceptions of principal leadership behavior based on the variables of sex, years of teaching experience, educational level, and size of school; and to determine whether significant differences existed between the perceptions of … more
Date: August 1980
Creator: Sukhabanij, Sariya
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The Effects of Chisanbop on the Mathematics Achievement of Selected Elementary School Students

Description: The problem of this study was to determine if the mathematics achievement of selected second and third grade students is significantly improved by having had instruction in the Chisanbop technique. The purposes of this study were as follows: 1. To determine if the Chisanbop technique, when used in conjunction with a regular program of instruction, can significantly improve the mathematics performance of selected second and third grade students. 2. To determine if instruction by the Chisanbop te… more
Date: December 1980
Creator: Horany, Ernest Edward
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A Tri-Ethnic Study of Attitudes Toward Vocational Education as They Exist in a Large Metropolitan School District

Description: This study is concerned with the problem of identifying the nature of and the similarities and differences among the attitudes of three ethnic groups (Mexican-Americans, Blacks, and Anglos) toward vocational education.The purposes of the study were threefold. The first was to determine the attitudes toward vocational education that prevail among Mexican-American, Black, and Anglo students who attend a vocational/technical high school. Secondly, the purpose was to determine the attitudes toward … more
Date: May 1980
Creator: Wright, Raymond, Jr.
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The Relationship of Elementary School Principals' and Teachers' Perceptions of the Elementary School Principal's Role Behavior in Ubon Province, Thailand

Description: The purpose of this study was to identify the existing relationships of the elementary school principals' and teachers' perceptions of the elementary school principal's role behavior in Ubon Province, Thailand. This study answers four questions: Are there significant differences in perceptions of teachers in each of the thirty-four surveyed schools of the principal's role behavior; Are there significant differences in perceptions of all teachers among the thirty-four surveyed schools of the pri… more
Date: August 1980
Creator: Warawitya, Chireg
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