This study investigated the relationship between a reading program devised by American Learning Corporation and implemented at a Los Angeles public school during 1972-75 and the reading achievement test scores of the participating students. The identi . . .

The purpose of this study was to discover some of the attitudes of the students to the standards of conduct at an evangelical liberal arts college. This was accomplished by conducting a survey of randomly selected students by means of a written questi . . .

A survey of the literature is used to discover the attitudes and values of the Mexican American population. The background of this segment of our society was researched in terms of numbers, prejudice, economic factors and political factors both past a . . .

A study was conducted to determine the effects of a correctional reading program at a private reading clinic on the attitudes of elementary-age remedial reading students toward five selected concepts. The study also investigated the relationship betwe . . .

The Worcester Public Schools' Program for the Hearing Impaired has been in existence for more than thirty years. In the 1985-86 school year, the program served thirty-eight deaf students from in and around Worcester County, and practices the philosoph . . .

This study was an attempt to utilize creative dramatic with three groups of exceptional elementary school children: deaf, learning handicapped, and gifted. Each group consisted of, seven to ten children between ages 9-11. Seven sessions were conducted . . .

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the neurological impress method on the reading achievement mean scores of low achieving fifth grade students. Further, the present study was designed to present empirical evidence regarding t . . .

The use of the video tape recorder in the classroom is assumed to promote some educational objectives. Literature on the effects of Video tape and television in the classroom has been reviewed and the hypothesis developed that classes which use the vi . . .

The purpose of this research project is to provide guidelines for services to hearing impaired infants and their families through the concept of "Home-Intervention" on a statewide basis. The need to provide quality service for all on a statewide basis . . .

Parents of hearing impaired children are often bombarded with new information. Because of the way it is presented to them by professionals, they are often hesitant or unable to ask questions. Many times professionals forget the fact that though the in . . .

Vocational placement is a necessary goal for our modern educational system. Placing the right person on the right job is a matter of coordinating educational and vocational planning carefully and accurately. Personality characteristics are impor . . .

Despite a record number of students enrolled in four-year universities, the college-culture created in high schools is not working for everyone. Statistics show that although 84% of seniors plan on getting a 2- or 4-year degree, only 41.3% of high sch . . .

There appears in the literature of philosophy, psychology and education numerous public concepts of "creativity." Not only is there disagreement among the various authors as to whether or not there is any such thing as the "creative process" but the c . . .

Problems concerning the differential diagnosis of mental retardation and emotional disturbance within the same individual are explored using the case history technique. Information for the case history was gathered from personal interviews, social wor . . .

This nation, thousands of miles in width and breadth, attempts offer an education to children and youth of every economic, ethnic, and cultural background. The enormity of the task to provide quality educational opportunity for every child in Am . . .

This paper presents the reader with some of the major problems that residential schools for the deaf face in continuing education and offers suggestions which would assist administrators and teachers in providing continuing education opportunities. To . . .

A major area of interest to today's educator is the influence of early environment on the child's school achievement. Literature in early childhood education is involved in the debate over assumptions about the relationship between various stages of d . . .

Though education is defined as a function of the state, the bulk of the decisions and policies that govern the operation of schools are made on the school district level. The quality of the educational offering that results is as varied as the dis . . .

There is an apparent need for effective and realistic vocational rehabilitation services for the handicapped and disabled. In the development and promotion of these services, there is a growing concern for establishment of effective "In-Service Traini . . .

This qualitative, single-case study highlights the significance of holistic education in high schools. The purpose of the study was to examine how a high school with a holistic approach that emphasizes educating the whole child is experienced from the . . .

North Fork is a small lumber town situated in the foothills of eastern Madera County, California. The town lies sixty miles south of Yosemite National Park, at the border of the yellow pine forest. Logging, public utility companies, and the United Sta . . .

This project paper is an effort to bring together several pieces of information into a format that may be utilized for a workshop on Section 504 for grassroots participants who are deaf. Various materials and literature were combed to obtain the ratio . . .

The purpose of the present experiment was to explore the referential communication process and its development. In particular, the intent was to examine the possibility that skill in verbal communication is closely correlated with skill in forming con . . .

This project was conducted to examine if the instructional strategies in the Open Court Reading program were consistent with research-based recommendations for teaching English Language Learners with disabilities. The project was carried out by examin . . .

This writer's experience as a Rehabilitation Counselor has been that the parents of deaf children are in as great a need of counseling services as any group of parents of handicapped children. It is well documented in the literature of deafness that t . . .

It is essential that the hearing-impaired population of Illinois have equal access to the human service delivery network, Results from this study identifies a need for leadership to implement a State Service Program for the Deaf. Nationally, there are . . .

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the interrelationships of cognitive style, conservation and reading. Forty-six children from a total of seven first and second grade classrooms were administered the Children's Embedded Figures Test . . .

Schools in the United States are moving towards an inclusive model of education. There is, therefore, an increased need for general education teachers to be well versed in the implementation of accommodations for students with special needs. Yet, ther . . .

Each year, high school students across the nation enroll in first-year shorthand, generally with the thought of becoming a secre- tary. Unfortunately, most of these high schools do not provide a formal procedure for counselors to follow in plac . . .

The early concept of the school principal did not develop from this little red schoolhouse setting for there was little need for administration in the sense that we know it today. The local school board would hire one teacher who would usually have t . . .

The most pressing reason for writing this study is that this material has never been in accessible form. It places on record some of the most important events of the past history of residential schools for the deaf in Canada. It also includes some of . . .

The primary purpose of this thesis is to identify the personality traits of creative teachers, their teaching practices and the relationship between the two. It was hypothesized that teachers who could be identified as being creative on a personal lev . . .

The Oriental deaf today are coming into the focus of attention of the world's deaf. This is due partly to the interest and involvement of the United States in this fast-developing area of the world and to the large number of world deaf travelers. Ther . . .

The purpose of this project was to develop a syllabus for teaching reading with the individualized approach. This was accomplished through research, visiting classrooms which used IR, and talking to teachers interested in this approach.The findings we . . .

The Cattell Anxiety Scale, the Spielberger Anxiety Inventory and the Northridge Developmental Scale, a measure of self-actualization with sub-scales for aggression, depression and neuroticism, were administered to an experimental group (N = 31) of uni . . .

At various times in various places, on the National, State, and Local levels, workshops, conventions, hearings, and meetings were held to discuss the problems and needs of the deaf adult. Recommendations were made as to possible solutions to these pro . . .

In the last few years great sums of money have been spent on the new teaching methods now being used in science education. The inquiry method and the concept . method have been professed by many as being the best ways for students to learn science. En . . .

The education of America's children has been a concern of educators and lay people since our nation was created. It has been an ongoing concern which has tried to focus on meeting the needs of each child. And yet, even though the concern for ind . . .

The use of standardized achievement tests flourishes in the American educational landscape. First developed in the United States by Joseph Mayer Rice in the 1880's, the standardized test has one primary function, to compare the efforts of an exa . . .

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two methodologies; self-discovery and discovery-colloquium, on the science process achievement mean scores of a sample of third grade students. Further, the study attempted to derive from Pia . . .

This study is concerned with In-Service Education and its effect upon teacher change. The program under study is sponsored by the Los Angeles Unified School District, through its Special Education Branch, at Salvin School. The Los Angeles Unified Scho . . .

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the growth of the children in the academic area of Mathematics and in the area of self-concept in a sixth grade bilingual (Spanish and English) bicultural classroom at Rose Avenue School in Oxnard, California, . . .

This study explored the relationship of field-dependence and independence to the block play process in four year-old boys and girls. Field-dependence/independence was evaluated through the Preschool Embedded Figures Test. The Bender Gestalt was used a . . .

The purpose of this study was to explore some of the social aspects of deaf parents during the time their deaf or hearing children are with them. The study attempted to gather data in several areas, but mainly in communication and its effects on their . . .

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a tutoring program, involving retired persons as tutors and second and third graders as tutees, on the attitudes of the tutors and the tutees toward the program and toward each other. A second . . .

�A journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single step.� Introduction. The purpose of this project is to trace the development of telephone communication for the deaf-blind. Material available on such development can be found only in isolation a . . .

This project is a series of lesson plans designed to teach first-level properties of Pascal's triangle using the discovery teaching method. The teacher is supplied with all of the materials, references and instructions necessary to successfully teach . . .

The purpose of this project is to provide the elementary public school administrator with basic information about deafness, its relationship to the deaf child, particularly in the area of education, and to suggest possible guidelines and procedures fo . . .

The dimension of reflection-impulsivity has been of interest to educators and experimenters in the quest to remediate deficient learning styles. A review of relevant literature on reflection-impulsivity is presented, along with a proposal for future s . . .

Adult education for the deaf is not a new trend in the United States and there are several successful programs. However, there continues to be a notable lack of successful adult education programs for the deaf in many areas of the United States in com . . .