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The influence of maladaptive metacognitions in education: Rethinking proness toward addiction
(Wichita State University, 2022-12)Metacognition plays a role in motivation, executive function, declarative and procedural knowledge, and has been found to develop as early as three years of age (Marulis & Nelson, 2021). Metacognition is “thinking about ... -
Components of educator motives in relation to teacher turnover rates
(Wichita State University, 2022-12)Teacher turnover is not a new phenomenon. The possibility of educators leaving the profession in recent and future months due to a myriad of preexisting issues brought to a head with the global COVID pandemic, however, may ... -
Health services available to schools and communities in Wichita and Sedgwick County
(Wichita State University, 1953-07)Purpose of the Study. To determine health services available to schools and communities in Wichita and Sedgwick County. To make known where these services may be obtained. To find out if these services, as listed, are ... -
A survey of physical education programs for physically handicapped boys in the high schools of Kansas
(Wichita State University, 1952-06)Evidence seems to indicate that there is a definite need in the senior high schools in Kansas for improvement in the physical education programs for physically handicapped boys. Although data on the number and types ... -
Some characteristics of superior and gifted boys and girls in the Winfield, Kansas, Junior-Senior High School
(Wichita State University, 1952-10)It is the purpose of this study (1) to make a survey of some of the characteristics of superior and gifted boys and girls in the Winfield, Kansas, Junior-Senior High School, and (2) to offer suggestions for enriching ... -
A history of the pre-vocational program in Wichita, 1927-1949
(Wichita State University, 1951-10)The scope of this dissertation is twenty-two years of history of a special program of vocational education for certain adolescent boys. -
A course in plane geometry adapted to life adjustment education
(Wichita State University, 1951-06)The purpose of this study was to plan a course in plane geometry which would (1) recognize the importance of personal satisfaction and achievement for each individual within the limits of his abilities and (2) center ... -
Relationships between family social status and child behavior in the Mulvane
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An evaluation of techniques employed in the use of audio-visual aids in the first grade in the Wichita public schools, 1949-1950
(Wichita State University, 1950-06)It is the purpose of this study (1) to use audio-visual aids as much as possible in order to determine their value in providing rich experiences necessary for the satisfactory progress and development of first grade children; ... -
A program of guidance services for the high school in Keene, New Hampshire
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An evaluation of the criteria available for counseling freshmen at the Municipal University of Wichita
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Use of social situations in reasoning problems in fourth grade arithmetic
(Wichita State University, 1950-06)Purpose. It was the purpose of this study: (1) to survey four recently published fourth grade arithmetic textbooks to discover to what extent social situations were used as a basis for reasoning problems; (2) to ascertain ... -
An evaluation of the visual education program in the social studies of the sixth grade in the Wichita Public Schools
(Wichita State University, 1949-05)Statement of the problem. The purpose of this study is to show how such visual aids as the sixteen millimeter film, the opaque projector, and the film strip can vitalize the learning process and make teaching more effective ... -
A survey of the rural elementary schools of Harvey County, Kansas, 1947-48
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The status of guidance programs in third-class city high schools of Kansas, 1948-49, and a proposed minimum guidance program
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Fifth grade art education
(Wichita State University, 1949-06)Purpose and Importance of the study. In order to ascertain the potentialities of art as an area for education a survey was made of opinions by prominent authorities in the field of art education. An attempt was then ... -
A study of juvenile delinquency and of the organized effort of Hutchinson, Kansas, to curb its growth
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Reading readiness at level one
(Wichita State University, 1949-06)The basic assumption of this investigation is that reading readiness has an important influence upon the physical, mental. and emotional development of the child at grade one. It is not the purpose of this study to try ... -
The problems of the beginning county superintendent
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Literature suitable for teaching intercultural relations at the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade level
(Wichita State University, 1947-05)The purpose of this study is to give children, through books which they read, an understanding of races and national cultural backgrounds, not only in their own country, but throughout the world. In this way there may ...