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struggling students was successful or not.
As required by Southern Utah University Department of Graduate Studies
in Education, all necessary Institutional Review Board (IRB) requirements were
met throughout the conduct of this creative...
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ered, certain movements and important epochs are emphasized, a thoro study of a few carefully selected groups of facts take the place of the more vague and general consideration of the great mass of history.
Four...
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and serving of food, the care of the dining room and its furnishings, arrangement of the dining table, the planning, preparation and serving of breakfasts, luncheons and dinners.
Two hours per week during the second...
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with HFA. The three areas were emotion recognition, theory of mind, and real life
problem solving. One of the unique aspects of this study was that parents attended a
concurrent training aimed at improving their...
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dent to read at sight any of the simpler musical compositions, writing from sound, Choral work, Choir singing and Church music.
Two hours per week.
Musical Theory, Harmony and Composition. This course will consist of...
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mechanism of the typewriter; exercises in the fingering; practice in writing business letters, legal forms, specifications, tabulated statements, and general work and manifold writing.
Daily throughout the year.
...
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In this chapter the researcher will compare performance characteristics during
three units of math instruction. The first unit of math instruction is focused on observing
the academic behavior of the selected students with basic in-class...
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measured as the ability to understand narrative and expository text,
shown in a national sample of students (Campbell, Voelkl, & Donahue,
1997). At all three ages studied (9,13, and 17 years), the more highly
engaged readers showed higher...
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Table 1
Percentage improvement on basic skills test from end of 5th grade to the end of 1st quarter
of 6th grade
Basic Skills Test
Student A Student B Student C Student D
Percentage improvement 1.0 7.0 -1.0 -3.0
On basic skills test
Homework
The...
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Figure 2. Daily Homework Assignments
Table 2
Individual Student Improvement On Homework Assignments Over Three Units Of Math
Instruction
Daily Homework Assignments
Student A Student B student C Student C
Percentage improvement 41.0 62.0 45.0...
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During the first unit of math the researcher provided no extra help after class on
the concept that was being taught during the day. The second and third units taught were
done in conjunction with an extra math class for those four students...
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This course also includes talks on the use of each model, and upon the process of manafacture of the fabric used.
Garment Work and Dressmaking. Instruction is given in the use of paterns and original...
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MYRTLE DECKER,
English and Elocution.
A. B., U. of U., 1910; Life High School Diploma, 1910; Graduate of B. N. S., 1906; Student at U. of U. Summer School,
CLIFFORD ASHLEY,
Biology and French.
A. B., U. of U., 1910; Certificate...
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Assessments
At the end of each unit the researcher administered an assessment to evaluate the
level of proficiency students had on the current concept. Throughout the first unit the
researcher did not provide any additional math instruction....
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Furthermore, Marinak and Gambrill have suggested that books as rewards for increased
reading are a gratifying, successful reward for students.
Specifically, when offering extrinsic rewards for reading, books are less
undermining to intrinsic...
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Homework Tracker
The researcher utilized the homework tracker in this study to help identify those
students that might need help beyond the regular classroom. The students included in
this study were those who, over the first unit of math...
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social thinking interventions as opposed to social skills interventions. Social thinking
interventions promoted the teaching of the “why” behind behaviors without targeting and
rewarding individual isolated social...
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BUSINESS SUBJECTS.
MR. ROBB.
MR. WOODBURY.
Bookkeeping a. In this conrse the student will be thoroughly drilled in the principles which underlie bookkeeping, special attention being given to the...
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When therapists taught students the why behind how their behavior affected others, rather
than simply responding to an extrinsic motivator, the behavior generalized to social
situations across the day, rather than...
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adequate support from home. The homework tracker was a fundamental piece in the
researcher’s ability to make quick and accurate evaluations of which students did not
receive parental help from home. This homework tracker did not ask for the...