Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University

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Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-129).

Inclusion of special education students in general education classrooms has come to general acceptance by educators as one option in the continuum of special education service delivery. Another view of inclusion is the ideal of providing for all the varied individual needs of a diverse population of students: learning needs, physical needs, language needs, and social emotional needs, together, in all school settings. In the study school, special educators took a step toward the ideal of inclusion by providing all special education services in general education classrooms. Looking at the picture of inclusion in the school during the four years of the study, of how the ideas of inclusion were put into practice in the specific setting, is the puzzle of inclusion.In the study, specific instruments were used, including surveys and questionnaires, observations, whole group dialogue groups, a checklist, and individual interviews, for the purpose of gathering information about the setting to promote inclusion philosophy and practice, determining the activities to promote inclusion, and gaining insight into school members' attitudes and beliefs about inclusion in the school. In response to the specific instruments, school members participated in providing data, and the result was a body of in-depth information that could be helpful to others interested in the experiences andperceptions of the practice of inclusion in one rural elementary school.

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Thesis (M.M.E.)--Boston University. / Statement of the problem. It was the purpose of this study (1) to clarify some desirable objectives and procedures for guiding and motivating children's growing musical perceptions through listening; and (2) to suggest ways of presenting selected music literature in the primary and intermediate grades in such a way that it implements these objectives and encourages growth in perceptive listening. Methods and procedures. Basically, a library research study, the sources of data included a review of current literature in music education and general elementary education. Books, periodicals, yearbooks, and publications of learned societies were consulted, as well as books on music and musicians. Special emphasis was given to books written specifically for children and teachers. Other works consulted were master's theses and doctoral dissertations [TRUNCATED]

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University. Missing page 164, 220. / Statement of the problem. It was the purpose of this study (1) to analyze elementary school music objectives and practices specifically recommended by leading music educators, (2) to investigate current music education practices and materials used in the elementary schools of the Archdiocese of Boston, and (3) to evaluate these music practices in their approximation to the recommendations of authoritative writers in music education. Sources of data. The sources of data used in this study included research into the professional writings of leading music educators, learned publications on music education, yearbooks and bulletins of music education associations, as well as periodicals, manuals, guide books, and many unpublished writings including Master's theses and Doctoral dissertations. For the collection of factual data relative to music practices and materials used in the elementary schools of the Archdiocese of Boston, the questionnaire technique was undertaken. Questionnaire forms were distributed to 231 elementary schools of the Boston Archdiocese. A letter addressed to the principal of each school requested her to present one questionnaire to a teacher of grade one or two, one questionnaire to a teacher of grades three or four, and one questionnaire to a teacher of grades five or six. A total of 634 classroom teachers received questionnaires. Two hundred twenty-two schools responded to the questionnaire with a 96.1 percent response. Tabulated forms were improvised for recording the cumulative data according to the respective degree of frequency.[TRUNCATED]

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University. / The problem of this study was to provide from objective pitch measurements an answer to the question: What does a child do with his vocal pitch in certain speaking and oral reading activities? The purposes of the study were: 1, To locate in terms of fundamental frequencies the average pitch levels used by children in speaking, in easy and difficult reading, and in unaided recall of easy and difficult reading. 2. To compare the mean vocal pitches of the five oral activities noted above. 3. To report average pitch levels significantly related to differences in sex, intelligence, grade placement, and educational achievement for the groups studied.

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University