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[Aims of Dissertation and Investigation, p. ix-x] The aim of this dissertation is to analyse and evaluate the results of the new junior secondary course in respect of the dull-normal child ... How well did the junior secondary course succeed in meeting the needs of the dull-normal child? That is the question which this investigation will attempt to answer.

The problem in this study is to make a comparison of some physical, intellectual, and personality factors of groups of children entering the Waco State Home at different ages and on different dates.

The problem of this study is to determine what degree of relationship exists between a group of fifth-grade children's play interests, their mental ability, and their social behavior.

The problem of this study was an examination of the relationship between low achievement and physical abilities.This study focuses on the areas of musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, spatial and bodily-kinesthetic abilities. This correlational study found that low achievers as a group, identified by achievement test scores, scored above the mean on a measure of motor ability. For children who are struggling to achieve in school, it would seem prudent to explore their strengths in other areas of intelligence. Further research is suggested in the areas of high and average achieving students' motor development.

The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of structure in instructions and materials on preschool children’s creativity as measured by a drawing task. Subjects were twenty children from a traditional laboratory preschool, and twenty from a Montessori program. The children, ranging in age from forty-eight months old to seventy-one months old, were assigned to four experimental groups (A/B/C/D). Each group was exposed to four treatments consisting of: Structured Instructions-Structured Materials; Structured Instructions-Unstructured Materials; Unstructured Instructions-Structured Materials; Unstructured Instructions-Unstructured Materials. The order of treatment was determined by the group. The results indicated that the Montessori and Laboratory subjects differed significantly on baseline originality, (Montessori, M = 2.1, SD = 1.61; Laboratory, M = 5.25, SD = 2.09), thus baseline originality scores served as a covariate. Results indicated no significant differences for treatment between children from the two schools, or between the groups on originality scores. Results indicated an order effect for treatment for Montessori group B, which had a significantly higher mean. / Master of Science

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect that socio-economic status has upon the intelligence and achievement of 120 fourth-grade pupils. Ninety of the fourth-grade pupils were enrolled in the Denison Elementary Schools, Denison, Texas, and thirty of the fourth-grade pupils were enrolled in an independent school, one mile outside the Denison city limits.

"The problem here is to determine the scholastic prediction in English at the college freshman level by means of the correlation coefficients of the following test scores and marks at North Texas State Teachers College..."--1.

by Hui Hing Fai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-76). / Table of Contents --- p.1 / List of Figures --- p.3 / List of Tables --- p.4 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.5 / Purpose of the study --- p.5 / Significance of the study --- p.6 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Implicit Theory of Intelligence and Achievement Goals --- p.8 / Achievement goals --- p.8 / Chapter - --- Learning and performance goals --- p.8 / Chapter - --- Work avoidance goal --- p.10 / Implicit theory of intelligence --- p.13 / Chapter - --- Helpless and mastery-oriented children --- p.14 / Chapter - --- Adoption of different achievement goals --- p.15 / Chapter - --- The effects of implicit theory of intelligence on the achievement goals --- p.17 / Chapter - --- Implicit theory of intelligence in classroom environments --- p.18 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Effects of Achievement Goals on Motivational Behavior --- p.21 / Achievement goals and learning strategies --- p.22 / Chapter - --- Effective learning strategies --- p.22 / Chapter - --- Deep and surface level strategies --- p.24 / Chapter - --- Active and superficial cognitive engagement --- p.26 / "Achievement goals, satisfaction and task choice" --- p.28 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Framework of the Study --- p.31 / Incremental theory of intelligence and achievement goals --- p.31 / Achievement goals and learning strategies --- p.32 / "Achievement goals, boredom and choice of easy task" --- p.34 / Conceptual model --- p.35 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Research Method --- p.37 / Variables --- p.37 / Hypotheses --- p.38 / Samples --- p.40 / Procedures --- p.40 / Instruments --- p.41 / Statistical analyses --- p.43 / Chapter - --- Preliminary analyses --- p.43 / Chapter - --- Correlations --- p.43 / Chapter - --- Structural equation modeling --- p.44 / Chapter - --- Cross-validation --- p.45 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Results --- p.47 / Items analysis and factor structure of instrument --- p.47 / Correlatons among variables --- p.51 / Structural relations --- p.52 / Cross validity --- p.57 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Discussion --- p.60 / The validity of the work avoidance goal --- p.60 / Relations between incremental theory of intelligence and achievement goals --- p.61 / Relations between achievement goals and motivational behavior --- p.62 / Differences between grade 7 and grade 9 students --- p.64 / Implication of the findings --- p.66 / Limitations of the study --- p.67 / References --- p.70 / Appendix1 --- p.77 / Appendix2 --- p.79

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