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Changes in education and student-centred learning as related to senior secondary school English
(Brock University, 1976-07-09)The main purpose of this thesis is to t r ace broadly the educational changes in the past two decades showing a shift of emphasis from a teacher-directed, content-centred philosophy of teaching to a self-directed, st ... -
The effect of schooling on student self-concept /|nRonald S. Cowley. -- 260 St. Catharines [Ont. : s. n.],
(Brock University, 1976-07-09)The following research paper was a study into change in student academic and general self-concept with increase in grade level and age# The majority of literature found by this researcher dealt with self-concept and its ... -
A study of the role of the elementary school principal
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Concept analysis in social studies
(Brock University, 1978-07-09)This project was undertaken because of a need to analyse concepts in social science more specifically and sequence them more carefully in a social science program. Concepts have been identified vaguely on many curriculum ... -
The relationship between creativity and moral judgment
(Brock University, 1978-07-09)A sample of 50 male and female subjects ranging in age from 12 to 73 were divided into three groups according to the scale of maturity of moral judgment developed by Lawrence Kohlberg. Subjects were also tested on a ... -
Verbal ability, previous practice and load on short-term memory as determiners of differences in a complex learning task: an experimental study
(Brock University, 1978-07-09)Traditional psychometric theory and practice classify people according to broad ability dimensions but do not examine how these mental processes occur. Hunt and Lansman (1975) proposed a 'distributed memory' model of ... -
A speculative systems model of the dynamic interaction among students, faculty and administration in the community college, with particular reference to intrinsic motivation and the teacher-administrator interface
(Brock University, 1979-07-09)The challenge the community college faces in helping meet the needs of the living open system of society is examined in this study. It is postulated that internalization student outcomes are required by society to reduce ... -
The physical environment and organizational behavior
(Brock University, 1979-07-09)Research into organizational behaviour has indicated that there is an inevitable conflict between the needs of the individual and organizational demands. Psychologists have given insights into basic individual needs and ... -
A comparison of life satisfaction, job satisfaction, and happiness using demographic variables
(Brock University, 1980-07-09)This study examined the interrelationships among life satisfaction, job satisfaction, and happiness and the selected demographic variables of income, age, marital status, education, sex, job tenure, job title, type of ... -
A contingency model of job satisfaction
(Brock University, 1980-07-09)The present research study was designed to test a contingency model of job satisfaction based on participation in decision making as the antecedent variable and job involvement as the intervening variable. The instruments ... -
An educator's perspective of Dr. Feingold's K-P (Kaiser- Permanents) elimination diet for hyperkinetic children and others
(Brock University, 1980-07-09)Do evaluation of the literature and a regional observational report support Dr. Feingold's claim that the K-P (Kaiser-Permanente) elimination diet improves the behaviours of hyperkinetic children, and others? Dr. ... -
An examination of the effects of locus of control on perceptions of core job dimensions and job satisfaction
(Brock University, 1980-07-09)This study examined the moderating effects of locus of control on core job dimensions (skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, feedback) and job satisfaction. Survey data were collected from 1995 ... -
Deviance of syntax in oral languages and oral reading behavior
(Brock University, 1980-07-09)The major hypothesis of this paper is that any deviance in syntax present in oral language will be evident in oral r eading behaviour. Using Lee and Canter's Developmental i 1 Sentence Scoring technique (1971) and Y. ... -
Project Business: a quasi-experimental study of co- operative interaction between schools and industry
(Brock University, 1981-07-09)This project is a quasi-experimental study involving eight classrooms in two senior elementary schools in St. Catharines, Ontario which received a Project Business Program and were pre- and post-tested to determine the ... -
Thinking skills in the language arts : an application of cognitive schema theory to the narrative writing process /
(Brock University, 1983-06-01)A cognitively based instructional program for narrative writing was developed. The effects of using cognitively based schematic planning organizers at the pre-writing stage were evaluated using subjects from the Primary, ... -
A method of evaluating psychomotor tooth preparation skills in preclinical dental programs
(Brock University, 1983-07-09)Preclinical and clinical tooth important and significant aspect of preparation is an a dental student's education. The associated procedures rely heavily on the development of particular psychomotor skills. The ... -
Anxiety and learning / response behaviour in the context of intellectual problem solving by young children
(Brock University, 1983-07-09)Twenty-eight grade four students were ca.tegorized as either high or low anxious subjects as per Gillis' Child Anxiety Scale (a self-report general measure). In determining impulsivity in their response tendencies, via ... -
A cognitive schematic paradigm for expository essay writing in secondary schools
(Brock University, 1984-07-09)The methodology outlined in this study for teaching exposit ory writing to advanced (five year phase) grade eleven students is based on the assumption that writing as a problem solving strategy is a high level ...