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Comparison of Elective English Courses with Assigned English Courses in Relation to Achievement Scores in English Usage of High School Seniors.
Marshall, Florence Katanick – 1975
In this study, a comparison was made between the achievement scores in English usage of students who were assigned English classes during their last two years of high school and the scores of students who elected English classes. The 667 participants in this study were members of the 1970 and 1972 graduating classes at Aviation High School,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Core Curriculum, Doctoral Dissertations
A History of English Teaching in the Philippines: From Unilingualism to Bilingualism.
Tovera, David Garcia – 1975
This study examines those factors that have contributed to the introduction and development of the teaching of English in the Philippine educational system. By virtue of its educational policy, the American colonial administration started using it as a medium of instruction. Optimism ran high among Filipino leaders, especially the nationalists,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
A Study of the Handling of Verbal Nonstandard Grammar by English Teachers in an Innercity Secondary School.
Schwartz, Ruth Roth – 1975
The purposes of this study were to identify the attitudes and behavior of teachers in an innercity secondary school toward language in general and nonstandard grammar in particular. Responses of the 18 member English department to a content-specific questionnaire and videotapes of 12 English classes, representing a sample of all grades and tracks…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, English Instruction, Inner City, Language Standardization
The Spectator Role: Theoretical and Developmental Studies of Ideas about and Responses to Literature, with Special Reference to Four Age Levels.
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Applebee, Arthur Noble – 1973
Theoretical aspects of the spectator role in James Britton's (1970) model of language use are explored within a perspective based primarily on the work of George Kelly, Susanne Langer, Jean Piaget, Michael Polanyi, and Denys Harding. This view is amplified in a series of empirical studies based on stories told by children between the ages of two…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Language Acquisition
Attitudinal and Behavioral Changes in Prospective Teachers Toward Black English Resulting from Training in Transformational Grammar Which Illustrates the Similarity between the Deep and Surface Structures of Black and Standard English.
Rubadeau, John William – 1975
The purpose of this study was to change preservice teachers' attitudes toward black English in a positive way. The students were shown that the deep structure of black English and standard English is the same; it is only the surface structures of the two dialects that exhibit variations. Pre-test data garnered from the control group and the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Black Dialects, College Students, Doctoral Dissertations
The Relationship of Psycho-Cultural Factors to Standard English Use in the Writing of Selected Black College Freshmen.
Heard, Gladys Carey; Stokes, Louise Dabney – 1975
A case study approach is used to investigate written linguistic performance among black college freshmen from lower socio-economic and black nonstandard English (BNE) speaking backgrounds who are assigned to remedial-type English skills courses and generally assumed by their teachers and others to lack either or both competence or performance…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, College Freshmen, Cultural Influences