This dissertation focused on the effects of inservice training on perceptions of teachers and others toward experiences of the black child. The purpose of the study was to determine whether a change could be made in perceptions of the students toward experiences of the black child through a workshop experience. The design of the workshop provided…

Without proficiency in content reading skills, seventh grade students were at risk of not being able to achieve understanding of what they read in non-fiction texts, a skill that is absolutely necessary for college-bound students. The purpose of this action research study was to investigate whether an approach that involved specific and focused…

This dissertation investigated six indications of change regarding affirmative action efforts on the University of Texas at Austin campus since December, 1973. These indications of change were recorded in university personnel documents, EEO/AA Office records, and the results of a questionnaire submitted to the faculty and administrators of the…

This report describes a program implemented to raise the awareness of the dramatic increases of reported academic cheating, to influence the attitudes of the targeted students towards cheating, and ultimately to reduce incidents of cheating in the targeted classrooms. The targeted populations consisted of middle school students in growing…

The study attempts to demonstrate movement in adult learning from particularization to symbolization to internalization (value choice) through use of a Counseling-Learning Model. Adult resistance to learning is dealt with through application of counseling awarenesses to the learning situation. If the adult learner can be freed from threat to…

This study attempted to relate findings from social psychological research in the area of attitude change with communicator characteristics, and to apply conclusions drawn from this research to influence processes and persuasion within an educational context. Six basic hypotheses were tested employing three experimental groups and a control group.…

Designed to test the effectiveness of reading as a factor in changing attitude, this study was based on three hypotheses: reading taught in the normal classroom could be the media through which positive attitudes toward Spanish Americans are fostered; there would be no significant difference between the scores of boys and girls and the children's…

The training which is the subject of this thesis is the 18-hour course of instruction which is required, on an annual basis, for all Air Force military personnel. An attitude questionnaire was used to determine racial attitude indexes of subjects who had just completed the training and of a control group who had not been exposed to the course.…

The action research project report began when the teacher researchers determined that students at Sites A and B struggled with reading achievement. The purpose of the project was to improve students' reading achievement through increased motivation, specific skill instruction, and additional practice time. The project involved 26 students: 17…

The primary purpose of the investigation was to determine if any attitudinal change toward science occurs in college freshmen during enrollment in selected introductory science courses. Relationships were also sought between: (1) scientific attitude on entering college, (2) enrollment in a course or in no science course, (3) sex of students, and…

The perception of what are considered acceptable occupations for women has changed considerably over the last century, just as the role of women in American homelife has changed. This thesis researches the changing role of American women and the effects of this changed role on occupations outside the home. The emphasis is on the long-term effects…

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between attitudes toward reading and the reading skills of a population of adults who are good readers. Two hundred adults enrolled in eight reading classes were involved in this study. Initially a reading test and a form of the Semantic Differential were administered to all subjects.…

What are the attitudinal differences in the sense of awareness between a group of students who participate in college governance and a matching sample of students who do not participate in college governance? Awareness is identified with items that express concern and emphasis upon three sets of meanings: personal, poetic, and…

The purpose of this study was to determine if students under typical conditions in the American high school English classroom change their attitudes toward and increase their knowledge about American regional and social dialects as a result of being taught a unit in dialectology. The experimental and control groups were comprised of 291 students…

An ethnic education program involving the study of black Americans, Irish Americans, and French Americans was developed. It involved three experimental classes and one control class in the middle grades. The purpose of this dissertation was to determine the following: (1) whether widely used amounts of ethnic education materials do, in fact, help…