The purpose of the study was to determine the regional extent of the syndrome of writing inadequacy among students in first-year college and university composition classes, to identify and categorize errors, to determine what instructors as well as students felt about first-year composition inadequacies, and to provide a profile of composition…

This survey was conducted to determine the status of the following aspects of science curriculum in the twelve states of Nigeria: (1) time allocation, (2) teaching methods, (3) textbooks, (4) syllabi, (5) teaching aids, and (6) evaluation procedures. A questionnaire was developed for this purpose. The sample consisted of 294 secondary schools,…

This study sought to determine the perceptions of U.S daily newspaper publishers, editors, and education reporters regarding the desirability and feasibility of three approaches to increasing education news coverage: increased traditional local emphasis on education news coverage by daily newspapers, expanded wire service coverage of education,…

This dissertation surveyed accredited and nonaccredited news-editorial sequences in departments, schools, and colleges of journalism to gather information on how instruction in newsroom computer technology was being provided. Characteristics of the sequences, the present status of instruction, obstacles to the provision of present instruction, the…

The purpose of this study was to design a competency-based curriculum for an English major in a liberal arts college. Questionnaires were mailed to 248 English majors graduating from public and private liberal arts colleges during the 1968-73 period. The questionnaire was made up of cognitive learning and affective learning categories following…

The purpose of this study was to survey the provisions for corrective reading in the public elementary schools, particularly in the availability of services, the types of services offered, the degree of satisfaction, and the financial support for remedial programs. A questionnaire was mailed to 412 schools, selected by a stratified random sampling…

This dissertation is a descriptive, comparative study of press-government relationships in the 34 nations of independent Black Africa south of the Sahara. Excluded from consideration are territories under European administration and those nations that have white minority governments. The 34 sovereign states are analyzed and systematically…

A study was conducted to obtain information on certification requirements for health occupations teachers at the secondary and postsecondary levels nationwide and to determine if Tennessee requirements are comparable to those of other states. Data were secured by questionnaires mailed to each state official responsible for supervision of health…

The purpose of this descriptive study was to ascertain key characteristics of the nanny industry in the United States by surveying a representative sample of nanny agencies across the country. A total of 24 agencies that place in-home care providers, or nannies, with client families were surveyed through a telephone interview method. Data…

The purpose of this study was to determine what is being offered by colleges and universities to prospective teachers in methods of teaching secondary school journalism. A review of the literature was made, and a questionnaire was sent to 138 colleges and universities, asking whether the institution offered a publications course, a methods course…

The rapid growth of community colleges in the last decade resulted in large numbers of students enrolled in programs previously unavailable to them in a single comprehensive institution. The purpose of this study was to gather and analyze data to provide information about the speech programs that community colleges created or expanded as a result…

The study reported in this document reviewed and analyzed data from individual state departments of education concerning reading requirements for elementary teachers, English teachers who teach reading on the secondary level, and reading specialists. A four-question letter used to gather data was answered by 47 states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin…

The purpose of this study is to describe Readers Theatre as it existed from the 1967-68 school year to the 1971-72 school year. Studying the data drawn from the questionnaires sent to educational directors and concert managers led to the following conclusions, among others: educational directors have been influenced by materials originated and…

The study provides in one source the various State certification requirements for vocational stenographic-secretarial teachers in post-secondary vocational-technical schools in the United States, obtained from State Directors of Vocational Education through a questionnaire; the related literature is reviewed. A 12-page table summarizes…

This study reports the results of a national survey of the attitudes of five demographic groups toward freedom of the press. The groups are newsmen, state legislators, high school teachers, high school students, and the general public. The survey is broken into two parts, the first dealing with general principles (e.g., support for a law against…