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Title	A report on the development of an instructional unit entitled "An introduction to community study"
Author	Winter, Ruth Neilson, 1950-
Description	Thesis (M.Ed.) -- Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1982. Education
Date	1981
Pagination	x, 173 leaves : ill. + 43 slides (col.) + 1 sound cassette (30 min.)
Subject	Communities; Social sciences--Study and teaching (Primary);
Degree	M.Ed.
Degree Grantor	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Education
Discipline	Education
Language	Eng
Notes	Bibliography : leaves 93-94
Abstract	The purpose of this project was to develop an instructional unit to be used in teaching social studies to primary grade children in schools in Newfoundland and Labrador. The specific purpose of the unit was to introduce Grade Two students to community study using their own community as an introductory example. -- The format chosen to accomplish this purpose was a detailed Teacher Guidebook and a slide-tape presentation. -- The instructional unit was produced following a specific plan for instructional development. The content and format of the unit was based on informal and formal evaluation by educators at the government, school board and classroom level, and content and media experts at Memorial University. -- The unit was piloted in a Grade Two classroom. A written student test was administered after the unit was completed by this group. The test results obtained by this group were compared to those obtained by another Grade Two class, which was considered to be equivalent, that did not receive any instruction. Statistical analyses of the posttest results of these two groups indicated that significantly more learning had taken place in the class that had completed the instructional unit. -- Seven classroom teachers were given the unit to read and were asked to evaluate it through a questionnaire. The results of this evaluation and the formal evaluation showed a very favorable reaction from both teachers and students to the use of this instructional unit in Grade Two classrooms.
Type	Text
Resource Type	Electronic thesis or dissertation
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier	75190475
Rights	The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection	Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scanning Status	Completed
PDF File	(78.25 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Winter_RuthNeilson.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	324638.cpd