The development and evaluation of a secondary school unit on aging in America

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dc.contributor.authorStrubbe, Mary Annen
dc.contributor.committeechairFleming, Daniel B.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMaxson, Marilyn M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWildman, Terry M.en
dc.contributor.departmentEducational Supervisionen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:23:15Zen
dc.date.adate2012-11-29en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:23:15Zen
dc.date.issued1979-07-05en
dc.date.rdate2012-11-29en
dc.date.sdate2012-11-29en
dc.description.abstractThe major emphasis was the development and evaluation of a secondary school unit on aging that focused on prevalent age stereotypes. The systematic development of materials was followed by field testing of the instructional unit. Two levels of field testing provided suggestions for improving the unit. Evaluation of the revised unit by teachers, students and various experts indicated very favorable reactions to the materials. The unit on aging was generally perceived as interesting, worthwhile, and appropriate for future classroom use. A pre-, posttest, delayed post test experimental design assessed the unit's effectiveness in promoting more accurate beliefs about older people and increasingly positive attitudes toward the elderly. Posttest and delayed posttest findings on the knowledge instrument revealed that students receiving instruction scored significantly higher on this measure than students not receiving instruction. Scores on the attitude assessment instruments indicated that all students tended to evaluate older people in a positive direction regardless of aging instruction. The treatment significantly affected students' negative feelings abcut the aged, but this significant finding was not encountered on the delayed posttest scores of the same instrument. An examination of the influence of pretesting suggested that this attitudinal shift was an artifact 0f the design.en
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.format.extentix, 313 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-11292012-040312en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11292012-040312/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/40373en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1979.S773.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 05344587en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1979.S773en
dc.subject.lcshOlder people -- Study and teaching -- United Statesen
dc.titleThe development and evaluation of a secondary school unit on aging in Americaen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Supervisionen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Educationen

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