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  • Self-assessment as a function of entering skills analysis in Adult Basic Education

    Creator:
    Haynes, Judith Lee
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    The purpose of the study was to determine if a self-assessment procedure provides data with acceptable accuracy for use in Adult Basic Education placement diagnostic batteries. Several factors descriptive of the population and the treatment were studied: 1. The overall degree of accuracy in computation and word pronunciation. 2. The...
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    -assessments of both computation and word pronunciation skills. However, these findings were not

  • Creation and investigation of musical forms designed to promote relaxation

    Creator:
    Montgomery, Sue
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    The study was a creative endeavor in which researchfindings from the areas of medicine, mental health andeducation concerning effects of background music were combinedinto an experimental musical form designed to promote andfacilitate the relaxation response. This experimental musicwas cormared with Baroque largo musical background, as recommendedin Lozanov's method of accelerated...
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    relaxation. Ferguson's exploration and articulation of these effects on social, personal, scientific

  • Muscular strength of active men, 25 to 64 years of age

    Creator:
    LeMarr, John D.
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    This study measured muscular strength and perceived exertion of active men, 25 to 64 years old. The subjects were 80 members of a large YMCA, with 20 active men chosen from each of the following age groups: 25-34, 35-44, 45-54,and 55-64. Measurement of strength consisted of assessing the maximum weight...
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    these variables as well as using a test protocol, equipment, and facilities that were familiar to all

  • Urban ethnography : an exploration and interpretation of the post-camp period of Laotian refugees settling in Eugene-Springfield, Oregon

    Creator:
    Proudfoot, Robert Charles
    Abstract:
    This study employed ethnographic methodology to investigate and record the post-camp, pre-assimilation period of Laotian refugees.The primary goal was to document the special problems and experiences of the Laotian population as they attempted to adjust to new roles and expectations within mainstream North American society.Oral histories and biographical statements focused...
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    have arrived from Laos and Kampuchea. The origins of these peoples may be found in distinctly

  • Functional isometric weight training : its effects on dynamic and static leg strength

    Creator:
    O'Shea, Katie L.
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    The purpose of this study was to examine the relativeeffectiveness of functional isometric squats on thedevelopment of dynamic strength, static strength and powerof college males. Ten college males volunteered for thestudy. The subjects trained two days per week for a totalof eight weeks which consisted of a two week preconditioningperiod...
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    entirely on anaerobic metabolism for energy. The metabolic and contractile capabilities of these fibers

  • A follow-up study of Crater High School graduates

    Creator:
    Elden, Robert Harrison
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    Changes in educational programs should be implemented only after a careful evaluation of the product. Information about the product in education is often not available to planners of vocational education programs. A follow-up study of former students is a means by which information about graduates may be collected and used...
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    training are remaining in the state. These people are working primarily in semi-and unskilled jobs (12

  • Analysis of selected factors relating to the Neighborhood Youth Corps program in rural counties of Oregon

    Creator:
    Bigsby, Robert Alexander
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    Purpose of the Study There were two major purposes of this study. The first was to determine which socio-economic and educational factors normally available to Neighborhood Youth Corps personnel were associated with success and failure in the out-of-school program. The second purpose was to utilize these available socio-economic and educational...
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    -school program. The second purpose was to utilize these available socio-economic and educational factors

  • An analysis of the effectiveness of a learner-centered teaching system compared to that of a conventional teaching of basic electricity to university students

    Creator:
    Ruiter, William Wallace, 1925-
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    The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a learner-centered teaching system and that of a conventional teaching of basic electricity to university students. For this study 65 students enrolled in basic electricity at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona were used, distributed in two fall semester...
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    involved and the uses of these systems and their relative effectiveness compared to conventional methods

  • Cognitive dissonance and voter behavior toward school budgets

    Creator:
    Eberhardt, Clifford Erie
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    Problem School districts need information on how to better communicate with voters because budgets are being defeated. Budgets are growing larger as schools require an increasing level of financial support to respond to societal changes. This research focused primarily on the published school budget because in the state of Oregon...
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    and can they be determined by the manner in which budget information is presented? These have become

  • Opinions and characteristics of Portland Community College black students

    Creator:
    Bonaparte, Lawson Gregg, 1921-
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    The purpose of this study was to analyze and describe the opinions and characteristics of black students enrolled in Portland Community College. Data were obtained through a random sampling of two groups of subjects who were invited to participate in the study as follows: (1) Black subjects were 109 students...
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    assistance. It is, then, with these assumptions that this challenging and important study was undertaken