The purpose of this study was to determine differences in
patterns and underlying practices between fathers of gifted and
fathers of non-gifted children.
The study included 10 fathers of gifted (FG) children and 10
fathers of non-gifted (FN) children. The children were
preschoolers, ages 5-6 years old. Giftedness of the...
Intercollegiate wrestling at Oregon State University had its
inception on March 20, 1909. On that day, the Oregon Agricultural
College wrestling team wrestled in a home meet against the team
from Washington State College. The Beavers, under the tutelage of
their first coach Eddie O'Connell, won their first intercollegiate meet,...
The study measured and compared the philosophies of education of OSU graduates who are experienced teachers of vocational education and undergraduate vocational teacher trainees on an essentialist-progressive scale at OSU. The objectives of this study were to (1) determine if experienced teachers of vocational education and undergraduate vocational teacher trainees...
The general purpose of this study was to investigate the question:
Is unionization disruptive of intra-institutional relationships on community college campuses ?
The introduction of faculty unions into the
college community is often perceived, even by proponents, as a process
which engenders hostility and disruption. Social conflict theory
is the...
The major purpose of this study was to determine if
there were significant differences in the self-concepts of
vocational education teacher-trainees, non-vocational education
teacher trainees and non-education students at
Montana State University.
Two hundred students were surveyed to determine if
there were any differences in self-concepts based on
either major...
The Purpose of the Study: The major purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences among the opinions of participating employers, previous participating employers, and non- participating employers concerning cooperative vocational education,. The hypothesis that there is no significant difference among the mean scores for the three...
Purpose of the Study
The study was an examination of the effect of utilizing the
DECA Merit Awards Program (MAP) materials on high school
distributive education student interest levels toward careers in
marketing. It compared three groups of high school distributive
education students who used MAP with three groups who...
The Purpose of the Study
The overall purposes of this study were: (1) to identify and
analyze the attitudes of the school board members, vocational
teachers, non-vocational teachers, school administrators and career
education administrators toward career education; (2) to identify and
analyze the attitudes of the above five personnel groups...
The purpose of this study was to contrast the effectiveness of
computer-assisted ear-training instruction with the traditional style
of ear-training instruction to determine if computer-assisted instruction
increased the students' ability to identify auditory stimuli utilized
in Basic Musicianship at a rate different from that of the traditional
methodology.
Procedures
The...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the Oregon State
University environment as perceived by students, faculty and student
services staff. The students were divided into two age groups to
determine if there were any major differences in perception based on
age.
Three hundred and twenty-three people, representing four...
The major problem examined in this study was that of
determining whether or not there is any relationship between
student ratings of instruction in the community college
university transfer area and the professional teacher-training
backgrounds of instructors. In addition, several
other factors which may influence ratings and which might
interact...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of
a course of study developed at the University of Washington to provide a
career education class at the beginning of the high school experience
for special education students who are mildly handicapped in Tacoma
Public Schools. The problem was...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine f the Basic
Educational Opportunity Grant program at Oregon State University
achieved its goal of providing equal access to the benefits of higher
education for students who have low financial resources as compared
to students not receiving student financial aid.
Design:...
This study attempted to determine the predictability of adult students' educational orientations and college environmental relationship perceptions according to their enrollment in three contrasting liberal arts baccalaureate degree programs. Additionally, it sought to determine if there was a positive relationship between selected educational orientations and college environmental perceptions of adult...
The major purpose of this study was to develop and
test a procedural model for assessing work group effectiveness in a community college. The model required a
process to identify differences and commonalities among
work groups perceived to be effective and those perceived
to be less effective. In addition, this...
The primary purpose of this study was to develop and field test a methodology for the assessment of management development needs in industry. The population used to test this methodology consisted of 113 first-line and middle management personnel in three High-Tech companies in the State of Oregon. A mail questionnaire...