Competencies essential for the adequate performance of vocational
education leadership roles were investigated in this study.
Methods of preparing individuals for these roles were also considered.
Answers to two basic questions were sought as base data on which
future programs of occupational education leadership might be built.
These questions were:...
The purpose of this study was to investigate three research questions: (1) What are the attitudes and beliefs of the pre-service teachers and teacher educators regarding multicultural education, and how do the teacher educators prepare the pre-service teachers to meet the needs of diverse K-12 students in Taiwan? (2) To...
Bullying prevents its targets from enjoying a safe, stress-free living, learning, and working environment. For most children, bullying experiences will be merely unpleasant childhood memories. This remains the same in adult's working environment. During the past decade, the concept of workplace abuse has had an increasing resonance within western countries....
The hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae, is causing widespread mortality of eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, in the eastern United States. In the West, A. tsugae causes negligible damage to western hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla. Host tolerance traits and presence of endemic predators may be contributing to the relative tolerance of western...
Hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae Annand, is a serious threat to eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis Carriere, in the eastern United States. Infestations of A. tsugae are spreading rapidly and tree mortality caused by the insect is increasing yearly. As part of an integrated management approach, a classical biological control program...
The electrochemistry of the lithium-potassium-sodium
carbonate-borate melt was explored by voltammetry and chrono-amperometry. In support of this, a controlled-potential polarograph
and associated hardware was constructed.
Several different types
of reference electrodes were tried before choosing a porcelain membrane electrode containing a silver wire immersed in a silver sulfate
melt.
The...
Purposes of the Study: 1. To design an instrument for classification of
teacher-child verbal interaction formulating classroom
cognitive patterns of communication.
2. To use the designed instrument in a classroom
outside the pilot program to formulate an apparent
teacher-child cognitive pattern of communication. Securing and Treating the Data:
Information basic...
The effect of increased egg consumption on plasma
cholesterol levels and its distribution among lipoproteins and
Apolipoprotein A-I/A-II ratios of high density lipoprotein
subfractions in individuals who did and did not demonstrate response
in plasma cholesterol levels was studied in 20 healthy middle-aged
men (30-55 years of age) for three...
The competencies of athletic coaches in selected Oregon
high schools were analyzed to determine the agreement among
various groups of coaches and principals as to what represents
success in high school coaching, and the agreement among groups
of selected coaches and principals in their assessment of the
importance of these...