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Creator:: Ast, Karen M.
Abstract:: This study explores the lived experiences of first-year, rural, Oregon students in their initial entry to college. Through qualitative research involving one-on-one interviews with 10 participants, the author examines the transition of rural students into higher education, common experiences of rural students in their first term of college, and perceived...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Transitions AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Karen M. Ast for the degree of Master of Science in

Creator:: Woodruff, Karrie S.
Abstract:: Co-teaching and collaboration are an increasingly popular service model for English as a second language (ESL). In this model, the language specialist, sometimes called the ESL teacher, works together with a content teacher, each using their respective expertise to meet the needs of students who are identified as English learners...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : _____________________________________ Karen D. Thompson Abstract Co-teaching and collaboration are an increasingly popular service

Creator:: Bamford, Barbara JoAnne Dehm
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the factors that contributed to the engagement of middle and high school teachers in professional learning with instructional coaches, relative to disciplinary literacy. The study addressed the following question: What factors appear to influence secondary content-area teachers' engagement with instructional coaches,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: could learn. • My committee. Karen, you saw a glimmer of potential in me and my research—and from

Creator:: Schroeder, Katy
Abstract:: Equine-assisted group work has recently emerged in the empirical literature as a promising treatment approach for a variety of populations, including women trauma survivors (Whittlesey-Jermone, 2014; Shambo, Seely, & Vonderfecht, 2010). However, group therapeutic processes (e.g., therapeutic factors) and group leader characteristics have yet to be studied in equine-assisted groups....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: studies directing attention to the relationship between therapeutic factors, client outcomes, (Joyce

Creator:: Rogers, Christina
Abstract:: Professional school counselors are tasked with providing effective and relevant career counseling and career-focused activities with all K–12 students; however, the career domain remains the area where school counselors feel least efficacious and competent to broach as part of their role. Addressing the career domain in schools is vital as...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Rennick, Vikki
Abstract:: This is a phenomenological research study of the lived experience of women student mentors at one community college located in an urban setting on the West Coast. The study participants were women students who served as mentors to other women at the community college who are participants in a returning...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the books and resources she shared with me. Dr. Carol Thomas, Dr. Rex Hagans (retired), Joyce Harris

Creator:: Obery, Angela D.
Abstract:: This qualitative study examined the influence of the 2011 Oregon Writing Project (OWP) Summer Institute (SI) on the professional development of six teachers in the following ways: 1. The development of case descriptions of teachers' personal and professional backgrounds relevant to their teaching of writing. 2. An examination of the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to Dr. Karen Hamlin of the Oregon Writing Project at Willamette University for her continued

Creator:: Abramovitz, Jan Samuel
Abstract:: The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the effect of teacher training on the nature and context of movement instruction in Oregon elementary schools. While there are numerous instructional guides and many anecdotal descriptions of classroom movement highlighting the work of movement arts specialists, to the best of our...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Betsy Claasen, Karen Cook, Peggy Gibson, Rebecca Gyarmathy, Andrew Malderelli, Deb Mata, Sheyla Mattos

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