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The effects of career planning on self-concept and academic achievement of at-risk middle school students in an urban public school environment

Creator:: Casey, Michael Winfield
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a six-week career planning dropout prevention program on the self-concepts and academic achievement of at-risk middle school students in an inner-city public school environment. The research population consisted of 1,434 students (grades seven, eight and nine) attending an inner...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of my Oregon State University Advisory Committee: Drs. Kenneth Ahrendt, Alan Wallace, Lee Cole

Sustaining systems of relationships : the essence of the physical learning environment that supports and enhances collaborative, project-based learning at the community college level

Creator:: Wolff, Susan J.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to: (a) determine the design features of the physical learning environment that support and enhance collaborative, project-based learning at the community college level; and (b) to gain an understanding of the rationale for the selection of the features. The characteristics of the physical environment...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: factors, (d) derivation of the factors, (e) design process considerations, and (f) theories used to make

Identification of beauty culture skills for Alberta high schools

Creator:: Chatterton, Vonda Joy
Abstract:: This study identified the skills necessary to successfully complete the beauty culture program of Alberta. The (Alberta) beauty culture teachers (N =40) were surveyed, with their responses being used to assess the perceived skills. The instument, a 41 item survey, was established through the use of a Delphi panel to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Professor of Educatiorin Charge of Major Director bf School of Education D Date dissertation is presented

Out from the shadows : conversations with women who teach part-time in community colleges

Creator:: McNair, Delores E.
Abstract:: This phenomenological study explores what it means to teach part-time in community colleges in the United States. The increasing use of part-time faculty in community colleges and the concomitant emergence of a two-tiered faculty are discussed. The study examines the nature of part-time work in the United States, thus providing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Several people deserve special mention. First, Dr. Larry D. Roper, my advisor, major professor, and

Participant perspectives of program success in a community college-based short-term skill training program

Creator:: Cooper, Roger W.
Abstract:: Evaluating the success or failure of work force training programs is most often accomplished through the reporting of "objective" data. Rarely are the students' views of their own success in such a training program formally solicited or applied in any useful way. But participant perceptions can be a critical barometer...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Success in a Community College-Based Short-Term Skill Training Program. Abstract approve Ronald D. Daugh

Toward a student-constructed model of student services for electronic distance education

Creator:: Blount, Joanna F.
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe and communicate a student-constructed model of student services for electronic distance education (EDE). This study seeks to answer the following questions: Do students enrolled in EDE perceive a need for student services? If not, why not? Which services do students want/need?...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -Constructed Model of Student Services for Electronic Distance Education. Abstract approved: Larry D. Roper

Middle school change : a process for restructuring in a large school district

Creator:: Hanneman, Kathleen D.
Abstract:: This qualitative study examined organizational change including the necessary steps that a large school district took in planning and implementing a reform effort. This project told a story of one school district's experience. The study covered a five year period from 1990 to 1995 in the 30,000 student Salem-Keizer School...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: school district AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Kathleen D. Hanneman for the degree Doctor of

Effectiveness of case based method versus traditional lecture in the retention of athletic training knowledge

Creator:: Carter, Lori D.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: lecture in the retention of athletic training knowledge AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Lori D

Barriers that influence the decision of semiconductor specialists to teach part-time at community colleges

Creator:: Smith, David E., 1943-
Abstract:: There is a shortage of qualified community college technical instructors in new and emerging technologies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the barriers that may affect the decision of semiconductor specialists to teach part-time at community colleges. The desired outcome is to enable community colleges to increase the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ) interest in teaching, (b) self-efficacy, (c) awareness of teaching opportunities, and (d) faculty

The Returner : a First Nations autobiographical study : understanding the causes of First Nations language decline and extinction from the perspective of a First Nations language worker

Creator:: Kelly, John Medicine Horse
Abstract:: This study documents thick-description single-source data from the life and experiences of a Native American / Native Canadian language worker. The worker, raised and educated in the United States, was separated from his ancestral village until his thirties. The worker, with a Masters degree in education from Oregon State University,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The effects of career planning on self-concept and academic achievement of at-risk middle school students in an urban public school environment

Sustaining systems of relationships : the essence of the physical learning environment that supports and enhances collaborative, project-based learning at the community college level

Identification of beauty culture skills for Alberta high schools

Out from the shadows : conversations with women who teach part-time in community colleges

Participant perspectives of program success in a community college-based short-term skill training program

Toward a student-constructed model of student services for electronic distance education

Middle school change : a process for restructuring in a large school district

Effectiveness of case based method versus traditional lecture in the retention of athletic training knowledge

Barriers that influence the decision of semiconductor specialists to teach part-time at community colleges

The Returner : a First Nations autobiographical study : understanding the causes of First Nations language decline and extinction from the perspective of a First Nations language worker

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