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Five programs for four participants : stories of paradox and learning in a graduate cohort for adult literacy practitioners

Creator:: Fish, Susan A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to understand the individual experiences of four adult literacy practitioners, Anne, Bill, Candy, and Emily, in the first cohort of the Oregon Field-Based Cohort Master's Program. This program, which Oregon established in 1993 as one venue of professional development for adult literacy and English...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Practitioners Abstract approved: a'6:1 Wayne W. Haverson The purpose of this study was to understand the

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
Full Text:: twofold. Redacted for Privacy 1. Through the traditional genre of Aboriginal autobiography, the

An investigation into the characteristics, perceptions, and expectations of high school students involved in a pilot statewide tech prep in agriculture program in Washington state

Creator:: Willis, James Franklin
Abstract:: The purpose of the investigation was to develop a profile of characteristics, perceptions and expectations of high school students involved in the Washington Tech Prep in Agriculture Statewide Articulation Program (TPAG). The investigation involved nine individual interviews, the responses of 165 students to a forced response survey instrument, and a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in Spanish, and gender balancing of images used in brochures. Recommendations for further research

A study of the relationship between school board leadership behavior and advancement of instructional quality

Creator:: Russell, Maryalice
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: interview questions were designed to reveal 1) perceived contribution of the QLI (vision, structure

Exploring college students' understanding of diversity : the effect of experience, interventions, and encapsulation

Creator:: Versluis, Diana Omura
Abstract:: This study sought to understand how post-secondary students experience and process issues of diversity, to discover what those views of diversity are, and how those views might change. The two issues that participants felt most strongly about were homosexuality and scholarships for students of color. Their views on homosexuality ranged...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: economic class (Grant & Ladson-Billigs, 1997). Research on college students' views on diversity issues has

Structural oppression of African Americans in higher education

Creator:: Powell, William N.
Abstract:: Researching what I believe to be exclusionary practices in higher education against African Americans has compelled me to approach this subject, in part, historically. Although I realize that a historical chronology of any subject is often deceptive, as with any writer, I am tempted to interpret events to fit my...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: INTRODUCTION 1 Prelude 1 The Oppressors' Language 4 The Oppressors' Use of Statistics to Conceal and

GED graduates : case studies of six at-risk students who have persisted at a community college

Creator:: Falk, Cheryl R.
Abstract:: This interpretive study sought to understand how six GED graduates who dropped out of high school came to be enrolled at a rural community college, and what factors they perceived promoted or impeded their academic persistence and success. Specifically the study focused on student backgrounds, reasons for dropping out of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: participants, this research would not have been possible. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. THE PROBLEM 1

A case study of inclusion : its time to get mad

Creator:: O'Dell, Marti
Abstract:: Since the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975, a number of common problems have emerged. Primarily they involve the difficulties both experienced and created by public schools attempting to fulfill the federal mandate to provide students with disabilities an appropriate public education. The purpose of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of previous research findings; teachers typically provide whole-class, undifferentiated instruction

Full-time faculty recruitment and selection strategies practiced by learning-centered community colleges

Creator:: Fowler-Hill, Sandra A.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 Statement of the Problem 4 Background of the Problem 6 Hiring and Enrollment

Generative evaluation of instruction in an Honors College, using small group instructional diagnosis : more than dots on a page

Creator:: Ringle, Judith Ann
Abstract:: Instruction in a University Honors College was evaluated using Small Group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID), a qualitative evaluation process. Fifty-one class sections were evaluated over a three-year period to determine what worked to help students learn, what did not work, and suggestions for improvement. Seven instructors used both SGID and an...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the research within the subculture of the Honors College, the home departments of the honors

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Five programs for four participants : stories of paradox and learning in a graduate cohort for adult literacy practitioners

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

An investigation into the characteristics, perceptions, and expectations of high school students involved in a pilot statewide tech prep in agriculture program in Washington state

A study of the relationship between school board leadership behavior and advancement of instructional quality

Exploring college students' understanding of diversity : the effect of experience, interventions, and encapsulation

Structural oppression of African Americans in higher education

GED graduates : case studies of six at-risk students who have persisted at a community college

A case study of inclusion : its time to get mad

Full-time faculty recruitment and selection strategies practiced by learning-centered community colleges

Generative evaluation of instruction in an Honors College, using small group instructional diagnosis : more than dots on a page

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