The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the formal
preparation currently required and desired for teachers of lower-division collegiate courses in public community colleges in the western
United States and to make recommendations for the preparation of
such teachers in Oregon. The identification of the functions of institutions...
This study attempted to analyze the educational problems of
Tamil women, one of the communal groups in Ceylon, to trace in
broad outline the development of their education from the earliest
times to the present day, and to ascertain particularly the quality
and importance of Home Economics Education in the...
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the usefulness of
sensitivity training with wives of graduate students in decreasing
role tension resulting from the husband's participation in an advanced
degree-seeking program and to assess the effect of professional endeavor
of wives upon marital integration.
Three groups for comparison were...
The study investigated the effect of family group consultation. Specific
hypotheses to be examined were:
1. Family group consultation is productive in helping individuals move
toward more effective behavior as measured by the increase in
correlation between self sort and the ideal sort at the end of consultation.
2. An...
The purposes of this thesis are; (a) the presentation of authentic data concerning the Chemawa Indian School from its establishment at Forest Grove, Oregon, in 1880 to the present time at Chemawa, Oregon; (b) the recording of some of the significant information concerning the school's growth; and to) an effort...
This dissertation was a qualitative case study focused on part-time faculty teachingdevelopmental mathematics courses in one large Pacific Northwest community college. Thecollege was selected for its size and maturity; the topic was selected for three related reasons:part-time faculty have been widely relied upon to teach these courses nationwide; students indevelopmental...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the practices of
curriculum development in the community colleges of the western
states and make recommendations for guidelines that can be used to
plan, implement, and evaluate technical vocational programs in the
community colleges. The various functions of other organizations
concerned with...
This study of Oregon secondary school teachers was designed
to find why individuals had chosen this particular career, what
they think of their positions, what time of their lives they chose
teaching as a career, and what their career plans are for the
future. The respondents were full-time Oregon secondary...
This thesis is based on an experiment in typewriting
which utilized specially designed audio-monaural
equipment for skill-building. The experiment was conducted
with students taking typewriting instruction at
the intermediate level at Oregon State University during
the Fall quarter, 1960. Three control and three
experimental classes participated and were compared on...
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this thesis is to survey the current practices in
guidance services in the public secondary schools of British Columbia
and on the basis of the survey findings, together with a review of the
literature of guidance, to present recommendations for a feasible
program...
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a
tutoring program and a traditional program in improving achievement
for students registered in low achiever English classes in reading
comprehension, language usage skills and spelling as well as student
interest in the study of English. For this study...
This investigation was designed to provide information about
applicants to Academic Year Institute Programs at Oregon State
University.
The study involved both acceptees and rejectees for the 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1961-62, and 1962-63 Academic Year Institutes.
Only acceptees for the 1960-61 year were included. The population
for the study included...
Background. As part of the nationwide student completion agenda, the Achieving the Dream (ATD) national reform network was established to help community colleges quickly institute sustainable change scaled to impact all students at the institution in a short period of time. Although ATD has been in existence for over a...
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not
change has occurred in the scholastic background and academic ability
of students attending the junior high school summer sessions of
the Santa Monica Unified School District, California, between the
years 1956 and 1962.
Applying a Fisher and Yates Table...
Purpose of the Study:
The purpose of this research was to study the school districts
in Umatilla County as they existed in 1962-3 and to formulate a
guide for reorganization of these districts into sound efficient units.
The following sub-factors were considered essential to this research,
and were dealt with...
This study was designed to reveal the outcomes of participation
in science project activities such as Science Fair projects among
ninth grade science students in Multnomah County, Oregon, during
the second half of the 1963-1964 school year.
A stratified sample of five public schools was selected to participate in this...
The purposes of this study were: (1) To attempt to determine
how well programs of cooperative education are functioning in meeting
the needs of pupils and the community through a survey of those
programs in selected high schools in Oregon, and (2) To develop
recommendations for improving cooperative education programs...
Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study is to determine the direction of the
emerging role of the teacher aide in Oregon Public Schools and to
make recommendations on the basis of the findings of this study.
Securing and Treating Data
The data for this study were obtained...