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Creator:: Kincaid, John Thomas
Abstract:: In many schools, drugs, vandalism, assaults, thefts, and violence against both students and teachers have destroyed the orderly atmosphere needed for teaching and learning. While juvenile criminal behavior, both in school and elsewhere, is caused by a large and complex set of sociological and psychological conditions, there is evidence that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Peterson, Erik Alfrid
Abstract:: Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which the readability of accounting textbooks and two-year accounting students' reading ability were related to academic achievement. Procedure This research used two designs. Design one consisted of two samples from the population of two-year accounting students. One sample...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Valid- ity, and Extension to Level 17", Journal of Reading, 21, No. 3, (Dec. 1977), p. 251. 22

Creator:: Hickcox, Leslie K. (Leslie Kay), 1951-
Abstract:: The central purposes of this study were to review the historical sources of David Kolb's formulation of experiential learning theory, and to determine the effect and application of Kolb's theory and Learning Style Inventory as reflected in the literature between 1971 and 1990. It was found that Kolb based his...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: conceptualization, (comprehension). The transformation dimension opposes the processes of intention and extension

Creator:: Haselton, Shirley Schantz
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to identify essential reading and study skills for academic success in each of the schools at Oregon State University. Further, this study related faculty perception of specific skills and scores of subjects who were tested in these skills. The study...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: those involved in entry-level courses in these schools. (Oregon State University Bulletin, 1972-1973

Creator:: Abu-Saleh, Kadhem Mohammad
Abstract:: Two hundred twenty male students randomly selected during Spring semester 1988 from each of two Saudi Arabian universities, King Faisal and King Fand, were administered a three-part attitude measurement instrument and a fourpart Health-Related Physical Fitness Test. The attitude measurement instrument, derived from the McDonald Attitude Inventory and the Wear...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: majority of the physical education courses taught at King Fand University (Undergraduate Bulletin, 30

Creator:: Pflug, Elizabeth A.
Abstract:: A pretest-posttest design was used to compare the effectiveness of computer-assisted-instruction (CAI) drill and practice with the effectiveness of same-age peer-tutor drill and practice on promoting mastery of multiplication facts. The subjects were students from three, fourth grade classes in the Reedville School District of Aloha, Oregon. Two fourth grade...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: criticism comes from those who believe computers in edu- cation are an extension of the scientific

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