The purpose of this study was to monitor coronary responses
occurring in the S-T segment of an electrocardiogram before, during
and after exercise following a "standard" carbohydrate-loading schedule with varied vitamin B-6 supplementation. The study was conducted
using four college-aged males who had been training a minimum of two
years...
A five year longitudinal study was begun in 1976 to find a
solution to the problem of early primary children who fail in school
and then adopt the failure syndrome. The study was conducted in four
elementary schools in Oregon which had distinctly different
socio-economic populations.
The tests used for...
The purpose of this research was to investigate the
effectiveness of using an early childhood language intervention
program with children who had been determined to be
language delayed at the ages of 3, 4 and 5 and to determine
how the early childhood langauge intervention program was
associated with changes...
The use of selected computer games was studied as an
intervention technique in an attempt to increase achievement
of learning disabled adolescents in basic multiplication And
division facts. A multiple baseline design across subjects
with a follow-up was employed in an applied behavioral
setting. The subjects were two female and...
This study employed ethnographic methodology to investigate and record the post-camp, pre-assimilation period of Laotian refugees.The primary goal was to document the special problems and experiences of the Laotian population as they attempted to adjust to new roles and expectations within mainstream North American society.Oral histories and biographical statements focused...
The goals of this study were to discover and compare the religious
and philosophical traditions which have shaped Japanese and American
cultures, and to make a case for interdisciplinary transcultural programs
of study in higher education. Specifically, the purposes of this
study were to: (1) describe and trace historically the...
The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship
between attitudes and behaviors pertaining to male contraceptive practices;
the influences of living group affiliation in these practices;
the influence of partners in birth control method use; the quality of
communication in the sexual relationship as an influence in birth...
The purpose of this research was to test the effectiveness of
the ethnographic method as a tool for evaluating nontraditional
adult and continuing education programs. The program evaluated was
the Oregon Heritage Festival, a four-week Summer Term activity
designed to eclectically draw upon the arts, humanities, and science
to illustrate...
In recent years, the role of the City Manager in municipal
policy making has been the focus of considerable attention and debate in
both the academic and local government arenas. The purpose of this
study was to determine the differences in views of elected mayors and
appointed managers with regard...
The present study investigated the contribution of
attention to one-handed catching success. A group of
skilled (N = 8) and non-skilled (N = 10) subjects were
compared in their ability to process secondary task
information while executing a primary one-handed catching
task. On 40% of the trials, a secondary visual...
The purpose of this study was to investigate physical education
and sport in Thailand and, based upon expert opinion, to develop a
blueprint of physical education and sport for the nation building of
Thailand. The investigation concentrated on the history, role and
function, purpose of governmental involvement, and future prospects...
Organizations leading education reform of the 1980's
have challenged teacher education programs at colleges and
universities across the nation to improve the subject
matter content preparation of teachers. Past methods of
program development and techniques to assess teacher's
knowledge competence have been one-sided in their
approach. New research studies on...
Seventy-six competitive swimmers from eight swimming
teams were surveyed about swimmer's shoulder symptoms over
the past year, then were placed into symptomatic levels:
nonsymptomatic and symptomatic with the symptomatic sample
divided into moderately and highly symptomatc levels.
Swimmers were videotaped to evaluate maximum body
roll and the simultaneous angle of...
This study examined the ralationship of organizational
structure and job satisfaction in Iranain iron companies.
Sixteen of 27 Iranian iron companies were randomly
selected for the study, and 195 middle managers in the 16
companies were surveyed with a three part instrument
consisting of Likert's (1967) Profile of Organizational
Characteristics;...
The objectives of this study were to: (1) determine if individual
differences in the learner characteristics of field dependence, state
and trait anxiety, age, sex, and prior computer experience were related
to performance in operating a computer system; (2) to determine if
differences in performance would occur as a result...
This study examined the relationship and strength of association
of the two independent variables of gender (male, female) and perceived
sex role identity (masculine, androgynous, feminine, and
undifferentiated) on the leadership style, leadership range (number of
back-up styles), and leadership adaptability (effectiveness) of nonforeign
graduate students at a Land Grant...
Twenty-seven male college football linemen from the Oregon State
University football team served as subjects for the study to determine
which variables in strength and power would be best suited for use in
regression analysis with tibial nerve conduction velocity (TNCV). The
purpose of the investigation was to determine whether...
The major problem examined in this study was that of
determining whether or not there is any relationship between
student ratings of instruction in the community college
university transfer area and the professional teacher-training
backgrounds of instructors. In addition, several
other factors which may influence ratings and which might
interact...
The purposes of this study were to determine
relationships between burnout and selected demographic
and job-related variables and to identify burnout coping
strategies commonly used by teacher-coaches in public
secondary schools. A volunteer sample of 193 teacher-coaches
responded to a three-section questionnaire
composed of the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Jaloweic...
Purpose: The general problem was to determine the relationship between biorhythms and injuries to college football participants representing Oregon State University. Procedures: The population consisted of one hundred and ninty two football players representing Oregon State University who participated in the intercollegiate football seasons of 1981 and 1982. Injury data...
Biorhythm theory proponents believe that humans have
a 23-day physical cycle, a 28-day emotional cycle, and a
33-day intellectual cycle. According to biorhythm theories
a person in the positive portion of any single cycle, the performance potential is enhanced for those tasks related to
that particular rhythm. When each cycle...
Purpose: The study assessed the perceived need for inservice
training to improve the teaching of mathematics in primary schools
in Bendel State of Nigeria. Specifically, the study sought to
know where and when the primary school mathematics teachers need
inservice training to improve their standards of teaching elementary
mathematics. The...
As with other areas of the curriculum home economics
tends to respond to the objectives of powerful interest
groups rather than to the work of recognized scholars and
the ideals of democracy.
The philosophical orientation of this study is derived
from the work of Jurgen Habermas, a dominant figure in...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the interrelationships
between loneliness, college academic achievement, and locus of
control. The sample consisted of 97 subjects who were randomly selected
from those students living in the residence hall system at Oregon
State University.
Five null hypotheses were tested:
1. There is...
The purpose of this study was to determine if significant differences
in each of the ten Structure of Intellect (SOI) abilities
measured on the SOI Screening Form for Gifted exist between students
perceived by teachers as gifted and identified gifted students
overlooked by teachers. The influence of teacher and student...
Corporate employee volunteer programs are redefining "corporate
social responsibility." Community benefits derived from these
programs are well documented. However, there is limited research on
what internal impact such programs have on the sponsoring
corporations.
Kast and Rosenzwieg (1978) define "organizational performance" as
"effectiveness," "efficiency" and "participant satisfaction." The
study focused...
The study was designed to determine the effect of doctoral
study upon the marriages of doctoral students.
The sample for the research was drawn from the total population of married doctoral students enrolled in Oregon State University/Western Oregon State College's School of Education and Oregon
State University's College of Home...
The primary purpose of this study was to identify the
competencies essential for effective performance as a rural
public health sanitarian in developing countries. The need
to identify rural sanitarian competencies in developing
countries is closely related to the World Health Organization's
goal of "Health for all by the year...
The primary purpose of this study was to identify the competencies
needed to perform effectively as a long-term care administrator.
An original list of competency statements was generated from the literature
and from persons active in the field of long-term care administration.
This list of 53 statements was placed into...
This study examined the reading-writing relationship for
99 exclusively international students, and used narrative,
and timed and untimed expository writing samples. The reading
comprehension test was the Degrees of Reading Power (DRP), a
test appropriate for use with English as a second language
(ESL) learners.
Results of the study indicated...
The literature defines a displaced homemaker as a
woman who has worked primarily without remuneration to
care for the home and family (U.S. Congress, 1977).
Federally funded displaced homemaker programs are
provided to help these women move from dependency to
self-sufficiency (Displaced Homemakers Network, 1986).
The purpose of this study...
This study was designed to determine cardiorespiratory and energy expenditure responses elicited by recreational divers while finning at a submaximal intensity (35% max) in cold (18°C) and warm (29°C) water with and without wet suits. Male divers (15) volunteered to participate in five experimental procedures. A maximal graded exercise tethered...
The purpose of this research was to investigate the
effects of three levels of contextual interference on the
acquisition and retention of a sequential motor skill, by
moderately mentally retarded and nonretarded subjects. The
subjects were functioning between an eight and twelve year
level. The dependent measures included; Reaction Time...
The purpose of this study was to determine if parents of students
could improve the motor performance of their moderately and severely
mentally retarded children through the implementation of the
Data-Based Gymnasium (DBG) Instructional Model as a supplement to the
school program. The DBG Instructional Model is an individualized
system...
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the
effectiveness of a 6-week strength training program consisting of
squat and plyometric exercises on vertical power jump performance,
static and dynamic muscular strength, and muscular power production
in college age adults. Fifteen male and two female college students
in an advanced...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of power weight training and conventional weight training on forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in one second in college males. Sixteen college males were employed as the two experimental groups: seven subjects for a power weight training experimental...
Public Law 94-142, passed in 1975, mandated that all children receive a free and
appropriate education regardless of the extent of their handicapping condition. Handicapped
students were to be educated in the "least restrictive environment" possible. Placing handicapped
students in regular classrooms has been termed "mainstreaming." Mainstreaming has produced
concerns...
The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the interactive effects of locus of control and instructional method on perceived self-efficacy with computers. The two instructional methods in this
experiment were intended to represent variations in the amount of control over the lesson that students
would have, the amount of...
The purposes of the study were to determine the relationship which existed between higher cognitive level question wait-time range and student achievement, and whether students perceived biology student teachers who used a 1-4 second wait-time range as being either more or less effective than biology student teachers who used a...
This study examined the singular and combined effects of a
progressive relaxation and biofeedback monitoring program upon Trait
Anxiety, Sports Competition Anxiety, blood pressure, heart rate, and
muscle tension as measured by EMG readings. The programs were
administered over a six-week sequence, with pre-measures utilizing
the Spielberger Trait Anxiety measure,...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine
the effectiveness, if any, of the P0₂ Aerobic Exerciser in
simulating high altitude training in cross country runners
living at sea level.
Procedures: This study was conducted during the 1982
winter term at Oregon State University. Four cross country
runners of...
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of trials-to-criterion on the retention of a discrete motor skill (overhand beanbag throw) by moderately mentally retarded and severely mentally retarded individuals. Nonmentally retarded individuals were involved as a control group. The subjects were grouped by degree of retardation and...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of theological
education on philosophy of human nature among Sunday school teachers in
the Church of the Nazarene. Research materials consisted of Wrightsman's
Philosophy of Human Nature scale and a demographic questionnaire
constructed by the researcher. These materials were mailed...
The purpose of this study was to examine pressure at
five selected sites on the plantar surface of the foot and
adaptations in running kinematics among fourteen male
varsity collegiate distance runners on five different
surfaces--asphalt, cinders, concrete, grass, and tartan.
Pressure data were collected with an Electrodynogram system
(EDG)...
The study investigates the influence of the self-reference
effect upon the amount of main and subordinate ideas which older
adults can recall and recognize after viewing the television
documentary entitled, The Xinquana: Aborigines of South America.
The participants are native English-speaking Americans who are
50 years old or older. The...
Materials concerning ethnic and minority groups are a concern
for many curriculum leaders. Inappropriate materials perpetuate
stereotypes, in many cases due to a lack of study concerning the
information within the materials. The materials concerning Native
Americans typically presented in public school classrooms tend to
overgeneralize information about the cultural...
The purpose of this study was to supply information
that would help improve typing courses by identifying
successful skillbuilding practices and to provide students
with a means of increasing speed and/or accuracy during
timed writings. More specifically, the purpose of this
study was to answer the question:
Does the previewing...
The primary purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of peer presence upon the health-related physical fitness test scores of college students. A total of 312 undergraduate college students, 156 males and 156 females, 18 through 29 years of age, randomly selected from the physical education activity...
Research on the topic of learning styles has
revealed the positive impact that implementation of a
learning styles program can have on the education of
America's youth. Yet for many districts in the state
of Oregon, implementation is hindered by a lack of
available funds and personnel trained to do...
This is a psycho-socio-linguistic study of language
as the primary tool of institutions such as education,
government, and religion. These institutions have goals
associated with identifying with, communicating with, and
influencing individuals in the general public who are not
Part of the group. A review of psycho-socio-linguistic
theory suggests that...
The effects of a subliminal auditory stimulus on the
motor activity and task performance skills of hyperkinetic
children were investigated. Fifteen boys between seven and
twelve years of age, who were enrolled in one of three
treatment groups for hyperactivity, were recruited for
this study. Each child participated, weekly, in...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect
of an eight-week instructional program, using different
activities and apparatus, upon the balance performance
of hearing-impaired children, ages 6-12. Balance was
measured by the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency
(Subtest 2: Balance) as a pre- and post-test to
determine if...
The main purpose of this study was to examine the influence of
additional content from areas of mainstreaming and adapted physical
education on preservice elementary educators attitudes toward
teaching nonhandicapped and handicapped children in elementary
physical education. To achieve this goal (a) an instrument was
constructed to assess the attitudes...
The Purpose of the Study
This study was undertaken to design, implement, and assess
the effectiveness of a memory retraining program. The design
was a true experimental design with pretest/posttest control
group and randomized selection of experimental group. The
principle hypothesis was that there would be a significant difference
between...
The major purpose of this study was to develop an Adaptation
Model for emergency departments in urban and suburban Health
Maintenance Organizations. Questions explored which provided data
for the Model were: 1) are there significant differences in the
demographic, sociologic, and decision-making characteristics of
clients seeking services in emergency rooms...
A Likert-type scale measuring attitudes toward the handicapped
was developed and used to investigate intercorrelations between
these attitudes and three other socio-political attitudes, namely
ethnocenterism, radical-conservatism, and authoritarianism. The
reliability was assessed by the split-half correlation coefficient
as corrected by the Spearman-Brown prophesy formula. The construct
validity was established by...
The purpose of the study was to develop a schematic model
that would make motivation and learning theories more comprehensible
to beginning theory students by providing a common method of displaying
and integrating theories in such a way that they could claim
a mutual language and could be examined and...
The study's goal was to develop and initially validate the Food
Fantasies Questionnaire, a self-report therapeutic and research
instrument which assesses the occurrence and content of highly
irrational food cognitions (fantasies) common to eating disorders in
relation to seven theoretically derived factors characterisic of the
disorders: fear, anxiety, revulsion, pleasure,...
This study investigated the relationship between
various demographic, structural, organizational, and
operational factors and the success of nonprofit
foundations affiliated with two-year technical and
community colleges in Canada. Three aspects were
specifically examined: (1) a descriptive analysis of the
two-year technical and community college foundation in
Canada; (2) Pearson product-moment...
The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of
three Oregon State Penitentiary minority inmate groups -
Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans - towards the Activities
Programs as a rehabilitative tool. Two other purposes
were to (1) determine significant differences among group
attitudes, and (2) determine the degree...
The purposes of this study were to (a) outline a three-stage
methodology combining functional/conceptual
equivalence, item equivalence, and equivalence in construct
operationalization to investigate the cross-cultural
validity of psychological test instruments, and (b) to
examine the cross-cultural equivalence of the Physical
Estimation and Attraction Scale (Sonstroem, 1978) for
English-speaking and...
Purpose of the Study:
The purpose of this study was to.investigate the achievement
effect of providing students in a college-level introductory
psychology course with behavioral objectives. The non-experimental
literature provides a rationale for student use of behavioral objectives
(Bobbitt, 1918; Tyler, 1950; Taba, 1962; Gagne and Briggs,
1974; and Popham,...
This paper proposes that human asymmetrical hemispheric
function originated because of the cognitive requirements of
tool-making.
The human brain can be considered to be a product of two
evolutionary episodes. The first episode was shared with
other mammals and resulted in a brain composed of a reptilian
complex, paleomammalian and...
This study investigated the practices public and academic
library administrators find useful and utilize in analyzing
use of collections. The study also investigated
administrators' satisfaction with their collection use
analysis practices, and the impact they perceived automation
to have upon collection use analysis practices.
A survey developed for this study...
This investigation was a two stage study performed in two urban/
rural communities in Washington State. Stage I was an effort to replicate a study performed in an eastern Virginia school district whereby
results were obtained demonstrating that 9th graders and black students
identified teacher warmth behaviors as being important...
The purpose of the study was to determine if a model
could be created which would describe and prescribe a superior
method for strategic problem solving in the community
college. A review of the literature in business and industry
was used to extrapolate a model which might describe the
decision...
The purpose of this study was to identify the dry season
vegetable production sources of information, technical knowledge
base and needs of women farmers expressed by the women farmers
themselves in Ngabu Agricultural Development Division, Malawi,
Central Africa.
The objectives were to identify the following aspects of dry
season vegetable...
The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether sex-role
identification differences among college students were related to place
of residence, and if so, whether certain factors affect these
differences. Six hypotheses were developed. The study sought to
ascertain if sex-role identification is related to certain dimensions of
peer association...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the need for an
academic transition program at the beginning of the high school
experience for 90 to 100 critical - need ninth grade students at
North Thurston High School in Lacey, Washington. Opinions of ninth
and twelfth grade high school students...
The present study was undertaken to investigate the relationship
of self-esteem and locus of control to defending behavior as perceived
by classmates in junior high schools in Japan, and to examine the
relationship of all three of these to school grades. Special attention
was given to how the present test-centered...
The purpose of the study was to determine if a self-assessment procedure provides data with acceptable accuracy for use in Adult Basic Education placement diagnostic batteries. Several factors descriptive of the population and the treatment were studied: 1. The overall degree of accuracy in computation and word pronunciation. 2. The...
The purpose of this study was to gather and interpret data in
order to contribute to a better understanding of older employed women
as they prepare for the transition from the paid workforce to
retirement.
Selected descriptive variables were measured to determine
their relationship to retirement readiness in a sample...
Small groups are an important and widely used educational
format in adult church education. It is estimated
that ninety percent of the churches that belong to the
Conservative Baptist Association of Oregon provide some
type of small group eductional opportunity for their adult
members. The purpose of this study was...
Ankle injuries account for 10-20% of time loss injuries in sports
with almost 85% of these injuries being sprains, the majority of
which occur to the lateral ligamentous complex. With statistics such
as these it becomes important that the Athletic Trainer establish a
method for effective and efficient means to...
Five NAIA intercollegiate men's basketball teams and 53 players
served as subjects to determine the role pre-game anxiety played in
basketball game performance. The study involved four games in which
Western Oregon State College competed against other small colleges
in Oregon during the 19 -81 season. Performance in basketball was...
This study examined the effects of an eight week Rational Emotive Education Program (REE) on the perception of locus of control and the reduction of the number of disciplinary referrals of self-revealing children of alcoholics (COA's) in a school setting. The sample included 74 randomly selected middle school students. The...
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study was to investigate the
effects of a 12-month physical activity (jogging) program
on the bone density of cardiac-prone participants in the
Adult Fitness Program at the University of Wisconsin-
La-Crosse.
The following null hypotheses were tested:
1. There was no significant...
The purpose of this study was: 1) to compare the
change in QT interval values before, during, and after
exercise following carbohydrate depletion and loading, and
2) to assess the change following vitamin B-6 supplementation.
ECG monitoring devices and bicycle ergometers were
used to collect ECG tracings and control the...
The central purpose of this study was to develop a model for
the examination of productivity in Adult Basic Education. To that
end, an instrument developed for use in the field of business was
adapted for use with an educational audience. It examined the
relationship of adult education staff decision...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a
power lifting weight training program on the dynamic strength, static
strength and body composition of college females. Thirteen college
females volunteered for the study. The subjects trained three days
per week for a total of nine weeks which...
The central purpose of this study was to examine
physicians' attitudes and communication methods which
they used with deaf patients. This study was conducted
with 100 physicians practicing medicine in Linn and
Marion counties in Oregon.
Attitude was measured by the Attitude Toward Deaf
Persons Scale and was compared to...
In the field of physical education and athletics the ever-rising
operating costs of quality programs had forced all small colleges to
seek new sources of funds. The financial problems in supporting
physical education and athletics were related to the overall
financial problems of these institutions.
With the need for additional...
The purpose of the study, which was conducted in 33 school
districts in six Eastern Oregon counties, was threefold:
1. To assess the perceived needs of administrators, counselors
and/or specialists and special teachers of the handicapped
and disadvantaged, to determine special education needs in
small rural school districts;
2. To...
The major purpose of this study was to determine
the extent to which home economics teachers know and
use content area reading strategies in the classroom.
The study looked at a variety of personal and school
variables to determine their relationship to the
teachers' knowledge and use of content area...
This study measured muscular strength and perceived exertion of active men, 25 to 64 years old. The subjects were 80 members of a large YMCA, with 20 active men chosen from each of the following age groups: 25-34, 35-44, 45-54,and 55-64. Measurement of strength consisted of assessing the maximum weight...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness, if any, of ten weeks of motor psychophysics training on the
development of dynamic muscular strength (as measured by the bench
press and squat) in male college athletes and non-athletes.
Procedures: This study was conducted during the first (spring)...
This study sought to chronicle the increased presence of the
foreign athlete in NCAA Division I track and field and to assess the
competitive motivations of American and foreign track and field
athletes. Recruiting pipelines, as well as the successes of foreign
athletes on U.S. university track and field teams,...
This investigation identified perceptions of deterrents to participation in adult literacy programs from among a low- literate non-participating adult population residing in the greater Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. While previous investigators have identified deterrents to participation among other subgroups of the population, such investigations have focused on those currently, or...
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this research project was to identify
minimum
competencies needed for elementary and secondary teachers in the
fields of ESL and bilingual education.
Procedures
Two procedural phases were applied in this study.
The first
phase was the construction of a survey questionnaire which was...
Middle School represents a period of transition for the
students. This transition is present not only in physical change,
intellectual change, and emotional change, but also in terms of
the type of reading instruction these students receive. One
approach to reading instruction moves from a direct approach
focusing on specific...
The purpose of this study was to determine the
effect of immediate prior meditation (transcendental
meditation) and relaxation upon the pattern of physiological
response and performance of a fine motor and
gross motor task. A second purpose of this study was
to determine whether the long term regular practice of...
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...
The conceptual foundation of the study emerged from a concern
regarding the application of managerial competencies in the local
church. A review of the literature suggests that in spite of the
increasing awareness for the need to make greater use of these skills,
little consensus currently exists regarding their relative...
There are between one and two million
occurrences of head injuries in this country each
year causing an estimated 140,000 deaths. Fifty to
seventy thousand who survive are left with such
intellectual impairment as to preclude returning to a
normal life. The purpose of this study is to
investigate the...
The American public school system has been delegated the responsibility
for providing all children with an equal educational
opportunity. For the state of Alaska, this charge is both unique and
difficult. The academic performance of Alaskan Native students, the
state's largest minority, is a serious concern due to their relatively...
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships and the differences between the self-concept and the coping
behavior of two selected groups of graduate students namely, foreign-born
Asians and American Caucasians who were enrolled in graduate
school of Oregon State University during the 1981-82 academic year.
The...