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An investigation of the relationships between student evaluations and faculty, class, and student demographic variables in rating instructional effectiveness

Creator:: Anstine, Daniel D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to analyze and interpret the results of fall term student ratings of faculty teaching performance (n= 40,000) in order to determine whether relationships exist between a range of demographic variables and the ratings professors receive from students enrolled in their classes. A population of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: The author is very grateful to Dr. Robert Rice for serving as my advisor and chairman of my

An organizational model for community colleges in Yemen

Creator:: Almotaa, Ali
Abstract:: The educational system in the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) is in desperate need of reform to accommodate recent changes in the structure of the economy and society of the YAR. At present, there is only one university, the University of Sana'a, within the country. In this study, the organization of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Privacy Abstract approved: Robert Rice The educational system in the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) is in

The effects of implementing the consultation model on special education referrals in the Portland (Oregon) public schools from 1987-1990

Creator:: Yocom, Dorothy Jean
Abstract:: The purpose of this research study was to examine the impact of the consulting teacher model on referral and verification rates to special education. A population of schools which implemented the model (N = 17) was compared with a randomly selected comparison group of schools which did not (N =...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Portland (Oregon) Public Schools from 1987-1990. Abstract approved: _ Redacted for Privacy lE Bon lie J

The relationship between terminal values and health care preferences among Chinese students from the People's Republic of China and Taiwan attending Oregon State University

Creator:: Wright, Bernadette P.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if significant relationships exist among terminal values, demographic variables and health care preferences for information and behavioral involvement for graduate students from the People's Republic of China and Taiwan. The Rokeach Value Survey and the Krantz Health Opinion Survey were used to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: professional and academic growth. To my committee members Dr. Brooke Collison, Dr. Robert Houston, Dr. Knud

An examination of subsidies provided by public universities to affiliated foundations

Creator:: Hughes, Peter Mark
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which public universities are providing subsidies to tax-exempt, non-profit, legally distinct corporations which serve as university-affiliated foundations. Specifically, this investigation sought to determine (a) the percentage of universities providing subsidies, (b) the types of subsidies provided, (c) the dollar...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Drs. Patricia Wells, Robert Mason, Robert Rice, and Douglas Derryberry for their guidance, direction

Modeling academic performance change from high school to college

Creator:: Brown, Wayne E. (Wayne Edward), 1943-
Abstract:: This research was undertaken to identify variables that accounted for major changes in academic performance between high school and college. Differences between predicted and actual college GPA were used to classify students as gainers or decliners among a group of sophomores and a group of seniors at a medium-sized research...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: College Redacted for PrivacyAbstract approved: J. Rogdr Penn This research was undertaken to identify

A cross-racial comparison of the relationship of personality traits, body mass, and physical fitness among junior high school students in Taiwan

Creator:: Lin, Ching-ho
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to compare differences among 18 personality trait scales of the California Personality Inventory (CPI), six American Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (AAHPER) tests of physical fitness, and Ponderal Index (PI, or body mass) measurements for a population of ethnic Chinese and aboriginal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Sandra J. Suttie, my present and previous major advisors, whose keen wit, personal warmth, and academic

Teacher attending behaviors directed to at risk high school students

Creator:: Mathews, Stephen E.
Abstract:: Approximately one quarter of America's students leave school prior to graduation. Teaching practices need to be examined if schools are to effectively deal with the student population. at highest risk of dropping out. The purpose of this study was to investigate the attending behaviors high school teachers directed to students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the students reason to drop out. Robert Glaser called for adapting education to these individual

Preference for school involvement strategies by mothers of at-risk and peer-model kindergarten children

Creator:: Kieff, Judith E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the attitudes and preferences regarding home/school involvement strategies of 23 mothers of kindergarten students who had been identified as at-risk for failure in school and 18 mothers of kindergarten students who had been designated as peer models. Data were collected...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: would also like to thank Lynn Lahey, Claudia Raleigh, and Beverly Hellickson of the Corvallis School

A comparison of the metacognitive behaviors of field independent and field dependent pre-service teachers

Creator:: Carr, Maureen Sherry
Abstract:: Research studies indicated that differences in cognitive processing style influence individual behavior on various types of tasks. This study investigated the effect of the cognitive style dimension, field independence-dependence, on the metacognitive functioning of individuals involved in three problem tasks which varied in inherent structure. Twenty-six subjects were randomly selected...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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An investigation of the relationships between student evaluations and faculty, class, and student demographic variables in rating instructional effectiveness

An organizational model for community colleges in Yemen

The effects of implementing the consultation model on special education referrals in the Portland (Oregon) public schools from 1987-1990

The relationship between terminal values and health care preferences among Chinese students from the People's Republic of China and Taiwan attending Oregon State University

An examination of subsidies provided by public universities to affiliated foundations

Modeling academic performance change from high school to college

A cross-racial comparison of the relationship of personality traits, body mass, and physical fitness among junior high school students in Taiwan

Teacher attending behaviors directed to at risk high school students

Preference for school involvement strategies by mothers of at-risk and peer-model kindergarten children

A comparison of the metacognitive behaviors of field independent and field dependent pre-service teachers

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