The purpose of this study was twofold: First, to establish a means
of assessing the degree of professional status accorded student personnel
workers by constructing an attitude questionnaire, for student
clientele, based upon statements derived from eight criteria for
evaluating professional status; Second, to determine and analyze the
attitudes measured...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the student personnel
services rendered at a public two-year community college. The institution
chosen for the study was Lethbridge Community College, located
in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Six hundred and one people, representing seven population groups,
were randomly selected for participation in this...
Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this investigation was to measure some of the effects of an elementary science program, the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) on science achievement of certain sixth grade students. Important to the problem was how the SCIS students compared with students exposed to a...
This investigation was designed to determine the
relationship of student teachers' commitment to the set
of values, attitudes, and behaviors that are characteristically
fostered and rewarded by bureaucratic organizations
and their verbal classroom behavior under actual
teaching conditions,
The purpose of the study was expressed by the
formulation of an...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of
various auditory metronomic rates on addition performance of
selected second-graders in Lindsay, California, and thereby test the
theory that when such rates "approach and reach personal tempo the
individual enjoys an optimal circumstance for learning" (Barsch,
1974, p. 5)....
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of the study was to determine whether there were
significant differences in students' career maturity as a result of
exposure to the concepts of career education. The study evaluated the
relative effectiveness of a developing comprehensive career education
project to help students attain increased...
The Purpose of the Study
The overall purposes of this study were: (1) to identify and
analyze the attitudes of the school board members, vocational
teachers, non-vocational teachers, school administrators and career
education administrators toward career education; (2) to identify and
analyze the attitudes of the above five personnel groups...
Individuals participating in the enviromental sport activity courses of backpacking-orienteering, mountaineering, and scuba diving responded to pre- and post - test trials of the Self-Cathexis Scale ard the Body-Oathexis Scale. Two control groups composed of random samples of the university student population reponded to the Self-Cathexis Scale Body-Cathexis Scale: one...
The purpose of this study was to determine the importance and
the frequency of use of certain communication skills to job-entrylevel
mechanics as assessed by employers, educators at various levels,
and entry-level industrial mechanics. The study was conducted in
Lane County, Oregon. Communication skills investigated for importance
and for frequency...
The presence of residual muscular tension has been implicated
as a detrimental influence on the performance and learning of motor
skills. A method for reducing muscular tension has been provided by
the recent advent of biofeedback training. Thirty young adult males
were subjected to tests of stabilometer balancing skill and...
The study had four objectives, the major one being the identification
of the common professional competencies for adequate performance
as a Baptist clergyman. A second objective was to determine
the common professional competencies needed by Baptist pastors and
ministers of education. The determination if significantly different
competencies were required for...
Oregon College of Education (OCE) is a small, liberal arts college with a special emphasis on the preparation of teachers. Its student population is predominantly from Oregon's Willamette Valley area. OCE developed specific objectives for its teacher education program and the purpose of this study was to determine whether the...
In recent years almost all states have legislated educational
and licensing programs to protect the welfare and property of citizens
engaged in outdoor recreational pursuits. Such programs exist
for automobile, motorcycle, airplane, and snowmobile operators.
However, boating continues to be one of the major recreational outdoor
activities where operators of...
Objectives of the Study
The study attempted to accomplish the following:
1. Document the fundamental or conservative nature of
early American higher education, especially the nine
colonial colleges, and verify its seemingly irrepressible
progression toward liberalism.
2. Determine the nature of variables associated with the
process of liberalization.
3. Isolate...
The Purpose of the Study: The major purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences among the opinions of participating employers, previous participating employers, and non- participating employers concerning cooperative vocational education,. The hypothesis that there is no significant difference among the mean scores for the three...
The major purpose of this study was to investigate the effects
of indoor aquatic activities on the health patterns of the college student.
Three groups of students were used in the investigation: the
experimental group, comprised of students enrolled in aquatic
activities, and two control groups, the first comprised of...
The major purpose of this study was to determine if
there were significant differences in the self-concepts of
vocational education teacher-trainees, non-vocational education
teacher trainees and non-education students at
Montana State University.
Two hundred students were surveyed to determine if
there were any differences in self-concepts based on
either major...
Introduction. The study was conducted in response to a need
for systematic analysis of the practice of granting academic credits
for prior off-campus learning. It was stimulated by a commitment
to the goal of facilitating student development and an interest in the
theory that such development can be enhanced through...