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A pilot study concerning the measurement of the typewriter composition skills of selected postsecondary students

Creator:: Plagens, Donald John
Abstract:: The purpose of this pilot study was to determine whether students using a series of planned exercises designed to improve typewriter composition skills would be better able to compose at the typewriter than students in a control group. The study was also concerned with the effect that the use of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Composition Skills of Selected Postsecondary Students AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF DONALD JOHN PLAGENS for

A study of transition skills for special education teachers in secondary settings

Creator:: Cote, Dorence J.
Abstract:: The recent focus on transition from school to working life has created a growing concern in Oregon about teachers with elementary certification as their initial certification who earn a special education certificate and teach students with disabilities in secondary settings. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee of outstanding professionals, Dr. Merle Kelley, Dr. Dale Weber, Dr. Donald Duncan and Dr. Ed

An analysis of the acceptance and the conceptual clustering of personal finance competencies as identified by the business community and personal finance teachers

Creator:: Stamps, Margaret Frances
Abstract:: This study was designed to determine the common personal finance competencies needed by graduating high school students in Oregon as perceived by personal finance teachers from the subject matter areas of business education, home economics, mathematics, and social studies and the business community. Two other purposes were to (1) determine...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Courtney, Dr. Robert Frank, Dr. Donald Beringson, Dr. Fred Fox, Dr. Anne Keast, and Dr. Charles Neyhart

Opinions and characteristics of Portland Community College black students

Creator:: Bonaparte, Lawson Gregg, 1921-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to analyze and describe the opinions and characteristics of black students enrolled in Portland Community College. Data were obtained through a random sampling of two groups of subjects who were invited to participate in the study as follows: (1) Black subjects were 109 students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -- Dr. Phillip B. Davis, Dr. Wilbert Gamble, Dr. Frederick P. Harris, Dr. Howard H. Hillemann, and Dr

Values and perceptions of community college professional staff in Oregon

Creator:: Pritchett, Betty Jensen
Abstract:: This study attempted to develop a profile of values held by Oregon's full-time professional staff members as a group. It also tried to ascertain if there are differences in the values and perceptions held by sub-groups within the community college staff. The main questions to be answered were: 1. Are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: athletics, g) meeting individual needs of students was a prime con- cern, h) many staff members did not

A study of the relationship of academic achievement in accounting courses to the readability of required textbooks and the reading ability of two-year accounting students

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:: . 2Kenneth B. M. Crooks, and Charles H. Smith, The Reading Problem in College Science Instruction", Science

Motives toward track and field competition of foreign and domestic grant-in-aid student-athletes in NCAA Division I colleges and universities

Creator:: Stidwill, Howard F.
Abstract:: 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,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: State University, who competed in 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympic Games; Donald Quarrie, USC, gold and

Creation and investigation of musical forms designed to promote relaxation

Creator:: Montgomery, Sue
Abstract:: The study was a creative endeavor in which researchfindings from the areas of medicine, mental health andeducation concerning effects of background music were combinedinto an experimental musical form designed to promote andfacilitate the relaxation response. This experimental musicwas cormared with Baroque largo musical background, as recommendedin Lozanov's method of accelerated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: whether or not it is useful as background music for accelerated learning methods. However, Dr. Donald

An evaluation of a change effort

Creator:: Carlson, Ron
Abstract:: School districts across the nation are engaged in an ongoing attempt to bring about change. Educational researchers strive to initiate change in the classroom with students as well as the teachers of these students. The evaluation of a change effort is a key element in any implementation model; as the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: unrealistically short. Berman and McLaughlin (1976) summarized the 4-year study by the Rand Corporation that

The design, development and testing of an experimental individualized learning system

Creator:: Neff, Gale Norman
Abstract:: This study was an experimental investigation of two methods of teaching students the cognitive knowledge and psychomotor skills pertaining to the automobile brake system. The methods investigated were the experimental individualized learning system and the traditional group-lecture and demonstration. Experimental Design and Procedure The experiment, conducted during the spring term...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ' methods. 15 However, it was not until 1926 when R. W. Selvidge wrote Individual- ezed Instructional

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A pilot study concerning the measurement of the typewriter composition skills of selected postsecondary students

A study of transition skills for special education teachers in secondary settings

An analysis of the acceptance and the conceptual clustering of personal finance competencies as identified by the business community and personal finance teachers

Opinions and characteristics of Portland Community College black students

Values and perceptions of community college professional staff in Oregon

A study of the relationship of academic achievement in accounting courses to the readability of required textbooks and the reading ability of two-year accounting students

Motives toward track and field competition of foreign and domestic grant-in-aid student-athletes in NCAA Division I colleges and universities

Creation and investigation of musical forms designed to promote relaxation

An evaluation of a change effort

The design, development and testing of an experimental individualized learning system

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