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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:: the dimensions of body structure (Neilson & Jensen, 1972). For this study, PI is used as the measure

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:: :, . William R. Fielder School districts across the nation are engaged in an ongoing attempt to bring about

An historical review of Kolb's formulation of experiential learning theory

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:: investigator also found that the psychological constructs of fields of consciousness by William James (1899

A study of the relationship between living environment press and retention of freshman pledges in fraternities at Oregon State University

Creator:: Smith, Clayton Nowlin
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were first to determine if there were significant differences in living environment press, i.e., the pressure on an individual to behave in a certain way, between those fraternity chapters that had the highest freshman pledge retention rates and those that had the lowest. If significant...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Press and Retention of Freshman Pledges in Frate s at Oregon Statee iveLsity./ ./// Abstract

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

The effect of additional special physical education and mainstreaming knowledge and skills on preservice elementary educators' attitudes toward physical education with handicapped and nonhandicapped children

Creator:: Harmon, Gerald R.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: expectation. Dr. M. William Harp guided my emotional set and was very effective in encouraging the completion

The effect of selected materials on the achievement of students in the intermediate grades in Native American cultural instruction

Creator:: Paul, Mary Elaine Bowen
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: which grade level(s) the materials developed would be most appropriate for instruction. The rationale

Perceived needs of special education as identified by school personnel in small rural school districts in six eastern Oregon counties

Creator:: Veal, Lawrence Lyman
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: programs. Three superintendents of small schools in the Eastern Oregon area--William F. Williams, Joseph

Attitudes of college students toward developmentally disabled peers

Creator:: Turner, Robert W. (Robert William), 1952-
Abstract:: The central purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of non-disabled college students toward their developmentally disabled peers attending the same college. Specifically, it examined the attitudes of non-disabled students toward the developmentally disabled students in the Transitional/Vocational Program the Fairview campus of Fairview College, Alberta, Canada. Objectives...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: sanction in the early 1970's (Shennan, 1984). In Britain, a 1971 White Paper addressed the issue of

A study of predeparture orientation programs for employees of business/industry and U.S. Agency for International Development projects

Creator:: Nelson, Dennis A.
Abstract:: The central purpose of this study was to identify the competencies of a predeparture orientation program as determined by business/industry personnel and personnel from institutions representing the U.S. Agency for International Development. An additional objective was to examine the organizational framework of existing predeparture programs to identify instructional methodologies, administrative...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ." William Fulbright, Former U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee This quote

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

An evaluation of a change effort

An historical review of Kolb's formulation of experiential learning theory

A study of the relationship between living environment press and retention of freshman pledges in fraternities at Oregon State University

An organizational model for community colleges in Yemen

The effect of additional special physical education and mainstreaming knowledge and skills on preservice elementary educators' attitudes toward physical education with handicapped and nonhandicapped children

The effect of selected materials on the achievement of students in the intermediate grades in Native American cultural instruction

Perceived needs of special education as identified by school personnel in small rural school districts in six eastern Oregon counties

Attitudes of college students toward developmentally disabled peers

A study of predeparture orientation programs for employees of business/industry and U.S. Agency for International Development projects

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