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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:: Promote Relaxation AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sue Montgomery for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

A survey of research tasks required by public school administrators and secondary and elementary teachers in Oregon

Creator:: Burton, H. James
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were to determine which research tasks were necessary to the job descriptions of public school administrators, secondary and elementary teachers; what task clusters could be identified for college and university curriculums; what differences existed between sample groups. The instrument was validated through the Delphi technique....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: administrators and secondary and elementary teachers in Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF H. James Burton

The role of the city manager in policy making : a study of differences in the conception of actual and perception of ideal policy making roles of the city manager by elected mayors and appointed managers in small California council-manager municipalities

Creator:: Feldman, Steven, 1954-
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An organizational analysis of structural characteristics during the merger of two higher education organizations

Creator:: McMahon, John J.
Abstract:: Organization theory had seldom been applied to higher education organizations but recent developments in organization theory appeared to have potential for such application. No coherent theory of educational change had been developed. However, one multidisciplinary synthesis of literature on organizational change was congruent with modern organization theory and contained both...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Keyboard retraining : Qwerty to Dvorak

Creator:: Lessley, Bradley John
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to provide information pertaining to performance levels of Dvorak keyboard operators through retraining. More specifically, the purposes of this study were: 1. To compare operator performance rates on the Dvorak keyboard with operator performance rates on the Qwerty keyboard. 2. To determine whether keyboard...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of Chicago, Kraft Cheese Company, Montgomery Ward and Company, Sears, Roebuck and Company, and

Client-outcome program evaluation and functional role analysis in a community mental health clinic

Creator:: Shirley, Ruth Eloise
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to: (1) test a client-outcome evaluation methodology in a community mental health clinic, (2) relate a measure of clients' recent life change to client outcomes, (3) relate functions staff perform for clients to staff mental health profession and to client outcomes, and (4) suggest...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A comparison of the educational attitudes of eighth-grade students of Portland, Oregon : urban black and urban white

Creator:: Rini, Victor Matthew
Abstract:: This study was based on the assumption that urban black students hold more positive attitudes and opinions toward teachers, school, and education than urban white students. The black students were from schools with a high concentration of lower-to-middle-class students and the white students were from schools with a high concentration...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The effect of a memory retraining program as a neuropsychological rehabilitation technique for nontoxic chronic alcoholics

Creator:: Dougan, Deborah Rae
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Psychology theorists advance various models of human memory (Cermak, 1972; Hilgard & Bower, 1975; James

Postsecondary student consumerism : a national Delphi forecast of developments and articulation of policy options

Creator:: Franks, Robert Grover
Abstract:: The purpose of this research, expressed in two coequal parts, was: to establish a forecast of developments and an articulation of policy options vis-a-vis postsecondary student consumerism; and to determine if interest groups of experts differed significantly in their evaluations of the aforementioned developments and policy options. The Delphi technique...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Creation and investigation of musical forms designed to promote relaxation

A survey of research tasks required by public school administrators and secondary and elementary teachers in Oregon

The role of the city manager in policy making : a study of differences in the conception of actual and perception of ideal policy making roles of the city manager by elected mayors and appointed managers in small California council-manager municipalities

An organizational analysis of structural characteristics during the merger of two higher education organizations

Keyboard retraining : Qwerty to Dvorak

Client-outcome program evaluation and functional role analysis in a community mental health clinic

A comparison of the educational attitudes of eighth-grade students of Portland, Oregon : urban black and urban white

The effect of a memory retraining program as a neuropsychological rehabilitation technique for nontoxic chronic alcoholics

Postsecondary student consumerism : a national Delphi forecast of developments and articulation of policy options

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