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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:: : Redacted for privacy / Dr. Melvin D. Miller This study was an experimental investigation of two methods of

A factor analysis of professional education competencies and selected community college instructors

Creator:: Miller, Jack Dean, 1936-
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study The central purpose of this study was to determine the professional education competencies of selected community college vocational instructors. Respondents in the study included instructors of business and distributive education. Major dimensions were the construction and validation of a questionnaire for community college vocational instructors;...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and selected community college instructors AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF JACK DEAN MILLER for the

Cognitive dissonance and voter behavior toward school budgets

Creator:: Eberhardt, Clifford Erie
Abstract:: Problem School districts need information on how to better communicate with voters because budgets are being defeated. Budgets are growing larger as schools require an increasing level of financial support to respond to societal changes. This research focused primarily on the published school budget because in the state of Oregon...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Associate Professor of Educa- tion; Dr. Albert L. Lee land, Professor of Education; Dr. Melvin Miller

A study of the mathematical competence requirements for graduation among Oregon's A-AA-AAA senior high schools

Creator:: MacFarlane, William Henry
Abstract:: Competency-based education was introduced to the state of Oregon in the early 1970's, mandating that the graduating classes of 1978 would meet these competency requirements for graduation. The Oregon Department of Education allowed each school district to compile its own lists of competencies in each of the mandated areas. There...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in meeting revised minimum state standards for planning and assessment. (19) 27 5. Miller

A study of attitude and teaching performance of degree and non-degree teachers in industrial education

Creator:: Pfahl, Alvin Kenneth, 1923-
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The study was designed to determine whether the amount of formal education industrial education teachers have completed does affect their (1) attitude toward teaching and (2) performance in the classroom. The specific questions formulated to investigate this research were: 1. Will the amount of formal education...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Identification of reading and study skills related to academic success in each of ten schools at Oregon State University

Creator:: Haselton, Shirley Schantz
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to identify essential reading and study skills for academic success in each of the schools at Oregon State University. Further, this study related faculty perception of specific skills and scores of subjects who were tested in these skills. The study...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: level of reading appears to be important to academic success. Carter (1959, p. 156) reported the

An identification of the mission of the Community College of the Air Force and an assessment of the extent to which the mission has been fulfilled

Creator:: Parnell, Dale, 1928-
Abstract:: The Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) was created in 1972 by the Air Force to serve Air Force enlisted personnel with educational opportunity. No study exists identifying and assessing the mission of this college. Various mission sources iterate the different goals of CCAF. These sources and other indicators...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: colleges at Emory University's Carter Center in 1988. These leaders expressed the critical importance of

Effect of slot openness on word recall : three fundamental theorems

Creator:: Li, Xiaolong
Abstract:: A Factorial Design was employed to determine the effects of slot openness on recall for familiar items in discrete sentences as stimulus contexts. A slot was defined as a locale in a verbal context, in which the target item is embedded. Low-openness slots are locales into which only given items...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Presence Versus Absence Miller et al (1951) have reported that words are more intelligible when they are

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 analysis of the effect of mathematics readiness education at the kindergarten level on the growth of conceptual ability of number as measured by Piaget's stages of the development of number

Creator:: Anderson, Doloris Gerkewicz
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to test two assumptions. They are that factors in a child's background correlate with the notion of conservation and that additional mathematical instruction will result in a higher level of maturity of the notion of conservation as well as increased achievement in mathematical skills....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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

A factor analysis of professional education competencies and selected community college instructors

Cognitive dissonance and voter behavior toward school budgets

A study of the mathematical competence requirements for graduation among Oregon's A-AA-AAA senior high schools

A study of attitude and teaching performance of degree and non-degree teachers in industrial education

Identification of reading and study skills related to academic success in each of ten schools at Oregon State University

An identification of the mission of the Community College of the Air Force and an assessment of the extent to which the mission has been fulfilled

Effect of slot openness on word recall : three fundamental theorems

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 analysis of the effect of mathematics readiness education at the kindergarten level on the growth of conceptual ability of number as measured by Piaget's stages of the development of number

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