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A study of classroom behaviors contrasting the behavior of children with auditory and visual screening ability with the behavior of children with poor screening ability in grades one through six

Creator:: Ling, Marcelene Smith
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: is the simplest and most primitive form of perceptual organization (Sage, 1971, p. 153). Auditory

The use of the ethnographic method in evaluating nontraditional continuing education programs

Creator:: Honey, William D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to test the effectiveness of the ethnographic method as a tool for evaluating nontraditional adult and continuing education programs. The program evaluated was the Oregon Heritage Festival, a four-week Summer Term activity designed to eclectically draw upon the arts, humanities, and science to illustrate...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An analysis of selected program outcomes in the industrial arts education project : Occupational Versatility

Creator:: Starr, Jack
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study was to determine if eighth grade students taking industrial arts education for the first time would experience a significant shift in beliefs about the problem solving process and have class performance altered by participation in project Occupational Versatility. In order to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: this approach (Sage, 1971). As Sage contends, even, though problem solving ability is identified as a

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:: democratic ideals of the nation, and on their own initiative excluded or disallowed inclusion of import

Selected variables as predictors of retirement readiness of older employed women

Creator:: Jordan, Jean E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to gather and interpret data in order to contribute to a better understanding of older employed women as they prepare for the transition from the paid workforce to retirement. Selected descriptive variables were measured to determine their relationship to retirement readiness in a sample...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: addressing the needs of midlife and older women was commissioned by the Women's Initiative of the American

Characteristics of Oregon agricultural export entrepreneurs

Creator:: Johnson, Wayne E.
Abstract:: The creation of a new business venture is a multidimensional event, but little research has addressed the interaction of entrepreneurial characteristics and their relationship to new venture creation. The purpose of this study was to propose a conceptual framework for systematically studying the entrepreneurial personality. The major components of the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: excellence Optimism Perceptiveness Persistent problem solving Self-confidence Taking initiative/personal

Motivational orientations as perceived deterrents to participation among low-literate adults seeking literacy referral services

Creator:: Stanley, Sandra Tierney
Abstract:: This investigation identified perceptions of deterrents to participation in adult literacy programs from among a low- literate non-participating adult population residing in the greater Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. While previous investigators have identified deterrents to participation among other subgroups of the population, such investigations have focused on those currently, or...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Strategic problem solving in the community college : an analytic model

Creator:: Pearson, Geraldine Helen
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to determine if a model could be created which would describe and prescribe a superior method for strategic problem solving in the community college. A review of the literature in business and industry was used to extrapolate a model which might describe the decision...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A study of the evaluation practices and procedures for part-time faculty in the California community colleges

Creator:: Hofmann, Carl
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Attitudes of Venezuelan parents toward childrearing : a study based on the parent as a teacher inventory

Creator:: Escobar, Iris Violeta
Abstract:: The central goal of this study was to assess Venezuelan parent attitudes toward specific areas of parent-child relationships such as child creativity, child play, parental sense of frustration in childrearing, the amount of parental control exercised over their children, and parents' perception of themselves as teachers of their own children....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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A study of classroom behaviors contrasting the behavior of children with auditory and visual screening ability with the behavior of children with poor screening ability in grades one through six

The use of the ethnographic method in evaluating nontraditional continuing education programs

An analysis of selected program outcomes in the industrial arts education project : Occupational Versatility

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

Selected variables as predictors of retirement readiness of older employed women

Characteristics of Oregon agricultural export entrepreneurs

Motivational orientations as perceived deterrents to participation among low-literate adults seeking literacy referral services

Strategic problem solving in the community college : an analytic model

A study of the evaluation practices and procedures for part-time faculty in the California community colleges

Attitudes of Venezuelan parents toward childrearing : a study based on the parent as a teacher inventory

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