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Self-cathexis ad body-cathexis participants in selected environmental sport activities

Creator:: O'Neill, Judith Anne
Abstract:: Individuals participating in the enviromental sport activity courses of backpacking-orienteering, mountaineering, and scuba diving responded to pre- and post - test trials of the Self-Cathexis Scale ard the Body-Oathexis Scale. Two control groups composed of random samples of the university student population reponded to the Self-Cathexis Scale Body-Cathexis Scale: one...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: environmental sport activities AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Judith Anne O'Neill for the degree or Vaster of

Sex role and self-concept in young children

Creator:: Briscoe-Kleven, Judith
Abstract:: In the past, a major emphasis of child development research and theory building has been the study of acquisition of sex role learning. Today, an additional dimension is seen in the study of the effect of sex role stereotypy on self-concept. As a result of the research in this area,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF JUDITH BRISCOE-KLEVEN for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in Counseling and

Self-assessment as a function of entering skills analysis in Adult Basic Education

Creator:: Haynes, Judith Lee
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to determine if a self-assessment procedure provides data with acceptable accuracy for use in Adult Basic Education placement diagnostic batteries. Several factors descriptive of the population and the treatment were studied: 1. The overall degree of accuracy in computation and word pronunciation. 2. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in Adult Basic Education AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF JUDITH L. HAYNES for the degree of DOCTOR OF

A study of the effectiveness of the Oregon DUII (driving under influence of intoxicants) mandated educational program in changing knowledge and attitude concerning driving after drinking

Creator:: Conkey, Judith A.
Abstract:: The primary purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the Oregon Level I Diversion Program in changing knowledge and attitude concerning driving after drinking. A secondary purpose was to determine the effect of the eight different class-time schedules used to teach the required 12-hour curriculum on the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: concerning driving after drinking AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Judith Ann Conkey for the degree of Doctor

Preference for school involvement strategies by mothers of at-risk and peer-model kindergarten children

Creator:: Kieff, Judith E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the attitudes and preferences regarding home/school involvement strategies of 23 mothers of kindergarten students who had been identified as at-risk for failure in school and 18 mothers of kindergarten students who had been designated as peer models. Data were collected...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of at-risk and peer-model kindergarten children AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Judith E. Kieff for

Rational emotive education : its effects on the locus of control and school behavior of hidden children of alcoholics

Creator:: Triperinas, Mary Lou Armstrong
Abstract:: This study examined the effects of an eight week Rational Emotive Education Program (REE) on the perception of locus of control and the reduction of the number of disciplinary referrals of self-revealing children of alcoholics (COA's) in a school setting. The sample included 74 randomly selected middle school students. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: by Mary Lou Armstrong Triperinas May 27, 1987 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED RATIONAL EMOTIVE EDUCATION

A comparison of college/university professors and specialists in adapted physical education in their perception of the importance of a specified set of professional competencies

Creator:: Dempsey, Stephen D.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Set of Professional Competencies. Redacted for privacy Abstract approved: 67- Dr. John M. Dunn The

Analysis of Korean physical educators' attitudes toward teaching handicapped students in regular classes

Creator:: Kim, Kihong
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine Korean physical educators' attitudes toward teaching handicapped students in their regular classes. Ninety-eight schools were randomly selected from middle schools in Korea. A total of 213 Korean physical educators was the sample size used in this study. The survey instrument used was...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: (-/ John M. Dunn The purpose of this study was to examine Korean physical educators' attitudes

A comparison of the metacognitive behaviors of field independent and field dependent pre-service teachers

Creator:: Carr, Maureen Sherry
Abstract:: Research studies indicated that differences in cognitive processing style influence individual behavior on various types of tasks. This study investigated the effect of the cognitive style dimension, field independence-dependence, on the metacognitive functioning of individuals involved in three problem tasks which varied in inherent structure. Twenty-six subjects were randomly selected...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: approved: Redacted for privacy Kenneth M. Ahrendt Research studies indicated that differences in cognitive

The relationship between burnout and selected demographic and job-related variables among Oregon public school teacher-coaches : identifying coping strategies

Creator:: Kosa, Boonsong
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were to determine relationships between burnout and selected demographic and job-related variables and to identify burnout coping strategies commonly used by teacher-coaches in public secondary schools. A volunteer sample of 193 teacher-coaches responded to a three-section questionnaire composed of the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Jaloweic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: endeavors whom I am expressing my thanks and sincere appreciation to: Dr. Terry M. Wood for his full

A comparative study of the effectiveness of residence hall student government and selected perceptions and characteristics of resident hall student staff members and student government officers

Creator:: Bachman, William C.
Abstract:: This study was concerned with determining if: (1) the effectiveness of residence hall student government varies according to the perceptions of its role held by residence hall student staff and government officers, and the hall type and population; (2) the perception of hall student government held by student staff varies...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for Privacy Kennetn M. Anrenat This study was concerned with determining if: (1) the effectiveness

An analysis of the relationships between self-preceived occupational stress, reported health status, sex-role socialization, attitude toward feminism, educational attainment, and preceived pay equity among OPEU clerical specialists in the Oregon State employment system

Creator:: Graham, Diana Sue
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine the responses to a mail survey of a random sample of female subjects (Ss), who at the time of the study were members of the Oregon Public Employees Union employed as clerical specialists by the State of Oregon, in order to: 1....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: approved:_ Margaret M. Smith The purpose of this study was to examine the responses to a mail survey of

An ethnography of a rural elementary school district containing three types of minority students

Creator:: Jaffe, Clella Iles, 1944-
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: there are two families going on a picnic? What do I do?" {RF f-a-m-i-l-i-e-s) {AM is playing with his

A task analysis of the statistically related computer application needs of doctoral level university graduates with majors in education

Creator:: Starmach, Ewa M.
Abstract:: This research evaluated the statistically-related computer application tasks which were deemed to be important to the graduate curriculum of doctoral students who major in Education. Data were gathered from samples of foreign (N=22) and American (N=117) students who held degrees in Education from Oregon State University. The sixteen (16) item...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: OF Ewa M. Starmach for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on April 15, 1988

The relationship of teachers' mathematics preparation and degree level to essential learning skills

Creator:: Balaban, Gerald M.
Abstract:: Organizations leading education reform of the 1980's have challenged teacher education programs at colleges and universities across the nation to improve the subject matter content preparation of teachers. Past methods of program development and techniques to assess teacher's knowledge competence have been one-sided in their approach. New research studies on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: degree level to essential learning skills AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Gerald M. Balaban for the

A study of peer collaborative mentoring for the professional development of international graduate teaching assistants

Creator:: Kilburg, Gary M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate Peer Collaborative Mentoring (PCM) as a professional development model for international graduate teaching assistants at an American university. Data were gathered from interviews and observations of three American peer mentors (Intracultural Peer Mentors/IAPMs), five Chinese Graduate Teaching Assistants (Intercultural Peer Mentors/IEPMs), and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: professional development of international graduate teaching assistants AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Gary M

Comparison of physical working capacity, body composition, and cholesterol concentration in trained as opposed to normally active children

Creator:: Chen, Kun-ning
Abstract:: The major purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences between well-trained pre- adolesents and untrained, but normally active counterparts in physical working capacity , body composition and blood lipids. The study hypotheses were that the trained subjects would have a lower mean body fat percentage, lower...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Drs. Anthony R. Wilcox, Margaret M. Smith, and Thomas A. Murphy, for their helpful advice and

The effects of auditory metronomic rates on addition performance of second-graders in Lindsay, California

Creator:: Weinhouse, Donald S.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of various auditory metronomic rates on addition performance of selected second-graders in Lindsay, California, and thereby test the theory that when such rates "approach and reach personal tempo the individual enjoys an optimal circumstance for learning" (Barsch, 1974, p. 5)....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Computation Tests under different auditory environments (metronome beating at 40 beats per minute (b/m), 80 b

The relationship of gender and perceived sex role identity to the leadership style, range, and adaptability of selected graduate students

Creator:: Wall, James Keith
Abstract:: This study examined the relationship and strength of association of the two independent variables of gender (male, female) and perceived sex role identity (masculine, androgynous, feminine, and undifferentiated) on the leadership style, leadership range (number of back-up styles), and leadership adaptability (effectiveness) of nonforeign graduate students at a Land Grant...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: recent conceptulization of m linity and femininity. Specifically, the question examined was the extent

Senior high school student opinions of the need for a ninth grade academic transition program

Creator:: Koval, James E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the need for an academic transition program at the beginning of the high school experience for 90 to 100 critical - need ninth grade students at North Thurston High School in Lacey, Washington. Opinions of ninth and twelfth grade high school students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The effect of indoor aquatic activities on health patterns of the college student

Creator:: Schultz, Ronald C.
Abstract:: The major purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of indoor aquatic activities on the health patterns of the college student. Three groups of students were used in the investigation: the experimental group, comprised of students enrolled in aquatic activities, and two control groups, the first comprised of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An investigation of the self concept of Alaskan Eskimo adolescents in four different secondary school environments

Creator:: Benjamin, Elizabeth
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: aid in the statistical portion of the thesis; Dr. Judith Kleinfeld, for her cooperation and

African-American folkloric form and function in segregated one-room schools

Creator:: Gray, Pearl Spears
Abstract:: Maintenance of one's self and one's people in a free society requires educational, cultural, and economic literacy. This is fully as imperative in a democracy as the maintenance of ignorance of slaves is required in an oppressive society. The requisite skills needed both to sustain one's self and become a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Cross-cultural conflicts between public education and traditional Hawaiian values

Creator:: Solomon, A. Leiomalama
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: appointed translator to the King. In due course, Dr. Gerrit P. Judd and Richard Armstrong followed his

Fatigue patterns of flexor and extensor muscle groups about weight-bearing and nonweight-bearing joints of humans

Creator:: French, Stephen Neil
Abstract:: Forty-eight young adult males were ranked on the basis of mean hand-grip strength scores and the middle one-third, the medium strength range, were chosen as subjects. These sixteen subjects were given 30 serial trials in each of four tests; knee flexion, knee extension, elbow flexion, and elbow extension. Each trial...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: distribution comparing arm (m. deltoideus) and leg (m. quadriceps femoris, lateral portion) muscles. This was

Field sensitivity of Native American students at Oregon State University, as determined by the group embedded figures test

Creator:: Pelto, Joan McAlmond
Abstract:: Historically, Native American students have not achieved academic success; ethnic and racial stereotypes are common explanations for the problem. Many perceive the Native American student to be lacking either academic preparation or socio-cultural support for success. A review of the literature showed emerging research which indicates that significant differences can...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Judith and Linda. Without their love and support none of this could have happened. And my father, Lyle

An analysis of the source, nature, and resolution of grievance filings in Oregon community colleges, school years 1979-80 and 1980-81

Creator:: Searcy, Julie A. Davies
Abstract:: Although public sector unionism dates back at least to 1916, collective bargaining emerged mid-century when President John Kennedy signed into law Executive Order 10988 which established federal policy recognizing unions for federal employees. Today all levels of public education have unions. In today's community college, the curriculum, the professional background...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An investigation into the possible arousal of psychological reactance as a consequence of interest inventory feedback

Creator:: Beller, Stephen Mark
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to determine whether feedback from vocational interest inventories leads to the arousal of psychological reactance. The data for the study was collected from 80 male and female subjects who were first year students at Oregon State University enrolled in Psychology 111, Personal Development. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Relationships between work values and job satisfaction amoung college student personnel workers

Creator:: Maples, Mary F.
Abstract:: This study was undertaken to examine the relationships which exist between the work values and job satisfaction characteristics of college student personnel workers in the states of Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington. Work values are viewed as characteristics desired on an ideal job and job satisfaction characteristics are those factors...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Robert Frank for their assistance as members of my Committee. I wish to thank Dr. George M. Gazda for

A study to measure vocational self-concept crystallization in two types of adult career programs, telecourse versus traditional group

Creator:: Webb, Donna Louise
Abstract:: The overall purpose of this study was to investigate certain aspects of the effectiveness of adult career programs. The central focus was to compare the differences in vocational self-concept crystallization among the participants exposed to the classroom group program and the individualized telecourse programs. Further information was desired regarding the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: programs for education within the adult population (Armstrong, 1981). These programs need to be

Reform in undergraduate physical education major programs in the United States and in Japan

Creator:: Takeshita, Shunichi
Abstract:: Undergraduate physical education major programs in the United States and Japan were compared in terms of reform during the period 1972-74 to 1988-90. Two kinds of reform were studied: (1) change from single-track professional preparation to multiple-track preparation and (2) change from a nonacademic discipline-based program to an entirely academic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: at the elementary and secondary levels (Drowatzky & Armstrong, 1984). The reform of undergraduate

A study of job factors as satisfiers and dissatisfiers of members of the National Association of Directors of Christian Education

Creator:: Congo, Curtis L.
Abstract:: The primary purpose of this study was to test the conventional view of job factors as satisfiers and dissatisfiers of members of the National Association of Directors of Christian Education. The conventional view stated that all job factors can potentially contribute to job satisfaction and to job dissatisfaction. A second...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , 1965, 1966a), and Armstrong (1971). Friedlander (1964, 1965, 1966a) found that white-collar workers

The effects of counselor-induced conditions of present-centeredness on self-actualization in college students

Creator:: Musco, Richard Alphonse
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The effectiveness of the Po₂ Aerobic Exerciser in simulating high altitude training at sea level in cross country runners

Creator:: Sievers, Gary K.
Abstract:: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness, if any, of the P0₂ Aerobic Exerciser in simulating high altitude training in cross country runners living at sea level. Procedures: This study was conducted during the 1982 winter term at Oregon State University. Four cross country runners of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Typed by Judith Sessions for Gary K. Sievers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My sincere gratitude to Dr. J. P

Assessment of the roles and functions of graduate advisors in a school of education

Creator:: Tapsuwan, Suda
Abstract:: This study was conducted to (1) determine and assess perceptual differences among graduate advisors, administrators, and graduate students regarding the roles and functions of graduate advisors; (2) determine the appropriate roles and functions of graduate advisors; and (3) provide constructive feedback to graduate advisors. A sample population of 415 was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: opportunity to work with them. A special thank you to my Delphi members: Dr. Judith Lee Kuipers, Dr. Roger

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:: Long (1981), which describes a high school setting where educational research is practiced, Armstrong

A study of the ability of verbally creative teachers to identify verbally creative students

Creator:: Scharff, Charles Eldon
Abstract:: Rooted in the writer's general concern with the teaching and evaluation of writing, this study attempts to determine whether verbally creative teachers are better able to identify verbally creative students than are less verbally creative teachers. A second aim was to determine whether the verbal creativity of the teacher is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: left (Heist, 1968). A similar study at M. I. T. indicated that those who scored high on the creativity

The development of masculine sex role stereotypes : sex differences in verbal interruptive behavior between first grade students and male and female teachers

Creator:: Edberg, Patricia Tanner
Abstract:: Male dominance in conversation is encouraged by the adult socialization pattern in which men routinely interrupt the conversation of women and develop a topic out of turn. The purpose of this study was to investigate verbal interruptive behavior by utilizing an experimental approach focusing on children's interruptions and teacher responses...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: scores. One of these scores is the masculinity'femininity (M /F) scale, which contains 56 items

A study of the frequency of utilization of the Oregon State University health services in relation to selected characteristics of students

Creator:: Stanaway, Timothy John
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to identify some of the factors associated with student usage of the Student Health Services (SHS) and of the Infirmary at Oregon State University. The population for the study was the freshman class entering Oregon State University in September, 1968. The original enrollment of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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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

Labyrinthine dysfunction and underwater submergence

Creator:: Neklason, Linda Charlotte
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a labyrinthine dysfunction, with and without visual cues, on underwater submergence. The subjects utilized were fifteen bilateral neural deaf males, nine conductive deaf males and sixteen hearing males. Following a series of pre-tests, administered to determine balancing difficulties, each...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Miss Judith C. Koonce for her assistance in editing and typing. To my parents, Edith and Richard

"Playing with computers" : the hidden impact of the computer in a school

Creator:: Turner, Martha I.
Abstract:: The topic of this study is the cultural impact of the computer in a school. "Impact" is 'defined as the cultural consequences of intended and unintended learning that occur when computers are used in the school. The major theoretical orientations of the work include the concepts of manifest and latent...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The effects of six weeks of squat and plyometric training on power production

Creator:: Kritpet, Thanomwong Taweeboon
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effectiveness of a 6-week strength training program consisting of squat and plyometric exercises on vertical power jump performance, static and dynamic muscular strength, and muscular power production in college age adults. Fifteen male and two female college students in an advanced...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and high power outputs tend to have a predominance of FT fibers (Gollnick, Armstrong, Sanbert, Piehl

A survey of research tasks required by secondary school counselors, State Department of Education professionals, & college & university faculty in Oregon

Creator:: Soukup, Margaret A.
Abstract:: This study determined the importance of specific research tasks to the present job requirements of State Department of Education professionals, college and university instructional faculty, and secondary school counselors in Oregon. The instrument utilized in the research was designed and validated through a Delphi process. The computed reliability coefficient was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An investigation of the relationship between Christian religious ideology and identity achievement in selected university students

Creator:: Parker, Carl Edward
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship between identity achievement and Christian religious ideology in selected university students attending Oregon State University. The sample consisted of two hundred and forty-nine students enrolled during the winter quarter 1978 in Psychology and Education courses. The respondents...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for age factor. 71 18. General data for sex factor M-F. 72 19. Analysis of variance Newman Keuls

The achievement effect of behavioral objectives in introductory psychology

Creator:: Hogan, James P.
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to.investigate the achievement effect of providing students in a college-level introductory psychology course with behavioral objectives. The non-experimental literature provides a rationale for student use of behavioral objectives (Bobbitt, 1918; Tyler, 1950; Taba, 1962; Gagne and Briggs, 1974; and Popham,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Specifically, Armstrong (1970) suggested that objectives improve student learning, and give students a

Changes in strength, anthropometric measurements and cardiovascular function as a consequence of participation in a coed weight training course

Creator:: Boonchai, Wiriya
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the weight training responses of college males and females on the development of muscular strength, body weight, body composition, muscular hypertrophy, and cardiovascular fitness. A total of 60 males and 60 females volunteered to participate in this study. They...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Guidelines for curriculum development in the preparation of health education specialists in health-care delivery settings

Creator:: Niemie, Debra Ardell
Abstract:: This study was designed to establish a baseline of data regarding guidelines for curriculum development in the preparation of health education specialists in health-care delivery settings. The survey method was utilized and an expert panel of 15 jurors was selected to respond to a 51 item questionnaire. Professions represented on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A factor analysis of the professional education competencies of administrators of vocational education

Creator:: Sundstrom, Lloyd Conrad
Abstract:: The primary objective of this study was to identify, and to group, the professional education competencies common to administrators of vocational education. The technique of factor analysis was used to form logical groups of competencies. The secondary objectives were to: 1. determine, by the method of the analysis of variance,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Analysis 114 Appendix L Forty Item Correlation 115 Appendix M Data from Questionnaires 116 LIST OF

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

The effect of parent and adolescent self concept upon adolescent's perceived communication with parents

Creator:: Flora, Rosalind Reed
Abstract:: Purpose The major purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of self concept upon parent-adolescent communication patterns. Parental self concepts and the self concepts of their adolescent along with the adolescent's perceived quality of communication with their parents were examined to determine if (1) the parents' self concepts...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Proximity theory and information-system acquisition techniques

Creator:: Huber, Jerry W.
Abstract:: STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Document-based educational information systems require systematic acquisition efforts that must be conscientiously undertaken to build an information system and to keep it current. These acquisition efforts can be influenced by several variables. The major thrust of this research was to investigate one of these variables, namely...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A study of effective consultant teachers' leadership styles and personality preferences

Creator:: Savelsbergh, Mary
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among leadership style (telling, selling, participating and delegating), personality preferences (Extravert/Introvert, Sensing/Intuitive, Feeling/Thinking, Judging/Perceiving and effectiveness as a consultant teacher. The sample consisted of thirty-one consultant teachers from Oregon: twenty from the Portland School District, five from the Gresham School...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Personality characteristics of selected men and women athletic coaches in Oregon and California

Creator:: Neeley, Frances Ann Sanders, 1932-
Abstract:: The purposes of the study were twofold: (1) to compare selected personality traits of male and female interscholastic and intercollegiate athletic coaches with standardized norms for personality traits established for all men and women, and (2) to compare personality traits of interscholastic male and female athletic coaches with the personality...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and to Miss Judith C. Koonce goes a very special thank you for their assistance in editing and typing

A comparative study of work values between selected tenth-grade Thai girls in Bangkok and Chiangmai, Thailand

Creator:: Sitthiphong, Bularat Suvarnabriksha
Abstract:: Purpose This study was designed to determine and compare the work values held by tenth-grade Thai girls in Bangkok and Chiangmai, Thailand, in order to lay the groundwork for a more systematic approach to career counseling and curriculum planning in the Thai school system. Procedures D. E. Super's work values...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A process for the evaluation of learner goals, reading comprehension, and program impact as elements of adult literacy programs

Creator:: Haddon, R. Lance
Abstract:: National statistics indicate that as many as 23 million adults in the United States are illiterate and another 40 million lack literacy skills necessary to function effectively or on more than a narrow basis in this society. People without literacy skills or who have only marginal reading ability find themselves...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An examination of the relationships between morale and teaching faculty participation in institutional governance on collective bargaining and non-collective bargaining California public community college campuses

Creator:: Rich, Joseph A. (Joseph Ash)
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to gather participant/ campus data, and to measure morale and teaching faculty participation in institutional governance on the 107 California public community college campuses to determine if collective bargaining faculty have statistically higher or lower morale and greater or lesser participation in institutional governance....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Analysis of selected factors relating to the Neighborhood Youth Corps program in rural counties of Oregon

Creator:: Bigsby, Robert Alexander
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study There were two major purposes of this study. The first was to determine which socio-economic and educational factors normally available to Neighborhood Youth Corps personnel were associated with success and failure in the out-of-school program. The second purpose was to utilize these available socio-economic and educational...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (1969) studied Manpower Development and Training Act (M. D. T. A.) enrollees' success factors employing

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

Phonological contrasts and word-decoding skills of the reader of English as a second language

Creator:: Morray, Marjorie Kuh
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of the present study was to investigate the extent to which phoneme and grapheme-phoneme contrasts between English and Spanish influence the word-decoding skills of Spanish-speaking adults who are early readers of English. The major objectives of the research were to investigate: 1. The differences...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Date thesis is presented May 8, 1978 Typed by Judith E. Widener for Marjorie Kuh Morray

An investigation of the relationships between student evaluations and faculty, class, and student demographic variables in rating instructional effectiveness

Creator:: Anstine, Daniel D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to analyze and interpret the results of fall term student ratings of faculty teaching performance (n= 40,000) in order to determine whether relationships exist between a range of demographic variables and the ratings professors receive from students enrolled in their classes. A population of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: confrontation emerges (Alciatore & Eckert, 1972; Bailey, 1977, 1982,; Barrus, Armstrong, Renfrew, & Garrard

Alcohol use, knowledge and attitudes among freshman women

Creator:: Hazen, Logan Rhodes
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of alcohol on freshman women during the critical transition into college. Specifically, the study focused on differences in knowledge of alcohol facts and attitudes toward use of alcohol among freshman women prior to college. Further, the study focused on changes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A history of intercollegiate wrestling at Oregon State University (1909-1974)

Creator:: Nelson, Richard C. (Richard Cornelius), 1932-
Abstract:: Intercollegiate wrestling at Oregon State University had its inception on March 20, 1909. On that day, the Oregon Agricultural College wrestling team wrestled in a home meet against the team from Washington State College. The Beavers, under the tutelage of their first coach Eddie O'Connell, won their first intercollegiate meet,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A comparison of junior and senior high school student attitudes with faculty attitudes toward purposes, functions and responsibilities of the student council

Creator:: Hayden, James R.
Abstract:: The Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop an original validated Lickert-type attitudinal survey instrument and administer it to selected samples of teachers and students in the Mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon to determine their attitude toward the "purposes," "functions," and "responsibilities" of student councils and place these results...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: freedom the school administration is willing to grant. . . " (Armstrong, 1970). The administration and

A study of the effects of various characteristics upon enrollee achievement in the Neighborhood Youth Corps program operating in the rural counties of Oregon

Creator:: Sparks, Lanny, 1941-
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study was (1) to identify the educational and socio-economic characteristics of enrollees in the In-School Neighborhood Youth Corps Program and (2) to determine those educational and socio-economic characteristics that would predict potential achievement in the In-School Neighborhood Youth Corps Program. Procedures A...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: were reached by M. Deutsch (1963). He stated that failure in school is almost inevitable for youths

A study of perceptual correlates to role-taking ability with fourth through sixth grade children

Creator:: Perkins, Charlotte Jeanne
Abstract:: This study was designed for the purpose of expanding knowledge of the correlates of role-taking as measured by Feffer's Role-Taking Task. The variables of perception, sex, age, reading achievement, and ordinal position were investigated. The perceptual variables measured were visual memory, field dependence/independence, auditory memory, and organizing and synthesizing ability....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Gottschaldt, the integrated M responses, and the WAIS block design tap a common function: an ability to break

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

The identification of variables discriminating between groups differing in level of self-actualization through the use of multiple discriminant analysis

Creator:: Wills, Byron Steiner
Abstract:: The study was conducted to identify variables, from among the theory related and demographic/biographic variables included in the study, which were able to discriminate between groups of male and groups of female freshmen who differed in their level of self-actualization. Five hundred and forty freshmen (277 males and 263 females)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An examination of the perceptions of the goals for community colleges by internal and external constituent groups from selected Washington State community colleges

Creator:: Maxwell, Nancy A.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . 190 M. 191 N. 192 LIST OF TABLES Table Pare 1. Washington State Community College System - 77

A study to assess the knowledge about AIDS held by mental health counselors

Creator:: Turner, Micki
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were to assess mental health counselors' knowledge of AIDS and to determine the effect of various independent variables upon knowledge. The variables used were gender, professional contact with PWAs, personal contact with PWAs, age, sexual preference, AIDS training, and personal acquaintance with a person who...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Power weight training applied to college females

Creator:: Wegner, Julie A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a power lifting weight training program on the dynamic strength, static strength and body composition of college females. Thirteen college females volunteered for the study. The subjects trained three days per week for a total of nine weeks which...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The effects of a summer institute for cultural awareness on the measured level of self-actualization of experienced teachers

Creator:: Ayers, Lawrence W.
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of this investigation was two fold: (1) to determine the effects of a Summer Institute for Cultural Awareness upon the self-actualization of experienced teachers from four separate high schools, and (2) to determine the success of the Summer Institute for Cultural Awareness in terms...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: trying times are greatly appreciated. A very special thanks goes to my wife Judith, whose love

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
Full Text:: Students of Portland, Oregon: Urban Black and Urban White AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Victor M. Rini

The identification of rural public health sanitarian competencies for developing countries

Creator:: Okoye, Peter Iloabuchi
Abstract:: The primary purpose of this study was to identify the competencies essential for effective performance as a rural public health sanitarian in developing countries. The need to identify rural sanitarian competencies in developing countries is closely related to the World Health Organization's goal of "Health for all by the year...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: December 11, 1985 Typed by Judith Sessions for Peter Iloabuchi Okoye ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to express

Community conflict : a case study of the implementation of a bilingual education program

Creator:: Guzmán, Juan
Abstract:: This research project is an historical case study of the conflict which evolved from the deliberations and subsequent implementation of bilingual education in Central School District 13J, Independence, Oregon. The time period under consideration spans 35 months, beginning in August 1974, when district officials first proposed bilingual education, and ending...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An analysis of the competencies of athletic club managers

Creator:: Lambrecht, Keith W.
Abstract:: The primary focus of this study was to determine the competencies required to manage an athletic club. Also, the intention was to determine if differences existed in required competencies between managing varying sizes of clubs: namely, mini, maxi, and super; and to identify course content areas for purposes of developing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Anonymous screening process for selecting the most qualified finalists in administrative employment searches

Creator:: Groll, Bruce Jeffrey
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to design an objective-based Anonymous Screening Process (ASP) for selecting the most qualified finalists for non-tenured administrative employment searches in public higher education. The intent was to design a viable employment process that substantially meets equal opportunity mandates, the dual aim of the Federal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A motivational typology of reentry women

Creator:: Clayton, Diane Elthea
Abstract:: The major purpose of this study was to examine relationships among biographical characteristics, psychological characteristics, motives for returning to school, and the need for student support services among Reentry Women. Primary objectives were to: (1) examine biographical and psychological characteristics of Reentry Women to determine if significant relationships existed among...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An investigation of the effect of a college group laboratory experience in measured levels of self actualization and interpersonal compatibility

Creator:: Roberts, Charles Varner
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Competency needs for physical education master's degree programs in Thailand

Creator:: Samahito, Supitr Chotinukul
Abstract:: This study was to determine the common competencies needed in physical education graduate curricula as perceived by physical education teachers and other physical educators in Thailand, to determine if differences existed among three groups of physical educators on the Importance of Content and Level of Learning of the selected competencies,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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

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
Full Text:: demccratic operation of the council manager form of m unir-ipal gavennnent. In fact, the earliest farm of

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

The relationship of instructional delivery methods and individual differences to the training of operators of computer systems

Creator:: Kluge, E. Alan
Abstract:: The objectives of this study were to: (1) determine if individual differences in the learner characteristics of field dependence, state and trait anxiety, age, sex, and prior computer experience were related to performance in operating a computer system; (2) to determine if differences in performance would occur as a result...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A national analysis of business teacher certification

Creator:: McMillan, Gilbert Earl
Abstract:: Problem While the primary emphasis of this study was on the professional aspects of a business teacher's preparation, by necessity it was concerned with other aspects of the preparation of business teachers, especially as these relate to the so-called "professional sequence." Thus the purpose of the study was to seek...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Helen M. Smith reports that several state departments of pub- lic instruction have revised their

Identification of the role of the physician's assistant in Oregon utilizing the Delphi technique

Creator:: Travis, Harold Richard
Abstract:: This study, conducted with the cooperation of the Oregon Comprehensive Health Planning Agency, Salem, had a threefold purpose: (1) to identify the role of the physician's assistant (PA) in Oregon, (2) to provide substantive data for recommendations regarding changes in PA licensure, and (3) to provide information which may be...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Self-esteem, locus of control, and perceived defending behavior in the classroom in relation to grades of junior high students in Kochi, Japan

Creator:: Reddington, Kenneth George
Abstract:: The present study was undertaken to investigate the relationship of self-esteem and locus of control to defending behavior as perceived by classmates in junior high schools in Japan, and to examine the relationship of all three of these to school grades. Special attention was given to how the present test-centered...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ,. /, line 1 -- ". . he says, "You're a boy, . . " 164 - Item 11, extreme right, underline "M.06" "K M.06

Pre-retirement expectancy and retirement reality as factors in the adjustment of Oregon State Highway Department older employees

Creator:: Simerville, Clara Louise
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Experimental methodology for segmenting the postsecondary education market

Creator:: McNabb, David Earl
Abstract:: The objective of the study was to identify and evaluate a methodology of market segmentation analysis for use in postsecondary education institution enrollment management. Two approaches to segmentation were examined: A priori and post hoc., The a priori approach was based on subject's intent to enroll at one of five...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Urban ethnography : an exploration and interpretation of the post-camp period of Laotian refugees settling in Eugene-Springfield, Oregon

Creator:: Proudfoot, Robert Charles
Abstract:: This study employed ethnographic methodology to investigate and record the post-camp, pre-assimilation period of Laotian refugees.The primary goal was to document the special problems and experiences of the Laotian population as they attempted to adjust to new roles and expectations within mainstream North American society.Oral histories and biographical statements focused...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: endeavor. Friends: Barbara and Peter Fahy, Judith Haynes, Steven Swenson, Rae and Ray Woods, and Richard

A study of factors affecting child-centered teaching in elementary grades

Creator:: Hatch, Lynda Sylvia
Abstract:: Some elementary teachers want to be more child-centered in their teaching. They are trying to consider the needs of the students before the coverage of curriculum. Much of the inspiration for this educational approach has come from the British primary schools. The purpose of this study was to see if...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: with my endless questions, and for their support and encouragement. My parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E

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