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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:: . A majority (61.7%) of the studies examined found that Koib's theory and LSI were useful in five

A study of the relationship between a small group discussion activity, the self-concept and reading achievement of selected fourth grade boys and girls

Creator:: Jackson, Wilbur John
Abstract:: This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between the Human Development Program (HDP) and reading achievement and between HDP and the self-concept of selected fourth grade students attending a public school. A further purpose was to investigate the relationship between fourth grade students' measured feelings of responsibility for the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Grade Boys and Girls by Wilbur John Jackson A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in

A pilot study concerning the measurement of the typewriter composition skills of selected postsecondary students

Creator:: Plagens, Donald John
Abstract:: The purpose of this pilot study was to determine whether students using a series of planned exercises designed to improve typewriter composition skills would be better able to compose at the typewriter than students in a control group. The study was also concerned with the effect that the use of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A Pilot Study Concerning the Measurement of the Typewriter

An analysis of attitude change occuring among intern teachers during their internship year in the Portland urban teacher education program

Creator:: Withycombe, Richard John
Abstract:: The study was designed to determine the attitudes of intern teachers toward specified concepts as they began their internship in the Portland Urban Teacher Education Program and upon completion of their intern training, prior to receiving certification through Oregon State University. The direction and intensity of attitude change across the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Internship Year in the Portland Urban Teacher Education Program by Richard John Withycombe A THESIS

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
Full Text:: for Privacy //John P. O'Shea) The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a power

The effects of supplemental home instruction by parents utilizing the data based gymnasium instructional model on the performance of selected motor skills with moderately and severely mentally retarded children

Creator:: Maguire, Paul A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if parents of students could improve the motor performance of their moderately and severely mentally retarded children through the implementation of the Data-Based Gymnasium (DBG) Instructional Model as a supplement to the school program. The DBG Instructional Model is an individualized system...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Moderately and Severely Mentally Retarded Children AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Paul A. Maguire, Jr. for

Concepts and practices of career education in two elementary school districts in Oregon

Creator:: Baker, John Harvard, 1934-
Abstract:: This study was conducted to discover whether two elementary school districts, one committed to career education and the other not committed, would show a significant difference in their response to 60 statements about career education and its practice. The study was also designed to determine to what degree students and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: by John Harvard Baker A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of

External and internal work of a T-6 paraplegic propelling a wheelchair and arm cranking a cycle ergometer : case study

Creator:: Novak, Charles Willard
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation was to compare the results of two methods of gathering data on the stress of wheelchair propelling at equivalent work loads and to account for differences in physiological responses with a mechanical analysis of wheelchair propelling. Physiological data collected were heart rate, systolic blood pressure,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: External and internal work of a T-6 paraplegic

A comparison of reverse- and forward-chaining instructional methods on a motor task with mentally retarded individuals

Creator:: Hsu, Pao-yin
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare the reverse-chaining and forward-chaining instructional methods in teaching a motor task to mentally retarded individuals. The subjects were selected from Fairview Training Center, Salem, Oregon. Each of the subjects was classified as mentally retarded with a range from moderate to severe retardation....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A Comparison of Reverse- and Forward-Chaining

A comparison of reverse- and forward-chaining instructional methods on a motor task with mentally retarded individuals

Creator:: Hsu, Pao-yin
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare the reverse-chaining and forward-chaining instructional methods in teaching a motor task to mentally retarded individuals. The subjects were selected from Fairview Training Center, Salem, Oregon. Each of the subjects was classified as mentally retarded with a range from moderate to severe retardation....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A Comparison of Reverse- and Forward-Chaining

Cardiorespiratory responses to circuit weight training as measured by a biokinetic swim-bench test and a treadmill run test

Creator:: Chiang, Jasson
Abstract:: The goal of this study was to determine if the cardiorespiratory adaptations to an eight-week circuit weight training program are better measured with a biokinetic swim-bench test versus a standard treadmill test. The working hypothesis of the study was that since standard circuit weight training programs stress the upper body...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Run Test. )7 A Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy (fr. John Pat'ick O'Shea The goal of this

A study of a counseling practicum in facilitating the self-actualizing process

Creator:: Phillips, John MacKenzie
Abstract:: The problem of this study was to determine whether graduate students in education (the experimentals) participating in a counseling practicum would demonstrate a change in self-actualization which would be significantly different when compared with other graduate students in education (the comparisons) who were not participating in the above program. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: PRACTICUM IN FACILITATING THE SELF-ACTUALIZING PROCESS by John MacKenzie Phillips A THESIS submitted to

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:: A Comparison of College/University Professors and

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:: A Study of the Mathematical Competence Requirements for

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
Full Text:: Department) (Date) Title: A HISTORY OF INTERCOLLEGIATE WRESTLING AT OREGON STATE UNIVEaSIT;$7 (1909-A974

The development of a Likert-type scale measuring attitudes toward the handicapped

Creator:: Gharai, Foroozandeh
Abstract:: A Likert-type scale measuring attitudes toward the handicapped was developed and used to investigate intercorrelations between these attitudes and three other socio-political attitudes, namely ethnocenterism, radical-conservatism, and authoritarianism. The reliability was assessed by the split-half correlation coefficient as corrected by the Spearman-Brown prophesy formula. The construct validity was established by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Measuring Attitudes Toward the Handicapped Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy 7 John M. Dunn A

Radiographic assessments of bone density in cardiac-prone adults participating in a 12-month physical conditioning program

Creator:: Price, Sandra
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a 12-month physical activity (jogging) program on the bone density of cardiac-prone participants in the Adult Fitness Program at the University of Wisconsin- La-Crosse. The following null hypotheses were tested: 1. There was no significant...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: adults participating in a 12-month physical conditioning program AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF SANDRA

Use of the cloze procedure as a criterion for measuring the readability of selected patient education materials for older adults

Creator:: Holcomb, Carol Ann
Abstract:: Purpose: The major purpose of this study was to determine the readability of selected patient education materials for older adults using the cloze procedure as a criterion. Actual cloze test scores from three selected passages on hypertension were compared with the Coleman readability scores on those same passages. Age and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Use of the cloze procedure as a criterion for measuring

Guide groups : an evaluation of educational innovation in a secondary school

Creator:: Erickson, John William
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: This study was undertaken as a result of interest in the introduction of guide groups into the operation of secondary schools. Particularly when viewed from the historical perspective of the times in which it was initiated, the guide group concept offers an opportunity to examine the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Groups: An Evaluation of Educational Innovation in a Secondary School by John William Erickson A

The effect of trials-to-criterion on the retention of a discrete motor skill by moderately retarded and severely mentally retarded individuals

Creator:: Morehouse, James Wesley
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of trials-to-criterion on the retention of a discrete motor skill (overhand beanbag throw) by moderately mentally retarded and severely mentally retarded individuals. Nonmentally retarded individuals were involved as a control group. The subjects were grouped by degree of retardation and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: The effect of trials-to-criterion on the retention of a

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

A study of the relationship between a small group discussion activity, the self-concept and reading achievement of selected fourth grade boys and girls

A pilot study concerning the measurement of the typewriter composition skills of selected postsecondary students

An analysis of attitude change occuring among intern teachers during their internship year in the Portland urban teacher education program

Power weight training applied to college females

The effects of supplemental home instruction by parents utilizing the data based gymnasium instructional model on the performance of selected motor skills with moderately and severely mentally retarded children

Concepts and practices of career education in two elementary school districts in Oregon

External and internal work of a T-6 paraplegic propelling a wheelchair and arm cranking a cycle ergometer : case study

A comparison of reverse- and forward-chaining instructional methods on a motor task with mentally retarded individuals

A comparison of reverse- and forward-chaining instructional methods on a motor task with mentally retarded individuals

Cardiorespiratory responses to circuit weight training as measured by a biokinetic swim-bench test and a treadmill run test

A study of a counseling practicum in facilitating the self-actualizing process

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

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

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

The development of a Likert-type scale measuring attitudes toward the handicapped

Radiographic assessments of bone density in cardiac-prone adults participating in a 12-month physical conditioning program

Use of the cloze procedure as a criterion for measuring the readability of selected patient education materials for older adults

Guide groups : an evaluation of educational innovation in a secondary school

The effect of trials-to-criterion on the retention of a discrete motor skill by moderately retarded and severely mentally retarded individuals

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