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A kinematic analysis of the karate back thrust kick

Creator:: Cullings, Deborah Ann
Abstract:: The back thrust kick is a karate technique used primarily in a defensive setting. This research described the kinematic variables involved in the skilled execution of the kick. Variables examined included movement sequencing, angular position of the trunk, thigh and leg, angular velocity of the thigh and leg, linear velocity...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Deborah Ann Cullings for the degree of Master of Science in Education presented

Comparison of fractionated reaction time between cerebral palsied and non-handicapped youth

Creator:: Parks, Susan T.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to study the effects of cerebral palsy on the ability to plan and execute a gross motor movement, as measured by the fractionation of Simple Reaction Time (SRT) into its premotor (central) and motor (peripheral) components. The experimental task required subjects (N = 10...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Schol Date thesis is presented January 9, 1987 Typed by Deborah Safley for Susan Parks

The development of an instrument to assess Oregon high school students' nutrition knowledge

Creator:: Passwater, Glenn Darrell
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation was to develop a valid and reliable instrument to assess Oregon high school students' nutrition information. The following steps were taken in order to achieve this purpose. First, a review of the literature pertaining to high school nutrition curriculum was conducted. Second, numerous published tests...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: also have little knowledge in bal- anced nutritional standards (55:8). Kirk, Hamrick and McAfee

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
Full Text:: . (Kirk and Gallagher, 1986). In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, famous educators such as

A comparison of selected basic skills and personality characteristics in Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development (ABE/GED) and Developmental Education students

Creator:: Bennani, Nancy Gabbert
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to determine whether Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development students and Developmental Education students are significantly different in selected basic skills and in selected personality characteristics. The population of the study (N=100) consisted of equal numbers of students enrolled in ABE/GED and DE classes at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: criterion for learning. But Catching Up: Remedial Education (Roueche and Kirk) examines several early

A study of the effect of an answer-until-correct multiple-choice procedure on mathematics achievement

Creator:: Thompson, Linda Grace
Abstract:: This investigation was designed to investigate the use of an answer-until-correct procedure on multiple-choice quizzes in an independent study mathematics course. This procedure was compared to the standard multiple-choice procedure with respect to student achievement, student anxiety, and test reliability. Using the answer-until-correct procedure students were made immediately aware of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: preparation of the design and the evaluation of this study. To Kathleen Martin, Karen Swenson, Dr. Clifford

A study of the relationship between a cloze and a word opposite reading vocabulary placement instrument designed for adults

Creator:: Orr, Evelyn Bonnie Fairburn
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of placing adults in reading materials based on scores from a word-opposite test. The population was randomly selected from students attending developmental education classes at three Oregon community colleges. The Word Opposite Reading Placement Instrument (WOPI) was derived from a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: correlation between vocabu- lary knowledge and reading comprehension. Johnson (1978), Kirk (1967), and Finn

The effectiveness in fulfilling the stated goals of a teacher education program as evaluated by graduates of that program

Creator:: Kenyon, Stanley Jay
Abstract:: Oregon College of Education (OCE) is a small, liberal arts college with a special emphasis on the preparation of teachers. Its student population is predominantly from Oregon's Willamette Valley area. OCE developed specific objectives for its teacher education program and the purpose of this study was to determine whether the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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

Creator:: Jaffe, Clella Iles, 1944-
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: nonstructured methods. Kirk & Miller (1986) believe that questions of validity are solved by using multiple

The effects of warm and cold water scuba finning on cardiorespiratory responses and energy expenditure

Creator:: Shake, Caron Lee Louise
Abstract:: This study was designed to determine cardiorespiratory and energy expenditure responses elicited by recreational divers while finning at a submaximal intensity (35% max) in cold (18°C) and warm (29°C) water with and without wet suits. Male divers (15) volunteered to participate in five experimental procedures. A maximal graded exercise tethered...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Dr. Kathleen Heath, Dr. Jon Root, and Dr. Lloyd Klemke. Special recognition and gratitude is

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A kinematic analysis of the karate back thrust kick

Comparison of fractionated reaction time between cerebral palsied and non-handicapped youth

The development of an instrument to assess Oregon high school students' nutrition knowledge

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

A comparison of selected basic skills and personality characteristics in Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development (ABE/GED) and Developmental Education students

A study of the effect of an answer-until-correct multiple-choice procedure on mathematics achievement

A study of the relationship between a cloze and a word opposite reading vocabulary placement instrument designed for adults

The effectiveness in fulfilling the stated goals of a teacher education program as evaluated by graduates of that program

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

The effects of warm and cold water scuba finning on cardiorespiratory responses and energy expenditure

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