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A case study of effects of accelerated learning methodology on reading gains of ten middle school students in southwest Washington

Creator:: Questad, Beverly A.
Abstract:: Learning disabled students in special education programs have not been demonstrating equal achievement gains in reading when compared to their non-handicapped peers. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Accelerated Learning methods in teaching reading to ten learning disabled middle school students in southwest Washington. Accelerated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: 89 and some reading skills and were in the fourth grade or higher. Nelson used very small

A process for evaluating the instructional component of developmental education programs using the educational Opportunities Program at Oregon State University as a case study

Creator:: Fox, Margaret Wynne
Abstract:: Although the literature is replete with techniques to assist the researcher with the evaluation task, very few techniques regarding an effective process for evaluating developmental education programs have emerged. Those techniques that have emerged have been criticized for not producing useful results. The central purpose of this research was to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The relationship between terminal values and health care preferences among Chinese students from the People's Republic of China and Taiwan attending Oregon State University

Creator:: Wright, Bernadette P.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if significant relationships exist among terminal values, demographic variables and health care preferences for information and behavioral involvement for graduate students from the People's Republic of China and Taiwan. The Rokeach Value Survey and the Krantz Health Opinion Survey were used to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ; Witt & Bruce, 1970; Hair, Jr., Bush, & Busch, 1975; Nicosia & Myer, 1976; Hendon, 1979; Hirschman

Influences on State-funded categorical enrollment patterns in thirteen of Oregon's community colleges

Creator:: Smart, Ann Dillie
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation was to examine the influence of selected historical, fiscal, and organizational factors on enrollment patterns in Oregon Community Colleges during the academic years 1978-79, 1981-82, and 1984-85. Oregon was selected insofar as it is one of the few remaining states which observes the principle of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: services functions (Breneman & Nelson, 1981a). The first 13 Oregon community college districts were formed

A study to determine the media competencies recommended by inservice teachers from specific teaching disciplines

Creator:: Jensen, Edward A.
Abstract:: This study was an investigation to determine the instructional media competencies that inservice teachers of secondary education teaching disciplines recommend for pre-service teachers in their discipline. A literature review focused on four main questions: 1. What historical events mark the development of the field of instructional media? 2. What are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: by inservice teachers from specific teaching disciplines AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Edward A

The Canadian two-year college foundation : characteristics of success

Creator:: Mucklow, William R.
Abstract:: This study investigated the relationship between various demographic, structural, organizational, and operational factors and the success of nonprofit foundations affiliated with two-year technical and community colleges in Canada. Three aspects were specifically examined: (1) a descriptive analysis of the two-year technical and community college foundation in Canada; (2) Pearson product-moment...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in the interior town of Nelson (Dennison & Gallagher, 1986). The community college movement in

Middle school social studies : an examination of textbook, structure, classroom interaction, and student achievement

Creator:: Hookstra, Glenn Maitland
Abstract:: Middle School represents a period of transition for the students. This transition is present not only in physical change, intellectual change, and emotional change, but also in terms of the type of reading instruction these students receive. One approach to reading instruction moves from a direct approach focusing on specific...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the area of acquiring and extending prior knowledge (Adams and Bruce, 1980). It has been argued that

Survey of collection analysis practices in public and academic libraries in the United States, and the effect of automation thereon

Creator:: Cochrane, Linda Louise Loomis
Abstract:: This study investigated the practices public and academic library administrators find useful and utilize in analyzing use of collections. The study also investigated administrators' satisfaction with their collection use analysis practices, and the impact they perceived automation to have upon collection use analysis practices. A survey developed for this study...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: among types of libraries. (Nelson, 1968) (Warner, 1971) Aguilar's 1986 study was the first to suggest

A theoretical design of rational autonomy : integrating elementary and early childhood teacher education through a contemporary derivation from Maria Montessori's social cognitive field paradigm

Creator:: Mitchener, Virginia Wedler
Abstract:: The individual through earliest recorded history reveals contradictory views of the human life-span. "Am I a free and unique individual, able to make choices and decide my own destiny?, or, "Am I only a victim of circumstance, a speck of dust in the universe's whirlwind of fate?" Each view is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A comparison of the effect of oral versus written lesson closure on the achievement of seventh and eighth grade students in social studies

Creator:: Rife, Carol Lee
Abstract:: This was an experimental study which compared two different instructional methods, oral lesson closure versus written lesson closure, on the achievement of 156 junior high school students in social studies. This study was composed of two duplicate experiments. Experiment I was conducted with 71 seventh grade social studies students at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Furstenberg and Marilyn Kane My Loving Family: My husband, Edward, and my children, Barbara, Bruce, and Amy

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A case study of effects of accelerated learning methodology on reading gains of ten middle school students in southwest Washington

A process for evaluating the instructional component of developmental education programs using the educational Opportunities Program at Oregon State University as a case study

The relationship between terminal values and health care preferences among Chinese students from the People's Republic of China and Taiwan attending Oregon State University

Influences on State-funded categorical enrollment patterns in thirteen of Oregon's community colleges

A study to determine the media competencies recommended by inservice teachers from specific teaching disciplines

The Canadian two-year college foundation : characteristics of success

Middle school social studies : an examination of textbook, structure, classroom interaction, and student achievement

Survey of collection analysis practices in public and academic libraries in the United States, and the effect of automation thereon

A theoretical design of rational autonomy : integrating elementary and early childhood teacher education through a contemporary derivation from Maria Montessori's social cognitive field paradigm

A comparison of the effect of oral versus written lesson closure on the achievement of seventh and eighth grade students in social studies

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