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

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Stanley, Sandra Tierney

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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...

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Sandra Tierney Stanley for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on November 8, 1989
The effects of teacher gender on mathematics achievement of first-grade students

Creator:

Barnett, Werner Joseph

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Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study was to determine whether there were significant statistical differences in achievement between first-grade students taught mathematics by male teachers as compared to first-grade students taught mathematics by female teachers. A substantive hypothesis was formed, which stated: "This writer hypothesizes that mean-gain...

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Dissertation

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. Sandra Suttie, Dr. Jo Anne Trow--who offered suggestions on procedures as the study progressed, and who