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...
A unique aspect of this study is that it involves an unusually
large number of individuals of American Indian descent. The sample
population was composed of those Indian members of the 1962 high
school graduating class from a six-state area. The selected graduates
came from local public, Bureau of Indian...
This research compared the effectiveness of an interactive video training program with an instructor-led program for teaching working adults the personal computer (PC) application WordPerfect. The objectives of the study were to develop a research methodology and instrumentation in order to determine whether instructor-led training resulted in significantly different reaction,...
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...
This exploratory study was undertaken to determine the combined
effects which two rather unique approaches in the fields of counseling
and psychotherapy might have on the behavior and academic achievement
of ten selected deviant high school students. These approaches have
been termed the 1) self-consistency approach to behavior change and...
This research project compared teacher attitude using
the Pupil Control Ideology Form with student attitude using
the Arlin-Hills Student Attitude Survey. P.C.I. Forms
were collected from 834 teachers from 95 elementary Christian
schools in several states. A total of 1074 student
attitude surveys were collected from Christian school students
in...
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: The study examined administrator and faculty perceptions
toward staff development needs and ascertained the
differences which exist between the reported staff development
needs of full-time community college instructors within
the state of Oregon.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:
The three objectives identified for this study were:
1....
The goal of this research was to identify those program elements
and their levels of fulfillment in community college cooperative
education programs which are essential if the success of an employer's
contribution to a student's training is to be reasonably assured.
The primary purpose was to determine if statistically significant...