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A process for the evaluation of learner goals, reading comprehension, and program impact as elements of adult literacy programs

Creator:: Haddon, R. Lance
Abstract:: National statistics indicate that as many as 23 million adults in the United States are illiterate and another 40 million lack literacy skills necessary to function effectively or on more than a narrow basis in this society. People without literacy skills or who have only marginal reading ability find themselves...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: doctoral committee, Doctors Wayne Haverson, Charles Carpenter, JoAnne Trow, Glenn Klein and Margaret

An analysis of vocational exploratory behavior as a function of internal vs. external control and selected structural variables

Creator:: Dudley, David Hugh
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship of internality and structural variables such as sex, socio-economic status, and academic achievement to the extensiveness and effectiveness of vocational exploratory behavior during college. The sample utilized in this study consisted of 108 male and female seniors who were in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Drs. JoAnne Trow, Odette Cadart-Ricard, Robert McCain, and Lloyd Klemke. I am also indebted to Dr

Black parental and primary guardian attitudes toward their involvement in desegregation

Creator:: Griffin, Betty Sue
Abstract:: School districts and educational policymakers need current information on Black parental and primary guardian responses toward the issue of desegregation. This research focused primarily on the attitudes of Black parents and primary guardians toward their involvement in elementary desegregated schools. The study attempted to determine if: (1) Educational background has...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: also greatly indebted to the committee members: Dr. Joanne Engel, Chair of Education, Willamette

Personality characteristics of selected community college dropouts

Creator:: Edelbrock, Gary Ray
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study The central purpose of this study was to determine if certain personality characteristics differ between community college persisters and those who drop out of school. The following 12 a priori hypotheses involving six Adjective Check List personality scales were tested: 1. Male persisters would have...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Forslund, Dr. Norbert A. Hartman, Dr. Kenneth G. Naffsiger, and Dr. JoAnne J. Trow. I also wish to

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:: analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test, multiple regression, and the t-test. Results showed subjects from

Effectiveness of interactive video in teaching basic photography skills

Creator:: Abrams, Arnold H.
Abstract:: The major purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of interactive video in the teaching/learning process. More specifically, a comparison was made of the relative effectiveness of interactive video and linear video as delivery modes in the acquisition of basic photography skills in an independent learning environment at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: individual items was tested using the Mann--Whitney U test, and ordinal consensus was measured using a Leik

Identifying knowledge and attitudes toward sexual expression among selected 65 to 74 year olds, utilizing a structured interview

Creator:: Smith, Margaret M. (Margaret Mary), 1942-
Abstract:: The two major purposes of this study were to gather data relative to the knowledge and attitudes toward sexual expression among sixty-five to seventy-four year olds and to determine whether or not significant differences existed between the sexes. The study focused on six research questions: These were: 1. Do older...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: statistical tools were used to analyze the data. These included the t test for research question one; Mann

The influence of gender and structure of intellect ability factors on teacher perception of gifted children

Creator:: Henderson, Laura B.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if significant differences in each of the ten Structure of Intellect (SOI) abilities measured on the SOI Screening Form for Gifted exist between students perceived by teachers as gifted and identified gifted students overlooked by teachers. The influence of teacher and student...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: utilizing the Mann Whitney U Test. Chi-square was used in the analysis of data pertaining to the value of

The identification of variables discriminating between groups differing in level of self-actualization through the use of multiple discriminant analysis

Creator:: Wills, Byron Steiner
Abstract:: The study was conducted to identify variables, from among the theory related and demographic/biographic variables included in the study, which were able to discriminate between groups of male and groups of female freshmen who differed in their level of self-actualization. Five hundred and forty freshmen (277 males and 263 females)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Appendix F. Formula and Extension for the Mann-Whitney Test 176 Appendix G. Formula for the t-Test 177

The development of masculine sex role stereotypes : sex differences in verbal interruptive behavior between first grade students and male and female teachers

Creator:: Edberg, Patricia Tanner
Abstract:: Male dominance in conversation is encouraged by the adult socialization pattern in which men routinely interrupt the conversation of women and develop a topic out of turn. The purpose of this study was to investigate verbal interruptive behavior by utilizing an experimental approach focusing on children's interruptions and teacher responses...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and Mann, 1975). The human is a social organism, adapting via social organization and cultural

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A process for the evaluation of learner goals, reading comprehension, and program impact as elements of adult literacy programs

An analysis of vocational exploratory behavior as a function of internal vs. external control and selected structural variables

Black parental and primary guardian attitudes toward their involvement in desegregation

Personality characteristics of selected community college dropouts

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

Effectiveness of interactive video in teaching basic photography skills

Identifying knowledge and attitudes toward sexual expression among selected 65 to 74 year olds, utilizing a structured interview

The influence of gender and structure of intellect ability factors on teacher perception of gifted children

The identification of variables discriminating between groups differing in level of self-actualization through the use of multiple discriminant analysis

The development of masculine sex role stereotypes : sex differences in verbal interruptive behavior between first grade students and male and female teachers

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