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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

A comparison of three methods of teaching college chemistry

Creator:: Marcy, Douglas Eugene
Abstract:: Problem: To compare the effectiveness of three different methods of teaching chemistry at a community college. Procedure: Three classes of college chemistry were taught using the traditional lecture-discussion with a typical text, a lecture-discussion using a programed text, and an individualized self-paced method. The self-paced course was designed to allow...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: science were often related to success in the traditional course. Weaver and Gibb (1964) have found that

Coordination and cooperation between community colleges and community schools in selected community college districts

Creator:: Weiss, Marvin Wesley
Abstract:: The most important purposes of this study were to: (1) determine the extent of cooperation and coordination that currently exists in selected community colleges which have community school programs in their college districts, and (2) clarify the multi-roles of community schools and of community education in community colleges. Other purposes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and Hensarling, 1971; Herman, 1971; Totten, 1970; Totten and Manley, 1970; Weaver, 1970; Melby, 1969

A history of intercollegiate wrestling at Oregon State University (1909-1974)

Creator:: Nelson, Richard C. (Richard Cornelius), 1932-
Abstract:: Intercollegiate wrestling at Oregon State University had its inception on March 20, 1909. On that day, the Oregon Agricultural College wrestling team wrestled in a home meet against the team from Washington State College. The Beavers, under the tutelage of their first coach Eddie O'Connell, won their first intercollegiate meet,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A task analysis of the statistically related computer application needs of doctoral level university graduates with majors in education

Creator:: Starmach, Ewa M.
Abstract:: This research evaluated the statistically-related computer application tasks which were deemed to be important to the graduate curriculum of doctoral students who major in Education. Data were gathered from samples of foreign (N=22) and American (N=117) students who held degrees in Education from Oregon State University. The sixteen (16) item...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: probing priorities held by members and constituencies of an organization (Weaver, 1971). The many

A study to determine the perceptions of the competencies needed by adult basic education teachers

Creator:: Smith, Richard Lorn
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in defining the type of training needed by such teachers (114). Frank Weaver has similar feelings

Proximity theory and information-system acquisition techniques

Creator:: Huber, Jerry W.
Abstract:: STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Document-based educational information systems require systematic acquisition efforts that must be conscientiously undertaken to build an information system and to keep it current. These acquisition efforts can be influenced by several variables. The major thrust of this research was to investigate one of these variables, namely...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The acquisition of values : a theoretical model

Creator:: Robinson, Gail Patricia
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Managerial competencies for church administration as perceived by seminary faculties, church lay leaders, and ministers

Creator:: Boersma, Stephen A.
Abstract:: The conceptual foundation of the study emerged from a concern regarding the application of managerial competencies in the local church. A review of the literature suggests that in spite of the increasing awareness for the need to make greater use of these skills, little consensus currently exists regarding their relative...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Determining readability by computer analysis using the Fourier transform to calculate the spatial frequencies of words

Creator:: Piepmeier, Karen Swanson
Abstract:: The black and white pattern formed when an individual word is printed on a page was analyzed by the Fourier transform. The Fourier transform produces a sequence of sinusodial functions, usually called spatial frequencies, whose amplitudes depend upon the particular pattern analyzed. These amplitudes were examined to determine if the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: more important. George Klare presents an excellent account of past and recent readability research

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

A comparison of three methods of teaching college chemistry

Coordination and cooperation between community colleges and community schools in selected community college districts

A history of intercollegiate wrestling at Oregon State University (1909-1974)

A task analysis of the statistically related computer application needs of doctoral level university graduates with majors in education

A study to determine the perceptions of the competencies needed by adult basic education teachers

Proximity theory and information-system acquisition techniques

The acquisition of values : a theoretical model

Managerial competencies for church administration as perceived by seminary faculties, church lay leaders, and ministers

Determining readability by computer analysis using the Fourier transform to calculate the spatial frequencies of words

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