Purpose of the Study:
The purpose of this study was to analyze, in the mathematics
classrooms, career-oriented verbal mathematics problems on the
achievement and attitude of the vocational mathematics student.
These career-oriented mathematics problems, used as advanced
organizers, were contrasted with mathematics word problems of a
more abstract and generalized...
This research evaluated the ethics competencies which were
determined to be important to the curriculum of an ethics course for
students studying Nondestructive Testing and Welding Inspection. Data
were gathered from samples of American Society of Nondestructive
Testing Nationally Certified Level III's (N = 268), American Welding
Society Nationally Certified...
Purpose of the Study The primary focus of this study was to compare Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED) subtest scores with achievement letter grades (A, B, C, D, and F) in vocational education classes at Bartlett High School, Anchorage, Alaska. The two secondary purposes of the study were to...
The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable, instrument for
determining the mathematics subject matter knowledge of Thai preservice elementary
teachers at eight (8) teachers' colleges in eight (8) provinces in northern Thailand.
The focus of the content of interest was the operation of division of...
Small groups are an important and widely used educational
format in adult church education. It is estimated
that ninety percent of the churches that belong to the
Conservative Baptist Association of Oregon provide some
type of small group eductional opportunity for their adult
members. The purpose of this study was...
The study measured and compared the philosophies of education of OSU graduates who are experienced teachers of vocational education and undergraduate vocational teacher trainees on an essentialist-progressive scale at OSU. The objectives of this study were to (1) determine if experienced teachers of vocational education and undergraduate vocational teacher trainees...
The purpose of this study was to test the use of the published simulation, Jeffrey's Department Store (Koeninger and Hephner, 1978), in high school Distributive Education classrooms. The simulation was compared to "traditional" methods of instruction, testing for achievement (knowledge gained) and attitude (feelings about the class after instruction). Control...
Communication cannot be successful without the
cooperative listening response of an auditor. Auditors must
feel empowered to act as agents of change or their decisions
and actions cannot be influenced by the discourse. Their
every response depends upon their ability to perceive
themselves as potential mediators of change.
A review...
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of the study was to determine whether
there were significant differences in students' achievement
and attitudes as a result of two different instructional
strategies utilized in a vocational graphic arts
program. In order to accomplish this, the following
procedures were considered.
Procedures
This comparative...
Purpose of the Study:
The purpose of this study was to develop and field
test a model for context evaluation of objectives used
in competency-based curricula at the community college
level.
The study:
1. Developed a decision and information matrix that
identified objectives which should be considered
for deletion from...