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The effects of the science curriculum improvement study (SCIS) on science achievement of selected sixth grade students

Creator:: Hoover, John Michael
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this investigation was to measure some of the effects of an elementary science program, the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) on science achievement of certain sixth grade students. Important to the problem was how the SCIS students compared with students exposed to a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (SCIS) on science achievement of selected sixth grade students AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF JOHN

Students' perceptions of teacher characteristics : how these perceptions relate to student self-esteem and locus of control perceptions

Creator:: Alexander, Robert M.
Abstract:: This investigation was a two stage study performed in two urban/ rural communities in Washington State. Stage I was an effort to replicate a study performed in an eastern Virginia school district whereby results were obtained demonstrating that 9th graders and black students identified teacher warmth behaviors as being important...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: belatedly and for provi- ding personal and technical support at a critical time. Dr. John Buckhouse

Native American programs as socio-cultural adaptive mechanisms to the college environment : a case comparison of the University of Oregon and Oregon State University

Creator:: McComb, Marlin Richard
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: dissertation committee Dr. Carvell Wood, Dr. Anna Meeks, Dr. Thomas C. Hogg, Dr. John Dunn, and Dr. Austin

The role of the city manager in policy making : a study of differences in the conception of actual and perception of ideal policy making roles of the city manager by elected mayors and appointed managers in small California council-manager municipalities

Creator:: Feldman, Steven, 1954-
Abstract:: In recent years, the role of the City Manager in municipal policy making has been the focus of considerable attention and debate in both the academic and local government arenas. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in views of elected mayors and appointed managers with regard...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Senior high school student opinions of the need for a ninth grade academic transition program

Creator:: Koval, James E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the need for an academic transition program at the beginning of the high school experience for 90 to 100 critical - need ninth grade students at North Thurston High School in Lacey, Washington. Opinions of ninth and twelfth grade high school students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (Powell, Farrar, and Cohen, 1985). John Goodlad (1984) characterized a good high school as one that

The effects of a summer institute for cultural awareness on the measured level of self-actualization of experienced teachers

Creator:: Ayers, Lawrence W.
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of this investigation was two fold: (1) to determine the effects of a Summer Institute for Cultural Awareness upon the self-actualization of experienced teachers from four separate high schools, and (2) to determine the success of the Summer Institute for Cultural Awareness in terms...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Special thanks is extended to John and Wanda Hartung and Bob and Pat James. The writing of this

A study of the personal values of Korean college student activists and non-activists and their perceptions of values of Korean government leaders

Creator:: Yon, Moon-Hee
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Intercultural self concept and coping behavior : Asian and American Caucasian graduate students

Creator:: Christopherson-Choudhry, Matiny Lee
Abstract:: The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships and the differences between the self-concept and the coping behavior of two selected groups of graduate students namely, foreign-born Asians and American Caucasians who were enrolled in graduate school of Oregon State University during the 1981-82 academic year. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: shaky. I am grateful to Dr. John Ringle, Associate Dean of the Graduate School and President R. W

Linguistic foundations and cultural diversity for the teacher education program at Oregon State University : an instructional system

Creator:: Petry, Larry L.
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The education of culturally diverse children has been one of the focuses of education since the early 1960's. One of the factors influencing education's inability to deal with the needs of culturally diverse children is the lack of teacher's foundational knowledge of language and linguistics as...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The effects of four modified elements of a classroom's physical environment on the social-psychological environment of a class

Creator:: Johnson, Russell Howard
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study This investigation was an attempt to determine the relative suitability of four physical seating arrangements, conventional, crescent, circular, and non-seating, in terms of their positive attitudinal and interactional impacts on four senior high school social studies classes who are enrolled with the same teacher during different...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: availing herself and her students which made this study possible, and to Mr. Edward Hollister who

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The effects of the science curriculum improvement study (SCIS) on science achievement of selected sixth grade students

Students' perceptions of teacher characteristics : how these perceptions relate to student self-esteem and locus of control perceptions

Native American programs as socio-cultural adaptive mechanisms to the college environment : a case comparison of the University of Oregon and Oregon State University

The role of the city manager in policy making : a study of differences in the conception of actual and perception of ideal policy making roles of the city manager by elected mayors and appointed managers in small California council-manager municipalities

Senior high school student opinions of the need for a ninth grade academic transition program

The effects of a summer institute for cultural awareness on the measured level of self-actualization of experienced teachers

A study of the personal values of Korean college student activists and non-activists and their perceptions of values of Korean government leaders

Intercultural self concept and coping behavior : Asian and American Caucasian graduate students

Linguistic foundations and cultural diversity for the teacher education program at Oregon State University : an instructional system

The effects of four modified elements of a classroom's physical environment on the social-psychological environment of a class

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