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Teaching Spanish : presenting Latino history and sociocultural realities in the ethno-European classroom

Creator:: Gearin, Yolanda V.
Abstract:: This study is a review of the researcher's deliberate strategies for incorporating Latino culture into the teaching of a Spanish language course. The researcher developed, presented and assessed a curriculum unit designed to examine the social and educational problems of Latinos, the history of Latin America, the effects of discrimination...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: racial majority. "In the twenty-first century, the United States will be characterized by a degree of

The influence of applied mathematics problems on the achievement and attitude of community college vocational students

Creator:: Swearingen, Dell L.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Oregon, similar 24 demands were made throughout the United States. As examples of the repercussion

Time is the key to reform : a study of teacher perceptions regarding a change in a middle school schedule

Creator:: Olsen, Kris J.
Abstract:: Time is the educational resource educators most desire, but which is in shortest supply. Educators cannot add more days to the 12-month calendar year, or minutes to the day. Whatever control is to be had over the calendar and clock rests in the way time is managed by those in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: days. Eleven states permit terms of 175 days or less; only one state requires more than 180 days

Relevance of U. S. graduate education in agriculture to careers in agricultural development of East African agriculturalists

Creator:: Acker, David G.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study, to examine the relevance of U.S. graduate education in agriculture to careers in agricultural development of East African agriculturalists, was examined in terms of three problems: Problem 1: Was U.S. graduate education in agriculture relevant to careers in agricultural development of East African agriculturalists? Problem...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: been sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development was surveyed. Relevance of

A study of peer collaborative mentoring for the professional development of international graduate teaching assistants

Creator:: Kilburg, Gary M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate Peer Collaborative Mentoring (PCM) as a professional development model for international graduate teaching assistants at an American university. Data were gathered from interviews and observations of three American peer mentors (Intracultural Peer Mentors/IAPMs), five Chinese Graduate Teaching Assistants (Intercultural Peer Mentors/IEPMs), and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: colleges and universities in the United States. (1) Only 25 per cent of the institutions that use teaching

Cultural appropriateness in education and development : the case of the 4-H Yukon River Fisheries Education and Youth Development Program

Creator:: Marcey, Jean L.
Abstract:: The 4-H Yukon River Fisheries Education and Youth Development Program is a federally funded youth-at-risk program created to help youth escape from the social ills of substance abuse, teen pregnancy, low academic achievement, and suicide that plague rural Alaskan villages. By providing youth the opportunity to learn the skills needed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: with the Russian fur traders of the late 1700s. Thirty-three years after the United States purchased

The relationship between student ratings and selected characteristics of university transfer instructors in the community college

Creator:: Haugen, Roger Earl
Abstract:: The major problem examined in this study was that of determining whether or not there is any relationship between student ratings of instruction in the community college university transfer area and the professional teacher-training backgrounds of instructors. In addition, several other factors which may influence ratings and which might interact...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: - strators, graduate schools of education, and specialists. from the United States Office of Education in an

Factors predicting sixth-grade teachers' implementation of HIV/AIDS education

Creator:: Kuttner, Donna Holberg
Abstract:: The death toll from AIDS continues to rise in the United States. As of May 1, 1995, 441,528 cases of AIDS had been recorded in the U. S. One of the most powerful ways to control the spread of this disease is prevention education. In 1988, Oregon passed OAR 581-22-412...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: continues to rise in the United States. As of May 1, 1995, 441,528 cases of AIDS had been recorded in the

Five programs for four participants : stories of paradox and learning in a graduate cohort for adult literacy practitioners

Creator:: Fish, Susan A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to understand the individual experiences of four adult literacy practitioners, Anne, Bill, Candy, and Emily, in the first cohort of the Oregon Field-Based Cohort Master's Program. This program, which Oregon established in 1993 as one venue of professional development for adult literacy and English...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: practitioners, was developed jointly by the Office of Community College Services of the state Department of

Online classes : the student experience

Creator:: Bucy, Mary C.
Abstract:: Online courses and even degree programs are becoming a widespread phenomenon at universities across the United States. Research into the effectiveness of these courses is in the early stages. This qualitative study explored student perceptions of their online class experience using expectancy-value theory as a framework in an attempt to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: becoming a widespread phenomenon at universities across the United States. Research into the

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Teaching Spanish : presenting Latino history and sociocultural realities in the ethno-European classroom

The influence of applied mathematics problems on the achievement and attitude of community college vocational students

Time is the key to reform : a study of teacher perceptions regarding a change in a middle school schedule

Relevance of U. S. graduate education in agriculture to careers in agricultural development of East African agriculturalists

A study of peer collaborative mentoring for the professional development of international graduate teaching assistants

Cultural appropriateness in education and development : the case of the 4-H Yukon River Fisheries Education and Youth Development Program

The relationship between student ratings and selected characteristics of university transfer instructors in the community college

Factors predicting sixth-grade teachers' implementation of HIV/AIDS education

Five programs for four participants : stories of paradox and learning in a graduate cohort for adult literacy practitioners

Online classes : the student experience

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