The purpose of this study was three-fold: to determine how
the false assumption of an abnormal heart condition affected the
lives of false-positive students; the effects of phonocardioscan screening
and cardiologist follow-up procedures on delabeled school children;
and the effectiveness of the follow-up procedures used in
delabeling the false-positive students....
The purpose of this investigation was to determine if either of
two selected commercial games, when used by seventh-grade mathematics
teachers, would significantly improve students' (1) attitudes
toward mathematics, (2) quantitative cognitive abilities, and (3) nonverbal
cognitive abilities.
Equations, a mathematics game, and Tac-Tickle, a strategy
game, were chosen as...
Past research has implied that differences in blender performance
between commercial and laboratory particleboard blenders
may not be attributed to resin distribution between screen fractions,
as is commonly believed in the industry today, but to which particles
within a screen fraction have resin and which do note
To test this,...
The purpose of this study was to explore under controlled conditions
possible differences between teacher expectancy and child performance
at the first grade level. The Beaverton Public Schools participated
in the study with their first grade children and teachers, using an
examination administered to a random sampling of children and...
This study describes the development and analysis of a manual
for management and supervisory personnel involved with employee
training programs in sanitary food production in the frozen fruit and
vegetable industry. The physical aspects of the plant, microbiology
of frozen foods, and employee training are discussed in relationship
to the...
The purpose of this study was to compare the performance
between high school students with esteem needs and those with
security needs in discovering a two-second delay between correct
response and feedback in a paired-associated learning task, Subjects
had to determine which one of seven possible responses (digits) to a...
This research project is an historical case study of the conflict
which evolved from the deliberations and subsequent implementation
of bilingual education in Central School District 13J, Independence,
Oregon. The time period under consideration spans 35 months,
beginning in August 1974, when district officials first proposed bilingual
education, and ending...