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The effect of esoterica on institutional goals as measured by the use of cherished terms in the pulpits of the Church of the Nazarene and church growth

Creator:: Parrott, Richard Leslie, 1952-
Abstract:: This is a psycho-socio-linguistic study of language as the primary tool of institutions such as education, government, and religion. These institutions have goals associated with identifying with, communicating with, and influencing individuals in the general public who are not Part of the group. A review of psycho-socio-linguistic theory suggests that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF RICHARD L. PARROTT for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in EDUCATION

Comparisons of self-actualization among three groups of college women

Creator:: Matthews, Lawrence Joseph
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , 1969). Schultz identifies the 1950's as the chronological origin of humanistic thought in psychol

A theoretical design of rational autonomy : integrating elementary and early childhood teacher education through a contemporary derivation from Maria Montessori's social cognitive field paradigm

Creator:: Mitchener, Virginia Wedler
Abstract:: The individual through earliest recorded history reveals contradictory views of the human life-span. "Am I a free and unique individual, able to make choices and decide my own destiny?, or, "Am I only a victim of circumstance, a speck of dust in the universe's whirlwind of fate?" Each view is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Selected demographic variables as predictors of small group attendance or nonattendance among adult Conservative Baptists : a discriminant analysis

Creator:: McBride, Neal
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: groups, and training groups (Clemmons and Nester, 1974). By the late 1950's, small groups had gained

The effect of games on cognitive abilities and on attitudes toward mathematics

Creator:: Henry, Kermit Maxson
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: materials through curriculum revision, a major issue of the 1950's. Financial assistance from the federal

The development of an adaptation model for emergency departments in urban and suburban health maintenance organizations

Creator:: Robertson, Barbara J.
Abstract:: The major purpose of this study was to develop an Adaptation Model for emergency departments in urban and suburban Health Maintenance Organizations. Questions explored which provided data for the Model were: 1) are there significant differences in the demographic, sociologic, and decision-making characteristics of clients seeking services in emergency rooms...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: during this period of time. Until the early 1950's hospitals were largely an urban phenomenon that

Community conflict : a case study of the implementation of a bilingual education program

Creator:: Guzmán, Juan
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: English, and improvement in school facilities (19, po 12). During the 1950's and 1960's, educational

The attitudes of Oregon State Penitentiary minority inmates towards activity programs as a rehabilitative tool

Creator:: McIntosh, Mathew Allen
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of three Oregon State Penitentiary minority inmate groups - Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans - towards the Activities Programs as a rehabilitative tool. Two other purposes were to (1) determine significant differences among group attitudes, and (2) determine the degree...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Presidential Order under former president Richard Nixon, following the prison unrest of the early seventies

"Playing with computers" : the hidden impact of the computer in a school

Creator:: Turner, Martha I.
Abstract:: The topic of this study is the cultural impact of the computer in a school. "Impact" is 'defined as the cultural consequences of intended and unintended learning that occur when computers are used in the school. The major theoretical orientations of the work include the concepts of manifest and latent...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A market oriented approach to energy conservation identifying disadvantaged families as target groups for energy assistance programs

Creator:: Marganus, Martin
Abstract:: Energy expenditures, perceived family well being, and energy conservation actions were analyzed by family composition and level of income. Data were from a three state subsample (Arizona, Colorado, and Oregon; N = 2,633) of a larger stratified random sample of households in the Western United States. Data were collected in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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The effect of esoterica on institutional goals as measured by the use of cherished terms in the pulpits of the Church of the Nazarene and church growth

Comparisons of self-actualization among three groups of college women

A theoretical design of rational autonomy : integrating elementary and early childhood teacher education through a contemporary derivation from Maria Montessori's social cognitive field paradigm

Selected demographic variables as predictors of small group attendance or nonattendance among adult Conservative Baptists : a discriminant analysis

The effect of games on cognitive abilities and on attitudes toward mathematics

The development of an adaptation model for emergency departments in urban and suburban health maintenance organizations

Community conflict : a case study of the implementation of a bilingual education program

The attitudes of Oregon State Penitentiary minority inmates towards activity programs as a rehabilitative tool

"Playing with computers" : the hidden impact of the computer in a school

A market oriented approach to energy conservation identifying disadvantaged families as target groups for energy assistance programs

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