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The impact dynamics of a tennis ball striking a hard surface

Creator:: Wang, Jin-cherng
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to study the impact phenomena of a tennis ball striking a hard surface. Stroboscopic photography was used to collect the ball's impact images from seven angles of incidence, ranging from -23 degrees to -70 degrees with zero, top and back initial spin respectively. Through...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ."--- Harry Freund The purpose of this research was to study the impact phenomena of a tennis ball striking

A survey of research tasks required by public school administrators and secondary and elementary teachers in Oregon

Creator:: Burton, H. James
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were to determine which research tasks were necessary to the job descriptions of public school administrators, secondary and elementary teachers; what task clusters could be identified for college and university curriculums; what differences existed between sample groups. The instrument was validated through the Delphi technique....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: administrators and secondary and elementary teachers in Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF H. James Burton

A factor analysis of the professional education competencies of administrators of vocational education

Creator:: Sundstrom, Lloyd Conrad
Abstract:: The primary objective of this study was to identify, and to group, the professional education competencies common to administrators of vocational education. The technique of factor analysis was used to form logical groups of competencies. The secondary objectives were to: 1. determine, by the method of the analysis of variance,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: EDUCATION Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Dr. Pat H. Attebee7 The primary objective of this study

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

A study of a Japanese-American basketball league and the assimilation of its members into the mainstream of United States society

Creator:: Nogawa, Haruo
Abstract:: The present study was a modified replication of the two pioneer works in the field of sport and ethnic groups by Pooley (1968) and Tindall (1973). This study investigated whether participation in an ethnic basketball league in Japanese-American communities affected the rate of assimilation of two groups of Japanese-American, high-school...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: E Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H Appendix I Appendix J Appendix K Appendix L 226 242 243 244

An investigation of the relationships among perceptual modality, temporality, and academic achievement of selected middle school sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students

Creator:: Zachow, Kathleen M.
Abstract:: The primary foci of the study were to determine the relationships among perceptual modality, temporality, and academic achievement, and to develop implications for the academic counseling of middle school students based on the findings. The sample was composed of 613 students enrolled in Prineville Junior High School. The Edmonds Learning...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ). 4) Perceptual Assess- ment: Edmonds Learning Style Identification Exercise by Harry Reinert (1975

Comparing the performance between high school students with esteem needs and those with security needs in solving a problem through insight in a verbal learning situation

Creator:: Clukey, Darrell Frank
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A comparison of work values of emotionally disturbed adolescents and normal adolescents

Creator:: King, Reed Lewis
Abstract:: The primary purpose of this study was to determine the work values of the emotionally disturbed adolescents and to compare these values with those indicated by adolescents of the same age level from a regular public school. A secondary objective was to compare the work values of the age levels,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -tudent who hopes to te)Lm-.nate h-La education in one OIL two yeatus on lezz, with a t4alable z!a- U

A comparison of junior and senior high school student attitudes with faculty attitudes toward purposes, functions and responsibilities of the student council

Creator:: Hayden, James R.
Abstract:: The Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop an original validated Lickert-type attitudinal survey instrument and administer it to selected samples of teachers and students in the Mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon to determine their attitude toward the "purposes," "functions," and "responsibilities" of student councils and place these results...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Coaching preparation consistent with recommendations from active coaches

Creator:: Arritola, Pascual Pedro
Abstract:: This study investigated various aspects of coaching preparation at the undergraduate level to determine where coaches are being trained to enter the coaching profession as well as to determine where active coaches were trained in the competencies deemed necessary for an individual to be a success in the coaching profession....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Instrument Sent to Colleges Appendix G - Survey Instrument Sent to Coaches Appendix H - Tables 20-27 V Page

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The impact dynamics of a tennis ball striking a hard surface

A survey of research tasks required by public school administrators and secondary and elementary teachers in Oregon

A factor analysis of the professional education competencies of administrators of vocational education

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

A study of a Japanese-American basketball league and the assimilation of its members into the mainstream of United States society

An investigation of the relationships among perceptual modality, temporality, and academic achievement of selected middle school sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students

Comparing the performance between high school students with esteem needs and those with security needs in solving a problem through insight in a verbal learning situation

A comparison of work values of emotionally disturbed adolescents and normal adolescents

A comparison of junior and senior high school student attitudes with faculty attitudes toward purposes, functions and responsibilities of the student council

Coaching preparation consistent with recommendations from active coaches

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