Experiments were performed to determine whether a direct
correlation exists between the growth rates of tall and dwarf peas
grown either in the light or in the dark and endogenous gibberellin
(GA) content. Three separate but related experimental approaches
were utilized: (1) the determination of possible qualitative and /or
quantitative...
The central purpose of this comparison was to determine the
congruence or difference between two teaching techniques, the television
method and the conventional lecture method as used in teaching
General Hygiene on the freshman college level at Oregon State University.
Sub-problems associated with this study were, (a) the development
of...
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of
teaching high school health by team teaching and traditional teaching
methods. For this study 114 second-semester sophomore health
students from Centennial High School in Gresham, Oregon were
used, distributed in three health classes as a control group, utilizing
traditional...
The data gathered for the study of the health status of freshmen
at Oregon State University were derived by an analysis of health history
records. These were obtained from the Oregon State University
Health Service. The years sampled were 1930, 1940, 1950 and 1960;
300 freshman male and 300 freshman...
The purpose of this study was to compare the number and
type of physical disorders of two hundred educable mentally retarded students and two hundred normal intelligence students. The relationship of physical disorders to sex and age was also investigated.
The descriptive survey method was chosen for the study.
Data...