The Purpose of the Study
The primary purpose of the study was to determine the common
professional education competencies of educational engineers. The
respondents in the study included public school district superintendents,
public school district business managers, school planners from public
school districts, staff members of teacher training institutions,
community...
The purpose of this study was to ascertain to what degree, if
any, there was a difference of opinion among students, parents and
faculty in regard to student behavior as that behavior pertained to
general conduct, drug use, mischief, sex offenses, drinking, cheating
and theft.
The research study was conducted...
The purpose of this study was to compare the perceptions
of the university environment of four selected groups
of residence hall students at Oregon State University:
male elected residence hall leaders (N -52), male non-leader
residence hall students (N-52), female elected residence
hall leaders (N-53), and female non-leader residence hall...
The purposes of this study were to determine whether the generally accepted procedure of campus elections as a method of choosing student government representatives (1) appears to encourage the candidacy of students who hold perceptions of the university environment similar to other students who do not choose to become candidates;...
The major purpose of this study was to determine the current status
of family life/sex education programs in the public high schools of
Oregon. A mail questionnaire was submitted to all health teachers in
all the high schools in Oregon. The questionniare was mailed twice to
447 health teachers in...
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study was to determine the exposure and
influence of recruitment techniques and influential sources and factors
which influenced student selection of vocational-technical education.
Procedures
The data for this study were obtained through the use of a student
questionnaire. The questionnaire was administered...
The purpose of this study was to compare the changes in the
perception of the university environment that occurred in four selected
.groups of freshmen residence hall students: females residents in
single-sex halls (N = 150), female residents in coeducational halls
(N = 89), male residents in single-sex halls (N...
The study was devoted to formulating answers to the following
questions:
1. What factors did students report to be influential in their
choice of a community college major ?
2. What factors influenced students in the selection of a
community college to attend?
3. What factors influenced students to continue...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an in-service project for teachers of the social studies (K-12). The project was sponsored by the Region II Committee of the Oregon Council for Curriculum and Instruction (O.C.C.I.) during the period from November 1, 1966 to April 1, 1969....
The purpose of this research was directed toward an examination
of personnel resources in vocational education. More particularly,
the study attempted to determine contributions made by personnel,
to assess the procedures and processes utilized in making
these contributions, and to identify strengths that need to be developed
in future personnel....
The central purpose of this study was to formulate and test a
model for securing information from the ornamental horticultural
industry that would provide a basis for curriculum development in
vocational agriculture. In order to develop the model, it was necessary
to accomplish the following:
1. Determine typical occupations in...
Competencies essential for the adequate performance of vocational
education leadership roles were investigated in this study.
Methods of preparing individuals for these roles were also considered.
Answers to two basic questions were sought as base data on which
future programs of occupational education leadership might be built.
These questions were:...
This was an historical study which described the procedures used by a thirteen-member committee in an attempt to develop a merit-evaluation program for a middle-sized school district in Oregon.
A random sample of 33.5% of the certificated staff of School District
9 were interviewed in May, 1969. The results of...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship
between kindergarten experience and fine-muscle eye-hand coordination
abilities of first grade children.
The subjects were 181 first graders in the public schools of
Albany, Corvallis, and Salem, Oregon. The mean age of the sample
was 76.69 months with a standard...
The purposes of the study were: (1) to provide a descriptive
analysis and historical record of the undergraduate OSU Fourth Cycle
Urban/Rural-Migrant Teacher Corps program; (2) to follow up former
OSU Fourth Cycle corps members to determine their employment status
and attitudes toward their educational experiences; and (3) to determine...
The Purpose of the Study
The central purpose of this study was to determine the professional
education competencies of selected community college vocational
instructors. Respondents in the study included instructors of business
and distributive education. Major dimensions were the construction
and validation of a questionnaire for community college vocational
instructors;...
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The problem studied was whether there exist significant differences
between the perceived knowledge obtained by former secondary
cooperative work experience students as compared to the instructional
goals and objectives of these programs as identified by the Oregon
State Department of Education.
THE PROCEDURE
The problem as...
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to make a comparative analysis of
student attitudes and learning in relation to the selected academic
subject of English when it is applied to certain Oregon occupational
clusters. The occupational clusters selected were agriculture,
electricity-electronics, industrial mechanics, and stenographersecretarial
occupations.
Method
The comparisons...
Purpose of the Study
The study was designed to determine whether the amount of
formal education industrial education teachers have completed does
affect their (1) attitude toward teaching and (2) performance in the
classroom. The specific questions formulated to investigate this research
were:
1. Will the amount of formal education...
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of
an elementary student tutoring program in reading, as a teaching tool
for improving student achievement in comprehension, vocabulary and
attitude in the study of reading. Six directional hypotheses were formulated
as follows:
1. The tutoring...