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  • Linguistic foundations and cultural diversity for the teacher education program at Oregon State University : an instructional system

    Creator:
    Petry, Larry L.
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    Purpose of the Study The education of culturally diverse children has been one of the focuses of education since the early 1960's. One of the factors influencing education's inability to deal with the needs of culturally diverse children is the lack of teacher's foundational knowledge of language and linguistics as...
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    this chapter was to review the literature and research related to: (1) the need for, and use of a

  • Model and procedure for determination of strength and stiffness of wood studs

    Creator:
    Fernandez, Virgilio Asuncion
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    Elasticity properties of wood studs are essential inputs for the structural analysis of wood-stud wall systems. A theoretical procedure was developed to determine the probability distributions for the deflection-load relations of stud samples. The procedure is based on the finite element analysis and a Monte- Carlo type simulation and accounts...
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    Bastendorff of the Forest Research Laboratory for his assistance in the collection of specimens and in the

  • An investigation of the relationship between Christian religious ideology and identity achievement in selected university students

    Creator:
    Parker, Carl Edward
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    The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship between identity achievement and Christian religious ideology in selected university students attending Oregon State University. The sample consisted of two hundred and forty-nine students enrolled during the winter quarter 1978 in Psychology and Education courses. The respondents...
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    the importance of religious ideology and identity, it is the intent of this research to investigate

  • The development of masculine sex role stereotypes : sex differences in verbal interruptive behavior between first grade students and male and female teachers

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    Edberg, Patricia Tanner
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    Male dominance in conversation is encouraged by the adult socialization pattern in which men routinely interrupt the conversation of women and develop a topic out of turn. The purpose of this study was to investigate verbal interruptive behavior by utilizing an experimental approach focusing on children's interruptions and teacher responses...
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    Definition of the Terms 9 Limitations of the Study 11 Research Hypotheses 12 Summary 13 II, REVIEW OF THE

  • Measuring cultural competence in counselor-trainees : the development of an assessment process

    Creator:
    Tomine, Satsuki Ina
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    Statement of the Problem The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine if a valid and reliable assessment instrument could be developed to measure the cultural competence of counselor trainees. Hypotheses Five hypotheses were generated to establish the reliability and validity of the instrument. The instrument consisted of two...
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    Personnel and Guidance Journal,high- lights the need for further study in the area of multi- cultural

  • An investigation of qualities predictive of future counselor effectiveness

    Creator:
    Brown, Brian Hale
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    Nature of the Phenomenon The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine if the predisposition of counselor candidates on selected factors found to be associated with effective counseling, upon entering a counselor education program, was predictive of effective counselors at the end of that program. Hypotheses Two central hypotheses...
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    Summary 23 A Review of the Research Support for the Effectiveness Criteria Selected for this Study 24 III

  • Keyboard retraining : Qwerty to Dvorak

    Creator:
    Lessley, Bradley John
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    The purpose of this study was to provide information pertaining to performance levels of Dvorak keyboard operators through retraining. More specifically, the purposes of this study were: 1. To compare operator performance rates on the Dvorak keyboard with operator performance rates on the Qwerty keyboard. 2. To determine whether keyboard...
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    research studies have not been undertaken addressing performance levels and ease of opera- tion on the

  • Development of a model for context evaluation of community college competency-based curricula

    Creator:
    Noonan, Arthur Barry
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    Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to develop and field test a model for context evaluation of objectives used in competency-based curricula at the community college level. The study: 1. Developed a decision and information matrix that identified objectives which should be considered for deletion from...
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    of the procedure is as follows: 1. The research instrument was developed and then refined via field

  • A quadratic programming algorithm for deriving efficient farm plans in a risk setting

    Creator:
    Bauer, Leonard
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    The main focus was on developing an algorithm and supporting computer programs for use by extension personel to counsel farm managers on problems of enterprise choice. Investigation was initiated from the complete certainty viewpoint of linear programming. Upon introducing uncertainty, ramifications of changing expected income, variance and the correlation coefficient...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Leonard Bauer for the Doctor of

  • Income changes & labor force participation

    Creator:
    Sorenson, Gary W.
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    This monograph is focused around the controversy in the eco­nomic literature regarding the effects of income changes on labor force participation. In particular, this controversy arises from the opposing hypotheses: the "additional worker" and the "discour­aged worker." Each hypothesis predicts different behavior in response to falling income or rising unemployment....
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    model of consumer behavior in his article "A Theory of the Allocation of Time" (Economic Journal