Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this investigation was to measure some of the effects of an elementary science program, the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) on science achievement of certain sixth grade students. Important to the problem was how the SCIS students compared with students exposed to a...
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to identify a set of core competencies needed to meet the minimal requirements for high school graduation and to test their level of acceptance by administrators, counselors, teachers and parents in 50 Oregon secondary school districts. PROCEDURES: Utilizing the 1136 existing graduation competencies...
Hydrographic measurements, made with CTD and STD probes in the
vicinity of Cabo Corveiro, NW Africa during the JOINT-I experiment in
Spring 1974, are presented. Computer plots of the vertical profiles of
temperature, salinity, and sigma-t are shown for each hydrographic station.
Associated values of temperature, salinity, sigma-t, specific volume...
Published October 1974. Fourth reprinting August 1979. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
The purpose of this investigation was to identify sources of
influence on one major growth trend for college students: the development
of autonomy. Specifically, the study focused on whether
change in autonomy in college freshmen was related to the background
of the students, their associations with peers, their contacts with...
The principle purpose of this study was to determine
the effectiveness of human relations-sensitivity training on
the self concept of low income high school students. The
sample group consisted of 47 low income high school students
attending the 1978 Summer Upward Bound program at Oregon
State University. Participants were randomly...
The purpose of the study was to survey aspects of environmental
knowledge and beliefs among Grade 10 students in Australia, in the
belief that such information would be useful for workers in the developing
field of environmental education there.
A survey instrument prepared and used for a similar purpose in...
The impact of Oregon's Special Use Assessment (SUA)
program was analyzed in relation to farmland values in six
regions. Data for the study were obtained from the Oregon
Landownership Survey. Data were based on 1975 assessment
and ownership characteristics.
Farmland value per acre, including improvements, was
believed to be influenced...
Project AFS-58 Final Report (part 1).
The first of three reports on a 15-year study to determine the effects of logging on the aquatic resources of three tributaries of the lower Alsea River. The study took place from 1959-1973. Primary objectives included in-depth study of population characteristics of fish species...