The western Siskiyou Mountain forest vegetation
is grouped into eight communities based on parent
material. Three groups of data are analyzed using a computerized
ordination technique, two of the groups together,
and one separately. Two communities associated with
ultramafic parent materials, two on sandstone, one on
greenstone, and one on...
The main objective of this study was to identify family life
competencies needed by high school graduates, as perceived by a
majority of respondents. In addition, the null hypothesis tested was:
that age, sex, and educational level are each independent of response
on each individual competency statement. Testing was done...
The following progress report presents a summary of the work conducted through January of 1973 as specified in our proposal, "The Develooment of Methods for Studying Physical and Biological Processes in the Nearshore
Zone on the Pacific Coast of the United States," suooorted by the Eugene Water and Electric Board,...
Field studies designed to study residual effects from fertilizer
molybdenum were initiated in September 1971 on established grass-clover
pastures at ten sites in Western Oregon. Treatments were 0.0
and 1.12 kg molybdenum /ha on plots receiving 0-35-0-20S fertilizer (elemental sulfur-S) and 0.0, 0.56, 1.12 and 2.24 kg molybdenum /ha on...
Plumage development and growth were studied in young whooping
cranes (Grus americana) from hatching until 450 days of age. The
downy stage of the young cranes lasted about six weeks; the development
of the juvenal plumage took until 100 days of age, and the molt
to the adult or all...
The central problem of this study was to construct and validate
an instrument to measure the complexity of the contexts in which student
teaching occurs and to use the instrument in the investigation of
factors related to context complexity and its effect on student teacher
performance.
The instrument to measure...
Oregon College of Education (OCE) is a small, liberal arts college with a special emphasis on the preparation of teachers. Its student population is predominantly from Oregon's Willamette Valley area. OCE developed specific objectives for its teacher education program and the purpose of this study was to determine whether the...
Objectives of the Study
The study attempted to accomplish the following:
1. Document the fundamental or conservative nature of
early American higher education, especially the nine
colonial colleges, and verify its seemingly irrepressible
progression toward liberalism.
2. Determine the nature of variables associated with the
process of liberalization.
3. Isolate...