Purpose of the Study
Teacher education is changing to meet the needs of students
going into teaching. Almost without exception, the emphasis is on
some form of field study as a part of the professional training.
This study was an attempt to evaluate the effects of a field-centered
teacher-education program...
The purpose of this investigation was to develop a
valid and reliable instrument to assess Oregon high school
students' nutrition information.
The following steps were taken in order to achieve this
purpose.
First, a review of the literature pertaining to high
school nutrition curriculum was conducted.
Second, numerous published tests...
This exploratory study was undertaken to determine the combined
effects which two rather unique approaches in the fields of counseling
and psychotherapy might have on the behavior and academic achievement
of ten selected deviant high school students. These approaches have
been termed the 1) self-consistency approach to behavior change and...
The major purpose of this study was to assess changes
in behavioral understanding and attitudes students may have
experienced in association with their participation in a
high school child development course. In addition, assessments
were made of changes in subject's perceptions cf:
1) marriage role expectation, 2) self-concept, and 3)...
This study was based on the assumption that urban
black students hold more positive attitudes and opinions
toward teachers, school, and education than urban white
students. The black students were from schools with a
high concentration of lower-to-middle-class students and
the white students were from schools with a high concentration...
The purpose this study was to determine how group counseling
influenced attitudes of low-income youth toward self, others,
and society. The subjects, all high school age, were participants
in an education program held on a college campus during the 1970
regular collegiate summer session. They lived in a residence hall...
This thesis is a study of the clothing behavior of disadvantaged
adolescents in a rural community as it relates to the factors of social class, security level, peer acceptance and self-selection of clothing.
This study was selected because very little research in clothing
behavior has been done in disadvantaged rural...
The purpose of this study was to examine the use of consumer
credit by teenagers in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Data for the study
were obtained from a questionnaire administered to junior and senior
students in Klamath Union and Henely High Schools. Of the 295
questionnaires administered, 285 were tabulated and...
Purpose: This investigation was conducted to determine
whether or not teachers and students perceive the environmental press
of a secondary school differently, and whether or not teacher groups
and student groups vary in their perceptions.
Conceptual Framework: "Press" i s a construct which expresses
the assumption of elements in the...