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Perceived needs of special education as identified by school personnel in small rural school districts in six eastern Oregon counties

Creator:: Veal, Lawrence Lyman
Abstract:: The purpose of the study, which was conducted in 33 school districts in six Eastern Oregon counties, was threefold: 1. To assess the perceived needs of administrators, counselors and/or specialists and special teachers of the handicapped and disadvantaged, to determine special education needs in small rural school districts; 2. To...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: special educators) was about 24 percent less than the average for metropolitan area teachers. This report

Academic dishonesty : comparing American and foreign students' attitudes

Creator:: Sumrain, Ibrahim A.
Abstract:: To determine whether there were differences between foreign (Arab) and American student attitudes toward academic dishonesty in Oregon State University, a seventy-eight item questionnaire designed by Kirk, (1970) was adapted and administered to two hundred and eighty Arab and American graduate and undergraduate students. Three aspects of academic dishonesty were...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: special emphasis on the school definition of unacceptable academic behaviors, regardless of the cultural

The effect of an eight-week instructional program upon the balance performance of hearing-impaired children ages 6-12

Creator:: Hassan, Adel Aly
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an eight-week instructional program, using different activities and apparatus, upon the balance performance of hearing-impaired children, ages 6-12. Balance was measured by the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (Subtest 2: Balance) as a pre- and post-test to determine if...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: without any special emphasis on balance activities. The eight items which comprised the balance test of

Self-esteem, locus of control, and perceived defending behavior in the classroom in relation to grades of junior high students in Kochi, Japan

Creator:: Reddington, Kenneth George
Abstract:: The present study was undertaken to investigate the relationship of self-esteem and locus of control to defending behavior as perceived by classmates in junior high schools in Japan, and to examine the relationship of all three of these to school grades. Special attention was given to how the present test-centered...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: schools in Japan, and to examine the relationship of all three of these to school grades. Special

Urban ethnography : an exploration and interpretation of the post-camp period of Laotian refugees settling in Eugene-Springfield, Oregon

Creator:: Proudfoot, Robert Charles
Abstract:: This study employed ethnographic methodology to investigate and record the post-camp, pre-assimilation period of Laotian refugees.The primary goal was to document the special problems and experiences of the Laotian population as they attempted to adjust to new roles and expectations within mainstream North American society.Oral histories and biographical statements focused...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -assimilation period of Laotian ref- ugees. The primary goal was to document the special problems and

Influences of a career curriculum on changes in vocational interests of mildly handicapped high school students

Creator:: Koval, David P.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a course of study developed at the University of Washington to provide a career education class at the beginning of the high school experience for special education students who are mildly handicapped in Tacoma Public Schools. The problem was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: school experience for special education students who are mildly handicapped in Tacoma Public Schools

The effects of supplemental home instruction by parents utilizing the data based gymnasium instructional model on the performance of selected motor skills with moderately and severely mentally retarded children

Creator:: Maguire, Paul A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if parents of students could improve the motor performance of their moderately and severely mentally retarded children through the implementation of the Data-Based Gymnasium (DBG) Instructional Model as a supplement to the school program. The DBG Instructional Model is an individualized system...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of special education (Federal Register, Aug. 23, 1977, 121a.14). The report of the House of

A study of preservice teachers' attitudes toward mainstreaming

Creator:: Staebler, Bonita Louise
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were to determine the effects of level (elementary and secondary), program status (beginning, midway, and student teaching), and demongraphic variables (experience, success, college supervisor support, supervising teacher support, additional support services, and school type) on preservice teachers' attitudes toward mainstreaming. The population consisted of 91...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: on program status. Student teachers reported significantly more experience with special need

Comparative analysis between the Woodcock Psycho-Educational Battery in Spanish and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised Mexican version

Creator:: Fletcher, Todd V.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare and describe test score differences on the Woodcock Psycho-Educational Battery in Spanish (BATERIA) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised Mexican version (WISC-RM). Analyses were performed on the two test batteries, investigating mean score differences on the different clusters as a function...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: referrals on: (a) the full scale scores of the two batteries; (b) the Special Cognitive Ability clusters

Attitudes of college students toward developmentally disabled peers

Creator:: Turner, Robert W. (Robert William), 1952-
Abstract:: The central purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of non-disabled college students toward their developmentally disabled peers attending the same college. Specifically, it examined the attitudes of non-disabled students toward the developmentally disabled students in the Transitional/Vocational Program the Fairview campus of Fairview College, Alberta, Canada. Objectives...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: provide special training programs for the develop- mentally disabled should examine the attitudes of

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Perceived needs of special education as identified by school personnel in small rural school districts in six eastern Oregon counties

Academic dishonesty : comparing American and foreign students' attitudes

The effect of an eight-week instructional program upon the balance performance of hearing-impaired children ages 6-12

Self-esteem, locus of control, and perceived defending behavior in the classroom in relation to grades of junior high students in Kochi, Japan

Urban ethnography : an exploration and interpretation of the post-camp period of Laotian refugees settling in Eugene-Springfield, Oregon

Influences of a career curriculum on changes in vocational interests of mildly handicapped high school students

The effects of supplemental home instruction by parents utilizing the data based gymnasium instructional model on the performance of selected motor skills with moderately and severely mentally retarded children

A study of preservice teachers' attitudes toward mainstreaming

Comparative analysis between the Woodcock Psycho-Educational Battery in Spanish and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised Mexican version

Attitudes of college students toward developmentally disabled peers

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