A five year longitudinal study was begun in 1976 to find a
solution to the problem of early primary children who fail in school
and then adopt the failure syndrome. The study was conducted in four
elementary schools in Oregon which had distinctly different
socio-economic populations.
The tests used for...
The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship
between attitudes and behaviors pertaining to male contraceptive practices;
the influences of living group affiliation in these practices;
the influence of partners in birth control method use; the quality of
communication in the sexual relationship as an influence in birth...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate areas of consensus and differences among Oregon community college
faculty, administrators, and their business community on the desired role of the community college and the perceived current role in economic development as defined by selected economic development activities.
Methods and Procedures:...
The primary purpose of this study was to determine if significant
differences existed between the engagement styles of management students
and practicing managers. The term "engagement" is used to refer to the
processes by which organizational members establish an effective
relationship with important human systems of the organization {i.e.,
superiors,...
Purpose: The study assessed the perceived need for inservice
training to improve the teaching of mathematics in primary schools
in Bendel State of Nigeria. Specifically, the study sought to
know where and when the primary school mathematics teachers need
inservice training to improve their standards of teaching elementary
mathematics. The...
The purpose of this study was to examine the mid-life period of
women's lives. It attempted to determine if this time is generally one of crisis, or more commonly a period of smooth transition. Furthermore, it attempted to determine if there is a typical pattern of emotional concerns experienced by...
This study examined the singular and combined effects of a
progressive relaxation and biofeedback monitoring program upon Trait
Anxiety, Sports Competition Anxiety, blood pressure, heart rate, and
muscle tension as measured by EMG readings. The programs were
administered over a six-week sequence, with pre-measures utilizing
the Spielberger Trait Anxiety measure,...
Materials concerning ethnic and minority groups are a concern
for many curriculum leaders. Inappropriate materials perpetuate
stereotypes, in many cases due to a lack of study concerning the
information within the materials. The materials concerning Native
Americans typically presented in public school classrooms tend to
overgeneralize information about the cultural...
Plans for farm buildings should efficiently explaininformation about their construction. User understandingand actual use made of plans has received little study.The format used for plans should enhance their wider useand greater satisfaction by individuals concerned withconstructed buildings.This study addressed two research questions: (1) Isthere a relationship among typical formats used...
The effects of a subliminal auditory stimulus on the
motor activity and task performance skills of hyperkinetic
children were investigated. Fifteen boys between seven and
twelve years of age, who were enrolled in one of three
treatment groups for hyperactivity, were recruited for
this study. Each child participated, weekly, in...
The main purpose of this study was to examine the influence of
additional content from areas of mainstreaming and adapted physical
education on preservice elementary educators attitudes toward
teaching nonhandicapped and handicapped children in elementary
physical education. To achieve this goal (a) an instrument was
constructed to assess the attitudes...
This paper proposes that human asymmetrical hemispheric
function originated because of the cognitive requirements of
tool-making.
The human brain can be considered to be a product of two
evolutionary episodes. The first episode was shared with
other mammals and resulted in a brain composed of a reptilian
complex, paleomammalian and...
This investigation was a two stage study performed in two urban/
rural communities in Washington State. Stage I was an effort to replicate a study performed in an eastern Virginia school district whereby
results were obtained demonstrating that 9th graders and black students
identified teacher warmth behaviors as being important...
The purpose of the study was to determine if a self-assessment procedure provides data with acceptable accuracy for use in Adult Basic Education placement diagnostic batteries. Several factors descriptive of the population and the treatment were studied: 1. The overall degree of accuracy in computation and word pronunciation. 2. The...
Ankle injuries account for 10-20% of time loss injuries in sports
with almost 85% of these injuries being sprains, the majority of
which occur to the lateral ligamentous complex. With statistics such
as these it becomes important that the Athletic Trainer establish a
method for effective and efficient means to...
Five NAIA intercollegiate men's basketball teams and 53 players
served as subjects to determine the role pre-game anxiety played in
basketball game performance. The study involved four games in which
Western Oregon State College competed against other small colleges
in Oregon during the 19 -81 season. Performance in basketball was...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between technological changes in business and industry and vocational teacher in-service training. Data were collected from 134 vocational teachers from the nursing, welding, automotive, and secretarial technologies in 12 Oregon community colleges. Questionnaires were used to collect the data. Descriptive...
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...
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this research project was to identify
minimum
competencies needed for elementary and secondary teachers in the
fields of ESL and bilingual education.
Procedures
Two procedural phases were applied in this study.
The first
phase was the construction of a survey questionnaire which was...
Two hundred twenty male students randomly selected
during Spring semester 1988 from each of two Saudi Arabian
universities, King Faisal and King Fand, were administered
a three-part attitude measurement instrument and a fourpart
Health-Related Physical Fitness Test. The attitude
measurement instrument, derived from the McDonald Attitude
Inventory and the Wear...
Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study was to determine if differences existed in commitment to teacher collective bargaining associations among vocational teachers. The objectives were: (1) to determine the degree of commitment among secondary vocational teachers to the teachers' collective bargaining association; and (2) to determine the...
Evidence supporting the contribution of American high school
curricula to student transition from school to work was inconclusive.
Social science research indicated that high school programs had little
effect upon student achievement after leaving school. This study
developed a model to identify factors that influence the transition
from school to...
The two major purposes of this study were to gather data relative
to the knowledge and attitudes toward sexual expression among sixty-five
to seventy-four year olds and to determine whether or not significant
differences existed between the sexes. The study focused on six
research questions: These were:
1. Do older...
The primary problem of this study was to evaluate the post-high
school plans component of a high school counseling program. The
intent was to determine the effectiveness of the program component in
relation to the purpose it was designed to serve: providing information
and guidance for high school students who...
This study investigated the design of a new type of
postsecondary educational institution for Venezuela that
would meet the vocational education and training needs of
postsecondary students and the skilled labor demands of the
nation. Venezuela's educational system was analyzed to
delineate a center for a suitable two-year vocational
technical...
The major question of this study was why do community
college women choose traditional occupations? The study
examined the characteristics of community college women who
chose preparation for a traditional occupation either immediately
after graduation from high school or after a period
of absence for family responsibilities.
The sample for...
The Purpose of the Study:
The purpose of this study was to examine early teacher
attrition through a follow-up of Washington County teachers
in Oregon who left the profession with five years of experience
or less. Focus was given to background data and
areas of greatest professional concerns for former...
An increased metabolic efficiency may be a factor underlying the
onset and maintenance of obesity. This study examined the Resting
Metabolic Rate (RMR), the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF), the Thermic
Effect of Exercise (TEE), and the Potentiation (P) of the TEF by
Exercise in Juvenile-onset type obesity (JOTO), and...
The purposes of this study were to construct a Likert scale to
measure the attitudes of individuals toward their personal health, then
to establish the reliability and validity of the scale.
A 22 item scale was developed from computer part whole analysis
of 100 random items written and edited by...
The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable
instrument to measure the organizational climate of the community
college as perceived by community college administrators, faculty, and
classified staff.
There were three phases in this study. The first was to develop a
pool of test items based...
The problem of this study was to develop and validate an instrument
that would measure vocational teacher trainees and practitioners'
attitudes toward handicapped learners. The item pool consisted
of 90 items which addressed three major dimensions of attitudes
toward handicapped vocational students: handicapping conditions,
characteristics of these conditions, and the...
The two-fold purpose of this study is (1) to determine
differences in perception of counseling and guidance needs
between community college bound high school seniors,
community college counselors, and chief student services
administrators, and (2) to establish the nature and priority
of counseling and guidance needs of community college bound...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the weight training responses of college males and females on the development of muscular strength, body weight, body composition, muscular hypertrophy, and cardiovascular fitness. A total of 60 males and 60 females volunteered to participate in this study. They...
School districts and educational policymakers need current information on Black parental and primary guardian responses toward the
issue of desegregation. This research focused primarily on the attitudes of Black parents and primary guardians toward their involvement
in elementary desegregated schools. The study attempted to determine
if:
(1) Educational background has...
The purpose of this study was to determine if adding a specialized
instructional section on death and dying to ongoing curriculum
would affect attitudes of student nurses toward death and dying.
Subjects were 30 first-year nursing students enrolled in the Associate
Degree Nursing Program at Linn-Benton Community College, Albany,
Oregon....
The purpose of this study is to investigate the
attitudes toward mathematics of prospective elementary
teachers and their basic understanding of mathematics.
Two hundred fourteen subjects, representing prospective teachers from Oregon State University and Western
Oregon State College participated in this study. The
responses of this total population to the...
One forty-item questionnaire (Cancer Nursing Outreach
Program Evaluation Tool) and one twenty-item questionnaire
(Cancer Attitude Survey) were submitted to a randomly
selected population of 200 employed associate, diploma and
baccalaureate degree nurses distributed among numerous
practice settings in the State of Oregon. Data were
analyzed using Analysis of Variance (fixed...
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...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the state of development of
adult education in Nigeria.
The major objectives were to review the state of development of
Nigerian adult education programs, assess the overall effectiveness of
these programs, and utilize the findings to suggest action for future
program improvement....
The study attempted to accomplish the following:
1. Identify the causes of absenteeism in an inner-city
high school.
2. Investigate and compare the reasons for absenteeism
of: (a) boys vs. girls, (b) students with divorced
parents vs. students with parents who are not divorced, and
(c) bused students vs. resident...
Purpose of the Study:
The School Health Fair is an experiential method used to supplement classroom theory in a teacher preparation course at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UWL). The purpose of this study was to determine how this method affected student attitude toward teaching. The following null hypotheses were...
The purpose of this study was twofold; first, to identify the
values held by Oregon State University students, and second, to
determine if the values of OSU students are different from samples
previously surveyed. A further purpose of the study was to
develop baseline data on a cross-section of the...
A new organization was created when Oregon State University (OSU) School of Education and Western Oregon State College (WOSC) Division of Education merged into the OSU-WOSC School of Education in the fall of 1982. Two education faculties from two different kinds of institutions (i.e., a large university and a small...
The study examined multicredentialed allied health workers in rural Wisconsin hospitals. The objectives identified differences in perceptions between rural allied health employers and employees regarding (1) allied health personnel shortages; (2) interest for multicredentialed allied health workers; (3) the educational preparation of rural multicredentialed allied health workers, and (4) factors...
Purpose of the Study The primary focus of this study was to compare Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED) subtest scores with achievement letter grades (A, B, C, D, and F) in vocational education classes at Bartlett High School, Anchorage, Alaska. The two secondary purposes of the study were to...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of alcohol
on freshman women during the critical transition into college.
Specifically, the study focused on differences in knowledge of alcohol
facts and attitudes toward use of alcohol among freshman women prior to
college. Further, the study focused on changes...
The overall purpose of this study was to investigate
certain aspects of the effectiveness of adult career programs.
The central focus was to compare the differences
in vocational self-concept crystallization among the participants
exposed to the classroom group program and the
individualized telecourse programs. Further information
was desired regarding the...
National statistics indicate substantially higher rates of divorce
in doctoral student households where the female, rather than the male, is
the degree candidate. This research was designed to examine the married
female's experiences and to identify factors which possibly contribute
to the differential divorce statistics for males and females.
The...
Competency-based education was introduced to the
state of Oregon in the early 1970's, mandating that the
graduating classes of 1978 would meet these competency
requirements for graduation. The Oregon Department of
Education allowed each school district to compile its
own lists of competencies in each of the mandated areas.
There...
The purpose of the study was to verify growth in the interpersonal
problem solving abilities of high school students. A fourpart
subtest of the Means End Problem Solving Test (MEPS) was administered
to 642 students grades nine through twelve at Columbia High
School, Troutdale, Oregon. Completed tests were separated by...
The purpose of this study was to assess the attitudes of teachers at the
elementary, middle, and high school levels toward student rights and
classroom management. Specifically this study was designed to analyze the
effect Judicious Discipline: A Constitutional Perspective for School Rules and
Decisions had upon teacher attitudes toward...
The central purpose of this study was to identify the
competencies of a predeparture orientation program as determined by
business/industry personnel and personnel from institutions
representing the U.S. Agency for International Development. An
additional objective was to examine the organizational framework of
existing predeparture programs to identify instructional
methodologies, administrative...
The primary purpose of this study was to test the
conventional view of job factors as satisfiers and
dissatisfiers of members of the National Association of
Directors of Christian Education. The conventional view
stated that all job factors can potentially contribute to
job satisfaction and to job dissatisfaction. A second...
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the factors which
influenced undergraduate students in the School of Education at Oregon
State University to select vocational teacher education as their
major. Data were collected from 315 vocational, practical arts, and
non-vocational undergraduate teacher education majors who were
enrolled in teacher...
Some elementary teachers want to be more child-centered in their
teaching. They are trying to consider the needs of the students
before the coverage of curriculum. Much of the inspiration for this
educational approach has come from the British primary schools.
The purpose of this study was to see if...
This dissertation addresses the problem of how best to share purchasing specifications among the community colleges of the State of Oregon. In order for Oregon's community college administrators who are responsible for the acquisition of goods and services for vocational and other programs to perform successfully, it requires the development...
This study compared the perceptions of health education experts, principals and teachers regarding the ranking in order of importance of organizing school health programs within the elementary schools under the Jurisdiction of Bangkok Metropolis, Thailand. Of 604 subjects participating, 19 were health education experts from universities, Ministry of Public Health...
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the student
financial aid programs administered through the Financial Aid
Office at Oregon State University have achieved their objectives
of accomplishing the goals of financial aid in higher education
for Oregon community college (OCC) transfer students who receive
financial aid. This...
The Purpose of the Study
The purpose of the study was to gain a better understanding of
the classroom environment by determining if student attitudes are
significantly related to the quantity and characteristics of verbal
interaction. A second concern was to determine if such verbal
interaction could be effectively examined...
The purpose of the study was to determine whether Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development students and Developmental Education students are significantly different in selected basic skills and in selected personality characteristics. The population of the study (N=100) consisted of equal numbers of students enrolled in ABE/GED and DE classes at...
The purpose of this study was to test the use of the published simulation, Jeffrey's Department Store (Koeninger and Hephner, 1978), in high school Distributive Education classrooms. The simulation was compared to "traditional" methods of instruction, testing for achievement (knowledge gained) and attitude (feelings about the class after instruction). Control...
This study attempted to determine the predictability of adult students' educational orientations and college environmental relationship perceptions according to their enrollment in three contrasting liberal arts baccalaureate degree programs. Additionally, it sought to determine if there was a positive relationship between selected educational orientations and college environmental perceptions of adult...
Purpose This study was designed to determine and compare the work values held by tenth-grade Thai girls in Bangkok and Chiangmai, Thailand, in order to lay the groundwork for a more systematic approach to career counseling and curriculum planning in the Thai school system. Procedures D. E. Super's work values...
The Purpose of the Study:
The primary purpose of this study was to compare the clerical
office occupations teachers' and business employers' perceptions of
the competencies important for a high school graduate to possess for
an entry-level clerical office job in Oregon. A secondary purpose
was to determine the best...