This study determined the importance of specific research tasks to the present job requirements of State Department of Education professionals, college and university instructional faculty, and secondary school counselors in Oregon. The instrument utilized in the research was designed and validated through a Delphi process. The computed reliability coefficient was...
Small groups are an important and widely used educational
format in adult church education. It is estimated
that ninety percent of the churches that belong to the
Conservative Baptist Association of Oregon provide some
type of small group eductional opportunity for their adult
members. The purpose of this study was...
National statistics indicate that as many as 23
million adults in the United States are illiterate and
another 40 million lack literacy skills necessary to
function effectively or on more than a narrow basis in this
society. People without literacy skills or who have only
marginal reading ability find themselves...
The purposes of this study were to identify the common elementary
education competencies necessary for a Master's degree curriculum in
Thailand as perceived by elementary education instructors in
universities and colleges, by elementary school teachers, and by
principals, supervisors, and administrators in Thailand; to determine
the common clusters of selected...
The ski areas of Oregon and Washington are similar in
many [respects], especially in that they are predominately local day
areas and are located on United States Forest Service lands. The
demand for more ski facilities is apparent yet the number of new
areas opening has decreased over the years....
Published October 1981. 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 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...
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...
This study investigated the practices public and academic
library administrators find useful and utilize in analyzing
use of collections. The study also investigated
administrators' satisfaction with their collection use
analysis practices, and the impact they perceived automation
to have upon collection use analysis practices.
A survey developed for this study...