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Modeling academic performance change from high school to college

Creator:: Brown, Wayne E. (Wayne Edward), 1943-
Abstract:: This research was undertaken to identify variables that accounted for major changes in academic performance between high school and college. Differences between predicted and actual college GPA were used to classify students as gainers or decliners among a group of sophomores and a group of seniors at a medium-sized research...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: interest in higher education. Dr. J. Roger Penn, Chair of my committee, provided even-handed leadership

The nature and extent of the problems experienced by international students enrolled in an English language program

Creator:: Sonari, Alateme Jesse
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: two of my initial committee members left for responsibilities in other establishments. Dr. J. Roger

A study of freshmen student attitudes and behavior toward alcohol in relation to their parents attitudes about alcohol

Creator:: Shoemaker, Thomas Alexander
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between parental attitudes and student attitudes toward the consumption of alcoholic beverages, between parental attitudes toward the consumption of alcoholic beverages and the reasons students drink alcoholic beverages, and between parental attitudes toward the consumption of alcoholic beverages and the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: their Parent's Attitudes about Alcohol Abstract approved: J Roger Penn The purpose of this study was

The relationship between value orientation and meanspiritedness

Creator:: Deckard, C. Kathleen
Abstract:: This study examines empirically the relationship of value orientation to meanspiritedness. Meanspiritedness (a collection of acts, thoughts and/or attitudes which are intentionally malicious) was defined and a scoring method was designed. The management level of self-interest in individuals as indicated by their value orientation and religious orientation was examined. Additionally,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Value Orientation and Meanspiritedness Abstract approved: J. Roger enn This study examines

Sexual harassment proclivity of men : relationship to values

Creator:: Olsen, Eric R.
Abstract:: The sexual harassment of women by men is a social phenomenon that exists in academia as well as business and industry. It has only recently been recognized as a significant social problem. The purpose of this study was to determine if men who have a high proclivity toward sexual harassment...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Relationship between moral development and personality type of University undergraduates

Creator:: McMahon, Timothy R.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between moral development and year in school, gender, and personality type for university undergraduates. Moral development was measured by the Defining Issues Test (DIT) and personality was assessed using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The sample consisted of 320 freshmen,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . I'd like to thank my committee, J. Roger Penn (chair), Will Holsberry, Tom Murphy, Dow Poling, and

Religious orientation and sexual behavior of college students

Creator:: Stoddard, Elizabeth Anne
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between religiosity and sexual behavior of college students by using a measure of religious orientation to define religiosity. Religious orientation refers to individuals' motivations for religious involvement and personal faith. Religious orientations are characterized as being extrinsic, intrinsic, indiscriminately proreligious...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Relationship between college student organization leadership experience and post-college leadership activity

Creator:: Sommers, Walter B.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between college student organization leadership experience and postcollege leadership activity. A questionnaire was employed to gather data to determine Ii there were differences by gender, academic major, and last year of attendance at OSU among former student leaders In: postcollegiate...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A biochemical analysis of the interaction of victorin and oats

Creator:: Navarre, Duroy A.
Abstract:: Victoria blight of oats is caused by the fungus Cochhobolus victoriae. This fungus is pathogenic due to its ability to produce the host-selective toxin victorin. Previously, a 100-kD protein that binds victorin in vivo only in susceptible genotypes was identified as the P protein of the glycine decarboxylase complex (GDC)....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Victorin and Oat. Abstract approved: /Thomas J. Wolpert Victoria blight of oats is caused by the

The perversity and politics of the 1872 Mining Law

Creator:: Billington, Gerard
Abstract:: Though inconsistent with many economic standards for resource policy, the Mining Act of 1872 is still a valid management priority on federal lands throughout the western U.S. When the Law was enacted, its stated objective was to promote private development of federally held minerals. However, the Act's free access provisions,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: requireaents for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE March 1990 Directed by Dr Thoaas J. Maresh THE

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Modeling academic performance change from high school to college

The nature and extent of the problems experienced by international students enrolled in an English language program

A study of freshmen student attitudes and behavior toward alcohol in relation to their parents attitudes about alcohol

The relationship between value orientation and meanspiritedness

Sexual harassment proclivity of men : relationship to values

Relationship between moral development and personality type of University undergraduates

Religious orientation and sexual behavior of college students

Relationship between college student organization leadership experience and post-college leadership activity

A biochemical analysis of the interaction of victorin and oats

The perversity and politics of the 1872 Mining Law

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