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Generative evaluation of instruction in an Honors College, using small group instructional diagnosis : more than dots on a page

Creator:: Ringle, Judith Ann
Abstract:: Instruction in a University Honors College was evaluated using Small Group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID), a qualitative evaluation process. Fifty-one class sections were evaluated over a three-year period to determine what worked to help students learn, what did not work, and suggestions for improvement. Seven instructors used both SGID and an...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: instructors, the university, and the state, to examine their impact upon course evaluation in the Honors

Focus on forestry ; vol. 4, no. 2 (Spring 1991)

Creator:: Oregon State University. College of Forestry
Abstract:: Focus on Forestry is published three times each year (Fall, Winter, Spring) by the College of Forestry, Oregon State University.
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: writing instruction within a disciplinary course, Daniels last year received a $1,000 L.L. Stewart

The development and validation of a writing self-efficacy scale for adult basic writers and its use in correlational analysis

Creator:: Prickel, Donald O.
Abstract:: The major purposes of this study were (1) to construct a reliable and valid scale for measuring writing self-efficacy levels in adult basic education students, (2) to further test the scale's validity and reliability by administering it to a second selected group of adult basic education students, and (3) to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Validation of a Writing Self-Efficacy Scale for Adult Basic Writers and Its Use in Correlational Analysis

A study of the effects of an extended transfer student orientation course on transfer student academic achievement

Creator:: Thomas, William Howard
Abstract:: In the process of adjusting to a new institutional environment, transfer students will often experience difficulties and these difficulties may limit their academic potential. Can an institution create a formal process which can help the transfer student adjust to the institutional environment? This study is an examination of a program--an...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: orientation course on transfer student academic achievement AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF William Howard

Community satisfaction and life course factors influencing the likelihood of moving for 50 to 70 year olds

Creator:: Fox, Linda Kirk
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine what levels of community satisfaction and personal and household characteristics would result in a model of retirees and pre-retirees and their propensity to move. This study assessed the relationship between certain socio-demographic variables and feelings of overall satisfaction as well as satisfaction...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Community Satisfaction and Life Course Factors Influencing the Likelihood of Moving for 50 to 70 Year Olds

Major inhibitory factors in the assessment of themes by Oregon high school English teachers

Creator:: Ellis, Barbara Gail
Abstract:: This study's purpose was to provide data on major inhibitory factors experienced by a third of Oregon high school English teachers in areas of: attitudes, behaviors, and physical and emotional effects of theme assessment. Methods employed two analyses: (1) statistical testing of the independent variable of teaching experience (1 to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: writing skills after graduation? 259 33. Q15: Do other requirements in the course leave sufficient or

Making sense : journals as tools for learning and representing student experience in a field-based doctoral program

Creator:: Smith, Sharon L.
Abstract:: Recent trends in higher education have led to the development of alternatives to traditional on-campus graduate degree programs. There is a concomitant need to understand student experience in field-based programs which support continuing education and career development for employed adults. The central purpose of this research was to explore the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of journal writing for personal and professional development, especially course- related academic

Language and learning : a case study of a Vietnamese unaccompanied minor in a post secondary setting

Creator:: Davis, Kay Mathews
Abstract:: This study was an ethnographic case study of a Vietnamese unaccompanied minor in a post secondary setting. There were two guiding questions for the study: (1) How does the subject perceive language as it relates to educational experience? (2) What kinds of observable personality, cognitive, or affective factors have contributed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the academic community based on hours of completed course work and grade point average. The subject

The culture of academia : authorizing students to read and write

Creator:: Mitchell, Danielle M.
Abstract:: Presenting and synthesizing several paradigms for the teaching of literature in American colleges, I investigate how definitions of reading, readers, texts, interpretations, and knowledge affect student acts of reading and writing. In addition, I draw upon specific examples of text-based, reader-based, and social-cultural based models for the teaching of reading...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: variety of theories and practices of reading and writing--both consciously and, of course, unconsciously

Instructional methods for dietetic perceptors

Creator:: Overpeck, Nancy Lee
Abstract:: This study attempted to answer the following question: What instructional methods should dietetic preceptors use to help dietetic interns meet the performance requirements specified by the American Dietetic Association (ADA, 1991) for entry-level dietitians? A national sample of 170 dietetic preceptors was surveyed. Ninety provided usable information to examine both...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -writing methods, lecture-discussion methods, exercises/problem sets and student-directed learning

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Generative evaluation of instruction in an Honors College, using small group instructional diagnosis : more than dots on a page

Focus on forestry ; vol. 4, no. 2 (Spring 1991)

The development and validation of a writing self-efficacy scale for adult basic writers and its use in correlational analysis

A study of the effects of an extended transfer student orientation course on transfer student academic achievement

Community satisfaction and life course factors influencing the likelihood of moving for 50 to 70 year olds

Major inhibitory factors in the assessment of themes by Oregon high school English teachers

Making sense : journals as tools for learning and representing student experience in a field-based doctoral program

Language and learning : a case study of a Vietnamese unaccompanied minor in a post secondary setting

The culture of academia : authorizing students to read and write

Instructional methods for dietetic perceptors

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