The purpose of this study was to explore the use of a multidimensional
approach to quality assessment of master's programs in the
context of the human judgment process. Specific steps included:
(1) selecting general dimensions of quality; (2) selecting specific
measures to define dimensions; (3) use of a research model...
The purpose of this research was to determine if there were
initial differences in selected dimensions of self-actualization, as
measured by the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI), between the
freshmen who selected co-educational residence halls and those who
selected single-sex residence halls; and to determine if the type
of residence hall...
This analysis of Colombia's System of National Park Reservations
accomplishes four objectives: 1) The historical development of national
parks in Colombia was described; 2) The status, as of August,
1974, of the areas administered by the Colombian Renewable Natural
Resources Development Institute (INDERENA) was summarized; 3) An
analysis of major...
The Purpose of the Study
The central purpose of this study was to determine the professional
education competencies of selected community college vocational
instructors. Respondents in the study included instructors of business
and distributive education. Major dimensions were the construction
and validation of a questionnaire for community college vocational
instructors;...
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to make a comparative analysis of
student attitudes and learning in relation to the selected academic
subject of English when it is applied to certain Oregon occupational
clusters. The occupational clusters selected were agriculture,
electricity-electronics, industrial mechanics, and stenographersecretarial
occupations.
Method
The comparisons...
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to compare the ability and achievement
of students in career cluster programs to the ability and achievement
of students not in career cluster programs. The cluster programs
included in this study were Distributive Education, Health
Careers, Mechanical, Food Services, Metals, Child Care, Construction,...
A pretest-posttest design was used to compare the effectiveness of computer-assisted-instruction (CAI) drill and practice with the effectiveness of same-age peer-tutor drill and practice on promoting mastery of multiplication facts. The subjects were students from three, fourth grade classes in the Reedville School District of Aloha, Oregon. Two fourth grade...
The purpose of this study was to determine the
effects of an experimental approach to English language
acquisition among preschool children attending
low-cost community kindergartens in Singapore. Group
and sex differences in the performance of four language
tasks, as well as the effect of the interaction
between group and sex...
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the successes of first generation, community college transfer students served by a TRiO/Student Support Services (TRiO/SSS) program. This study addresses a specific problem in higher education – there are a limited number of first generation transfer students who successfully matriculate...
The purposes of the study were twofold: (1) to compare selected
personality traits of male and female interscholastic and intercollegiate
athletic coaches with standardized norms for personality
traits established for all men and women, and (2) to compare personality
traits of interscholastic male and female athletic coaches with
the personality...