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A study of perceived and preferred ratings of institutional goals and priority rankings as viewed by faculty, students, and administrators at Oregon State University

Creator:: Taylor, William Lawrence
Abstract:: This study was undertaken as a result of an interest in the present and future purposes and functions of higher education. American society and higher education are moving through a period of change. Since each shapes and is shaped by the other, change in either may require a review and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF WILLIAM LAWRENCE TAYLOR for the

Guide groups : an evaluation of educational innovation in a secondary school

Creator:: Erickson, John William
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: This study was undertaken as a result of interest in the introduction of guide groups into the operation of secondary schools. Particularly when viewed from the historical perspective of the times in which it was initiated, the guide group concept offers an opportunity to examine the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the Study Redacted for Privacy Dr. E. Lawrence Dale This study was undertaken as a result of

A study of professional education competencies of public school district vocational education leaders

Creator:: Baltimore, Jimmy Ray
Abstract:: The Purposes of the Study The primary purpose of this study was to identify common professional education competencies needed by public school district vocational education leaders. Other purposes were to (1) determine if significant differences existed in vocational education leadership competencies among respondents as categorized by state, type of position...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: Sylvia L. Lee The Purposes of the Study The primary purpose of

Weekday religious education in certain elementary schools of Oregon

Creator:: Burke, Edna Lawrence
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Burke, Edna Lawrence ,HESIS on •WEEKDAY.RELIGIOUS

The use of a "caution factor" to increase the predictive value of the American Council on Education psychological examination

Creator:: Carrillo, Lawrence Wilbert
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: INCREASE THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION by LAWRENCE

Differentiating the impact of literacy and language skill development on reading acquisition : an exploratory study

Creator:: Pope, H. Lawrence
Abstract:: This study examined relationships between pre-tested early literacy skills and post-tested reading achievement in 52 kindergarten and 39 first-grade children. An archival data set was available for statistical analysis. Data analysis was completed in three stages: Participants' entry-level literacy and language scores were compared on two Assessment of Literacy and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Haze Lawrence Pope for the degree of presented on Doctor

Perceived needs of special education as identified by school personnel in small rural school districts in six eastern Oregon counties

Creator:: Veal, Lawrence Lyman
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: THESIS OF Lawrence Lvman Veal for the degree of Doctor of Education in Education presented on April 11

The relationship between competitive recreation and personal adjustment

Creator:: Klar, Lawrence R.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: personal adjustment AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF LAWRENCE RONALD KLAR, JR. for the DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Comparisons of self-actualization among three groups of college women

Creator:: Matthews, Lawrence Joseph
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: College Women AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Lawrence Joseph Matthews for the degree of Doctor of

The effects of a summer institute for cultural awareness on the measured level of self-actualization of experienced teachers

Creator:: Ayers, Lawrence W.
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of this investigation was two fold: (1) to determine the effects of a Summer Institute for Cultural Awareness upon the self-actualization of experienced teachers from four separate high schools, and (2) to determine the success of the Summer Institute for Cultural Awareness in terms...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF LAWRENCE W. AYERS, JR. for the

An experiment to ascertain the effect of maturation and educational experience on Air Force Officer Qualifying Test scores

Creator:: Fross, Horton Lawrence
Abstract:: The United States Air Force uses a test constructed by Air Force personnel to test all individuals seeking entrance into Air Force officer training programs. This test is titled "The Air Force Officer Qualifying Test" (AFOQT). There are two major classes of candidates who are required to take the test:...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: LAWRENCE FROSS for the DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Name) (Degree) in EDUCATION presented on August 6 , 1969

The evolution of the philosophy of engineering education

Creator:: Wooster, Lawrence Fisher
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: by Lawrence Fisher Wooster May 6, 1931 APPROVED: Redacted f6Trivacy Professor of

A study of the effect of an answer-until-correct multiple-choice procedure on mathematics achievement

Creator:: Thompson, Linda Grace
Abstract:: This investigation was designed to investigate the use of an answer-until-correct procedure on multiple-choice quizzes in an independent study mathematics course. This procedure was compared to the standard multiple-choice procedure with respect to student achievement, student anxiety, and test reliability. Using the answer-until-correct procedure students were made immediately aware of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: subjects in this study. To Dr. Howard L. Wilson for all the time and help given serving as her major

Peer counselor effect on the self concept and academic adjustment of educational opportunity students who participated in group counseling

Creator:: Copeland, Elaine Johnson
Abstract:: The basic problem of this investigation was to determine if peer counselors could be effective as group counselors for Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), freshman students. This effectiveness would be demonstrated by changes in self concept and academic adjustment for those students who participated in the group counseling process. This investigation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: doctoral committee--Dr. Denis Baron, Dr. William Crooks, Dr. Leslie Dunnington and Dr. Robert Lawrence

The relationship of personal factors and reading performance to academic achievement of selected Oregon State College students

Creator:: Eppley, Mary Vineita
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Frank L. Parks for sincere leadership as chairman of committee and patient guidance and continued

Sources of information, knowledged base, and knowledge needs of dry season vegetable production as identified by women farmers in Ngabu Agricultural Development Division, Malawi, Central Africa

Creator:: Kayuni, Frieda Lucy
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to identify the dry season vegetable production sources of information, technical knowledge base and needs of women farmers expressed by the women farmers themselves in Ngabu Agricultural Development Division, Malawi, Central Africa. The objectives were to identify the following aspects of dry season vegetable...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: study possible. I would like to record here my sincere gratitude and appreciation to: Professor W. L

The Guess & Check: Evaluating the Usability and Effectiveness of a Primary Prevention Assessment Tool for Classroom Teachers

Creator:: Kittelman, Angus J.
Abstract:: Schools are continually faced with the challenge of providing students with a comprehensive system of support. Previous research based on the practices and systems of Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) suggests that having effective primary prevention measures in place can help to reduce problem behavior before it occurs (Ingram,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Teachers Abstract approved: Teri L. Lewis Schools are continually faced with the challenge of

A study of values of educators in Oregon's correctional institutions

Creator:: Colbert, Austin Michael
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to measure the relative prominence of the values -- theoretical, economic, political, aesthetic, social, and religious--among the four groups of institutional educators under the direction of the State of Oregon Corrections Division in the two adult and two juvenile facilities; namely, the Oregon State...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: privacy Slvia L. Lee The purpose of this study was to measure the relative prominence of the values

Relationship of anxiety level and performance in NAIA intercollegiate basketball games

Creator:: Boutin, K. James
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A study of the frequency of utilization of the Oregon State University health services in relation to selected characteristics of students

Creator:: Stanaway, Timothy John
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to identify some of the factors associated with student usage of the Student Health Services (SHS) and of the Infirmary at Oregon State University. The population for the study was the freshman class entering Oregon State University in September, 1968. The original enrollment of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Stanaway ACKN NTS I wish to express sincere appreciation to my major professor, Dr. Morris L. LeMay

An investigation of the effect of a college group laboratory experience in measured levels of self actualization and interpersonal compatibility

Creator:: Roberts, Charles Varner
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: /L. Lecer Abstract approved: The major purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of the

Role of the health educator in guidance services

Creator:: Petersen, Harold Ernest
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Profeasor C. L. Anderson, Department of Hygiene and Health Education, far his encouragement and

The effect of self-reference upon memory processing of the content of a television documentary in older adults

Creator:: Chintakanont, Churaiporn
Abstract:: The study investigates the influence of the self-reference effect upon the amount of main and subordinate ideas which older adults can recall and recognize after viewing the television documentary entitled, The Xinquana: Aborigines of South America. The participants are native English-speaking Americans who are 50 years old or older. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: Dr. Robert L. Rice The study investigates the influence of the

A comparison of the health status of freshmen at Oregon State University from 1930 to 1960

Creator:: McAfee, Donald Claude
Abstract:: The data gathered for the study of the health status of freshmen at Oregon State University were derived by an analysis of health history records. These were obtained from the Oregon State University Health Service. The years sampled were 1930, 1940, 1950 and 1960; 300 freshman male and 300 freshman...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Dr. Carl L. Anflerson The data gathered for the study of the

A comparative study of selected characteristics of junior and senior male university students residing in fraternities and residence halls at Oregon State University

Creator:: Kuder, James Michael
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to determine if significant differences existed in college performance and in selected areas of attitude and opinion between male upperclassmen residing in fraternities and non-fraternity male upperclassmen living in residence halls. Two samples consisting of (a) 86 upperclassmen from the residence halls and (b)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: FRATERNITIES AND RESIDENCE HALLS AT OREGON STATE,WNIVERSITY Redacted for PrivacyAbstract approved: Arthur L

A comparative study of academic success and other selected characteristics of financial aid and non-financial aid recipients at Winona State College

Creator:: Kane, John Galvin
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare and evaluate personal attitudes and perceptions, educational and vocational plans, activities and satisfaction among students of two basic groups selected for the study: a) financial aid recipients, b) non-financial aid recipients. Subgroups in each category consisted of over-achievers and under-achievers. Over-achievers were...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: COLLEGE Abstract approved: _Redacted for Privacy Artliur L. Tollefson p The purpose of this study was to

Impacts of the Internet on academic culture in Aceh, Indonesia

Creator:: Daud, Darni M.
Abstract:: The adoption and increasing uses of the Internet in higher education in many parts of the world have resulted in fundamental changes in academic cultures. The transfer of information is essential to academic life, and the Internet offers faster and easier access to information and communication between people than ever...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Abstract approved: Mark L. Merickel The adoption and increasing uses of the Internet in higher education

Criteria for a system of area education districts for the state of Oregon

Creator:: Pence, Don Pollard
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Zeran, Dr. Wendell L. Van Loan, Dr. J. Kenneth Munford, and Dr. Jack V. Hall for their assistance

Factors that contribute to the effectiveness of online learning technology at Oregon State University

Creator:: Filimban, Ghadeer Zainuddin
Abstract:: With the rapid development of technology, online learning is increasing significantly and becoming a popular method of education for many universities and colleges around the world. Because of computers and the internet, most online learning today is interactive, and sometimes more interactive than the traditional classroom. Students can interact on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Comparing the performance between high school students with esteem needs and those with security needs in solving a problem through insight in a verbal learning situation

Creator:: Clukey, Darrell Frank
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare the performance between high school students with esteem needs and those with security needs in discovering a two-second delay between correct response and feedback in a paired-associated learning task, Subjects had to determine which one of seven possible responses (digits) to a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: THROUGH INSIGHT IN A VERBAL/CaliNING SIT/krATIQN Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Gerald L

An analysis of attitudes and opinions of employer groups concerning cooperative vocational education

Creator:: Martin, Wanda Mae
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study: The major purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences among the opinions of participating employers, previous participating employers, and non- participating employers concerning cooperative vocational education,. The hypothesis that there is no significant difference among the mean scores for the three...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: privacy Sylvia L. Lee The Purpose of the Study The major purpose of this study was to determine if there

Professional competencies for church ministry as perceived by seminary faculties, church lay leaders, and seminary seniors

Creator:: Sweeney, James E.
Abstract:: The conceptual foundations of the study emerged from a review of the literature, suggesting that a serious gap exists between clergy and laity in terms of ministerial expectations. This gap has been attributed in part to a growing estrangement between seminaries and the churches they serve. Thus, the central problem...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: tor Privacy Abstract approved: Dr. Edwin L. Anderson The conceptual foundations of the study emerged

An analysis of the effectiveness of team teaching compared to traditional teaching of health to high school sophomore students

Creator:: Schlaadt, Richard Grover
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of teaching high school health by team teaching and traditional teaching methods. For this study 114 second-semester sophomore health students from Centennial High School in Gresham, Oregon were used, distributed in three health classes as a control group, utilizing traditional...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Carl L. Anderson, Head, Hygiene and Environmental Sanitation Department, for his expert counsel

A comparison of the educational attitudes of eighth-grade students of Portland, Oregon : urban black and urban white

Creator:: Rini, Victor Matthew
Abstract:: This study was based on the assumption that urban black students hold more positive attitudes and opinions toward teachers, school, and education than urban white students. The black students were from schools with a high concentration of lower-to-middle-class students and the white students were from schools with a high concentration...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Abstract approved: Redacted for privacy Albert L. -Zeeland This study was based on the assumption that

Instructors as learning managers : span of control as a factor of class size in higher education

Creator:: McKiel, Carol J.
Abstract:: Research suggests that a key factor in student persistence and success is the relationships students form with faculty (Chickering & Gamson, 1991; Kuh et al., 2005; Tinto, 1987). While it appears to be intuitive that small classes would promote these instructor/student relationships, research on class size provides conflicting results, with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Abstract approved: _______________________________________________________________________ Chris L

A comparison of changes in the perception of the university environment by freshmen students who reside in coeducational and in single-sex residence halls

Creator:: Miller, Robert Allen
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare the changes in the perception of the university environment that occurred in four selected .groups of freshmen residence hall students: females residents in single-sex halls (N = 150), female residents in coeducational halls (N = 89), male residents in single-sex halls (N...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -SEX RESIDENCE HALLS Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Arthur L. Tollefsomc The purpose of

An empirical comparison of the absorptive capacity and responsiveness of Russian and American growth-oriented small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

Creator:: Fuller, Robert L.
Abstract:: This study examines the relationship between organizational absorptive capacity and organizational responsiveness to changes in their environment exhibited by growth-oriented SMEs in Russia. Adopting the theoretical framework and methodology used by Liao, Welsch and Stoica in their 2003 study of the absorptive capacity and organizational responsiveness of U.S. growth-oriented SMEs,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: OF THE DISSERTATION OF Robert L. Fuller for the degree of Doctor of Education in Education

Leadership in Action: Navigating the Issues of Today’s Community Colleges

Creator:: Holton, Kristina L.
Abstract:: Community colleges are changing to meet the needs and demands of the 21st century and these changes are also a driving force behind the shifts that are happening to the essential functions of the presidents who lead the community colleges. In order to navigate the complex systems and lead colleges...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Small sample parameter estimation for forced discrete linear dynamic models

Creator:: Stevens, Donald L.
Abstract:: The problem of estimating the parameters of a forced discrete linear dynamic model is considered. The system model is conceptualized to include the value of the initial state as a parameter. The forces driving the system are partitioned into accessible and inaccessible inputs. Accessible inputs are those that are measured;...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: linear dynamic models AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Donald L. Stevens, Jr. for the degree of Doctor of

Horizontal mobility, professional enthusiasm, and personal characteristics of public school teachers K-12 in rural and small urban schools of the Mid/South-Willamette Valley of Oregon

Creator:: Neuman, Esther L.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -Willamette Valley of Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF ESTHER L. NEUMAN for the degree of DOCTOR OF

Attitudes toward death and dying among student nurses as affected by a specialized curriculum

Creator:: Johnson, Taffy L.
Abstract:: 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....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: affected by a specialized curriculum AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF E mina (Taffy) L. Johnson for the

An investigation of the causes of absenteeism in an inner-city school

Creator:: Dexter, Ronald L.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -city school AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Ronald L. Dexter for the degree of Doctor of Education in

Temps at the top : factors related to the appointment of interim community college presidents

Creator:: Goff, Susan L.
Abstract:: The appointment of interim community college presidents, the topic of this study, is a little understood phenomenon. A growing shortage of community college presidents coupled with a lack of replacements suggests the appointment of interims will continue well into the future. This study, with a purpose of looking at the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Susan L. Goff for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on August 24, 2012

Academic libraries at the center of instructional change : Faculty and librarian experience of library leadership in the transformation of teaching and learning

Creator:: Gilchrist, Debra L.
Abstract:: This phenomenological inquiry explored the experiences of library leaders and discipline faculty members engaging in a collaborative instructional change initiative focused on a process-based learning pedagogy and led by an academic library. The investigation’s purpose was providing insight and understanding concerning the: (a) library’s role in instructional leadership; (b) experience...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: THE DISSERTATION OF Debra L. Gilchrist for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education

Public trust / private interest : practical and philosophical issues for community colleges and their contract education programs

Creator:: Lindstrom, Eric L.
Abstract:: Community colleges are being pressured to increase their direct support of the economic development agendas of their communities, their states, and even the nation. These pressures develop both externally and internally, and are exacerbated when increased demands for access to community college education must be met with chronically flat-lined or...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Eric L. Lindstrom for the degree of Doctor of Education in Education presented on March 21, 2002

Critical design factors for effective teamwork training in the workplace : a survey of training professionals in Oregon

Creator:: Gobeli, Corrine L.
Abstract:: Although teams are a common method of structuring work activities, there is still much concern over their effectiveness. The primary purpose of this study was to describe the current state of teamwork training in Oregon and to identify critical training design activities, situational barriers and demographic variables related to the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: workplace : a survey of training professionals in Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Corrine L. Gobeli

Linguistic foundations and cultural diversity for the teacher education program at Oregon State University : an instructional system

Creator:: Petry, Larry L.
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The education of culturally diverse children has been one of the focuses of education since the early 1960's. One of the factors influencing education's inability to deal with the needs of culturally diverse children is the lack of teacher's foundational knowledge of language and linguistics as...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: OF LARRY L. PETRY for the DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Name) (Degree) in EDUCATION presented on

Beginning the year in a fifth-grade reform-based mathematics classroom : A case study of the development of norms

Creator:: Cheval, Kathryn Meador
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the development of social norms in a fifth-grade reform-based mathematics classroom through a close examination of one teacher's actions during the first three weeks of school. This study offers insights into the following research questions: 1) How does an elementary...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The effects of work experience programs on disadvantaged ninth grade students in Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:: Harris, Marleau Smith
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study was to measure, by the analysis of statistical and subjective data, the effects of work experience programs on disadvantaged ninth grade students. The study involved one major hypothesis: the introduction of work experience, as part of the ninth grade curriculum, for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the Department of Psychology, Professor L. Q. Larse and Associate Professor J. M. Chrismer of the

Latina student perceptions of learning communities

Creator:: Yaqub, Samia
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine the learning that occurs in Latina students who enroll in learning communities designed for underprepared community college students. The research question guiding this study is: What are the experiences of Latina students enrolled in developmental learning community courses which have the greatest...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A study of the effects of a multisensory communicative approach to English language acquisition of kindergarten children in Singapore

Creator:: Lee, Florence G. L.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: OF Florence G. L. Lee for the degree of Doctor of Philosphy in Education presented on December 12

On wings of eagles : a look at self-regulation of how high school students manage their learning with a student-centered curriculum

Creator:: Harper, Julia O. L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine how high school students managed their learning while working within the guidelines of a student-centered approach to teaching and learning. Data collected included interviews, questionnaires, participant observations, and Kolbe Conative Index scores supplied by the school. Seven teachers and forty students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: school students manage their learning with a student-centered curriculum Julia 0. L. Harper for the

Factors associated with the social climate of single-sex and coeducational residence halls, cooperatives, fraternities, and sororities, on the Oregon State University campus

Creator:: Frichette, Steven Roger
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to examine factors associated with the social climate of single-sex and coeducational residence halls, fraternities, sororities, and cooperatives on the Oregon State University campus. The primary sources of data for this study were student responses to the ten subscales of the URES Form R,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . M. Amano, and Dr. L. G. Harter, Jr. A note of appreciation is due Dr. Roger G. Peterson for his

Cognitive dissonance and voter behavior toward school budgets

Creator:: Eberhardt, Clifford Erie
Abstract:: Problem School districts need information on how to better communicate with voters because budgets are being defeated. Budgets are growing larger as schools require an increasing level of financial support to respond to societal changes. This research focused primarily on the published school budget because in the state of Oregon...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Associate Professor of Educa- tion; Dr. Albert L. Lee land, Professor of Education; Dr. Melvin Miller

A comparative study of the factors relating to post high school educational pursuits of selected American Indians : some characteristics and self-perceptions

Creator:: Hathhorn, James Robert
Abstract:: A unique aspect of this study is that it involves an unusually large number of individuals of American Indian descent. The sample population was composed of those Indian members of the 1962 high school graduating class from a six-state area. The selected graduates came from local public, Bureau of Indian...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ), Dr. F. R. Zeran, Dr. D. W. Poling, Dr. M. L. Fincke, Dr. N. D. Marksheffel, Dr. L. M. Beals, and,Mr

Factors which differentiate United States students who wish to study in cross-cultural educational programs

Creator:: Heisler, Mary Kathryn, 1943-
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: professor, and the other members of my committee, Dr. Arthur L. Tollefson, Dr. Charles W. Warnath, Dr

A comparative study of work values between selected tenth-grade Thai girls in Bangkok and Chiangmai, Thailand

Creator:: Sitthiphong, Bularat Suvarnabriksha
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Dr. A. Michael Colbert, Dr. Gerald L. Becker, Dr. Arnold W. Flath and Dr. Philip J. O'Neill, members

Current practices in guidance services in the secondary schools of British Columbia

Creator:: Young, Robert Hume
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of this thesis is to survey the current practices in guidance services in the public secondary schools of British Columbia and on the basis of the survey findings, together with a review of the literature of guidance, to present recommendations for a feasible program...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ; Dr. W. R. Crooks, Dr. C. L. Anderson, Dr. A. R. Meeks, and Mr. E. J. Slezak. The writer also wishes

Impact of discourses on preservice literacy teacher identity development : Subjectivity and agency

Creator:: Larson, Mindy Legard
Abstract:: This research addressed the complexities of identity development in the lives of seven elementary and middle school preservice literacy teachers during their graduate teacher education program at a private western university using a poststructural feminism theoretical lens. This research investigated two questions: 1) How do preservice teachers develop their identity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Selected factors in relation to college success for science majors at Oregon State College

Creator:: Crews, Graydon Talmadge
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Dean Franklin R. Zeran, Dr. Charles L. Clark, Dr. Fred Decker and Dr. Stanley E. Williamson are

A comparative study of concerns and expectations of coordinators and employers for selected cooperative work experience programs in Oregon community colleges

Creator:: Kirsch, Theodore W.
Abstract:: The goal of this research was to identify those program elements and their levels of fulfillment in community college cooperative education programs which are essential if the success of an employer's contribution to a student's training is to be reasonably assured. The primary purpose was to determine if statistically significant...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: writer is also indebted to Dr. Pat H. Atteberry, Dr. H. Daniel Brunk, Dr. Edwin L. Anderson, and Dr

Postsecondary student consumerism : a national Delphi forecast of developments and articulation of policy options

Creator:: Franks, Robert Grover
Abstract:: The purpose of this research, expressed in two coequal parts, was: to establish a forecast of developments and an articulation of policy options vis-a-vis postsecondary student consumerism; and to determine if interest groups of experts differed significantly in their evaluations of the aforementioned developments and policy options. The Delphi technique...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Education; and Dr. Robert L. Krahmer, Professor of Forest Products. Special thanks is due David G. Niess

Two Steps Forward and One Step Back: A Case Study Exploring Anti-Racist Professional Development for Educators and the Barriers that Derail Progress Toward Transformational Action

Creator:: Ferguson, Amanda S.
Abstract:: Research overwhelmingly suggests that Black and Brown students face unjust and inequitable environments in K-12 schools in the United States (Bradshaw et al., 2010; Carter et al., 2017; Coles & Powell, 2020). These injustices often occur as a result of systemic racism and are replicated because of embedded racist policies...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: & Richmond, 2019; Kohli et al., 2015; Lawrence & Tatum, 1997).The following dissertation is a qualitative

An analysis of guidance services in selected high schools in Oregon

Creator:: Foster, Robert Morrison
Abstract:: The purposes of this investigation were: (l) To attempt to determine how well programs of guidance services were felt to be functioning in meeting the needs of pupils through an analysis of guidance services in selected high schools in Oregon, and (2) To develop recommendations for improving programs of guidance...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: advice. Appreciation is also expressed to Mr. Glen L. Weaver, State Supervisor of Guidance, Counseling

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:: for Privacy:, Dr. Marcelene L This study's purpose was to provide data on major inhibitory factors

A study to develop a career education component for teacher education students

Creator:: Swinney, Richard James
Abstract:: This study, dealing with the concept of career education, was undertaken to: 1) develop a multi-media career education component for Phase I of the undergraduate teacher education program at Oregon State University. 2) measure the effect of that component on selected students. 3) compare their responses with students who had...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of variance with L. S. D. tests applied to each item to determine the differences among individual

A study of the purpose in life among Korean high school seniors

Creator:: Namkung, Dalwha
Abstract:: The purposes of the study were: 1) to describe and analyse the search for the meaning and purpose in life and its implications for education; 2) to assess the degree of development of the purpose in life among Korean high school seniors; 3) to determine whether there were significant purpose...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: life among Korean high school seniors. The PIL, developed by J. Crumbaugh and L. Maholick, is a

A follow-up of the graduates of Agricultural Education at Oregon State University

Creator:: Ferguson, John Marshall
Abstract:: Agricultural education at the high school level, like all vocational programs, is expanding vertically as well as horizontally. With this increased emphasis placed on vocational agriculture, the shortage of teachers is already being felt and the situation will, in all probability, become more critical. The expansion of the programs to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Ed. M. in Agricullqral Education@r Date thesis is presented 'i ) n, ,_ ! Z, /?l* /,, - Title A

A study to assess the knowledge about AIDS held by mental health counselors

Creator:: Turner, Micki
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were to assess mental health counselors' knowledge of AIDS and to determine the effect of various independent variables upon knowledge. The variables used were gender, professional contact with PWAs, personal contact with PWAs, age, sexual preference, AIDS training, and personal acquaintance with a person who...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: PWAs. The study by St. Lawrence, Husfeldt, Kelly, Hood & Smith (1990) of 300 college students found

The Experiences Latinas Encounter While Attending a Remote Rural Two-Year Community College: The Confluence of Identity (ies)

Creator:: Neimann, Theresa
Abstract:: Background: Latina students are underrepresented and undereducated in rural community colleges. There are gaps in rural community college research specifically focusing on Latina retention. This research identified the factors detracting from and/or enhancing the college experience for Latinas in rural community colleges. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Technological progress, disacculturation, and our public schools

Creator:: Morita, Sally J.
Abstract:: The problems facing our nation's public schools today cannot be divorced from our enthusiasm for technology and the positive relationship we believe it shares with our perception of progress. Based on the second law of thermodynamics, the law of entropy, author Jeremy Rifkin argues that the development of increasingly "efficient"...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Historian Lawrence A. Cremin has stated Spencer's point of view thus: "human perfection is ultimately

Closing the Gap : Using Theory to Analyze the African American Division 1 Football Player Graduation Gap

Creator:: Smith, Dorian
Abstract:: African American male students are a small portion of the student body at NCAA Division 1-A schools, but they make up a large portion of population of college football players. African American male college students are also one of the most at-risk student populations on campus in regards to retention....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ). Lawrence (2005) concluded that African American student-athletes have different experiences than their

Toward An Academic Theory of Social Justice Judgment and Decision-Making : Rights, Justice, and Legal Ideology

Creator:: Werner, Michael W.
Abstract:: This dissertation serves a threefold purpose: 1. identify the principles, practices and assumptions implicated in an academic theory of social justice; 2. continue moving towards articulating a theory of social justice judgment and decision making; and 3. develop a model of social justice judgment and decision making that will assist...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The effect of PACE on self-reported anxiety and performance in first year nursing students

Creator:: Irving, Jan Louise
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was (a) to determine the effect of a four-step learner readiness profile: positive, active, clear, and energetic (PACE) on self-reported anxiety in first year nursing students before skill performance tests, and (b) to determine the effect of PACE on the performance of first year nursing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: classroom and home behavior (D. H. L. Carroll, 1992; L. Carroll, 1992; Cox, 1992; Gardner & Gardner, 1992

Interdisciplinary Collaboration: The Dental Hygienist’s Role

Creator:: Swanson Jaecks, Kelli M.
Abstract:: Recent scientific studies show strong correlations between oral and systemic disease, creating a crucial need for increased collaboration between the medical and dental professions. Interdisciplinary collaboration between medical and dental providers is emerging as a critical component to effective patient care. The role of the dental hygienist in interdisciplinary collaboration...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: care (Hirokawa, DeGooyer, Jr., & Valde, 2003; Lawrence, 2002; Schmitt, 2001). These changes 19

African American/Black Upward Mobility through Sports : A Critical Analysis

Creator:: Smith, Michael D.
Abstract:: Research has shown that African Americans/Blacks, especially those with low socioeconomic status, acknowledge athletics as an avenue for upward mobility (Coakley, 2011). Although the chances of becoming a professional athlete might seem unachievable through sports, athletes develop tangible and intangible abilities that transfer and are useful in the years following...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: they feel they cannot relate on a racial and cultural level (Lawrence, 2005). African American/Black

An exploration of current specific morals, values and beliefs of parents, students and faculty at a church-related college

Creator:: Coles, Donald James
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to ascertain to what degree, if any, there was a difference of opinion among students, parents and faculty in regard to student behavior as that behavior pertained to general conduct, drug use, mischief, sex offenses, drinking, cheating and theft. The research study was conducted...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Physicians' attitudes toward hearing aids

Creator:: Van Kessel, Jeanette M.
Abstract:: The central purpose of this study was to examine physicians' knowledge of and attitudes toward hearing aids. This study was conducted with 71 general practitioners affiliated with Scarborough General Hospital in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Attitude was measured by a 5-point Likert-type scale developed for the study. Knowledge was measured through...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Instructional needs assessment for managing conflict between watershed resource users in Oregon : the OWIC case study

Creator:: Saeed, Ikram
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to explore a needs assessment method for suggesting target-based training interventions for managing conflict between the resource user/interest groups in Oregon's riparian zones. An instrument was developed and then validated by an expert panel. The questionnaire addressed three potential conflict management factors: multiple-use orientation,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Source material for holiday programs in high school : an annotated bibliography

Creator:: Castle, Leola Blanche
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: recognition for her suggestions regarding one portion of the problem. L. B. C. TABLE OP CONTENTS

A study of the measurement of engineering aptitude

Creator:: Holcomb, Glenn Willis
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: grouping desired would have been lost. 'l~e students who were classified in these groups were

Non-reservation Indian boarding schools, 1879-1969

Creator:: Jaworski, Carole Ann
Abstract:: This study examines two major issues: (1) to what extent have the conditions at non-reservation Indian boarding schools, as described by the Meriam Report of 1928, been in evidence from the beginning?; and (2) to what extent have these conditions improved since 1928? The conditions examined are: (1) General Conditions...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1884 four new schools were opened at Chilocco, Oklahoma; Lawrence, Kansas; Genoa, Nebraska; and

Relationships between grades in technical mathematics and in certain other technical subjects in the mechanical technology curriculum at the Erie County Technical Institute

Creator:: Fries, Henry William
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: direction of their future developmenta this name is "cojn1ty college." Dr. Lawrence L. Jarvie, Associate

The beat generation : a rhetoric of negation

Creator:: Mackaman, Julie Irene
Abstract:: The Beat Generation was an American counter-culture movement in the 1950's. Comprised of nomadic writers, poets, actors, musicians, and artists, the Beat movement represented no systematic philosophy and its most distinguishing characteristic was its apolitical disengagement from society. The Beats offered no substantive alternatives to the existing social order, but...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in Chaim Perelman and L. Albrechts-Tyteca's theo- ry of "Model and Anti-Model." (31) A model

Effectiveness of case based method versus traditional lecture in the retention of athletic training knowledge

Creator:: Carter, Lori D.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Appendix L Subject Testing Schedules LIST OF TABLES Table Page

The nature of injuries to athletes reported by Oregon class A high schools

Creator:: Fullerton, George Simmons
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - rent fee schedule for injuries as prepared by the uregon Industrial Accident Co:nnissi . Lurin the l)l

Veteran Student Success : An Evaluation of Veteran Students' Perceptions of a Cohort Learning Model

Creator:: Campbell, Edward J.
Abstract:: In 2010 the American taxpayers spent $697 million educating veterans under the provisions of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (commonly referred to as the GI Bill). Most veterans begin their college education at a community college. However, the number of veterans succeeding in community colleges is exceedingly low. Based...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Undergraduate Research as a Tool to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Success in STEM: Exploring Potential Barriers and Solutions to Access for Students from Historically Underrepresented Groups

Creator:: Pierszalowski, Sophie P.
Abstract:: In response to concern over a lack of diversity in STEM postsecondary programs, institutions of higher education across the nation have promoted opportunities for undergraduate research. Such opportunities have been shown to enrich student experiences and success, especially for students from historically underrepresented groups. While these benefits have been fairly...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Jana L. Bouwma-Gearhart In response to concern over a lack of diversity in STEM

A procedural model for assessing functional characteristics of effective and less effective work groups within a selected community college

Creator:: Kleine, Carroyl Fayne
Abstract:: The major purpose of this study was to develop and test a procedural model for assessing work group effectiveness in a community college. The model required a process to identify differences and commonalities among work groups perceived to be effective and those perceived to be less effective. In addition, this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . (Thompson, 1967; Lawrence and Lorsch, 1967; Landsberger, 1961). If each subunit were independent

A history of Indian education in the United States

Creator:: Morris, Harold White
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: attained in its work. CHAPR II ORTAN PREVIOt REPORTS AD STUDIEZ ON INDLN EDUCAT ION FEDR&L

The effect of inservice training on the ability of teachers to observe learning styles of students

Creator:: Beaty, Shirley A.
Abstract:: Research on the topic of learning styles has revealed the positive impact that implementation of a learning styles program can have on the education of America's youth. Yet for many districts in the state of Oregon, implementation is hindered by a lack of available funds and personnel trained to do...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Introducing Second Activity 129 K Administration Procedure for the LSI 131 L LSI Answer Sheet - 1985 133 M

How Have Black/African American Division 1 Student-athletes Socioeconomic Backgrounds Affected their Mental Health Well-being Compared to their Counterpart Athletes

Creator:: Nassar, Arica Louise Fafa
Abstract:: Mental health among student athletes has gotten much more attention in the world of sport today. However, there has been a lack of research focusing on how the socioeconomic backgrounds of Division 1 student athletes can play a role in their mental health and their desire to seek out help...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: unevolved, and apelike in appearance (Ariel, 1867; Burmeister, 1853; Haeckel, 1876; Hunt, 1863; Lawrence

Teacher-parent cooperation as a factor in assisting the child to adjust in kindergarten

Creator:: McMurtrey, Violet
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: it new for children to get too much. Always some are over-controlled, over-protected, l oaded with

The place of the career day program in the guidance services

Creator:: Edwards, Hugh Wilson
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: service. Leon L, Lerner (10, p.322) in his article, "Placement by Public Schools," makes this statement

Waving Arms to Teach & Learn Quantum Mechanics

Creator:: Hahn, Kelby T.
Abstract:: In this dissertation I explore the Arms representation and activities for teaching quantum mechanics invented at Oregon State University. In the Arms representation students embody quantum states. The Arms activities are presented as an exemplar of the unique physics classroom culture of the upper-division Paradigms in Physics program. In the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Needs of Oregon State College freshman women

Creator:: Champion, Mary I. Carter
Resource Type:: Dissertation

"We Lived It": Stories of Cultural Resilience, Dinék’ehgo Nanitiin (Diné-Based Instruction), and Navigating between University and Tribal Institutional Review Boards

Creator:: Tapaha, Oliver G.
Abstract:: This manuscript-style dissertation explores Diné (Navajo) education and teaching in the context of a research project that negotiated the demands of both Navajo Nation IRB and Oregon State University IRB. In the first manuscript, the researcher examines his journey of using cultural resilience strategies to succeed in the education system...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: from the community. In J. A. Reyhner, J. Martin, L. Lockard, & W. S. Gilbert (Eds.), Learn in

Five programs for four participants : stories of paradox and learning in a graduate cohort for adult literacy practitioners

Creator:: Fish, Susan A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to understand the individual experiences of four adult literacy practitioners, Anne, Bill, Candy, and Emily, in the first cohort of the Oregon Field-Based Cohort Master's Program. This program, which Oregon established in 1993 as one venue of professional development for adult literacy and English...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (Fingeret & Pates, 1992; Hill, Lawrence, & Pritsos, 1995; Lytle, Belzer, & Reumann, 1992a; Lytle, Belzer

Faculty involvement in policy formulation in three selected public community colleges of Oregon

Creator:: Williams, Elvin Thomas
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The basic purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes and opinions of community college personnel toward faculty involvement in policy formulation. Procedures The statistical and subjective data for this study were obtained from two major sources. (1) A statistical questionnaire was developed to identify...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (Lawrence, 1968, p. 11). The Study of Faculty Relations It would appear that the conflict in faculty

Effect of slot openness on word recall : three fundamental theorems

Creator:: Li, Xiaolong
Abstract:: A Factorial Design was employed to determine the effects of slot openness on recall for familiar items in discrete sentences as stimulus contexts. A slot was defined as a locale in a verbal context, in which the target item is embedded. Low-openness slots are locales into which only given items...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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