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A study of drop-outs from the accelerated mathematics classes of the Portland public schools, Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Palmer, Joyce Eileen
Abstract:: Statement of the problem: The study sought to determine whether certain measurable differences existed between students who had withdrawn after acceptance into the accelerated mathematics classes in the Portland schools and students who had persisted after acceptance into the program. Examined were: scores on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: classes of the Portland public schools, Portland, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Joyce Eileen

An identification and evaluation of the critical elements necessary to design a model post-employment services program for Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) participants at an urban community college

Creator:: Poppe, Nancy Eileen
Abstract:: As demands for major, system-wide reforms in the American welfare system are being called for on an almost daily basis, it has become increasingly necessary to identify and evaluate those programs which have attempted to foster a reduction in the level of public assistance subsidies and, particularly, programs that are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Conclusion ............................................. 39 III METHODOLOGY

From risk to resiliency : academic persistence in Mexican-American high school English as a Second Language students

Creator:: Temes, Carla A.
Abstract:: Five student-researchers and the author engaged in a continually-evolving, student-driven qualitative research study. Despite significant disadvantages, including navigating a. foreign culture without speaking the language, these invulnerable learners succeeded. Ultimately of greatest interest to the six were an analysis of their collective knowledge and experiences, and their individual transformation over...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Major Professor, repre _nting Education Director of the School of Education IDean o ; ra.0 'ate

The heart of leadership : An autoethnographic study of issues that impact educational leadership

Creator:: Prince, Erin K.
Abstract:: This autoethnography explores issues that impact educational leadership by examining individual reflections, perceptions, and responses developed through the lens of a principal of two elementary schools. The main data source involves journal entries collected over a period of one year. Theories of educational leadership styles and effective school practices form...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Reflection…………………………………………………... ..37 Chapter Three: An Autoethnographical Journey………………….....39

ESL students as ethnographers : co-researching communicative practices in an academic discourse community

Creator:: Dantas-Whitney, Maria
Abstract:: No research to date has involved ESL students as researchers in investigations of community language practices. This study examined the research processes of 23 international college students in an advanced ESL course. The students worked on an original curriculum, the Language Research Project, through which they performed ethnographic and discourse...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: like to thank the other members of my committee, Drs. Sheila Cordray, Pat Rounds, Eileen Waldschmidt

The role of marginalized discourses in constructing the white identity of preservice teachers

Creator:: Nava, Roberto Chavira, Jr.
Abstract:: This research addresses the complexities of White racial identity development in the lives of five elementary and middle school preservice teachers during their graduate teacher education program at a private Christian Pacific Northwestern university. Using a poststructural framework, this research investigated three questions: 1) How do the aspects of subjectivation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Higgins; Dr. Donna K. Phillips; Dr. Jean Moule; Dr. Eileen Waldschmidt; and Dr. Shiao-ling Yu. I owe

College preparation for teaching manipulative activities in the elementary school

Creator:: Fagan, Raymond Edward Benedict
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Graduate Comaitte. Dean of Graduate School Date thesis is pr.snted August 12, 1983 Typed by Eileen

An investigation into the possible arousal of psychological reactance as a consequence of interest inventory feedback

Creator:: Beller, Stephen Mark
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to determine whether feedback from vocational interest inventories leads to the arousal of psychological reactance. The data for the study was collected from 80 male and female subjects who were first year students at Oregon State University enrolled in Psychology 111, Personal Development. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: experimental design utilized consisted of having subjects scan a list of 39 occupational titles and then

The relationship between kindergarten experience and fine-muscle eye-hand coordination abilities of first grade children

Creator:: Roberts, Arthur James
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between kindergarten experience and fine-muscle eye-hand coordination abilities of first grade children. The subjects were 181 first graders in the public schools of Albany, Corvallis, and Salem, Oregon. The mean age of the sample was 76.69 months with a standard...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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:: 35 Population and Sample 35 Experimental Design 36 The Instrument 39 The Treatment 45 Collection

The effectiveness of audio-monaural equipment in skill-building in typewriting

Creator:: Wiper, Robert Ellis
Abstract:: This thesis is based on an experiment in typewriting which utilized specially designed audio-monaural equipment for skill-building. The experiment was conducted with students taking typewriting instruction at the intermediate level at Oregon State University during the Fall quarter, 1960. Three control and three experimental classes participated and were compared on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . in Education jpresented =J 2 O / Title: The Effectiveness of Audio-Monaural Equipment in Skill

Coping behavior employed by Oregon school administrators in dealing with occupational stress

Creator:: Zieminski, Robert S.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Number of Hours 38 Exercised per Week 14 Respondents by Current Physical Health 39 15 Respondents by

A task analysis of the statistically related computer application needs of doctoral level university graduates with majors in education

Creator:: Starmach, Ewa M.
Abstract:: This research evaluated the statistically-related computer application tasks which were deemed to be important to the graduate curriculum of doctoral students who major in Education. Data were gathered from samples of foreign (N=22) and American (N=117) students who held degrees in Education from Oregon State University. The sixteen (16) item...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: 39 A TASK ANALYSIS OF THE STATISTICALLY RELATED COMPUTER APPLICATION NEEDS OF DOCTORAL LEVEL

A theoretical design of rational autonomy : integrating elementary and early childhood teacher education through a contemporary derivation from Maria Montessori's social cognitive field paradigm

Creator:: Mitchener, Virginia Wedler
Abstract:: The individual through earliest recorded history reveals contradictory views of the human life-span. "Am I a free and unique individual, able to make choices and decide my own destiny?, or, "Am I only a victim of circumstance, a speck of dust in the universe's whirlwind of fate?" Each view is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , i.e., that trait is the ability of the individual to be actional (Bigge, 1982), and o learn to make

Senior high school student opinions of the need for a ninth grade academic transition program

Creator:: Koval, James E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the need for an academic transition program at the beginning of the high school experience for 90 to 100 critical - need ninth grade students at North Thurston High School in Lacey, Washington. Opinions of ninth and twelfth grade high school students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Method 37 ANALYSIS OF DATA 39 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 48 Conclusions 49 Recommendations 51 The

A study of the evaluation practices and procedures for part-time faculty in the California community colleges

Creator:: Hofmann, Carl
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Conclusions Suggestions for Further Study Page 1 1 3 4 4 9 9 12 14 19 26 26 27 29 29 30 31 31 39

An evaluation of a change effort

Creator:: Carlson, Ron
Abstract:: School districts across the nation are engaged in an ongoing attempt to bring about change. Educational researchers strive to initiate change in the classroom with students as well as the teachers of these students. The evaluation of a change effort is a key element in any implementation model; as the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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:: , negotiated a workable schedule during the third year of my doctoral program. Eileen Pecka took care of my

Identification of reading and study skills related to academic success in each of ten schools at Oregon State University

Creator:: Haselton, Shirley Schantz
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to identify essential reading and study skills for academic success in each of the schools at Oregon State University. Further, this study related faculty perception of specific skills and scores of subjects who were tested in these skills. The study...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: 16 13 Business and Tech. 77 2.458 38 39 Education 38 2.639 19 19 Engineering 62 2.485 31 31 Forestry

The readability of selected fourth, fifth and sixth grade social studies textbooks as determined by the Fry Readability Graph and group informal reading inventories

Creator:: Pruitt, Janet Louise McCracken, 1930-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the readability of three series of selected fourth, fifth and sixth grade social studies textbooks, a total of nine textbooks. Two measurements were utilized: a readability formula (Fry Readability Graph; Knapp, 1971), and group informal reading inventories. The Fry Graph was applied...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for Walker's (1966) investigation of the readability of 39 programmed textbooks for grades four, five

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A study of drop-outs from the accelerated mathematics classes of the Portland public schools, Portland, Oregon

An identification and evaluation of the critical elements necessary to design a model post-employment services program for Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) participants at an urban community college

From risk to resiliency : academic persistence in Mexican-American high school English as a Second Language students

The heart of leadership : An autoethnographic study of issues that impact educational leadership

ESL students as ethnographers : co-researching communicative practices in an academic discourse community

The role of marginalized discourses in constructing the white identity of preservice teachers

College preparation for teaching manipulative activities in the elementary school

An investigation into the possible arousal of psychological reactance as a consequence of interest inventory feedback

The relationship between kindergarten experience and fine-muscle eye-hand coordination abilities of first grade children

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

The effectiveness of audio-monaural equipment in skill-building in typewriting

Coping behavior employed by Oregon school administrators in dealing with occupational stress

A task analysis of the statistically related computer application needs of doctoral level university graduates with majors in education

A theoretical design of rational autonomy : integrating elementary and early childhood teacher education through a contemporary derivation from Maria Montessori's social cognitive field paradigm

Senior high school student opinions of the need for a ninth grade academic transition program

A study of the evaluation practices and procedures for part-time faculty in the California community colleges

An evaluation of a change effort

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

Identification of reading and study skills related to academic success in each of ten schools at Oregon State University

The readability of selected fourth, fifth and sixth grade social studies textbooks as determined by the Fry Readability Graph and group informal reading inventories

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