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The effectiveness of introducing regular dictation of unpracticed material before the completion of Gregg shorthand theory

Creator:: Baird, Stanley Jack
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to test, by means of a controlled classroom experiment, the effectiveness of an experimental method involving the introduction of regular dictation of unpracticed material beginning with Lesson 25 in the Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified, Second Edition, by Gregg, Leslie, and Zoubek. The study involved...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: unpracticed material before the completion of Gregg shorthand theory AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Stanley

Opinions and characteristics of Portland Community College black students

Creator:: Bonaparte, Lawson Gregg, 1921-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to analyze and describe the opinions and characteristics of black students enrolled in Portland Community College. Data were obtained through a random sampling of two groups of subjects who were invited to participate in the study as follows: (1) Black subjects were 109 students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: black students AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF LAWSON GREGG BONAPARTE for the DOCTOR OF EDUCATION (Name

Gender bias & teachers : college students' perceptions of sexual discrimination in their high school

Creator:: Hostetler, Catherine L.
Abstract:: The field of gender bias indicates that teachers are a significant source of gender-role socialization for students. This study focuses on post hoc recollections of college students' perceptions of gender bias exhibited by their high school teachers. Specifically, this study asks students to define sex discrimination, as well as describe...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee: --Dr. Gregg Walker -Dr. Jodi Engel --Dr. Lisa Ede - -Dr. Frank Ragulsky I would also like

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:: . Finally, I offer a special thanks to Dr. Charles Carpenter, my major professor, who was unquestionably

Organizational Transformation and Social Construction : How Community College Faculty Make Meaning of the Completion Agenda

Creator:: Moore, Sally Widenmann
Abstract:: How do organizational members socially construct the shared meaning of a mandated change in the external environment? The opportunity to address this question presented itself when President Barack Obama set forth a goal for American community colleges to increase the number of students completing certificates and degrees by 5 million...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: unflagging support. To my parents, my late mother, Margaret Lyon Widenmann, and my father, Charles

Values and perceptions of community college professional staff in Oregon

Creator:: Pritchett, Betty Jensen
Abstract:: This study attempted to develop a profile of values held by Oregon's full-time professional staff members as a group. It also tried to ascertain if there are differences in the values and perceptions held by sub-groups within the community college staff. The main questions to be answered were: 1. Are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Charles Carpenter This study attempted to develop a profile of values held by Oregon's full-time

An examination of the relationships between morale and teaching faculty participation in institutional governance on collective bargaining and non-collective bargaining California public community college campuses

Creator:: Rich, Joseph A. (Joseph Ash)
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to gather participant/ campus data, and to measure morale and teaching faculty participation in institutional governance on the 107 California public community college campuses to determine if collective bargaining faculty have statistically higher or lower morale and greater or lesser participation in institutional governance....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: version of the AAUP instrument. I wish to acknowledge the Purdue Research Foundation and Dr. W. Charles

The relationship between student ratings and selected characteristics of university transfer instructors in the community college

Creator:: Haugen, Roger Earl
Abstract:: The major problem examined in this study was that of determining whether or not there is any relationship between student ratings of instruction in the community college university transfer area and the professional teacher-training backgrounds of instructors. In addition, several other factors which may influence ratings and which might interact...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Community College Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved:( Charles E. Carpenzgr, Ph. D. The major problem

A profile of professional improvement needs as perceived by occupational education instructors in Oregon community colleges

Creator:: Reinmuth, Charles Morris
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to develop a profile of the professional improvement needs of occupational instructors in Oregon community colleges as perceived by selected instructors. Specific objectives included: (I) to determine on a 5-point rating scale how proficient occupational instructors feel they should...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF CHARLES MORRIS REINMUTH for the

Comparative perceptions of students, financial aid administrators, and presidents regarding the required competencies of community college financial aid administrators

Creator:: Herndon, Charles Frederick
Abstract:: The central purpose of this study was to determine various views of the professional competencies required by community college student financial aid administrators. Respondents in the study included a student financial aid recipient, a student financial aid administrator and a president from forty-five selected community colleges. The major tasks were:...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: administrators AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF CHARLES FREDERICK HERNDON for the DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Name of

A Likert scaling of student value statements, field independence-field dependence, and experimentally induced change

Creator:: Paeth, Charles August
Abstract:: In recent years, changes in values have occurred in major elements of the population, most notably among the late adolescents and the college students. That this holds portent for the future was referred to by Revel in WITHOUT MARX OR JESUS when he said, "The American revolution is without doubt...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF CHARLES AUGUST PAETH, JR

An inquiry into the bases and effects of teacher militancy through an analysis of collectively bargained contracts in Oregon's largest school districts

Creator:: Logan, Charles Allen
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: OF THE THESIS OF Charles Allen Logan for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented

Interpersonal communication factors in the management of biomedical instructional development projects

Creator:: Thomas, Julie Ann
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the professional interaction and interpersonal communication factors in the management of biomedical instructional development projects which involved the use of electronic media. Reference is made, repeatedly, in instructional development literature to the need to include interpersonal communication skills in the education and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Major Professor, Dr. Ruth E. Stiehl, Dr. Henry (Hank) Sredl, Dr. Gregg Walker, Dr. Jonathan King, and

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
Full Text:: , and Dr. Charles F. Warnath. In addition, the author is indebted to Dr. Norbert Hartman and Dr

An analysis of the source, nature, and resolution of grievance filings in Oregon community colleges, school years 1979-80 and 1980-81

Creator:: Searcy, Julie A. Davies
Abstract:: Although public sector unionism dates back at least to 1916, collective bargaining emerged mid-century when President John Kennedy signed into law Executive Order 10988 which established federal policy recognizing unions for federal employees. Today all levels of public education have unions. In today's community college, the curriculum, the professional background...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: my graduate work. Tom Grigsby Oregon State University Charles Carpenter Oregon State University

The perception of attitudes by selected community college teachers and administrators : a multidimensionally scaled analysis

Creator:: Morris, Richard Dale
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of the study was to determine whether multidimensional scaling analysis could be applied to a set of perceived attitude relationships of selected community college personnel. The questions to be answered were: 1. Could perceived attitude relationships regarding the concepts of academic freedom, academic rank,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Representative Dr. James Armitage Dr. Donna Cruse Dr. Charles Carpenter Dr. Henry Ten Pas has also been a

A student model in economic education : factors influencing a student's learning of economics

Creator:: Udompijitkul, Tumrong
Abstract:: The major focus of this research was to examine the factors, both instructional factors and student factors, that influence student gains in economic knowledge in economic education. This study sampled twelfth grade students from randomly selected high schools in the Williamette Valley of Oregon. The stepwise regression analysis was used...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee members- - Dr. E. Wayne Courtney, Dr. Charles Carpenter, Dr. Lafayette G. Harter, Jr., Dr. David

Personality characteristics of selected community college dropouts

Creator:: Edelbrock, Gary Ray
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study The central purpose of this study was to determine if certain personality characteristics differ between community college persisters and those who drop out of school. The following 12 a priori hypotheses involving six Adjective Check List personality scales were tested: 1. Male persisters would have...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: appreciation goes to the others who served on my doctoral committee: Dr. Charles E. Carpenter, Dr. Larry G

The staff development needs of full-time instructional faculty as reported by professional staff members in Oregon community college

Creator:: Justice, Patricia Kallberg
Abstract:: PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: The study examined administrator and faculty perceptions toward staff development needs and ascertained the differences which exist between the reported staff development needs of full-time community college instructors within the state of Oregon. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: The three objectives identified for this study were: 1....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: climate of understanding, encouragement and assistance . . To Dr. Charles Carpenter, Dr. Ray Needham, Dr

A comparison of the vocabularies of Talk and take and Expert shorthand speed course with the Basic vocabulary of business letters

Creator:: Lewis, Donald Edward
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Clyde I. and Charles ß. Zoubek, Expert 5horthand Speed Course, New York, The Gregg Publishing Company

Coordination and cooperation between community colleges and community schools in selected community college districts

Creator:: Weiss, Marvin Wesley
Abstract:: The most important purposes of this study were to: (1) determine the extent of cooperation and coordination that currently exists in selected community colleges which have community school programs in their college districts, and (2) clarify the multi-roles of community schools and of community education in community colleges. Other purposes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: established at the rate of 20-30 each year in the United States (Thornton, 1966) and by 1980, it is

A suggested commercial curriculum for the small high school in the state of Oregon

Creator:: Rardin, Maybelle
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Type- writer Company, and the Rational Records (Gregg Company) for rhythm drills. Time: Two forty

Cultural aims of a secondary commercial course

Creator:: Vance, Herbert Townsend
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: an ideal subject for teaching the command of fundamental proc es se s. Mr. iohn R. Gregg

An appraisal of evening community college student personnel services in Western United States

Creator:: Mitchell, James Gerald
Abstract:: This investigation has as its purpose: (1) to identify present student personnel practices in evening community college programs, (2) to identify student personnel practices considered "desirable" or "undesirable" in evening community college programs, and (3) to develop student personnel service guidelines for an evening community college program. Securing and Treating...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: community college are a vital part of the total educational program of the institution. Charles C. Collins

Improvement of spelling through typewriting

Creator:: Rowe, Kathryn Eldoris
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: on pupil maturity, training ïn 2Reiner, Charles G., College Spelling Studies, The H. M. Rowe

The effectiveness of controlled reading-rate practice techniques in the development of speed and accuracy in second-quarter college typewriting

Creator:: Perkins, Edward A., 1928-
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: comprehension, and (3) the validity of the Gregg production word-count system. This experiment was conducted

The development of guidelines for student personnel services in the two-year community college

Creator:: Yoder, Marlen Dean
Abstract:: The purposes of this investigation are twofold: (1) to identify the functions necessary for an adequate student personnel program in the two-year community college and (2) to develop guidelines based on the functions identified. Securing And Treating Of Data: The data for this study were obtained by using a questionnaire...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: this functional approach to student personnel services (30). James W. Thornton emphasizes the same

Functions of dictation in typewriting classes

Creator:: Johnson, Alice Evangeline
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: . 21-22. T. white and Charles G. Reigner, Teacher's JAanual for Rowe Tp i, Second Edition (Ba1timore

A historical study of business education and secretarial science at Oregon State University

Creator:: Bowman, Vernon Leonard
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to provide a history of the Business Education and Secretarial Science departments at Oregon State University. The historical-documentary method of research was used. Extensive use was made of interviews with those involved in the school's history. The chronology of history was divided into segments...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: there have been changes in emphasis and methodology. For example, Gregg Shorthand has gone through sev

Personal expenditures of selected students in five Oregon senior high schools

Creator:: Reichert, Malno Ada
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: categories are used. A study conducted by Gregg and Schultz (5, p.22) in Wisconsin uses the same clas

An identification of the mission of the Community College of the Air Force and an assessment of the extent to which the mission has been fulfilled

Creator:: Parnell, Dale, 1928-
Abstract:: The Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) was created in 1972 by the Air Force to serve Air Force enlisted personnel with educational opportunity. No study exists identifying and assessing the mission of this college. Various mission sources iterate the different goals of CCAF. These sources and other indicators...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: college. Community college researchers and leaders such as Jesse Bogue (1961), James Thornton (1972

Projection model assessing the need for instructors of occupational subjects in Oregon's community colleges

Creator:: Daly, Crayton Brooks
Abstract:: The major thrust of this research was to design, test, and perfect an accurate and effective assessment technique, which would result in becoming an assessment model. For the purpose of developing this assessment model, the employment need for full-time instructors of occupational subjects in the community colleges within the state...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Colleges, according to Thornton, wrote that: A different type of curriculum suited to the larger and ever

A study of the formal preparation of academic teachers in community colleges with proposals for Oregon

Creator:: Loomis, William George, 1917-
Abstract:: The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the formal preparation currently required and desired for teachers of lower-division collegiate courses in public community colleges in the western United States and to make recommendations for the preparation of such teachers in Oregon. The identification of the functions of institutions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Effectiveness of three methods of expanding sex-role perceptions to a more androgynous state

Creator:: Van Winkle, Christine Ann
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of three methods of changing vocational educators' sex-role perceptions of themselves and their sex-role perceptions of males and females to a more androgynous state. The hypotheses tested were: (1) there is no difference in sex -role...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Descriptive factors of career education applied to a teacher education model

Creator:: Ashlock, James William
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creation and investigation of musical forms designed to promote relaxation

Creator:: Montgomery, Sue
Abstract:: The study was a creative endeavor in which researchfindings from the areas of medicine, mental health andeducation concerning effects of background music were combinedinto an experimental musical form designed to promote andfacilitate the relaxation response. This experimental musicwas cormared with Baroque largo musical background, as recommendedin Lozanov's method of accelerated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Selected characteristics of chief community college administrators with regard to their behavior toward secondary vocational education

Creator:: Kaiser, Ronald Earl, 1924-
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to analyze selected characteristics of a sample of chief administrators in community or junior colleges in the nation to determine their attitudes toward secondary vocational education. Samples of chief administrators in public post-secondary institutions which offered shared-time vocational education programs for secondary (high school)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A comparison between Portland Community College and Seattle Community College for determination of organizational efficiency

Creator:: Shaffer, Mildred Johnson
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: motivations toward learning (Thornton, 1966). Where educational planners are sensitive to the diversity

A national analysis of business teacher certification

Creator:: McMillan, Gilbert Earl
Abstract:: Problem While the primary emphasis of this study was on the professional aspects of a business teacher's preparation, by necessity it was concerned with other aspects of the preparation of business teachers, especially as these relate to the so-called "professional sequence." Thus the purpose of the study was to seek...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Meditation and relaxation and their effect upon the pattern of physiological response during the performance of a fine motor and gross motor task

Creator:: Wood, Carolyn Jean
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of immediate prior meditation (transcendental meditation) and relaxation upon the pattern of physiological response and performance of a fine motor and gross motor task. A second purpose of this study was to determine whether the long term regular practice of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: is localized and efficient for the task at hand (Free- man, 1931; Gregg, 1942). This study

Student councils in selected elementary schools

Creator:: Gaynor, Alta Isabelle
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Decision-making behaviors of preservice teachers as they plan for social studies in elementary classrooms

Creator:: Basye, Cynthia
Abstract:: Instructional time for social studies in elementary classrooms has decreased since the passage of Goals 2000 and No Child Left Behind, with content contracted to align with reading goals. Consequently, opportunities for preservice teachers to observe and teach social studies lessons have diminished. This qualitative multiple case study examines the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: people to their environment (Gregg & Leinhardt, 1994; Noddings, 2005). The social studies provide

A study of dropout propensity of selected community college students

Creator:: Gum, Sanford
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if there were common factors influencing student decisions to terminate course work at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. The following six null hypotheses were tested: 1. There will be no significant difference in responses among those enrolled in transfer...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: still not a hallmark of the institution" (p. 47). Thornton (1966) suggested that community colleges

The development of a model for computer simulation of a counseling center

Creator:: Anderson, Edwin LeRoy
Abstract:: The study resulted from a desire and interest to include computer simulation techniques in the design of educational practices. The purposes of the study were (1) to develop a computer model which would simulate the service functions of a counseling center by tracing students through the center and (2) to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: direction the simulation language known as DYNAMO was developed. Charles C. Holt, in summarizing a speech

Essential elementary school physical education facilities as determined by a national survey and a comparison to the existing facilities in Oregon

Creator:: Sherman, Frank A.
Abstract:: Purpose This study compared existing Oregon elementary school physical education facilities and equipment with those facilities and equipment items perceived to be essential for a quality physical education program by nationally selected physical education specialists. Procedures A survey form was mailed to 110 national educators proposed by state directors of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Physicians' attitudes toward deaf persons and the communication methods used with their deaf patients

Creator:: McNeil, Ellen E.
Abstract:: The central purpose of this study was to examine physicians' attitudes and communication methods which they used with deaf patients. This study was conducted with 100 physicians practicing medicine in Linn and Marion counties in Oregon. Attitude was measured by the Attitude Toward Deaf Persons Scale and was compared to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : George, Craig, Eric and Katrina Latham; my parents, Charles and Edna McNeil, and my brothers, Earle and

Differences Between Public Attention and Understanding of School Budget Formats Published in Newspapers

Creator:: Mason, Sue Cockeram
Abstract:: This thesis study attempts to differentiate between attention and understanding as separate phases of communication theory. To do this, additional analysis was made of data already gathered from a random sample of Oregonians by the Survey Research Center at Oregon State University. An additional objective was to determine the role...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A case study of effects of accelerated learning methodology on reading gains of ten middle school students in southwest Washington

Creator:: Questad, Beverly A.
Abstract:: Learning disabled students in special education programs have not been demonstrating equal achievement gains in reading when compared to their non-handicapped peers. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Accelerated Learning methods in teaching reading to ten learning disabled middle school students in southwest Washington. Accelerated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: becomes involved in it. Research results are not openly printed (Gregg, 1989). Many aspects of Lozanov's

Traditional and nontraditional career role vocational agriculture teacher perception of career choice, work satisfaction, and career plans

Creator:: Kluckman, Delores
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study This exploratory study examined whether nontraditional career role (female) teachers in vocational agriculture differ significantly from traditional career role (male) teachers in vocational agriculture on perceived (a) events in career choice, (b) work satisfaction, and (c) future career plans. The Procedure A survey instrument was developed,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ... To Dr. Sylvia Lee and Dr. Charles Carpenter who devoted unlimited time for counsel and advice from

A comparative study of two instructional methods employed in teaching nutrition among culturally diverse adolescents : teacher-oriented lecture and student-oriented instructional design

Creator:: Marshall, Joyce M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine and compare the effectiveness of two approaches in nutrition education instruction among culturally diverse adolescents: the teacher-oriented lecture approach and the student-oriented instructional design approach. The study was designed to help culturally diverse students gain a basic understanding of practices that promote...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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