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The perceived need for inservice training to improve the teaching of mathematics in primary schools in Bendel State of Nigeria

Creator:: Iloh, Gabriel Ogochukwu
Abstract:: Purpose: The study assessed the perceived need for inservice training to improve the teaching of mathematics in primary schools in Bendel State of Nigeria. Specifically, the study sought to know where and when the primary school mathematics teachers need inservice training to improve their standards of teaching elementary mathematics. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Gabriel Ogochukwu Iloh for the Degree of Doctor of Education in Education presented on February 12, 1985

The Norwegian-Swedish crisis of 1905

Creator:: Fedde, Gabriel Bernhard
Abstract:: The Norwegian-Swedish Crisis of 1905 is unique because the two kingdoms, united in a dual monarchy, separated peacably. The thesis raises three questions: why did Norway want independence at all, why was the secession peacable, and can any of the factors which solved the Crisis of 1905 be injected or...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF Gabriel Bernhard Fedde for the Master of Arts (General Studies). Date thesis is presented

Integrating indigenous knowledge into the community development process : the Zimbabwean experience

Creator:: Munyaka, Golden
Abstract:: This study is a critical ethnography of my professional career as an educator born and raised in the Shona culture in Zimbabwe. In this metaphysical study I reconstruct a worldview that I consider to be representative of Shona customs and beliefs. Doing this project has challenged my own ethnic identity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the Shona culture in Zimbabwe. In this metaphysical study I reconstruct a worldview that I consider

Outcomes-based curriculum reform in a community college : a discipline based inquiry

Creator:: Meier, Rebecca Anne
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine how faculty curriculum committees from different disciplines moved through a major curriculum change process from content-focused curriculum to outcomes-based curriculum. Data was gathered through direct observations, committee member interviews, a questionnaire, and the Gregorc Style Delineator from four curriculum committees representing different...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the following findings: I. The stages of outcomes-based curriculum development can be predicted and

Adjustments and challenges experienced by adult Hispanic students in a public technical college

Creator:: Suchite, Jose M.
Abstract:: Little research has been done in the area of adult Hispanics' transition to college, a complex and challenging process which marks a critical period in their lives. Research suggests adaptation difficulty may cause them to drop out of school usually before completion of the first terms. There is a lack...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: I understand that my dissertation will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State

The Experiences of Multiracial Latinx Students in Community Colleges: The Impact of Faculty and Student Interactions

Creator:: Arrieta, Corinne L.
Abstract:: Background: As the number of multiracial individuals in the United States continues to grow, institutions of higher education have also seen an increase in enrollment of multiracial students. Subsequently, there has also been an increase in studies on multiracial identity and the effects of campus climate on multiracial students. Although...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Education Dean of the College of Education Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my

Factors that motivate Latino students to pursue higher education in selected colleges in the state of Oregon

Creator:: Meza Discua, José Luis
Abstract:: Latinos are the largest and most rapidly growing ethnic minority in the United States, and they have the highest dropout rates of any major ethnic group in the country (U.S. Department of Labor, 2003). Latinos' educational attainment is consistently lower than that of other students (Gandara, 2008). The majority of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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A Critical Policy Analysis of Dyslexia Policy in One Oregon School District

Creator:: Wiger, Sara L.
Abstract:: Persistent reading difficulties are prevalent in U.S. schools and can lead to lower student performance across all subjects as well as distress, anxiety, and depression. In 2022, only 32% of fourth graders in the United States tested as proficient in reading. While there are many factors which affect reading progress...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Conditions in the Oregon Commercial Fishery Based on the Salmon, Crab and Shrimp Industries from 1967 to 1980

Creator:: Lewis, Mary J
Abstract:: Changes in the Oregon salmon, crab and shrimp fisheries were documented from 1967 to 1980. The related socio-economic conditions in fishing communities were described. Trends indicated that the overall importance of fisheries to port communities has declined and ports are not planning for an increase in the fishing industry. Chinook...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ACKNOWLELEMENTS I wish to express my gratitude to Dr. Richard A. Tubb for assuming the role of ntajor professor

A voice from the classroom : an autoethnographic study of a mathematics teacher's development to teacher leader

Creator:: Knapp, Melinda
Abstract:: The focus of this autoethnography was an in-depth analysis of the recorded experiences of a middle school math teacher's transitional development from classroom teacher, to teacher leader. The following research questions guided this study: (1) In what ways did the researcher’s view of self as a teacher leader change during...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Professor, representing Education Dean of the College of Education Dean of the Graduate School I

Mentor's view of the observation process in Oregon's beginning teacher support program

Creator:: Hamlin, Karen DeShon
Abstract:: Mentor teachers are currently seen as a solution to education's dilemma of how to orient beginners into the profession and provide educational advancement for its most capable, experienced teachers. One goal of Oregon's mentor program is to have mentors provide their proteges with instructional assistance through an observation process. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of Date thesis is presented October 3, 1990 Presented by Karen DeShon Hamlin ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I

The design, development and testing of an experimental individualized learning system

Creator:: Neff, Gale Norman
Abstract:: This study was an experimental investigation of two methods of teaching students the cognitive knowledge and psychomotor skills pertaining to the automobile brake system. The methods investigated were the experimental individualized learning system and the traditional group-lecture and demonstration. Experimental Design and Procedure The experiment, conducted during the spring term...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: TESTING OF AN EXPERIMENTAL INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING SYSTEM I. INTRODUCTION Background of the Problem For

Cultural differences and business interaction : an analysis of conflicts between Chinese and American ways of life

Creator:: Chen, Yuejian, 1958-
Abstract:: This study uses an anthropological perspective to discuss the cultural differences between Chinese and Americans in business contexts. Through an analysis of case studies related by businesspersons involved in Sino-US trade, and by an analysis of literature on the subject, it describes how cultural differences contribute to the problems and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Theoretical views on mind styles in a changing world

Creator:: Davis, Patsy Ann Cassedy
Abstract:: This study examined the teaching experiences of six elementary student interns from Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR during fall and winter quarters, 1991. The primary intent of the study was to examine critically the roles and effects of mind styles as applied in actual classroom instruction and learning, in terms...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Form Fits Content in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Creator:: Hogan, James Joseph
Abstract:: In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce used the form or structure of his language to connote a meaning which supported the content of the text. The elements of form he used most often were sentence and paragraph structure, punctuation, rhythm, and classical rhetorical schemes....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: April 26, 1995 Commencement June 1995 Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies thesis of lames I

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
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A guidance program for the schools of the blind

Creator:: Price, Kenneth Bertran
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: BIBLIOGRAPHY 97 APPENDIX L. A Case history 99 APPENDIX B. Cj)stionneire 104 LIST OF TABLES Page I The

Developmental education as a component of persistence in a postsecondary proprietary institution

Creator:: Roberts, Barbara L.
Abstract:: Persistence has been identified as an issue at all levels of higher education, and numerous strategies have been attempted to stem the flow of students who leave an institution before completing their programs of study. Persistence research abounds at the community college, four-year college and university levels, but little research...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Education Director of School of Education Dean of GraduaWSchool I understand that my thesis will

An analysis of religious activities at Oregon State College

Creator:: Johnson, Leone Sands
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: construc- tive criticism in the preparation of this thesis. TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I

Student councils in selected elementary schools

Creator:: Gaynor, Alta Isabelle
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Adjustment of the school curriculum to the needs of the mentally handicapped

Creator:: Barry, Lillyan Audrey
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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A study of the home room as an aspect of guidance in Oregon high school

Creator:: Votaw, Marjorie Brown
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Hearing their voices : college experiences of urban American Indian women

Creator:: Berry, Linda Converse
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to explore, through their own voices, the higher education experiences of selected urban American Indian females in California community colleges. This study is an attempt to identify pathways to academic success by teasing out college practices and support systems that help Native women navigate...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Development of expressional handcraft in the Long Beach elementary schools

Creator:: Bernard, Francis Montgomery
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Experimental analysis of task prioritization training for a group of university flight technology students

Creator:: Hoover, Amy L.
Abstract:: Task prioritization performance was evaluated for pilots who participated in a concurrent task management (CTM) training course and pilots who did not. CTM is the process by which pilots selectively attend to high priority tasks and shed non-priority tasks. Twenty seven pilots enrolled in a university flight technology program were...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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A case study of inclusion : its time to get mad

Creator:: O'Dell, Marti
Abstract:: Since the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975, a number of common problems have emerged. Primarily they involve the difficulties both experienced and created by public schools attempting to fulfill the federal mandate to provide students with disabilities an appropriate public education. The purpose of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Professor, efesenting Education tIO I understand that my dissertation will become part of the permanent

Physiques of female competitive rowers

Creator:: Hammer, Donalyn Louise
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Companies for their assistance and partici- pation in this study. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page I

NAFTA and Chiapas : problems and solutions

Creator:: Veit, Steven J.
Abstract:: On New Year's Eve 1993, there was little indication that popular President Carlos Salinas de Gortari was about to take a monumental fall. Mexico was in the midst of unprecedented prosperity. The world's oldest ruling political party, Mexico's PRI, enjoyed substantial support. Allegations of corruption within an authoritarian regime were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , representing Education Chair of Department of Foreign Language and Literature Dean of, uate School I

Analysis of two late-prehistoric archeological sites on the upper Applegate River of southern Oregon

Creator:: MacDonald, Lynne Bright
Abstract:: Excavation of two archeological sites, 353A47 and 35JA49, in the upper Applegate River Valley of southwestern Oregon was conducted in 1978 by the Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University. Site 353A47 is a multi-component site, of which only the late-prehistoric stratum, containing one complete and two partial housepits and a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Ferguson for Lynne Bright MacDonald TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Methodology III. Physical

A proposal for a Canadian federal-provincial participation plan in vocational agriculture

Creator:: MacGregor, Hugh Alton
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: IN'IRODtJOTION . . ............................ . i A PROPOSAL FOR A oANADDU PROVINOIAL PARTICIPATION PLAN IN

Oregon’s secondary agricultural education teachers’ level of computer-based technology integration, perceptions of barriers to computer-based technology integration, and the relationship to learning styles

Creator:: Gardner, Reynold D.
Abstract:: The focus of this research was to examine the relationship between the Oregon secondary agricultural education teachers’ level of computer-based technology integration, perceptions of barriers to computer-based technology integration, and learning style preferences. Additionally the correlational analysis of the level of computer-based technology integration and the following demographic variables was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: College of Education Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my dissertation will

Indigenous language preservation programs and language policy in education : a web-based intertextual analysis

Creator:: Muniz, Gloria J. Bock
Abstract:: There are more than 6,900 known living languages in the world, half of which could be extinct within one hundred years. Approximately 150 indigenous American languages are still spoken in the United States; however, it is estimated that by the year 2050 only twenty of them will remain. Language preservation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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The role of the city manager in policy making : a study of differences in the conception of actual and perception of ideal policy making roles of the city manager by elected mayors and appointed managers in small California council-manager municipalities

Creator:: Feldman, Steven, 1954-
Abstract:: In recent years, the role of the City Manager in municipal policy making has been the focus of considerable attention and debate in both the academic and local government arenas. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in views of elected mayors and appointed managers with regard...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . YOU ARE TRULY THE GREATEST AND I LOVE YOU FOR IT. Dr. Carvel Wbod, Chairperson Dr. Lloyd Crisp

African-American folkloric form and function in segregated one-room schools

Creator:: Gray, Pearl Spears
Abstract:: Maintenance of one's self and one's people in a free society requires educational, cultural, and economic literacy. This is fully as imperative in a democracy as the maintenance of ignorance of slaves is required in an oppressive society. The requisite skills needed both to sustain one's self and become a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: members, and mentors. To all of you, I say thank you. To the following five people whose lives touched

Colombia's national parks : an analysis of management problems and perceived values

Creator:: Meganck, Richard Albert
Abstract:: This analysis of Colombia's System of National Park Reservations accomplishes four objectives: 1) The historical development of national parks in Colombia was described; 2) The status, as of August, 1974, of the areas administered by the Colombian Renewable Natural Resources Development Institute (INDERENA) was summarized; 3) An analysis of major...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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