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Factors which contribute to the maladjustment of the boys of R.L. Sabin high school

Creator:: McLean, Rhetta
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of contents of Dr. ilartin's report, which is listed below, covers many phases of special edu

A study of transition skills for special education teachers in secondary settings

Creator:: Cote, Dorence J.
Abstract:: The recent focus on transition from school to working life has created a growing concern in Oregon about teachers with elementary certification as their initial certification who earn a special education certificate and teach students with disabilities in secondary settings. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A study of transition skills for special education

A study of supervisors' ratings of consultant teacher effectiveness in relation to leadership styles and personality types

Creator:: Houck, Sandy L.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: educators. This sameness was perhaps appropriate when special needs students were taught in self-contained

Special education compliance issues in Oregon

Creator:: O'Dell, Richard M.
Abstract:: In the 27 years since the establishment of federal law mandating special education, no state has been fully in compliance. In addition, the voices of school personnel (special education teachers, speech and language pathologists, and school psychologists) charged with implementing these laws and regulations have been largely silent in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on July 8, 2002. Title: Special Education

The self-concept and perceived importance of athletic competition of winners and losers in special olympics

Creator:: Luttrell, William Lynn
Abstract:: Special Olympics International, an organization committed to providing sport opportunities for children and adults with mental retardation, has been a major advocate in promoting competitive experiences for the mentally retarded. Few studies have focused on the effects of participation in competitive athletics on individuals who are mentally retarded. The purpose...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Competition of Winners and Losers in Special Olympics AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Wm. Lynn Luttrell for

Co-curricular activities : an element of solution-focused oriented interventions for middle school seriously emotionally disturbed students

Creator:: Stevens, Clifford W.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of a co-curricular program on the behavior of seriously emotionally disturbed (SED) middle school students. Co-curricular activities are any school-based activities that give students an opportunity to blend the various aspects of their academic learning with personal actions. This was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in a middle school special education program. The participants were 10 middle school students

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:: $910 million in 1972 increased to $2.5 billion in 1976. The states' share of special education costs

Adjustment problems of girls in a special high school

Creator:: Welch, Frances Lucille, 1903-
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Adjustment problems of girls in a special high school

A study of secondary school libraries in Oregon with special reference to housing facilities and equipment

Creator:: Walker, Troy D.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: special reference to housing facilities and equipment AN ABSTRACT OF T}E THESIS OF ------ for the

A progress report card for Portland secondary schools

Creator:: Matson, Henry Severus
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: as suplements to report cards and as substitutes. 8. Special notices of failure sometimes sup

Educators in juvenile corrections : their understanding of the special education process and how it influences their practice

Creator:: Moody, Barbara A.
Abstract:: In juvenile corrections education approximately 50% of the students are eligible for special education services. This dissertation examines Oregon's juvenile corrections educators' understanding of their role in the special education process. This process involves student referrals, evaluations, and eligibility determination for special education services, and the development of individualized education...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Juvenile Corrections: Their Understanding of the Special Education Process and How it Influences Their

The effects of implementing the consultation model on special education referrals in the Portland (Oregon) public schools from 1987-1990

Creator:: Yocom, Dorothy Jean
Abstract:: The purpose of this research study was to examine the impact of the consulting teacher model on referral and verification rates to special education. A population of schools which implemented the model (N = 17) was compared with a randomly selected comparison group of schools which did not (N =...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: special education referrals in the Portland (Oregon) public schools from 1987-1990 AN ABSTRACT OF THE

Pre-service and new teacher attitudes and understanding about their preparation to work with special needs and diverse learners

Creator:: Egby, Phyllis
Abstract:: The 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) are two federal mandates which impact general education teachers working with special needs students and diverse learners (second language learners, students from severe poverty, students from different cultures, students who experience occasional emotional needs, and students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , 2011. Title: Teacher Attitudes and Understanding about their Preparation to Work with Special Needs

Comparison of ward teaching to nurses' proficiency reports at Veterans Administration Hospital, Vancouver, Washington

Creator:: Ganiere, Ruth
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Study . . . . 26 The Proficiency Report . . . . . . . . 27 TheComparison . . . . . . . . . . .28 IV

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:: Learning disabled students in special education programs have not been demonstrating equal achievement

Development of the Delton Silent Reading Tests : alternative test forms for the Schonell Silent Reading Tests

Creator:: Dudiak, Shirley
Abstract:: The Delton Silent Reading Test, Forms A and B, was developed as an alternate test for the Schonell Silent Reading Test which is currently used for screening the reading comprehension of special students. The aim of the Delton Silent Reading Test is to achieve greater consistency in mid-year and mid-program...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: reading comprehension of special students. The aim of the Delton Silent Reading Test is to achieve

Attitudes of high school students toward three selected ethnic groups as affected by participation in an ethnic studies program

Creator:: Orzech, Miriam Weitz
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to determine whether taking a course of study about ethnic minorities and racial prejudice in the United States would produce a statistically significant change in the attitudes of white, middle-class high school students toward three ethnic minorities i. e., Blacks, Native Americans, and Chicanos....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: students' racial attitudes in the direction of lessened prejudice. A special Thurstone type attitude

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:: experience. During this time they spent mornings in regular classes and afternoons in the special program

Oregon school district reorganization 1957-64 and implications for improvement

Creator:: Williams, Delos Dale
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this research was to present a documentary analysis of school district reorganization in Oregon during the period from August 2O, 1957, to July 1, 1964, and to develop a plan for further school district reorganization for Oregon. The major elements of this study...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Academic dishonesty : comparing American and foreign students' attitudes

Creator:: Sumrain, Ibrahim A.
Abstract:: To determine whether there were differences between foreign (Arab) and American student attitudes toward academic dishonesty in Oregon State University, a seventy-eight item questionnaire designed by Kirk, (1970) was adapted and administered to two hundred and eighty Arab and American graduate and undergraduate students. Three aspects of academic dishonesty were...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: special emphasis on the school definition of unacceptable academic behaviors, regardless of the cultural

Correlating science instruction with health instruction in a junior high school

Creator:: Neptune, Doris Ellen
Abstract:: A study concerning the correlation of health and science instruction in the junior high school was undertaken for the following reasons: 1) Boys and girls in junior high schools need instruction in science; 2) The need for interesting students in health is well recognized; and 3) In many schools there...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: e1a88e8 for health instrirntion were held in their schools md four report- od that health teachinr was

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:: branches of the military services and is another accreditation process appropriate for this special type

The relationship between the human development program and locus of control as measured by the intellectual achievement responsibility questionnaire using selected fourth grade students

Creator:: Martin, Clifford Leslie
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the Human Development Program and locus of control as measured by the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire. Sixty-one subjects were selected from the fourth grade at the West Salem School in Salem, Oregon for this study. All fourth grade students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: experienced no special treatment other than the regular school curriculum during the course of the

Urban ethnography : an exploration and interpretation of the post-camp period of Laotian refugees settling in Eugene-Springfield, Oregon

Creator:: Proudfoot, Robert Charles
Abstract:: This study employed ethnographic methodology to investigate and record the post-camp, pre-assimilation period of Laotian refugees.The primary goal was to document the special problems and experiences of the Laotian population as they attempted to adjust to new roles and expectations within mainstream North American society.Oral histories and biographical statements focused...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -assimilation period of Laotian ref- ugees. The primary goal was to document the special problems and

Community Colleges Creating Academic Programming for Rural Areas

Creator:: Garcia-Chitwood, Jean
Abstract:: Community colleges serve various populations as part of their missions. Many community colleges serve the people who live in rural communities and are challenged with fewer financial resources. The term rural is not easily defined, and many variables need to be considered when creating academic programming for rural populations. There...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , special fees, general funds or the use of surplus college funds. Partnerships were also an vital

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
Full Text:: school personnel are first given special attention in Oregon in a report to a Legislative Interim

A descriptive study of the Oregon community college budget processes during the 2001-2003 Oregon Legislative session

Creator:: Bohart, B. Edward
Abstract:: From 1990 to 2000, Oregon community colleges experienced a shift in their revenue sources from primarily local taxes to primarily state funding. Additionally during this time Oregon approved term limits for state officials and legislators. In preparation for the 2001-2003 biennial Legislative session, the community colleges pursued new approaches to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: colleges. An epilogue provides a chronology of significant changes in state revenues, of special

Women, poverty, and educational success : a critical exploration of low-income women's experience in community colleges

Creator:: Barry, Kate R.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to critically explore low-income women's experience as they negotiate post secondary education in community colleges. Three research questions explore the context through which low-income women have entered the college experience, what that experience is like for them, and how the community college experience has...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , or have been studies of special transitional programs formed specifically for welfare eligible

An organizational model for community colleges in Yemen

Creator:: Almotaa, Ali
Abstract:: The educational system in the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) is in desperate need of reform to accommodate recent changes in the structure of the economy and society of the YAR. At present, there is only one university, the University of Sana'a, within the country. In this study, the organization of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: implementation of a community college movement, and in particular special sys- tems for tutoring and counseling

Influences of a career curriculum on changes in vocational interests of mildly handicapped high school students

Creator:: Koval, David P.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a course of study developed at the University of Washington to provide a career education class at the beginning of the high school experience for special education students who are mildly handicapped in Tacoma Public Schools. The problem was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: school experience for special education students who are mildly handicapped in Tacoma Public Schools

Timelines for English language acquisition : a study of the rates of second language acquisition among Hispanic English language learners including exceptionalities

Creator:: Dixon, Jennifer J.
Abstract:: This study explores No Child Left Behind's required timetable for English language learners (ELLs) to reach English language proficiency within five years, as outlined in the Annual Measurable Achievement Outcomes (AMAOs), despite the lack of research evidence to support this as a reasonable expectation. Analysis was conducted on the archived...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -speaking ELLs, including students who qualify for Special Education (SpEd) and Talented and Gifted (TAG

The effects of supplemental home instruction by parents utilizing the data based gymnasium instructional model on the performance of selected motor skills with moderately and severely mentally retarded children

Creator:: Maguire, Paul A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if parents of students could improve the motor performance of their moderately and severely mentally retarded children through the implementation of the Data-Based Gymnasium (DBG) Instructional Model as a supplement to the school program. The DBG Instructional Model is an individualized system...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of special education (Federal Register, Aug. 23, 1977, 121a.14). The report of the House of

A Sense of “Shared Responsibility” for Teaching English Learners: Connections Between Teacher Experience, Administrator Support, Co-planning and Co-teaching

Creator:: Woodruff, Karrie S.
Abstract:: Co-teaching and collaboration are an increasingly popular service model for English as a second language (ESL). In this model, the language specialist, sometimes called the ESL teacher, works together with a content teacher, each using their respective expertise to meet the needs of students who are identified as English learners...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: three teachers on special assignment (TOSAs), in addition to observations of two ESL teachers in the

The career decision making of individuals with mild developmental disabilities

Creator:: Thyfault, Alberta J.
Abstract:: Individuals with mild developmental disabilities have traditionally been excluded from full participation in their career decision making due to the stereotyping of their perceived incompetence. This view forms a mind-set or stigma that is recognized as the disability myth. This study initially addressed the vocational development of individuals with mild...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: speculated that persons with disabilities may need a special application of a vocational development theory

A study of preservice teachers' attitudes toward mainstreaming

Creator:: Staebler, Bonita Louise
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were to determine the effects of level (elementary and secondary), program status (beginning, midway, and student teaching), and demongraphic variables (experience, success, college supervisor support, supervising teacher support, additional support services, and school type) on preservice teachers' attitudes toward mainstreaming. The population consisted of 91...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: on program status. Student teachers reported significantly more experience with special need

Analysis of resistance exercise curriculum in select four-year undergraduate physical education programs

Creator:: Halling, Daye H.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine whether differences exist in the level of coverage of resistance exercise in select four-year college and university undergraduate physical education programs. The study also examined whether differences exist between content suggested for training resistance exercise specialists and the curriculum being offered. A...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: consistently low level of coverage were Administration/Organizational Concerns, Special Populations, and

Comparative analysis between the Woodcock Psycho-Educational Battery in Spanish and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised Mexican version

Creator:: Fletcher, Todd V.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare and describe test score differences on the Woodcock Psycho-Educational Battery in Spanish (BATERIA) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised Mexican version (WISC-RM). Analyses were performed on the two test batteries, investigating mean score differences on the different clusters as a function...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: referrals on: (a) the full scale scores of the two batteries; (b) the Special Cognitive Ability clusters

Toward a student-constructed model of student services for electronic distance education

Creator:: Blount, Joanna F.
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe and communicate a student-constructed model of student services for electronic distance education (EDE). This study seeks to answer the following questions: Do students enrolled in EDE perceive a need for student services? If not, why not? Which services do students want/need?...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: accommodations for those with special needs. Participants identified a number of services as basic to the EDE

Exploring resilience in the lives of women leaders in early childhood health, human services, and education

Creator:: Turner, Susan Diane
Abstract:: Women leaders in early childhood health, human services, and education face tremendous challenges in their efforts to cultivate resilience amidst a myriad of risk factors including incessant stress, low wages, and limited professional support. Women who foster mental health in young children and high-risk families are vulnerable to secondary traumatic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: parenting children including 65% who have children with special needs. All of the women have experienced

Attitudes of college students toward developmentally disabled peers

Creator:: Turner, Robert W. (Robert William), 1952-
Abstract:: The central purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of non-disabled college students toward their developmentally disabled peers attending the same college. Specifically, it examined the attitudes of non-disabled students toward the developmentally disabled students in the Transitional/Vocational Program the Fairview campus of Fairview College, Alberta, Canada. Objectives...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: provide special training programs for the develop- mentally disabled should examine the attitudes of

The effect of an eight-week instructional program upon the balance performance of hearing-impaired children ages 6-12

Creator:: Hassan, Adel Aly
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an eight-week instructional program, using different activities and apparatus, upon the balance performance of hearing-impaired children, ages 6-12. Balance was measured by the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (Subtest 2: Balance) as a pre- and post-test to determine if...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: without any special emphasis on balance activities. The eight items which comprised the balance test of

Evaluation of education libraries for teacher education accreditation

Creator:: Knittel, Marjorie C.
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation was to examine the literature in education and library science to determine why standards for education libraries have not been realized, in the light of the specific criteria for other areas of teacher education accreditation. Educators and librarians in favor of strict standards for education...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: education library standards, librarians need to use established evaluation measures in their report to

The historical development of the Chemawa Indian school

Creator:: Lemmon, Burton Carlyle
Abstract:: The purposes of this thesis are; (a) the presentation of authentic data concerning the Chemawa Indian School from its establishment at Forest Grove, Oregon, in 1880 to the present time at Chemawa, Oregon; (b) the recording of some of the significant information concerning the school's growth; and to) an effort...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of years and has been of a special nature re- quiring the answering of special problems, the writer

Status and characteristics of reading programs in Oregon public secondary schools

Creator:: Geil, Harry Charles
Abstract:: Purpose The purpose of this study was to discover the status and characteristics of reading programs in the public secondary schools of Oregon. Procedures Questionnaires were mailed to all of Oregon's 327 schools, 106 junior high schools and 221 senior high schools. Responses were received from 84.7 percent of the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of the schools, 25 percent of the students were receiving special reading instruction

Investigating the Use of Online Degree Audit Technology and Understanding the Student Experience

Creator:: Hopf, Samantha NJ.
Abstract:: Academic advising is an integral step in a community college students higher education journey, and as such must be supported with any tools available to increase student success. Technology is becoming more highly integrated into the academic advising process as are online tools which provide access to student records, course...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: were involved with the special advising programs they expressed extreme satisfaction with the

Self-esteem, locus of control, and perceived defending behavior in the classroom in relation to grades of junior high students in Kochi, Japan

Creator:: Reddington, Kenneth George
Abstract:: The present study was undertaken to investigate the relationship of self-esteem and locus of control to defending behavior as perceived by classmates in junior high schools in Japan, and to examine the relationship of all three of these to school grades. Special attention was given to how the present test-centered...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: schools in Japan, and to examine the relationship of all three of these to school grades. Special

Attitude toward parents as a dimension of reverse transfer

Creator:: Flora, Thomas George
Abstract:: The major purpose of the study was to compare reverse transfer students and four year college students for attitude toward mother, father, and both parents. A secondary purpose was to collect demographic data on the reverse transfer students. The experimental and control groups were chosen from the winter term enrollment...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: hypotheses was done. Explanations were given for the findings, with special attention given to the dif

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:: special efforts to accom,- modate the education needs of community college instructors recruited

A comparison of perceptions of campus environments and of student services functions with institutional vitality in private colleges

Creator:: Snodgrass, G. William
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to compare perceptions by faculty, students and administrators of the campus environments of eight small, independent liberal arts colleges in Oregon and to determine if similar or like perceptions of the environment lead to greater vitality in each of the colleges studied. In the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: - istrators in their perceptions of the campus environments in areas of special concern to student services

Environmental knowledge and beliefs among grade ten students in Australia

Creator:: Eyers, Vivian George, 1932-
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to survey aspects of environmental knowledge and beliefs among Grade 10 students in Australia, in the belief that such information would be useful for workers in the developing field of environmental education there. A survey instrument prepared and used for a similar purpose in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: special environmental education courses which supply the major component of their knowledge about

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