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A Study of the Demagoguery of Joseph Smith, Jr.

Creator:: Fillible, Rodney K.
Abstract:: This study Is a rhetorical analysis of ten documents of Joseph Smith, Jr's. early revelations spanning the period of 1829 to 1831 to determine the extent to which he used demagogic rhetoric in pursuit of his goals. A definition of demagoguery is provided and is applied in an analysis of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: A study of the demagoguery of Joseph Smith, Jr. AN

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:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Roberto Chavira Nava Jr

The effects of teacher gender on mathematics achievement of first-grade students

Creator:: Barnett, Werner Joseph
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study was to determine whether there were significant statistical differences in achievement between first-grade students taught mathematics by male teachers as compared to first-grade students taught mathematics by female teachers. A substantive hypothesis was formed, which stated: "This writer hypothesizes that mean-gain...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Edwin D. Strowbridk , Jr. Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study was to determine whether there

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:: Component for Teacher Education Students by Richard James Swinney A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

Descriptive factors of career education applied to a teacher education model

Creator:: Ashlock, James William
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Education Applied to a Teacher Education Model by James William Ashlock A THESIS submitted to Oregon

The effect of age, sex and eye-hand coordination on the ability to predict the readiness of elementary students to learn an effective dental flossing technique

Creator:: Terhune, James Albert
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between age, sex, eye-hand coordination, the time it takes individuals to learn how to manipulate dental floss between all of their teeth, and the time it takes individuals to learn how to effectively clean their teeth with dental floss. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Elementary Students To Learn An Effective Dental Flossing Technique by James Albert Terhune A THESIS

The influence of participating in a mandatory mixed-format student success seminar on persistence in an urban community college

Creator:: Mendoza, James A.
Abstract:: Over the past twenty years, the national three-year graduation rate for community college students has ranged from 44% to roughly 31% in 2013 (NCES, 2013). As a way to address such low graduation rates, colleges have implemented a myriad of services and programs (i.e., tutoring, mentoring, etc.). Another intervention is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF James A

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:: society (Harper, Collin, & Blackman, 2013). LeBron James, who is a professional NBA player, obtained

A description of the processes and procedures used in the development of a merit-evaluation program for a middle-sized school district

Creator:: Tait, George James
Abstract:: This was an historical study which described the procedures used by a thirteen-member committee in an attempt to develop a merit-evaluation program for a middle-sized school district in Oregon. A random sample of 33.5% of the certificated staff of School District 9 were interviewed in May, 1969. The results of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -Evaluation Program for a Middle-Sized School District by George James Tait A THESIS submitted to Oregon

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:: Opinions Of The Need For A Ninth Grade Academic Transition Program by James E. Koval A THESIS

ScholarsArchive@OSU

A Study of the Demagoguery of Joseph Smith, Jr.

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

The effects of teacher gender on mathematics achievement of first-grade students

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

Descriptive factors of career education applied to a teacher education model

The effect of age, sex and eye-hand coordination on the ability to predict the readiness of elementary students to learn an effective dental flossing technique

The influence of participating in a mandatory mixed-format student success seminar on persistence in an urban community college

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

A description of the processes and procedures used in the development of a merit-evaluation program for a middle-sized school district

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

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