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...
The purpose of this study of the life and career of Dr. Carl
Leonard Anderson was to recount his professional contributions to
the field of health and relate these to public health and health education. The major emphasis of this study concerned Dr. Anderson's
professional life.
The accomplishment of the...
Industry, business, military and other government agencies
are increasingly recognizing the significance of human factors in the
productivity of complex organizations. Educational institutions are
no exception to this fact. It is assumed that morale and productivity
are related to the managerial style of the supervisor. Leaders are
faced with the...
This study was concerned with determining if: (1) the
effectiveness of residence hall student government varies according to
the perceptions of its role held by residence hall student staff and
government officers, and the hall type and population; (2) the
perception of hall student government held by student staff varies...
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...
An increased metabolic efficiency may be a factor underlying the
onset and maintenance of obesity. This study examined the Resting
Metabolic Rate (RMR), the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF), the Thermic
Effect of Exercise (TEE), and the Potentiation (P) of the TEF by
Exercise in Juvenile-onset type obesity (JOTO), and...
The problem of the study was to determine whether university students
enrolled in a pre-service teacher training course and exposed to a group
counseling procedure having as its major emphasis education in the affective
domain could demonstrate a significant change in self-actualization
when compared with similarly enrolled students who had...
Purpose of the Study
The basic purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes and
opinions of community college personnel toward faculty involvement
in policy formulation.
Procedures
The statistical and subjective data for this study were obtained
from two major sources. (1) A statistical questionnaire was
developed to identify...