The purpose of this study was to answer the following question: What was the
perceived value to planners of incorporating information from ecotourists about their
perceived needs in the standard system presently being used to plan interpretation?
The Ecotourist Needs Assessment (ETNA) process was proposed as an external needs
assessment....
The purpose of this study was to investigate Peer Collaborative
Mentoring (PCM) as a professional development model for international
graduate teaching assistants at an American university. Data were gathered
from interviews and observations of three American peer mentors
(Intracultural Peer Mentors/IAPMs), five Chinese Graduate Teaching
Assistants (Intercultural Peer Mentors/IEPMs), and...
The two major purposes of this study were to gather data relative
to the knowledge and attitudes toward sexual expression among sixty-five
to seventy-four year olds and to determine whether or not significant
differences existed between the sexes. The study focused on six
research questions: These were:
1. Do older...
This study was designed to determine whether individual
students at the eleventh grade level who were graded on a pass-fail
basis in United States History would show any difference in academic
achievement from those of a similar group marked by the traditional
ABCD-F letter-grade method. In addition, the study was...
The purpose of this study was to determine if adding a specialized
instructional section on death and dying to ongoing curriculum
would affect attitudes of student nurses toward death and dying.
Subjects were 30 first-year nursing students enrolled in the Associate
Degree Nursing Program at Linn-Benton Community College, Albany,
Oregon....
The purpose of this study was to examine the responses to a mail
survey of a random sample of female subjects (Ss), who at the time of the
study were members of the Oregon Public Employees Union employed as
clerical specialists by the State of Oregon, in order to: 1....
Drunk driving continues to be a national, state, and
local problem in spite of recent changes in laws governing
drinking and driving. Driving under the influence of
intoxicants (DDII) has been judged to be responsible for
approximately one-half of all traffic related deaths
nationally, killing 25,000 Americans and injuring 700,000...