The objectives of this study were to: (1) determine if individual
differences in the learner characteristics of field dependence, state
and trait anxiety, age, sex, and prior computer experience were related
to performance in operating a computer system; (2) to determine if
differences in performance would occur as a result...
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...
Purpose of the Study:
The purpose of this study was to develop and field
test a model for context evaluation of objectives used
in competency-based curricula at the community college
level.
The study:
1. Developed a decision and information matrix that
identified objectives which should be considered
for deletion from...
The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether sex-role
identification differences among college students were related to place
of residence, and if so, whether certain factors affect these
differences. Six hypotheses were developed. The study sought to
ascertain if sex-role identification is related to certain dimensions of
peer association...
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the factors that contributed to the engagement of middle and high school teachers in professional learning with instructional coaches, relative to disciplinary literacy. The study addressed the following question: What factors appear to influence secondary content-area teachers' engagement with instructional coaches,...
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...
This dissertation demonstrates how Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, 1986,
1997) can be successfully applied to Counselor academic advising interventions, in
order to increase students' self-efficacy and self-regulated learning (Zimmerman,
2000) in academic planning as learned outcomes. This was accomplished by (a)
reviewing the academic advising literature and showing the current...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the
attitudes toward mathematics of prospective elementary
teachers and their basic understanding of mathematics.
Two hundred fourteen subjects, representing prospective teachers from Oregon State University and Western
Oregon State College participated in this study. The
responses of this total population to the...