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Creator:: Miller, Suzanne Winifred Hilton
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare the Chapter I supplemental mathematics program CAI with other Chapter I supplemental mathematics programs, Prescription Learning and the traditional "pull-out" program, in terms of achievement and retention of mathematics basic skills. There were 577 Chapter I students from 12 middle schools and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Denney, Clifford Owen
Abstract:: This research was conducted to compare the performance of community college students to four -year institutional students both of which were enrolled in one of three different programs of general college chemistry for nonscience majors during the 1967 -68 academic year. The three programs were defined as follows: Program A...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Durst, Harold Everett
Abstract:: This study was designed to evaluate the relative effectiveness of a new college general biology course which utilized an audio - tutorial laboratory as contrasted with a traditional lecture course. Five biology classes with 720 students at the Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, Kansas, participated in the study. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Cerny, Leonard Thomas
Abstract:: A combination of theoretical perspectives is used to create a rich description of student reasoning when facing a highly-geometric electricity and magnetism problem in an upper-division active-engagement physics classroom at Oregon State University. Geometric reasoning as students encounter problem situations ranging from familiar to novel is described using van Zee...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Singh used 15 think-aloud interviews as part of her overall study. Wallace and Chasteen (2010

Creator:: Tolman, Richard Robins
Abstract:: It was the intent of this investigation to compare the performance of community college students to four-year institutional students, both of whom were enrolled in a college general biology program (GS 101, 102, 103) during the 1967-68 academic year. During the week of May 27, 1968 measurements were taken of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Nelson, Bruce Edward
Abstract:: This investigation was designed to study articulation between Oregon secondary mathematics programs and college mathematics at Oregon State University. Three main facets of the problem were studied: 1. The relationship of several factors to the CEEB Level I Mathematics Achievement Test score. 2. The feasibility of a discriminant function as...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: assistance. They willingly gave of their time and talents. Thanks is also extended to Mr. Wallace E. Gibbs

Creator:: Hall, John Franz
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to prepare and statistically evaluate a series of 11 history of science case studies designed to teach the following abilities involved in scientific thinking: 1. Recognizing problems, hypotheses, experimental conditions, and conclusions. 2. Understanding the relationship of evidence to hypotheses. 3. Understanding experimental conditions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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