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Creator:: Fancher, Burr Edwin
Abstract:: PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to identify a set of core competencies needed to meet the minimal requirements for high school graduation and to test their level of acceptance by administrators, counselors, teachers and parents in 50 Oregon secondary school districts. PROCEDURES: Utilizing the 1136 existing graduation competencies...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: school graduation in Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Burr Edwin Fancher for the degree of Doctor

Creator:: Madison, Willis A.
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The primary focus of this study was to compare Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED) subtest scores with achievement letter grades (A, B, C, D, and F) in vocational education classes at Bartlett High School, Anchorage, Alaska. The two secondary purposes of the study were to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: indebted to the other members of my Doctoral Committee, Dr. Burr Fancher, Dr. Larry Kenneke, Dr. Robert

Creator:: Gómez Rodas de Varela, Anamaría
Abstract:: Purpose: This study attempted to identify skills needed in agriculture for rural youth in Honduras, and to develop an appropriate agricultural education curriculum at the Common Cycle of General Culture (lower Middle School level) of the current educational system. Methods and Procedures: Core competencies were identified by collecting information from...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Madison, Jane F.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to test the use of the published simulation, Jeffrey's Department Store (Koeninger and Hephner, 1978), in high school Distributive Education classrooms. The simulation was compared to "traditional" methods of instruction, testing for achievement (knowledge gained) and attitude (feelings about the class after instruction). Control...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: our Oregon friends, Dell and Carolyn Swearingen, and Burr and Ada Fancher, thanks for being there

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