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Selected Oregon student, parent, and teacher perceptions of the factors that influenced eleventh grade students' readiness to make career choices

Creator:: Derr, Debra A.
Abstract:: Oregon educational reform efforts are moving ahead with the support of legislation, business and industry, and education. There has been little apparent consideration given to the readiness of tenth graders to make career choices even though the research in the area of career maturity indicates that students at this period...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Selected Oregon student, parent, and teacher perceptions of

An examination of kin and nonkin foster parents’ experiences

Creator:: De Costa, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Loretta)
Abstract:: The growth of foster care, particularly kin foster care has greatly outpaced our knowledge. The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to develop a more informed understanding of foster family functioning from the perspective of foster parents. This study examined the experiences of 9 kin and 12 nonkin foster...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: examined the experiences of 9 kin and 12 nonkin foster parents in the State of Oregon. Specifically, the

Attitudes of Venezuelan parents toward childrearing : a study based on the parent as a teacher inventory

Creator:: Escobar, Iris Violeta
Abstract:: The central goal of this study was to assess Venezuelan parent attitudes toward specific areas of parent-child relationships such as child creativity, child play, parental sense of frustration in childrearing, the amount of parental control exercised over their children, and parents' perception of themselves as teachers of their own children....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: instrument used for this study was the Parent as a Teacher Inventory which is a composite attitude scale

Differences between young adult perceptions of family environment, family values, sexual behavior, sexual attitudes and attitude toward divorce by gender and family type

Creator:: Ladd, Linda Darmer
Abstract:: Four questions were examined concerning student perceptions of their launching family environment, expected family environment, family values, sexual attitudes and behavior, and attitudes toward divorce. A total of 383 college students from three family types participated in this study: intact (298, 77.8%), divorced (47, 12.3%), and remarried (38, 9.9%). The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: parents reported a significantly less favorable attitude towards their noncustodial parent than they

A study of freshmen student attitudes and behavior toward alcohol in relation to their parents attitudes about alcohol

Creator:: Shoemaker, Thomas Alexander
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between parental attitudes and student attitudes toward the consumption of alcoholic beverages, between parental attitudes toward the consumption of alcoholic beverages and the reasons students drink alcoholic beverages, and between parental attitudes toward the consumption of alcoholic beverages and the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: included 389 sets of matched pairs of parent and student from Radford University, Virginia. Analysis

Exploring the foundations of science interest development in early childhood

Creator:: Pattison, Scott A.
Abstract:: There is growing evidence that children develop science-related interests in early childhood, before they enter school, and that these interests may have long-term implications for science participation and achievement. Although researchers have made headway in describing interest development in the preschool years, little is currently known about the proximal processes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: childhood interests and how these relate to other more distal factors, such as parent beliefs and

A model for identifying evaluation procedures that have a positive influence on teacher attitude

Creator:: Jones, Sheridan Davis
Abstract:: Teachers and administrators spend many hours of work reviewing the State of Oregon Guidelines and drafting district guidelines in an attempt to make the process of evaluation positive and productive. Most districts agree the primary purpose of evaluation should be for the improvement of instruction. The amended state law, ORS...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: positive influence on teacher attitude AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sheridan Davis Jones for the degree

The relationship of locus of control to career development in college engineering students

Creator:: Flynn, Cynthia A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between career development and locus of control as they relate to barriers encountered in career development. The sample included 144 students in the engineering program at Oregon State University. The Rotter Internal- External Scale and the Career Development Inventory (Form...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: development. The sample included 144 students in the engineering program at Oregon State University. The

An examination of terminal and instrumental values of selected Oregon State University students

Creator:: Norelius, Caroline F.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was twofold; first, to identify the values held by Oregon State University students, and second, to determine if the values of OSU students are different from samples previously surveyed. A further purpose of the study was to develop baseline data on a cross-section of the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: selected Oregon State University students AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Caroline F. Norelius for the

Women, poverty, and educational success : a critical exploration of low-income women's experience in community colleges

Creator:: Barry, Kate R.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Colleges by Kate R. Barry A DISSERTATION Submitted to Oregon State University in

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Selected Oregon student, parent, and teacher perceptions of the factors that influenced eleventh grade students' readiness to make career choices

An examination of kin and nonkin foster parents’ experiences

Attitudes of Venezuelan parents toward childrearing : a study based on the parent as a teacher inventory

Differences between young adult perceptions of family environment, family values, sexual behavior, sexual attitudes and attitude toward divorce by gender and family type

A study of freshmen student attitudes and behavior toward alcohol in relation to their parents attitudes about alcohol

Exploring the foundations of science interest development in early childhood

A model for identifying evaluation procedures that have a positive influence on teacher attitude

The relationship of locus of control to career development in college engineering students

An examination of terminal and instrumental values of selected Oregon State University students

Women, poverty, and educational success : a critical exploration of low-income women's experience in community colleges

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