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An historical review of Kolb's formulation of experiential learning theory

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Hickcox, Leslie K. (Leslie Kay), 1951-

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The central purposes of this study were to review the historical sources of David Kolb's formulation of experiential learning theory, and to determine the effect and application of Kolb's theory and Learning Style Inventory as reflected in the literature between 1971 and 1990. It was found that Kolb based his...

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. A majority (61.7%) of the studies examined found that Koib's theory and LSI were useful in five
Training school administrators in the prevention of child sexual abuse in the school setting

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Just, Valva D.

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School administrators are required by law to report suspected cases of child abuse. They create serious legal and moral consequences for their school districts when they fail to report suspicions of child abuse occurring in the school setting. Studies consistently find that child sexual abuse is under-reported and that allegations...

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Administrators in the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse in the School Setting. Abstract approved: Mark L
A study of non-persisters within a cohort of vocational students at the University of Alaska Anchorage

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Vinson, Julia Flory

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The purpose of this research was to explore non-persistence by vocational students in the College of Career and Vocational Education at the University of Alaska Anchorage. A cohort of 156 students were identified and tracked from fall 1989 through spring 1992. In the first part of the study, using the...

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A study of non-persisters within a cohort of vocational
Community college faculty-to-faculty influence

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Marks, Brenda Inglis

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As community colleges have responded to shifts in funding structures, demands from an aging population, the emergence of for-profit competitors, the development of globalization, and the increasing use of technology, the role of faculty has evolved and new leadership opportunities have emerged. This study examines informal faculty leadership at a...

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leadership opportunities have emerged. This study examines informal faculty leadership at a larger-sized
A study of the relationship of the use of various drugs to the visual-motor performance of college students

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Antone, Eugene Joseph, Jr.

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The purpose of the study was to compare the visual-motor performance of college students who reported ingestion of certain drugs with those college students who reported no drug ingestion. The study drugs included the following drugs or groups of drugs: tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, LSD, mescaline, barbiturates, and amphetamines. A total...

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A study of the relationship of the use of various drugs
Testimonios of shared experience : Canadian women athletes and the 1980 Olympic boycott

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Black, S. Jill

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The testimonios of three Canadian women athletes and the 1980 Olympic boycott are presented. The Latin American method of testimonio is adapted as a framework for understanding personal stories. Testimonios written in a series of interpretive narratives and poems--poetic testimonios--represent three women's voices. This study includes three journeys: the research...

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Experience: Canadian Women Athletes and the 1980 Olympic Boycott. Abstract approved: Lizbeth A. Gray The
Black parental and primary guardian attitudes toward their involvement in desegregation

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Griffin, Betty Sue

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School districts and educational policymakers need current information on Black parental and primary guardian responses toward the issue of desegregation. This research focused primarily on the attitudes of Black parents and primary guardians toward their involvement in elementary desegregated schools. The study attempted to determine if: (1) Educational background has...

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approved: Redacted for Privacy Charles A. Stamps School districts and educational policymakers need
Commonalities in the professional education competencies of selected community college vocational instructors

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Lindahl, Donald Gene, 1935-

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The purpose of this research was to determine, if there are and the nature of, the common professional education competencies of selected community college vocational instructors. The respondents in the study represented four instructors from each of 40 community colleges selected from the four western states of California, Colorado, Oregon...

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Abstract Approved: Redacted for Privacy Dr. tenry A. TenPas The purpose of this research was to
Vocational education competencies identified for local leaders of occupational education

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Ward, Darrell

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Competencies essential for the adequate performance of vocational education leadership roles were investigated in this study. Methods of preparing individuals for these roles were also considered. Answers to two basic questions were sought as base data on which future programs of occupational education leadership might be built. These questions were:...

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Abstract approved: Dr. H/nry A. Ten Pas Competencies essential for the adequate performance of voca
Retention of adult second language learners : Hispanic learners in Washington State community and technical colleges

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Jones, Gary E.

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This study was designed to investigate a phenomenon, retention of Hispanic adult second language learners in Washington State's community colleges, from a qualitative paradigm and phenomenological approach. The focus of this study was to capture eight foreign-born Hispanic ESL non-continuators' voices and experiences, in their native language of Spanish, who...

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. Alex A. Sanchez This study was designed to investigate a phenomenon, retention of Hispanic adult
An evaluation of academic placement practices for seventh grade students in a Santa Monica, California, junior high school

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Lambson, Bob

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This study proposed to evaluate current practices for ability placement of pupils entering seventh grade English, social studies, and arithmetic classes in a selected junior high school of the Santa Monica (California) Unified School District. Hypotheses to be tested were: (1) The effectiveness of placement practices at the seventh grade...

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grade students in a Santa Monica, California, junior high school AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Bob
An analysis of the relationship between grades and Iowa Tests of Educational Development scores of secondary school students in vocational education classes in Anchorage, Alaska

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Madison, Willis A.

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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...

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Anchorage, Alaska AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Willis A. Madison for the degree of Doctor of Education
A description of teachers' sense of self-efficacy of the first graduate elementary pre-service teacher cohort at Oregon State University

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Bigler, Duane A.

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Research studies indicated that teachers' sense of self-efficacy is a multidimensional construct related to teachers' beliefs about teaching, their ability to teach, and their students' ability to learn. This study described the change in a cohort of graduate preservice elementary teachers' sense of efficacy as they progressed through a four...

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A description of teachers' sense of self-efficacy of the
A study of predeparture orientation programs for employees of business/industry and U.S. Agency for International Development projects

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Nelson, Dennis A.

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The central purpose of this study was to identify the competencies of a predeparture orientation program as determined by business/industry personnel and personnel from institutions representing the U.S. Agency for International Development. An additional objective was to examine the organizational framework of existing predeparture programs to identify instructional methodologies, administrative...

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A Study of Predeparture Orientation Progams for Employees
An Examination of Leadership at Leah Meyer Austin Award Winning Colleges within the Achieving the Dream National Reform Network

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Broxson, Thomas A.

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Background. As part of the nationwide student completion agenda, the Achieving the Dream (ATD) national reform network was established to help community colleges quickly institute sustainable change scaled to impact all students at the institution in a short period of time. Although ATD has been in existence for over a...

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institute sustainable change scaled to impact all students at the institution in a short period of time
Transformational learning : a deep description of an emancipatory experience

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Retherford, April L.

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This ethnography describes a learning context where transformational learning routinely creates an emancipatory experience. It identifies those elements that increase understanding of transformative process-describing how the context that contains and supports this learning is constructed and a perspective transformation is sparked by group synergy. It names three transformational learning outcomes:...

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Study abroad and global competence : exemplary community college programs which foster elements of achievement

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Arden-Ogle, Ellen A.

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The research‘s purpose was to examine how exemplary community college study abroad programs assisted student participants in acquiring global competence. Three research questions were explored: 1.What issues need to be anticipated when planning a study abroad program for community college students in order to effectively incorporate opportunities for students to...

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Ellen A. Arden-Ogle for the degree of Doctor of Education in Education presented on October 19, 2009
Full-time faculty recruitment and selection strategies practiced by learning-centered community colleges

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Fowler-Hill, Sandra A.

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Abstract approved: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Sandra A
Criteria for a school budget

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Baum, Milton Robert

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Criteria for a school budget CRITERIA FOR A SCHOOL
An evaluation of educational films in the teaching of high school physics in Oregon

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Grassell, Edward Milton

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OREGON EDWARD MILTON GRASSELL A THESIS submitted to OREGON STATE COLLEGE in partial fulfillment
The effectiveness of introducing regular dictation of unpracticed material before the completion of Gregg shorthand theory

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Baird, Stanley Jack

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The purpose of this study was to test, by means of a controlled classroom experiment, the effectiveness of an experimental method involving the introduction of regular dictation of unpracticed material beginning with Lesson 25 in the Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified, Second Edition, by Gregg, Leslie, and Zoubek. The study involved...

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to test, by means of a controlled classroom experiment, the effectiveness of an experimental
Self concepts of gainfully employed women in two colleges in Washington State

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Westrum, Helen J.

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Purpose The purpose of this study was two fold: 1) to determine the self concepts of women workers and their relationship to certain personal variables and patterns of work, and 2) to produce basic self concept research. Procedures The subjects selected for this study were the women employed in 1973...

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College. Eastern employed 302 women and Central employed 282 women for a total of 583 subjects. The women
A demonstration of a method of evaluating the effects of counseling

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O'Dea, John David

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A demonstration of a method of evaluating the effects of
A proposal for a Canadian federal-provincial participation plan in vocational agriculture

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MacGregor, Hugh Alton

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A proposal for a Canadian federal-provincial participation
A comparison of the effects between letter-grades and pass-fail grades on the attitudes and achievement of eleventh grade United States history students

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Pike, John Michaels

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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...

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experimental groups. They received a pass-fail mark on all routine class work as well as grade card reports
A study and evaluation of administrative data processing uses in selected community colleges

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Morales, Luis E.

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A study and evaluation of administrative data processing
An evaluation of the effectiveness of guidance assistants in selected school guidance programs in Oregon

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Erickson, Joan Elizabeth

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Purpose: The basic purpose of this study was to evaluate theeffectiveness of paraprofessional workers trained to work as guidanceassistants to professional counselors in elementary and secondaryschools. The study included an identification of the appropriate roleof guidance assistants, counselors, and administrators in their relationshipwith one another in a team setting. Role...

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, and administrators in their rela- tionship with one another in a team setting. Role identification
Development and validation of an instrument to assess the organizational climate in community colleges

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Martin, Sharon

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The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable instrument to measure the organizational climate of the community college as perceived by community college administrators, faculty, and classified staff. There were three phases in this study. The first was to develop a pool of test items based...

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Redacted for privacy Dr.i1,arry,kl it eke The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable
The preparation of teachers of industrial arts in the area of electricity and electronics

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Peithman, Roscoe Edward

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ELECTRICITY AND ELEC'IRONICS by ROSC()J EDIARD PEI'mlAN A. THESIS submitted to ORFnON STA'l'E
Pre-retirement expectancy and retirement reality as factors in the adjustment of Oregon State Highway Department older employees

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Simerville, Clara Louise

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by CLARA LOOM; SLMERVILLE A THESIS submitted to OREGON STATE COLLEGE in partial fulfillment of
A factor analysis of professional competencies and local church clergy

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Haburn, William B.

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The study had four objectives, the major one being the identification of the common professional competencies for adequate performance as a Baptist clergyman. A second objective was to determine the common professional competencies needed by Baptist pastors and ministers of education. The determination if significantly different competencies were required for...

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to give his life as a ransom for many" (Mark 10:45). Men were called of God to minister in Christ's
A graphic arts program at the collegiate level

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Weir, Thomas Stephen

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A graphic arts program at the collegiate level A GRAPHIC
A guide to school district reorganization for Umatilla County, Oregon

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Ferguson, Earl Eugene, 1932-

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Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this research was to study the school districts in Umatilla County as they existed in 1962-3 and to formulate a guide for reorganization of these districts into sound efficient units. The following sub-factors were considered essential to this research, and were dealt with...

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A guide to school district reorganization for Umatilla
Shaping the perceptions of senior decision makers at Oregon community colleges : a case study of a state-wide planning process

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Schwab, Patrick D.

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Community Colleges: A case study of a State-wide planning process ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF
Theoretical views on mind styles in a changing world

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Davis, Patsy Ann Cassedy

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This study examined the teaching experiences of six elementary student interns from Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR during fall and winter quarters, 1991. The primary intent of the study was to examine critically the roles and effects of mind styles as applied in actual classroom instruction and learning, in terms...

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Theoretical views on mind styles in a changing world AN
A study of the mathematical competence requirements for graduation among Oregon's A-AA-AAA senior high schools

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MacFarlane, William Henry

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Competency-based education was introduced to the state of Oregon in the early 1970's, mandating that the graduating classes of 1978 would meet these competency requirements for graduation. The Oregon Department of Education allowed each school district to compile its own lists of competencies in each of the mandated areas. There...

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A Study of the Mathematical Competence Requirements for
A course of study for secondary school crafts

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McCoy, Robert Arnold

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A Course of Study for Secondary School Crafts A COURSE
A study of dropout propensity of selected community college students

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Gum, Sanford

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The purpose of this study was to determine if there were common factors influencing student decisions to terminate course work at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. The following six null hypotheses were tested: 1. There will be no significant difference in responses among those enrolled in transfer...

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A study of dropout propensity of selected community
A history of Indian education in the United States

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Morris, Harold White

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A history of Indian education in the United States A
The development of a performance-based adult high school diploma program at Linn Benton Community College : a case study

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Johnson, Jerome Alfred

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The purpose of this case study was to describe the development of an adult high school diploma program at Linn Benton Community College, Specifically, the purposes of this study are: (1) the creation of an instructional approach utilizing performance objectives as a means of satisfying the minimum adult high school...

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jerome A. Johnson (Name) in
The effects of four modified elements of a classroom's physical environment on the social-psychological environment of a class

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Johnson, Russell Howard

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Purpose of the Study This investigation was an attempt to determine the relative suitability of four physical seating arrangements, conventional, crescent, circular, and non-seating, in terms of their positive attitudinal and interactional impacts on four senior high school social studies classes who are enrolled with the same teacher during different...

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The effects of four modified elements of a classroom's
An investigative study into the effectiveness of using Computer-aided Instruction (CAI) as a laboratory component of college-level biology : a case study

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Barrett, Joan

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Community colleges serve the most diverse student populations in higher education. They consist of non-traditional, part-time, older, intermittent, and mobile students of different races, ethnic backgrounds, language preferences, physical and mental abilities, and learning style preferences. Students who are academically challenged may have diverse learning characteristics that are not compatible...

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Computer-aided Instruction (CAI) as a laboratory component of college-level biology : a case study AN
A study of the relationship between a small group discussion activity, the self-concept and reading achievement of selected fourth grade boys and girls

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Jackson, Wilbur John

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This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between the Human Development Program (HDP) and reading achievement and between HDP and the self-concept of selected fourth grade students attending a public school. A further purpose was to investigate the relationship between fourth grade students' measured feelings of responsibility for the...

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A study of the relationship between a small group
A comparison of attitudes and achievement of Alaska secondary Marketing and Distributive Education students toward a specific simulation model versus traditional instruction

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Madison, Jane F.

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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...

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A comparison of attitudes and achievement of Alaska
A descriptive study of the presidential search process at a newly created community college and its reflection of the emerging organizational culture

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Huston, Gina G.

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The purpose of this study was to describe the presidential search process at a newly created community college and to learn how that process reflected the emerging organizational culture. A single research question guided the inquiry: How did the presidential search process at a newly created community college reflect the...

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A descriptive study of the presidential search process at a
Attitudes toward death and dying among student nurses as affected by a specialized curriculum

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Johnson, Taffy L.

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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....

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affected by a specialized curriculum AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF E mina (Taffy) L. Johnson for the
A study evaluating the business curricular practices in the public community colleges of California

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Melendy, Gayle Willis

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the business curricula in the community colleges of California through the use of a set of criteria developed specifically for this function. The criterion checklist was submitted to a nationwide group of respected business educators whose opinions set the standard against which...

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reason for this is that 34 of the respondents who marked items in the "A" column, did not mark the "D
Parent recognition of the problems of their secondary school children in a selected Oregon community

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Bell, Keith Andrew

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group was asked to mark those items which expressed their problems. A second group was requested to
Comparison of an instructional management system with a traditional teacher/learner mode

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Anderson, John Edward

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Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study was to determine whether there were significant differences in students' achievement and attitudes as a result of two different instructional strategies utilized in a vocational graphic arts program. In order to accomplish this, the following procedures were considered. Procedures This comparative...

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Comparison of an instructional management system with a
Community leaders' perspectives of a rural community college's impact on community development

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Thomas, Reine M.

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The purpose of this qualitative research study was to examine the role a rural community college plays in the development of its community, using a holistic, community-based lens that considered college and community context, interactions and results to answer the question: How does the rural community college impact the development...

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Community Leaders' Perspectives of a Rural Community College's

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