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Creator:: Hayden, James R.
Abstract:: The Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop an original validated Lickert-type attitudinal survey instrument and administer it to selected samples of teachers and students in the Mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon to determine their attitude toward the "purposes," "functions," and "responsibilities" of student councils and place these results...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: individual goals (Giroux, 1974). The NASSP poll report on The Mood of American Youth, published late in

Creator:: Rasca-Hidalgo, Leo
Abstract:: Low completion rates have created serious "leakage points" (Astin, 1988) and "severe hemorrhaging" (Lango, 1996) in higher education to a large number of Hispanics. Traditional research on college persistence, which has blamed the students' culture for low performance, is inaccurate. Little research has specifically investigated academic persistence from a cultural...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: been with me along the journey of spirituality, education, and persistence. Paul Figueroa with whom I

Creator:: Cooper, Roger W.
Abstract:: Evaluating the success or failure of work force training programs is most often accomplished through the reporting of "objective" data. Rarely are the students' views of their own success in such a training program formally solicited or applied in any useful way. But participant perceptions can be a critical barometer...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: 1963; Bernstein, 1976; Mischler, 1979; Giroux, 1981; Guba & Lincoln 1981; Patton, 1990; Harding, 1986

Creator:: Hatch, Lynda Sylvia
Abstract:: Some elementary teachers want to be more child-centered in their teaching. They are trying to consider the needs of the students before the coverage of curriculum. Much of the inspiration for this educational approach has come from the British primary schools. The purpose of this study was to see if...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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