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A study of values of educators in Oregon's correctional institutions

Creator:: Colbert, Austin Michael
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to measure the relative prominence of the values -- theoretical, economic, political, aesthetic, social, and religious--among the four groups of institutional educators under the direction of the State of Oregon Corrections Division in the two adult and two juvenile facilities; namely, the Oregon State...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Head of the Family Life Department, Delmer M. Goode, Professor of Higher Education, Herbert D. Carlin

A study of the relationship of the use of various drugs to the visual-motor performance of college students

Creator:: Antone, Eugene Joseph, Jr.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A national analysis of business teacher certification

Creator:: McMillan, Gilbert Earl
Abstract:: Problem While the primary emphasis of this study was on the professional aspects of a business teacher's preparation, by necessity it was concerned with other aspects of the preparation of business teachers, especially as these relate to the so-called "professional sequence." Thus the purpose of the study was to seek...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The development and validation of a predictive instrument to measure student success in the first semester of Gregg shorthand

Creator:: Skaff, Lorrine B.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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An analysis and synthesis of experimental teacher training studies (1963-1974) which tested elements of Bandura's social learning theory

Creator:: Myers, Raymond Earl
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to locate and analyze experimental studies of teacher training that tested elements of Bandura's social learning theory. Bandura's theory emphasizes the role of modeling in the acquisition of new modes of interpersonal behavior, and it also provides for the integration of practice and feedback...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A comparison of selected basic skills and personality characteristics in Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development (ABE/GED) and Developmental Education students

Creator:: Bennani, Nancy Gabbert
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to determine whether Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development students and Developmental Education students are significantly different in selected basic skills and in selected personality characteristics. The population of the study (N=100) consisted of equal numbers of students enrolled in ABE/GED and DE classes at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Selected characteristics of chief community college administrators with regard to their behavior toward secondary vocational education

Creator:: Kaiser, Ronald Earl, 1924-
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to analyze selected characteristics of a sample of chief administrators in community or junior colleges in the nation to determine their attitudes toward secondary vocational education. Samples of chief administrators in public post-secondary institutions which offered shared-time vocational education programs for secondary (high school)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Attitudes toward science and critical thinking abilities of chemistry and non-chemistry students in the Tacoma Public schools

Creator:: Brown, Terrance Ralph
Abstract:: This investigation was designed to compare the growth in attitudes toward science and the critical thinking abilities of high school juniors in chemistry to juniors not enrolled in chemistry. One hundred and fifty-three chemistry students and 149 non-chemistry students were randomly selected to participate in the study. Criterion tests used...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: - tions (o-) of numerical ability scores on the Differential Aptitude Test for chemistry and non

Two Oregon governors : the role of perceptions in community college state budget development

Creator:: Preus, Camille
Abstract:: The purpose of this phenomenological study is to describe how Oregon governors Barbara Roberts and John Kitzhaber, whose tenures both coincided with the passage and implementation of property tax limitation measures, determined the community college budgets within their recommended state budgets. The stories of Robert’s 1993 and Kitzhaber’s 2001 decisions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Executive Leadership and Crisis Management at Community Colleges: An Exploratory Narrative Study

Creator:: Tarker, Daniel A.
Abstract:: This exploratory, narrative study investigated two research questions. One, how do executive leaders at community colleges describe how their cognitive schema and sensemaking approach informed their understanding of a crisis that their organization faced. Two, how do executive leaders at community colleges describe what leadership traits, behaviors, and competencies they...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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A study of values of educators in Oregon's correctional institutions

A study of the relationship of the use of various drugs to the visual-motor performance of college students

A national analysis of business teacher certification

The development and validation of a predictive instrument to measure student success in the first semester of Gregg shorthand

An analysis and synthesis of experimental teacher training studies (1963-1974) which tested elements of Bandura's social learning theory

A comparison of selected basic skills and personality characteristics in Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development (ABE/GED) and Developmental Education students

Selected characteristics of chief community college administrators with regard to their behavior toward secondary vocational education

Attitudes toward science and critical thinking abilities of chemistry and non-chemistry students in the Tacoma Public schools

Two Oregon governors : the role of perceptions in community college state budget development

Executive Leadership and Crisis Management at Community Colleges: An Exploratory Narrative Study

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