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A course of study for secondary school crafts

Creator:: McCoy, Robert Arnold
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: OF STUDY FOR S:&:ONDAHY SCHOOL CRAFTS by ROBERT ARNOLD McCOY A r.l'HESIS submitted to

The human spirit and higher education : landscapes of persistence in first generation students of color

Creator:: Valdez, Cristobal
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of first-generation persons of color attending and persisting at a community technical college. Students of color continue to be an increasing population in our higher education system. Many of these persons of color are choosing to attend two-year institutions. A...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Mary Arnold challenged me to work harder to construct a better product and life work. Tammy George

Relationship of anxiety level and performance in NAIA intercollegiate basketball games

Creator:: Boutin, K. James
Abstract:: Five NAIA intercollegiate men's basketball teams and 53 players served as subjects to determine the role pre-game anxiety played in basketball game performance. The study involved four games in which Western Oregon State College competed against other small colleges in Oregon during the 19 -81 season. Performance in basketball was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Marjorie McBride, Dr. Mary Jane Wall, Dr. Charles Neyhart, Dr. Anrold Flath, and Dr. Charlotte Lambert

The relationship of personal factors and reading performance to academic achievement of selected Oregon State College students

Creator:: Eppley, Mary Vineita
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SELECTED OREGON STATE COLLEGE STUDENTS by MARY VINEITA EPPLEY A THESIS

A comparison of three approaches to vocabulary improvement in ninth grade language arts : an experimental study

Creator:: Hammack, Mary Lorraine, 1922-
Abstract:: This study compared three approaches to the improvement of vocabulary in ninth grade language arts classes: the direct-teaching approach, the interest-in-words approach, and the wide-reading approach. Answers to the following questions were sought: which of these approaches to vocabulary improvement is more effective than each other approach used in this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in ninth grade language arts: an experimental study AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF MARY LORRAINE

A description of the processes and procedures used in the development of a merit-evaluation program for a middle-sized school district

Creator:: Tait, George James
Abstract:: This was an historical study which described the procedures used by a thirteen-member committee in an attempt to develop a merit-evaluation program for a middle-sized school district in Oregon. A random sample of 33.5% of the certificated staff of School District 9 were interviewed in May, 1969. The results of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Arnold Flath, Head of the Department of Physical Education for Men; Dr. J. Phillip O'Neill, Head of the

A comparative study of work values between selected tenth-grade Thai girls in Bangkok and Chiangmai, Thailand

Creator:: Sitthiphong, Bularat Suvarnabriksha
Abstract:: Purpose This study was designed to determine and compare the work values held by tenth-grade Thai girls in Bangkok and Chiangmai, Thailand, in order to lay the groundwork for a more systematic approach to career counseling and curriculum planning in the Thai school system. Procedures D. E. Super's work values...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Dr. A. Michael Colbert, Dr. Gerald L. Becker, Dr. Arnold W. Flath and Dr. Philip J. O'Neill, members

A study and evaluation of administrative data processing uses in selected community colleges

Creator:: Morales, Luis E.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of Graduate School Date thesis is presented r J ./),/?(QJ Typed by Mary Lee Olson for LUIS E

Development and validation of an instrument to assess the organizational climate in community colleges

Creator:: Martin, Sharon
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Professor. Committee members were Dr. Charles E. Carpenter, Ms. Mary Jane Grieve, Dr. J. Phillip O'Neill

Outcomes-based curriculum reform in a community college : a discipline based inquiry

Creator:: Meier, Rebecca Anne
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine how faculty curriculum committees from different disciplines moved through a major curriculum change process from content-focused curriculum to outcomes-based curriculum. Data was gathered through direct observations, committee member interviews, a questionnaire, and the Gregorc Style Delineator from four curriculum committees representing different...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: members' course planning decisions. Stark, Lowther, Sharp and Arnold (1997) found leadership at a variety

The perceived need for inservice training to improve the teaching of mathematics in primary schools in Bendel State of Nigeria

Creator:: Iloh, Gabriel Ogochukwu
Abstract:: Purpose: The study assessed the perceived need for inservice training to improve the teaching of mathematics in primary schools in Bendel State of Nigeria. Specifically, the study sought to know where and when the primary school mathematics teachers need inservice training to improve their standards of teaching elementary mathematics. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: behaviors when they arose in their classrooms. Arnold (1971) indicated that preservice and inservice train

An analysis of the effectiveness of a learner-centered teaching system compared to that of a conventional teaching of basic electricity to university students

Creator:: Ruiter, William Wallace, 1925-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a learner-centered teaching system and that of a conventional teaching of basic electricity to university students. For this study 65 students enrolled in basic electricity at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona were used, distributed in two fall semester...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: two methods (33, p. 50-56). In the second study mentioned, Arnold Roe compared seven branching and

An analysis of tasks performed by low-ability office employees as viewed by office supervisory personnel in Alberta, Canada

Creator:: Rencz, Donald Samuel
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study was to identify the tasks performed by low-ability office employees as viewed by office supervisory personnel, and, also, to analyze these tasks. The study was conducted in Alberta, Canada. To analyze tasks performed by low-ability office employees, it was necessary...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: help students cope with them." Arnold and Ferguson (1973) claimed that a vocational curriculum

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
Full Text:: ieetti,,y,444 cae / 9 7/ Thesis typed by Mary Lee Olson for EUGENE JOSEPH ANTONE, JR. TABLE LIST OF

A factor analysis of professional education competencies and community college instructors of trade and industrial education

Creator:: Gunderson, Orley Donald, 1940-
Abstract:: Purposes of the Study The study had several purposes, the major one being to determine the common professional education competencies needed by community college instructors of trade and industrial education. Two other purposes of the study were to determine if differences existed among community colleges according to scores trade and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of Graduate School Date thesis is presented Typed by Mary Jo Stratton for Orley D. Gunderson

A study of the general and managerial professional education competencies of community college physical education instructors

Creator:: Reeder, Wendell Lee
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to determine the common professional training needs, proficiency and managerial requirements of Oregon community college physical education instructors. The respondents in this study were instructors who teach physical education activity courses PE 180 - 185 - 190 in Oregon community colleges. Four major tasks...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: his indebtedness to Dr. E. Wayne Courtney for his statistical assistance and to Dr. Arnold Heuchert

An analysis of selected program outcomes in the industrial arts education project : Occupational Versatility

Creator:: Starr, Jack
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study was to determine if eighth grade students taking industrial arts education for the first time would experience a significant shift in beliefs about the problem solving process and have class performance altered by participation in project Occupational Versatility. In order to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: thesis is presented Typed by Mary Jo Stratton for Jack Starr ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The accomplishment of a

A study of the common professional competencies of educational engineers

Creator:: Allison, Eugene Frederick
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study The primary purpose of the study was to determine the common professional education competencies of educational engineers. The respondents in the study included public school district superintendents, public school district business managers, school planners from public school districts, staff members of teacher training institutions, community...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: is presented April 16, 1972 Typed by Mary Lee Olson for Eugene Frederick Allison Redacted for

The application of Bloom's taxonomy to professional education competencies of selected vocational instructors

Creator:: Spaziani, Richard L.
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study The primary purpose of this study was to assist in the structuring of an empirically based vocational teacher preparatory program by determining the hierarchical levels of common professional education competencies needed by community college and secondary school vocational instructors. Several dimensions were considered: personal administration...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: School Date thesis is presented June 8, 1971 Typed by Mary Lee Olson for RICHARD LOUIS SPAZIAN.I

The role of the vocational teacher as perceived by three groups : non-degree, new-degree and experienced vocational teachers

Creator:: Phillips, William Ambrose
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study: The central purpose of this study was to compare the role perceptions of (A) non-degree vocational teachers recruited from business and industry, (B) experienced vocationally certified teachers who had been teaching more than five years, and (C) new-degree vocational education graduates from Oregon State University....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: GeMdate Sabo] Date thesis is presented May 7, 1973 Thesis typed by Mrs. Mary Syhlman for WILLIAM AMBROSE

A comparison of attitudes between two field-based teacher education programs

Creator:: Hunsaker, Floyd Rex
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: privacy Dean of Graduate School Date thesis is presented May 8, 1975 Typed by Mary Jo Stratton for

The development of a performance-based adult high school diploma program at Linn Benton Community College : a case study

Creator:: Johnson, Jerome Alfred
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Commonalities in the professional education competencies of selected community college vocational instructors

Creator:: Lindahl, Donald Gene, 1935-
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Redacted for Privacy Dean of Graduate School Datethesisispresented.on4',.te'e / / Thesis typed by Mary Lee

The Returner : a First Nations autobiographical study : understanding the causes of First Nations language decline and extinction from the perspective of a First Nations language worker

Creator:: Kelly, John Medicine Horse
Abstract:: This study documents thick-description single-source data from the life and experiences of a Native American / Native Canadian language worker. The worker, raised and educated in the United States, was separated from his ancestral village until his thirties. The worker, with a Masters degree in education from Oregon State University,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The relationship between kindergarten experience and fine-muscle eye-hand coordination abilities of first grade children

Creator:: Roberts, Arthur James
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between kindergarten experience and fine-muscle eye-hand coordination abilities of first grade children. The subjects were 181 first graders in the public schools of Albany, Corvallis, and Salem, Oregon. The mean age of the sample was 76.69 months with a standard...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A comparison of verbal responses of anglo-migrant and anglo-resident children

Creator:: Petrie, Ronald G.
Abstract:: The study compares the differences in verbal responses between 39 Anglo-resident and 32 Anglo-migrant children in the first grade in selected school districts in Oregon. The children were tested for I. Q. using the Goodenough Draw- A-Man test. They were grouped for comparison purposes by age, sex, and by migrancy...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Study Review The April, 1969 publication of the Reading Teacher, carries a study by Mary W. Wakefield

Attitudes of college students toward developmentally disabled peers

Creator:: Turner, Robert W. (Robert William), 1952-
Abstract:: The central purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of non-disabled college students toward their developmentally disabled peers attending the same college. Specifically, it examined the attitudes of non-disabled students toward the developmentally disabled students in the Transitional/Vocational Program the Fairview campus of Fairview College, Alberta, Canada. Objectives...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Middle school change : a process for restructuring in a large school district

Creator:: Hanneman, Kathleen D.
Abstract:: This qualitative study examined organizational change including the necessary steps that a large school district took in planning and implementing a reform effort. This project told a story of one school district's experience. The study covered a five year period from 1990 to 1995 in the 30,000 student Salem-Keizer School...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: grateful for the leadership in middle school education from project directors Gaye Steward, Mary

A study of current practices in technical vocational curriculum development in community colleges of the western states

Creator:: Boss, Richard Dale, 1922-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the practices of curriculum development in the community colleges of the western states and make recommendations for guidelines that can be used to plan, implement, and evaluate technical vocational programs in the community colleges. The various functions of other organizations concerned with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . The advice of Mrs. Mary Gray and John F. Barker aided materially. Sincere appreciation is

The effects of the science curriculum improvement study (SCIS) on science achievement of selected sixth grade students

Creator:: Hoover, John Michael
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this investigation was to measure some of the effects of an elementary science program, the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) on science achievement of certain sixth grade students. Important to the problem was how the SCIS students compared with students exposed to a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A comparative analysis of clerical office occupations teachers' and business employers' perceptions of the competencies important for a high school graduate of clerical office occupations program to possess for an entry-level job in Oregon

Creator:: Akeyo, Valerie Tabitha
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study: The primary purpose of this study was to compare the clerical office occupations teachers' and business employers' perceptions of the competencies important for a high school graduate to possess for an entry-level clerical office job in Oregon. A secondary purpose was to determine the best...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Occupational information pertinent to the training of counselors

Creator:: Hatch, Raymond N. (Raymond Norris)
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Personality characteristics of selected men and women athletic coaches in Oregon and California

Creator:: Neeley, Frances Ann Sanders, 1932-
Abstract:: The purposes of the study were twofold: (1) to compare selected personality traits of male and female interscholastic and intercollegiate athletic coaches with standardized norms for personality traits established for all men and women, and (2) to compare personality traits of interscholastic male and female athletic coaches with the personality...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Graduate" School Date thesis is presented MAY 6, 1975 Typed by Mary Syhlman for FRANCES ANN SANDERS

A comparison of perceptions of campus environments and of student services functions with institutional vitality in private colleges

Creator:: Snodgrass, G. William
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to compare perceptions by faculty, students and administrators of the campus environments of eight small, independent liberal arts colleges in Oregon and to determine if similar or like perceptions of the environment lead to greater vitality in each of the colleges studied. In the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for Privacy Dean of Graduate School Date thesis is presented /co /97, Typed by Mrs. Mary Syhlman for

A profile of professional improvement needs as perceived by occupational education instructors in Oregon community colleges

Creator:: Reinmuth, Charles Morris
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to develop a profile of the professional improvement needs of occupational instructors in Oregon community colleges as perceived by selected instructors. Specific objectives included: (I) to determine on a 5-point rating scale how proficient occupational instructors feel they should...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: presented June 5, 1973 Typed by Mary Jo Stratton for Charles Morris Reinmuth ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Without

The identification of verbal, handwriting, and written composition skills and the level of those skills required by entry-level industrial mechanics

Creator:: Dille, Jeane Louise
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the importance and the frequency of use of certain communication skills to job-entrylevel mechanics as assessed by employers, educators at various levels, and entry-level industrial mechanics. The study was conducted in Lane County, Oregon. Communication skills investigated for importance and for frequency...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: is presented Typed by Mary Syhlman for JEANE LOUISE DILLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This study represents

An examination and assessment of the SUTOE program in Oregon

Creator:: Campbell, Hartley Bernard
Abstract:: This study is focused primarily on the development and evaluation of the SUTOE (Self Understanding Through Occupational Exploration) program in the State of Oregon. It cites the need for a relevant curriculum for junior high school age youth, and reviews the philosophical basis for development of the SUTOE course. The...
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

A follow-up study of the business graduates of Southern Oregon College - 1964-1969

Creator:: Houghton, Edward Lee
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the business program at Southern Oregon College, Ashland, Oregon. It was assumed that former students of the Business Division could make a rational evaluation of their college education and so state the effectiveness of the preparation in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The effects of a summer institute for cultural awareness on the measured level of self-actualization of experienced teachers

Creator:: Ayers, Lawrence W.
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of this investigation was two fold: (1) to determine the effects of a Summer Institute for Cultural Awareness upon the self-actualization of experienced teachers from four separate high schools, and (2) to determine the success of the Summer Institute for Cultural Awareness in terms...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: thesis is presented C / /5'73 Typed by Mary Syhlman for LAWRENCE W. AYERS, Jr. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The

The effect of television instruction on problem solving attitudes of fifth and sixth grade students

Creator:: O'Brien, Shirley Joanne
Abstract:: PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of televised instruction to aid in changing attitude toward problem solving. The study determined whether fifth and sixth grade students would demonstrate significant differences in: 1) attitude toward the nature of problem solving, 2) self-confidence in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Education Redacted for privacy Dean of Graduate School Date thesis is presented f.24, igy3 Typed by Mary

Consistency of associate degree definitions and graduation requirements in the California community colleges : perceptions of community college curricular leaders

Creator:: Borg, Carolyn Sue
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to produce data and information that inform California Community College decision-makers of: (a) extent of variance in California's associate degree definitions and graduation requirements, and (b) perceptions of curricular leaders regarding the variances. Associate degree definitions and graduation requirements were compiled and analyzed from...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Guides to educational television programming and their application to the state of Oregon

Creator:: Morris, James M., 1904-
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: National Leaders . . , 60 Sui,mary of Stater.ents from Oregon Educators 62 Summary of Statements

A study of factors affecting child-centered teaching in elementary grades

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
Full Text:: in the United States Math Their Way A program designed by Mary Baratta-Lorton to develop

Discovering maladjustment in children through their free drawings

Creator:: McDevitt, Margaret Rose
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The counselor in Canadian secondary schools

Creator:: Wilson, John Abraham Ross
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Different Aspects of Follow-Up Work * . ***** . . 180 R IN GAUD CHAPTER introduct =MARY SCHOOLS

An algebra placement and diagnostic examination for Portland State Extension Center

Creator:: Buschman, William Owen
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Criteria for a school budget

Creator:: Baum, Milton Robert
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The relationship of learning outcomes to selected teacher factors and teaching method in tenth grade biology classes in Oregon

Creator:: Howe, Robert Wilson
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Survey of cooperative education programs in selected high schools in Oregon

Creator:: Smith, Charles Edward
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were: (1) To attempt to determine how well programs of cooperative education are functioning in meeting the needs of pupils and the community through a survey of those programs in selected high schools in Oregon, and (2) To develop recommendations for improving cooperative education programs...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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