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An Updated View of University-based Service-learning in Adapted Physical Activity: Instructor-reported use of Best Practices, Challenges and Supports

Creator:: Case, Layne K.
Abstract:: Adapted physical activity and education (APA/APE) service-learning has received considerable attention as a training tool to prepare undergraduate students, including preservice physical education teachers, to work with people with disabilities (Hodge, 1998; Rowe & Stutts, 1987; Taliaferro et al., 2015). Much of this research focuses on demonstrating the effects of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Layne Case for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology

Exploration of male inmates in the Deuel Vocational Institution : a case study

Creator:: McNelley, William J.
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were to (1) identify major problems faced by the youth who, in transition from school to work, have resorted to anti-social behavior and are now inmates of Deuel Vocational Institution, (2) identify the behavioral patterns of youth having employment problems that resulted in incarceration within...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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:: of 383 college students from three family types participated in this study: intact (298, 77.8

Characterization of dynamic changes in vascular reactivity following treatment with carmustine in Sprague-Dawley rats

Creator:: Rawson, Cathleen L.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -nondenervated segments. Metabolism of [ 3H] NE to its 5 primary metabolites, as determined by thin layer

A conceptual model of women entrepreneurs in small businesses

Creator:: Putnam, Carol A.
Abstract:: Women entrepreneurs are an economic force within the American and Oregon economy. Women are starting businesses at two to five times the rate of men. There has been significant research detailing the demographics, barriers, and business management skills of women business owners. Yet, the research to date has been limited...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Appendix C: Interview Guide 324 Appendix D: Case Study Review Letter 329 Appendix E: Participants

A multi-case study of elementary classroom teachers' transitions to reform-based mathematics instruction

Creator:: White, Elizabeth Busch
Abstract:: The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics published their vision of active, problem-centered instruction with a goal of conceptual understanding in 1989. Fifteen years after these reforms were proposed the changes are reflected in school policy and elementary mathematics curriculum, but only limited change has actually occurred in classroom instruction....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on April 19, 2004. Title: A Multi-Case Study

Beginning the year in a fifth-grade reform-based mathematics classroom : A case study of the development of norms

Creator:: Cheval, Kathryn Meador
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the development of social norms in a fifth-grade reform-based mathematics classroom through a close examination of one teacher's actions during the first three weeks of school. This study offers insights into the following research questions: 1) How does an elementary...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Mathematics Classroom: A Case Study of the Development of Norms. Abstract approved: karen m. higgins

Teaching mathematics for understanding : intentions and practices of an expert middle school mathematics teacher in the context of a reform-based curriculum

Creator:: Sadri, Pejmon
Abstract:: The movement to reform mathematics teaching and learning in schools began in the 1980s. After dedicating vast resources to support reform efforts since then, the transition to improve mathematics teaching and learning in schools has not occurred. In the majority of mathematics classrooms teachers still rely on traditional teaching strategies...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: were used to create a case study for the teacher to describe a model of her practice as an expert

A case study of how upper-division physics students use visualization while solving electrostatics problems

Creator:: Browne, Kerry P.
Abstract:: Presented here is a case study of the problem-solving behaviors of upper-division undergraduate physics majors. This study explores the role of visual representations in students' problem solving and provides a foundation for investigating how students' use of visualization changes in the upper-division physics major. Three independent studies were conducted on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Doctor of Philosophy in Physics presented on August 1, 2001. Title: A Case Study of How Upper-Division

GED graduates : case studies of six at-risk students who have persisted at a community college

Creator:: Falk, Cheryl R.
Abstract:: This interpretive study sought to understand how six GED graduates who dropped out of high school came to be enrolled at a rural community college, and what factors they perceived promoted or impeded their academic persistence and success. Specifically the study focused on student backgrounds, reasons for dropping out of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Introduction 1 Statement of the Problem 3 Central Research Question 5 Rationale for the Study 5

ScholarsArchive@OSU

An Updated View of University-based Service-learning in Adapted Physical Activity: Instructor-reported use of Best Practices, Challenges and Supports

Exploration of male inmates in the Deuel Vocational Institution : a case study

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

Characterization of dynamic changes in vascular reactivity following treatment with carmustine in Sprague-Dawley rats

A conceptual model of women entrepreneurs in small businesses

A multi-case study of elementary classroom teachers' transitions to reform-based mathematics instruction

Beginning the year in a fifth-grade reform-based mathematics classroom : A case study of the development of norms

Teaching mathematics for understanding : intentions and practices of an expert middle school mathematics teacher in the context of a reform-based curriculum

A case study of how upper-division physics students use visualization while solving electrostatics problems

GED graduates : case studies of six at-risk students who have persisted at a community college

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