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Examining School-Day Physical Activity Opportunities and the Influence of Physical Activity at School on Weight Status in Rural Oregon Elementary School Children

Creator:: Hilberg, Evan M.
Abstract:: There is a known relationship between total physical activity (PA) and weight status in children; however, there is a paucity of data examining the prospective relationship between school day PA and obesity among rural elementary school children. A large number of cross-sectional studies have demonstrated that higher levels of PA...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: inversely associated with overweight and obesity in children. Longitudinal studies examining the

Associations Between Family Nutrition and Physical Activity, Food Security, and Childhood Obesity in Rural Oregon

Creator:: Jackson, Jennifer A.
Abstract:: Childhood obesity and food insecurity are public health issues that often coexist, and both conditions are more prevalent among rural compared to non-rural populations. Social ecological prevention efforts are recommended, yet limited research has examined how rural family-home environments may influence obesity-preventing and -promoting behaviors. The purpose of this dissertation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: insecurity and obesity often coexist, evidence for an association in children is inconsistent, 21-23 and

Sex role discrimination, preference, and confirmation in preschool aged children

Creator:: Edelbrock, Craig S.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was the development of the Sex Role Learning Index (SERLI), a picture choice instrument for assessing the concepts of sex role discrimination, preference, and confirmation in young children. The SERLI consists of 60 black-and-white line drawings depicting common objects, child activities and adult activities and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ROLE DISCRIMINATION, PREFERENCE, AND CONFIRMATION IN PRE- SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN Abstract approved

Preoperational spatial representation among preschool children in small-scale space

Creator:: Kozick, Stephanie A.
Abstract:: This study examined the effects of stage of preoperational thought, sex and mode of exploration on preschoolers ability to represent a small-scale model configuration of objects. Forty-eight subjects between the ages of 2 years, 5 months and 5 years, 4 months were classed in spatial conceptualization as either Stage I...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: children in small-scale space AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Stephanie A. Kozick for the degree of Doctor

Validity of preschool language intervention programs

Creator:: Wright-Fromherz, Robin Elizabeth
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of using an early childhood language intervention program with children who had been determined to be language delayed at the ages of 3, 4 and 5 and to determine how the early childhood langauge intervention program was associated with changes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of 57 children, both male and female, in the primary grades of two separate but comparable school

A comparison of the effect of oral versus written lesson closure on the achievement of seventh and eighth grade students in social studies

Creator:: Rife, Carol Lee
Abstract:: This was an experimental study which compared two different instructional methods, oral lesson closure versus written lesson closure, on the achievement of 156 junior high school students in social studies. This study was composed of two duplicate experiments. Experiment I was conducted with 71 seventh grade social studies students at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Chapter I students are disadvan- taged children who have low skills in math, reading, and/or language

Cognitive development of Korean kindergarten children and its relationship to age, gender, social class, and maternal attitude

Creator:: Kim, Mikyung
Abstract:: This study was designed to investigate whether the conservation of substance, weight, continuous quantity, discontinuous quantity, number, area, distance, length, and two-dimensional space are developed in sequence in the acquisition of conservation operations. More specifically, the purposes of the study are two-fold: (1) To assess the sequence and rate of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: assess the sequence and rate of con- servation acquisition among children in the Korean culture; and (2

Impact of prosocial classroom and home learning programs on preschool children's prosocial behavior

Creator:: Doescher, Susan M.
Abstract:: This study investigated the impact of prosocial classroom and home learning programs on children's prosocial behavior. More specifically, it determined the influences of adult modeling and encouragement in these programs on children's cooperating, sharing, and helping behaviors immediately following the six-week intervention programs, and six weeks after the programs' termination....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Comparison of fractionated reaction time between cerebral palsied and non-handicapped youth

Creator:: Parks, Susan T.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to study the effects of cerebral palsy on the ability to plan and execute a gross motor movement, as measured by the fractionation of Simple Reaction Time (SRT) into its premotor (central) and motor (peripheral) components. The experimental task required subjects (N = 10...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of Philosophy in Education presented on January 9, 1987. Title: Comparison of Fractionated Reaction

Mathematical problem solving processes of Thai gifted students

Creator:: Pativisan, Supattra
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine the problem solving processes of Thai gifted students when they solved non-routine mathematical problems. The research questions guiding the study were: (1) What is the nature of the problem solving processes that Thai gifted students use as they engage in solving non-routine...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , preoperational, concrete operations, and formal operations. In each stage, children demonstrate new

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Examining School-Day Physical Activity Opportunities and the Influence of Physical Activity at School on Weight Status in Rural Oregon Elementary School Children

Associations Between Family Nutrition and Physical Activity, Food Security, and Childhood Obesity in Rural Oregon

Sex role discrimination, preference, and confirmation in preschool aged children

Preoperational spatial representation among preschool children in small-scale space

Validity of preschool language intervention programs

A comparison of the effect of oral versus written lesson closure on the achievement of seventh and eighth grade students in social studies

Cognitive development of Korean kindergarten children and its relationship to age, gender, social class, and maternal attitude

Impact of prosocial classroom and home learning programs on preschool children's prosocial behavior

Comparison of fractionated reaction time between cerebral palsied and non-handicapped youth

Mathematical problem solving processes of Thai gifted students

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