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Creator:: McMahon, John J.
Abstract:: Organization theory had seldom been applied to higher education organizations but recent developments in organization theory appeared to have potential for such application. No coherent theory of educational change had been developed. However, one multidisciplinary synthesis of literature on organizational change was congruent with modern organization theory and contained both...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: change. Concurrently, the Oregon State University (OSU) School of Education and the Western Oregon State

Creator:: Patty, Austin Horace
Abstract:: This study was designed to test the relative effectiveness of teaching Writing 111 at Oregon State University by closed-circuit television as compared with conventional classroom procedures; the hypothesis was that the students taught by television (the experimental group) would achieve as well as the students taught in conventional classrooms (the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: course at a particular institution of higher education, it has application at Oregon State University

Creator:: Filimban, Ghadeer Zainuddin
Abstract:: With the rapid development of technology, online learning is increasing significantly and becoming a popular method of education for many universities and colleges around the world. Because of computers and the internet, most online learning today is interactive, and sometimes more interactive than the traditional classroom. Students can interact on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of Online Learning Technology at Oregon State University. Abstract approved

Creator:: Almquist, Jennifer M.
Abstract:: This dissertation is situated as the third work in a series on academic women. In 1964, Jessie Bernard published Academic Women, which provided a comprehensive assessment of the status of women in academia. Two decades later, in 1987, Angela Simeone offered insight into attempts to achieve equity for women in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

Creator:: Roebber, Susan Merwin
Abstract:: In this qualitative study, ethnographic methods were used to identify parent funds of knowledge related to ocean literacy in a rural, coastal context. Participants included 16 parents of students in the teacher-researcher's third-grade classroom. Interactions between parent-child, parent-parent, and parent and the teacher-researcher were studied in order to determine factors...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature below authorizes release of my

Creator:: Lowe, Eric V.
Abstract:: The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate Oregon public high school history teacher perspectives concerning standards-based reform initiatives springing from the No Child Left Behind legislation. The central question addressed in this study is: At what level has Standards-Based Education reform initiatives impacted Oregon high school history instruction and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature below

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