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  • Effectiveness of an expert system for teaching casting defect diagnosis in engineering and technical education

    Creator:
    Ruyle, Kim E.
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    The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference in the amount of technical subject matter learned during a fixed period of instruction by students working with a computer expert system and students working with human experts from a technical field. All students participating in...
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    (- Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Henry . Sredl The purpose of this study was to determine if

  • Study abroad and national identity

    Creator:
    Pelosi, Giustina M.
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    A recent and steady increase in student participation in study-abroad programs has caused international educators and student affairs professionals to reevaluate the current study-abroad paradigm and redesign and implement new curricula better suited to meet the changing needs of international education. Recent emphasis has been placed on understanding outcomes of...
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    ; she states “that research on study-abroad must include efforts to move beyond the evaluation or

  • Student identity development abroad : Three students' stories

    Creator:
    Gutzler, Jill
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    This thesis explores the challenges and triumphs experienced by three students who spent the summer abroad on international internships. Through their individual stories and journals, they shared how they questioned their own values, their nationality, and the value of formal education. They also experienced changing relationships and new career aspirations...
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    relation to the timing of this study. As the world questioned America's foreign policies, these interns 1E

  • Assessing the impact of various experiences on students' levels of global citizenship

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    Lang, Julia S.
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    The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify factors that contribute to students' levels of global citizenship. Factors considered in this research include (a) race/ethnicity, (b) gender, (c), year in school, (d) age, (e), length of time abroad, (f) host family experience, (g), community service abroad, (h) more than...
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    purpose of this quantitative study was to identify factors that contribute to students’ levels of global

  • The concept of disability in graduate programs that specialize in study abroad or international exchange

    Creator:
    Fanjoy, Ali
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    This thesis explores how and why the concept of disability is included in, or excluded from, the curricula of graduate programs that specialize in international exchange and/or study abroad. Five graduate programs in the United States participated in this study. Data was collected from program websites and through interviews with...
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    of Disability in Graduate Programs that Specialize in Study Abroad or International Exchange

  • Evaluation of NIOSH-sponsored engineering faculty workshops

    Creator:
    Farwell, Dianna
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    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has been sponsoring workshops for undergraduate engineering professors since 1984. The workshops were designed to educate engineering professors about the importance of addressing health and safety issues in their undergraduate engineering curricula. This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of...
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    Master of Science in Environmental Health Management presented on June 2, 1993. Title: Evaluation of

  • Principles and practices in online writing instruction

    Creator:
    Cole, Gail
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    This thesis explores the administrative issues that factor into the teaching of writing online. I explore these issues by situating the Conference on College Composition and Communication Position Statement of Principles and Example Effective Best Practices for Online Writing Instruction at the center of this project by both examining and...
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    study of the way in which Oregon State develops and delivers online writing courses, I fully explore

  • Investigating the Current Teaching Evaluation Practices used in Engineering Programs and their Usefulness to Educators

    Creator:
    Villanueva, Keisha A.
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    Evaluation of teaching is used to examine and improve teaching quality in higher education. The literature consists of best teaching evaluation practices that have been developed, yet there is little research that has been conducted which investigates teaching evaluation practices in engineering programs. This thesis represents two manuscripts that explore...
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    repository of teaching evaluation practices. 4 The first study (Chapter 2

  • The development and application of an evaluation questionnaire used to compare opinions towards an audiovisual foodservice training program

    Creator:
    Cochran, M. Teresa
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    The primary purpose of this study was for three select groups to critically appraise the Personal Hygiene for Foodservice Workers sound/slide system. These three groups (Media Specialists, Content Experts and the Learners) were identified in a literature search as being those individuals most directly responsible for evaluating the worth of...
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    questionnaire discussed in this review was designed. (Williams' study shows the issue of formative evaluation

  • Design and manufacturing study of hydroelectric turbines using recycled and natural fiber composites

    Creator:
    Whitehead, Marc
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    The objective of this project is to demonstrate the feasibility fiber-reinforced turbine components through a design and manufacturing study. The motivation for using composites is to reduce weight and simplify manufacturing especially at high production volumes. In addition, natural fiber composites are implemented for applicable components to reduce environmental impact....
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    Manufacturing Study of Hydroelectric Turbines Using Recycled and Natural Fiber Composites Abstract approved