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A Group Informal Reading Inventory : an instrument for the assess-ment of ESL students' reading performance

Creator:: Stark, Merritt William
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: privacy Abstract approved: 4000.02 Dr. Robert Kiekel Purpose of the Study The purpose of the present

The extent of the relationship between reading and writing achievement among international students enrolled in a university freshman composition course

Creator:: Graber-Wilson, Gerri
Abstract:: This study examined the reading-writing relationship for 99 exclusively international students, and used narrative, and timed and untimed expository writing samples. The reading comprehension test was the Degrees of Reading Power (DRP), a test appropriate for use with English as a second language (ESL) learners. Results of the study indicated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A study to determine the competencies necessary for a volunteer teacher of English as a second language

Creator:: La Piana, Kathleen Ann
Abstract:: This study had four objectives, the major one being the identification of minimum competencies for volunteer English as a second language teachers in four settings: the Community College, the University, the Elementary/ Secondary School, and the Volunteer Organization. A second objective was to identify the common competencies required by professional...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: cite the need for detailed study: "Objective evaluation is needed to pinpoint particu- lar gaps in

Language and learning : a case study of a Vietnamese unaccompanied minor in a post secondary setting

Creator:: Davis, Kay Mathews
Abstract:: This study was an ethnographic case study of a Vietnamese unaccompanied minor in a post secondary setting. There were two guiding questions for the study: (1) How does the subject perceive language as it relates to educational experience? (2) What kinds of observable personality, cognitive, or affective factors have contributed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Case Study of a Vietnamese Unaccompanied Minor in a Post Secondary Setting. Abstract approved

From risk to resiliency : academic persistence in Mexican-American high school English as a Second Language students

Creator:: Temes, Carla A.
Abstract:: Five student-researchers and the author engaged in a continually-evolving, student-driven qualitative research study. Despite significant disadvantages, including navigating a. foreign culture without speaking the language, these invulnerable learners succeeded. Ultimately of greatest interest to the six were an analysis of their collective knowledge and experiences, and their individual transformation over...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -evolving, student-driven qualitative research study. Despite significant disadvantages, including

Student involvement and study abroad : exploring Astin's Theory in an overseas program in France

Creator:: Crust, Susan L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine whether Alexander Astin's Theory of Student Involvement could be applied to an academic experience in an overseas setting. Using data collected from the program evaluations of 79 students who had participated in the Oregon University System exchange program in Lyon, France during...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Evaluation 95 Appendix B Coder Form 106 Appendix C Study Abroad Year Transcript 120 Appendix D OSU

Language proficiency and self-concept : a study of Japanese exchange students

Creator:: Akobundu, Regina E.
Abstract:: The major purpose of this study was to explore changes in language proficiency and self-concept of Japanese college students participating in an intensive English language program at Tokyo International University of America (TIUA). Another purpose of the study was to determine if there was a relationship between change in English...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Effectiveness of case based method versus traditional lecture in the retention of athletic training knowledge

Creator:: Carter, Lori D.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: education. However, controlled experimental research to study the effectiveness of this teaching method is

Load bearing capacity of alder, spruce and hemlock tail trees

Creator:: Pugh, Edwin V.
Abstract:: This paper presents an evaluation of the cable loading support capacity of red alder, Alnus rubra Bong., Sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr, and western hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg., tail trees. Capacity is measured in terms of combined stress resulting from compression and bending, rather than the traditional methods...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

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

Creator:: Cochran, M. Teresa
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: questionnaire discussed in this review was designed. (Williams' study shows the issue of formative evaluation

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A Group Informal Reading Inventory : an instrument for the assess-ment of ESL students' reading performance

The extent of the relationship between reading and writing achievement among international students enrolled in a university freshman composition course

A study to determine the competencies necessary for a volunteer teacher of English as a second language

Language and learning : a case study of a Vietnamese unaccompanied minor in a post secondary setting

From risk to resiliency : academic persistence in Mexican-American high school English as a Second Language students

Student involvement and study abroad : exploring Astin's Theory in an overseas program in France

Language proficiency and self-concept : a study of Japanese exchange students

Effectiveness of case based method versus traditional lecture in the retention of athletic training knowledge

Load bearing capacity of alder, spruce and hemlock tail trees

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

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