The focus of this study was to identify persistent
problems in the developmental history of the American
Department of Defense dependents schools in Okinawa, Japan.
The period of time covered was from 1946 through 1978.
The study includes historical descriptions of curriculum
development, obtaining and maintaining school facilities,
and the...
The topic of this study is the cultural impact of the computer in a school. "Impact" is 'defined as the cultural consequences of intended and unintended learning that occur when computers are used in the school. The major theoretical orientations of the work include the concepts of manifest and latent...
The purpose of this study was to determine the competencies necessary to conduct educational research in the
Venezuelan context; to determine if differences exist
among Venezuelan educators in responding to the questionnaire; to determine which clusters of skills and under
standings are relevant to an educational research master's
degree; to...
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...
Industry, business, military and other government agencies
are increasingly recognizing the significance of human factors in the
productivity of complex organizations. Educational institutions are
no exception to this fact. It is assumed that morale and productivity
are related to the managerial style of the supervisor. Leaders are
faced with the...
School districts across the nation are engaged in an ongoing attempt to bring about
change. Educational researchers strive to initiate change in the classroom with students as
well as the teachers of these students.
The evaluation of a change effort is a key element in any implementation model; as
the...
Three experiments whose objectives were to investigate cover
crop kill by winter freeze, weed suppression by 'Micah' barley and
other spring cereals, and allelopathic potential of cereal covers
were conducted at the Vegetable Research Farm and in the greenhouse
and growth chamber facilities at OSU in 1989/90. Kill by winter...
Penetration has long been recognized as an important factor
in the action of chemicals on plants. The effectiveness of herbicides
on such plants as blackberries is often thought to be limited by the
failure to obtain adequate penetration through the cuticular barrier.
A number of factors, among them relative humidity,...