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Play as a Classroom Teaching Strategy: An Analysis of Malawi Third-Grade Teachers’ Perspectives

Creator:: Kumwamba, Mickie J.
Abstract:: The Malawi public education system uses Chichewa as a language of instruction and content, with English as an independent subject for the first four years of primary school (Malawi Institute of Education, 2017). From fifth grade, English becomes a language of instruction and content in all subjects except for Chichewa,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Bilinguals AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Mickie J. Kumwamba for the degree of Doctor of

Transformative Pedagogies of Voice: Creating the Conditions for Voice in Bilingual Students' Writing

Creator:: Sandstead, Martha Garrett
Abstract:: For many young bilingual students in school settings, demands of curricula and standardized assessments take precedence over writing pedagogies that invite and welcome students’ identities and languages into their writing. Pedagogies of voice are a means of providing culturally and linguistically responsive instruction that support bilingual students learning to write...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: approved: ______________________________________________________ Amanda K. Kibler For many young

ESOL teachers' experiences reclassifying English learner students with disabilities

Creator:: Christian, Emma L.
Abstract:: This qualitative study on the experiences of English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) educators in the process of reclassifying English Learner Students with Disabilities (ELSWDs) from English Language Development (ELD) services in Oregon sought the answers to two questions: (1) Who is making reclassification decisions? and (2) How are reclassification decisions made on behalf of ELSWDs?...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Amanda Kibler This qualitative study on the experiences of English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL

Three essays on constrained markets

Creator:: Siegel, Ryan
Abstract:: The three essays in this dissertation progressively answer the following questions: (a) How important are constraints? (b) Who benefits from removing constraints? (c) When does a constraint for a single market predominantly affect closely related markets? These questions are applied in the context of time, weather, and minimum wage constraints,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Abstract approved: ___________________________________________________ Robin M. Cross The three

An organizational analysis of structural characteristics during the merger of two higher education organizations

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:: during the Merger of Two Higher Education Organizations AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF John J. McMahon

An examination of preferred institutional goals at Oregon State University and Western Oregon State College as perceived by the education faculties

Creator:: Johnson, Bonnie J. (Bonnie Jean)
Abstract:: A new organization was created when Oregon State University (OSU) School of Education and Western Oregon State College (WOSC) Division of Education merged into the OSU-WOSC School of Education in the fall of 1982. Two education faculties from two different kinds of institutions (i.e., a large university and a small...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: OF THE THESIS OF Bonnie J. Johnson for the degree of Doctor of Education in Education presented on

An investigation of the problems experienced by Saudi students while enrolled in institutions of higher education in the United States

Creator:: Al-Shedokhi, Saad Abdul-Karim
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Higher Education in the United States Abstract approved: Frank Cross The objective of this study was

An assessment of electrophysiological and auditory processing instruments in relation to learning disabilities

Creator:: Evans, Evan L.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: approvedRedacted for privacy Dr. Frank Cross The Purposes of the Study The purpose of this study was to determine

A study of the growth of interpersonal problem-solving abilities in grades nine through twelve

Creator:: Brown, Terry L. (Terry Lee), 1946-
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to verify growth in the interpersonal problem solving abilities of high school students. A fourpart subtest of the Means End Problem Solving Test (MEPS) was administered to 642 students grades nine through twelve at Columbia High School, Troutdale, Oregon. Completed tests were separated by...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Dr. Frank Cross The purpose of the study was to verify growth in the interper- sonal problem

The effect of a memory retraining program as a neuropsychological rehabilitation technique for nontoxic chronic alcoholics

Creator:: Dougan, Deborah Rae
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study This study was undertaken to design, implement, and assess the effectiveness of a memory retraining program. The design was a true experimental design with pretest/posttest control group and randomized selection of experimental group. The principle hypothesis was that there would be a significant difference between...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: CHRONIC ALCOHOLICS. Redacted for privacy Abstract Approved. Dr. Frank R. Cross The Purpose of the Study

The effect of a perceptual-motor physical education program on reading achievement in grade one

Creator:: Shaw, Joan S.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Redacted for Privacy, . Abstract approved: n vacy Dr. Frank Cross The Purposes of the Study The purpose

A comparison of attitudes between two field-based teacher education programs

Creator:: Hunsaker, Floyd Rex
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: approved: Frank Cross Purpose of the Study The study measured and compared the differences in attitude

Achievement orientation and teaching methodology : a relationship that affects learning

Creator:: Young, Margaret Shelley
Abstract:: The central purpose of this study was to examine the influence of achievement orientation and teaching methodology on the learning of theoretical content related to nursing. The sample came from Senior nursing students from the Oregon Health Sciences University, enrolled in Nursing 460 during the academic year 1982-1983. Fall Term...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Frank Cross The central purpose of this study was to examine the influence of achievement orientation

Early teacher attrition background data and professional concerns of teachers who leave the profession

Creator:: Vandehey, Linda Tamura
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to examine early teacher attrition through a follow-up of Washington County teachers in Oregon who left the profession with five years of experience or less. Focus was given to background data and areas of greatest professional concerns for former...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Cross The purpose of this study was to examine early teacher attrition through a follow-up of

The development and authentication of the Parker Unified Motivational and Learning Theories Model

Creator:: Parker, Mickey Ann
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to develop a schematic model that would make motivation and learning theories more comprehensible to beginning theory students by providing a common method of displaying and integrating theories in such a way that they could claim a mutual language and could be examined and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Privacy (Dr. Frank R. Cross) The purpose of the study was to develop a schematic model that would make

The Effect of Canopy Cover and Wildfire Smoke on Near-Surface Temperatures

Creator:: Brackett, Amanda
Abstract:: Recent shifts from clearcutting to partial retention harvesting on many ownerships and the importance of microclimate dynamics on biotic responses to regional climate highlight the need to understand how microclimate conditions in forest understories differ across gradients of partial overstories. This study compares below-canopy near-surface temperatures at 2cm above ground...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Amanda Brackett

Bio-physical interactions of small pelagic fish schools and zooplankton prey in the California Current System over multiple scales

Creator:: Kaltenberg, Amanda May
Abstract:: Small pelagic fish represent a critical trophic link between plankton and large predators in marine upwelling ecosystems such as the California Current System. Populations of these fish are highly variable over time and are characterized by extreme fluctuations in abundance, which have significant ecosystem impacts. The causes driving this instability...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Amanda May Kaltenberg for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

The spectral backscattering properties of marine particles

Creator:: Whitmire, Amanda L.
Abstract:: The inherent and apparent optical properties of different ocean regimes are the basis for all optical remote sensing of the ocean. Ecological information derived from remote sensors therefore relies on having a detailed understanding of how particulate backscattering and absorption contribute to the bulk optical signal. The absorption characteristics of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: DISSERTATION OF Amanda L. Whitmire for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography presented on

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Creator:: Richter, Amanda M.
Abstract:: This collection of stories spans a range of content: the personal, the domestic, the political, and the downright terrifying. In “Ilka the Flyer,” a young man is faced with his own crisis and that of his veteran uncle. Sister relationships bloom and fade as the entire family deals with changes...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Amanda Richter for the degree of

GladicsAmandaJ2012.pdf

Creator:: Gladics, Amanda J.
Abstract:: Variable ocean conditions can greatly impact lower trophic level prey assemblages in marine ecosystems, with effects propagating up to higher trophic levels. Our goal was to better understand how varying ocean conditions influence diets and niche overlap among a suite of low- to mid trophic level predators. We studied the...
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Amanda J. Gladics for the degree of Master of Science in Marine

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