The purpose of this study was to determine the
effects of a six-week career planning dropout prevention
program on the self-concepts and academic achievement of
at-risk middle school students in an inner-city public
school environment. The research population consisted of
1,434 students (grades seven, eight and nine) attending an
inner...
The purpose of this study was to provide understanding of Oregon Workforce Quality Council contributions to the development of a world-class workforce. Research goals were
to describe Council processes and outcomes, as well as barriers to the achievement of Council purposes. A case-study approach was selected for the research design....
The purpose of this study was to: (a) develop a comprehensive plan consisting of a series of logical steps based upon recommendations derived from psychometric, measurement, and research literature and utilize the plan to develop a Likert-type scale to provide valid and reliable measures of the attitude of preservice and...
The purpose of this study was to describe and explain significant mentor/protege
relationships in professional ministry education. Through an exploratory, naturalistic inquiry,
the mentoring phenomenon was studied inductively, culminating in a descriptive theory that
illuminated the variables and their interrelationships on the ministerial campus.
The multiple case study design accommodated...
The purpose of this study was to investigate Peer Collaborative
Mentoring (PCM) as a professional development model for international
graduate teaching assistants at an American university. Data were gathered
from interviews and observations of three American peer mentors
(Intracultural Peer Mentors/IAPMs), five Chinese Graduate Teaching
Assistants (Intercultural Peer Mentors/IEPMs), and...
The purpose of this study was to determine differences in
patterns and underlying practices between fathers of gifted and
fathers of non-gifted children.
The study included 10 fathers of gifted (FG) children and 10
fathers of non-gifted (FN) children. The children were
preschoolers, ages 5-6 years old. Giftedness of the...
This research compared the effectiveness of an interactive video training program with an instructor-led program for teaching working adults the personal computer (PC) application WordPerfect. The objectives of the study were to develop a research methodology and instrumentation in order to determine whether instructor-led training resulted in significantly different reaction,...
Approximately one quarter of America's students
leave school prior to graduation. Teaching practices
need to be examined if schools are to effectively deal
with the student population. at highest risk of dropping
out. The purpose of this study was to investigate the
attending behaviors high school teachers directed to
students...
The purpose of this study was to compare the myocardial structure and
function among endurance athletes (n.12), powerlifters/steroid users (n=5),
powerlifters/non-steroid users (n=6), and sedentary controls (n=4).
All subjects had a M-mode echocardiographic examination of their left
ventricles under resting conditions. The echocardiographic measurements
recorded and analyzed were of the...