The purposes of this study were to determine the
effects of level (elementary and secondary), program
status (beginning, midway, and student teaching), and
demongraphic variables (experience, success, college
supervisor support, supervising teacher support,
additional support services, and school type) on
preservice teachers' attitudes toward mainstreaming. The
population consisted of 91...
Preparation for marriage has been in a process of evolution since the early 1960s. At present, preparation for marriage is primarily focused on several pre-marital group counseling sessions. This study examined the impact of a six week post-wedding follow-up program with newly married couples who had participated in a seven...
The purpose of the study, which was conducted at Chemeketa Community
College in Salem, Oregon, was threefold:
1. to assess the attitudes and opinions of administrators, content
faculty, developmental faculty, and students concerning developmental
education needs of community college students.
2. to develop a questionnaire which could serve as a...
The primary foci of the study were to determine the relationships
among perceptual modality, temporality, and academic achievement,
and to develop implications for the academic counseling of
middle school students based on the findings.
The sample was composed of 613 students enrolled in Prineville
Junior High School. The Edmonds Learning...
This study examined the culture of Earth First!, an environmental
activist movement. The study was limited to two groups of Earth
First! in the Northwest, Corvallis and Eugene. The goal was to
discover what it is to be a communicatively competent member of Earth
First! The method used to address...
This study analyzed intercultural communication competence between
Malays and Chinese in organizational and social settings in Malaysia. Two
groups: Malays and Chinese in organizations in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia),
were studied.
The intent of this study was to find similarities and differences in
Malays and Chinese' communication styles. A total of...
The purpose of the study was to explore the ethnic identity of
Chinese American adolescents through the investigation of
relationships between ethnic identity and selected demographic,
sociocultural, and psychological characteristics.
Data were obtained from 106 Chinese American youth between the
ages of 14 and 21 through the use of two...
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether
clothing influenced perceptions of personality
characteristics often associated with success in business
environments. Specifically, the study investigated the
effect of clothing on (a) perceptions of task-oriented
abilities of employees in a business setting, (b)
perceptions of relationship-oriented abilities of employees
in...
This study identified some of the ways that multiethnic women describe their ethnic
identities, how they perceive ethnic-specific gender identities and what they think are
appropriate norms for, and effective outcomes of, communicative behavior. Twelve
multiethnic women described their ethnic identity names or labels, and ethnic-specific gender
identities; they also...