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A phenomenological inquiry into the experience of reflection by older adults in adventure-based experiential education

Creator:: Brennan, L. A.
Abstract:: This phenomenological inquiry explored dimensions of reflection for older adults in a developmental oriented adventure education experience. Data were gathered from emergent interviews with four individuals while participating in a multi-day, self-contained experiential education program conducted in a rugged environment, and led by a Navajo leader. Two principle research questions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Reflection by Older Adults in Adventure- based Experiential Education Abstract approved

Effect of intervention strategies on specific verbal feedback of volunteers and its secondary effect on qualitative motor performance

Creator:: Gately, Jeanne E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was twofold. First, to determine if planned interventions could increase untrained undergraduate students' use of positive and specific skill feedback while a teaching fundamental motor skill to children who are disabled. Second, to qualitatively assess the effect of specific verbal feedback on student motor performance....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the field of teacher education and more specifically teaching individuals who are disabled. I feel

A study of effective consultant teachers' leadership styles and personality preferences

Creator:: Savelsbergh, Mary
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among leadership style (telling, selling, participating and delegating), personality preferences (Extravert/Introvert, Sensing/Intuitive, Feeling/Thinking, Judging/Perceiving and effectiveness as a consultant teacher. The sample consisted of thirty-one consultant teachers from Oregon: twenty from the Portland School District, five from the Gresham School...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on July 26, 1988, Title: A Study of Effective Consultant

Enjoyment and physical activity levels of students with and without disabilities in physical education

Creator:: McClain, ZáNean D.
Abstract:: School Physical Education programs provide key opportunities to promote lifetime physical activity (PA) to students, while at the same time students can build a sense of enjoyment. The purpose of this study first sought to determine the effects of varying instructional approaches on the enjoyment and PA levels of students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Without Disabilities in Physical Education. Abstract approved: Hans van der Mars

The role of formative outdoor and family experiences on environmental belief formation in children and this role's implications for environmental education

Creator:: Smith, Vincent M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to determine the role of formative experiences in the home and family pertaining to environment on children's overall environmental beliefs. Students attending environmentally related and non-environmentally related summer camps at a children's science museum served as test subjects in this study. A written instrument...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for Environmental Education. Abstract approved: The purpose of this research was to determine the

Contemporary student veterans : transitional experiences from military life to college life

Creator:: Normandin, Kathleen
Abstract:: The contemporary student veteran population is growing rapidly as service members who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts take advantage of the Post 9/11 Veteran Educational Assistance Act of 2008 to receive educational benefits to attend college (Cook & Kim, 2009). However, student veterans entering college today have a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Services Administration Dean of the College of Education Dean of the Graduate School

Finding personal power through literacy : Latina women's transformative learning experiences in two family literacy programs

Creator:: Merrill, Marina L.
Abstract:: This research focused on the experiences of 15 low income Mexican women immigrants participating in MAS and Superando, two family literacy programs at the center of these women's sociocultural change. This research sought to understand the extent to which participation in these two programs empowers women to create change in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: new mentors at the Oregon Department of Education I extend my deepest gratitude for your patience and

Crossing the Cartesian divide : an investigation into the role of emotion in science learning

Creator:: Staus, Nancy L.
Abstract:: Although many science educators and researchers believe that emotion is an important part of the learning process, few researchers have dealt with the topic in a systematic fashion. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of emotion in the learning process, particularly in the learning of science...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Science Education presented on March 2, 2012. Title: Crossing the

Effectiveness of classroom vs. web-based lifetime fitness for health lab instruction on college students' behavioral and psychological physical activity orientation

Creator:: Spaziana, Marc D.
Abstract:: Offering courses that promote, encourage, and support physical activity among college students has been an aim of physical education departments for the past century (Sargeant, 1900). Even so, this population has been identified in Healthy People 2010 as a target population segment in need of physical activity intervention. Historically, such...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Psychological Physical Activity Orientation. Abstract approved: Bradley J. Cardinal Offering courses that

Measurement of and correlation between attitudes toward physical education and health-related physical fitness among male students at two Saudi-Arabian universities

Creator:: Abu-Saleh, Kadhem Mohammad
Abstract:: Two hundred twenty male students randomly selected during Spring semester 1988 from each of two Saudi Arabian universities, King Faisal and King Fand, were administered a three-part attitude measurement instrument and a fourpart Health-Related Physical Fitness Test. The attitude measurement instrument, derived from the McDonald Attitude Inventory and the Wear...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: physical education and health-related physical fitness among male students at two Saudi-Arabian

ScholarsArchive@OSU

A phenomenological inquiry into the experience of reflection by older adults in adventure-based experiential education

Effect of intervention strategies on specific verbal feedback of volunteers and its secondary effect on qualitative motor performance

A study of effective consultant teachers' leadership styles and personality preferences

Enjoyment and physical activity levels of students with and without disabilities in physical education

The role of formative outdoor and family experiences on environmental belief formation in children and this role's implications for environmental education

Contemporary student veterans : transitional experiences from military life to college life

Finding personal power through literacy : Latina women's transformative learning experiences in two family literacy programs

Crossing the Cartesian divide : an investigation into the role of emotion in science learning

Effectiveness of classroom vs. web-based lifetime fitness for health lab instruction on college students' behavioral and psychological physical activity orientation

Measurement of and correlation between attitudes toward physical education and health-related physical fitness among male students at two Saudi-Arabian universities

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