The main objective of this study was to identify family life
competencies needed by high school graduates, as perceived by a
majority of respondents. In addition, the null hypothesis tested was:
that age, sex, and educational level are each independent of response
on each individual competency statement. Testing was done...
This investigation was designed to measure certain visually
perceived nonverbal behaviors of teachers in an effort to learn the
relationships between these behaviors and the affective responses of
students to the teachers, To this end, teachers were videotaped, and
the tapes were shown to students for their affective responses.
Thirty...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the
Delphi Technique on two types of judgment; factual judgment and value
judgment. Other considerations were the effect of the process on
mean response and variability of response.
In testing the Delphi Technique this study arrived at five
definite...
Rooted in the writer's general concern with the teaching and
evaluation of writing, this study attempts to determine whether
verbally creative teachers are better able to identify verbally creative
students than are less verbally creative teachers. A second aim was
to determine whether the verbal creativity of the teacher is...
The primary focus of this investigation was to assess whether
or not selected ecological indices and leisure preferences demonstrated
statistically significant relationships with the aged's self-concept.
Gerontology, a relatively embryonic discipline, has only
recently begun to examine the impact of demographic, physical and
socio-psychological stresses upon the geron's self-concept. Even...
The purpose this study was to determine how group counseling
influenced attitudes of low-income youth toward self, others,
and society. The subjects, all high school age, were participants
in an education program held on a college campus during the 1970
regular collegiate summer session. They lived in a residence hall...
The basic problem of this investigation was to determine if
peer counselors could be effective as group counselors for Educational
Opportunity Program (EOP), freshman students. This effectiveness
would be demonstrated by changes in self concept and
academic adjustment for those students who participated in the group
counseling process. This investigation...
Purpose
The study was designed to test the effectiveness of a counselor
training experience which used pre-recorded client statements as the
instructional medium. The principal objective of instruction was to
teach counselor trainees to differentiate between the affective and
cognitive content of client statements and to respond in ways which...
This study attempted to develop a profile of values held by
Oregon's full-time professional staff members as a group. It also
tried to ascertain if there are differences in the values and perceptions
held by sub-groups within the community college staff.
The main questions to be answered were:
1. Are...