The central purpose of this study was to identify the major
components of occupational articulation as perceived by Oregon's
community college and secondary school vocational education administrators
and instructors. Specifically, the objectives were:
(1) to determine the major components of occupational articulation;
(2) to test the hypotheses that there is...
Purpose of the Study:
The main focus of this study was to compare the perceptions of district
superintendents, vocational administrators and trade and industrial
teachers toward vocational teacher certification procedures and
ramifications. The population consisted of 225 respondents randomly
selected from 15 states.
The following hypotheses were tested:
1. There...
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...
The major purpose of this research was to study the in-service
programs for community college vocational instructors, and develop
guidelines for a cooperative work experience approach to in-service
staff development.
The specific objectives of the study were:
(1) To develop a research instrument capable of measuring the
agreement relative to...
Purpose of the Study:
The purpose of this study was to analyze, in the mathematics
classrooms, career-oriented verbal mathematics problems on the
achievement and attitude of the vocational mathematics student.
These career-oriented mathematics problems, used as advanced
organizers, were contrasted with mathematics word problems of a
more abstract and generalized...
Purpose of the Study:
The purpose of this study was to develop and field
test a model for context evaluation of objectives used
in competency-based curricula at the community college
level.
The study:
1. Developed a decision and information matrix that
identified objectives which should be considered
for deletion from...
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: The study examined administrator and faculty perceptions
toward staff development needs and ascertained the
differences which exist between the reported staff development
needs of full-time community college instructors within
the state of Oregon.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:
The three objectives identified for this study were:
1....