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The effect of additional special physical education and mainstreaming knowledge and skills on preservice elementary educators' attitudes toward physical education with handicapped and nonhandicapped children

Creator:: Harmon, Gerald R.
Abstract:: The main purpose of this study was to examine the influence of additional content from areas of mainstreaming and adapted physical education on preservice elementary educators attitudes toward teaching nonhandicapped and handicapped children in elementary physical education. To achieve this goal (a) an instrument was constructed to assess the attitudes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: expectation. Dr. M. William Harp guided my emotional set and was very effective in encouraging the completion

Sex role stereotypes and children's memory for story content

Creator:: Gentry, Sally A.
Abstract:: The present experiment examined children's memory for stereotypic and non-stereotypic sex role content in their reading material. Twenty-four male and twenty-four female fifth grade subjects read two short stories, each depicting a male and female character who exhibited an equal number of masculine and feminine traits and behaviors. Results of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: graduate committee--Dr. Arthur Gravatt, Dr. J. Philip O'Neill, and Dr, William Harp--for their critical

Phonological contrasts and word-decoding skills of the reader of English as a second language

Creator:: Morray, Marjorie Kuh
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of the present study was to investigate the extent to which phoneme and grapheme-phoneme contrasts between English and Spanish influence the word-decoding skills of Spanish-speaking adults who are early readers of English. The major objectives of the research were to investigate: 1. The differences...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Kenneth Ahrendt, Harold Livingston, William Harp and Robert Kiekel -- for their generous dedication of

Black parental and primary guardian attitudes toward their involvement in desegregation

Creator:: Griffin, Betty Sue
Abstract:: School districts and educational policymakers need current information on Black parental and primary guardian responses toward the issue of desegregation. This research focused primarily on the attitudes of Black parents and primary guardians toward their involvement in elementary desegregated schools. The study attempted to determine if: (1) Educational background has...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Life, who provided support and critical analysis in maintaining an objective focus; Dr. William Harp

Method development for extraction and purification of dermal RNA from FVB/Nmice treated with environmental PAH mixtures

Creator:: Larkin, Andrew, Siddens, Lisbeth, and Krueger, Sharon
Abstract:: Epidermal RNA samples from FVB/N mice treated with PAH standards and environmental PAH mixtures were harvested and purified using Trizol extraction and RNeasy mini prep kit purification. Epidermal RNA integrity was low (RIN mean 3.5), indicating significant RNA degradation and the need to modify handling, collection, and processing of skin...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis and Presentation

Solutions to some linear evolutionary systems of equations : study of the double porosity model of fluid flow in fractured rock and its applications.

Creator:: Bodvarsson, Gudrun M.
Abstract:: The present work is a study of three degenerate, linear parabolic systems of equations, each of which represents a version of the so-called double porosity model for underground fluid flows in natural fractured rock. These systems of equations together with initial and boundary conditions describe single-phase flows in fluids, slightly...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) ecology and management with emphasis on prescribed burning

Creator:: Champlin, Mark R. (Mark Randolph)
Abstract:: Four studies were conducted. First, mountain big sagebrush communities were burned at Lava Beds National Monument, California, and The Crooked River National Grassland, Oregon. In two years at Lava Beds, basal cover of Idaho fescue in one community and Thur- ber's needlegrass in one of three communities did not recover....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: graduate committee was extremely helpful. Dr. Carlton M. Britton provided helpful suggestions for new

A comparison of porous polymers used in collecting organic volatiles in foods

Creator:: Boyko, Alayne Linda
Abstract:: Porapak Q, Chromosorb 102, and Tenax GC, three porous polymers commonly used as adsorbents in headspace analyses were investigated. The retention times of various low-boiling compounds relative to water were measured on the collection columns to determine which compounds would be lost during the water removal step employed after sampling...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Dr. M. B. Williams and Dr. R. Claeys. The assis- tance of other faculty members and

Impacts of Climate Change on Fuel Management Decisions and Implications for Fire Risk

Creator:: Kato, Nozomi
Abstract:: Private forest owners face an increasing risk of economic damage from extreme wildfires as the climate becomes warmer and drier. This thesis empirically estimates the influence of climate on private forest owners’ management decisions using plot-level data in the Pacific states of the U.S. Econometric models are specified where the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: including an element of Bayesian analysis and Dr. William Jaeger, for providing thoughtful insights on how

Oregon State University Student Electoral Participation, 2006-2010

Creator:: Bene, Heather T.
Abstract:: This study examines student voting at Oregon State University (OSU) – Oregon’s public, land-grant university – in state elections from 2006-2010. The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), Oregon Senate Bill 951 (2007), and Oregon House Bill 2880 (2011) seek to increase university student voting. In particular, SB 951...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

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The effect of additional special physical education and mainstreaming knowledge and skills on preservice elementary educators' attitudes toward physical education with handicapped and nonhandicapped children

Sex role stereotypes and children's memory for story content

Phonological contrasts and word-decoding skills of the reader of English as a second language

Black parental and primary guardian attitudes toward their involvement in desegregation

Method development for extraction and purification of dermal RNA from FVB/Nmice treated with environmental PAH mixtures

Solutions to some linear evolutionary systems of equations : study of the double porosity model of fluid flow in fractured rock and its applications.

Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) ecology and management with emphasis on prescribed burning

A comparison of porous polymers used in collecting organic volatiles in foods

Impacts of Climate Change on Fuel Management Decisions and Implications for Fire Risk

Oregon State University Student Electoral Participation, 2006-2010

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