The study was undertaken to determine if a university-level
preliminary class concentrating upon the formalism and techniques
germane to success in science would serve to improve minority
academic performance, minority here being defined to include certain
Asian Americans, Black Americans, Native Americans, Spanish
surnamed Americans, and those white Americans who...
This compilation of theses and dissertations (a part of the OSU Bibliographic Series) for the period 1970-1977 reflects this university's emphasis on research and graduate study. It may be viewed as an indicator of the contributions made to the state of Oregon through graduate study and research at Oregon State...
The purpose of this study was to develop a programmed learning
booklet concerned with the care of groups of young children. The
instructional material was designed to be used in homemaking and
occupational programs. The criteria for developing the program were
(a) that it be geared to the student with...
The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe and communicate a student-constructed model of student services for electronic distance education (EDE). This study seeks to answer the following questions: Do students enrolled in EDE perceive a need for student services? If not, why not? Which services do students want/need?...
The individual through earliest recorded history reveals contradictory views of the
human life-span. "Am I a free and unique individual, able to make choices and decide my
own destiny?, or, "Am I only a victim of circumstance, a speck of dust in the universe's
whirlwind of fate?"
Each view is...
Levels of activity of glucose-6-phosphate- , 6-phosphogluconate- , and isocitric- dehydrogenase were measured in the
soluble and particulate fractions of heart, brain and liver at
several ages throughout the development of the chick embryo.
Compared to isocitric dehydrogenase, levels of glucosesphosphate-
, and 6-phosphogluconate- dehydrogenase are generally
low. This suggests...
Finding information can cost a significant amount of time, even when the information is already stored on the user’s local computer system. There is significant research aimed at reducing these time costs, but little research into exactly what these costs are or how they impact people’s use of tools and...
The Greenbelt Land Trust (GLT) (a grass-roots conservation group in
Oregon) is interested in a conservation plan for the Marys River Corridor. To
facilitate this effort, a resource inventory was required and a Geographic
Information System (GIS) data base used to compile the inventory (called the
Marys River Project (MRP))....