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...
Problem School districts need information on how to better
communicate with voters because budgets are being defeated. Budgets
are growing larger as schools require an increasing level of
financial support to respond to societal changes.
This research focused primarily on the published school budget
because in the state of Oregon...
The purpose of this study was to compare and evaluate personal
attitudes and perceptions, educational and vocational plans, activities
and satisfaction among students of two basic groups selected for the
study: a) financial aid recipients, b) non-financial aid recipients.
Subgroups in each category consisted of over-achievers and under-achievers.
Over-achievers were...
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 purpose of the study was to compare perceptions by faculty,
students and administrators of the campus environments of eight small,
independent liberal arts colleges in Oregon and to determine if similar
or like perceptions of the environment lead to greater vitality in each
of the colleges studied. In the...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the Oregon State
University environment as perceived by students, faculty and student
services staff. The students were divided into two age groups to
determine if there were any major differences in perception based on
age.
Three hundred and twenty-three people, representing four...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a guidance-based career exploratory program related to skilled trades and technical occupations for internal-external locus of control middle school females in Murray, Kentucky. The problem was to determine the change in career interests resulting from the interaction between a...
The effects of a subliminal auditory stimulus on the
motor activity and task performance skills of hyperkinetic
children were investigated. Fifteen boys between seven and
twelve years of age, who were enrolled in one of three
treatment groups for hyperactivity, were recruited for
this study. Each child participated, weekly, in...