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Chiang, David L. – 1978
Predictors of relative clause production in adult second language acquisition were examined through a replication and extension of a study by Schachter (1974). The present study is different in that it was based on oral instead of written production and it was designed to examine avoidance with the consideration that avoidance presupposed choice.…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Proficiency, Language Research, Masters Theses
Sprung, Douglas Cecil – 1973
Predictor variables were sought relating to the decision of secondary school students to enroll or not enroll in chemistry and physics courses. Questionnaires were developed and administered to 404 students enrolled in chemistry and 358 not enrolled, and to 472 students enrolled in physics and 475 not taking physics. Rural, suburban and urban…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Enrollment Influences
Stoops, Lorena Virginia – 1971
Reported is a study to determine if significant differences existed between samples of students with regard to certain scholastic and demographic variables, to collect information as to why students chose a particular track and remained with it, and to determine students' reaction toward the track followed. The population consisted of college…
Descriptors: College Science, Curriculum, Demography, Doctoral Dissertations
Dial, Elizabeth Ann – 1972
A sample of 400 students who had not taken physics and who were currently enrolled in Algebra II or a higher level mathematics course was selected for this study to determine possible factors that might have influenced their decision not to take physics. A data gathering instrument, consisting of the Student Questionnaire and the Questionnaire for…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Enrollment Influences, Physics
Dietrich, Donald Gene – 1970
The purpose of this study was to compare selected Wisconsin secondary schools having high percent enrollments in physics with those having low percent enrollments in physics in terms of certain identified school, teacher, and student characteristics. Selected for the study were 17 schools considered to have a high percent enrollment in physics (25…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Enrollment Influences, Physics
Ficklin, Fred L. – 1973
This study was designed to determine whether the cumulative grade-point average or the science grade-point average was the better predictor variable for use in selecting students at the Indiana University School of Medicine. The problem was examined by size, location, and type of control of the undergraduate institution the medical student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Higher Education
Christensen, Marvin James – 1973
The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility of using a particular set of individual student characteristics to make decisions concerning the suitability of a particular learning method. The sample was 49 students enrolled in high school physics. Each student studied three units of content, each under a different individualized…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Individual Characteristics, Individualized Instruction
Semmens, Ronald L. – 1970
Reported is a study to determine whether or not teacher-interns were aided by a summer science course in reducing discrepancies between ideal and actual science classroom practices. The population consisted of eight fifth- and seven sixth-grade teachers and their students in the so-called New School and a similar population from nonmembers of the…
Descriptors: College Science, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
Tilford, Michael Phillip – 1971
The purpose of this study was to identify some of the characteristics of Negro college students who majored in science in comparison to those who were non-majors. The science majors were sub-divided into pure science and applied science groups for some analyses. Twelve variables were investigated: (1) ACT composite scores, (2) ACT science scores,…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Science, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
Calvert, Elyse L. – 1981
A study involving 441 students enrolled in pre-calculus mathematics courses at Black Hawk College, Illinois, during Spring 1981 was conducted to measure the correlation between the level of students' math anxiety and four independent variables: sex, age, math background (as measured by the highest level of math course previously completed), and…
Descriptors: Age, College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Correlation
Griffin, John Michael – 1978
The correlation between specific personality and biographical variables and the grade point average (GPA) of 211 first quarter community college and technical institute students was investigated using the Adult Nowicki Strickland Internal-External scale to determine locus of control, the Post High School Self-Concept of Academic Ability scale, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Community Colleges, Ethnic Groups
Yess, James P. – 1979
The intent of this study was to determine the influence of selected independent variables on the graduating grade point average (GPA) of community college students in various programs of study. A sample of 483 students from one community college represented seven programs of study: Business Administration-General, Business Administration-Transfer,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Community Colleges, Doctoral Dissertations