The purpose of this study was to compile a listing of the theses and dissertations completed in home economics in colleges and universities in the United States during 1986. The 747 titles received from 68 institutions are listed by subject matter area and degree; and the author, institution, and availability of the docu ment are reported. Information about graduate research in home economics is summarized through presentations of totals for each institution, by subject matter categories, and through rankings for the institutions reporting the largest numbers of theses and dissertations. Of all the titles, 30 percent were for disser tations. The largest number of titles was reported in nutrition; family relations ranked second. In comparison to the titles reported from 1982 through 1985, the percentage of dissertations has increased (from 23% to 30%) and the subject matter areas with the largest numbers of titles remained the same.
This study tested the effectiveness of computer‐assisted instruction (CAI) versus supervised reading for teaching consumer credit to secondary school home eco nomics students and investigated the effects of students' IQ, grade point average, attitude toward computers, and familiarity with computers on amount of information learned by subjects taught by CAI. A random sample of 68 students, randomly assigned to experimental and control groups, was drawn from a popu lation of 10th through 12th graders in a large rural high school. Analysis of covari ance, controlling for differences in IQ and grade level, was used to test differ ences in mean gain scores of pretest, posttest, and second posttest. Results indi cated that the experimental (CAI) group learned more between pretest and both posttests than did the control group. Results of three stepwise multiple regres sion analyses indicated that student learning via CAI did not vary by IQ, GPA, attitude toward computers, or familiarity with computers, which suggests that CAI is an effective teaching method for teaching consumer credit with diverse types of high school students.
The purpose of this study was to compile a listing of theses and dissertations completed in home economics in colleges and universities in the United States during 1985. The 885 titles received from 73 institutions are listed by subject matter and degree; and the author, institution, and availability of the document are reported. Information about graduate research in home economics is summa rized through presentations of totals for each institution, by subject matter cate gories, and through rankings for the institutions reporting the largest numbers of theses and dissertations. Of all the titles, 26 percent were for dissertations. The largest number of titles was reported in nutrition, and family relations ranked second. In comparison to the titles reported in 1983 and 1984, the percentage of dissertations was similar (25% vs. 26%) and the subject matter areas with the largest numbers of titles were the same.
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