Twelve human relations training subjects received training in Carkhuff's seven core counselor conditions. Twelve microcounseling subjects were trained in use of attending behavior, minimal activity responses, verbal following behavior, open inquiry, and reflection of feeling. Microcounseling subjects gained significantly more on empathy than did…

The original paper was prepared by Carlyle H. Folkins, Karen Lawson, Edward M. Opton, Jr., and Richard S. Lazarus in 1968. Their reply to Davison's critique is included.

Designed to assist Columbia University librarians and library technical staff in selecting binding styles or other treatments for unbound or deteriorated materials housed in the university's libraries, this handbook includes guidelines for the selection of appropriate treatment alternatives; descriptions of inhouse and commercial binding and…

This study was conducted to identify the specific techniques filmmakers use to plan and produce persuasive films and to determine if these techniques are related to six guidelines identified by Simonson in 1979 that, if included in the planning, production, or use of mediated instruction, will contribute to the development of desired attitudinal…

The purposes of this study are: (1) to compare the results of linear, equipercentile, frequency estimation equipercentile and item response theory (IRT) true formula score equating; and (2) to investigate the feasibility of using IRT methods to equate new forms of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test…

This report describes the procedures involved in the author's project to produce a bibliography of materials written in and about Inuktitut (the language of the Inuit Eskimo) which are held in the Metropolitan Toronto Library. The author's task orientation and methodology are detailed. (FM)

This report summarizes the in-school field operations and data collection activities, as well as the administration decision-making, undertaken in Year 11 of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, (NAEP) from March, 1979 through July, 1980. The more pertinent summary data on the planning and conduct of Year 11 in-school assessment are…

This study, done at the San Jose State University library, measures the effectiveness of an acquisitions approval plan, designed to acquire current books soon after publication without the time consuming, costly operation of title-by-title ordering, for a group of titles in political science. It also investigates the variation of titles received…

THIS MANUAL WAS PREPARED TO ASSIST AND GUIDE THOSE PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING AN INVENTORY OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES AT THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNITS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN MONTANA. THE PHYSICAL FACILITIES INVENTORY DATA WILL BE USEFUL IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS--(1) TO PROVIDE A CONTINUING, ACCURATE RECORD FOR EACH BUILDING, (2) TO PROVIDE A…

IN THE FIRST PART OF THE DOCUMENT, RESULTS OF GROUP DISCUSSIONS ON THE USE OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION (PI) AND TEACHING MACHINES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE SUMMARIZED, EMPHASIZING (1) PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPING NATIONS, (2) QUESTIONS ON PI METHODS AND MATERIALS, AND (3) STRATEGIES FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF PI. THE SECOND PART OF THE DOCUMENT IS AN ESSAY…

A MODEL OF HIERARCHICAL GROUPING IS APPLIED TO 24 INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. THE GROUPING IS A FUNCTION OF DIFFERENCES AMONG THE INSTITUTIONS' CHARACTERISTICS. THE THREE HIERARCHICAL GROUPINGS SHOWN ARE BASED ON (1) 10 USOE CATEGORIES OF INSTITUTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS, (2) 14 INPUT AND ORIENTATION VARIABLES, AND (3) 36 COLLEGE ENVIRONMENT…