The monitoring guide is designed to insure that local education agencies (LEAs) are meeting the mandate to provide a free, appropriate public education for handicapped students; and to assist public agencies in complying with applicable statutes, rules, and regulations to maximize program effectiveness. An introductory section offers a policy…

This paper reviews and summarizes the procedures used by the Library Research Center (LRC) of the University of Illinois to process data from Illinois public library annual reports filed with the Illinois State Library (ISL). The complete processing cycle is described, including: (1) preparation and revision of reporting forms; (2) their…

Weather data gathered from the local newspaper can be used in teaching a unit on statistics. (SD)

Article contained data pertinent to the characteristics of member schools of the NCA. (RK)

By keeping records of their own behavior, clients can provide useful data for research by practitioners as well as participate in an effective form of treatment. The author proposes guidelines for assuring the accuracy of clients' reports. (Author)

This study researched the Plenk scoring system more thoroughly to see whether it could be used with older children and whether it could differentiate normal from emotionally disturbed Ss. (Author)

Article compared the perceptions and motivations of delinquents who were institutionalized in 1954 with those imprisoned in 1974. (Author/RK)

Describes procedures for identifying stimuli in the natural environment whose presence was associated with altered probabilities for both the initiation and persistence of noxious responses. (Author/SDH)

A free-response method of data collection (questionnaires), in conjunction with nonmetric multidimensional scaling, produced results highly similar to those of a previous study, i.e., that an effective college teacher could be characterized in terms of "research,""teaching," and "service to the university." (Author/RC)

This paper presents a model which illustrates the cyclical and interactive nature of the basic elements of the research design process. Rather than presenting each research design component in isolation, the model emphasizes their interrelationships. A brief discussion is presented on each of the following components of the model: (1) the "words"…

A dilemma faces the ethnographer whose discipline forces the creation of an objective text from an intimate participatory experience. There have been three ways in which ethnographers have attempted to solve the dilemma of producing the objectivity of a scientific text while acknowledging their presence in the field. The first approach is the…

Cultural differences, socioeconomic conditions, broken homes, and other problems are not grounds for allowing criminal acts to go unchallenged on school property. This publication shows administrators how to control and reduce the incidence of criminal acts, which create fear, anxiety, hostility, and a loss of confidence in the educational system.…

The FORM approach is designed to help persons in the senior population with the task of filling out the forms or applications required for a myriad of societal and human needs. The acronym represents a four-part approach consisting of: Facing the issue; applying Overview; Rewriting headings as questions; and Matching information as appropriate…