Among the many problems in interpreting the results of the experiment is the determination of what can be inferred from a limited duration experiment about the behavioral effects of a negative income tax. This paper examines and interprets experimental data based on the labor supply model. (Author/BP)

Paper delivered to the Council of Academic Societies at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges (Houston, Texas, November 1, 1968).

AN EXPERIMENTAL COURSE IN LABORATORY SCIENCE BY MEANS OF CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION WAS DESCRIBED. IT INVOLVED ALL SIXTH GRADES OF THE LENNOX SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER SIXTH-GRADE PUPILS COULD LEARN A COURSE IN LABORATORY SCIENCE AS WELL BY TELEVISION AS BY THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF THE EXPERIMENTS. OF THE…

The Michigan Department of Education received a grant of $42,950 from the U.S. Office of Education under Public Law 89-10, Title IV for the 1969-70 educational research internship program. The Bureau of Research administered the program for the department. The two interrelated purposes of the program were to contribute to the training of…

Tasks from the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking were administered to children in a cognitive-structured preprimary program. Results indicated that children entering as 5-year-olds showed a continuity of creative growth and excelled their controls on elaboration at the beginning of grade 1 and end of grade 2. Also, at the end of grade 2, they…

The study proposed to determine if an 8-weeks' summer preparatory program in English, math, reading, study aids, science, and group dynamics would enable a particular group of 51 students to compete academically in the first semester of the 1968-69 school year with 51 regularly admitted students. The experimental group was chosen from those…

The Freshmen Preventive Intervention Program had as its objectives for students the development of greater emotional maturity, more successful adaptation to the college community, less psychological disability, and fewer dropouts in the freshman class. By means of an interactive process using special questionnaires, the participating students were…

Pinel is a small, nongraded school for children aged 5-14 in Martinez, California. In 1969, it received a grant to bring together white suburban children and those from minority areas. This was a program of interracial contact primarily for the benefit of white children. It took place over two five-week summer sessions and Thursdays during the…

This bibliography provides annotations for recent research studies and lists journal articles on preschool programs. The 180 entries offer information for program organizers and administrators, teachers and parents. Included are entries from the ERIC monthly abstract journal, "Research in Education," covering a period from January 1970…

During the past two decades, public libraries have launched numerous outreach programs intended to reach the "unserved" in our society. At least one group has been largely overlooked in this missionary effort - the businessman! While they may not qualify as "deprived" in the socio-economic sense, representatives of business and…

The project was designed to develop a mechanism for the distribution of free bulletins of abstracts of accepted papers with the full versions available on microfiche or in hard copy from a commercial service bureau. However, the project did not succeed in attracting enough participants to justify its continuation. Because of its experimental…

THIS WORKING PAPER OFFERS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE UTILIZATION OF COMPUTERS AS CONTROL DEVICES, LISTING BOTH THEIR ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES. SUCH OTHER APPLICATIONS AS SIMULATION AND "DATA PROCESSING" WERE NOT COVERED IN THIS DOCUMENT. (LP)

Two of the originators of the DEG Project tell what it is, how it works and how such an approach can help teachers gain confidence in meeting the emotional needs of each child. (Editor)

An experiment at the Rockford Public Library Business, Science and Technology Division in which clerical help was used to answer telephoned inquiries thereby releasing the librarian to help the walk-in clientele is reported and evaluated. (1 reference) (NH)