Student attrition was studied in relation to the quality of the interaction between the student and the college environment, using a modified version of the Total Adjustment Scale, a self-report rating scale. Academic functioning, social functioning, and bonding to the college setting were assessed for 459 college freshmen at the University of…

Escalante (Utah) High School's outdoor unified studies field trip is a learning experience to be remembered. The four-day camping experience begins with pre-trip plans, pretests, and lecture/introductions to the Anasazi culture and to geologic formations to be visited. Horses (and equipment-carrying trucks) take the students into the desert to set…

The objectives of the SPEAR (Specialized Psycho-Educational Adult Remediation) project were to both introduce and incorporate mainstreamed adult basic education through offering specialized services to learning-disabled adults. This program both identified and educationally remediated specific learning disabilities and included educational and…

This fifth of 14 curriculum modules in the Family and Community Services Occupational Education Modules series deals with the helping process. It explores the social concept of helping and provides student experiences to enable them to practice certain helping skills, including problem identification, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment planning,…

A two-stage model for early identification and selection of gifted children in kindergarden through grade 3 was successfully developed for the Walker Full-time Gifted Program in the Flint, Michigan Community Schools. Using the Nominative Group Process of interactive decision-making, project participants, school administrators, school…

The guide, a support document to the Oklahoma State Plan for Special Education, presents a policies and procedures manual for special education in Oklahoma in accordance with the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142). The manual is intended to establish the minimum standards for special education program approval, to establish…

REPORTED ARE THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF FOUR CONFERENCES ON INNOVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION. HELD AT BARD COLLEGE ON JANUARY 25-28, 1967, THE CONFERENCE INVOLVED REPRESENTATIVES FROM TEN COLLEGES. THE LECTURES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS DEALT WITH THE TOPICS (1) SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENTERPRISE, (2) THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE IN LABORATORIES…

THE TABLES AND ACCOMPANYING EXPLANATORY TEXT IN THIS REPORT DESCRIBE THE POOR BY AGE, SEX, AND LOCATION IN 1964. DATA ARE DERIVED FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS POPULATION SURVEY IN MARCH 1965. AS OF THIS DATE THERE WERE AN ESTIMATED 12 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS OR 34 MILLION PERSONS LIVING ON A POVERTY-LEVEL INCOME, WHICH AVERAGED APPROXIMATELY 70…

This handbook on the adult learner and adult learning problems or disabilities is designed to serve as a practical tool for the Adult Basic Education instructor. It is divided into two main sections. Section 1 contains information concerning the nature of the adult learner. The first part deals with general characteristics of the adult learner and…

This collection includes ten papers on South Asian (particularly East Indian) women in Canada. The papers were written by the author for presentation at various meetings from 1976 to 1980 and discuss: (1) the author's research on differential role perceptions, religious values, role socialization, and achievement aspirations of East Indian and…

This handbook is both a resource for teachers, counselors, administrators, and other support staff and an inservice training manual for a teacher trainer in a workshop setting. Each of the first three (of four) sections contains two components. The first is a resource component with informative materials and various exercises to help the teacher…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO PRESENT A SUMMARY OF PRESENT KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING RURAL AND URBAN DIFFERENCES IN STUDENT ASPIRATION AND OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE OF YOUTH. THE PAPER RELIED HEAVILY ON DATA OBTAINED IN A WISCONSIN RESEARCH PROJECT FINANCED BY THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION AND THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. OTHER STUDIES MENTIONED INDICATED…

To gather information about case finding and special educational services for hard of hearing children, questionnaires were sent to state departments of education and of health, to an approximate 10% random sample of local school districts serving 600 or more students, to all known public and private facilities for the deaf, and to speech and…

The 842 research projects on emotional disturbance which have been reported to the Children's Bureau Clearinghouse for Research in Child Life since 1956 are listed. Projects are classified into the following categories: general studies; incidence and prevalence; etiology; identification, diagnosis, and classification; psychological testing;…

The history of special education in New Jersey public schools (1904-54), and new legislation and growth in the 1954-67 period are reviewed. Aspects treated include the process by which handicapped children are found, evaluated, and placed; the rights and responsibilities of pupils, teachers, and school boards; and the impact of federal programs on…