Based on adult education students who completed Ph.D. work in the Department of Education, University of Chicago, during 1960-69, this study examined the problems they perceive in completing doctoral study. Eighty-five doctoral graduates submitted usable questionnaires. Data were obtained on completion time as related to such variables as number…

During the summer of 1969, 16 youths from the Los Angeles County Probation Department's facilities participated in the Upward Bound program at the Claremont colleges together with 60 other students from surrounding communities. This program was established to provide the probation department with information useful in establishing similar joint…

The Adult Armchair Education project (AAE) of the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) in Philadelphia undertook instruction and skill development among the disadvantaged through learning groups in homes. Indigenous paid staff conducted direct, door-to-door recruitment. Classes, meeting once a week, 2 1/2 hours per session, for 10 weeks,…

This study in Knox County, Tennessee, was done to determine how those attending Extension clothing construction workshops differed from others; which recommended clothing instruction practices were being used; and factors influencing respondents to adopt or reject practices. Forty-five participants and a random sample of 45 nonparticipants were…

In this study, a teaching method stressing the learner's perceptual development was prepared for the purpose of teaching beginning handwriting to children. During a school year, 324 first-graders were guided to examine the formational processes of handwriting, to describe the correct procedures orally, to check their own procedures against the…

To acquire information concerning the counselor's feelings and ideas about his profession, about himself as a professional practitioner in the field of rehabilitation, and about the organizational structure within which he is employed, data were collected by questionnaire from 114 counselors in the New England State Rehabilitation Agencies.…

The relationships that exist between written compositions of fourth-grade students and various teacher influences were investigated in this study. Relationships examined were those between the student's achievements in composition and (1) his teacher's writing ability, (2) his perception of other students' writing, his classroom, his assignments,…

This study sought to identify leisure interests and participation patterns of residents over 65 in selected nursing homes in Los Angeles County, California, together with general and professional beliefs of nursing home administrators and authorities on aging as to leisure activities for aged nursing home patients. Interviews were held with 107…

Effective individualized instruction and increased student participation in foreign language communication skills could be achieved by a team-teaching approach. A team, comprised of the regular foreign language teacher and a number of volunteer advanced students, could (1) present listening comprehension materials, (2) evaluate pronunciation and…

Using a student biographical inventory, quick word test, and survey of program dropouts, adult part time students in Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) Evening Division credit and noncredit courses were studied as to personal background, motivation, self-concept, mental ability, educational and vocational plans, and program satisfaction.…

This report describes design techniques, areas of effective application, and research directions in educational simulations. The five chapters contain (1) a review of recent literature; (2) an overview of the field of simulation including definitions and some of the rationales for using simulation in instruction; (3) an outline of the design…

Approximately 400 low-income black sixth-grade children underwent a two-step training process to help understand fate-control. After a week of intensive achievement-motivation training, nine experimental teachers and a research team cooperatively designed a program to develop in their students the realization that their behavior in relation to…

The Undergraduate Studies Committee in the Political Science Department at Berkeley designed this self-study for the purpose of understanding more clearly the experiences political science majors have in the department. The first part of the study was a "study in depth" which consisted of interviewing some 60 undergraduate majors in…

With the loss of the original religious foundation of education and its increasing secularization, there has been a shift in definition of the teacher's role. In attempting to prepare persons for assuming the responsibilities of this role, education has relied on teacher training programs as external elements of control instead of the earlier…

The two technical reports in this volume are devoted to describing the poor in Atlanta, and the persons who become clients in the service programs operated by Economic Opportunity Atlanta, and deal with residents of the areas served by the Neighborhood Service Centers located in the target area. Two samples are identified specifically: the Cohort…