THE BACKGROUNDS, MOTIVATIONS, AND PERSONALITIES OF THREE GROUPS WERE INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE AND TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO CREATIVE PRODUCTIVITY. A SAMPLE OF 30 PSYCHOLOGISTS WAS SELECTED AND, AFTER SOME INVESTIGATION, WAS DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING GROUPS--(1) CREATIVE, (2)…

ALTHOUGH ONLY 36 PER CENT OF OUR POPULATION LIVE IN RURAL AREAS, 52 PER CENT OF OUR POOR RESIDE THERE. RURAL INFANT MORTALITY AND RURAL DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, AND RURAL MIGRATORY FARM WORKERS HAVE SIMILARLY HIGH MORTALITY RATES. RURAL AREAS HAVE SUBSTANTIAL SHORTAGES IN ALL HEALTH SERVICES.…

THIS SURVEY EXAMINED THE RELATIONSHIP OF FLORIDA TO STATES OF SIMILAR SIZE CONCERNING SERVICES AND SIZE OF STAFF FOR THE EDUCATION OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN DURING 1965-1966 IN THESE SEVEN AREAS--SPEECH HANDICAPPED, SPECIAL LEARNING PROBLEMS (INCLUDING EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED, NEUROLOGICALLY IMPAIRED, BRAIN DAMAGED, SOCIALLY MALADJUSTED, AND…

CURRENT LITERATURE RELEVANT TO MUSIC EDUCATION OF CHILDREN STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT BASED ON A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO MUSIC LEARNING. THERE BEING LITTLE UNDERSTANDING OF CHILDREN'S CONCEPTS OF BASIC MUSICAL ELEMENTS ON WHICH TO FOUND SUCH CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, AN INSTRUMENT WAS DEVELOPED TO IDENTIFY THE IDEAS REGARDING…

A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF CHILDREN'S SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS TO (1) THEIR INTELLECTUAL, ACADEMIC, AND SOCIAL PERFORMANCE AND (2) CERTAIN FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY BACKGROUND VARIABLES. LITERATURE PERTINENT TO THE PROBLEM IS REVIEWED. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 400 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. GROUP INTELLIGENCE TESTS, AN…

A "TIME LAG" STATISTICAL METHOD WHICH COMPARES THE RELATIVE SPEED OF MOVEMENT OF NEGROES AND WHITES TO REACH THE SAME LEVEL ON A NUMBER OF INDICES SHOWS THAT NEGROES LAG IN LIFE EXPECTANCY, RATE OF BIRTHS IN HOSPITALS, INFANT MORTALITY, HEALTH CONDITIONS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, AND EMPLOYMENT POSSIBILITIES. THE NEGRO UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FLUCTUATE…

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS WERE STUDIED TO (1) DISCOVER LEVELS OF COMPETENCY, (2) OBTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC AND BASE LINE DATA, (3) ASSIST IN REEVALUATING THE DIAGNOSTICIAN PROGRAM. THE POPULATION, 209 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION (DPI) APPROVED DIAGNOSTICIANS AND 107 MEMBERS OF THE MICHIGAN SOCIETY OF…

DIFFERENCES WERE INVESTIGATED IN APTITUDES, STUDY HABITS, AND VALUES AMONG FOUR CATEGORIES OF FEMALE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION MAJORS WHO WERE 1961 AND 1962 FRESHMAN MATRICULANTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE. THE CATEGORIES WERE (1) EDUCATION MAJORS FROM MATRICULATION THROUGH GRADUATION (N 105), (2) EDUCATION MAJORS IN GOOD STANDING WHO WITHDREW (N…

A COMPARISON WAS MADE BETWEEN THE UNDERGRADUATES IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION WHO HAD SELECTED EITHER BIOLOGY OR GEOLOGY AS A FIELD OF SUBJECT MATTER CONCENTRATION AND THOSE WHO HAD DECLARED SOME OTHER CONCENTRATION. THE STUDY WAS BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP IN FUTURE SCIENCE INSTRUCTION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS MUST COME FROM…

AS PART OF AN OVERALL EVALUATION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM, THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, IN 1964, COMMISSIONED THE DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES TO PROVIDE SYSTEMATIC AND COHERENT PROFILES OF COMMUNICANTS, YOUTH, CHURCH SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND MINISTERS. THIS RESEARCH WAS BASED ON THE INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO…

An attempt was made to determine who uses data from the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) and for what purposes. The study objective was to learn if HEGIS is a necessary and useful data base for determining the condition of higher education and developing policy. The quality of the HEGIS data perceived in terms of accuracy,…

The 1980-81 costs of tuition, required fees, and room and board at state and land-grant universities are examined, with two-year comparisons presented for median undergraduate charges and median graduate and professional studies charges. Fifteen-year trends of median charges for undergraduate tuition and fees (1965-80) are presented along with…

State/territory funded scholarships and grant programs to undergraduate students with financial need are detailed in the 11th annual survey by the National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs (NASSGP). Historical data from 1969-1970, including dollar value awards in states with the largest programs, information on State Student…

Three different computational procedures for equating two forms of a test were applied to a pair of mathematics tests to compare the results of the three procedures. The tests that were being equated were two forms of the SRA Mastery Mathematics Tests. The common, linking test used for equating was the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, Form S,…

Statistical and econometric techniques of correcting for supervisor bias in models of individual performance appraisal were developed, using a variant of the classical linear regression model. Location bias occurs when individual performance is systematically overestimated or underestimated, while scale bias results when raters either exaggerate…