This report examines selected characteristics of evening students in Hawaii community colleges and compares evening-only students with students taking day courses only and students taking both day and evening courses. The distribution of students by time of attendance in fall 1976 was 17% evening-only, 72% day-only, and 12% evening-day. A total of…

The purpose of this book is to help to draw together and cement the relationship between the public and private sectors in the field of recreation and to remove the observable lines of difference between the two. It is also intended to introduce prospective students to private and commercial recreation, particularly those who may be considering…

This conference dealt with the role of the natural environment in human development, the theories and research behind the relationship between urban children and the natural environment, and community and institutional responses to doing things with children in natural environments. Only some of the 113 papers presented at the conference are…

Detailed item analysis results for a form of the Scholastic Aptitude Test were examined for evidence of sex differences in test speededness. The conclusions were: (1) there was no evidence of appreciable differences in rate-of-work on any section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test; (2) there was some evidence that low-scoring females on the…

A comparison of test results on the Visual Discrimination Test was made between a group of 22 reading disabled children and 22 children who were reading on or above grade level. Both groups were of average or above-average intelligence and the two groups were matched for age and sex. The mean age was 10 years and 3 months and all the reading…

The conundrums discussed are: (1) Can media be used for instruction when people feel that its purpose is purely entertainment? (2) How much credibility can there be in messages originating from mistrusted sources? and (3) Is comprehension related to the sophistication of technology used in instructional presentations? Also in this issue: Brajesh…

The orientation and in-service training of adjunct faculty members is one of the most neglected aspects of an institution's faculty development program. Few institutions provide any consideration at all and, of those which do, most conduct little more than brief orientation sessions at the beginning of an academic term. There can be little doubt…

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Computer Center's LACE Project is designed to familiarize teachers and students with the use of computers. The project offers a wide range of instructional computing services through timesharing computer terminals located across the state of Wisconsin. The success of the program is measured in part by its…

The Network Measurement System (NMS) represents the implementation of a new approach to the performance measurement and evaluation of computer network systems and services. By focusing on the service delivered to network customers at their terminals, rather than on the internal mechanics of network operation, measurements can be obtained which are…

An approach to the use of computer assisted instruction (CAI) for teaching psychopharmacology is presented. A project is described in which, using the TUTOR programing language on the PLATO IV computer system, several computer programs were developed to demonstrate the concepts of aminergic transmitters in the central nervous system. Response…

In order to suggest a method of including evening and part-time students in the governance system of Delaware County Community College, the author sent a questionnaire to the Dean of Students or related official at 32 community colleges in Pannsylvania and New Jersey to determine the involvement of such students at other institutions. Twenty-two…

Of all students enrolled in the six community colleges of Hawaii in Spring 1975, 65 percent are regular (credit) students, 17 percent are "other" students (COP, PREP, senior citizens, non-credit), 14 percent are apprentices/journeymen, two percent are special students (concurrent early admits and continuing education), and one percent…

Designed for the instruction of emotionally handicapped children and youth, this guide presents mathematical concepts and activities which may be utilized in outdoor education. Three authors provide three individualized resource guides on mathematics; Guide 1 deals with the concepts of measurement, time, estimation, geometry, counting, and…

Today, the urban university is becoming the principal force in higher education. Although new to the American scene, it is educating thousands of students while also answering some of the community's basic needs. The growth of the urban university has been and will continue to be rapid and tremendous. For the purpose of this study, a simple…

This paper reports on a followup study of the long-term effects of infant care patterns among the Logoli people of East Africa. In the original study, 12 infants, ages 7-13 months, were observed to obtain a measure of the frequency with which the infant was held by the mother and others, latency of response to the infant's crying, and the number…