The introduction reviews a number of findings and problems in the measurement of achievement motivation and raises some questions concerning the possible friction between motivation to achieve and curiosity. Subjects for the two pilot studies es were ninth graders of average (95-113) and high IQ (128 +) from a predominantly upper middle-class…

This investigation determined if students showed a difference in academic attainment or attitude toward school as a result of membership in an average or above average size group. Some 224 male and female students in average or above average size classes in Business Law, Introduction to Business, and Government served as subjects. They were…

This compilation of research in agricultural education includes 36 studies completed during 1967-68 in the seven states of the American Vocational Association Pacific Region. Masters theses and staff studies are summarized by listing their purpose, methodology, and major findings. (DM)

Agricultural education studies in progress in the American Vocational Association Pacific Region in December 1968 are cited. Included are master's theses, doctoral dissertations and staff studies. (DM)

This study was designed to answer two questions: (1) Is the systematic desensitization of test anxiety effective with secondary school students?; (2) Is relaxation per se as useful a technique as systematic desensitization? High test anxious secondary-school students were assigned to one of two experimental conditions, desensitization or…

Graduate schools must develop new criteria for identifying potentially talented individuals. Judgment analysis (JAN) uses a criterion of success, derived from the judgments of a group of experts, for graduate student selection. In considering a number of applicants for a position, a judge examines each applicant's scores for various profile…

One-hundred thirty-two projects concerning technical aids for the speech handicapped are summarized as a result of an international survey of 270 institutions. Introductory tables allow access to projects by diagnosis (type of speech impairment such as stuttering or aphasia laryngectomy) or type of technical aid (such as communication boards or…

The document describes a project to assess the occupational opportunities of persons with severe permanent handicaps, to describe vocational training programs and placement services available for the severely handicapped, and to recommend needed research and development activities concerning vocational and placement needs of severely handicapped…

The bibliography lists research reports, publications by staff members in professional journals, and presentations at professional and military meetings by the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) during fiscal year 1975. It provides a complete record of HumRRO publications in conjunction with the cumulative Bibliography of Publications…

This study examined students at two different age levels to determine if those forced into having valid expectations tended to exhibit increased motivation and, by extention, improved performance. Motivation was determined by measuring both student performance and the time spent on the performance task. Eighty students from two grade levels (six…

This report examines the financial condition of men when they are released from state prisons. To what extent are they any better off than when they went in? With few exceptions, the author finds very little difference: they leave prison as they entered, still poor, with few employable skills and little work experience. The little money men do…

The values and processes which underlie people's birth planning decisions were studied via decision theory. Sixty-three married couples including 23 with no children, 33 with one child, and 27 with two children were presented with a large set of personal values related to birth planning decisions. Individuals rated the importance or utility of…

To provide a profile of the organization and evaluation concerns of the state advisory councils for vocational education, a questionnaire form was sent to the 52 state advisory councils, with 37 respondents. On the average, each group had about 20 members with two elected officers and two salaried staff members. The average amount of federal funds…

Three hundred and seventy-seven research papers by graduates and undergraduates are listed in this bibliography, which both teachers and researchers are likely to find useful. All the papers deal with some aspect of Louisiana, but many contain implications and information of quite general application, such as "The Relationship of…

Described are 2,589 research projects under the general headings of: Properties of Water, Water Motion, Meteorology, Survey and Prediction, Living Systems (non-human), Public Health and Safety, Marine Geology, Engineering and Technology, Costal Zone Management and Use, Legal Studies, Education and Training, and Facilities. Each description…