Development, demonstration, and research projects, supported by the Administration on Aging's Research and Development Grants Program, have two major objectives: to stimulate community efforts in behalf of the elderly, and to develop solutions to many social and economic problems of the elderly. As of September 1, 1969, 117 projects had been…

Research reported dealt with a national survey on the allocation of funds to colleges by the College Science Improvement Program (COSIP). Of 94 colleges eligible to receive COSIP grants, 29 had been awarded grants. Questionnaires were sent to students of the eligible institutions while they were freshmen and again when they were seniors.…

An appraisal is made of work accomplished by the International Institute for Labour Studies during the period 1965-1970, and guidelines for future development are suggested. Educational work accomplished by the institute since 1965 followed the general purpose of providing leadership education for those in labor and social policy fields. Related…

Contained in the annotated bibliography are 73 references to research dealing with creativity and gifted children. Research covers such aspects as academic achievement, cognitive processes, creative thinking, individual characteristics, personality, student attitudes, teaching methods, testing, and program evaluation. The bibliography is one in a…

This evaluation of Northeastern State College (N.S.C.) concerns the faculty, research, publications, and in-service activities. Research covered a) evaluation of graduates who teach in northeast Oklahoma public schools, b) a survey of training needed for business education intern teachers in terms of equipment, c) an evaluation of the speech…

The Commission on Graduate Education of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges has assembled in this booklet the nature of the fundamental problems of graduate education accompanied by recommendations for action. Nine areas of concern include redesigning graduate education for the twentieth century, distinguishing…

This study examines the background characteristics of two large national samples of first-time enrolled freshmen who (a) attended college within their state of residence but away from their home community, (b) migrated to a college in an adjacent state, (c) migrated to a college in a distant state, and (d) attended college in their home community.…

This booklet contains a detailed review of the aeronautical research conducted at Langley Research Center during the 50 years after its construction in 1917 as the first research laboratory for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. The research is discussed in five parts, by decades: 1917-27, 1928-37, 1938-47, 1948-57, 1958-67.…

This report on the design of a new pattern for the training of research, development, demonstration/dissemination, and evaluation personnel in education contains a short introductory section, "Activities of the Design Phase," and four extensive appendixes: minutes of the interim governing council meetings; the August 1, 1970 progress…

Since many acts of aggression in society are more than simply an aggressor-victim encounter, the role played by third person instigated aggression also needs examination. The purpose of this study was to develop a laboratory procedure to systematically investigate instigation. In a competitive reaction time task, high and low Machiavellian Males…

The general purposes of this project were to test microteaching procedures for teacher training and to study relations between the process of teaching and its outcome. The project made use of "cued" video models (a short peep being superimposed whenever the model demonstrated a goal-related behavior), videotape self-feedback with self-evaluation…

This report covers the third quarter of Phase IV of the University-Urban Interface Program developed at the University of Pittsburgh in 1969. Since the project is close to completion, the report briefly reviews the status of the various reports in each of five areas. These areas include minority and community services, campus development,…

This report describes current efforts in American colleges and universities to incorporate an international perspective in the preparation of teachers and other educational personnel. Chapter I presents an overview of international teacher education and a synopsis of several related studies. The second chapter presents the data. It is organized…

This report summarizes research activities of the State Research Coordinating Units conducted under Section 131(b) of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 during the second half of fiscal year 1971 and includes a final analysis of the entire fiscal year. The purpose of the report is to facilitate exchange of information and reduce…

This volume of "Abstracts of Research Papers 1972" is comprised of abstracts, precisely as submitted by the authors, of the 128 papers scheduled for presentation at the 1972 Houston convention of the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Although an attempt was made to group papers by subject content, this was not…