Contained in the annotated bibliography, which is one in a series of over 50 similar selected bibliographies dealing with exceptional children, both handicapped and gifted, are 101 references concerning disadvantaged youth. Covered are such major topics as cultural and economic disadvantagement, socioeconomic influences, early childhood education,…

The bibliography contains 57 references selected from Exceptional Child Education Abstracts on research studies relating to learning disabilities. One in a series of over 50 similar selected listings concerning the education of the gifted or handicapped, the bibliography cites research reports concerning testing, program evaluation, learning…

One in a series of over 50 similar selected listings relating to the education of gifted or handicapped children, the bibliography contains 66 references selected from Exceptional Child Education Abstracts on research studies of emotionally disturbed children. References include research reports on behavior problems and modification,…

One in a series of over 50 similar selected listings relating to the education of gifted or handicapped children, the bibliography contains 81 references selected from Exceptional Child Education Abstracts on research studies of visually handicapped children. References include research reports on screening and identification, listening abilities,…

Sixty-eight references selected from Exceptional Child Education Abstracts are included in the bibliography on research dealing with the educable mentally retarded. The bibliography is one in a series of over 50 similar listings related to handicapped and gifted children. For each research study, bibliographic data, availability information,…

Eighty-nine references, including research reports, texts, journal articles, and other research-related literature, are included in the bibliography on research concerning aurally handicapped children (both the deaf and the hard of hearing). The bibliography, containing bibliographic data, availability information, indexing and retrieval terms,…

Three separate projects related to the field of study known as the "social psychology of experimental situations" are the subject of this report. This field is based on the fact that an experiment with human subjects necessitates social interaction between experimenter and subject; thus the social nature of an experiment may have an impact on its…

Prior to beginning the first year academic curriculum at the Naval Academy, incoming midshipmen are required to complete "plebe summer" - a nonacademic military training program. Typically, some members of each incoming class fail to complete this summer training, with the great majority of disenrollments being for motivational reasons.…

Prediction weights for educational programs in 22 vocational and technical fields are provided using ability scores from the American College Testing Program (ACT) Career Planning Profile and a Bayesian regression theory. The criterion variable studies was first-semester grade-point average. Each vocational-technical program analyzed was…

Three groups of students were analyzed to determine if academic and nonacademic variables would discriminate between students who graduate with honors, those who graduate without honors, and those who drop out of college. Criterion groups were composed of male students from Brown University who entered in 1962, 1963, and 1964 and graduated in 4…

Investigated were the effects of varying instructional explicitness (minimal, general, and explicit) and types of reinforcement (none, extrinsic, and intrinsic or relational) on the learning of an oddity discrimination task by 48 nursery school children. Ss were randomly assigned to six groups where general or minimal instructional explicitness…

Because of the potential of computers for improving education, the need for educating people about computers, and the major role that the U. S. Office of Education (USOE) has had in fostering the application of computers in education, it is important that a record be made of USOE's support of computer and computer-related projects. This report…

This report summarizes research activities of the State Research Coordinating Units during the second half of the 1972 fiscal year and includes a final analysis of the entire fiscal year. The purpose of the report is to facilitate exchange of information and reduce duplication of effort among the states by providing awareness of the research and…

This semiannual report summarizes research activities of the State Research Coordinating Units conducted under Section 131(b) of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 during the first half of fiscal year 1972. The purpose of the report is to facilitate exchange of information and reduce duplication of effort among the states by providing…

This issue of "Science Education News" is concerned with Educational Research and Development (R and D). The initial article, "Efforts of Laboratories and Centers," presents a brief historical sketch of the growth and development of the various R and D Centers in the United States. Other topical headings include: "Product Information Available,""R…