THE NEBRASKA CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT CENTER'S STUDY OF THE SYNTAX OF CHILDREN'S WRITING ATTEMPTED TO ASCERTAIN (1) THE PROGRESSIVE NUMBER OF SENTENCE UNITS WRITTEN BY STUDENTS IN GRADES TWO THROUGH SIX, (2) LEVELS OF STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY IN CHILDREN'S WRITING, (3) SYNTACTIC PATTERNS OF THIS COMMUNICATION, (4) WHETHER OR NOT COMMON CHARACTERISTICS…

THE SECOND PHASE OF THE SYNTAX STUDY OF CHILDREN'S WRITING, CONDUCTED BY THE NEBRASKA CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT CENTER, CONCENTRATED ON DISCOVERING AND EVALUATING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CONTROL GROUPS WHICH DID NOT USE THE NEBRASKA ENGLISH CURRICULUM AND EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS WHICH DID. ANSWERS WERE SOUGHT TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS--(1) HOW DOES THE…

THE THIRD PART OF THE NEBRASKA CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT CENTER'S ANALYSIS OF THE SYNTAX OF CHILDREN'S WRITING FOCUSED UPON (1) HOW THE SYNTAX OF THIRD- AND SIXTH-GRADERS COMPARED WITH THAT OF PROFESSIONAL WRITERS, (2) WHETHER OR NOT THE RATE OF GROWTH IN CERTAIN SYNTACTIC SKILLS VARIED SIGNIFICANTLY AMONG GROUPS OF CHILDREN IN VARIOUS LANGUAGE ARTS…

RESEARCH WAS UNDERTAKEN WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF GAINING A PRELIMINARY UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONSEQUENCES THAT OCCUR IN THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS AS A RESULT OF DIFFERENT PATTERNS IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE. THIS REPORT IS AN EFFORT TO DESCRIBE AN ON-GOING PATTERN AND TO DEVELOP MODELS OF ITS…

THE HUMAN INTERACTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE STUDIED FACTORS IMPEDING AND FACILITATING THE SPREAD OF INNOVATION IN VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. THEY STUDIED THE COMMUNICATIVE, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND ATTITUDINAL BARRIERS KEEPING MANY REHABILITATION AGENCIES FROM DEVELOPING THEIR OWN INNOVATIONS OR FROM ADOPTING THOSE OF OTHERS. TWO STRATEGIES TO SURMOUNT…

THE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPANDING OR CONDENSING THE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULA IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE DISCUSSED. A ONE WEEK SEMINAR CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING--THE PART OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM, SATISFACTION WITH PRESENT PRACTICES, PUBLIC RELUCTANCE TO ALLOW SOCIAL STUDIES TO DEAL WITH SOCIAL REALITY AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS ATTITUDE…

A Q-SORT WAS USED TO MEASURE ATTITUDINAL CHANGE BROUGHT ABOUT BY FAMILY GROUP CONSULTATION. NINE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THREE FAMILIES WERE GIVEN THE Q-SORT AT THE BEGINNING OF COUNSELING AND AGAIN 8 WEEKS LATER. THESE TWO SORTS ASKED THE FAMILY GROUP MEMBERS TO RATE THEIR IDEAL SELF AND THEIR PERCEIVED SELF. THESE RATINGS WERE CORRELATED WITH AN INDEX…

THE CONFERENCE REPORTED IN THE STUDY WAS HELD MAY 10-12, 1965, AT WORTHINGTON, OHIO. THE CONFERENCE TOPICS ORIGINATED FROM A DISCUSSION OF THE DISPARITY BETWEEN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN EDUCATION. IT WAS FOCUSED ON THE SPECIFIC PROBLEM OF CONDUCTING FIELD STUDIES INVOLVING NEW EDUCATIONAL MEDIA DEMONSTRATIONS. A SERIES OF PAPERS WAS DEVELOPED FOR…

ABOUT 80 CHAIRMEN OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH WERE INVITED TO A SEMINAR AT ALLERTON PARK, MONTICELLO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 2-4, 1962. EFFORTS WERE MADE TO INSURE A GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATION FROM VARIOUS KINDS OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. THE SPECIFIC CONCERN OF THE SEMINAR…

THE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA PROJECT (ITM) HELD A THIRD ADVISORY PANEL MEETING IN LOS ANGELES ON JANUARY 7, 8, AND 9, 1965. RELATIVE TO THE MEETING, THIS REPORT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS AMONG OTHERS--(1) AN OUTLINE ON TECHNIQUES OF MULTI-STREEN-MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATION, (2) FILM TREATMENTS WITH FORWARDING LETTERS TO THE U.S.…

This paper discusses the development of research on early childhood education in New Zealand, the people involved in the research, and other general issues concerning early childhood education in New Zealand. Content analysis of the New Zealand Early Childhood Care and Education Bibliography reveals an increase in published materials concerning…

Continuity is one of the great facilitators of educational impact--measurable phenomena of positive or negative value which follow the completion of a project or program. It is assumed that continuity in educational research leads to accumulations of (1) research skills, (2) knowledge about previous related research, (3) contacts with like-minded…

This study asks (1) are teachers able to identify creative children in their classrooms at better than chance level, (2) does this ability change with grade level, and (3) does creativity itself increase as a function of grade level in school? The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking--Circles Subtest--was administered to 455 first, second, and…

In an attempt to clarify the structure of positive and negative parenthood motivations, a series of factor analyses were performed on importance ratings of empirically generated reasons for and against having a child. Findings were: (1) evidence for bipolar factors is weak; (2) both positive and negative motivations have a moderately strong single…

A review of the literature concerning the relative breadths of masculine and feminine sex-role standards in our culture suggested the hypothesis that the addition of neutral items to the IT Scale for Children (a projective measure of sex-role preference) would have a greater effect on boys' scores than girls' scores. Sixteen neutral items were…