This directory lists all projects funded by the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) during the 1997 fiscal year. It includes summaries, funding data, and contact information for a broad range of programs. Programs are grouped into the following categories: (1) research and demonstration projects; (2) rehabilitation…

A program at Le Moyne which involved undergraduate students in a professional type social science empirical research project is described in this article. Information is given on how students conducted a survey to measure the existence of polarization within the general population, and between college students and the general population;…

Faculty responsible for the American Government course were surveyed to find the rating of most important topic areas and of top-rated topics, the percentage rating of importance of constitutional and behavioral factors, and of the effects of the course on students. (KM)

An attempt to determine the predictive and correlational validity of the Parental Attitude Research Instrument was made by comparing attitudes identified through the PARI with other independent measures of behavior and attitudes of the same sample. (Author)

Discussion of a report, published as Organisation in Multiracial Schools,'' sponsored by the Department of Education and Science of Great Britain, April 1970 to September 1972, to determine the success of the school program for immigrant students with particular reference to language learning and teaching. (RS)

Review of the operation and objectives of the Institut fur deutsche Sprache (Institute for the German Language) and its publication Heutiges Deutsch'' (Contemporary German). (RS)

Paper is a preliminary effort to set forth a perspective concerning the demise of the Harvard R & D Center. (MB)

Reports the rescheduling of a crop production class during the summer months so that students can follow crops from planting through harvesting. (SB)

Second of two papers which report on survey of 600 articles related to marriage and the family, published in 12 journals between 1962-68. Deals primarily with 444 of the articles which were based on empirical data and focuses on approaches to the family as a researchable unit, current trends and problems and prospects in the area of family study.…

Collection of summaries of selected research projects related to English language comprehension and instruction. (RD)

The Creative Studies Project is an interdisciplinary effort to conduct research into the nature and nurture of creative behavior, and to translate the findings into educational programs. (Authors)