Project Self Discovery, an experimental program, sought to promote the social and personal development of bright underachieving students in nine Florida high schools. Prepared and evaluated were 12 discrete but interrelated chapters (units) offering readings and written exercises. These independent study units were concerned with such topics as…

To determine the effectiveness of a model driver education curriculum in leading to safe vehicle operation among beginning drivers, the Safe Peformance Curriculum, based on instructional objectives derived from analysis of the driver's tasks, was developed and pilot tested. Students were randomly assigned to one of the following: a Pre-Driver…

The following three models in the Rural Youth Program (a program for the economically disadvantaged) were evaluated: (1) The Corn Belt Model (Iowa, 1973-74); (2) The Northern Forest Model (Minnesota, 1973-74); (3) The Central Plains Model (Nebraska, 1972-73). In addition to base line school and community data, occupational, educational, and social…

This investigation was an attempt to follow up previous research dealing with the impact of films of successful Negro professionals, who had come from impoverished beginnings, on the self-concept and level of aspiration of Negro youth. Students from three schools saw 12 films of six black professionals and six white professionals on a once-a-week…

This programed instruction project for adult Four-H leaders was undertaken to develop a ten unit manuscript covering basic Four H concepts; to prepare four versions thereof differing in response mode; to field test all four on a national sample of leaders; and to prepare a final research edition of the course based on the response mode proving…

This study developed and field tested instructional units designed to help young adult farmers use farm management principles in decision making. Relationships were also sought between farmers' personal characteristics and their posttest scores. Ten teachers of vocational agriculture (Group A) received inservice training in using the instructional…

This study dealt with the relationship of educational background, age, sex, and liberal education to critical thinking and open-mindedness for participants (119 Michigan farmers, aged about 25-35, and their wives) in an extensive continuing education program. Three groups admitted to the Kellogg Farmers Study Program (KFSP) in 1965, 1966, and…

This study investigated whether the self-esteem of disadvantaged adult students can be influenced by group guidance experiences; and to what degree, and how, academic achievement is influenced by changes in self-esteem. Subjects (59 Negro women in a clerical training program in Detroit) were divided into two experimental and two control groups. A…

The relative effectiveness of two ways of structuring and presenting 24 clock hours of preservice and initial inservice vocational-industrial teacher education lessons was determined by comparing: (1) an integrated lecture-discussion course presented by qualified vocational-industrial teacher educator, with (2) a packaged course consisting of 16…

Thirty-two pairs of disadvantaged Negro first grade children were matched on mental age (M.A.), chronological age (C.A.), intelligence quotient (I.Q.), and language age (L.A.). One of each pair was randomly assigned to be the experimental group, while the other formed the matched pair of the control group. A language stimulation program consisting…

Using role playing and critique methodology, this research study investigated effects on learning caused by self-confrontation via video tape replay compared with audio tape replay. Twenty-five experienced industrial salesmen were taught listening skills, the use of open-ended and reflective questions, and related techniques; and each role played…

This evaluation sampled 150 pairs of schools (50 pairs of high schools and 100 pairs of elementary schools) eligible for ESAP funds, randomly designating one school from each pair as a control school to receive no ESAP funds and using a flip of the coin to so designate. The first volume of the report comprises four chapters and seven appendices.…

The effects of sex, verbal ability, test anxiety, ideational fluency and training procedures on Formulating Hypotheses test performance were studied. Training consisted of presentation of models of "acceptable" responses that stressed either quantity or quality performance. Both the quantity and quality models were effective in modifying…

In order to understand the adjustment of blacks in an integrated situation, it is vital to study the response of the whites to the blacks in those situations. This study is an analysis of data collected in the summer of 1970. The area of inquiry is the subjective one of emotional climate, feelings of affect, evaluations, and socio-emotional…

The research and the study focus on the problem of dissociated learning. Why do students fail to connect with knowledge? The purposes of the study are: to summarize research pertaining to brain growth; to describe educational approaches and tactics consistent with this research; to test a brain research-based program designed to connect children…