The many studies comparing good and poor readers have yielded few conclusive findings as a result of a number of problems. The first set of problems has to do with the choice of tests or tasks. There are many differences in the cognitive demands of reading and listening tasks children encounter in school. In listening, prosodic cues facilitate…

Federal and state roles in higher education and possible actions and priorities for the federal government with regard to research are considered. Federal sponsorship of research is directed to better inform policy-makers who share responsibilities for the national interest in higher education. Attention is directed to the following concerns:…

The papers in this volume are revisions of those presented at the Conference on Economics and Mental Health. The purposes of these papers and the conference at which they were discussed were to identify issues to facilitate wise public decision-making about mental health care, to assess the current state of knowledge, and to suggest directions for…

This fourth volume of the 1981 Report of the Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health presents a collection of commissioned papers prepared in order to provide working groups of the panel with background information on major areas of health care and health policy toward children and pregnant women. The papers are grouped according to the…

This study assessed the impacts on 58 schools and 379 on-site visitation team members participating in a Wisconsin Secondary Vocational Education Program Evaluation during three years, 1978-80. To accomplish this, a methodological mix was chosen, so that impacts could be documented quantitatively through questionnaire data, and qualitatively…

This long-range action plan identifies needed research and development activities in vocational education to improve the productivity of the workforce. It is designed to assist individuals at the state level to plan and design programs and services that will have an impact on improving the productivity of the workforce. It is divided into three…

To estimate computer needs at a higher education institution, the major types of users and their future needs should be determined. In a large or complex university, three major groups of users are typically instructional, research, and administrative. After collecting information on the needs of these users, the needs can be translated into…

Currently, findings of educational research are of little consequence to the curricular/instructional decisions of social studies teachers. Four basic conditions have created this inconsistency. (1) Since social studies teaching takes place among value and factual assumptions, decisions about educational practice are based more on value judgments…

An overview is presented of the background and proceedings of a conference planned to share information on dissemination and utilization research conducted by National Institute of Education sponsored projects in educational laboratories and R&D centers in order to form a community among those who share similar research objectives and problems.…

Both literature and organizational citations are included in this annotated bibliography on rural women. Literature citations range between 1939 and 1977, with the majority of the citations representing literature published in the 70's. Designed to stimulate further investigation and dissemination of information on rural women, this bibliography…

Suggestions for the successful implementation of a needs analysis for faculty/staff development are presented, based upon the experiences of a consortium of four South Carolina technical colleges. The report first defines a needs assessment as a process to determine the difference between what exists and what is needed, and then presents a…

During the next twenty years, a significantly expanding adult population and decreasing youth population will cause education for adults to be an increasing concern to the educational system. Out of necessity, an increasing proportion of the resources in education will be directed towards educating adults. Challenges which present themselves are…

Major policy options for American higher education in the next two decades, which is a period of potentially unused capacity, are considered. The focus is upon both public policies relating to higher education and policies of colleges and universities individually. It is suggested that the number of enrollees in higher education is partially…

An examination of trends in the service industries, as determined by U.S. Bureau of the Census figures (1970-77), reveals it to be the fastest growing sector in the economy, both nationally and rurally. Employment in this sector increased 24% nationally and accounted for 74% of the net gain in nonmetropolitan employment; growth was at least 65%…

THIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MODEL WAS AN OUTGROWTH OF A TECHNICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH PLANNING CONFERENCE OF BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVES TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE CRITICAL PROBLEMS WHICH SEEM TO BE IMPEDING THE GROWTH OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND TO SUGGEST RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES FOR A MORE UNIFIED…