Earlier reports from the GUME project (Goteborg, UndervisningsMetod i Engelska-Gothenburg/ Teaching/Methods/English) have shown that different methods of teaching English produce no significant differences in learning effects. In the present study, a direct continuation of earlier ones, modifications in design, teaching strategies, etc., were made…

A study was made to ascertain how large a sample is needed to make media effectiveness decisions which are generalizable to the total educable mentally handicapped (EMH) population. The method employed in the study involved pretesting and posttesting a sample of 70 primary and intermediate EMH children on the content of a filmstrip. Statistical…

This study was designed to explore one method of intervening in the process of a conventional academic classroom to affect student attitude and improve the learning climate. Two college freshman composition classes of 22 students each provided the subjects for the study. Each class was taught by the same instructor for three hours a week; one…

The investigation examined the relationship among role conflict, role ambiguity, and motivation to work of teacher-negotiators. The theoretical rationale for the study was formulated from the finding of Walton and McKersie, Deutsch, Vidmar and McGrath, and Blum concerning the negotiator's conflict with his adversary, his dependence on his…

The attitudes of State legislative education committee chairmen concerning possible changes in the financing and governance of education were surveyed. The chairmen provided comments on the deficiencies in federal, State, and local revenue sources; discussed problems of governance; gave their opinions on educational innovations and program…

In 6 follow-up studies, hypotheses and questions regarding the effects of the Durham Education Improvement Program (EIP) were investigated. Grades of graduates were examined by analysis of variance and Wilcoxon matched-pair signed-ranks tests. I. Q. distributions at exit were fitted to the test norms. Tentative measures of hypothesized…

This volume, an analysis of international trends in student exchange programs, is presented in two parts. Part One contains the actual analysis, supplemented by an annex of tables which summarize world and regional trends. Part Two contains "country tables" for 151 countries and territories in which students abroad are presented according to (a)…

This manual describes a comprehensive system of procedures or a model constructed for the purpose of improving occupational student follow-up in California community colleges. The manual deals with such pragmatic research considerations as conceptualization of research design, sampling, questionnaire content, suggestions for data processing, and…

During the summer of 1976, the Institute conducted a public opinion poll. From a random sample of 1,251 individuals, age 16 and over, 680 persons responded to and returned a 44-item questionnaire about various aspects of postsecondary education in Alabama. The survey results are analyzed from four perspectives: (1) previous national and regional…

This report, part of a series of studies on student flow in the seven Hawaii community colleges, contains an analysis of fall 1975 entering students in their fourth semester. Of a total of 8,979 entering students in fall 1975, 3,653 were registered in spring 1977 and 3,302 had been continuously enrolled over the four semesters. The continuation…

Examines the importance of defining terms in the process of gathering statistical data. Cites the example of the debate over the number of children abducted by strangers. Concludes that statistics are part of the persuasive rhetoric of social problem promotion and have social consequences. (FMW)

A survey of 116 profoundly hearing-impaired adults demonstrating high personal, educational, and professional attainment identified factors that contributed to their education, profession, social life, family life, and physical well-being. Detailed demographic data and information on disability are given, and implications for the education of the…

Multidimensional item response data were created. The strength of a general factor, the number of common factors, the distribution of items loadingon common factors, and the number of items in simulated tests were manipulated. LOGIST effectively recovered both item and trait parameters in nearly all of the experimental conditions. (Author/JAZ)

This paper presents 11 statistical procedures which test the equality of m coefficient alphas when the sample alpha coefficients are dependent. Several of the procedures are derived in detail, and numerical examples are given for two. (Author/LMO)

The Lisrel-model with structured means was used to study similarities and differences in the development of mathematical ability between two student groups as measured by two tests on three successive occasions. Procedures for testing models to assess the contribution on an individual parameter to the goodness of fit are described. (Author/BS)