THE EFFECTS OF TEAM TEACHING AND SELF-CONTAINED CLASSES ON PUPIL ADJUSTMENT WERE COMPARED. THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED OVER A PERIOD OF 2 SCHOOL YEARS, THE SAMPLE WAS COMPOSED OF ELEMENTARY PUPILS FROM TWO SCHOOLS IN AN ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED AREA. PUPILS WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED AT ONE SCHOOL TO EITHER A TEAM ORGANIZATION OR A SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOM.…

EDUCATIONAL SUBJECT-MATTER PREFERENCES, INTERESTS, AND MOTIVATIONS OF STUDENTS WERE INVESTIGATED AS THEY RELATE TO INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC SUCCESS. AN INTENSIVE STUDY WAS FIRST MADE OF THE ATTITUDES AND REASONING ACTIVITIES OF INDIVIDUALS AT VARYING LEVELS WITHIN THE BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, AREA, USING--(1) WRITTEN AND ORAL PROTOCOLS, (2) OBSERVATIONS,…

CAREER VARIATIONS ARE EXAMINED IN RELATION TO OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE AND VALUES. CAREER CHOICE MAY DETERMINE VALUES, VALUES MAY DETERMINE CAREER CHOICE, OR BOTH PROCESSES MAY OCCUR. RESPONSES TO QUESTIONNAIRES SENT EACH YEAR FOR THREE YEARS TO 15,850 MALE COLLEGE GRADUATES WERE ANALYZED. CLUSTER ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED DIMENSIONS OF VALUE ORIENTATION.…

THE COLLEGEFIELDS PROJECT (CP) WAS PRIMARILY A DEMONSTRATION OF EDUCATIONALLY BASED GROUP REHABILITATION FOR DELINQUENT AND PREDELINQUENT BOYS. SECONDARILY, IT WAS DESIGNED TO VALIDATE THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS. GUIDED GROUP INTERACTION WAS THE MAJOR TECHNIQUE IN ALTERING EDUCATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND REDUCING DELINQUENT BEHAVIORS AND FEELINGS OF…

THREE EXPERIMENTS WERE DESIGNED TO TEACH ADULT MEN WITH LIMITED EDUCATION A CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISIED COURSE IN ENGLISH AND ARITHMETIC, TO BE REINFORCED BY CONVENTIONAL CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. BACKGROUND AND GENERAL PROCEDURES OF THE EXPERIMENTS ARE DESCRIBED, AND STATISTICAL DATA REPORTED FOR COMPARISONS ON ABILITY BEFORE AND AFTER INSTRUCTION…

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE OCCUPATIONAL-EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS PROJECTION SYSTEM IS TO PROVIDE LONG-RANGE (10-YEAR) PROJECTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL NEEDS BASED ON ANTICIPATED LEVELS OF INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT. THE SYSTEM WILL BE USED BY THE BUREAU OF ADULT AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND THE BUREAU OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN SELECTING PROGRAMS TO BE DEVELOPED OR…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH WAS TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF ERROR OF MEASUREMENT UPON THE POWER OF STATISTICAL TESTS. ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED ON THE F-TEST OF THE SINGLE FACTOR ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE. FORMULAS WERE DERIVED TO SHOW THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NONCENTRALITY PARAMETERS FOR ANALYSES USING TRUE SCORES AND THOSE USING OBSERVED SCORES. THE…

DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE DEFICIENT IN ACADEMIC SKILLS AT THE TIME OF ADMISSION, THE GUIDED STUDIES PROGRAM AT DAYTONA BEACH JUNIOR COLLEGE IS INTENDED TO HELP SUCH STUDENTS TOWARD ULTIMATE ENROLLMENT IN THEIR DESIRED PROGRAMS OR TOWARD DISCOVERY OF MORE APPROPRIATE GOALS. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES ENGLISH, READING, SOCIAL SCIENCE, AND MATHEMATICS.…

TO TEST THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF 3 TRAINING PROCEDURES FOR ACQUIRING A TEACHING SKILL, EACH APPLYING REINFORCEMENT PRINCIPLES, STANFORD TEACHER INTERNS WERE VIDEOTAPED ON 4 OCCASIONS DURING THE FIRST 20 MINUTES OF CLASS. EACH INTERN SAW A VIDEOTAPE PLAYBACK WITHIN 3 DAYS (NEW LESSONS WERE VIDEOTAPED WITHIN 2 DAYS AFTER PLAYBACK).…

THIS REPORT PRESENTS THE ANALYSIS OF QUESTIONNAIRE ITEM RESPONSES FROM THE NINTH-GRADE STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTERED AS PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SURVEY. THE ANALYSES WERE PERFORMED TO DOCUMENT SOME OF THE BASIC DATA FROM THE SURVEY, TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO INTERESTED EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHERS, AND TO REWORK THE BASIC DATA FOR…

THE PERSON LESS ABLE TO CONTROL HIS IMPULSES IS ALSO APT TO EXHIBIT SOCIALLY DISVALUED BEHAVIOR. VOCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC FAILURE IS A PARTIAL CONSEQUENCE OF IMPULSIVENESS AND LACK OF SELF-CONTROL. TO INVESTIGATE IMPULSE CONTROL, TWO INSTRUMENTS BELIEVED TO MEASURE ATTRIBUTES OF OPPOSITE POLES OF THIS CONCEPT (SEQUENTIAL TESTS OF EDUCATIONAL…

A NEW FORMULA FOR MEASURING STATE EFFORT TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION WAS PRESENTED IN THIS PAPER. THE MEASURE USED FOR EXPENDITURES RELATED TO CURRENT EXPENDITURES OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR GENERAL CONTROL, INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND FIXED CHARGES AT STATE, INTERMEDIATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS OF…

TO ELICIT INFORMATION ABOUT RESEARCH THOUGHT AND ACTIVITY IN THE SCHOOLS AND TO IDENTIFY RESEARCH-ORIENTED TEACHER BEHAVIORS AND CHARACTERISTICS, SELECTED ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH, SENIOR HIGH, AND ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL FROM 10 LARGE SCHOOL SYSTEMS WERE INTERVIEWED AND ASKED TO RESPOND TO SEVERAL INSTRUMENTS MEASURING RESEARCH BEHAVIORS AND…

NATIONAL TEACHER CORPS INTERNS ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM FOR TEACHING THE DISADVANTAGED (TYPICAL NUMBER OF 35 TO 40 PERSONS) WERE RATED BY FACULTY MEMBERS AT EIGHT UNIVERSITIES ON (1) ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, (2) TEACHING AND FIELD PERFORMANCE, (3) RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DISADVANTAGED, (4) PERSONAL STABILITY AND STRENGTH, (5) INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS,…

TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT PERCEPTIONS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE TEACHERS ARE INFLUENCED BY JUDGES' ATTITUDES TOWARD EDUCATION, SEVEN "SUCCESSFUL" ADJECTIVE-CHECKLIST AND AGREE-DISAGREE SCALES (AMONG AN INITIAL 11 SCALES) WERE ADMINISTERED TO EIGHT SAMPLES OF FROM 131 TO 556 TEACHERS AND GRADUATE EDUCATION STUDENTS IN FIVE…