A planning and decision making process to facilitate research dissemination is illustrated with the example of a research project to study techniques for helping young handicapped children make the transition successfully from a special preschool to a public school kindergarten. General guidelines for planning dissemination are listed. Major…

The document contains summaries of recently completed, current, or projected research from Gallaudet College on the social and cultural aspects of deafness, language and communication, and educational research. Among the issues addressed by the research are the following: deafness in media, relationship between deaf students and their parents in…

The Case Studies in Science Education (CSSE) is a large multi-site case study project with strong obligation for cross-site assimilation and interpretation. Researchers who prepared the CSSE for the National Science Foundation met in retrospective conference in April, 1980. Among other things they discussed the scarcity of guidelines for…

Subjects were 26 female three-, four- and five-year-old children who free-played four different sets, each containing a culturally-defined feminine, masculine and neutral toy. A same- or opposite-sex adult was either present or absent during play. Results included the following: (1) girls played longer than boys with feminine and neutral toys,…

Examined was the relationship between personal space and sex roles. Feminine females (N=25), androgynous females (N=25) and masculine males (N=25) viewed a film of male and female approaching stimulus persons in distress and non-distress conditions. Subjects marked the Comfortable Interpersonal Distance Scale at the point where they would prefer…

A study to determine the promising practices which a secondary school principal might use to implement the process of mainstreaming was conducted through interviews with 50 principals and a survey of books and articles published since 1970. The principals were asked to state five to ten promising practices they would recommend and their responses…

This paper briefly summarizes four years of research on career decisions in a large sample (997) of high-ability women. The research focused on career choice and career choice change in these young women during the time when these decisions were being made. A variety of background questions were included in the survey instrument, including family…

THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FARM PLACEMENT PROGRAM IS DESCRIBED. INCLUDED ARE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS, THE LOCAL LEVELS, THE STATE FARM LABOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THE PLANNING AND OPERATING METHODS USED BY FARM PLACEMENT PERSONNEL IN MEETING FARM LABOR NEEDS. MAJOR CROP ACTIVITIES ARE RELATED TO COTTON AND VEGETABLES. THE LABOR FORCE IS…

THIS DOCUMENT IS AN INTERIM REPORT OF A 1967 SEMINAR HELD AT WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY. THE GOAL OF THE SEMINAR WAS TO PREPARE A SUBSTANTIVE PROPOSAL FOR FIELD RESEARCH CONCERNED WITH THE CULTURE AND STRUCTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AS IT IS NOW DEVELOPING IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. (HM)

THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY THE CLASSROOM TEACHER WHEN HE TURNS TO RESEARCH FOR PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS OF TEACHING READING ARE DISCUSSED. IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT RESEARCH SELDOM CREATES IDEAS FOR THE CLASSROOM. INSTEAD, GOOD TEACHING GENERATES IDEAS FOR RESEARCH. NEVERTHELESS, READING TEACHERS SHOULD NOT IGNORE RESEARCH.…

THIS HANDBOOK WAS PREPARED BY THE CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS TO SERVE AS A GUIDE FOR THOSE ATTENDING THE FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA, AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT RECORD OF THE PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE MEETING. THERE ARE THREE PARTS TO THE HANDBOOK--(1) THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE MEETING, (2) AUTHORS'…

A COMPARISON OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF 13 COLLEGES SHOWS THAT THESE DIMENSIONS ARE IMPORTANT--CURRICULUM ORGANIZATION, RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS, PATTERNS OF REGULATION AND SUPERVISION, STUDENT FACULTY RELATIONSHIPS, AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND INSTITUTIONAL OBJECTIVES. THE GUIDE FOR COLLEGE VISITS AND REPORTING WAS USED FOR DATA COLLECTION. A DESCRIPTION…

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNSELOR'S PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS AND CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COUNSELOR'S TRAINING, BACKGROUND, AND PRESENT ENVIRONMENT WAS STUDIED. THE SUBJECTS WERE 42 COUNSELORS, SELECTED AT RANDOM, REPRESENTING A CROSS-SECTION OF FULL AND PART-TIME COUNSELORS IN ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOLS. AN 84 ITEM IDEAL STUDENT Q-SORT,…