Social workers at the Boston Center for Blind Children function in the following areas: supportive casework with the parents of handicapped, visually-impaired children; coordination of services and resources to the children and families involved; and dissemination of information to the staffs of other agencies regarding Boston Center. The most…

This essay discusses a theory of grammar which incorporated Chomsky's distinction between deep and surface structure and accepts Fillmore's proposal to exclude such subject and concepts as direct object from the base structure. While recognizing the need for specifying an underlying set of caselike relations, it is proposed that this need can best…

Prior attitudes and personal involvement with the subject of a message do not necessarily affect a listener's recollection of the speech or his assessment of the speaker's position. This is the conclusion of a study in which subjects listened to messages presenting positions for, against, and neutral on the topic of legalizing the use of…

The benefits of clustering organizations into types were discussed, and a method for clustering life insurance agencies by climate profiles was presented. Clusters of life insurance agencies were identified on the basis of manager, assistant manager, and already-employed ("old") agents' climate perceptions. Agency success, including production of…

The relationship of self-concept and sex with work values was investigated. A two-factor, multivariate analysis of variance, with self-concept and sex as independent variables and work values as dependent variables, was performed on protocols collected from 99 rural elementary school pupils. No interaction was found. Both main effects were…

This field study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between the level of counselor self-actualization and student perception of the guidance program. Self-actualization was measured by Shostrom's Personal Orientation Inventory (POI). Student perception of the guidance program was measured by Wysong's Guidance Program Evaluation Student…

This paper discusses the rationale and teaching methods for a six-week unit, for a high school freshman English Class, on perception, semantics, and writing, which places special focus on developing tension in student writing. The first four objectives of the course focus on perception and the next two focus on semantics. The seventh…

North Carolinians' perceptions of the seriousness of the health care problem and their willingness to allocate additional tax money for health and medical care were examined. The analysis consisted of: (1) What is the health manpower facilities situation in different parts of North Carolina? (2) Does the people's perception of the situation's…

Designed to enable classroom teachers to screen an entire classroom of children simultaneously for visual processing skills, this test uses a four-page answer booklet and nine 35mm slides, and it includes activities for both near- and far-point visual skills. The test is used only for gross measurement, and a child who makes a low score would be…

Supervisory roles perceived by teachers as the most influential in affecting their behavior with respect to the content, processes, or outcomes of their teaching were those of principal; "other teachers"; program consultant; inspector; assistant or vice-principal; area, district, or regional superintendent; and resource teacher. This…

To eight pictures of adolescents in the School Scene Apperception Questionnaire, adolescents note their agreement to statements which were derived from free responses by more than 600 adolescents having some difficulty in school. To establish the reactions of school-adjusted adolescents to the pictures, three semantic differential…

Prepared for high school students, this course in Home and Family Education focuses upon the attitudes, events and ceremonies, both traditional and contemporary, surrounding engagement and marriage in our society. The course addresses itself to nine behavioral outcomes that should result from the multimedia resources and learning activities…

One theory of visual communication maintains three things. It holds that attention is a process for obtaining information, that it is a transaction between the visual and the viewer, and that the success of a visual communication is determined by the amount and relevance of information conveyed. Current research aims at evaluating…

The quality of the professiorate is the critical determinant of the quality of the knowledge base, preparatory programs, and even practice in the profession of educational administration. The authors hope that this study will lead to a better assessment of the strengths and weaknesses now represented in the professoriate and to the implementation…

Students in speech classes at Northern Illinois University participated in tests to determine what assumption of roles in discussion groups impairs participation and prohibits consensus. Students were randomly assigned to one of twelve discussion groups of five members each. The topic and materials for discussion were excerpted from the local…