Prepared by the Social and Rehabilitation Service of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, this publication contains annotations of 5,412 rehabilitation research and demonstration projects authorized from 1955 to 1968 by the 1954 Amendments to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act and 143 cooperative research and demonstration projects…

This is the second in a series of annual presentations on the innovative, experimental, and research activities conducted at Santa Fe Junior College. The studies include: classroom activities, college-wide research, short statements on different instructional approaches to formal dissertation abstracts, subjective observations, intricate…

This document reports the results of a checklist questionnaire administered to two different groups of educational project managers. Study results are reported in both tabular and descriptive forms. Copies of the initial and revised checklists are appended. (LLR)

The five parts of this report are: research on instruction; faculty dissertations; inter-institutional research; in-college research; and college-endorsed research. The first covers experiments in teaching French, practical nursing, English, math, and chemistry, and in giving examinations. Faculty dissertations include studies of post-graduate…

This final report for the Idaho Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education which covers the last 11 months since the last interim report has implications for past accomplishments and the future outlook of the unit. The major purpose of the unit was to help maintain and develop all programs of vocational education in Idaho by conducting,…

Fifty manpower research projects reported during May and June of 1969 are listed alphabetically by researcher. Accompanying information includes the researcher's address, title of the project and an indication of whether the project was in progress or completed at the time of this reporting. (CH)

The second annual Conference of New Manpower Researchers was held to: (1) provide an opportunity for new researchers to meet and establish contact with other professionals in the field and to exchange ideas and information, (2) aid new researchers by allowing them to present their work to their peers and senior manpower people, and (3) permit the…

This report is a compilation of critiques of research studies in music education. The project was designed to collect objective evaluations of the results of research, to show how these results can be applied in the classroom to contribute to the improvement of music teaching and learning, and to facilitate dissemination of this information.…

One hundred eight Swedish educational research projects in all fields are summarized. Project title, location, project leader, number of researchers and other personnel, starting and completion dates, financial sources, background and aims, scope, methods, main findings, and bibliographic references are listed for each project. (DT)

Community college students' vocational maturity levels were found to be similar to those of other adult groups. Additionally, no significant sex or grade-level differences were found, nor was vocational maturity significantly correlated with age. Significant racial group differences were found, however. Implications for personnel workers are…

Used the Interpersonal Check List measures of dominance-submission and love-hate, and related trainers' performance on these measures to trainers' effectiveness and participants' gains. (Author/BP)

An experiment was conducted to verify two basic assumptions of the risk-responsibility conceptual framework. Results suggest the necessity of considering the positive or negative evaluative content in the statement when talking about the risk associated with modes of communication in group psychotherapy. (Author)

Although therapy is a misnomer for consciousness-raising (CR) groups, some criterion for "therapeutic" or desirable outcome is necessary for evaluating clinical and social psychological change in the CR format. Quantitative and nonquantitative process and outcome findings are reviewed, and implications for theory, research, and practice…

Based on a 1974 nationwide survey, this paper describes the characteristics of 1,669 women in consciousness-raising (CR) groups. Most women in the survey are White, middle- and upper-middle class women who joined their first CR group during the 1970's. (Author)

Information on euthanasia attitudes was obtained from fixed-schedule interviews gathered from 331 respondents. It was found that a favorable attitude toward euthanasia coincided with (1) belief in an afterlife; (2) a less favorable attitude toward euthanasia if relatives make the decision; and (3) younger respondents. (Author)