Described is an extensive research and demonstration project in Illinois concerned with the deaf mentally ill. Purposes were to gain experience and knowledge needed to provide therapy for such persons, train professional personnel in therapeutic processes, establish inpatient and outpatient facilities in the State Mental Health system for such…

An overall description of electronic weapon system maintenance training research which was conducted under Task FORECAST and which was directed primarily toward troubleshooting electronic systems is presented. This training research sought to determine the effectiveness of a method for analyzing electronic systems based on simple logic as opposed…

Rehabilitation caseload feasibility in an expanded vocational rehabilitation program was the focus of this study. The general purpose was to investigate the possibility of expanding services to include a wider range of vocationally handicapped persons without lowering the feasibility level of the agency caseload. Two groups of clients received…

An account of Tarrant Count Junior College's participation in the American Association of Junior Colleges' Social Science Demonstration Project was presented. The purpose of the project was to involve introductory sociology students in the use of the community as a laboratory to enliven the teaching-learning experience and develop in students a…

This paper reports a validity study of a sociometric technique described by Barclay. The sample was 103 elementary school children. Sociometric scores were compared against the criterion of adjustment of Referral versus Non-referral to the school counseling service. Data were analyzed by a point biserial r, t tests, and a comparison of percentages…

This final report of the Georgia Occupational Research and Development Coordinating Unit covers the period June 1966 through August 1969. The unit has been concerned primarily with the coordination of all occupational research and development that has been done, or is being done, by private and public agencies in the state and elsewhere for the…

This report describes the development of the Project ABLE Power Mechanics program. It is designed to serve as an administrator's and instructor's manual for the organization, implementation and evaluation of a program of individualized instruction utilizing the Project ABLE Power Mechanics Curriculum materials. Training aids, tools, supplies, and…

This research on motivation has been focused on (a) development of a measure of motivation of young children to achieve in school, a measure consonant with a five-faceted theory of constituents of motivation, and (b) a curriculum for teaching motivation to preschool children, also grounded in the theory. The resulting measure, Jumpgookies, is an…

The purpose of this study was to: (1) determine whether or not interage grouping of elementary students results in significant gains in achievement in reading, arithmetic, and English, (2) determine the degree of emotional security developing in interage classes, and (3) determine changes in social climate in interage classrooms. Approximately 500…

This is a report on changes taking place in boys and girls (288 Anglo boys and 288 Anglo girls) studies in the Human Talent Research Program during their years in the junior high schools of four Texas communities. Influenced by the emergent zeitgeist, or spirit of the times, the subjects were observed as they progressed from preadolescence through…

The general purpose was to demonstrate by means of a pilot project what could be accomplished by providing guidance and counseling services conducted by itinerant counselors. A total of nineteen schools located in twelve counties participated. These counties are the southern-most counties in Illinois. A total of 432 boys and 397 girls were reached…

Nine abstracts provide information on grouping for instruction including research reports, acceleration, special classes, and the gifted. Information is provided on using the bibliography and on purchasing the single documents or the bibliography. (JM)

This report is a summary of the activities of the Researdh Coordinating Unit (RCU) of Nevada which carried out a variety of research and development activities for vocational education. In the area of developmental research, the RCU conducted a survey of vocational-technical education needs and recommended improvements for the program both on a…

This study was conducted: (1) to provide data on whether student achievement can be influenced significantly by providing students, in advance of instruction, information on what will be expected of them as an outcome of instruction and, (2) to investigate various ways of communicating to students, in writing, that which is to be learned in class.…

The purpose of this project was to assess the degree to which the most popular method of calculating reliability of interval data, the I-I method, served the author's scientific purposes. Data were collected and analyses performed to assess the adequacy of I-I reliability scores in serving three functions: (1) as an index of how precise, clear,…