This three-part exploratory study involves the following interrelated facets of evolvement and implementation of career education counseling and guidance: (1) current practices and analysis of implications for career education guidance and counseling; (2) sources of manpower projections; and (3) involvement of professional associations in…

This paper summarizes data comparing the correlation patterns of psychometric, social, and demographic variables with intelligence quotient (IQ) and learning potential (LP) scores derived from the Kohs Block Designs and Raven Progressive Matrices procedures. The sample consists of educable mentally retarded special class and institutionalized…

A sample of college freshmen (N=127,125) was grouped by father's occupation. Fathers' occupations were then compared in terms of the probability of the sons and daughters having attained various types of achievements--scientific, artistic, oral-leadership, musical, and literary--in high school. The results indicated that sons and daughters excel…

Because spatial environment plays an important role in regulating human behavior, the environmental conditions of room size, furniture arrangement and interpersonal distance were systematically varied and studied with 54 male undergraduates for their ability to influence the verbal operant conditioning of positive affective self-reference…

This report examines the performance of students in the Modular Achievement Program (MAP) at Bowling Green State University using the Undergraduate Record Examinations (URE) as the primary criterion. The performances of students in MAP on the URE is delineated and compared to the performance of freshman and sophomore norm groups at Bowling Green…

Seventy-two references selected from Exceptional Child Education Abstracts are included in the annotated bibliography on programed instruction, one in a series of over 50 similar listings dealing with handicapped and gifted children. Given for all entries, which include texts, journal articles, and many research reports, are bibliographic data,…

This paper reports the author's research on the relative impact of various communication structures, particularly the mass media, on the formation of attitudes regarding war and peace, and the relationship of these source ratings to age and sex. The sample consisted of 611 randomly selected public school students from grades 5, 7, 10, and 12 in…

This paper presents an R & D planning system (RDPS) that consists of (1) a multistage model for formulating projects and (2) a "reward" model for selecting projects. The system is based on a combination of decisionmaking and operations research approaches. Using the system concept, the R & D process is defined in three interrelated terms --…

From 1968 to 1969 the EPRC focused on: staff development, definition of a specific research program, and development of methods to deal with educational policy issues in the context of longrange futures. The research program of the center is organized around educational futures and policy planning. Specific methods include Delphi techniques, goal…

There appears to be a general realization in the Southwest that the fact that English is not the mother tongue for large numbers of American Indian children has implications for the method and materials by which English should be taught to these children. TESL (teaching English as a second language) methods are generally considered superior but,…

This annotated bibliography includes a listing of all the research and demonstration grants of the Social and Rehabilitation Service (SRS) during the period between 1955 and 1971 except that of the Division of Mental Retardation. Topics include research on aging, international programs, child welfare, rehabilitation, social services, public…

The Allied Health Professions Projects (AHPP) of the Division of Vocational Education, University of California, Los Angeles, are currently conducting research and development in the allied health occupations in order to design instructional materials of a unique and innovative nature for use in preparing workers for a veriety of allied health…

This progress report is based on seven years of basic research in maternal health, child health and human development. Topics include: The Beginning of Life: Prenatal Development; Early Prevention, Detection, and Therapy of Congenital, Structural and Metabolic Defects; Problems of Birth and Postnatal Adaptation; Child Development: Normal and…

This paper evaluated a 2-year, 60 credit program which prepared educators for research positions within the public schools. Directed by the New York State Department of Education, ten New York state universities participated in the program. Following a brief introduction, the program design and recruitment procedures were discussed. Emphasis was…

This report, the fourth segment of the first phase of the Indiana Education Facilities Comprehensive Planning Study reviews the effects of college student migration on the enrollments in Indiana institutions of higher education. Data were compiled from the first semester or quarter of the academic years 1949, 1958, 1963 and 1967. Chapters cover…