One hundred and sixty-two subjects of three age levels were tested to examine the relationship between crystallized and fluid abilities and three problem solving tasks varying in the abstractness/concreteness of their stimuli and emphasis on past experience. These dimensions have been used by Davis to distinguish between Type "O" and Type "C"…

Sixty-four volunteer male and female psychotherapists from various disciplines with 5.83 average years experience and case loads of 17.88 hours per week were studied with the aid of a questionnaire to rate possible bias toward women counselees. Cultural expectations are examined along with response bias. The study found that personal agreement had…

The effect of the invasion of personal space upon an individual's subsequent use of personal space was investigated. Subjects in the invasion condition stood closer to the confederate than did subjects in the non-invasion condition. Results were interpreted in terms of the confederate serving as a model for the subjects. Still, subjects generally…

Having freshman English students at Pan American University in the Rio Grande valley of Texas focus on Mexican-American folklore themes for research papers has proved to be successful in motivating students and in activating their ethnic interests and cultural pride. Steps involved in preparing these research papers include choosing a topic which…

Goals, objectives, activities, and accomplishments of the guidance component of Project CAREER (Computer Assisted Research for Educational Relevance) are documented in the report. The purpose of the component was to develop a series of transportable models for enhancing career awareness, career exploration, and career-skill development at the…

The materials covered in this report are excerpts from a Final Evaluation Report of a project sponsored by USOE entitled "Articulation of Occupational Orientation, Education, and Placement in Private and Public Elementary, Secondary, and Post-Secondary Schools. The writer was the third party evaluation team Director. Major objectives of the…

This study reports an attempt to provide research consultation to the staff of an operating manpower project in order to help them initiate and carry out utilization-related activities and, as a by-product of the consultation effort, to add to knowledge about research utilization and suggest ways of helping funding agencies improve their…

In order to determine the specific counseling needs of the adult learner, staff of the Adult Counseling Project began by conducting a literature search pertaining to the problems of returning students and those considering a return to school. The review revealed that little is known about the educational and vocational needs of the returning…

Using Getzels' conceptual model of the school as a social system and Spindler's dichotomy of traditional and emergent values, the researcher proposed the following research questions: (1) Are there significant differences in the values of teachers, principals, and parents? and (2) Is there a higher degree of congruency in values among teachers,…

Using the MMPI, this study investigates the extent to which sex lines are diffused among college students who tend to represent the middle class. In a comparison of MMPI scores, male college students scored higher than females on all ten clinical scales with seven of these significant, indicating better adjustment in general for women. In regard…

Relationships between/among life satisfaction, leisure satisfaction, health satisfaction and self-rated health are examined among a random sample of 74 (58 females, 16 males) residents (median age 70, median income $2,500, in 1976) of public housing in North Carolina. Statistical treatment of the data indicates a positive and significant…

This report describes a program aimed at the demonstration, test, and evaluation of the educational and economic effectiveness of the PLATO IV computer-based education systems as implemented in several geographically dispersed military training sites. Also described is a program designed to increase the cost effectiveness of the PLATO system, both…

Counselee satisfaction was examined by counselee self-reports on the Counselor Evaluation Inventory. Counselees who saw full-time professional staff members reported a greater degree of satisfaction than those who saw either interns or practicum students. No differences in satisfaction were found in terms of counselee's presenting problems and…

This report documents the findings and implications of a nationwide assessment of current education policies and practices regarding child abuse. The report offers guidelines to help education policy makers formulate child abuse policies. In line with these two purposes, the body of the report is divided into two main sections. The first deals…

This annotated bibliography is designed to assist applicants for research grants under part C (section 131a) of the amendments to the Vocational Education Act of 1963 by providing access to documents, journal articles, and current projects related to the individualization and modularization of vocational education instructional materials. The…