Reports on research into ways of encouraging and evaluating students' creative development in adult art classes: development of visual perception, manipulative skills, ability to generate metaphorical images, and acquisition of relevant knowledge. (MF)

Examines the relationship between identified disruptive students enrolled in the Educational Support Program and data recorded on their guidance cumulative folders to justify early childhood intervention as a means of prevention. Disruptive students tended to have lower IQ scores, come from large families, and be from minority groups. (Author)

Data from 878 older persons in 28 communities in the USA were analyzed in order to determine the most important factors contributing to residents' community satisfaction. The most important predictors of community satisfaction were perceived community safety, satisfaction with the individual dwelling unit, and satisfaction with recreational and…

Only children and their parents are victims of stereotyping and criticism. As a result, potential parents and parents of one child have questioned whether having a single child is a desirable alternative. The authors examine positive and negative consequences of the one-child family for the child and parents. (Author)

It has been assumed that schools play a dramatic role in creating school crime. This paper, by using ethnographic data, demonstrates the inter-relationships among administrative styles, deterrence, commitment, and disruption. It appears that legitimacy of rules even within a school's bureaucracy needs to be developed through negotiating order with…

Subjects rated an individual described as either male or female, white or native Indian who chose an upwardly or downwardly mobile occupation (teacher or store clerk). Female characters were rated less likely to succeed. Male subjects were more surprised at male, but not female, character's choice of downwardly mobile career. (Author)

Stratified random sample of 354 single undergraduates was used to investigate willingness of persons of marriageable age to participate in 12 alternative marital and family forms. Nontraditional sex role ideology, perceived parental rejection and infrequent religious observance emerged as frequent correlates of willingness to participate in the 12…

This paper summarizes responses to questionnaire on marital attitudes and preferences by 574 boys and 473 girls, aged between 16 and 19, attending grades 10-12 of several secondary schools in Shiraz. Interesting differences are found with regard to both sex and socioeconomic status on a number of dimensions. (Author)

Undergraduate students were asked to indicate their attitudes toward several areas of university life and to indicate their intentions about returning to the university. The attitudes were correlated with intentions to return. Student dissatisfaction with progress toward career and academic goals was most likely to be a cause of attrition. (Author)

Experiences within Edinburgh's Centre for Research in the Education Sciences are cited in this discussion of the "external" determinants of success in postgraduate work (the kind of information helpful to a recruiter) and "internal" determinants (information about the intellectual life of an institution that is of potential…

The role of the dissertation in the education of Ph.D. candidates is addressed. Objections to the dissertation requirement, including excessive time demands and the sterile effects on later research, are examined, and recommendations for changes in rationale and end-product requirements are made. A 17-item bibliography is provided. (JMD)

Based on an in-house study at the University of Iowa, this report describes both economic and noneconomic issues involved in federally-mandated programs. The effect of direct and hidden costs are discussed along with the potential "opportunity" costs of federal impact. ( LBH)

Aiming to keep the land in the hands of the people, the Cooperativa del pueblo's first venture of steer grazing on land held communally was abandoned due to financial pressure and the community's social needs. Today its plans include teaching families to grow vegetables for longer periods in an organic manner and developing a marketing…

Teaching procedures involving differential reinforcement, modeling, and physical priming were used to train a severely retarded woman (30-years-old) to assemble a saw chain. (IM)

Presents some findings and recommendations of the University of Tennessee's research into ways of improving the management of large scale interdisciplinary research projects as part of the Research Management Improvement Program. (Author/AM)