This report covers three time periods during which students in five New York City high schools had use of a Computer Assisted Guidance (CAG) system. The basic objectives of the CAG project were to demonstrate the feasibility of using an automated system to provide high school students with factual and current information on colleges and careers,…

The attendance behavior of students who were new to Grand Valley State Colleges (GVSC) for both fall 1975 and fall 1976 is analyzed, comparing those who returned for winter term against those who did not. Seventy-three percent of the new students entering in fall 1975 were found to return for the winter term compared to 68 percent of those…

Peer tutoring programs represent an innovative approach for optimally utilizing resources existing within classrooms. While most tutoring programs are aimed at helping tutees or tutors with academic difficulties, this study involved all children in two classrooms in a peer tutoring project. A multiple baseline design indicated that prompting was…

This research examines the interaction between college students' control orientation and a discrepancy score of GPA minus expected grade in course, on the dependent measure of 13 student rating items. It was hypothesized that students with an external locus of control who also showed a discrepancy between expected and actual grades would distort…

Described are the development, implementation, and evaluation of six 3-hour inservice training sessions designed to help five participating teachers improve imagination and creativity in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students. Content areas for each session are outlined; activities including brainstorming and role playing are reviewed; and…

This project, conducted by the Southern California Community College Institutional Research Association, was designed to provide a needs assessment of aging and retired persons in Southern California in the area of vocational education and to provide training for researchers and occupational education coordinators in survey research methodologies.…

The research had four purposes: describe the concept of future orientation; develop measures of future constructs; determine the impact of background, labor markets, and job training on future orientations; and evaluate the validity of the measures as predictors of training outcomes and economic success. Data were collected from a sample of men in…

An individuals ability to read is heavily influenced by the style in which he perceives letters and words. A study investigated the effect of the following two elements of perception: (1) field independence--the degree to which the subject is able to distinguish symbols and characters despite the complexity of the background; and (2)…

In 1974, the State Board for Community Colleges outlined a series of five projects to be funded with Part B, federal funds for a period of five years. This report provides an overview of each project, outlines the problem, states project objectives, and summarizes preliminary results and future activities. Projects relate to occupational programs…

Because the volume of information circulating in our society has proliferated since World War II and become increasingly subject to processing by electronic hardware, the public has a vital interest in knowing how information performs, how its flow is controlled, and on what terms it is made available to the public. Since all information systems…

This summary report presents a brief overview of the Pilot Cities program, its outcomes, and the conclusions and recommendations contained in the full 194-page report. The program selected a group of eight cities to demonstrate and evaluate promising ideas and technologies for improving criminal justice. A small team of criminal justice experts,…

The report reviews vocational education activities in Ohio for fiscal year 1975 and makes recommendations for the improvement of the vocational program. Goals for vocational education in Ohio are outlined, and the State's delivery system is described according to planning, organizing, operation, leadership, coordination, and evaluation. A chart…

Though the television program "The Electric Company" was intended for a second and third grade audience, in May of 1975 the Children's Television Workshop undertook an evaluation of the effects of the program on four, five, and six year olds. The research was aimed at measuring reading gains, the retention of reading gains, and the…

The trend toward competency-based vocational teacher education (CBVTE) is related to other significant trends: the movement toward certification by skills demonstration, the emergence of Teacher Centers, and the increasing emphasis on inservice education. CBVTE focuses on teaching competencies, expecting trainees to possess the technical or…

This booklet contains 25 abstracts of research and development projects funded in the fiscal year of 1971 for the Research and Development Unit of Illinois Division of Vocational and Technical Education. Intended to make educators and the general public aware of research and developmental activities in vocational education in Illinois, these…