This study develops a method for empirically investigating the bureaucratic structure of secondary schools in order to measure student alienation. After a brief review of the literature on bureaucracy and student alienation, the report presents two propositions undergirding the study and the hypotheses tested: (1) while bureaucracy and alienation…

A detailed analysis of the objectives of education and the practices of schooling leads to the suggestion that neither are being achieved. Proposed is a revised statement of the goal of education: Education is to assist the student to be adaptive with respect to extra-school tasks. The following educational objectives seem relevant to realizing…

This report is one of a series of papers on policy alternatives commissioned by the California Legislature's Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education. Most of the papers are directed toward synthesis and analysis of existing information and perspectives on the role of research in California. Topics cover the categories of research…

In this collection of 26 papers presented at the 1971 Forest Recreation Symposium held at Syracuse, N.Y., information is presented about the forest resource and forest recreation research. The symposium, designed to help meet the needs of the planner and the manager in both public and private areas o f the forest recreation resource, covered 5…

Studies of the interactions within the Carroll model of learning, in which degree of learning is considered a function of the ratio of time spent to time needed, are described and evaluated. Evidence in previous research, which focused on the interaction of quality of instruction and ability to understand instruction on degree of learning, time…

Although some writers argue that attitude change is the key influence in behavior change, the accumulated research is far from supportive. The perceptual process of attribution can provide the necessary perspective from which to integrate these findings and stimulate new research. The role of attribution theory in the attitude-behavior…

This report deals with the problem of encouraging colleges to engage in educational research. More specifically, it concerns itself with questions such as: What is the present role of the small college? What roles can small colleges most effectively play in the continuum of research needs? What resources are necessary for playing these research…

The need for research on speech processes and cognitive learning in young children, as well as the background for such a project within the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning, is presented. The first chapter deals with the nature and rationale of the research project, the relation of this project to other research…

This monograph summarizes a study of employer activities in regard to manpower planning and forecasting. While the study did not purport to cover a representative sample of firms, it did identify approaches used by various businesses within the state of Minnesota. The findings of the study are supplemented by bibliographical materials which will…

This report of the Federal Council for Science and Technology Committee on Intergovernmental Science Relations contains the efforts of the committee in attempting to achieve the following objectives: (1) to inventory and evaluate the impact of federal policies and programs on the scientific and technological activities of state and local…

Six research areas are suggested and discussed as guidelines for the study of science concept learning. These areas are: (1) definition of a science concept, (2) a taxonomy of science concepts, (3) concept analysis, (4) diagnosis of science concept learning, (5) models for assessing science concept attainment, and (6) status assessment. The need…

This volume contains the keynote address and abstracts and/or edited versions of twenty-one research papers presented at an annual conference. The keynote address, presented by Dr. Andrew S. Korim, is entitled "Century III: Implications for Community and Junior College Research." Papers included address a wide range of research concerns at the…

Results of a study which examined the performance of tutored students in a university introduction to psychology course indicate that the efforts of students in tutored groups are no better than in untutored groups. Suggests further research into the tutor's role in developing positive attitudes about and knowledge of psychology. (Author/KC)

The five types of reasons researchers gave for or against choosing a particular sex for research subjects were: (1) subject availability; (2) presumed subject trait, characteristic, or response; (3) a favorable experimental condition; (4) wish to limit subject by experimenter interaction; (5) desire for comparability with previous research.…

Relationships between culture, income, and nutrition are discussed. Without more specific evidence of responses to income changes among both poor and nonpoor, there is no justification for concluding that poor people given added income will choose to remain malnourished. (Author/GC)