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Download full textShelanski, Vivien B., Ed.; La Follette, Marcel C., Ed. – 1979
This issue contains articles on the recombinant DNA controversy, the ethical principles of scientific institutions, and the effect of disaster novels on public opinion and technology assessment, as well as a guide to funding for science, technology and values projects, and a bibliography on professional ethics. In addition, 14 pages of news items…
Descriptors: Ethics, Futures (of Society), Moral Values, Research Needs
Houseknecht, Sharon K. – 1979
Results of a study of the relationship between female employment and reduced family size are reported. Specifically, the study sought to determine whether career involvement precedes the final family size decision or whether the family size decision precedes career involvement. Thirty-two voluntarily childless women constituted the sample. The…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Employment, Family Planning, Females
Hepworth, H. Philip – 1979
Child abuse, a new name for cruelty to children, is a social phenomenon and not a purely psychological one. Historically, most definitions of child abuse have emphasized physical injury to the very young child. The term should be expanded to include children of all ages and to include sexual and psychological as well as physical abuse. The current…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Data, Definitions
Ryan, Gary T. – 1978
Results of a study to analyze factors affecting critical reading are reported. The factors are readability of textual material, pupil intelligence, and motivation. Passages from U.S. history textbooks, a critical reading and literal comprehension test, and a standard measure of student motivation were administered to 207 senior high school…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, History Textbooks, Intelligence, Readability
Moore, Martha V.; And Others – 1979
This study compares the effectiveness of three types of computer graphics display for computer-assisted instruction in (1) low level (boxed alphanumerics and schematics), (2) medium level (line drawings), and (3) high level (line drawings plus animations). Three groups of 30 enlisted personnel at the Engineering School and the Defense Mapping…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Hearing (Physiology), Intermode Differences
Jacob, Evelyn; Crandall, Jo Ann – 1979
In a response to the Mikulecky and Diehl examination of work-related literacy, this paper points out the need for data based on ethnographic approaches to research and more realistic assessments of text difficulty. Also suggested are questions to which future research might respond: How much of functional literacy is really functional competency?…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Functional Reading, Job Skills, Readability Formulas
Brubacher, John W.; Shibles, Mark R. – 1979
In the past, educators have based their decisions on an assumption that schools would continue to grow in enrollment and resources. Educational literature too has focused on developmental and growth assumptions. Such assumptions may no longer be valid, as educational organizations are being confronted by problems of retrenchment and decline. This…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Declining Enrollment, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Rehab Group, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1977
The report summarizes a 1976 conference designed to analyze the findings and recommendations of three studies of language development in young handicapped children. It is explained that project directors and language researchers attended the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped - sponsored conference. A summary of conference discussion is…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Children, Intervention
Mathes, J. C. – 1979
The need for technical communication to enable the transition from a "postindustrial" future to an alternative future is incalculable; however, research is required to improve current technical communication models and methods. The current rhetoric of technical communication derives from an inadequate command-generated technical communication…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communications, Futures (of Society), Models
ZIGLER, EDWARD – 1962
RESEARCH IN THE LEARNING, MOTIVATION, AND PERCEPTION OF MENTAL RETARDATES IS ESSENTIAL TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR BEHAVIOR AND OF THEIR ABILITIES. MANY INVESTIGATORS HAVE USED THE PROBLEMS AND DESIGNS OF RESEARCH WITH LOWER ANIMALS IN STUDYING THE BEHAVIOR OF HUMAN RETARDATES. IT IS QUESTIONABLE THAT SUCH ORIENTATION WILL REALLY ADD TO THE…
Descriptors: Behavior, Handicapped Children, Learning, Learning Motivation
MacGinitie, Walter H. – 1968
Readiness is not all-or-none. It depends on the method and materials to be used and on the level at which instruction will begin. Maturation, heredity, and experience influences readiness, and most 6-year-olds are ready to learn something about reading. Readiness research should attempt to find what and how a child is ready to learn rather than…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Language Learning Levels, Reading Readiness, Reading Readiness Tests
Brunner, Edmund deS.; And Others – 1959
Research on the use of discussion in adult education has been largely concerned with comparing it with the use of other instructional techniques and with measuring opinion change. Many studies, such as Kurt Lewin's study of food habits, have compared the effectiveness of group discussion as contrasted with lecture in changing opinions and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavior Change, Group Discussion, Leadership
Briggs, Leslie J.; And Others – 1967
Based on the theses that all media have usefulness, that effectiveness is greatest when media selection is grounded on a systematic analysis of instructional objectives, and that educational specialists have a rightful function in the selection, packaging, and utilization of instructional sequences in all media, an analytical procedure was…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Idaho Univ., Moscow. Coll. of Education. – 1968
The Idaho State Occupational Unit completed a total life of 3 years and 4 months as of September 30, 1968. This document views past accomplishments, and looks to the future role and function of the Unit as it enters a new 5-year continuation. The function and role of the Unit has been built around four major purposes and objectives: (1) conduct…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Educational Research, Objectives, Program Descriptions
Stevenson, William W. – 1974
Management by Objectives (MBO), a management system, is a vehicle to organize an agency or institution to enable it to more effectively carry out its plan. The system involves the following steps: (1) formulation of the mission statement (designation of the agency's basic purpose) and development and acceptance of the organization's long-range…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Employer Employee Relationship, Management by Objectives, Management Systems
