To examine the effectiveness of two types of creative experiences in 53 primary grade gifted students, pre- and post data were gathered in imaginative writing/puppetry classes and creative problem solving classes using the divergent thinking scales of the Structure of Intellect. Individual covariance by group and sex were used to analyze the…

Discussed are (1) the effects of the Reclamation Projects upon the American Indians and non-Indians and of the power plants upon the Indians; and (2) the implications of the Winters Doctrine, the Eagle River Decision, the trustee-client relationship between the Indians of the United States and the National Water Commission Report. (NQ)

This evaluation report for the 1976-77 Tacoma Public Schools Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) program is organized around the six priority needs and eleven related objectives which were specified in the applications for funds. Each need and objective is listed along with related data. Conclusions about objective attainment are made in terms of…

This paper evaluates the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) Basic and Pilot Project Grant Programs. Among the major questions addressed in the evaluation were: What kinds of students participate in the programs, what kinds of districts and schools receive support, what are the funding patterns, how are the funds translated into services, how…

In a study of aversive control of smoking behavior, subjects were randomly assigned to rapid smoking, excessive smoking, or control conditions. Overall, there was a statistically reliable treatment effect, according to measures of percentage reductions in smoking and subjects maintaining total abstinence. However, this treatment effect had…

This research review indicates that immediate developmental gains demonstrated in compensatory preschool education programs are soon dissipated, and offers possible reasons for this effect. It is suggested that compensatory programs be reexamined and further research conducted to find how to make preschool programs more beneficial. (GO)

Described here is a research project being undertaken to address two points: the relationship of the fidelity of program replication to program outcomes at user sites; and the extent to which fidelity can occur in programs with more than a few replicates. The findings will have bearing on the usefulness of the Research, Development, and Diffusion…

Evaluation data are presented for the Open Door infant, toddler, and preschool programs (Las Cruces, New Mexico) for handicapped young children. Effects of intervention are reported in terms of learner gain for each child, mean gains for each child across developmental areas, mean gains for groups within each developmental area, subsequent…

In its first year, an interdisciplinary recreational aquatics program serving eight deaf blind children (3 to 18 years old) developed and sequenced individualized objectives for communication, social, and gross motor areas. Inservice training was conducted for 13 nonhandicapped high school students serving as peer tutors, who were then evaluated…

One hundred fifty-six gifted elementary students (grades 3 through 6) responded to the Coopersmith Self Esteem Inventory on a pre- and posttest basis during a 3 week, 45 hour College for Kids program, designed as an enrichment program with focus on critical thinking, problem solving, inquiry, research, and questioning. Thirty students responded to…

To empirically verify the usefulness of self-help approaches to coping with life problems and to help meet the needs of single fathers who had custody of their children, a self-help group composed of seven recently divorced fathers was formed. All seven participants were receiving individual counseling for various psychological problems they were…

The results of nine studies evaluating the effectiveness of volunteer programs in the schools were reviewed in an attempt to answer three questions: What is the value of volunteers to schools? Why do people volunteer to work in classrooms? What is the effect of volunteering on the volunteer? The studies involved were originally intended to…