School districts should be allowed to dispense with labeling children as disadvantaged and to use the Title I support they receive in schools that have a high proportion of children from poor families. (Author/MLF)

Children seen by trained aides showed significantly greater reductions both in acting out problems and in overall maladjustment than did similar children seen by comparable aides who did not have additional training, or by themselves before training. (Author)

Appropriate teaching behaviors increased on the target program and generalized to teaching other programs. The volunteers' teaching behaviors increased from 58.8% appropriate response during baseline to 97.5% during intervention. These results support the efficacy of using school age tutors when the teacher of the severely handicapped assumes the…

The study investigated the impact of a fifth grade gifted program on the attitudes of 100 former students since their participation in the program. Results supported the hypothesis that a longitudinal study of gifted students would establish effectiveness of the program and would have a positive impact on the lives and attitudes of the…

A hearing aid test program was developed, using portable electroacoustic equipment, to assess and improve the condition of hearing aids worn by Cincinnati public school children. The program's results have shown the need for an additional midyear check and subsequent maintenance for school auditory training equipment. (Author)

Several in-service models are presented including a provision of services model, job maintenance model, personal development model, and three problem-solving models. (JMF)

The decision to mass immunize the public against Swine Flu was based on odds that had been calculated from variables of unknown magnitude. (JD)

Compares three models for satellite systems in terms of design and costs in relation to other communications systems to show the most efficient and economical forms. (JMF)

The feasibility of an instructional management program for learning disabled (LD), incarcerated youths was examined in a comparison of peer tutors and LD teachers in a computational mathematics program for 38 LD delinquents (12 to 17 years old). Pre- and posttest results indicated no significant difference between the tutors' and teachers' groups.…

Program directors evaluating their own programs must use techniques that are already available or easily accessible. (Author)

A sex education program was initiated by the parents of 16 learning disabled young adults. Students' responses to the program varied, reflecting their differences in emotional maturity, intellectual performance, motivation, and social skills. Because of their participation in the program, the parents began to view their children as young adults…

The Distar model of reading and language instruction was shown to be effective in developing the reading and language skills of 12 retarded Australian children beyond the usual expectations for such children, and in fostering mastery of most of the basic literacy skills. (Author/DLS)

Investigates the hypothesis that those individuals who have not reached their full potential in moral reasoning given the limits set by their stage of Piagetian development would advance significantly more than those who have reached their potential in response to a moral education program. (Author/SS)

Describes study which investigated differences between Programmed Student Achievement (PA) and Programmed Achievement Study System (PASS) instructional systems. Concludes that both systems are equally effective in motivating students. (KC)