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Mazzuchi, John F.; Gilbert, Arthur C. F. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1974
An examination of recruits' job preferences revealed that recruits were not firm in their choices and that choices and aptitude were not necessarily related. (Author)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Armed Forces, Career Choice, Decision Making
Air Force Systems Command, Washington, DC. – 1965
The progress reports on the second STINFO (Scientific and Technical Information) Conference show developments in various areas of research. The conference stressed the importance of past and future improvements in technology, management, user analysis, coordination with governmental agencies on various levels, evaluation methods, selective…
Descriptors: Administration, Armed Forces, Conference Reports, Information Dissemination
Lathrope, Donald E. – 1969
Ways in which systems thought can be employed in military social work and social work in general are discussed. A four tiered effort is suggested in which each level successively comes closer to the problem of effectively using systems thought. First it calls for gaining sufficient familiarity with a systems perspective as a way of looking at…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Conceptual Schemes, Models, Social Work
Angle, Harold L. – 1974
Objective job satisfaction questionnaires were administered to more than 26,000 U.S. Marines, as part of the Marine Corps' occupational task analysis of 16 separate occupational groups over a three-year period. Results indicate that intrinsic job factors are more potent than extrinsic factors, both as satisfiers and as dissatisfiers. Satisfaction…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Job Satisfaction, Need Gratification, Questionnaires
Koplyay, Janos B. – 1969
A weighted factors promotion system was field tested and validated using data from the FY 69-B promotion cycle of the Alaskan Air Command. The final sample included 2,290 promotion-eligible airmen in grades E-3 through E-6. The weighted factors composite score, excluding a promotion board component, gave airmen the same relative rank within…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Employment Level, Promotion (Occupational), Statistical Analysis
Mayo, Clyde C. – 1969
An opinion survey method for identifying low aptitude job types was developed and used in a study of 11 Air Force career ladders. Lists of low aptitude tasks were defined by technical advisers. These tasks were then rated on nine factors by Air Force instructors who also described low aptitude job types and gave their opinion concerning the…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Employment, Methods, Military Personnel

Colson, James D. – Journal of Drug Education, 1978
The USAF Substance Abuse Seminar represents a new phase of preventative drug and alcohol abuse education. The seminar includes: Air Force Drug/Alcohol Abuse Control policies; local conditions regarding substance abuse; sociopharmacology concerning the status of substances relative to their effects; and personal responsibility in the use of…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Armed Forces, Drug Abuse, Drug Education

Kozol, Jonathan – Journal of Education, 1985
Describes the literacy training provided by the Armed Forces as both minimal and dehumanizing, with an overriding emphasis on training young, disadvantaged recruits to perform necessary tasks without any thought or analysis. (GC)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Armed Forces, Disadvantaged Youth, Functional Literacy
Albano, Sondra – 1997
This study focused on non-use of Air Force Family Support Centers (FSCs), a global network of programs and services designed to facilitate family adaptation to the mobile military lifestyle and to help commanders and supervisors respond to family needs. The study used the 1993 Air Force Needs Assessment Survey to investigate what factors…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Family Programs, Military Air Facilities, Military Personnel
Educ Media, 1969
Near illiterates were draft exempt until the Army discovered it could teach them to read and write well enough to be fit for the service with the multimedia system described in this article. (LS)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Armed Forces, Audiovisual Instruction, Illiteracy
Parks and Recreation, 1971
Provides portions of data from 23,000 enlisted men in terms of their recreational activities. (MB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Activities, Age Differences, Armed Forces
Byrd, Elbert M., Jr. – Soc Stud, 1970
The author suggests that progress will not be made in Disarmament talks unless the present negative concepts are replaced by positive measures of international cooperation. (EJS)
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Economic Factors, International Programs, Military Organizations

Atchison, Kathryn A.; Bachand, William; Buchanan, C. Richard; Lefever, Karen H.; Lin, Sylvia; Engelhardt, Rita – Journal of Dental Education, 2002
Compared the program characteristics of the postgraduate general dentistry (PGD) training programs sponsored by the military and the Veterans Health Administration (VA). Gathered information on program infrastructure and emphasis, resident preparation prior to entering the program, and patients served and types of services provided. Programs…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis, Dentistry

Britton, Bruce K.; Stimson, Mark; Stennett, Barry; Gulgoz, Sami – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1998
An individual differences model of learning from instructional text was tested with 211 Air Force recruits. Results strongly supported the model, which suggests that learning from text is determined by making connections among ideas that include the text and prior learning. Making the connections depends on individual differences. (SLD)
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Individual Differences, Learning Strategies, Military Personnel
Brotherton, Phaedra – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2002
Describes how the Army's venture into distance learning, eArmyU, is proving to be a big success, with more than 12,000 soldiers enrolled since it began a year ago. Soldiers are lining up for the program that offers free tuition, a laptop, and Internet access. But historically black colleges and universities may be missing out due to distance…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Armed Forces, Black Colleges, College Attendance