The federal government and private foundations for education have established postsecondary credential completion as a national imperative. Washington State's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) model was developed to increase the rate at which basic skills students advance to and succeed in college-level occupational programs,…

A study was conducted to investigate, using a portion of Smith's Sequential Specificity Model, the relationship between social background, personality, and attitudinal factors and the participation of adult volunteers in the 4-H program in Ohio. Data were collected from a sample of 300 adult 4-H volunteers in Ohio through a mailed questionnaire; a…

A study was conducted to compare 4-H agent, volunteer leader, and teenage member perceptions concerning the importance of selected leadership activities for teenage 4-H members, and the extent to which teenagers should be involved in carrying out these leadership activities. Data were gathered from a sample of 200 teenage 4-H members, 200…

The National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Program was conducted to assess the costs and benefits of combinations of school-based preventive dental care procedures. The program involved almost 30,000 elementary school children from 10 sites across the country. Classroom procedures, such as weekly fluoride mouthrinse, were administered or…

Outlines components of fear in outdoor adventure activities. Reports ratings by 311 Outward Bound students of 23 common fears in the outdoors. Discusses techniques of fear reduction therapy: systematic desensitization, flooding, modeling of coping methods by instructors, and rehearsal of adaptive behaviors. Contains 16 references. (SV)

The Classroom Management Improvement Study (CMIS) was designed to investigate a complex staff development effort in order to provide a clear explication of the treatment in the event that either researchers or practitioners desired to replicate the intervention. The treatment was directed toward introducing effective classroom management…

Consistent with the inquiry training goals of the Foundational Approaches in Sceince Teaching program, participants favored laboratory work and field work over individual projects, discussion, and reading assignments; they preferred critical questioning to: recall, principles and explanations, and practical applications. Preference differed for…

In the United States, illiterate adults account for 20 percent of citizens over age 16. Yearly, 5 percent of these adults without a high school diploma are enrolled in Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses, which offer few appropriate counseling services. In order to study the counseling services available to ABE students in Maryland, on-site visits…

The achievements, problems, and potential of community education (CE) were the subject of a 1983 survey that reveals the views of local and national leaders involved with CE. Based on an extensive literature review, a survey of seven open-ended questions was constructed. One hundred sixty-two respondents nationwide who are CE…

This paper reports on a follow-up survey of alumni (N=104) who had pursued degrees through the Education Department at Castleton State College (VT). The questionnaire was concerned with alumni perceptions regarding the attainment of outcome-based competencies. The quantitative data reported respondents' knowledge about subject matter and the…

This research examined the relationships of attitudes toward the Army, duty environment, and satisfaction with Army programs/benefits to the career intentions of officers and enlisted personnel. A representative random sample of 4,360 officers and 2,339 enlisted personnel completed a 178-item questionnaire about their attitudes toward these…

General educators' perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs towards gifted learners and education of the gifted at both elementary and secondary levels in small, rural schools were examined. Eighteen teachers from a rural K-12 Kansas district having 518 students completed questionnaires during summer 1985 and during the 1985-86 school year, and the…