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Dreyer, Philip H.; Havighurst, Robert J. – 1970
As a part of the Final Report of the National Study of American Indian Education, this study collected data from 2,007 Indian students (from 8 to 20 years of age) who attended public, mission, and Bureau of Indian Affairs' schools from Alaska to North Carolina using self-report questionnaires dealing with the Indian self-concept. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Aspiration, Attitudes
Havighurst, Robert J. – 1970
As a part of the Final Report of the National Study of American Indian Education, this document contains the summary report and recommendations regarding education of Indian children and youth. The document summarizes results of field research made in 30 Indian communities and contains recommendations for action to improve the education of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Aspiration, Attitudes
Havighurst, Robert J. – 1970
As part of the Final Report of the National Study of American Indian Education, this study viewed the education of Indian children and youth through the eyes of the people most involved in the process: (1) students, (2) parents, (3) community leaders, and (4) teachers. As noted, this required a representative sample of the people in each of the 4…
Descriptors: American Indians, Attitudes, Community, Education
Havighurst, Robert J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Reports on a survey of educational researchers' attitudes toward government and private foundation support and examines the cooperation between the foundations and the government. (IRT)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
Havighurst, Robert J. – 1970
As part of the Final Report of the National Study of American Indian Education, this paper reports on the reliability of rating scales used in analyzing the interviews conducted during the study. Approximately 4,000 interviews, which covered "adequate samples of people in the schools and communities" that were studied, were deemed valid as a…
Descriptors: American Indians, Attitudes, Community Surveys, Comparative Analysis
Ahlstrom, Winston M.; Havighurst, Robert J. – 1971
Reported is a longitudinal study of socially maladjusted boys in Kansas City, Missouri. Inner city seventh grade boys, identified as socially and educationally maladjusted, were divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in a work-study program beginning in the eighth grade, receiving special classroom work…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Delinquency, Exceptional Child Research