Article provided some recent statistics on educational levels completed by adults 25 and over in 1974 and compared them to those of 1940. (RK)

The necessity of evaluating research methodology is discussed, and a profiling approach is proposed. Explanatory statements about the research process, directions for doing the actual profiling of the research report, a research profiling flow chart, a research profile sheet, and two additional graphic aids to understanding are included. The…

This is a third and final paper on aspects of multiracial education, derived from data collected by the National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales for the Department of Education and Science. (Author/RK)

The authors report an empirical study, evaluating the effectiveness of a moral education programme in schools. (Editor)

Author investigated the impression that students in coeducational schools are as good or better in examinations than those students in single-sex schools. (Author/RK)

This study not only reflects on previous research in the area of counseling effectiveness, but introduces a unique approach to research in this area. (Editor)

The results of this study provide a little support for those who ascribe a motivational effect to tests, but it is possible that this effect is limited to tasks that are novel, and for which information on one's relative standing within the classroom is lacking. (Author)

Describes a small scale study aimed at taking an objective, in-depth look at the personality and behavioral characteristics of a small group of children excluded from school, by comparing them with other children in their peer group, who had not been excluded. (Editor)

In order to determine whether the success of the Personalized System of Instruction is due to the unit testing procedure or the study questions prior to examinations, this study compares student achievement on course examinations after required unit testing, optional unit testing, and absence of testing. (Author/RK)

Compares strategies used in the process of planned educational change. Focuses on the post-Sputnick American experience, the approaches used, the failure and the successes. These are related to the Australian experience concentrating on the Schools Commission's Innovations Program, its distinctions, problems and potential. (Editor/RK)

The sandwich course system in the United Kingdom has much in common with cooperative education programs in the United States, involving a blend of academic study with work experience. Examines whether the sandwich course system has achieved its objectives, e.g., to provide practical experience in the application of theoretical concepts covered in…

By providing an educational alternative, Further Education or Adult Education was believed to be providing an alternative in social terms--that is, a form of education to which working-class youths had relatively easy access. Is the concept applicable to Scotland and does it provide an alternative route that is used by the working class? This…

Presents recent research data which strongly support the widely held intuitive feeling that beginning teachers find the first year of teaching to be one of severe disillusionment. (Author)

The present study was conducted to establish a scoring key for the Guilford Zimmerman Temperament Survey appropriate for predicting academic performance. Results point to the utility of non-cognitive measures in predicting academic performance, particularly when scoring keys tailored to the specific situation are empirically derived. Suggestions…