THIS STUDY CRITICALLY EVALUATED MAJOR PUBLISHED STUDIES DEALING WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF MENTAL RETARDATION AND PREPARED AN EXTENSIVE, DETAILED ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ON THIS SUBJECT. THIS WAS A LIBRARY RESEARCH PROJECT IN WHICH A GREAT BODY OF LITERATURE WAS SURVEYED, ESPECIALLY PERIODICALS. SELECTED CLUSTERS OF…

THIS PAPER CONSTITUTES A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE POSSIBLE USES OF DICTATION AS A LANGUAGE LEARNING ACTIVITY, AS WELL AS A BRIEF EXAMINATION OF THE PEDAGOGICAL PRINCIPLES INVOLVED. THE AUTHOR OBSERVES THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPOSED TO PROPERLY HANDLED DICTATION EXERCISES NOT ONLY LEARN TO RECOGNIZE THE RELATIONSHIP OF SPEECH TO WRITING AT AN…

Details are given on the necessary computer processing services required to produce a NASA thesaurus. These services included (1) keypunching the terminology to specifications from approximately 19,000 Term Review Forms furnished by NASA; (2) modifying a set of programs to satisfy NASA specifications, principally to accommodate 42 character terms…

Developed during World War II, the systems approach evolved rapidly after the war into several new phases, one of which is program budgeting. There is no clear set of rules constructed along do-it-yourself lines associated with the systems approach. There are, however, general procedures which are to be followed. The first step, defining the…

This short report presents annual projections of first births for the United States from 1975 to 2000. Three projection series are included which reflect different assumptions about the proportion of women who will have at least one birth (the complement of the proportion remaining childless). The ultimate proportions are: Series I-90%; Series…

A course in sculptural art in the areas of welding, brazing and soldering is presented. The objective of the course is to introduce the student to these aspects of metal sculpture. Course content includes techniques in metal sculpture. (CK)

A "failsafe" technology is presented based on a new unified theory of needs assessment. Basically the paper discusses fault tree analysis as a technique for enhancing the probability of success in any system by analyzing the most likely modes of failure that could occur and then suggesting high priority avoidance strategies for those…

This study explored seven possible techniques for improving the rate of returns for a questionnaire study with special concern for collecting information through high school follow-up studies. It evaluated these techniques using two criteria: their effectiveness in improving returns and their cost-effectiveness. The results suggest that a school…

Hypotheses based on Blake and Mouton's managerial grid were tested and were not supported by the data. Results indicated that grid placement was a poor predictor of either perceived managerial effectiveness or conflict resolution methods employed. (Author)

The article describes a methodology for determining where in the population unserved handicapped children are to be found. (DLS)

A method of grading essay examinations that measures the credibility, quality, and volume of a student's answers is explained. Responses are marked either correct or incorrect and assigned a point value, using the system which is described. (Author/RAO)

The experience of a workshop set up within a Department of Child Psychiatry to foster family therapy and to develop a brief focal technique is described. Details of the first 29 cases are provided. (JB)

Techniques submitted by educational administrators to improve the efficiency and economy of school management. (MLF)

Discusses methods of utilizing existing buildings to provide library services, including complete renovation of a building structure internally while retaining walls and roof, and temporary use of buildings which serve another purpose. Examples of building conversion methods are included. (Author/MBR)

Describes development of a 4 H Club record-keeping and mailing system based on use of donated computer time. (ABM)