Dental hygiene education and practice do not have a solid theoretical foundation to justify its existence or purpose. Life course theory is used to understand the human condition in a nuanced and detailed fashion. Life course theory is used in nursing education and practice, elder studies, criminal justice, and especially in maternal/child…

This study provides preliminary insight into teachers' perspectives on ways that the Project Approach can help to support instruction of learners with a range of strengths and needs, and learners from a variety of cultural, economic, and linguistic backgrounds. Pre- and post-training interviews were conducted with seven preschool teachers who…

Background: College students may fail to practice information literacy skills because they are unaware of their skill level or are not concerned with the risks. Purpose: In order to develop an effective message that motivates college students to learn online health information literacy skills, a better understanding of perceptions about such…

Traditional models of perspective change problems (i.e., judgment of egocentric target directions from an imagined perspective) assume that performance reflects one's ability to imagine the new perspective. Three experiments investigated whether advanced cuing of the imagination direction improves performance in an imagined self-rotation task. RT…

The document presents summaries of final reports and recommendations from 10 task forces organized as part of Illinois's observance of the International Year of Disabled Persons. The task forces, intended to review issues critical to successful participation of disabled persons in the state, were charged to develop realistic recommendations for…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE (1) TO TAKE BIBLIOGRAPHIC INVENTORY OF RESEARCH CONCEPTS AND METHODS IN CREATIVITY AND THE ARTS, (2) TO TEST A NUMBER OF THE CONCEPTS AND METHODS IN AN EXPLORATORY EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE THOUGHT PROCESSES AND PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF ART STUDENTS, AND (3) TO FORMULATE A NUMBER OF ISSUES, CONCEPTS,…

Illinois demonstration centers were established as change agents for the improvement of district programs for gifted children. The purpose of this study is to ascertain what factors operate within a demonstration process to influence visiting school personnel to initiate innovations in their schools. Three instruments were administered and…

A survey of 133 Illinois direct service providers across various agencies indicated that providers are committed to serving youth with emotional/behavioral disorders locally, but perceived a lack of effort to eliminate ineffective programs and identified procedural barriers to providing comprehensive community-based services. A wide variety of…

A SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION OF THE COGNITIVE PROCESSES INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF A DRAWING WAS CONDUCTED. A SITUATION WAS DESIGNED IN WHICH A SAMPLE GROUP OF ABOUT 30 ARTISTS COULD BE OBSERVED AT WORK. BEHAVIOR WAS RECORDED AND THE PROGRESS OF THEIR WORK PHOTOGRAPHED. OF THE BEHAVIORS OBSERVED, SIX WERE TAKEN TO REFLECT RELEVANT STAGES IN THE…

Illinois educators (n=314) were surveyed to examine their attitudes and perceived ability to work with students with handicaps. Respondents were willing to teach students who were gifted or had physical handicaps, but not students with mental handicaps. The survey also assessed specific types of support/resources preferred by teachers. (Author/JDD)

This statewide study involving 11 adult basic education centers in Illinois sought new information on the behavior of full time directors of adult basic education. The Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ) was administered to all teachers and administrators in the centers in response to these questions: "How does the director…