The National Education Association (NEA) Project on Utilization of Inservice Education Research and Development Products is described, and the steps in the development of the project are presented, including: (1) location and screening of potential items for inclusion in the information bank (books, guides, films, modules, video-recordings,…

This final report of the Florida Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) for Vocational Education covers a period from December 1, 1966 to August 31, 1969. The RCU was established to coordinate, encourage, and assist in the preparation of studies needed to improve vocational education in Florida, and to disseminate the results. This report includes a…

This report, covering the period from June 28, 1966 to August 31, 1969, presents the goals of the Research Coordinating Unit (RCU), nine projects in which the RCU was involved, conferences and presentations by RCU personnel, a report of staffing patterns, and conclusions and recommendations. The greatest effort was directed toward the development…

This report describes a marine studies program sponsored by the University of Hawaii. The publication presents the students' own stories of their experiences. An overview of the kind of program, student qualifications and requirements, and scope of the Marine Option Program (MOP) is included in the report. Details are provided relating to (1) the…

This report examines the results of a survey of 110 students enrolled in Ohio University's Extended Learning Program (ELP) in Cleveland. The questionnaire was designed to provoke comments and criticisms concerning student preferences for scheduling, types of courses to be offered and student recommendations for improving ELP. Results are…

The status of Black Studies programs at four-year colleges and universities in the U.S. was surveyed by mail questionnaire in October 1970. Information for the years 1969-71 was received from 64% of the relevant institutions. It included such data as: year of origin of the programs, extent of course offerings, organization of Black Studies within…

The development of the occupational specialist in Florida, a support personnel position in guidance that has been funded through the state legislature, is evaluated. (Author)

A training program to teach counseling and interviewing skills to paraprofessionals is described. The content includes conveying an open invitation to talk, reflective responding, problem solving, giving feedback, and setting goals. The training model includes five stages. Four factors that probably contributed to the effectiveness of training are…

A 25-year-old male suffering from pervasive anxiety was treated with a modified induced anxiety procedure. Results indicated that as modified induced anxiety was sequentially applied to anxiety levels, there was a corresponding decline in self-monitored anxiety at the targeted level. (Author)

West Virginia University was designated by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as the NSF University/Industry Fluidization and Fluid Particle Cooperative Research Center. Background information about the center, its research program (focusing on fundamental problems of reacting systems at elevated temperatures), and future prospects are…

The Training Center conducted three nine hour drug education workshops for selected staff of a large industrial concern of the Northwest. The workshop experience and the data generated during the workshop suggest the usefulness of such non-school drug education programs. (Author)

The positive results from two workshop evaluations (N=42), the high return on the follow-up questionnaires, and the spontaneous, enthusiastic responses, both written and verbal, support the hypothesis that a single in-depth workshop experience can be quite effective in facilitating planning and decision making of returning adults, particularly…

A generic model for a Course-In-Oneself was developed for self-assessment on the basis of valuing participant responsibility for self-awareness and using instruments designed to further self-control and enhance generalization of feelings and behaviors. Pre-post research evaluation suggests that such educational assessment experience does…

This article is the first in a series which describes the general procedures and some findings of over seventy studies which were conducted from 1966 to 1971 on the information-exchange activities of over 12,000 scientists in a sample of nine physical, social and engineering sciences. (14 references) (Author)

This paper is a description of the first collaborative research project of a self-initiated teacher development group in South India. All five members who undertook the research are practicing teachers who have at one time taught English-as-a-Second-Language classes at the preuniversity or undergraduate level. (two references) (JL)