Alcoholism is a growing problem in America today. Children are becoming addicted to chemicals at a much younger age. Those children who have alcoholic parents and/or grandparents are more susceptible to addiction because of hereditary factors. Children of alcoholic parents live amidst conflict and confusion. Because of this conflict and confusion,…

An educational specialist employed as a learning consultant to schools in a seashore resort community planned and implemented a practicum study intended to address problems in the prekindergarten screening process of the community's primary school. Practicum goals were to: (1) identify children who would benefit from prekindergarten intervention;…

The number of persons confined to correctional institutions continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. Some of the factors contributing to this growth include an increase in the 18- to 25-year-old population, a tougher stance on crime resulting in more prison sentences, longer sentences because younger offenders commit more violent crimes, and…

This report on a study of the first year of implementation of the Portland Reading Recovery Program assesses the current status of the program in terms of program planning, teacher outcomes, student outcomes, and parent involvement. Following preliminary data about the 91 first graders and their teachers who were involved in the program, the…

A study compared the professional knowledge competence of agricultural teachers with and without preservice teacher preparation in order to identify and describe selected characteristics of teachers of agricultural science in Peninsular Malaysia and to relate these characteristics to preservice teacher education. Data were collected through…

This study attempted to decipher what happens to African American students during their sophomore year to make them disenchanted with their academic experience in their subsequent years and tested whether a supportive mentoring relationship can be developed over the telephone. Fulltime African American students (N=27) entering their second year…

A quasi-experimental design using four matched groups of 88 students each of entering college freshmen investigated the question of whether increasing exposure to different types of orientation programming would have any effect upon freshman academic performance and reaction to college. The types of orientation included: (1) traditional…

To secure more significant input from industry in Australian college programs, a number of mechanisms exist, including college councils. A study surveyed the operation of existing councils from the perspective of college administrators, using an extensive questionnaire, and from the perspective of members of a number of councils perceived as…

The proceedings of a House hearing on poverty, hunger, and the welfare system are provided in this document. The hearings focus the Federal agenda for addressing these problems: the increasing number of people, particularly children, living in poverty and consequently threatened by hunger; increasing numbers of families headed by women alone…

In recent years many colleges and universities have been offering various types of career classes to aid students with undecided majors choose their college major and future occupation. In an attempt to assess the effect of a short-term career class on undecided students, two groups of students enrolled in 1966 were assessed after 10 years. An…

The purpose of this study was to determine if a change from a half day, everyday (HDED) kindergarten program to a full day, everyday (FDED) kindergarten program would result in significant differences in children's achievement. Data on children involved in the first 2 years of the FDED program in the Community Schools District, Grant Wood Area,…

Efforts to fight drug abuse must occur in the schools, as well as in homes and the community, since schools provide one major influence in transmitting values, standards, and information to children. This digest discusses the extent of drug abuse among youth, why drug abuse occurs, the effects of drug abuse, what schools can do to combat the…

A study examined the factors associated with operational limitations of the Training and Visit System, an information diffusion method, at the local levels. A personal interview survey was conducted to gather data required for this study from agricultural extension personnel from three predominantly agricultural areas in Sri Lanka. Stepwise…

The Richardson Independent School District's (Texas) New Teacher Induction Program was evaluated by surveying teachers at three different times throughout the induction year. The three primary features of the program--a new teacher inservice day, a weekly meeting with principals, and professional seminars--were evaluated. Evaluation data also…

The communicative approach to second language instruction has gained disproportionate publicity in the language teaching profession through the Communicative Teaching Project in Bangalore, India. Because of a series of articles and books and presentations at conferences advertising the project's alleged innovativeness and effectiveness, it has…