Word analysis, study skills, and reading comprehension were assessed for 217 certificated teachers in 14 Utah schools. No significant differences were found among the scores of elementary school principals, special education and resource teachers, early-childhood grade teachers, and intermediate grade teachers. The effects of selected variables…

This report defines a curriculum laboratory to be a center where educational materials are developed, modified, and stored. Included in the document are a history of the curriculum laboratory, a study of its characteristics, and a survey of the curriculum laboratories in the colleges and universities of Pennsylvania. The Wilkes College curriculum…

The major purposes of the study were to describe the attitudes held by occupational orientation teachers toward career education/occupational orientation and to determine what personal, experience, training, and teaching behavior variables contributed to high positive attitudes. Also included was an investigation of differences in the frequency of…

This study is a quantitative descriptive survey of the character and scope of Maine high school curricular and cocurricular theatre education. A two-part questionnaire was mailed to the principal and the teacher most directly concerned with programs in theatre of all Maine public and private high schools in the fall of 1972. Sixty-one percent of…

A survey of 30 Kentucky high school English department heads known to have phase-elective programs indicated that 40% of the high schools had folklore as an offering; 60% believed that an anthology of Kentucky folklore would be valuable. No teacher reported more than nine hours of college or university folklore course work; most had had none. A…

Secondary school English teachers, drawn randomly from school systems throughout New York State, were polled with regard to their knowledge of current testing practices and their attitudes toward testing and accountability. A total of 497 usable responses (50.5% response) was obtained. Findings suggest that there is a wide variety of standardized…

The purpose of this study was to determine what procedures were employed by the school districts in New Jersey to identify, diagnose, and service remedial readers. A random sample of 20 percent of the elementary schools in the state were sent a questionnaire to determine their reading practices for the academic year 1972-73. Responses to the…

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the current practices in freshman English in Oklahoma colleges. The population in this study included all Oklahoma institutions of higher education fully accredited by the state as of July 1, 1972, and extending through June 30, 1973. Some of the findings were: three-fourths of the senior colleges and all…

Public libraries serve patrons who have a wide range of demographic characteristics. Boards of Trustees of public libraries play an important role in maintaining and planning libraries that serve the needs of the community. The demographic characteristics of the board are one factor that can help represent the diversity of the patron community.…

The purpose of a study was to determine (1) Montana high school home economics teachers' attitudes toward career education, and (2) if a significant relationship existed between selected variables and these attitudes. A previously tested questionnaire was partially redesigned and mailed to 200 high school home economics teachers in Montana.…

The two primary objectives of this dissertation were to describe the 48 novels taught in English classes in a specific secondary school in Pennsylvania and, through a survey, to determine whether these novels were unique or representative of novels taught in other Pennsylvania schools. The description of each novel includes a critical summary, the…

California community colleges assign teaching loads according to district policy. In order to identify prevalent standards for assigning teaching loads, a survey by mail of 102 California community colleges was conducted. Responses were received from 73 institutions (72 percent). Although a survey of the literature reveals that a 15-clock hour…

A questionnaire listing 58 competencies in English was mailed to 432 administrators, vocational teachers, and English teachers in the 38 community colleges and technical institutes in North Carolina which were willing to participate in the study. Respondents were asked to rate the importance of each competency for vocational students preparing for…

This study analyzes the use of external links on Ohio public library World Wide Web sites, focusing on methods used to facilitate access to Internet resources. The categorization of links was analyzed, with specific focus on the organization, scope, and presentation of links arranged topically. This study suggests that the public libraries of Ohio…

Sixty-four regionally accredited colleges and universities in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska were surveyed to determine what practices existed in the evaluation of their administrators and to ascertain the basis upon which the evaluations were performed. Of the 51 responding institutions, 22 were two-year colleges and 29 were four-year…