The purpose of this study was to ascertain the extent to which the conditions of auditory lead and auditory synchronization have an effect on student performance, and to investigate the extent to which the strength of grip of the learner has an effect on manipulative task performance. Fifty-two seventh grade boys without prior instruction in…

To provide information about the performance and characteristics of effective and ineffective marginal personnel in the Army, a study has been made of about 1,800 men with experience ranging up to 20 years in five military occupational specialities (MOSs): 11E, armor crewman; 63C, general vehicle repairman; 76Y, unit and organizational supply…

The rating scale was completed by the respective counselor for individual enrollees in the Neighborhood Youth Corps. The scale contains eleven statements about enrollee behavior that are considered important in determining how well an enrollee is doing in the program. See also TM 000 865. (CK)

This research focuses on a major characteristic of mass-education: the requirement that each child in the classroom perform the same learning tasks at the same time. Little is known about consequences of such instructional uniformity on learning, emotional growth and interpersonal relations. Three basic experiments were conducted. The first study…

As part of the United States Air Force Occupational Survey Program, this report summarizes the results of a study conducted to determine the dimensions of job satisfaction within and between career ladders as perceived by airmen. Surveyed on 97 career ladders were some 100,000 respondents. Findings include: (1) Most of the airmen surveyed found…

Using a randomized block design and involving the participation of 73 fifth, sixth, and seventh grade pupils, this study sought to ascertain the relative effects of traditional, varied and integrated contiguity on the achievement of information content and the performance of a psychomotor task. The informational content selected for the study…

This report is a summary of a project utilizing subprofessionals in the field of social work. Conducted in the Jacksonville, Florida area in 1968, the project demonstrated that subprofessionals could successfully perform a wide variety of tasks formerly assigned to social workers. Although early resistance on the part of social workers was…

The effects of two social contexts on the risk -taking behavior of elementary boys on a shuffleboard task were investigated. It was predicted that Atkinson's motive-probability-incentive (M-P-I) model would be supported in the peer-competitive context, in that the success-oriented subjects would choose more goals with median Ps values than the…

The major objectives of this study were: to determine whether information feedback provided during a difficult task would reduce State-Anxiety (A-State) and whether learner control of feedback would lead to further reductions in A-State. Another objective was to attempt to bridge cognitive and affective domains by examining relationships of the…

A study to determine some conditions to be used to communicate desired instructional outcomes to students in order to produce learning was conducted. A commercial game called "Think-A-Dot" consisting of a series of flip-flops encased in plastic was employed as the learning task. Three independent variables were experimentally…

Four studies report on the performance of fifth-grade child dyads and adult dyads on three problem-solving tasks, extending previous research on the structural properties of the communications and on factors influencing the accuracy of the communications. Aspects of performance investigated are: (1) relative participation of dyad members in the…

A study of the performance of the nation's campus press is presented. The point is made that in terms of content, the student press has come of age. The specific question studied is: How did the campus press perform in its coverage of the campus disorders of May 1970?Content and administrator and student staff attitudes were scrutinized. A…

In training people to perform auditory identification tasks (e.g., training students to identify sound characteristics in a sonar classification task), it is important to know whether or not training procedures are merely sustaining performance during training or whether they enhance learning of the task. Often an incorrect assumption is made that…

FACTOR ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED ON SEVERAL COGNITIVE ABILITIES IN AN EFFORT TO RELATE THESE ABILITIES TO TASKS OF CONCEPT ATTAINMENT AND INFORMATION PROCESSING. THE ABILITIES UNDER CONSIDERATION WERE DESCRIBED AS GENERAL REASONING, VERBAL COMPREHENSION, INDUCTION, DEDUCTION, SPATIAL SCANNING, PERCEPTUAL SPEED, ROTE MEMORY, AND SPAN MEMORY. ABILITY…

In order to study the effects of cognitive style, task structure, and task setting on student achievement and attitudes, structured and unstructured tasks were presented to students in both group and individual settings. It was postulated that through small group and individual activities an individual may display his/her best cognitive style of…