THE IMPACT OF INTENSIVE TRAINING IN A SUMMER GUIDANCE INSTITUTE UPON VARIOUS COUNSELING ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES WITHIN THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS WAS INVESTIGATED. THE SUMMER PROGRAM WAS HELD FOR ABOUT 30 TEACHERS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THESE SCHOOLS DIFFERED WIDELY IN…

PREVIOUS RESEARCH HAD SHOWN THAT SIMULATION COULD BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THREE OF SIX HOURS OF ACTUAL DRIVING INSTRUCTION, A CONCENTRATED COURSE OF INSTRUCTION COULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ONE OF SEVERAL WEEKS OR MONTHS, AND USE OF SIMULATOR MOVIES WITHOUT THE EQUIPMENT HAD VALUE. IN THIS STUDY, DATA ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA…

A LINEAR AND A BRANCHING PROGRAMED TEXTBOOK WERE COMPARED FOR EFFECTIVENESS WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH A CONVENTIONAL TEXTBOOK. SIX GROUPS OF 82 AIRMEN EACH STUDIED EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES UNDER THE THREE FORMATS. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN LEARNING WAS MEASURED BY BOTH MULTIPLE-CHOICE AND CONSTRUCTED-RESPONSE TESTS. IMMEDIATE ACHIEVEMENT WAS MEASURED BY…

STUDENTS UNDER 22 YEARS OF AGE WITH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ABILITY TESTS SCORES OF 39 OR LESS WERE ENROLLED IN A SPECIAL "BLOCK" PROGRAM OF ENGLISH, PSYCHOLOGY, AND SPEECH. OF 110 STUDENTS IN THE FALL OF 1964, 30 HAD A C AVERAGE OR ABOVE, 91 COMPLETED THE SEMESTER, AND 75 REENROLLED IN THE NEXT TERM. TESTS SHOWED THAT THEY WERE IN THE LOWEST…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 27 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) electrodermal responses and informal reading criteria; (2) a comparison of standardized reading test scores, informal reading inventory results, and miscue…

A major portion of Texas' State Compensatory Education (SCE) evaluation resources for 1979-80 was devoted to activities related to the statewide assessment of fifth and ninth graders' skills in reading, mathematics, and writing (the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills Project). For purposes of this report, evaluation activity and information is…

Current developments in the field of language testing are synthesized with emphasis on their practical application in the classroom. The main areas of concern are: (1) the role of testing in the schools; (2) identifying and measuring teacher and student variables, such as, language proficiency of teachers; teacher effectiveness in the classroom;…

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ADULT BASIC EDUCATION CONTAINS 73 ITEMS WITH ABSTRACTS ARRANGED UNDER FOUR HEADINGS--(1) RESEARCH REVIEWS AND GENERAL STUDIES, (2) PARTICULAR PROGRAMS, (3) TEACHER TRAINING, AND (4) MATERIALS, GUIDES, AND TESTS. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE FROM 1965-1968. (SG)

To facilitate the use of operant audiometry with low functioning children (psychotic, severely retarded, or multiply handicapped), a procedures manual was developed containing definitions of terms, instructions for determining reinforcers, physical facilities and equipment needs, diagrams, component lists, and technical descriptions. Development…

MEASURES OF CHILD BEHAVIOR AND CHARACTERISTICS, NOT YET PUBLISHED AS SEPARATE ENTITIES, WERE COLLECTED THROUGH A PAGE-BY-PAGE SEARCH OF ISSUES OF 46 JOURNALS (LISTED IN APPENDIX A) PUBLISHED DURING THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1956 TO DECEMBER 1965 AND 50 RELEVANT BOOKS. CORRESPONDENCE WITH RESEARCHERS AND AUTHORS OF MEASURES YIELDED ADDITIONAL…

A workshop held prior to the convention of the American College Personnel Association in Detroit, Michigan, in April, 1968, operated under the theme "College Personnel Services for the Adult: Student Assistance, Involvement, Development." Papers given in the six sessions covered testing, financial aid, adult characteristics, motives, needs, and…

Abstracts are presented of 23 research papers on attitude changes resulting from supervisory training; nonparticipation in vocational retraining; methods and techniques (including mass media, small group discussion, correspondence study, and the use of programed instruction for health personnel and in human relations training); preferred adult…

This guide is intended to serve as a basic information source for those seeking to establish a Career Resource Center (CRC) in a school or other community agency. The content is presented in eight chapters. The first one, an introduction, covers the role and benefits of CRC's, while the focus of chapter 2 is on the rationale for career education…

The report assesses the ability of the 44 Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) students to maintain their expected academic competence as measured by a nationally normed achievement test, the Iowa Tests of Educational Development, administered at different times during the 1972-73 program year. The…

The report describes the development of an alternative performance assessment procedure for certifying adults at the secondary school level in the New York External High School Diploma Program. Unlike standardized group tests, the alternative method is characterized by such features as flexibility in time and location of testing, variety of…