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Download full textLupidi, Helena R. – 1976
Sex-related variations in the formation of educational and occupational aspirations of fifth and ninth grade Brazilian boys and girls were assessed via comparison of their academic performance, level of occupational and educational goals, and about the influence of family, peers, and teachers in shaping these goals. Data were collected on 1,950…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence
EDGERTON, HAROLD A.; SYLVESTER, ROBERT W. – 1967
THE SIMILARITY OF JOB CORPS TRAINEES TO THE POPULATION OF THE SAME AGE FROM WHICH THEY WERE DRAWN AND PROPORTION OF TRAINEES COMING FROM EACH STATE WERE DETERMINED. DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM PREENROLLMENT APPLICATIONS, CENSUS REPORTS, AND PUBLICATIONS. FINDINGS INCLUDED -- (1) THE NUMBER OF 16- TO 17-YEAR-OLD MALE TRAINEES WAS DISPROPORTIONATELY…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
SIEBER, SAM D. – 1967
FOUR MAIN ASPECTS OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM LIMIT THE APPLICATION OF DIFFUSION RESEARCH FROM OTHER SOCIAL SYSTEMS (MEDICINE, INDUSTRY, AND AGRICULTURE) TO THE FIELD OF EDUCATION--(1) BECAUSE OF SCHOOL SYSTEM VULNERABILITY, CHANGES THAT RUN THE RISK OF DISTURBING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ARE ESCHEWED, INNOVATIONS THAT ARE PERSUASIVELY PUBLICIZED…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Change Agents, Diffusion, Educational Change
TAEUBER, ALMA F.; TAEUBER, KARL E. – 1966
THIS EXTENSIVE SURVEY OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO POPULATION IS BASED ON DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION DERIVED FROM CENSUS DATA. ALTHOUGH THE CATEGORY "NEGRO" IS ARBITRARY, IT IS FELT TO BE A SUFFICIENTLY PRACTICAL TERM FOR ESTABLISHING SOCIAL IDENTITY. THE HISTORICAL GROWTH AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE NEGROES IN THE UNITED STATES ARE TRACED FROM THEIR ARRIVAL IN…
Descriptors: Black History, Black Population Trends, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis
Levine, Daniel U.; And Others – 1980
This report presents a study of issues involving magnet schools in big city school districts. The study consisted of three parts: (1) an analysis of the attitudes of educators familiar with part-time desegregation; (2) an investigation of the role of magnet schools that have been making a positive contribution to the redevelopment of big city…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Black Students, Busing, Desegregation Methods
Butler, Matilda; Marzone, Jean – 1980
The progress and status of female students in postsecondary education are presented in this second of a three-volume study of female education. Volume one focuses on the status of girls and women in elementary and secondary education; volume three, on female professionals in postsecondary education. This volume deals with undergraduate and…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Experience, Educational Finance
Spitze, Hazel Taylor, Ed. – 1978
Participants in a conference held in April, 1978, had four main objectives: (1) to help identify and become more aware of the current concerns in home economics education; (2) to value the role of home economics education in promoting needed social change; (3) to contribute during the conference to the generation of possible solutions and actions…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Planning
Benson, Charles S. – 1980
This paper explains the 1979 tuition tax credit bill, Senate Bill 1095, and compares it with the Family Choice Education Initiative introduced in California. The author contends that advocates of tuition tax credit legislation (TTCL) believe in "social triage." By this, he means that students can be divided into three groups: those for…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Opportunities, Economic Status, Educational Opportunities
Koffler, Stephen L.
Reflecting concern with the nationwide decline in basic skills mastery, the 1975 statewide basic skills tests of the New Jersey Educational Assessment Program (NJEAP) were used to assess the relative performance of college bound seniors. The results of a random 10% sample of the 55,000 students in college preparatory programs were compared with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, College Bound Students
Donsky, Aaron; And Others – 1979
An investigation of the characteristics of the 2,969 students who attended Lakeland Community College (LCC) in Fall 1978 but did not return in Winter 1979 revealed that, compared to the average Fall 1978 student, the typical non-returning student was more likely to be a married woman in her early 30's, with little previous college experience and…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age, Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics
An Analysis of the Speech Adjustment of Second Grade Children to Variations in the Age of Listeners.
Plaskon, Stephen Paul – 1979
A sample of 48 middle and lower class kindergarten and second grade students participated in a study to determine what speech adjustments school-age children made for listeners of different ages. Half the second grade subjects learned about two performance tasks--a board game and constructing columns of colored blocks--from the researcher, after…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Child Language
SEWELL, WILLIAM H. – 1963
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO PRESENT A SUMMARY OF PRESENT KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING RURAL AND URBAN DIFFERENCES IN STUDENT ASPIRATION AND OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE OF YOUTH. THE PAPER RELIED HEAVILY ON DATA OBTAINED IN A WISCONSIN RESEARCH PROJECT FINANCED BY THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION AND THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. OTHER STUDIES MENTIONED INDICATED…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Aspiration, Career Choice
MCDOWELL, SOPHIA F. – 1967
A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE THE WILLINGNESS OF NEGRO HIGH SCHOOL AGE YOUTH TO ASSOCIATE WITH WHITES. DATA WERE GATHERED FROM QUESTIONNAIRES DISTRIBUTED TO 471 NEGRO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND 111 NEGRO DROPOUTS FROM SOUTHERN AND BORDER STATES. THE STUDY INVESTIGATED SUCH VARIABLES AS THE YOUTHS' SEX, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, EDUCATIONAL STATUS…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Students, Dropouts, Educational Experience
Graham, Milton D.; And Others – 1968
A study of 85 men with a service-connected disability of 70% or greater loss of vision was made from 10 Veterans' Administration clinics. Subjects were 20 to 64 years of age with a median of 46, 85% white, and 97% World War II and 3% Korean War veterans; 45% had taken advantage of the GI Bill for education, 64% were in the top half of the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Blindness, Exceptional Child Education
United Church of Canada, Toronto (Ontario). Committee on Christian Family Life. – 1968
The bibliographical guide presents printed and reading material on sex education and marriage preparation from a Christian point of view. Resource and reading material are presented for preschool children, pre-adolescents, adolescents and young people, married couples, parents, and for those planning, and leading, study courses in sex education…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Childhood Needs, Church Programs
