This publication presents a bibliography of master's and doctor's theses covering research completed in 1987 from institutions offering graduate programs in health, physical education, recreation, dance, and allied areas. Most references are accompanied by abstracts of the research, and all are numbered in alphabetical order according to…

This issue of FEEDBACK, a newsletter produced by the the Austin Independent School District Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE), illustrates the accuracy, validity, and fairness of ORE reports. The independence of the reports is explained. Internal and external quality controls are used to ensure reliability and accuracy of the reports.…

This annual report for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) for fiscal year 1986 also summarizes the CPB's activities over the last 20 years. The front inside cover folds out to three pages and provides a chronology of the important events in CPB history from its inception in 1967 to 1987. A narrative report on the CPB's 20 years of…

The principal focus of this brief report is on findings and observations from relatively recent research on the learning of mathematics. The distinction between learning and the concepts of curriculum and instruction is first reviewed. Then Piaget's theory of intellectual development is discussed, with the conclusion that it does not provide a…

In 1980, the U.S. civilian labor force included over one million persons who were employed as: (1) actors; (2) announcers; (3) architects; (4) postsecondary art, drama, and music teachers; (5) authors; (6) dancers; (7) designers; (8) musicians and composers; (9) painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers; (10) photographers; and…

This annual report for the 1979-1980 school year summarizes and gives the status of the main objectives of the major programs within the public school system of Anne Arundel County. Project objectives for the 1981-82 school year as well as the one immediately following are also presented and explained. In his statement, the Superintendent of…

A process was developed for planning the evaluation component of national adult education conferences. Study activities included a literature review of conference planning documents, structured interviews with past conference chairpersons and evaluators, and analysis of documents from national adult education conferences. A set of 15 activities…

This report ranks 70 North Carolina public libraries in the following statistical categories: population served, operating expenditures, size of book collection, volumes held per capita, number of books circulated, book circulation per capita, staff by full-time equivalents (FTE), book circulation per staff member (FTE), cost to circulate a book,…

A literature search and review was conducted by the Two-Year College Student Development Research Committee of the American College Personnel Association to investigate the overall character of typical research on two-year college student development concerns. The student development research conducted at the two-year college level contrasted…

A special report on the state of the water pollution control industry reveals that due to forthcoming federal requirements, sales and the backlogs should increase; problems may ensue because of shortages of materials and inflation. Included are reports from various individual companies. (MLB)

John Dewey, who visited Turkey in 1924, prepared a report on Turkish Education in which he emphasized the importance of progressive education. The report was translated into Turkish. However, the translated version does not transform the idea of "progressive education," and the concept of "progressive" education has hardly been…

In addressing the BACIE (British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education) national conference, May 8, 1974, the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State, Department of Employment, discussed the work ahead for the newly-established Manpower Services Commission. Efforts of the Employment Service Agency and the Training Service Agency will…

Addresses, symposia, study groups, and a film, all related to the conference theme of adult education and community needs, are briefly recounted by a conference participant. (AJ)

Examines the findings regarding the cost of medical education reported by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. (JR)