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Greebler, Carol Susan – 1978
Men, traditional women, and nontraditional women were compared regarding the importance they attach to pay, prestige, and social rewards received from a job. Heterogeneous groups of 290 females and 189 males rated the importance of 16 rewards. Pay was rated as significantly more important than either prestige or social rewards by all three groups.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Compensation (Remuneration), Job Satisfaction
Flemming, Arthur S.; And Others – 1979
By the Older Americans Amendments of 1975, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights was directed to investigate unreasonable age discrimination in federally-assisted programs, report the findings and recommend statutory changes for administrative actions. Results of examinations of the literature, field studies and public hearings on the following…
Descriptors: Age, Age Discrimination, Bias, Eligibility
Rezmovic, Eva Lantos; And Others – 1979
The emphasis on the mechanics of research techniques has often overshadowed other aspects of evaluation research that are determiners of research quality. Many problems encountered by program evaluators are not solvable by the information provided in research texts. Some of the practical problems encountered and dealt with during an experimental…
Descriptors: Agencies, Correctional Rehabilitation, Data Collection, Employment Programs
Chambers, Donald L. – 1978
This conference on competency based mathematics education was held in response to inquiries from mathematics teachers, curriculum directors, principals, and district administrators. Topics include: (1) What is competency based education; (2) The status of competency based education; (3) The process for developing a system of competency based…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Conference Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Curriculum
Huntley, Renee M.; And Others – 1979
An investigation of: (1) the relationship between the American College Test (ACT) English Usage Test scores and demonstrated writing proficiency, and (2) the relationships between and among other objective tests and writing proficiency was undertaken, using three samples of college freshmen. Although results indicated a moderately high…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Kelley, H. Paul – 1973
The Subject Examination in Analysis and Interpretation of Literature from the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), was administered to 188 English literature students, to determine the appropriate score range for granting credit for their course. Scores ranged from 32 to 75 out of a possible range of 20 to 80, the average score was 51.52. The…
Descriptors: College Credits, Cutting Scores, English Literature, Equivalency Tests
Resources in Education, 1979
Resources in Education (RIE) is a monthly abstract journal which announces (catalogs, indexes, abstracts) documents of interest to the educational community (including researchers, teachers, students, school board members, school administrators, counselors, etc.). Each issue announces approximately 1,500 documents and provides indexes by Subject,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Documentation, Education
Doyle, Timothy C.; And Others – 1978
The effect of future health system changes on the requirements for registered nurse (RN) personnel at the state level are examined in this report. Following a report introduction, chapter 2 discusses the baseline scenario which provides an estimate of RN requirements in the absence of three changes: the introduction of national health insurance,…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Health Needs, Health Services
Richardson, William B.; Owings, Maria F. – 1979
A study was conducted to determine the extent to which certain generalizations concerning vocational students as a whole apply to women vocational students. It compared women vocational students with those in other curricula (academic, general, and commercial) with respect to their future plans, aspirations, occupational status, and socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employment, Females, Longitudinal Studies
1967
THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN HUMAN LEARNING WAS ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY, 1964 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TO "DEVELOP A CONTINUOUS AND CLOSE-WORKING RELATIONSHIP AMONG PSYCHOLOGISTS IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY DOING RESEARCH ON HUMAN LEARNING AND ON PROCESSES RELATED TO HUMAN LEARNING." THE AIM OF THE CENTER IS TO SERVE BOTH THE…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Development, Experimental Psychology
National Inst. of Neurological Diseases and Blindness (NIH), Bethesda, MD. – 1967
AS PART OF HIS ANNUAL STATEMENT TO CONGRESS, THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND BLINDNESS DESCRIBES RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN SPEECH AND HEARING DISORDERS. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PREVALENCE AND CAUSES OF COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS (HEARING, SPEECH, LANGUAGE, VOICE, AND READING) IN CHILDREN AND…
Descriptors: Adults, Annual Reports, Children, Communication Problems
Williams, J.D. – 1967
This document is the report of a conference attended by an international group of specialists in mathematics and learning. It was convened by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Institute for Education. The general objective of the conference was to examine problems concerning mathematics reform in the primary…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Mathematics
Washington Education Association, Seattle. Association for Higher Education. – 1966
Three major papers pertaining to the strengths and weaknesses of voluntary and more formal forms of institutional coordination (and other related issues) were presented to Washington's Association for Higher Education: (1) Warren Deem, in treating with the question of how the state's total higher education efforts might be more effectively…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Coordination, Educational Cooperation, Educational Problems
Communication Service Corp., Washington, DC. – 1968
This conference was held to provide a forum for wide-range discussions of library technical assistant training. Junior college educators and library personnel from school, college and special libraries presented papers on these topics--(1) the junior college perspective on library technology, including the education of library technical assistants…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Programs, Labor Market, Libraries
Kenney, Helen J.; And Others – 1968
This publication summarizes the proceedings and outcomes of four conferences, each of which had the same purposes: to identify, clarify, and specify the issues relevant to preparing teachers of disadvantaged youth; and to recommend substantive changes and appropriate strategies for improving the preservice and inservice education of these…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Conference Reports, Disadvantaged Youth, Field Experience Programs
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