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GANS, HERBERT J. – 1967
THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROVIDED BY BOTH THE MASS MEDIA AND THE SCHOOLS SHOULD BE ANALYZED. THIS RESEARCH WOULD CONCENTRATE ON NETWORK TELEVISION AND THE URBAN AND SUBURBAN LOWER MIDDLE CLASS SCHOOLS AND COMPARE THEIR SUCCESS AS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. THE ANALYSIS COULD COMPARE THE STRUCTURES OF THESE INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS AND…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, American Culture, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences
BULLOCK, HENRY ALLEN – 1967
A RESEARCH METHODOLOGY HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO PREDICT DROPOUT BEHAVIOR AMONG URBAN NEGRO BOYS WHO CONFRONT CONVENTIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PRESSURES. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE DETERMINING INDICATORS OF DROPOUT BEHAVIOR LIE WITHIN THE SOCIAL-PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDIVIDUAL RATHER THAN IN THE SYSTEMATIZED, SOMETIMES HOSTILE DEMANDS IMPOSED UPON…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Blacks, Dropout Characteristics
Pascale, Janet – 1978
To show a variety of careers and how and why each woman chose her field of study, this unit presents the stories of both historical and contemporary Indian women who have excelled in their professions. Although numerous and conflicting stories have been written on the lives of the historical women, the unit provides only one version of each life.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education
Viri, Denis F. – 1980
The development of Hotevilla-Bacavi Community School, the first Hopi school to open under Public Law 93-638, is described in this model for other reservation communities. The following projects and programs are outlined: (1) the Hopi-English Language Assessment Battery, designed to assess the total linguistic knowledge of Hopi children in their…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adoption (Ideas), American Indian Education, American Indians
National Inst. for Work and Learning, Washington, DC. – 1980
Three demonstration projects were conducted to determine if worker attitudes toward and participation in employer- or union-sponsored tuition assistance (TA) programs could be favorably influenced by information dissemination, counseling, and links to area educational institutions. Model I consisted only of information dissemination about the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Cooperation, Counseling
Airasian, Peter W.; And Others – 1979
The methodological parameters of evaluative research studies help to identify a conceptualization of the phenomenon under investigation. Holistic critiques that identify the conceptual models under which the research was conducted shed light on the validity of the disparate inferences made from a number of studies of schools and school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Concept Formation, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Consortium on Financing Higher Education, Hanover, NH. – 1980
Findings of three reports on the potential impact of age 70 mandatory retirement legislation on the arts and sciences faculties of institutions belonging to the Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE) are summarized. In a report by J. Russell Southworth et al., faculty flow (departures, new appointments, appointments to tenure, etc.) is…
Descriptors: Age Groups, College Faculty, Educational Finance, Employment Practices
Seagren, Alan T.; Doyle, Ken J. – 1979
The changing perspectives of higher educational administration in Australia are traced from the growth of the 1960s and early 1970s to the period of contraction, since 1975. Three major challenges facing administrators in the period ahead are identified: problems of continuing institutional viability with the threat of government intervention;…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Responsibility, College Administration, Educational Finance
Vernon, Christie D. – 1978
A survey was conducted of at least two educational agencies in each state and territory of the United States in order to determine state policies on concurrent enrollment. Six states did not respond; 17 indicated that there was no statewide policy and that such matters were determined on a local level by boards of trustees or individual…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Contracts, Cooperative Programs
Beer, Francis A. – 1977
Health science (epidemiology) is a relatively advanced discipline which offers theories and methods which could be useful in peace science (polemology). Similarities between war and disease, peace and health, center around concern with prevention of physical damage and death on the one hand and preservation and extension of human life on the…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Comparative Analysis, Conceptual Schemes, Conflict Resolution
Nassif, Paula M.; And Others – 1979
A procedure which employs a method of item substitution based on item difficulty is recommended for developing parallel criterion referenced test forms. This procedure is currently being used in the Florida functional literacy testing program and the Georgia teacher certification testing program. Reasons for developing parallel test forms involve…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Equated Scores, Functional Literacy
Bialystok, Ellen; Frohlich, Maria – 1977
High school students studying French as a second language in Toronto were administered a questionnaire and a variety of achievement tests in French. Results were analyzed to determine the effects of learner characteristics on the development of second language competence. Four factors in learning success were posited: attitude, strategy, aptitude,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests, Educational Research
Reed, Lester W., Jr. – 1979
An occupational/technical program needs assessment model is described by which colleges can alter existing programs or develop new ones in anticipation of job market requirements. The report first discusses the two-part (existing and potential programs), tri-level (initial evaluation, individual program screening, and individual program planning),…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Data Collection
Overly, Norman V., Ed. – 1979
Focusing on lifelong learning and its relevance and importance to American education, this yearbook examines goals, obstacles, and suggested approaches. The first two of three parts are presented in an expressionistic style--a collage of musings, vignettes, and headlines intended to raise questions and reflect the diversity of views in our…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, American Culture, Attitude Change
Cheyney, Arnold B. – 1979
Assuming that effective writing instruction requires teachers with well-developed writing skills, sufficient classroom time set aside for quantity writing on a daily basis, careful and consistent evaluation, and emphasis on writing as communication, this guide offers teaching techniques that develop the theoretical, practical, and creative aspects…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
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