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Law School Admission Council, Princeton, NJ. – 1976
Research sponsored by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) between 1949 and 1974 is summarized. For each of 72 research projects, the project title, investigator's name, LSAC report number, and a one-paragraph statement of purpose and summary are presented. The methodological procedure, results, conclusions, and recommendations are also…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Prediction
Law School Admission Council, Princeton, NJ. – 1977
Research sponsored by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) between 1975 and 1977 is summarized. For each research project, the project title, investigator's name, LSAC report number, and a one-paragraph statement of purpose and summary are presented. The methodological procedure, results, conclusions, and recommendations are also summarized…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Annotated Bibliographies, College Admission
Sawyer, Richard; Maxey, E. James – 1979
The validity of prediction equations based on American College Testing (ACT) Program test scores and high school grades is investigated. Presented are separate results for prediction equations based on ACT scores only, on high school grades only, and on both kinds of prediction jointly. Also included is a discussion of the relationship between…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
HOOK, J.N. – 1967
IT IS NOW THE YEAR 1976, AND CHANGE IN OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY A MODERN AMERICAN REVOLUTION. AS ENGLISH BECOMES MORE UNIVERSAL, SO DOES THE ORAL-AURAL METHOD OF TEACHING IT. IN UNITED STATES CLASSROOMS, CHILDREN PRACTICE ORALLY THOSE PATTERNS THEY NEED, EXPERIMENT WITH WORD ORDER, AND GAIN A KNOWLEDGE OF SENTENCE…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
HAMBLEN, JOHN W. – 1967
THIS SURVEY RELATES ESTIMATES ON (1) AMOUNT AND SOURCE OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY EXPENDITURES FOR COMPUTERS IN RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES, (2) AVAILABILITY OF COMPUTERS AND DISTRIBUTION OF RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTIONAL USAGE IN GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC AREAS, AND (3) DEGREE PROGRAMS OFFERED IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. A STRATIFIED…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Computers
WATSON, CICELY, ED. – 1967
THIS BOOK COMPRISES THE MAJOR PAPERS DELIVERED AT A CONFERENCE ON MARCH 20-22, 1967, SPONSORED BY THE POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, AN ADVISORY UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN ONTARIO. THE CONFERENCE WAS ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVE PERSONS FROM DEPARTMENTS OF GOVERNMENT, UNIVERSITIES, AND MAJOR SCHOOL SYSTEMS ACROSS CANADA. THE CONFERENCE…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Economic Development, Economic Factors
METFESSEL, NEWTON S. – 1965
THIS DOCUMENT EXTENSIVELY DESCRIBES THE PRELIMINARY PROGRESS OF A PROJECT TO IDENTIFY THE ATTITUDINAL AND CREATIVITY FACTORS WHICH AFFECT THE MOTIVATION OF CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS (MEXICAN-AMERICANS, PARTICULARLY). THE PROJECT ASSUMES THAT AN AWARENESS OF THE MANIFESTATIONS OF A STUDENT'S CREATIVITY CAN GUIDE TEACHERS IN PREDICTING HIS…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitude Measures, Behavior, Bibliographies
Hays, Donald G. – 1981
Futurists and counselors both deal with the concept of change. This monograph examines some strategies counselors can use to help themselves adopt a future orientation and to assist their counselees in meeting the future confidently. The writings of Cornish, Fletcher and Conboy bring some focus to concepts and dimensions held by futurists and…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Client Relationship
Schwirian, Patricia M.; And Others – 1979
As part of the three-phase national study to provide information to form a basis for predictions about successful nursing performance, a review was conducted of the performance of nursing school graduates at their first jobs. In March, 1976, questionnaires were mailed to a cohort of 1975 graduates who were selected by school officials as having…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Kibler, Robert J., Ed. – 1964
Presented are the summary, conclusions, and recommendations after two years of the Experimental Freshman Year Program for underachieving high school graduates at Southern Illinois University. Findings are presented under four headings--(1) subjects' occupation or whereabouts in the year following their participation in the program, (2) retention…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Freshmen, College Programs
Raun, Chester Eugene – 1967
The materials of Science - A Process Approach (1966) were evaluated in terms of strategies of classifying, observing, using number relations, and recognizing and using space/time relations. Ninety-five students in grades 4, 5, and 6 in Austin, Texas representing a range of tested intelligence, academic ability, interest in science, and…
Descriptors: Achievement, Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum
Collazo, Andres; And Others – 1976
Since a great number of variables influence future educational outcomes, forecasting possible trends is a complex task. One such model, the cross-impact matrix, has been developed. The use of this matrix in forecasting future values of social indicators of educational outcomes is described. Variables associated with educational outcomes are used…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Soetrisno, Heru – 1975
A study of the U.S. Navy officer students who were registered in the Operations Research/System Analysis curriculum at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in spring, 1974, was conducted using biographical data, the Strong Vocational Interest Blank, and the Graduate Record Examination to develop an equation predicting academic performance of U.S.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Biographical Inventories, Grade Prediction
Black, Michael F.; And Others – 1975
The document reports the second phase in a project to determine the relevant and important characteristics of effective teachers and deals with the identification of predictor constructs in the evaluation of vocational teachers. The objectives involved: (1) obtaining predictor constructs in the areas of biographic-demographic information about the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Educational Research, Prediction, Predictor Variables
Amara, Roy – 1975
Within the next 25 years each major world problem will continue to grow and challenge the finest minds for equitable solutions. Yet the core world issue, from which most other problems stem, is the maintenance of an equitable and dynamic equilibrium between world populations and world resources. We are faced with a set of challenges stemming from…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Futures (of Society)
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