Recall lists were presented to 40 black lower class and 40 white middle class children in this experiment. The purpose of the study was to examine a possible explanation of the relatively poor performance of black and lower class children on tasks requiring abstract learning abilities. It was reasoned that the threshold for the production of…

This report summarizes and integrates the finding of research studies dealing with the military General Educational Development (GED) program. The major areas covered include (1) the field conduct of the GED program, (2) characteristics of GED program participants, (3) a comparison of the utility of the GED certificate with that of the high school…

A review of followup study research is reported which focused on issues and trends in the evaluation of vocational education programs and their implications for human resource development. The analysis of representative studies selected from a survey of the literature is divided into four sections, one for each of four types of studies: (1)…

The Counseling Helping Questionnaire, Forms A and B, was answered by 150 Indian and 50 non-Indian 11th and 12th grade students in Oklahoma to obtain information about the concerns seen as most important by Indian high school students, the concerns which they were most likely to talk about with a counselor or a significant other, who the…

Using data from a cross-sectional sample of 4,376 South Carolina high school seniors in 1969 to determine the differences in the perception of conditions relating to teacher choice among white and black females and males, the study explored the relative perceived importance of the following items in choosing a career: the chance to make a lot of…

While the emphasis in much recent research has been essentially on urban concerns, there are very substantial empirical data resources which are available for the study of nonmetropolitan social, political, and economic phenomenon. The sources of computer-readable data relevant to investigation of nonmetropolitan phenomena can be grouped into…

Results of an assessment of the needs of 136 countries for environmental communication, education, and information resources are reported in this paper. Following an overview of the procedures used in conducting the assessment, levels of needs for environmental education (EE) resources are reported for Africa, the Arab states, Asia, Latin America,…

This report summarizes the results of a research project on the cost of providing instruction in French to students enrolled in French language instructional units in Ontario. Case studies were carried out in seven Ontario school boards consisting of four secondary and seven elementary panels chosen to present a range of geographical environments,…

This paper examines how states have responded to the planning, evaluation, and parent participation components of compensatory education programs to promote reform at the local level. Particular attention is given to the interaction between state political culture, legislative requirements, and state education agency leadership style, and their…

This study compared the effects of the Stuttgart School District's developmental guidance program with the effects of one of its traditional school programs on children's affective-social development. Affective education data were collected at the end of third grade (May, 1975) and again at the end of fourth grade (May, 1976) for 58 boys and 47…

Students in eight urban and three suburban high schools were asked for their perceptions of social studies, mathematics, and English. Although most students thought that learning all three subjects was important, they believed that learning social studies was less important than learning mathematics and English. The majority thought that their…

Long term criteria of college performance, i.e., graduation in four years, cumulative GPA, credits earned, and graduating major, were studied in relation to a comprehensive pre-college battery administered in the high school (HS) junior year. Despite restricting the sample to 1,633 university students who had progressed to junior standing in three…

This report describes the evaluation of the 1973-1974 Distar I and Distar II programs, which were used as Title I programs for first and second graders. Distar I was used with two first grade classes; Distar II was used with two second grade classes. Children who had completed two years of Distar instruction received traditional instruction in…

The inferior performance of external locus of control (LOC) subjects (Ss) on achievement tests has been attributed by many researchers to cognitive and perceptual deficiencies. Several studies have shown that advance organizers (AO) which provide optimal anchorage and mobilize existing relevant concepts, facilitate learning of verbal material.…

United States counties were classified along a dimension of urban-rural residence. At one extreme of the dimension were inner cities of greater metropolitan areas; at the other extreme were totally rural counties without direct proximity to a metropolitan center. The socioeconomic characteristics of each county were compared for 1970 and for…