This paper is based on a dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for PhD degree.

Proceedings of the Conference on "The Public Interest vis a vis Educational R & D, held at Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia on July 16-17, 1969 with the cooperation of the U.S. Office of Education.

A model for analyzing policy impacts is presented that will assist state-level policy makers in education. The model comprises four stages: (1) monitoring, which includes the identification of relevant trends and issues and the development of a data base; (2) forecasting, which uses quantitative and qualitative techniques developed in futures…

A two-phase study using the Delphi Technique examined the future of occupational education in central New York. The study surveyed three groups having some degree of relationship to occupational education: beneficiary groups (employers), policy making and/or influencing groups, and advisory/informational groups. The survey instrument included 134…

This study utilized the techniques of future casting to generate a series of alternative futures from which policy implications for occupational education in central New York could be derived. Using the statements of future events derived from the first phase of the study, a series of twelve alternative scenarios were developed: (1) the changing…

A rationale and plan are presented for implementing a futures approach in many areas of community college activities. After the introduction, the paper cites several characteristics of the community college and its mission which mandate planned experimentation and innovation. Next, the relationship of future studies to the educational system as a…

In 1969, the State of Maranhao in north-east Brazil instituted a system of educational television designed to provide instruction for the last four years of basic education. It affects some 13,000 students living in the poor outer suburbs of the capital of the State. The experiment is today faced with the vitally important problem of expansion.…

A study of 402 kindergarten and first grade students was undertaken to determine whether screening can predict future school related problems and if the month of birth is significantly related to the incidence of school problems. Screening records were reviewed for each of the Ss, and a Screening Review Form was completed for each S with the…

THE GOALS OF THE STUDY WERE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS WHICH DIFFERENTIATE FOSTER FAMILIES WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL IN CARING FOR DISTURBED CHILDREN FROM THOSE WHO ARE UNSUCCESSFUL AND TO DEVELOP PROCEDURES FOR USING THESE CHARACTERISTICS AS A PART OF THE INTAKE STUDY OF FOSTER PARENT APPLICANTS. CASEWORKERS SUPERVISING THE PLACEMENT OF 127…

AT PRESENT, THE PART OF ANY TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS CRITERION THAT CAN BE PREDICTED WITH A SELECTION TEST IS PROBABLY IRRELEVANT TO TEACHER COMPETENCE. TESTING THE VALIDITY OF PREDICTORS OF TEACHER COMPETENCE IS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE IT WOULD REQUIRE HIRING A SIZABLE RANDOM SAMPLE OF ALL WHO APPLY FOR POSITIONS, WITHOUT PRIOR SCREENING. FURTHER,…

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE MEASURED ARTICULATION PERFORMANCE OF KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN COULD PREDICT WHICH CHILDREN WOULD DEVELOP SATISFACTORY ARTICULATION AND WHICH CHILDREN WOULD CONTINUE TO MISARTICULATE AND NEED SPEECH THERAPY BY THE SECOND GRADE. IN 1960, 2,150 PREKINDERGARTEN AND KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN WERE GIVEN A PICTURE…

DATA ON 58 REMEDIAL ENGLISH 21 AND 128 ENGLISH 1 STUDENTS WERE FURNISHED BY THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE. TABLES WERE CONSTRUCTED INDICATING SCHOOL AND COLLEGE APTITUDE TEST SCORES (SCAT), AND PERFORMANCE IN ANY PREVIOUS COMMUNICATION CLASSES FOR THESE STUDENTS. COMPARISONS ARE MADE AND DIFFERENCES CHARTED BETWEEN THE ENGLISH…

A STUDY WHICH DEALT WITH ONE ASPECT OF THE QUESTION OF WHY ONE LANGUAGE IS EASY TO COMPREHEND WHILE ANOTHER IS NOT WAS REPORTED. SPECIFICALLY, IT STUDIED THE PROBLEM OF INCREASING THE PRECISION OF READABILITY PREDICTION. THE OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO DETERMINE THE FORMS AND STRENGTHS OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMPREHENSION DIFFICULTY OF LANGUAGE…