This paper defines the student case study approach to evaluation, discusses its strengths and weaknesses as a component in a program evaluation design, and lists the specific steps needed to accomplish it. Its use in the evaluation of Experience-Based Career Education is described. (SJL)

The article gives data on the age, sex, income, geographic region, and ethnic composition of the visually disabled population of the United States (taken from the National Center for Health Statistics records for 1977). (PHR)

The results of this study indicate that tobacco smoking may have a deleterious effect on the learning process. Those Ss who smoked in excess of 12 cigarettes per day did significantly less well, as a group, than nonsmokers and light smokers on three of the four learning tests. (Editor)

Described is an in-class demonstration of mass reaction time which measures the speed of nerve impulses and the duration of various cognitive processes. A simpler version of the experiment for at-home use is described. (Author/DB)

Focuses on the relationship between schooling and occupation in Uganda in the ten years prior to and the ten years after independence in 1962. (Author/RK)

Attempts to determine the perceptions of the relationship between student teaching assignment and the professional work assignment as reported by college supervisors of elementary school student teachers in five large mid-western universities. Also evaluates selected characteristics of these supervisors. (Author/RK)

Examines the differences between first and multiple criminal offenders as measured by personality testing. Uses one regular scale of the MMPI and five additional scales determined to be useful in correctional classification and diagnostic services. (Author/RK)

Collects comparative and descriptive data on adolescent attitudes on homosexuality and attempts to show that self-concept, and body self-image as one major aspect of self-concept, are significant correlates of an adolescent's attitude toward homosexuality. (Author/RK)

The ventral eye of "Limulus" (horseshoe crab) contains only one type of photoreceptor. Behaviors mediated by the ventral eye provide an unambiguous representation of the function of that single-receptor type. Compares such behaviors with results of acute, single-cell investigations to assay for the contributions of candidate neural codes in the…

The potential application of decision process models to the development of a class of empirically derived and testable models of the behavior of individuals in peer rating situations is explored. (Author)

New Brunswick's controversial Educational Reform Program is hit hard by two recent outside evaluators. (Editor)

Examines perceptions of married and unmarried college males for their concept of Ideal Woman. Uses a questionnaire designed to ascertain the degree to which men expected their Ideal Woman to be either home centered or out of home centered. (Editor/RK)

Describes a kinetic simulation computer program that generates experimental data for use in an instructional program on the design of experiments and the analysis of results. (MLH)

The authors (1) cross-validate research supporting the hypothesis that perceived peer status mediates the effects of athletics on educational aspirations and attainments; (2) compare the estimates with those for a model which incorporates significant-others' influence as the key intervening variable; and (3) extend past research to include…

Investigates the effects of situational constraint and type of causal explanation on the degree to which described behavior would be perceived as evidencing "mental illness" and the degree to which it would lead to social rejection. (Editor/RK)